# Presentation: 063677

## Local Policy II

**Session Name: Local Policy II**
**Coastal Hazards Management Course**

- The impact of taxes, assessments and fees extends beyond merely the
-  collection of revenue, they can have a **profound impact on the pattern of**
**development **in the community.

**Taxation Impacts Development Patterns**

**Slide 36.1**

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## Local Policy II

**Session Name: Local Policy II**
**Coastal Hazards Management Course**

**Real Property Tax**
- Real property taxes are usually based on the **value of land** along with
- any **improvements,** including structures, on the land.

**Slide 36.2**

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## Local Policy II

**Session Name: Local Policy II**
**Coastal Hazards Management Course**

- Local Governments may **levy special assessments** against property
- owners who directly benefit from a specific **public improvement**.

**Special Assessments**

**Slide 36.3**

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## Local Policy II

**Session Name: Local Policy II**
**Coastal Hazards Management Course**

- Impact fees require **new developments** to share in the **financial**
**burden** that their arrival imposes on a community.

**Impact Fees**

**Slide 36.4**

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## Local Policy II

**Session Name: Local Policy II**
**Coastal Hazards Management Course**

- Local governments typically provide a **wide array of services**, including
- ongoing services, such as waste collection and fire and police protection,
- as well as major one-time capital improvement projects.

**Spending/Capital Improvements**

**Slide 36.5**

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## Local Policy II

**Session Name: Local Policy II**
**Coastal Hazards Management Course**

**Capital improvements programming** is the **multiyear scheduling** of
- public physical improvement.  The **capital improvements budget** refers
- to those facilities that are programmed for the next fiscal year.

**Capital Improvement Programs/Capital Improvement Budgets**

**Slide 36.6**

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## Local Policy II

**Session Name: Local Policy II**
**Coastal Hazards Management Course**

- Public capital investment **policies**, including capital improvement programs and urban service boundaries, have long been known to act as a **growth management tool**, since growth and **development tends to** **follow the availability of public** services.

**Public Investment Affects Private Development**

**Slide 36.7**

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## Local Policy II

**Session Name: Local Policy II**
**Coastal Hazards Management Course**

- When local governments build new structures and facilities, or renovate
- old ones, such as schools, fire and police stations government offices
- and other necessary public structures, they have the **opportunity** to
- build them to **standards** that **incorporate resilience** to coastal
- hazards.

**Spending for Government Buildings and Facilities**

**Slide 36.8**

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## Local Policy II

**Session Name: Local Policy II**
**Coastal Hazards Management Course**

**Federal **and **state** agencies, as well as many **regional** entities often enact legislation or carry out programs and policies that **trump local** **government** authority.

**Not all spending decisions are locally made.**

**Slide 36.9**

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## Local Policy II

**Session Name: Local Policy II**
**Coastal Hazards Management Course**

**Education: Methods to Promote Community Awareness**

**Slide 36. 10**

-   Real estate disclosure
-   Community awareness campaigns
-   Hazard maps
-   Disaster warnings

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