- (1) The Director or designee shall establish conditions for each grant agreement.
(2) The Department shall only enter into new agreements or amendments to existing agreements with prior grantees of the Place-Based Water Planning Fund if all reporting obligations and conditions under existing or earlier grant agreements from this Fund have been met.
(3) The Grantee must:
(a) Submit a report at least every six months to the Department on a form provided by the Department that provides information regarding the expenditure of program and match funds, progress toward completion, compliance with special conditions and requirements in the grant agreement, and any other information required by the Department.
(b) Comply with all federal, state, and local laws and ordinances applicable to the work to be done under the grant agreement.
(c) Account for funds distributed by the Department, using expense forms provided by the Department.
(d) Ensure a collaborative process and adherence to principles of place-based integrated water resources planning and the state’s Integrated Water Resources Strategy.
(e) Follow the process, content, and structure provided by the Department and necessary to meet the definitions of a “Place-Based Integrated Water Resources Plan” and “Place-Based Integrated Water Resources Planning”.
(f) Pursue state-recognition of any Plan or Plan update resulting from the collaborative’s work.
(4) Upon notice by the Department to the Grantee in writing, the Director may terminate funding for a grantee not complying with the grant agreement requirements and conditions. The money allocated to the grantee but not used may be available for reallocation by the Department.
Statutory/Other Authority
ORS 537.872 - ORS 537.873 & ORS 536.027
Statutes/Other Implemented
ORS 537.872 - ORS 537.873
History
WRD 5-2025, renumbered from 690-602-0008, filed 04/02/2025, effective 04/02/2025
WRD 3-2025, adopt filed 03/28/2025, effective 04/01/2025