Charles Marohn

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3. Spreadsheet on development liabilities?

I'm glad you're here. FYI, it's not ready yet, but tentatively in the first part of next year, we will be releasing some kind of budget tool to help with the macro trend analysis. I'm convinced the...

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• November 14, 2024 16:00
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3. PA Commonwealth Court strikes down ordinance that reduced parking requirement

Court cases are always tricky. In this case, they focused on equal protection principles. Here's the key quote, in my opinion: Ordinance No. 12023 is not constitutionally infirm in balancing these...

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• November 14, 2024 05:42
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3. Spreadsheet on development liabilities?

You're right -- I don't have any such thing. If we look just at the revenue side, here in Minnesota we have 36 tax classifications, each city has a different tax rate, and of course this all varies...

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• November 14, 2024 05:18
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3. Any Recommendations On How To Combat Vague Traffic Studies

Can you just post a link to it?

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• October 25, 2024 18:59
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3. Any Recommendations On How To Combat Vague Traffic Studies

Can you post a copy of the study?

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• October 25, 2024 18:05
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3. Can suburbs sustainably opt for high taxes instead of suburban infill?

I love this question. Here are my thoughts. https://www.loom.com/share/1730881a5c614c7eb09f3964be55d160?sid=147a0a5a-5e05-4c75-b48f-e59262968569

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• September 11, 2023 21:25
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3. Doglegs on streets to #slowthecars

Removing doglegs is one of those traffic flow obsessions. Widen the street and speed up traffic, then doglegs become really dangerous. Thus removing them is orthodox.  This project is really frustr...

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• May 09, 2023 02:30
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3. GASB 34 modified v. depreciation infrastructure accounting

You summarize this correctly, in my estimation. Here's an answer from GASB. Excerpt here, but I've got some thoughts afterwards. In general, governments are required to report capital assets at th...

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• April 26, 2023 16:01
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3. Good Policy Options for Reducing Parking Waste in a Microplitan Area

I wrote a plan to do exactly that. Here's the link.

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• March 12, 2023 02:22
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