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259 Section 20-13. Joint community facilities agreement or Joint exercise of powers agreement. (a) The City Council may enter into a Joint community facilities agreement with any other local agency pursuant to this Section or into a joint exercise of powers agreement pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title I of the California Government Code to exercise any power authorized by this ordinance if the City Council adopts a resolution declaring that such a joint agreement would be beneficial to the residents of the City or the district. Co) Notwithstanding Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the California Government Code, a contracting party may use the proceeds of any special tax or charge levied pursuant to this Code or of any bonds or other indebtedness issued pursuant to this ordinance to provide facilities or services which that contracting party is otherwise authorized by law to provide, even though another contracting party does not have the power to provide those facilities or services. (c) The agreement entered into pursuant to this Section 20-13 may provide for the division of responsibility to provide any of the facilities or services among the entities entering into the agreement. The agreement shall provide for the allocation and distribution of the proceeds of any special tax levy among the parties to the agreement. Section 20-14. Definitions. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this article shall govern the construction of this Code. (a) "Clerk" means the City Clerk of the City. Co) "Community facilities district~ or "district" means a district established pursuant to this Code for the sole purpose of financing facilities and/or services. (c) "Cost" means the expense of constructing or purchasing the facility and of related land, right of way, easements, incloding incidental expenses, and the cost of providing authorized services, including incidental expenses. (d) "Debt" means any binding obligation to repay a sum of money, including obligations in the form of bonds~ certificates of participation, long-term leases, loans from government agencies, or loans from banks, other financial institutions, private businesses or individuals. (e) 'Incidental expense" includes all of the following: (1) The cost of planning and designing facilities to be financed pursuant to this Code, including the cost of environmental evaluations of those facilities. -7-