O:9:"magpierss":24:{s:6:"parser";i:0;s:12:"current_item";a:0:{}s:5:"items";a:25:{i:0;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36878256.post-6363814863202446548";s:9:"published";s:29:"2007-05-20T23:02:00.000-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2007-05-21T08:29:07.533-06:00";s:5:"title";s:8:"New Blog";s:12:"atom_content";s:1320:"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9KZ_DzxrUtQ/RlEpiMRLWfI/AAAAAAAAAGM/9m_pys7IZVs/s1600-h/cropped-city-cafe.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9KZ_DzxrUtQ/RlEpiMRLWfI/AAAAAAAAAGM/9m_pys7IZVs/s320/cropped-city-cafe.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5066876723154082290" border="0" /></a>My office spring cleaning is beginning by changing my blog.  I've had this blog for a 7 or 8 months and I'm tired of the title and the format...so I'm turning over a new leaf and turning to word press. The name of the new blog is <a href="http://thecitycafe.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The City Cafe</span></a>. What does that mean? I'm not really sure...but it allowed me to incorporate a photo I really like into the header. So <a href="http://thecitycafe.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The City Cafe</span></a> will remain a blog that discusses all things related to cities, with a focus to local government fiscal policy. I look forward to your comments.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36878256-6363814863202446548?l=chronicleofideas.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:155:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/feeds/6363814863202446548/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36878256&postID=6363814863202446548";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/6363814863202446548";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/6363814863202446548";s:4:"link";s:58:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/2007/05/new-blog.html";s:11:"author_name";s:16:"Neil Abercrombie";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01764797697093503154";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"0";}}i:1;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36878256.post-8042339917589183340";s:9:"published";s:29:"2007-05-14T18:31:00.000-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2007-05-14T18:42:48.028-06:00";s:5:"title";s:30:"Tis' The Season--Budget Season";s:12:"atom_content";s:937:"For local governments May is budget season. A number of cities are presenting their budgets for the 2007-08 fiscal year (<a href="http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660216885,00.html">Mayor Billings' presents Provo's budget on a bus tour of the city</a>).  I'm sure you'll see a lot more news stories about city budgets as they are debated and finalized.<br /><br />Today on KCPW's Midday Metro show Bill Anderson (South Salt Lake City Councilmember), Gary Hill (Park City budget officer), and myself discussed the state of local government finance with KCPW host Bryann Schott. If you are interested in the 20 minute podcast check here: <a href="http://www.kcpw.org/article/3545"><span style="font-weight: bold;">KCPW discussion May 14th 2007</span></a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36878256-8042339917589183340?l=chronicleofideas.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:155:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/feeds/8042339917589183340/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36878256&postID=8042339917589183340";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/8042339917589183340";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/8042339917589183340";s:4:"link";s:74:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/2007/05/tis-season-budget-season.html";s:11:"author_name";s:16:"Neil Abercrombie";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01764797697093503154";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"0";}}i:2;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36878256.post-5561792443563897368";s:9:"published";s:29:"2007-05-13T22:47:00.000-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2007-05-13T22:57:57.322-06:00";s:5:"title";s:49:"So city council meetings aren't so bad, after all";s:12:"atom_content";s:1382:"Excellent column in the <a href="http://www.thespectrum.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Spectrum</span></a> this weekend written by Steve Kiggins, Cedar City Bureau Chief.  I keep telling people that local government finance really is an interesting issue that people should pay more attention to...sounds like Steve agrees.  One quote from his column, <span style="font-style: italic;">"</span><span class="bodytext"><span style="font-style: italic;">In the past 21 months, I've learned more about the world around me than I did in all my years as a sports reporter. That's because I've covered city council meetings, interviewed state, county and city leaders, studied subjects such as health care, taxes and education, opened my eyes to the issues and challenges around me....If you don't pay attention to city government,  I urge you to start."</span><br /><br />You can read the full column <a href="http://www.thespectrum.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070513/NEWS01/705130305/1002"><span style="font-weight: bold;">here</span></a>.<br /><br />On another note...how about those Jazz? Western Conference Finals here we come (am I jumping the gun?).<br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36878256-5561792443563897368?l=chronicleofideas.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:155:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/feeds/5561792443563897368/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36878256&postID=5561792443563897368";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/5561792443563897368";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/5561792443563897368";s:4:"link";s:87:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/2007/05/so-city-council-meetings-arent-so-bad.html";s:11:"author_name";s:16:"Neil Abercrombie";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01764797697093503154";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"1";}}i:3;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36878256.post-7798314656176819859";s:9:"published";s:29:"2007-04-24T09:44:00.000-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2007-04-24T09:57:27.178-06:00";s:5:"title";s:19:"Housing Development";s:12:"atom_content";s:1182:"The housing market continues to capture a number of headlines.  Especially with reports today of the sharpest decline in home sales in 18 years (<a href="http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/24/news/economy/home_sales/index.htm?postversion=2007042411"><span style="font-weight: bold;">here</span></a>).  Overall the housing market in Utah still appears strong, but when the market continues to fall in Vegas and Phoenix it makes you wonder what is in store for the Salt Lake metro area in the next year or two.<br /><br />I also found these two recent articles regarding housing development interesting.<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/22/realestate/22nati.html?_r=1&oref=slogin"><span style="font-style: italic;">New York Times</span> article on housing development along the TRAX lines in Murray City</a>.<br /></li><li><a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2163971/?nav=navoa">Article in <span style="font-style: italic;">Slate</span> about how a cornfield became a town. </a><br /></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36878256-7798314656176819859?l=chronicleofideas.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:155:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/feeds/7798314656176819859/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36878256&postID=7798314656176819859";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/7798314656176819859";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/7798314656176819859";s:4:"link";s:69:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/2007/04/housing-development.html";s:11:"author_name";s:16:"Neil Abercrombie";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01764797697093503154";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"2";}}i:4;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36878256.post-5412847216422367960";s:9:"published";s:29:"2007-04-19T14:51:00.000-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2007-04-19T16:23:54.964-06:00";s:5:"title";s:16:"Cluster Analysis";s:12:"atom_content";s:2724:"I've been working on an interesting project the past few weeks, clustering of Utah's cities and towns. Often our analysis here at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ULCT</span> requires grouping or clustering of cities. But usually this grouping is dictated solely by population size or regional location--very surface and misleading variables. In an attempt to find a more accurate grouping, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ULCT</span> has attempted clustered cities together based on demographic, financial, and economic characteristics. The variables used to group cities are: <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9KZ_DzxrUtQ/RifcjYy-SZI/AAAAAAAAAGE/LVbj3W3qJ3o/s1600-h/clustering+2.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055251607256451474" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9KZ_DzxrUtQ/RifcjYy-SZI/AAAAAAAAAGE/LVbj3W3qJ3o/s320/clustering+2.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><ul><li>2005 population</li><li>Percent population change 2000-2005</li><li>Household median income (2000 Census data)</li><li>2003 Primary residential land value (& per <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">capita</span>)</li><li>2003 Commercial and industrial land value (&amp; per <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">capita</span>)</li><li>2003 Property tax revenue (& per <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">capita</span>)</li><li>2003 Sales tax revenue (&amp; per <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">capita</span>) </li></ul><p>Our results led to 11 clusters of cities, with Salt Lake City as the one outlier. The eleven types of clusters are: major cities, commercial centers, high growth communities, residential transitioning, high income residential, urban edge, resort communities, natural resource/mining based, old established, traditional agricultural, and small towns.<br /></p><p>If you are interested in where your city grouped or would like to see the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">analysis</span> write-up please review the report: <strong><a href="http://www.ulct.org/ULCTLeg.nsf/7549874e70f6110487256db700780af0/2987eab7994ff1778725727d0055ffc4/$FILE/Cluster%20Analysis%202007.pdf">2007 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">ULCT</span> Cluster Analysis </a></strong>I'm interested in hearing your feedback on this project. I think we will find it a great tool enabling better policy analysis.  Please contact me with any questions. </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36878256-5412847216422367960?l=chronicleofideas.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:155:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/feeds/5412847216422367960/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36878256&postID=5412847216422367960";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/5412847216422367960";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/5412847216422367960";s:4:"link";s:66:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/2007/04/cluster-analysis.html";s:11:"author_name";s:16:"Neil Abercrombie";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01764797697093503154";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"0";}}i:5;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36878256.post-1100823284387216995";s:9:"published";s:29:"2007-04-18T10:50:00.000-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2007-04-18T14:02:15.311-06:00";s:5:"title";s:41:"Tax Burden -- How much goes to your city?";s:12:"atom_content";s:1898:"Taxes become a common discussion during the middle of April...but how many of us really know our complete annual tax bill (federal, state, and local)? <a href="http://www.utahtaxpayers.org/">The Utah Taxpayers</a> each year provides an analysis of a typical Utah family each year--this year the average Utah family of five spends $15,877 in taxes or 25% of their income.<br /><br />However, of this $15,877 in taxes how much goes to your city or town? Based on this analysis a family of five spend around $700 dollars a year (combined sales, property, and franchise) in municipal taxes.<ul><li>A median Utah household spends 1.2% of their income in municipal taxes</li><li>Less than 5% of a Utahns entire tax burden is dedicated to municipal government.</li></ul><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9KZ_DzxrUtQ/RiZRl0tnCAI/AAAAAAAAAF0/HoApvOoW6L8/s1600-h/tax+burden.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9KZ_DzxrUtQ/RiZRl0tnCAI/AAAAAAAAAF0/HoApvOoW6L8/s200/tax+burden.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5054817342016915458" border="0" /></a>$700 dollars a year for all the municipal services I use (sidewalks, city parks, water, garbage collection, sewer, city library, roads, etc)...sounds like a bargain to me.  And I'm a libertarian who hates taxes as much as anyone.<br /><br />By the way, the <a href="http://www.utahtaxpayers.org/">Utah Taxpayers</a> have scheduled their 29th Annual Conference for May 4th.  You can check out the packed agenda <a href="http://www.utahtaxpayers.org/NEWSLTTR/PDFs/2007/2007Conference%20Agenda.pdf"><span style="font-weight: bold;">here</span></a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36878256-1100823284387216995?l=chronicleofideas.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:155:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/feeds/1100823284387216995/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36878256&postID=1100823284387216995";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/1100823284387216995";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/1100823284387216995";s:4:"link";s:87:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/2007/04/tax-burden-how-much-goes-to-your-city.html";s:11:"author_name";s:16:"Neil Abercrombie";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01764797697093503154";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"1";}}i:6;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36878256.post-8965663963564461782";s:9:"published";s:29:"2007-04-14T22:09:00.000-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2007-04-16T11:39:15.921-06:00";s:5:"title";s:22:"Huckabee in St. George";s:12:"atom_content";s:2244:"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9KZ_DzxrUtQ/RiGoAktnB9I/AAAAAAAAAFc/nXGGlDQcgBY/s1600-h/huck.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 236px; height: 157px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9KZ_DzxrUtQ/RiGoAktnB9I/AAAAAAAAAFc/nXGGlDQcgBY/s320/huck.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5053504984694851538" border="0" /></a>Overall I would say the mid-year conference this past Thursday and Friday was a great success.  One highlight from the conference was Thursday speaker, presidential candidate Mike <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Huckabee</span>. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Huckabee</span> was great, personally engaging and a captivating speaker.  His comments focused on the need for citizens to solve the US health crisis by becoming active.  <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Huckabee</span> emphasized that success needs to be a long-term cultural shift that leads to more individual physical activity.  I thought it was interesting that he mentioned four examples of cultural changes that have improved our overall quality of life: wearing of seat belts, reduced littering, reduced smoking, and a crackdown on drunk driving (think about the acceptance of things activities 30 years ago compared to today...huge changes).   These are all evidence that the same cultural change can occur to enhance our level of physical activity.<br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.thespectrum.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070413/NEWS01/704130313">Spectrum article on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Huckabee</span></a><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.thespectrum.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070413/VIDEO/70412009">Spectrum video </a><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660211353,00.html"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Deseret</span> News article </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36878256-8965663963564461782?l=chronicleofideas.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:155:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/feeds/8965663963564461782/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36878256&postID=8965663963564461782";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/8965663963564461782";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/8965663963564461782";s:4:"link";s:71:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/2007/04/huckabee-in-st-george.html";s:11:"author_name";s:16:"Neil Abercrombie";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01764797697093503154";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"0";}}i:7;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36878256.post-7290551992843267797";s:9:"published";s:29:"2007-04-08T21:46:00.000-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2007-04-08T21:57:26.755-06:00";s:5:"title";s:37:"St. George Fastest Growing Metro Area";s:12:"atom_content";s:1614:"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9KZ_DzxrUtQ/Rhm5dxASWFI/AAAAAAAAAFU/ezUUM3J5UMs/s1600-h/st.+george.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 220px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9KZ_DzxrUtQ/Rhm5dxASWFI/AAAAAAAAAFU/ezUUM3J5UMs/s320/st.+george.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5051272378094606418" border="0" /></a>Many of you maybe saw the news last week from the U.S. Census Bureau announcing <a href="http://www.sgcity.org/">St. George City</a> as the fastest growing metro area in the nation.  St. George area great by 39.8% between 2000 and 2006, this rate is almost 9% higher than the second metro area (Greeley Colorado at 31%).  St. George is not the only Utah metro area to make this list...Provo-Orem metro area grew by 26% since 2000, ranking them 6th nationally.  You can read and watch the KSL news story <a href="http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&amp;sid=1073246">here</a> or read the Census Bureau press release <a href="http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/009865.html">here</a>.<br /><br />On another note I'm looking forward to spending this coming week in the fastest growing metro area in nation for our <a href="http://www.ulct.org/ULCTLeg.nsf/7549874e70f6110487256db700780af0/1dd35b2008eaf32587257275006825f6/$FILE/MidRegMail07.pdf">2007 Midyear Conference</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36878256-7290551992843267797?l=chronicleofideas.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:155:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/feeds/7290551992843267797/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36878256&postID=7290551992843267797";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/7290551992843267797";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/7290551992843267797";s:4:"link";s:86:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/2007/04/st-george-fastest-growing-metro-area.html";s:11:"author_name";s:16:"Neil Abercrombie";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01764797697093503154";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"0";}}i:8;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36878256.post-5435341490630554133";s:9:"published";s:29:"2007-04-06T12:47:00.000-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2007-04-08T21:58:05.652-06:00";s:5:"title";s:24:"March HOA Forum Reviewed";s:12:"atom_content";s:3717:"<p class="MsoNormal">Around thirty staff members from a number of cities attended our recent March homeowner associations forum at South Jordan City.  Here are a couple of questions discussed at the forum: </p>  <ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Why is communication between      the city and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">HOA</span> important? <i>There are a couple of reasons. First,      improved communication can improve emergency response at a time of crisis.      Some larger <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">HOAs</span> may have a emergency response plan that can be      coordinated with the city. </i></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">What is the best way to      improve communication with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">HOAs</span> in your city? <i>This is a difficult task,      especially since part of the challenge is just identifying the individual      <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">HOAs</span> that exist. South Jordan City literally has gone door to door to      identify <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">HOAs</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">COAs</span>.  In addition, now they ask <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">HOAs</span> to record contact      information with the city. </i></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">What can cities do to help prevent <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">HOA</span> failure?<i> Unfortunately      there really <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">isn</span>’t a lot cities can do.<span style="">       </span>However, one key maybe is to closely review the proposed financial      plan of a new <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">HOA</span>. Often <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">HOA</span> failure is due to inadequate reserve funds      for emergency situations, the city can help review and approve this plan      prior to development.<span style="">  </span></i></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">What does <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">HOA</span> failure mean<i>? Really there are two kinds of      failure. One kind is complete failure that results in absolving the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">HOA</span>      entirely, this failure is very rare. The other kind of failure relates to      a specific private service (private road in the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">HOA</span> , sewer or water, etc)      this is more common. Often the frequency of service failure is directly      related to the fiscal strength of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">HOA</span>.<span style="">       </span></i></span></li></ul>  <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Thanks to John <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Janson</span>(West Valley City) and Chip Dawson (South Jordan City) for participating in the panel discussion and offering their experience/insight. <o:p></o:p></span></p>  <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Check here is you are interested in my presentation. <a href="http://mycommunity.net/ULCTLeg.nsf/e5d8a81730975fec87256db700780af1/a70c67749c20b9108725721f00783bb4/$FILE/March%20HOA%20forum.pdf">March <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">HOA</span> Forum</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36878256-5435341490630554133?l=chronicleofideas.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:155:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/feeds/5435341490630554133/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36878256&postID=5435341490630554133";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/5435341490630554133";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/5435341490630554133";s:4:"link";s:74:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/2007/04/march-hoa-forum-reviewed.html";s:11:"author_name";s:16:"Neil Abercrombie";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01764797697093503154";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"0";}}i:9;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36878256.post-3196935853574547754";s:9:"published";s:29:"2007-03-27T14:45:00.000-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2007-03-27T16:57:09.875-06:00";s:5:"title";s:32:"Growth of Homeowner Associations";s:12:"atom_content";s:2320:"<span style="font-weight: bold;">Question:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">How many Americans live in homeowner associations or condominium associations?</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9KZ_DzxrUtQ/RgmFtAYyrAI/AAAAAAAAAFI/K76SCpJ1WwE/s1600-h/hoas+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 199px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9KZ_DzxrUtQ/RgmFtAYyrAI/AAAAAAAAAFI/K76SCpJ1WwE/s320/hoas+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5046711865689943042" border="0" /></a><br />A.  2.1 million<br />B.  9.6 million<br />C.  29.6 million<br />D.  57 million<br /><br />The correct answer is 57 million Americans (1 in 5 Americans) live in HOAs or COAs. If you answered 2.1 million you were correct in 1970. Since then the growth has exploded.<br /><br />What is causing the HOA growth? What are the implications of HOAs for local government? There are a number of other related policy questions...who will retain the responsibility for maintenance or upkeep? Is there a perception of double taxation to HOA residents?<br /><br />If you are interested in this issue please attend the ULCT forum: <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;">Homeowner Associations: the Good, the Bad, and the Unknown</span><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Date:</span> Thursday, March 29th<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Time: </span>2:30 to 4:00 pm<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Place: </span>South Jordan City Hall, Council Chamber -- 1600 W. Town Center Drive (10600 South)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Panelists:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">John Janson</span> (West Valley City Community & Economic Development and President Utah APA Chapter), <span style="font-style: italic;">Chip Dawson</span> (South Jordan City Neighborhood Services Coordinator), and<span style="font-style: italic;"> Neil Abercrombie</span> (ULCT policy analyst)<br /><br />Email me if you have questions.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36878256-3196935853574547754?l=chronicleofideas.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:155:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/feeds/3196935853574547754/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36878256&postID=3196935853574547754";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/3196935853574547754";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/3196935853574547754";s:4:"link";s:82:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/2007/03/growth-of-homeowner-associations.html";s:11:"author_name";s:16:"Neil Abercrombie";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01764797697093503154";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"0";}}i:10;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36878256.post-2883218634723444304";s:9:"published";s:29:"2007-03-22T10:48:00.000-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2007-03-22T10:56:30.427-06:00";s:5:"title";s:18:"Spanning the State";s:12:"atom_content";s:1268:"After spending much of the last two weeks out of the office, for work and pleasure, I've been trying to catch-up on all the local news I missed. I thought maybe I'd link to a couple of recent stories I've noticed across the state...<br /><br /><a href="http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660204718,00.html">West Valley City welcomes back City Manager Wayne Pyle from deployment</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/213536/4/">Pleasant Grove City studies their exotic animal policy</a><br /><br /><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660204347,00.html">As the Gibby and Mapleton World Turns </a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.kcpw.org/article/3190">Park City Council weighs the options of open space versus affordable housing </a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/213402/4/">Eagle Mountain and Saratoga Springs lobby for federal funds </a><br /><br /><a href="http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660203825,00.html">And Frank Pignanelli agreeing with Ronald Reagan? Well maybe in theory...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36878256-2883218634723444304?l=chronicleofideas.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:155:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/feeds/2883218634723444304/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36878256&postID=2883218634723444304";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/2883218634723444304";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/2883218634723444304";s:4:"link";s:64:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/2007/03/spanning-state.html";s:11:"author_name";s:16:"Neil Abercrombie";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01764797697093503154";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"0";}}i:11;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36878256.post-9031763432067514557";s:9:"published";s:29:"2007-03-13T21:51:00.000-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2007-04-18T17:33:49.549-06:00";s:5:"title";s:36:"National League of Cities Conference";s:12:"atom_content";s:2494:"Myself, a few other ULCT staff members, and around 70 <st1:state st="on">Utah</st1:state> local elected officials and staff are currently in <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Washington</st1:city>, <st1:state st="on">DC</st1:state></st1:place> for the Annual National League of Cities Congressional Conference. This morning four different US Senators shared their thoughts regarding the role of local government; Senators Norm Coleman (R-Minn), Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), Christopher Dodd (D-Conn), and Joe Biden (D-Del). To be honest this turned into a session of 'campaign speak', with a lot of flattery and little substance.<br /><br />The more interesting NLC speaker was <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/">George Stephanopoulous</a>, host of ABC Sunday morning news show <span style="font-style: italic;">This Week</span>. George spoke for 50 minutes without even hardly taking a breath, mostly addressing the national political landscape related to the upcoming presidential race. One<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9KZ_DzxrUtQ/RflvL0ItAsI/AAAAAAAAAEw/fzpv7-iAs5U/s1600-h/Michael+Bloomberg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 182px; height: 259px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9KZ_DzxrUtQ/RflvL0ItAsI/AAAAAAAAAEw/fzpv7-iAs5U/s320/Michael+Bloomberg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042183506582373058" border="0" /></a> interesting scenario mentioned by George is possibly the emergence of third party candidate...he suggested that maybe New York City <a href="http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.beb0d8fdaa9e1607a62fa24601c789a0/">Mayor Michael Bloomberg</a> might throw his hat in the ring as an independent candidate. Bloomberg, one of the wealthiest individuals in the world, has the advantage of financing his own campaign.  And as Stephanopoulous suggested, if a crazy Ross Perot can get 19% of the vote in 1992 think what an articulate intelligent Michael Boomberg can do. Interesting possibility.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Mayor Michael Bloomberg for President? Stephanopoulos said he wouldn't be too surprised to see this occur. </span></span><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36878256-9031763432067514557?l=chronicleofideas.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:155:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/feeds/9031763432067514557/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36878256&postID=9031763432067514557";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/9031763432067514557";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/9031763432067514557";s:4:"link";s:89:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/2007/03/myself-few-other-ulct-staff-members-and.html";s:11:"author_name";s:16:"Neil Abercrombie";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01764797697093503154";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"0";}}i:12;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36878256.post-8359590928621307290";s:9:"published";s:29:"2007-03-13T11:03:00.000-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2007-03-13T15:06:29.800-06:00";s:5:"title";s:23:"Utah's Aging Population";s:12:"atom_content";s:518:"Robert Spendlove, Pam Perlich, and I discussed the social and political implications of Utah's aging population with Lara Jones yesterday on KCPW. The discussion lasted about 25 minutes, you can listen the broadcast <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" href="http://www.kcpw.org/article/3138"><span style="font-weight: bold;">HERE</span></a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36878256-8359590928621307290?l=chronicleofideas.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:155:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/feeds/8359590928621307290/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36878256&postID=8359590928621307290";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/8359590928621307290";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/8359590928621307290";s:4:"link";s:72:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/2007/03/utahs-aging-population.html";s:11:"author_name";s:16:"Neil Abercrombie";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01764797697093503154";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"2";}}i:13;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:58:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36878256.post-367647732108090360";s:9:"published";s:29:"2007-03-04T22:13:00.000-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2007-03-04T22:27:29.314-07:00";s:5:"title";s:20:"Walkable Communities";s:12:"atom_content";s:2005:"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9KZ_DzxrUtQ/Reup1-6rhDI/AAAAAAAAAEo/DkIyOk0wuVs/s1600-h/walking.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 222px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9KZ_DzxrUtQ/Reup1-6rhDI/AAAAAAAAAEo/DkIyOk0wuVs/s320/walking.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038307353031312434" border="0" /></a>A recent study by the University of Washington confirms what we all intuitively know...people living in walkable communities are more active.  <span class="verdanaBody">Dr. Eric Larson, executive director of Group Health's Center for Health Studies and a co-author of the study, said the research shows you "<span style="font-style: italic;">have a higher chance of walking for exercise - from 30 percent to 600 percent in some comparisons - when you live in a more walkable neighborhood.</span>" You can read the UW news article <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" href="http://uwnews.washington.edu/ni/article.asp?articleID=30482"><span style="font-weight: bold;">here.</span></a><br /><br />We will be talking much more about this subject in a few weeks at our Midyear Conference in St. George (April 12-13th).  We are especially looking forward to our Midyear feature speakers, former Arkansas Governor <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" href="http://www.explorehuckabee.com/">Mike Huckabee</a> and also <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" href="http://www.pbs.org/americaswalking/series/host.html">Mark Fenton</a>, host of PBS series America's Walking. Contact Brian Hall in our office or <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" href="http://www.ulct.org/ULCTLeg.nsf/vML/8EBAB37333A4369387257267006621DE?OpenDocument">visit our website</a> for more information regarding the conference.<br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36878256-367647732108090360?l=chronicleofideas.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:153:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/feeds/367647732108090360/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36878256&postID=367647732108090360";s:9:"link_edit";s:70:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/367647732108090360";s:9:"link_self";s:70:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/367647732108090360";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/2007/03/walkable-communities.html";s:11:"author_name";s:16:"Neil Abercrombie";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01764797697093503154";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"0";}}i:14;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36878256.post-4358173415811082378";s:9:"published";s:29:"2007-02-28T23:05:00.000-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2007-02-28T23:14:12.627-07:00";s:5:"title";s:39:"Should Cities Print Their Own Currency?";s:12:"atom_content";s:651:"Here's one possible idea to try and stimulate the economy for locally owned stores...in Southern Berkshire Mass. they are starting to distribute a local currency called the Berkshare.  For $90 you get 100 Berkshares, that can only be spent at locally owned stores. Read the full story here: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Business/story?id=2903049&page=1"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">New England Towns Prints Up Its Own Currency</span></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36878256-4358173415811082378?l=chronicleofideas.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:155:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/feeds/4358173415811082378/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36878256&postID=4358173415811082378";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/4358173415811082378";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/4358173415811082378";s:4:"link";s:88:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/2007/02/should-cities-print-their-own-currency.html";s:11:"author_name";s:16:"Neil Abercrombie";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01764797697093503154";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"0";}}i:15;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36878256.post-7183870092616683672";s:9:"published";s:29:"2007-02-27T19:09:00.000-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2007-02-28T09:24:39.946-07:00";s:5:"title";s:20:"Dow Takes a Huge Hit";s:12:"atom_content";s:2125:"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9KZ_DzxrUtQ/ReWr-dJpcSI/AAAAAAAAAEc/6wpwMiDdUa0/s1600-h/Stocks.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9KZ_DzxrUtQ/ReWr-dJpcSI/AAAAAAAAAEc/6wpwMiDdUa0/s200/Stocks.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5036620847749099810" border="0" /></a>By now I'm sure you are all aware of the Dow dropping over 400 points today, the largest drop since September of 2001. But the question is what does this mean? Are we headed to a recession? Is the economy as strong as we think? Well the way I understand it there were three factors that really contributed to this huge loss:<ul><li>Bomb going off near Vice-President Cheney in Afghanistan (psychological effect)</li><li>Econ number for durable goods released this week lower than expected, down over 7% (appliances, computers, and large goods like airplanes)</li><li>9% drop in the Shanghai Stock Exchange (huge drop...largest in a decade), some analysts are suggesting that maybe this drop is just equalizing the 130% growth the Shanghai market has experienced the past year...others suggesting it is a response to fears of the government is trying to slow down the economy.<br /></li></ul>Most seem unsure if this massive sell off will continue tomorrow or not (I watched Cramer describe this as a great buy opportunity).  I'm not sure if this indicates a looming recession, but two points are interesting here: 1)This shows how closely we are now tied to the Chinese market (at least an appearance of what it might mean for the global economy), and 2)It is ironic this occurs a day after Alan Greenspan talks about a possible recession by the end of 2007. Click <a style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);" href="http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2007-02-26-greenspan_x.htm"><span style="font-weight: bold;">here</span></a> to read this article.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36878256-7183870092616683672?l=chronicleofideas.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:155:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/feeds/7183870092616683672/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36878256&postID=7183870092616683672";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/7183870092616683672";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/7183870092616683672";s:4:"link";s:68:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/2007/02/dow-takes-huge-hit.html";s:11:"author_name";s:16:"Neil Abercrombie";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01764797697093503154";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"0";}}i:16;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36878256.post-3691528550760292632";s:9:"published";s:29:"2007-02-25T19:24:00.001-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2007-02-25T20:16:03.655-07:00";s:5:"title";s:38:"How Much Do You Know About Government?";s:12:"atom_content";s:1938:"We began the Legislative session showing this video at <a href="http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/2007/01/local-officials-day-reviewed.html">Local Officials' Day</a>...so I thought maybe it is appropriate to the show the video again with the session ending this Wednesday. You can read the <span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Deseret</span> News</span> article regarding this video <a href="http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,650223884,00.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">here</span></a>.<br /><br /><embed style="width: 400px; height: 326px;" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-8752038531785524852&hl=en" flashvars=""><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Whats the point?</span>  The point is we can all become more educated on civics and government. It is easy to be disengaged when we don't understand the process or the players...think about watching a sporting event without knowledge of any of the rules. We think local government can play a part in addressing this civics ignorance.  Which is why we recently published a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">curriculum</span> guide for 4<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">th</span> and 7<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">th</span> grade teachers. Read more about it <a href="http://nonconforminguse.blogspot.com/2006/12/utah-we-know-thee-not.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">here</span></a>.  Or if you are in South Jordan City you may want to consider <a href="http://www.sjc.utah.gov/southjordanuniversity.asp"><span style="font-weight: bold;">South Jordan University</span></a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36878256-3691528550760292632?l=chronicleofideas.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:155:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/feeds/3691528550760292632/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36878256&postID=3691528550760292632";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/3691528550760292632";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/3691528550760292632";s:4:"link";s:59:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/2007/02/blog-post.html";s:11:"author_name";s:16:"Neil Abercrombie";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01764797697093503154";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"2";}}i:17;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36878256.post-7575238810030045418";s:9:"published";s:29:"2007-02-20T21:22:00.000-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2007-02-21T00:42:42.604-07:00";s:5:"title";s:27:"City Fiscal Conditions 2007";s:12:"atom_content";s:1786:"We know the State of Utah has a surplus of well over $1 billion, but what is the fiscal health of Utah's cities and towns? Each city and town is unique, which makes is difficult to assess budget health in the aggregate the way we evaluate state revenue and expenditures.  In an attempt to better understand the fiscal state of municipal goverment we (ULCT) recently conducted a survey of municipal budget officers across the state of Utah.<br /><br />The survey instrument used is patterned after a survey administered by the National League of Cities and adapted to address Utah's cities and towns. The survey asked respondents to assess if their city was better able or less able to address their budget needs this fiscal year versus the last. The survey also asked budget officers to measure the degree of impact a number of factors had on the budget process.   Overall Utah's cities and towns are experiencing fiscal stability, led by the strong state economy, but that doesn't mean there aren't looming challenges (i.e. infrastructure needs and rising health care benefit costs). Click here to read <a href="http://www.ulct.org/ULCTLeg.nsf/7549874e70f6110487256db700780af0/2987eab7994ff1778725727d0055ffc4/$FILE/2006%20Fiscal%20Conditions%20Survey.pdf"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">Municipal Fiscal Conditions 2007</span></a>.<br /><br />I appreciate the input from staff at the University of Utah <a href="http://www.cppa.utah.edu/">CPPA</a> and a small group of city budget officers regarding the design of this instrument. Also, thank you to the 82 cities who responded.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36878256-7575238810030045418?l=chronicleofideas.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:155:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/feeds/7575238810030045418/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36878256&postID=7575238810030045418";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/7575238810030045418";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/7575238810030045418";s:4:"link";s:77:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/2007/02/city-fiscal-conditions-2006.html";s:11:"author_name";s:16:"Neil Abercrombie";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01764797697093503154";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"0";}}i:18;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36878256.post-7446844625215347140";s:9:"published";s:29:"2007-02-15T14:27:00.001-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2007-02-15T15:11:46.116-07:00";s:5:"title";s:31:"Tax Incentives for Development?";s:12:"atom_content";s:2880:"Thanks to the <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.utahbloghive.org/">Utah Bloghive</a> I've recently read a couple of interesting blog posts, especially <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://yintercept.blogspot.com/index.html">y-intercept's</a> post on how sales tax creates self-destructive behavior by cities.  The post and following comments are interesting, I agree in part, but also disagree. First, I don't think cities are providing the incentives (or "subsidies") for retail development like y-intercept or others might think. For one reason the use of sales tax incentives for retail development has been prohibited for cities and counties since 2004 (SB 124). And recent RDA legislation has decreased the use of RDA money for retail development projects.<br /><br />Of course, some large retail still receive municipal incentives. But these projects amount to a simple cost benefit analysis. It is the same reason why the State of Utah recently offered nearly $2 million to try and lure a toilet paper manufacturing company to Washington County or a $1.3 million rebate to Backcountry.com, read the article <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,650224386,00.html">here</a>.  Not all retail occurs on its own (as suggested by y-intercept and the Utah Taxpayers Assoc.).  Projects like Cabela's or IKEA, are often choosing a location between a number of regional jurisdictions, and don't just develop in Lehi or Draper on their own.  Governments, state and local, are always going to compete regionally in attempts to stimulate the economy. I don't think I would call this process creating a false economy.<br /><br />There are two key questions here: 1) How do we get state and local government economic development on the same page? There isn't an easy answer...maybe the state and cities should begin sharing income tax revenue (just an idea).  2) How do we maintain our locally owned unique stores while also allowing larger regional development projects? There is a lot we can do here, which is why we (ULCT) recently co-sponsored a training session/forum with <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.localfirst.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1">Local First Utah</a> to address this very question. Read the article <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,650207473,00.html">here</a>.<br /><br />Anyhow, I'm not a planner...but I do understand the finance side of municipal government and the financial pressures cities face to provide the services we all enjoy. Sales tax revenue, for good or bad, is a very large piece of the municipal revenue pie.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36878256-7446844625215347140?l=chronicleofideas.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:155:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/feeds/7446844625215347140/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36878256&postID=7446844625215347140";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/7446844625215347140";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/7446844625215347140";s:4:"link";s:83:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/2007/02/tax-incentives-for-development_15.html";s:11:"author_name";s:16:"Neil Abercrombie";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01764797697093503154";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"2";}}i:19;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36878256.post-8623701002904312864";s:9:"published";s:29:"2007-02-13T22:07:00.000-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2007-02-13T22:24:02.639-07:00";s:5:"title";s:25:"Wild Valentine's Day Love";s:12:"atom_content";s:944:"Some cities (Tampa, San <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Francisco</span>, New York, and even Boise) are providing a little extra incentive to visit the zoo around Valentine's Day...at least for adults.  Wild animal sex tours seem to be catching on at zoos across the nation--that's right, people paying to watch animals mate and in some cases enjoying a candlelight dinner during the 'event'.  I'm not sure I would ever attend, but I'm all for innovative revenue generation. Check out the story <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17132689/">here</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"> </span>or <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,251715,00.html">here</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36878256-8623701002904312864?l=chronicleofideas.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:155:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/feeds/8623701002904312864/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36878256&postID=8623701002904312864";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/8623701002904312864";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/8623701002904312864";s:4:"link";s:74:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/2007/02/wild-valentines-day-love.html";s:11:"author_name";s:16:"Neil Abercrombie";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01764797697093503154";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"0";}}i:20;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36878256.post-3545001667401877249";s:9:"published";s:29:"2007-02-07T21:33:00.000-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2007-02-07T21:43:32.502-07:00";s:5:"title";s:28:"Bush Delivers Federal Budget";s:12:"atom_content";s:2495:"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9KZ_DzxrUtQ/RcqqX924xaI/AAAAAAAAAEE/wKvGAK9WH5g/s1600-h/longterm+budget.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9KZ_DzxrUtQ/RcqqX924xaI/AAAAAAAAAEE/wKvGAK9WH5g/s320/longterm+budget.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5029019262631069090" border="0" /></a>With everyone buried in the middle of the UT Legislative Session maybe you missed that Monday President Bush delivered his FY2008 budget to Congress. Just by mentioning the federal budget most eyes droop or glaze over...it is hard to see the relevance to local politics or to relate to numbers like trillions. However, there are some real factors for us to be aware of. Here are a couple of points to note:<o:p></o:p>  <ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Current budget deficits will      likely diminish then disappear over the next decade (According the <a href="http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/77xx/doc7731/01-24-BudgetOutlook.pdf">Congressional      Budget Office</a>).<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">While the deficit will      decrease mandatory spending (Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare)      continues to rapidly grow.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Currently Social Security,      Medicaid, and Medicare amount to 8.7% of GDP or $1.1 trillion<o:p></o:p></li><ul type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">CBO</span> estimates that in       20 years these programs will nearly double, resulting in 14% of GDP.<br /></li></ul></ul>  <p class="MsoNormal" style="">The question becomes...what happens to the discretionary piece of the federal budget while mandatory spending grows? Discretionary spending includes all programs that impact state, county, and municipal governments. It is important to keep on eye on this to accurately assess the future of federal, state, and local fiscal partnerships.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="">The Tax Policy Center is a great resource to better understand federal budget issues and the budget process. Check <a href="http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/budget/index.cfm"><span style="font-weight: bold;">here</span></a>.<br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36878256-3545001667401877249?l=chronicleofideas.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:155:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/feeds/3545001667401877249/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36878256&postID=3545001667401877249";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/3545001667401877249";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/3545001667401877249";s:4:"link";s:78:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/2007/02/bush-delivers-federal-budget.html";s:11:"author_name";s:16:"Neil Abercrombie";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01764797697093503154";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"0";}}i:21;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36878256.post-1547205551475179326";s:9:"published";s:29:"2007-02-07T10:44:00.000-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2007-02-07T11:00:25.857-07:00";s:5:"title";s:16:"Another bad bill";s:12:"atom_content";s:1357:"We (ULCT) have taken a formal position opposing HB233, Rep. Morley's bill that would restrict the ability of cities to zone in environmentally sensitive areas.  If you've been reading <a href="http://www.ulctlegislative.blogspot.com/">Lincoln's blog</a> you are familar with the background of this legislation.  I was surprised, but pleased, this morning to see in the <span style="font-style: italic;">SL Tribune</span> a letter to the editor also opposing HB233.  Thanks Steve Glaser, I couldn't agree more. Check<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_5171604"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">here</span></span></a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Daily Herald</span> today also took a position to oppose HB282 (removal of sales tax on food). Read the editorial <a href="http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/209175/"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">here</span></a>. According to <span style="font-style: italic;">The Daily Herald </span>Newbold's bill is "fraught with negative consequences." Of course I agree.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36878256-1547205551475179326?l=chronicleofideas.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:155:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/feeds/1547205551475179326/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36878256&postID=1547205551475179326";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/1547205551475179326";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/1547205551475179326";s:4:"link";s:66:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/2007/02/another-bad-bill.html";s:11:"author_name";s:16:"Neil Abercrombie";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01764797697093503154";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"0";}}i:22;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36878256.post-8350891962485082880";s:9:"published";s:29:"2007-02-01T15:56:00.000-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2007-02-01T16:33:40.842-07:00";s:5:"title";s:21:"Meet Mayor Simmons...";s:12:"atom_content";s:908:"Brian Hall in our office recently initiated a new feature to our website called <span style="font-style: italic;"><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://tenbigquestions.blogspot.com/2007/01/randy-simmons-mayor-of-providence.html">Ten Big Questions</a>.</span>  This will highlight different municipal elected officials from across the state. First up...Mayor Randy Simmons (Mayor of Providence City).  Check <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://tenbigquestions.blogspot.com/2007/01/randy-simmons-mayor-of-providence.html">here</a> to read what is easier for Mayor Simmons, correcting a stack of essay exams or sitting through a city council meeting. <span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36878256-8350891962485082880?l=chronicleofideas.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:155:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/feeds/8350891962485082880/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36878256&postID=8350891962485082880";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/8350891962485082880";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/8350891962485082880";s:4:"link";s:68:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/2007/02/meet-mayor-simmons.html";s:11:"author_name";s:16:"Neil Abercrombie";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01764797697093503154";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"1";}}i:23;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36878256.post-3530115105298584390";s:9:"published";s:29:"2007-01-30T17:11:00.000-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2007-01-30T19:59:06.069-07:00";s:5:"title";s:22:"Why I oppose HB 282...";s:12:"atom_content";s:3059:"<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9KZ_DzxrUtQ/Rb_hDvCJrFI/AAAAAAAAADE/NfcgkgWdcHM/s1600-h/food+tax2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025983163450109010" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 237px; height: 183px;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9KZ_DzxrUtQ/Rb_hDvCJrFI/AAAAAAAAADE/NfcgkgWdcHM/s320/food+tax2.jpg" border="0" height="258" width="262" /></a>There has been much discussion in the media and at the Capitol regarding sales tax on food. HB 282, sponsored by Rep. Merlynn Newbold, will create a single sales tax rate of 4% on food purchases. In essence, this bill removes the sales tax on food for resort communities, transit districts, and in cities with RAP and ZAP taxes. The bill would cost these entities approximately a combined $20 million. Here are three simple reasons why I oppose this bill:<br /><br />1. <strong>Bad Tax Policy –</strong> Legislators supporting this bill often express the benefit repealing the sales tax on food will have for Utah's low income families. I agree with this concern, but think there are other ways to address the need of low income households (and let's be honest, this is the same Legislature that last year cut $2 million in dental care from its Medicaid plan…plus, I don’t think anyone really believes that reducing the sales tax at grocery stores in Park City is really aiding Utah’s most needy families). Anyhow, in my opinion it is bad sales tax policy to narrow the base. I would rather lower the tax rate and expand the base. For example<br /><br /><ul><li><strong>Average State sales tax rate with <em>food taxed</em> – 4.8%</strong></li><li><strong>Average State sales tax rate with <em>food exempt</em> – 5.5 %<br /></strong><br />The more we narrow the base the higher our rate will be pushed as soon as the State needs money to balance their budget in future years. </li></ul><p><strong>2. What about the voters? –</strong> Just in November voters in Salt Lake County approved (over 60% in favor) a sales tax increase to be dedicated to transit. Now the Legislature is going to cut the base and with it the revenue this tax increase can generate? I understand that some Legislators don’t respect UTA, but what about the public? It seems to me the Legislature does not respect the opinion of the 140,000 SL County residents voting for Prop 3.<br /><br /><strong>3. One Size Does Not Fit All –</strong> There is a reason that we allow for resort community taxes, resort hospital taxes, transit districts, RAP and ZAP taxes. We recognize that our state is diverse and local jurisdictions need flexibility to address the needs of their area. Reducing the tax on food for these distinct taxes reduces flexibility and local control.</p><p>I should add I'm not alone in this opposition.  The ULCT League Policy Committee voted unanimously on Monday to oppose this bill. <br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36878256-3530115105298584390?l=chronicleofideas.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:155:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/feeds/3530115105298584390/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36878256&postID=3530115105298584390";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/3530115105298584390";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36878256/posts/default/3530115105298584390";s:4:"link";s:72:"http://chronicleofideas.blogspot.com/2007/01/why-i-oppose-hb-282_30.html";s:11:"author_name";s:16:"Neil Abercrombie";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01764797697093503154";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"0";}}i:24;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36878256.post-1259479281597943809";s:9:"published";s:29:"2007-01-25T10:08:00.000-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2007-01-25T14:59:09.652-07:00";s:5:"title";s:36:"Top 10 Legislative Issues Nationwide";s:12:"atom_content";s:1289:"<p class="MsoNormal">What is the hottest issue for the Utah State Legislature this session? 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