[Vision2020] Shopping Center Plans Filed for Pullman-Moscow
Highway Site
Mark Solomon
msolomon at moscow.com
Sun Jan 8 08:56:16 PST 2006
Jeff,
Using the latest numbers available (FY2004),
Moscow's general fund (which does not include
water, sewer, solid waste income streams)
received a whopping 3.9% of its income from sales
tax distribution. Sure, pennies are pennies and
they all add up but to hold out increasing sales
tax revenues as a panacea for local government
financial woes is not an argument I would like to
stand behind. Until the Legislature gives voters
a local option sales tax as a revenue source, the
sales tax is a state income source with a bone
thrown to local government.
Mark
At 12:26 AM -0800 1/8/06, Jeff Harkins wrote:
>Mark,
>
>The tax code in Idaho is complicated and so it
>is not surprising that many are confused about
>how the dollars get allocated.
>
>Please refer to
>http://www3.state.id.us/cgi-bin/newidst?sctid=630360038.K
>where the allocation of the state sales tax is
>described.
>
>At a minimum, counties and cities receive about
>14% of sales tax collected. Distribution to
>specific counties and cities is usually based on
>the proportion of state population and/or
>proportion of assessed value. While the
>distribution formula should probably be based on
>sales generated, the use of population and
>assessed value probably tracks retail sales
>pretty closely.
>
>Here is an excerpt from the State Tax Commission
>on the revenue sharing program:
>
>Tax Revenue Sharing
>In fiscal year (FY) 2004, 11.50 percent of
>Idaho’s sales tax revenue was distributed to
>local
>governments based on the state’s temporary 6
>percent sales tax rate. About 3.24 percent of
>Idaho’s
>total sales tax revenue was distributed directly
>to cities. Half of this amount was distributed
>according
>to population, and the other half was based on
>the market value of property within each city.
>Another 3.24 percent of the sales tax revenue
>was distributed directly to the counties. Each
>county
>received a guaranteed annual amount of $30,000.
>The rest was distributed according to population.
>In addition, 4.13 percent of the sales tax was
>distributed to counties, eligible cities, and
>nonschool
>taxing districts according to a complex formula
>based on amounts received in 1999, current
>population (for cities and counties), and
>current property taxes (for other eligible
>nonschool taxing
>districts). For more information on the formulas
>used for the distribution, contact the Idaho
>State Tax
>Commission.
>Also, eligible taxing districts received $13.4
>million annually in quarterly distributions from
>state
>sales tax revenues to replace property tax on
>agricultural equipment that was exempted from
>property
>tax by legislation in 2001. And, small amounts
>of lottery withholding and estate tax were
>distributed
>to eligible counties.
>Distributions were made after the end of each
>quarter, so the FY 2003 fourth quarter portion
>of these
>totals was distributed in July 2004.
>
>So - bottom line Mark - if the pie is smaller, we get less pie!
>
>
>At 05:53 PM 1/7/2006, you wrote:
>
>>The day that sales tax revenues stay where they
>>were collected you might have an argument. But
>>they don't.
>>
>>Mark Solomon
>>
>>At 1:26 PM -0800 1/7/06, Jeff Harkins wrote:
>>
>>>And the sales tax revenue lost????
>>>
>>>At 12:56 PM 1/7/2006, you wrote:
>>>
>>>>Do we have ESP, or what, Tom??? *laughing*
>>>>
>>>>Wal-Mart should go out there on the highway if they
>>>>insist on being here. A Wal-Mart Superstore in Idaho
>>>>is not fair to those who work there. Drive a few more
>>>>miles to Washington, For discussion sake, let's say
>>>>$2.00 more an hour minium wage. So.... $16.00 more
>>>>dollars a day. That $80.00 more a week per FTE?
>>>>$320.00 more a month, for a 40 hour employee, not bad.
>>>>Not bad at all.
>>>>
>>>>Idaho residents working in Washington still pay Idaho
>>>>state taxes.
>>>>
>>>>One store, in the middle of both cities, is better
>>>>than 2, ten miles apart.
>>>>
>>>>The current site for a Super-store is not acceptable
>>>>to me.
>>>>
>>>>Janesta Carcich
>>>>
>>>>--- Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> >From today's (January 7, 2006) Moscow-Pullman Daily
>>>>> News -
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>> -----------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Shopping Center Plans filed for Pullman-Moscow
>>>>> Highway Site
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Application includes a Lowe's home improvement store
>>>>>
>>>>> Staff report
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Tow months of rumors an speculation about the
>>>>> possible development of a
>>>>> shopping center on the Pullman-Moscow Highway are
>>>>> confirmed with the
>>>>> application from a Boise developer to build one on
>>>>> the site.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Whitman County Engineer Mark Storey said Hawkins
>>>>> Companies submitted an
>>>>> application for a conditional-use permit and filed
>>>>> an environmental
>>>>> checklist required under Washington's State
>>>>> Environmental Policy Act. The
>>>>> application was filed Wednesday.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Speculation started in late October when a sign
>>>>> appeared on the site near
>>>>> the Idaho border announcing plans for development of
>>>>> a shopping center. The
>>>>> sign disappeared two weeks later.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The company's website displays plans for a complex
>>>>> just west of the Idaho
>>>>> state line. The design includes three large retail
>>>>> stores, one of which has
>>>>> been earmarked for a 135,000 square-foot Lowe's home
>>>>> improvement center.
>>>>> The plans also include space for eight smaller
>>>>> retails stores ranging from
>>>>> 20,000 to 30,000 square feet and eight smaller "pad"
>>>>> areas.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Lowe's declined to comment on a possible store in
>>>>> the Pullman-Moscow area,
>>>>> although a company representative did say the home
>>>>> improvement chain plans
>>>>> to expand throughout the United states in 2006.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Storey is reviewing the application and said it will
>>>>> take between two and
>>>>> two-and-a-half months for the application to move to
>>>>> a public hearing before
>>>>> the Board of Adjustment.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Representatives of Hawkins Companies have not
>>>>> responded to requests for
>>>>> interviews.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>> -----------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Anybody taking odds on how this will affect
>>>>> WalMart's application for a
>>>>> super center?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Take care, Moscow.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Tom Hansen
>>>>>
>>>>> Moscow, Idaho
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ***********************************
>>>>> Work like you don't need the money.
>>>>> Love like you've never been hurt.
>>>>> Dance like nobody's watching.
>>>>>
>>>>> - Author Unknown
>>>>> ***********************************
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> >
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Janesta Carcich
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