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DRAFT basic infrastructure needed to set up the accounting, state reporting, and legal functions. There would be significant first year planning with the communities. No tax dollars should be promised or contractual agreements entered into until the first property tax collections are accounted for in May, 2003. If the Board should determine it wishes to set a maximum levy on September 10 there would still be three months to seek further input from suburban communities on priorities and possible uses in the first year before a final levy, if any, would need to be set. There would then be several months to work with communities on priorities. The period between December, 2002 and March, 2003 would coincide with the time in which we seek applications for CDBG, HOME, and Housing Endowment Funds in our suburban communities and could easily accommodate discussion about levy dollars also. CONCLUSION Each of our communities has been given information on this issue and had an opportunity to communicate with us. Four communities spoke at the August 20, 2002. County Budget hearings on this matter. Attachment C references the correspondence which has come to the staff's attention up to the date of this memo. Since it is our understanding that the Board wishes to set a maximum levy for all entities for which it has responsibility on September 10 the staff respectfully seeks direction from the Board on this matter at this time.