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Fiscal, Finance, & Budgeting

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Special Tax/Revenue Bonds   Repaid from earmarked taxes or user charges  
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Private Activity Bonds   Repaid with receipts from private firm  
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Performance Bonds   Required by City & County gov conver offsite public improvement obligations associated with commerecial & residential developments.  
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Impact fees & tax increment financing   Used to pay for capital projects  
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Revenue bonds   usually pays for parking garages, swater and sewer systems, landfills etc.  
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Capital Improvement Progamming   one way to implement comprehensive plan  
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Capital Improvement Program (CIP)   prepared by planning director or planning commission, use collaboration-consensus building.  
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Community Development Block Grants   Administered by HUD on formula basis for entitlement communities and by State Dept of Hsg & Community Development (HCD) for non-entitlement jurisdictions. Came about after Housing & Community Development Act of 1974.  
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Community Development Block Grants   Eliminates blight, slums, health & safety issues,provide decent home to evey family, rational use of land, reduce isolation of income groups, economic opportunity for low and moderate income, Cities with 50,000 pn+, low & moderate pn, prepare a HAP  
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Growth Management goal 1   protect lands that provide public & quasi public goods  
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Special Assessment Districts   Area subject to special prop tax assessment for financing special improvements in district.  
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General Obligation Bonds   Repaid from general taxes  
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Growth Management goal 2   Accommodate Development needs  
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Urban growth boundaries (UGB)   Identifies when/where land available for development 20-25 yrs growth in employment & population.  
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Urban Service Areas (USA)   Geographic areas targeted for new or improved infrastructure or for public fac. & urban services next 5-10 yrs.  
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Intermediate Growth Boundaries (IGB)   Formed within Urban growth boundaries (UGB) where development channeled over time.  
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Urban Reserve Boundaries   define land outside UGB which free for development should UGB expand.  
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Growth Management goal 3   Provide adequate public facilities and services at minimum cost & distribute costs equitably.  
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Growth Management goal 4   Distribute the burdens of and benefits of growth fairly- communities share plan, finance & manage; use regional approach; housing; share wealth, lulus.  
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Growth Management goal 5   Prevent or mitigate negative and foster positive externalities- separation of incompatible land uses; containment of urban dev; use zoning & buffers.  
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Growth Management goal 6   Provide admin efficiency-streamlined permitting procedures; streamlined judicial review.  
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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis   Used to compare & advocate policies by quantifying total costs & effects. Costs measured iin monetary terms; effects measured in units of any type.  
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Cost-Revenue Analysis   systematic comparison of two money flows.  
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Fiscal Impact Analysis   Detemines whether project generates sufficient revenues to offset cost of public services. similar to cost-revenue but CR broader application-impacts on public service. FI-fiscal implications of cost of public services & infrastructure.  
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Municipal Financing Methods   lease purchase; special assessments; special districts; state & federal grants; tax increment financing.  
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Economic Development dimensions   Employment, development base, location assets, knowledge resources.  
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local economic development stratgegy   locality development, business development, HR devlopment, community development  
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Exaction   contribution or payment required as authorized precondition for receiving a development permit-mandatory dedication or fee-in-lieu of dedication reqmts.  
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Windfall tax   tax on a financial benefit conferred on a property owner as a result of a publlic action. Recapture windfall profits by the public.  
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Revenue forecasting   Requires understanding of past, an object view of future & intuitive feel of future.  
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Budget   Allocating & spending tax $ to provide services to the public that woulod otherwise have to be provided by themselves. Series of goals with price and priorities.  
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Operating Budget   Everyday expenditures for salaries, supplies, and maintenance.  
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Planning programming budget system (PPBS)   Technique that organizes budget so it relates to a goal or activity.  
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Zero Base Budgeting   Budget starts from scratch every year.  
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Taxes   Generate revenues to finance govt goods & services, redistribute income, reduce income and spending when overall demand is excessive.  
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Criteria when imposing tax   Fairness, certainty, convenience, efficiency, productivity, neutrality.  
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Progressive tax   Tax rate increases as income rises.  
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Proportional tax   Tax rate is constant as income rises.  
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Regressive tax   Tax rate declines as income rises.  
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Current Revenue   Current funds for capital improvements  
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Reserve funds   Accumulation of funds for future capital improvements  
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General Obligation Funds   Votger approval to sell bonds for capital improvements  
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Revenue Bonds   Sell bonds at high interest rates for capital improvements  
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Lease Purchase   Private developer pays for capital improvement and municipality "rents-to-own"  
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Special Assessments   (blank)  
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State and Federal Grants in aid   (blank)  
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Tax incremental financing   (blank)  
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