OUR SERVICES
Our team of associates pride themselves on listening to our clients and being extremely responsive. These qualities allow our team to act as an extension of agency staff when assisting our clients with complex and involved financing and engineering projects.
Special Financing District Formation and Annual Administration Services
Since 2001, Francisco & Associates has helped public agencies in California establish special assessment, taxes, and fees to help finance public infrastructure projects and fund the ongoing operation and maintenance of public improvements and services.
Our staff has extensive experience in working with public agencies and their stakeholders to establish the financing strategy that best fits the needs of the community, and managing and administering special financing districts to ensure ongoing compliance with state statutes and that public revenues streams are managed efficiently and effectively.
Our team of municipal engineers and finance professionals have a holistic approach to assisting public agencies with their revenue needs and special financing districts, which helps municipalities ensure they have a customized and flexible funding strategy to meet the needs of the municipality and their citizenry.
Formation & Annexation Services
Special Financing District Formation & Annexation Services provided includes, but is not limited to:
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Assessment Engineering
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Special Tax Consulting
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Development of Apportionment Methodologies
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Revenue Modeling
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Mailing of Notices and Ballots
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Ballot Tabulations.
Administration Services
Special Financing District Administration Services provided includes, but is not limited to:
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Database Management
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Budget Creation and Development
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Fund and Account Analysis
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Annual Special Assessment, Tax and Fee Calculations
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Property Owner Assistance
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Preparation of Annual Engineer’s Reports
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Preparation of Continuing Disclosure Reports
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Assistance with Statutory Reporting Requirements
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Apportionments
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Prepayment Calculations
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Development and Implementation of Delinquency Management Programs
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Bond Call Analysis
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Processing and Tracking of School District Tax Exemptions and Discounts
Special Financing District Audit and Consulting Services
Since the inception of Francisco & Associates in the early 2000’s, our staff has been a resource to public agencies across the state in auditing special financing districts and providing other customized municipal engineering and financing consulting solutions.
Our staff has extensive experience working with public agencies and their stakeholders to prepare feasibility studies to identify financing and funding options, providing Proposition 218 compliance services, performing various types of audits, public outreach, and training for public sector staff.
Our team prides themselves on becoming an extension of staff both during the project and in providing continued support after the project is complete.
Special Financing District Audit and Consulting Services
Special Financing District Audit and Consulting Services provided includes, but is not limited to:
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Construction Reimbursement and Acquisition Audit Services
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Parcel and Revenue Audits
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Budget/Expenditure Audits
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Proposition 218 Compliance
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Feasibility Studies
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Capital Replacement Studies
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Public Outreach
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On-Site Training
Geographic Information System (GIS) Services
Geographic Information System Services (GIS)
Geographic Information System (GIS) Services provided includes, but is not limited to:
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Shapefile and geodatabase creation and manipulation for all aspects of mapping and layer management
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Identifying project impacts due to proposed developments
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Digitizing and geo-referencing of historical information and other documents
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Interactive mapping solutions for community engagement
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Parcel research for potential property acquisition
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Boundary map and diagram preparation
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Mapping and tracking of actively maintained improvements and areas of responsibility
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Asset management
GIS is an invaluable tool used to capture, store, analyze, manage, and present data. GIS allows us to visualize and identify relationships, patterns and trends in data (such as public improvements, property locations, and service calls) in a way that is quickly understood and easily shared. Our ability to map and visually present data to public agencies and their stakeholders provides an additional dimension in data analysis through the visual representation of spatial relationships, allowing public agencies to process large amounts of data effectively, making information more accessible to the community, therefore enhancing public agencies ability to make informed decisions.