Financial Planning for Public Infrastructure

Funding Strategies for California’s cities, water and wastewater agencies, and fire departments

  • Revenue Strategies
  • Financing Studies
  • Financial and Strategic Planning
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Ridgeline is registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board as a municipal advisor.
What could you do with more money?
You balance budgets, prioritize capital projects, set fees and rates, negotiate with other agencies and developers, consider annexations and consolidations, look for funding, and make choices that impact your agency for generations to come. How do you make sure that your decisions are good and your agency is on a strong fiscal footing?

No matter how good a proposal may sound, it does not work if there is no funding for it. Intuition and happy thoughts that money will come through somehow only go that far. In the end, you need solid and independent financial analysis and plan to support your decisions.  

This is where Ridgeline can help. We support you with in-depth financial modeling and due diligence you need. We work in your best interest and develop unbiased analysis and financing studies that you can use to make decisions that are firmly grounded in financial reality.  

We help you cut through complexity, make better financial decisions, and get projects funded.

Cut Through
Complexity
We help you get a clear financial picture of the projects you are working on and their fiscal impacts on your agency and community.
Get Projects
Funded
We help you develop, evaluate, and secure revenue and funding sources for critical services, infrastructure, and facilities.
Make Better Financial Decisions
We do financial analysis to give you the data and tools you need to make better financial decisions.
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Our Clients Speak
“Ridgeline became a big part of our team. They keep the momentum going and pay attention to a thousand details on our behalf, ensuring that we can go to sleep at night.”
Don Reynolds, City Manager
City of San Juan Bautista
“Ridgeline is like a beacon in the fog. Many firms talk over your head or use too much technical jargon. Not so with Ridgeline. It was important to them that we understood what was happening at each step and why. Their costs are in-line with the industry, but the service is unmatched.”
William Sapeta, Fire Chief
Lake County Fire Protection District
“Ridgeline peeled away the onion, took a complicated situation and boiled it down. They educated our board and became an advocate for fiscally sound practices without making it sound like the world was crashing.”
Don Butz, Fire Chief
Lakeside Fire Protection District
Working with Ridgeline You Get
  • Personal Service
  • 30+ Years of Industry Experience
  • Attention to Detail
  • Financing with Proper Financial Planning
  • Unbiased and Conflict-Free Advice
  • Easy to Understand Analysis
  • Customized Funding and Revenue Strategies
  • Step-by-Step Guidance
  • Advanced Financial Planning Support
  • Implementation Support

Financial Planning  
California public agencies must adhere to many regulatory requirements under Proposition 218, Mitigation Fee Act, and other legislation. Grounded in fiscal reality, our planning services help you evaluate and fine-tune strategies and projects with in-depth financial analysis.

  • Infrastructure and Facilities Financing Plans
  • Funding Sources Alignment for Capital Improvement Programs
  • Fiscal Analysis for Area Annexation, District Consolidation,
    and New Services
  • Economic Impact Analysis
  • Financial Feasibility Studies
  • Cash Flow Projections
  • Debt Service Capacity Calculations
  • Fee Credit and Reimbursement Programs
  • Water, Wastewater, and Solid Waste Rate Studies
  • Water and Wastewater Capacity Fee Studies
  • Development Impact Fee / Mitigation Fee Nexus Studies (AB 1600 Fees)
  • Property Tax, Sales Tax, and Transient Occupancy Tax Revenue Analysis and Projections

Strategic Planning  
Strategic planning is crucial for long-term fiscal resiliency, new service launches, area annexations, and district consolidation. When your vision is clear, decisions become easy.

  • Strategic planning workshop facilitation
  • Strategic roadmap development
  • Strategic plan preparation
  • Policy development support

Implementation and Compliance Support
Once strategic and financial plans are in place, we help you with their implementation and compliance reporting through:

  • Staff and governing bodies education
  • Debt issuance support and municipal advisory
  • Grant applications assistance
  • Interagency and developer negotiation support
  • Compliance reports preparation
  • Policy review and implementation support