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� A-�� CCS WORKSHOPS FOCUS ON "STRETCHING COMMUNITY DOLLARS" The Cities, Counties 8 Schools (CCS) Association of Counties, and California School Partnership, in conjunction with the City of Boards Association representing California's 478 Pasadena and Inderkum High School in Sacra- cities, 58 counties and almost 1,000 school dis- mento, is offering two unique one-day wo►ic- tricts. shops focusing on innovative collaborative .......................... successes occurring throughout California, and how jurisdictions can use cooperative ap- NLC EFFORTS WIN DELAY IN iRS proaches to help secure funding for projects F'UEL TAX REGUI.ATIONS and save money providing services. The Intemal Revenue Service (IRS) has an- Scheduled for April 15 in Pasadena and May nounced that it will delay the implementation of regula- 13 in Sacramento, "Stretching Community �ons related to federal motor fuel exase taxes that Dollars: Building for the Futur�e" is a one-day We � �� to go irrto effect March 1. The delay is intensive workshop to provide in-depth technical irrtended to give Congress time to address concems assistanCe to individual Communities on joint use ��{�e and local govemments and non-profd educa- of resources, including: land use planning, tional organizations. facilities, community programs, youth services and administrative procedures. Community q � in pr�ority, Focus on February 18, the leaders who have successfully experienced the regulations were prepaned to implement the American collaborative process will provide one-on-one Jobs Creation Act, which was enacted in 2004. The "peer° training to develop and implement joint act corrtained provisions that would change the projects. Agenda features include: procedures under which state and local govemments (and nonprofit educational organizations) may • Small discussion groups to offer the oppor- claim an exemption from federal motor fuel excise tunity to share ideas with one another and to taxes and appy for a refund of any taxes paid. apply these concepts to your own communities. • Gain an understanding of how to plan and Credit card and fleet card companies that have implement collaborative projects been handling the administration ofta�c refunds on • Develop joint-use agreements for action by these iypes of purchases would no longer hav�e been community teams able to do so as of March 1, 2004. As a result, local • Infrastructure projects; libraries, parks, govemmerrts would have had to begin collecting schools and other communit�r facilities information on their retail gasoline purchases so that • One-on-one training from community they can be in position to apply dinedly for refunds. leaders who have successfully experienced the collaborative process Afterlobbying bythe National League ofCities • In-depth team training/consuftation from a �NLC) and others, the chairmen ofthe Senate Finance national expert in cross-jurisdictional planning Committee and the House Ways and Means • Work with experienced collaborators and Committee forwarded a letterto the IRS requesting community partners to develop cooperative �at they re-issue regulations that would allow fleet plans for joint land use, facilities, services, credit card issuers to continue administering state and programs and policies. Iocal fuel tax nefunds. The IRS decision to give Con- gress time to address the issue legislatively was For more information, please visit announced this week www.ccsaartnership.ora , or contact the CCS Partnership at 916-323-6011, or Thanks to Janine Jones Smith at NLC for her ccsaartnershipC�counties.orq. excellerrt work on this issue. Please contact Janine at The CCS Partnership is a joint effort of the �ones-smith(�nlc.orq or Nicole Young if you would like a copy of the IRS's letter. League of Califomia Cities, Califomia State PAGE 4/PR10R1TY FOCUS Visit the League's Official Web Site--www.cacities.org