The issue here, as it is with all of the proposed incorporations being studied (Arden Arcade and Fair Oaks/Carmichael), is the reduction of county funding that will result and the subsequent reduction of funds for the parkway.
This trend, among others surrounding effective management issues, are why we have called for a nonprofit organization to assume management (and fund development) for the Parkway, as the Sacramento Zoological Society has done so successfully with the Zoo, taking over management from the City of Sacramento many years ago.
An excerpt.
Panhandle boundary crucial for cityhood
Officials say Rio Linda and Elverta will need a local business hub's taxes to incorporate.
By Dirk Werkman -- Bee Staff WriterPublished 12:01 am PDT Monday, August 28, 2006
Incorporation for Rio Linda and Elverta may be feasible if a 1,430-acre piece of county land called the Panhandle is included within the proposed 31-square-mile city, according to a study to be made public this week.
Without the sales tax revenue generated by businesses in the Panhandle, a drive toward cityhood for the area is "not feasible," concludes a fiscal feasibility study prepared by an Oakland-based firm that specializes in local government finances.
The board of the Rio Linda-Elverta Recreation and Park District, whose boundaries would serve as the boundaries for the proposed city of approximately 28,000 residents, is scheduled to hold a meeting Wednesday to receive the $30,000 MuniFinancial study on incorporation. The district is serving as the lead agency in the incorporation drive.
Charlea Moore, member of the park board and the community's incorporation committee, said she is confident that if the park district can get an incorporation application in before the city tries to annex the property, "We will be able to retain the Panhandle."
