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)8.8. Provide financial support towards the implementation of a project including: 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)(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 155.22(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. NR 155.22(1)(b)(b) A local governmental unit shall use the cost-share agreement if serving as a cost-share provider to a landowner or land operator. NR 155.22(1)(c)(c) For urban best management practices to be eligible for cost-sharing, the cost-share agreement shall be signed by the cost-share provider and cost-share recipient before urban best management practice installation is initiated. NR 155.22(2)(a)(a) The cost-share agreement shall be between the governmental unit and the individual landowner or land operator. Agreements with land operators shall be co-signed by the landowner. NR 155.22(2)(b)(b) Governmental units, as cost-share agreement providers, shall enter into cost-share agreements only during the period specified in the runoff management grant agreement. NR 155.22(2)(c)(c) The cost-share agreement applies to all contiguous sites under the same ownership. At the discretion of the governmental unit, the cost-share agreement may also apply to noncontiguous sites under the same ownership or operation in the watershed. In this paragraph, “contiguous” means touching or sharing a common boundary with a second parcel of land. A lake, river, stream, road, railroad or utility right of way that separates any part of the parcel from any other part does not render the parcel of land noncontiguous. NR 155.22(2)(d)(d) A cost-share agreement may not be signed with an individual whose name appears on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854 (2) (b), Stats., unless the individual submits to the provider a payment agreement that has been approved by the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5), Stats., and that is consistent with rules promulgated under s. 49.858 (2) (a), Stats. NR 155.22(3)(3) Content of the agreement. The cost-share agreement shall contain or describe: NR 155.22(3)(b)(b) The urban best management practices to be applied and the cost-share rates for those practices that are to be cost shared. The cost-share agreement shall require that all cost-shared urban best management practices be implemented and maintained as a condition of the agreement. NR 155.22(3)(c)(c) The estimated total practice cost, cost-share rate and estimated cost-share amount. NR 155.22(3)(f)(f) A prohibition against adopting any land use or practice which defeats the purposes of the urban best management practices, the cost-share agreement or the runoff management grant agreement.