Strategic Plan Review

SUMMARY: STRATEGIC PLAN REVIEW

BOARD SESSION

ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS

Financial Overview

A 10-year financial forecast shows that the EAA can potentially maintain an aggregate $84 AMF rate for the foreseeable future if all cost variables remain static, meaning there are no new major initiatives undertaken that aren’t already planned or anticipated ( slide 1 ). Since raising the rate in 2012 to accommodate the habitat conservation plan, we have been able to absorb significant costs, planned and unplanned, such as capital expenses, legal payouts and settlements, special project costs such as participating in the Bracken Bat Cave conservation easement, and other inflationary expenses, while maintaining the same aggregate AMF rate of $84/AF. ( slide 2 )

However, moving forward we will not have capacity within the $84 AMF to continue to absorb new costs beyond those that are already accounted for — unless we raise the AMF or find additional sources of funding.

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