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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, July 30, 2015 | 16 Growth targets expected to impose significant financial challenges on Region continued from p. 9 growth targets will impose significant financial challenges on the Region unless the DCA is revised to enable regions to recover the full cost of growth through development charges (DCs) or other development funding tools. The current DCA creates a significant financial challenge for municipalities, which have limited means of revenue. They only receive 11 per cent of every tax dollar paid, staff reported. Money is collected through property taxes, user fees and development charges -- fees imposed by municipalities on developers to pay for increased capital costs related to growth. DCs are the primary funding tool helping the Region fund the infrastructure needed to support growth-related capital costs for services like roads, water, wastewater, police and paramedic services. Before the DCA, regional governments could recover all growth-related costs for regional services through DCs. Today, however, only the cost to provide water, wastewater and roads can be fully recovered. Services such as waste management, hospitals, acquisition of parkland, municipal administration buildings and computer equipment are not DC-eligible even though demand for these services directly relates to the level of growth. As a result, these costs have been passed on to Halton taxpayers through increases in property taxes, and water and wastewater fees. McTavish Travel Crystal Cruises, the world's most awarded luxury cruise line, has announced the most significant brand expansion in the history of luxury travel. 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