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4 1 acknowledging that she is aware of the application. If we are successful, we will need to return 2 to the Commissioners to seek approval for the sale of the bonds and a project ordinance. 3 4 Elementary No. 11 5 We would not want this QSCB to negatively impact our ability to construct Elementary#11. 6 With the Commissioners not having yet taken any actions to provide funding for the school's 7 construction, Elementary 11's opening date has been delayed by at least three years. It would 8 be helpful if the County staff could clarify when the County will be in a position to construct 9 Elementary 11. This depends upon freeing up additional debt capacity and identifying funds to 10 finance the construction of the school. We understand that the Commissioners will revisit the 11 status of Etementary 11 next fall. 12 13 Summary of CIP Concerns 14 In summary, with the cooperation of the County Manager and Commissioners, we believe that 15 we can address the capital projects that are currently included in our CIP for 2010-11. This will 16 allow us to meet some of the most urgent health and safety capital needs, but it will continue to 17 delay other much-needed capital projects. In the long run, we are extremely concerned that the 18 County will continue to fall farther and farther behind on providing funding that will allow us to 19 address the maintenance and construction needs of the school district. The 30% decrease in 20 sales tax receipts over the last three years does not bode well for a healthy revenue stream to 21 support the CIP. 22 23 24 Frank Clifton said that in both school systems, they did talk about the qualified school 25 construction bonds. If the funds are received and if the Board of County Commissioners ' 26 authorizes it, there would not be any debt incurred this year. ' 27 Commissioner Hemminger asked the school systems to help support the '/4-cent sales 28 tax if the B oard of Count Co mmissioners decided to move Y forward with this option. 29 30 31 2. Fee Schedule 32 Frank Clifton said that the Board of County Commissioners asked to review fees every 33 year. 34 Paul Laughton made reference to Appendix B, page 39 of the budget document, and 35 said that any change would be highlighted. He went through all of the changes. The footnotes 36 that explain the reasoning behind the increases are on page 66. There are changes in the 37 Department on Aging, Library, ERCD, Parks and Recreation, Efland Sewer, Animal Services, 38 Environmental Health, Personal Health, and Solid Waste. 39 Commissioner Jacobs made reference to the Department on Aging, page 39, Senior 40 Program Classes, and why they are only trying to recover a small percentage of the 41 administrative costs. Paul Laughton said that the range is going from 10% to 25%. There was 42 no one from the Department on Aging present, and staff will bring an answer at another time. 43 Frank Clifton said that this is for programs that have private instructor taught classes. 44 Commissioner Hemminger asked if there was ever a consideration to look at any of the 45 fees that are over 10 years old that have not changed, such as photocopying fees that go back 46 to the 1980's. 47 Paul Laughton said that they can footnote those and in the past they looked specifically 48 at program and services fees instead of the type of fees she is mentioning. 49 Frank Clifton said that some of that relates to how much it actually costs to do those 50 things.