NR 155.21(3)(d)(d) Provide the department with verification of proper installation, operation and maintenance of urban best management practices for cost-share agreements for which it is the cost-share provider.
NR 155.21(3)(e)(e) Contact all landowners and land operators within the project area that are the target of technical assistance and cost-sharing under the grant.
NR 155.21(3)(f)(f) Participate with the department in project reviews.
NR 155.21(3)(g)(g) Enforce the terms and conditions of the cost-share agreement as described in s. NR 155.22.
NR 155.21(4)(4)Local government and Board of Regents responsibilities as a cost-share recipient. The department shall require the governmental unit and the Board of Regents to do all of the following as conditions of receiving a runoff management grant to perform work on lands the grant recipient owns, operates or otherwise controls in accordance with s. NR 155.13 (1) (b).
NR 155.21(4)(a)(a) Provide the department with verification of proper installation, operation and maintenance of urban best management practices for which it is the cost-share recipient.
NR 155.21(4)(b)(b) Prepare and maintain adequate fiscal management and technical assistance files as described in s. NR 155.29.
NR 155.21(4)(c)(c) Obtain prior written approval from the department for use of runoff management grant funds for urban best management practices installed on land owned or operated by the grantee.
NR 155.21(4)(d)(d) When installing urban best management practices, the grantee shall do all of the following:
NR 155.21(4)(d)1.1. Submit to the department estimates of all practice costs, eligible costs, ineligible costs, cost-share rates and estimated total cost-share amount.
NR 155.21(4)(d)2.2. Submit to the department a schedule of installation, operation and maintenance for the practices.
NR 155.21(4)(d)3.3. Submit to the department copies of all professional service contracts, construction contracts, bid tabulations, force account proposals, designs, proposals, and other related information requested by the department.
NR 155.21(4)(d)4.4. Repay the department the full amount of funds received if the grantee fails to fulfill any terms of the agreement, including failing to install, operate and properly maintain the practices included in the runoff management grant agreement or failure to evaluate or monitor the project in accordance with the provisions of the runoff management grant agreement.
NR 155.21(4)(d)5.5. Submit an operation and maintenance strategy for the practices.
NR 155.21(4)(d)6.6. Agree not to adopt any land use or practice that reduces the effectiveness or defeats the purposes of the urban best management practices.
NR 155.21(4)(d)7.7. Comply with the requirements for cost-share agreements specified in s. NR 155.22.
NR 155.21(4)(d)8.8. Provide financial support towards the implementation of a project including:
NR 155.21(4)(d)8.a.a. Arrange funding for staff support necessary to complete the project.
NR 155.21(4)(d)8.b.b. Arrange funding for the local share of any urban best management practice the grantee installs on property it owns or controls.
NR 155.21(5)(5)Other grant provisions.
NR 155.21(5)(a)(a) The period in which cost-share agreements may be signed through the runoff management grant agreement may not extend beyond the runoff management grant period. For urban best management practices to be eligible for cost-sharing the runoff management grant agreement shall be signed prior to entering into a cost-share agreement.
NR 155.21(5)(b)(b) The grantee may use runoff management grant funds to cover reasonable expenses necessary to secure refunds, rebates or credits described in s. NR 155.28 (3) when approved by the department.
NR 155.21(5)(c)(c) The grantee may use runoff management grant funds to acquire easements or acquire land as provided for in s. NR 155.25.
NR 155.21(5)(d)(d) The department may unilaterally reduce the runoff management grant to the amount necessary to meet budgetary limitations. The runoff management grant may not be reduced below the amount the grantee has committed in signed cost-share agreements and contracts.
NR 155.21(5)(e)(e) The runoff management grant amount may be reduced by the department if the grantee has not met all conditions of the grant or grant amendment or has not expended all of the previously awarded funds by the end of the project period, or if the grantee fails to meet a schedule included in the grant for interim work products. The grantee shall provide an estimate of unexpended grant funds at the request of the department.
NR 155.21 HistoryHistory: CR 00-025: cr. Register September 2002 No. 561, eff. 10-1-02; CR 09-112: am. (2) (a), (b) (intro.), (4) (d) 3., cr. (2) (b) 3. Register December 2010 No. 660, eff. 1-1-11; correction in (5) (c) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register December 2010 No. 660; 2015 Wis. Act 330 s. 20: am. (1) (a), (b), (4) (intro.) Register April 2016 No. 724, eff. 5-1-16.
NR 155.22NR 155.22Cost-share agreement.
NR 155.22(1)(1)Purpose of agreement.
NR 155.22(1)(a)(a) The cost-share agreement is an agreement listing the urban best management practices and establishing the conditions and considerations under which a cost-share recipient agrees to install the practices listed.