4.__Amenities.__"Amenities" means items of street furniture, signs and landscaping, including, but not limited to, plantings, benches, trash receptacles, street signs, sidewalks and pedestrian malls.

5.__Authority.__"Authority" means the Maine State Housing Authority.

6.__Captured assessed value.__"Captured assessed value" means the amount, as a percentage or stated sum, of increased assessed value that is utilized from year to year to finance the project costs contained within the affordable housing development program.

7.__Current assessed value.__"Current assessed value" means the assessed value of the district certified by the municipal assessor as of April 1st of each year that the affordable housing development district remains in effect.

8.__Director.__"Director" means the Director of the Maine State Housing Authority.

9.__Financial plan.__"Financial plan" means a statement of the project costs and sources of revenue required to accomplish the affordable housing development program.

10.__Increased assessed value.__"Increased assessed value" means the valuation amount by which the current assessed value of an affordable housing development district exceeds the original assessed value of the district. If the current assessed value is equal to or less than the original, there is no increased assessed value.

11.__Maintenance and operation.__"Maintenance and operation" means all activities necessary to maintain affordable housing after development and all activities necessary to operate the affordable housing, including, but not limited to, informational, promotional, safety and surveillance activities.

12.__Original assessed value.__"Original assessed value" means the assessed value of an affordable housing development district as of March 31st of the tax year preceding the year in which it was designated.

13.__Project costs.__ "Project costs" means any expenditures or monetary obligations incurred or expected to be incurred that