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Paul Laughton said yes, but it is not included in this. He said that is a special revenue fund and this is only looking at services from the general fund. Commissioner porosin asked for clarification on how the percentages in this sheet are calculated. He referred to the 16.5 percent number. Paul Laughton said this is strictly budget allocation out of the $195,000,000 budget. Commissioner porosin said the way he reads this is that there is a whole budget number, and then the goal is to determine how much additional cost the County will bear as a result of this development. He said it looks like 16.5 percent of all the human services cost will be connected to this new project. Paul Laughton said the 16.51 percent is the human services percent of the total budget, and this number has been used toward the incremental revenue that is anticipated for phase 1 in order to show a corresponding expense allocation. He said the same thing has been done for the governing and management. Commissioner Rich asked about the 39.3 percent for the schools. Paul Laughton said the 39.36 percent is just made up of the $76 million for education out of the $195 million. He said this was not allocated that way when looking at the impact of the $1.3 million for education. He said this is done using a target of 48.1 percent of general fund revenues earmarked for schools. He said that 48.1 percent number has been used, and then in these first two scenarios the student growth has been added to that. He read through the numbers from the spreadsheets. Commissioner Burroughs asked about the education piece and why the 48.1% target is used by both schools. Paul Laughton said 48.1 percent is the target the Board of County Commissioners has set for education from the general fund, and it is for total education. Commissioner Price asked if the phase 3 numbers refer to the beginning or the end of phase 3. . Paul Laughton said this project is supposed to be built out at the end of year 4. He said the $1.24 million is used for each year of phase 1. Commissioner Pelissier said it needs to be stated that these scenarios are not accurate, because revenues for phase 1 will continue in phase 2. She said the deficit is quite inflated. Paul Laughton said the $1.24 million is not one-time revenue, and this is why scenario 3 presents it as ongoing and cumulative each year. Chair McKee said the 48.1 percent is a moving target. He said if you assume that there is $1.24 in increased revenue in phase 1, and there are no additional children, then if funds are allocated on a per student basis, no additional funds would be allocated for the schools. Paul Laughton said most of the time, allocation of funds has been attributed to growth in the schools, but not all of the time. Chair McKee said if there are no children coming into schools during the first phase, then 48.1 percent of the $1.4 million will not be automatically allocated to the schools. Paul Laughton said if there is no growth, the goal is still to hold to the target of 48.1 percent of general fund revenue. He said if the $1.4 million in revenue is put into the general fund, then the goal will be to give $48.1 percent to education, although there will be no extra component for growth. Commissioner porosin said he thinks the target is 48.1 percent, whether there are more children or fewer children. He said this issue needs to be revisited. He thinks it is a bad budgeting idea to always set aside a certain percentage that then drives the budget. He said the budgeting should be based on needs. He said the budget does sometimes get driven by needs, but it only gets driven above 48.1 percent. Chair McKee said this is a concern of his. Commissioner Pelissier said she agrees that the 48.1 percent target needs to be discussed, but that discussion does not need to be just tied to this project. She said she is