Experience Christopher Cullinan is a Principal with TischlerBise and has fifteen years of public finance experience in both the public and private sectors. He holds a B.A. in Political Science and a Masters of Public Administration in public finance from Indiana University. Prior to joining TischlerBise, Mr. Cullinan worked as the Budget Director for the City of Charlottesville, Virginia where he was involved with budgeting, cost analysis, revenue analysis and forecasting, long-term financial planning, and capital improvement planning. He has prepared over 150 impact fees and other one-time fees for cities, counties, and towns across the country. In addition, he has conducted numerous fiscal impact analyses of multiple land use scenarios, specific development projects, and annexations. He is a frequent presenter on cost of growth issues at national conferences including the American Planning Association (APA), Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA), and International City/County Management Association (ICMA). He is currently on the Board of Directors for the National Impact Fee Roundtable.

Selected Impact Fee & Infrastructure Funding Strategy Experience

• City of Apache Junction, Arizona - Impact Fees
• City of Avondale, Arizona - Impact Fees
• Bullhead City, Arizona - Impact Fees
• Carefree, Arizona - Impact Fees
• Casa Grande, Arizona - Impact Fees
• Cave Creek, Arizona - Impact Fees
• City of Coolidge, Arizona - Impact Fees
• Town of Dewey-Humboldt, Arizona - Impact Fees
• City of El Mirage, Arizona - Impact Fees
• City of Eloy, Arizona - Impact Fees
• City of Flagstaff, Arizona - Impact Fees
• City of Glendale, Arizona - Impact Fees
• City of Goodyear, Arizona - Impact Fees (including annexation areas)
• Lake Havasu City, Arizona - Bridge Impact Fee and Financing Alternatives
• City of Maricopa, Arizona - Impact Fees
• Maricopa County, Arizona - Impact Fees
• Navajo County, Arizona - Impact Fees
• Pinal County, Arizona - Impact Fees
• Town of Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona - Impact Fees
• Town of Queen Creek, Arizona - Impact Fees
• Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Arizona - Impact Fees
• City of Sedona, Arizona - Impact Fees
• City of Show Low, Arizona - Impact Fees
• City of Sierra Vista, Arizona - Impact Fees and Operational Impact Analysis
• Town of Springerville, Arizona - Water and Sewer Capacity Fees
• City of Surprise, Arizona - Impact Fees
• City of Tolleson, Arizona - Impact Fees
• City of Yuma, Arizona - Impact Fees
• City of Hermosa Beach, California - Fire Flow Fees
• Manatee County, Florida - School Impact Fees
• Carroll County, Maryland - Impact Fees
• City of Frederick, Maryland - Transportation Impact Fees
• Harford County, Maryland - School Impact Fees
• Corvallis School District #1, Montana - School Impact Fees
• City of Delaware, Ohio - Impact Fees
• City of Pickerington, Ohio - Impact Fees
• East Greenwich Fire District, Rhode Island - Fire Impact Fees
• City of Summerville, South Carolina - Impact Fees
• Jefferson County, West Virginia - Impact Fees

Selected Fiscal Impact Analysis Experience

• Mohave County, Arizona - Cost of Growth Study
• Town of Payson, Arizona - Fiscal Impact Analysis of Mixed-use Development Project
• City of Sebastian, Florida - Cost of Land Use Study
• Town of Barnstable, Massachusetts - Cost of Land Use Study
• Carroll County, Maryland - Concurrency Management Model
• City of Frederick, Maryland - Fiscal Impact Analysis of Growth Scenarios for Comprehensive Plan
• Chatham County, North Carolina - Peer Review of Fiscal Impact Analysis of Development Project
• Davie County, North Carolina - Cost of Land Use Study
• Wake County, North Carolina - Cost of Growth Study
• Marysville, Ohio - Cost of Land Use Study
• Pickerington, Ohio - Cost of Land Use Study
• Amherst County, Virginia - Cost of Land Use Study
• City of Chesapeake, Virginia - Fiscal Impact Model
• City of Falls Church, Virginia - Fiscal Impact Model
• McDowell and Wyoming Counties, West Virginia - Analysis of Fiscal Viability of Municipal Governments, Utility Funds, and Public Service Districts; Strategies to Improve Fiscal Viability

Education Masters of Public Administration - Public Finance, Indiana University - Bloomington
B.A. Political Science, Earlham College

Speaking Engagements

• Planning for the Bottom Line, American Planning Association Annual Conference, 2010.
• Surviving an Impact Fee Challenge, National Impact Fee Roundtable, 2009.
• Alternative Impact Fee Calculations, National Impact Fee Roundtable, 2008.
• Including Interest Costs in Impact Fees, National Impact Fee Roundtable, 2008.
• Development Fee Calculations, Arizona Chapter of American Planning Association Annual Conference, 2008.
• Cost of Growth: From Assessment to Implementation, International City/County Management Association Annual Conference, 2008.
• Cost of Growth vs. Fiscal Impact Analysis, Arizona City/County Management Association Summer Conference, 2006.
• The Cost of Growth: It's Not Just the Capital Costs, American Planning Association Annual Conference, 2006.
• Mr. Cullinan developed the curriculum and conducted workshops for appointed and elected officials in Wyoming and McDowell counties in West Virginia on improving local government financial management.

Affiliations

• Board of Directors, National Impact Fee Roundtable

Contact Christopher Cullinan
chris@tischlerbise.com