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Revenue-Based Development Incentives September 2010. Brian Caputo, City of Aurora Bob Rychlicki, Kane, McKenna and Associates, Inc. Nick Greifer, Kane, McKenna and Associates, Inc. Selection of Incentives. By Type of Revenue to Be Generated Property Sales Hotel Utility Other.
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Revenue-Based Development Incentives September 2010
Brian Caputo, City of Aurora Bob Rychlicki, Kane, McKenna and Associates, Inc. Nick Greifer, Kane, McKenna and Associates, Inc.
Selection of Incentives • By Type of Revenue to Be Generated • Property • Sales • Hotel • Utility • Other
Instruments to Accomplish Goals • TIF • SSA • Business District (BD) • Property Tax Abatement • Sales Tax Sharing Agreement • Other
Instruments • SSA • SSA’s are a special taxing mechanism that can be used for services and/or physical improvements within a specific geographic area of a municipality. • Only the property owners, or tenants if pass thru is included in lease amounts, pay a proportional amount of the Special Service Area Tax. • Bonds can be issued in an SSA for public improvements.
Instruments • Business District (BD) Powers: • Approve Development Proposals • Acquire, convey, manage real property • Expend funds for the Business District • Taxes • Impose a retailers’ occupation tax in the Business District • Impose a hotel operators’ occupation tax in the Business District. • Borrow funds for Business District Development • Issue bonds for Business District Development
Instruments • Business District (BD) Powers: • Legislation Will Impact Municipal Authority • Refer to Handout
Instruments • Property Tax Abatement • Any taxing district, upon a majority vote of its governing authority, may order the county clerk to abate a portion of its taxes on certain properties. • May require an Intergovernmental Agreement if more than one taxing district is involved. • Abatement for commercial/industrial can’t exceed 10 years and the aggregate amount of abated taxes for all districts can’t exceed $4 million. • Only applicable to end users – no infrastructure funds.
Instruments • TIF • Same revenue source as property tax abatement • But much more flexible and powerful… • ….and much more complex from compliance standpoint • Refer to handout for incremental property tax forecasting example
Instruments • Sales Tax Rebate • Pay as you go incentive • Only paid from share of actual sales tax from development • Payable for public improvements or extraordinary costs
If Sales Tax…. • Components: • Local Distributive Share • Home Rule • Non-Home Rule • Business District
Identifying Needs • Public Infrastructure • Public/Private Improvements • Private Sector Gap
Determining Level of Subsidy • Considerations/Criteria: • “True Public Need” • % Developer Contribution and Public Contribution (Leverage Ratio) • “Gap Analysis” • Rate of Return • Net revenue benefit • Precedents
Funding • Bonds • Village security • Revenue • Implications for municipality • Marketable Notes • Pay-as-You-Go
Case Study • City of Aurora