Joel
>Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 09:32:01 PST8PDT
>Subject: (Fwd) Re: P&Z Meeting on Wednesday
>Priority: normal
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>Joel, Thanks for putting the aggenda items on E-mail.
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>Couple of points (I have not been following the discussion)
>- At current state averages, every 34 buliding permits is approval
>of a new school classroom with teacher, building, busses etc. Where
>is the funding coming from? Currently, half of our property tax
>dollars go to school support.
>- Under our current tax structure, one half of the cost of serving
>these new residents is never collected from the new residents. It is
>paid by those already on the tax role. The result is disatisfaction
>with government because costs keep going up while services remain the
>same or degrade. Citizens declare waste and fraud when in effect it
>is a local tax structure that will not permit putting the costs for
>serving additional residents on the people causing the problem.
>- I am not against growth or social policies of subsidization, I
>just think it should be a concious decision open to debate.
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>If you would like specific examples, please ask. Neil
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