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<br /> <br />ITEM #: 5.5. <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: Mayor and City Council <br />Lori johnson, City Administrator <br /> <br />FROM: Scott Clark, Community Development Director <br />Tim Simon, Finance Director <br /> <br />DATE: july 9, 2007 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Financial Land Use Study <br /> <br />At the July 9 City Council meeting, Tim Simon, Finance Director, and Scott Clark, <br />Community Development Director, will present a "Land Use Financial Model" that has <br />been developed over the past year. The overall premise is to track future development <br />growth and to ascertain the affect on the City's overall tax rate projections. Our community <br />is unique in the fact that we will have a capped population of approximately 35,000 residents <br />serving a city that is almost 45 square miles in geographic size. <br /> <br />The model contains the following information: <br />. Projected growth over the next 20 years; it is anticipated that 98% of the <br />City's present sewered and future rural area development will be built out at <br />that time. <br />. Growth patterns are exclusive of the gravel mining area. <br />. Expenditures include projections on new staff, new programs, and possible <br />tax levied bonds. <br />. As a model, all assumptions can be quickly changed to ascertain key variables <br />that affect our budget position such as inflation, market rate increases, and <br />new programs. <br /> <br />The modeling is intended to serve as a long term budgeting tool and this presentation is <br />intended to give the Council an understanding on how it can be used. It should be noted <br />that this information excludes the gravel mining area. The intention (and a good example of <br />the use of this model) is that when a gravel mining land use study is constructed the financial <br />implications of the development (real estate value, increased expenditures for service, <br />potential tax levied bonds, etc.) can be built into the model to ascertain its affect on the long <br />term tax rate. <br /> <br />This model will be used in conjunction with the ClP discussions that will start taking place in <br />August. <br /> <br />If you have any questions prior to the meeting, please contact staff accordingly. <br />S:\Council\Tim\Financial Land Use Study 07 09 07.doc <br />