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May 31, 2004 <br /> <br />DRAFT <br /> <br />Page 481 <br /> <br />Education and Growth Management <br />The issues of educ&tion and growth management were discussed ~n the Board's 2003 <br />and 2004 retreats and on several other occasions These two issues are intricately <br />related and have enormous budgetary implications <br /> <br />Providing funds to operate the county's school systems and meet their capital <br />needs Is becoming increasingly more difficult AS mentioned earlier, spending xn <br />all general fund service areas was reduced in the proposed fiscal 2005 budget so <br />spending in education could be Increased. <br /> <br />AS long as residential growth outstrips the growth of business-related <br />development, it will be Impossible to maintain a 56 cents tax rate and meet the <br />financial obligations that result from addxn~ 1000 students each year School <br /> <br />years. <br /> <br /> · ncreaslng costs of public services such as schools. <br /> <br /> sustaLnable, mixed-use developments Large residential developments should <br /> <br />proposed budget <br /> <br />Cathie Straub, budget officer, and Becky Crab=tee, budget analyst. Special thanks <br /> <br />/s/ John Day <br /> <br /> <br />