Adm 48.01Adm 48.01 Purpose and authority. This chapter is promulgated under the authority of ss. 16.004 (1) and 227.11, Stats., to implement ss. 16.965 and 16.9651, Stats.

Adm 48.01 HistoryHistory: CR 01-086: cr. Register February 2002 No. 554, eff. 3-1-02; correction made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register July 2011 No. 667.

Adm 48.02(1)(1) “Applicant” means a local governmental unit as defined in ss. 16.965 (1) (a) and 16.9651 (1), Stats., applying for a grant under this chapter.

Adm 48.02(2)(2) “Base funding level” means the levels found in the table in s. Adm 48.05 (1).

Adm 48.02(3)(3) “Comprehensive plan” means a plan as defined in s. 66.1001 (1) (a), Stats.

Adm 48.02(4)(4) “Council” means the Wisconsin land council as defined in s. 15.107 (16), Stats.

Adm 48.02 NoteNote: Section 15.107 (16), Stats., Wisconsin Land Council, was repealed in 2011 Wisconsin Act 257. Section 48.02 (4) will be modified accordingly in future rule-making by the Department.

Adm 48.02(5)(5) “Department” means the department of administration.

Adm 48.02(6)(6) “Grantee” means an applicant that has been awarded a grant under a signed grant agreement with the department.

Adm 48.02(7)(7) “Grant agreement” or “agreement” means a contract signed by the local governmental unit to complete a comprehensive plan under s. 66.1001, Stats., and the department.

Adm 48.02(8)(8) “Grant period” means the period of time specified in s. Adm 48.09 (2).

Adm 48.02(9)(9) “In-kind services” means services rendered by the local governmental unit defined in s. 66.1001 (1) (b), Stats. Federal grant funds are not included as in-kind services.

Adm 48.02(10)(10) “Multi-jurisdictional plan” means 2 or more local governmental units participating in the development of a single comprehensive plan that covers the jurisdictions of those local governmental units which is adopted separately by each unit under s. 66.1001, Stats. A county comprehensive plan is a multi-jurisdictional plan if the county and 2 or more local governmental units located in the county participate and adopt the plan.

Adm 48.02(11)(11) “Plan” and “planning effort” means a comprehensive plan as defined in s. 66.1001 (1) (a), Stats.

Adm 48.02(12)(12) “Plan update” means a revision to an existing county development plan under s. 59.69 (3), Stats., or to a master plan under ss. 62.23 (2) or (3) or 66.0309 (8), (9) or (10), Stats., to comply with the comprehensive plan provisions of s. 66.1001, Stats. A plan update may include a revision to an existing comprehensive plan under s. 66.1001, Stats.

Adm 48.02(13)(13) “Planning grant manual” means the document published annually by the department which includes the grant application, instructions, application and scoring timelines, detailed scoring, application review process, funding availability, and other pertinent information relating to the current grant cycle.

Adm 48.02(14)(14) “Planning grant priority list” means the department’s ranking of grant applications by the numeric order of the scores.

Adm 48.03(1)(1) An applicant may apply to the department for a grant to develop a plan or plan update for any of the following activities:

Adm 48.03(1)(a)(a) Services and activities included in ss. 16.965 (2) and 16.9651 (2), Stats., including contracting for planning consultant services, public planning sessions, educational activities, and purchase of computerized planning data, planning software and hardware required to utilize planning data or software.

Adm 48.03(1)(c)(c) Public participation and outreach activities including educational materials, citizen surveys, internet activities and newsletters.