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(f) The amount of wages and benefits to be provided by the business that will create or retain the full-time jobs.
(g) Whether the award will provide the business with an unreasonable competitive advantage over other similar Wisconsin businesses in the vicinity of the project.
(h) Whether the project will involve the relocation of a business and displacement of jobs from one municipality in Wisconsin to another municipality in Wisconsin.
(i) Whether the project will result in redevelopment of a brownfield site.
(j) Whether the project will result in the elimination of slum or blight.
History: EmR1309: emerg. cr. eff. 7-1-13; CR 13-069: cr. Register April 2014 No. 700, eff. 5-1-14.
Adm 93.18 Job creation and retention requirements.
(1) A business that will benefit from a public facilities economic development project shall execute a development agreement with the eligible local government and other documents prescribed by the department, committing to the creation and retention of full-time jobs.
(2) The amount of CDBG funds awarded by the department for a public facilities economic development project under this subchapter may not exceed $35,000 for each full-time job created or retained by the business.
(3) The department shall require businesses that benefit from grants under this subchapter to document full-time job creation and retention with a list of full-time jobs or positions created and retained, the job title for each full-time job created and retained, job skills, wages and benefits, and any other information the department considers relevant.
History: EmR1309: emerg. cr. eff. 7-1-13; CR 13-069: cr. Register April 2014 No. 700, eff. 5-1-14.
Subchapter V — Blight Elimination and Brownfield Site Redevelopment Program
Adm 93.19 Blight elimination and brownfield site redevelopment program.
(1) The department may make a grant to an eligible local government for a blighted or brownfield site redevelopment project after the department considers some or all of the following:
(a) Whether the project is intended to address the national objective of preventing or eliminating slums or blight set forth in 24 CFR 570.483 (c) and s. Adm 93.04.
(b) The extent of poverty and unemployment and other economic factors in the area of the project.
(c) The prospects for new investment and economic development in the area.
(d) The amount of investment that is likely to result from the project.
(e) The likelihood that the project will result in the creation or retention of full-time jobs in the area.
(f) The amount of estimated tax base to be created at project completion.
(g) The likelihood that the proposed activity will commence shortly after receipt of the grant.
History: EmR1309: emerg. cr. eff. 7-1-13; CR 13-069: cr. Register April 2014 No. 700, eff. 5-1-14.
Adm 93.20 Blight elimination and brownfield site redevelopment project requirements and limits. A local government receiving CDBG funds from the department under this subchapter may use such funds for an environmental audit or environmental remediation, or may loan or grant the CDBG funds to a business or nonprofit corporation to conduct an environmental audit or environmental remediation.
History: EmR1309: emerg. cr. eff. 7-1-13; CR 13-069: cr. Register April 2014 No. 700, eff. 5-1-14.
Subchapter VI — Emergency Grants
Adm 93.21 Eligibility.
(1) The department may award a grant to an eligible local government under this subchapter upon receipt of an application and upon the department’s consideration of whether:
(a) The municipality has suffered a natural disaster or other catastrophic event.
(b) The project is designed to alleviate existing conditions which pose a serious and immediate threat to the health, safety, or welfare of the municipality.
(c) The local government will use the grant to pay for public infrastructure repairs or replacements that are otherwise eligible for CDBG funds under subch. II, or emergency services necessitated by the natural disaster or other catastrophic event.
(d) The local government lacks the financial capability to pay for the infrastructure repairs or replacements.
(e) The local government is unable to await funding through a grant awarded under subch. II.
(f) The local government will contribute at least 25% of the total cost of the project from other funding sources, subject to s. Adm 93.09 (1) (b).
(g) Other criteria as set forth in 24 CFR 570.
(2) In making a determination under sub. (1) (d), the department shall consider all of the following:
(a) The local government’s general obligation debt borrowing capacity.
(b) The availability of funding from other federal and state government sources.
(c) The availability of insurance.
(d) Any other factors the department considers relevant.
History: EmR1309: emerg. cr. eff. 7-1-13; CR 13-069: cr. Register April 2014 No. 700, eff. 5-1-14.
Adm 93.22 Funding.
(1) The maximum amount of CDBG funds that may be awarded to any local government under this subchapter shall be based on the scope of the natural disaster or catastrophic event and funds available.
(2) Where a catastrophic event is caused by human activity and the local government recovers funds to repair the damage from a responsible person or another party, then the local government shall pay the department a proportionate share of the total amount recovered.
History: EmR1309: emerg. cr. eff. 7-1-13; CR 13-069: cr. Register April 2014 No. 700, eff. 5-1-14.
Adm 93.23 Applications.
(1) A local government interested in applying for an emergency grant under this subchapter shall provide the department with written notice of intent to apply within 90 days of the natural disaster or catastrophic event.
(2) An application for emergency assistance under this subchapter shall include the following:
(a) Documentation of a state or federal disaster declaration or a description of the natural disaster or catastrophic event.
(b) A description of the resulting damage or destruction.
(c) A description of the activities that will be funded with the emergency grant.
(d) A budget evidencing that the local government has matching funds to cover at least 25% of the total cost of the project, subject to s. Adm 93.09 (1) (b).
(e) A discussion of alternative remedies available to the local government.
(f) Any other information that the department considers relevant.
History: EmR1309: emerg. cr. eff. 7-1-13; CR 13-069: cr. Register April 2014 No. 700, eff. 5-1-14.
Subchapter VII — Planning Grants
Adm 93.24 Planning grant program.
(1) General.
(a) The department may make a grant to an eligible local government for preparing a plan for a specific project.
(b) An eligible local government may submit an application for a planning grant to the department as specified in the department’s application manual.
(2) Application. An application for a planning grant under this section shall contain sufficient information to identify how all of the following requirements are satisfied:
(a) The local government has identified a specific project that needs further planning.
(b) The specific project will serve a public purpose.
(c) The specific project is an eligible CDBG activity.
(d) The local government has a citizen participation plan as required under 24 CFR 570.486 (a).
(e) The specific planning cost estimates are reasonable.
(f) At least 25% of the total cost of the planning shall originate from sources other than grants provided by the federal or state government.
(g) The planning for the specific project has the support of local community or economic development organizations or business groups.
(h) The local government has the capacity and capability to conduct the planning or commits to the retention of professional planning services.
(i) The planning will likely result in the implementation of the specific project being planned.
(j) The local government certifies that the planning grant is not a commitment of CDBG funding at a later date for plan implementation.
(k) The application shall include, where applicable, at least the following:
1. An analysis of the current status and any deficiencies in public facilities, services, buildings, or a defined geographic area.
2. An analysis of alternative means of correcting such deficiencies described in subd. 1.
3. A written plan for the selection of a proposed course of action, a narrative description, cost estimates, and map of the project location or defined geographic area.
(3) Other considerations. When reviewing the applications received under sub. (2), the department shall consider some or all of the following:
(a) Whether the specific project plan is intended to address one of the 3 national objectives as specified in s. Adm 93.04.
(b) The extent of poverty, unemployment, labor shortages, or other economic factors in the specific project area.
(c) The prospects for other new investment and community and economic development in the specific project area.
(d) The amount of additional investment and improved public health and safety that is likely to result from the plan implementation.
(e) The likelihood that the specific project will result in the preservation or expansion of the existing tax base.
(f) The planning for the specific project is consistent with other planned or recently completed community or economic development projects such as, but not limited to, smart growth planning as specified in s. 16.965 (1) (b), Stats.
History: EmR1309: emerg. cr. eff. 7-1-13; CR 13-069: cr. Register April 2014 No. 700, eff. 5-1-14.
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