fact sheet: wil cardon and the urban land institute

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Fact Sheet: Wil Cardon and the Urban Land Institute

Fact: Wil Cardon is an active member of the Urban Land Institute

Cardons biography on the Bridgeland Partners web site says that Cardon is a memberof the Urban Land Institute.

The Winter 2008 (Vol. 11, No. 4) Urban Land Institute Arizona Report lists Cardonscompany, The Cardon Group, as a Gold Sponsor. ($10,000 to be a Gold Sponsor)

The June 2005 ULI Arizona Report notes that Wil Cardon has taken on the chairmanshipof our new Smart Growth Committee.

The Winter/Spring 2007 ULI Quarterly Newsletter announced that nine new firms joinULI corporate membership program. The first on that list was the Cardon Group. The

newsletter noted that the Cardon Group represented 15 memberships in the Institute.

(Note: This was a ULI national publication, not from the ULI Arizona office.)

The November 4, 2007 Phoenix Business Journal reported that the Urban Land Instituteheld its Fall meeting at the Venetian resort hotel in Las Vegas. At the meeting, the

Business Journal quoted Cardon: "Arizona was clearly much better coordinated than the

other exhibitors," said Wil Cardon, CEO of The Cardon Group in Mesa. The prominence

provided real estate-related businesses such as Cardon's a way to attract the attention

of national and international developers and financiers. "We talked to quite a few

people. We're not a marketing company, so we didn't expect that much (attention)," hesaid.

The September 11, 2008 Arizona Business Gazette reported that Two years ago he[Cardon] helped launch a 35-member subcommittee of the Arizona chapter of the

Urban Land Institute.

The FY 2011-2013 ULI Arizona Annual Business Plan and Long Term Strategic Plan listsCardon as the co-chair of the Smart Growth Committee.

The 2012-2014 ULI Arizona Strategic Plan lists Wil Cardon as a member of the 2011Advisory Board.

Fact: The Arizona Chapter of the Urban Land Institute has an operating agreement with the

national chapter that states: District Councils do not have separate members from ULI and

all members dues are payable directly to ULI.

ULI is a national organization with state level units, called district councils. A statedistrict council has an operating agreement with ULI. Click here to view the March 30,

2010 Arizona-ULI operating agreement (Page 15):

http://clubforgrowth.org/assets/files/ULIArizona-OperatingAgreement.pdf


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The operating agreement provides that The District Councils are the Urban LandInstitute at the local level.

The operating agreement states that District Councils do not have separate membersfrom ULI and all members dues are payable directly to ULI.

The operating agreement also states that ULI District Councils provide the most visiblelocal commitments to ULIs Mission of providing leadership in the responsible use ofland, sharing knowledge through education and collaboration, making an impact on

public policy and practice and facilitating discussion on best practices in land use policies

of urbanization, conservation, regeneration, capital formation and sustainable

development.

The operating agreement also states that District Councils are the unincorporated localcomponents of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) program of work. They are integral

elements of ULI and function to further advance the overall vision, mission and purpose

of ULI.

Fact: The Urban Land Institute supports raising the gas tax

From the ULI Infrastructure 2009 report, page vii:

Theres no alternative: gas taxes must increase and innovative user fee approachesadopted, including vehicle miles traveled charges.

From the ULI Infrastructure 2009 report, page 14, under a paragraph heading that reads,

Raise the gas tax, adopt more user fees:

These fees could include combinations of higher gas taxes, more tolls, congestionpricing, extra levies on trucks/heavy cars, vehicle miles traveled charges, metered

parking, or all of the above.

From the ULI Infrastructure 2009 report, page 16. The Infrastructure 2009 report included a

scorecard to use to evaluate future government actions. Under the win column was the

following:

Congress votes to increase the gas tax in phased hikes and passes legislation allowingstates to toll interstates and encouraging the use of innovative revenue-generating

schemes for transportation, like congestion pricing and distance charging.

From the ULI Infrastructure 2010 report, page 12

Despite the National Highway Trust Fund nose-diving into insolvency, Congress delaysaction on raising revenues to help pay for roads and transit either through a gas tax hike

or user fee initiatives like tolling interstates. In fact, legislators havent raised the federal

gas tax since 1993..

Fact: The Urban Land Institute supports Cap-and-Trade Energy taxes

From the ULI report Growing Cooler, The Evidence on Urban Development and Climate

Change, 2008, page 136-137, in the chapter titled Policy and Program Recommendations:

Use a Cap-and-Trade System to Promote Smart Growth. Many Congressionalproposals for climate stabilization would authorize a national cap-and-trade market


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system similar to those in Europe and under development in several states. By placing a

price on GHC emissions, a cap-and-trade system can send the right signal for reducing

emissions associated with vehicle travel. Moreover, regulated parties such as oil

companies will have an incentive to support policies that slow VMT growth, because

actions that increase VMT will make carbon emission allowances more costly. Under

recent Congressional cap-and-trade proposals, carbon allowances will be worth anestimated $50 billion to $300 billion per year by 2020. A portion of these revenues

could be used to support smart growth.

Fact: The Urban Land Institute Supports placing a transponder in cars so the government can

tax you for every mile you drive

From the ULI Infrastructure 2010 report:

Page 76: Vehicle Miles Traveled Tax. Existing GPS and transponder technologies(like Easy Pass) can be applied to compute mileage traveled as well as account for

driving in rush hour congestion, HOT lane use, and bridge-tunnel fares Page 77: Opponents of mileage-based user fees point to Big Brother issuesthey

claim the tracking could be invasive and reduce peoples sense of freedom. But peoples

movements can be monitored already through cell phones and street highway cameras.

Over the next generation, people will become more comfortable with the idea.

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