As used in this act, and amendments thereto, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
(a) "Act" means the provisions of K.S.A. 12-6a26 through 12-6a36, and amendments thereto.
(b) "Assessments" means special assessments imposed and levied pursuant to the provisions of this act.
(c) "Bonds" means special obligation bonds, special obligation notes, full faith and credit bonds or full faith and credit notes payable solely from the sources described in K.S.A. 12-6a33, and amendments thereto, issued by a municipality in accordance with the provisions of this act.
(d) "Community improvement district sales tax" means the tax authorized by K.S.A. 12-6a31, and amendments thereto.
(e) "Consultant" means engineers, architects, planners, attorneys, financial advisors and other persons deemed competent to advise and assist in the planning, making and financing of projects.
(f) "Cost" means: (1) All costs necessarily incurred for the preparation of preliminary reports, the preparation of plans and specifications, the preparation and publication of notices of hearings, resolutions, ordinances and other proceedings relating to the creation or administration of the district or the issuance of bonds therefore, necessary fees and expenses of consultants, interest accrued on borrowed money during the period of construction and the amount of a reserve fund for the bonds, together with the cost of land, materials, labor, and other lawful expenses incurred in planning and doing any project and may include a charge of not to exceed 5% of the total cost of the project or the cost of work done by the municipality to reimburse the municipality for the services rendered by the municipality in the administration and supervision of such project by its general officers; and (2) in the case of property and projects already owned by the municipality and previously financed by the issuance of bonds, "cost" means costs authorized by K.S.A. 10-116a, and amendments thereto.
(g) "District" means a community improvement district created pursuant to this act.
(h) "Governing body" means the governing body of a city or the board of county commissioners of a county.
(i) "Municipality" means any city or county.
(j) "Newspaper" means the official newspaper of the municipality.
(k) "Owner" means the owner or owners of record, whether resident or not, of real property within the district.
(l) "Pay-as-you-go financing" means a method of financing in which the costs of a project are financed without notes or bonds, and the costs of such project are thereafter reimbursed as moneys are deposited in the district fund described in K.S.A. 12-6a34, and amendments thereto.
(m) "Project" means:
(1) Any project within the district to acquire, improve, construct, demolish, remove, renovate, reconstruct, rehabilitate, maintain, restore, replace, renew, repair, install, relocate, furnish, equip or extend:
(A) Buildings, structures and facilities;
(B) sidewalks, streets, roads, interchanges, highway access roads, intersections, alleys, parking lots, bridges, ramps, tunnels, overpasses and underpasses, traffic signs and signals, utilities, pedestrian amenities, abandoned cemeteries, drainage systems, water systems, storm systems, sewer systems, lift stations, underground gas, heating and electrical services and connections located within or without the public right-of-way, water mains and extensions and other site improvements;
(C) parking garages;
(D) streetscape, lighting, street light fixtures, street light connections, street light facilities, benches or other seating furniture, trash receptacles, marquees, awnings, canopies, walls and barriers;
(E) parks, lawns, trees and other landscape;
(F) communication and information booths, bus stops and other shelters, stations, terminals, hangers, restrooms and kiosks;
(G) paintings, murals, display cases, sculptures, fountains and other cultural amenities;
(H) airports, railroads, light rail and other mass transit facilities; and
(I) lakes, dams, docks, wharfs, lakes or river ports, channels and levies, waterways and drainage conduits;
(2) within the district, to operate or to contract for the provision of music, news, child-care, or parking lots or garages, and buses, minibuses or other modes of transportation;
(3) within the district, to provide or contract for the provision of security personnel, equipment or facilities for the protection of property and persons;
(4) within the district, to provide or contract for cleaning, maintenance and other services to public or private property;
(5) within the district, to produce and promote any tourism, recreational or cultural activity or special event, including, but not limited to, advertising, decoration of any public place in the district, promotion of such activity and special events and furnishing music in any public place;
(6) within the district, to support business activity and economic development, including, but not limited to, the promotion of business activity, development and retention and the recruitment of developers and business;
(7) within the district, to provide or support training programs for employees of businesses;
(8) to contract for or conduct economic impact, planning, marketing or other studies; and
(9) within or without the district, costs for infrastructure located outside the district but contiguous to any portion of the district and such infrastructure is related to a project within the district or substantially for the benefit of the district.