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City of Pleasanton Operating Budget • FY 2023/24 - FY 2024/25C - 18 <br />6. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM INTEGRATION <br />The City’s multi-year Capital Improvement Program (CIP), which identifies the projects and the <br />appropriate funding mechanisms to pay for them, shall be used in combination with the Financial and <br />Budget Policies and this Policy to ensure the proper allocation and financing of eligible projects. The <br />CIP and its related policies set priorities and strategies for allocating and tracking funding, while the <br />Debt Policy provides policy direction and limitations for proposed financings. <br />7. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF BONDS <br /> <br />The City shall establish all terms and conditions relating to the issuance of bonds, and will control, <br />manage, and invest all bond proceeds. Unless otherwise authorized by the City, the following shall <br />serve as bond requirements. <br />A. Term <br />All capital improvements financed through the issuance of debt will be financed for a period generally <br />not to exceed the average useful life of that which is being financed. At no time will the financing <br />exceed 120% of the expected average useful life of the assets being financed, and in no event should <br />the final maturity exceed the lesser of thirty (30) years or when the revenue source is projected to <br />sunset. <br />B. Capitalized Interest <br />The nature of the City’s revenue stream is such that funds are generally continuously available and <br />the use of capitalized interest should not normally be necessary. However, certain types of financings <br />may require the use of capitalized interest from the issuance date until the City has constructive use/ <br />benefit of the financed project. Unless otherwise required, the City will avoid the use of capitalized <br />interest to obviate unnecessarily increasing the bond size. Interest shall not be funded (capitalized) <br />beyond three (3) years or a shorter period when based upon project needs or if further restricted by <br />statute. The City may require that capitalized interest on the initial series of bonds be funded from the <br />proceeds of the bonds. Interest earnings may, at the City’s discretion, be applied to extend the term of <br />capitalized interest but in no event beyond 3 years, or less, if restricted by state law. <br />C. Lien Levels <br />Senior and Junior Liens for each revenue source will be utilized in a manner that will maximize the most <br />critical constraint, typically either cost or capacity, thus allowing for the most beneficial use of the <br />revenue source securing the bond. Projects chosen for priority financing, based on funding availability <br />and proposed timing, will generally be subject to the most senior lien of the bond series.