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8-5 Sa 1 es Tax I n Un i ncorporated Are~: The County Boa rd cou 1 d 1 evy a sales tax In the unincorporated area analogous to the sales tax which Is levied by the City of Boulder. Conceivably the funds derived could be allocated in a prescribed manner so as to facilitate the provision of needed open space and the construction of requi r,ed publ ic works, Sale of Sand and Gravel: In the construction of the facilities required in the project. excavation of sand and gravel will be nec- essary at sE,veral locations, This material wi 11 have sorne benefit as a resource, Its value, of course, will ,"eflect its quality, Neverthe- less, even the sale of pit run gravel from these excavations will pro- vide a source of funds which will be avai lable to assist in financing the project development, Development Aqreements with Subdivi~~rs: In an expanding urban region, land is rapIdly beIng converted from agricultural and open uses to urban uses, Such development can aggravate the drainage problems In an urban area, Therefore, it is conceIvable t"at development agreements could be worked out with potentIal subdividers that would provIde a con- trIbution either on the basis of acreage subdivided or housing units to be constructed for use In the financing of drainage faci lities, Such an agreement would be analogous to the type of agreernent no\< worked out with schools and parks, Anticipation Warrants: By designating users of drainage facilities either on a runoff basIs or even on the basis ~f water use, as was done in Aurora in Adams and Arapahoe Counties, the County could develop user charges and these funds as the basis for retirIng Anticipation Warrants, Soil and Water Conservation Dlst,'ict Assessments: By developing an active program in the upper portions'-oT~the Bear-canyon Creek drai naqe basin, It would be possible to formulate a program for assessing the costs of watershed treatment faci 1 i ties on upstream property OI.;ners, Sucn an approach would not only assist the County in financIng needed faci lities, but it would also illustrate the economic liabilIty associated with un- controlled urbanization of the mountain foothi ils, C I ti es The City of Boulder has developed sources of funding which produce revenue that Is currently used for drainage faci iities or for the purchase of land that would o~ssist in the implementation of a comprehensive drainage pro- gram, In addition, there are four other potential municipal sources of funds which could be developed and could be used to finance specific im- provements, The existing arid potential sources of funds are identified and discussed briefly in the followIng passages,