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r Proposed Cost fu e-1 The s a l�P he Metropolitan Council' roach for determining de�reloprnent costs in the region is to conduct detailed studies of a number of cities and school districts that are at different stages of the develc�pr emit process. The analysis will examine the fiscal impact of development for mvo grog%,Ih scenarios - i nued regional l trends and the Council's l s pro -th strategy—and for a number of 1 and use patterns. J-h e c ont .cases tud ics for each community will be used to determine the marginal costs of providing services for expected growth or redevelopment in the community. These results will then be used to develop a lamer e�p � P fiscal impact model for the region. ' d to conduct in-depth interviews*gather local data, prepare a level of sere ice A co-nsultarit will be hired F paper and build the fiscal impact model. Council staff will provide regional data on the forecasts and growth seenar ios a as well as help the consultant with land use pattern assumptions and,51m i l ar information. A liaison ro u , described below, will be a reaction group throughout the process, helping to shape the assumptions and direction of the work and to review the results of the final report. Organizational Phase: . on rou create a liaison group of organ ization s most likely to be affected by the results of Establish liars .. p g the s �to study help ouncil staff and consultant with study design and to critique results along the way. p This g R rou would have local officials, an Association of Metropol i tan tunic i pal ities representative representatives fom school districts, special interest representatives, builders/developer- county officials, and m embers from the Council's"Cost of Growth"study group that is already meeting with Coun c i 1 Members of this stud group include University of Minnesota faculty, Minnesota Department of staff' ) Y 1�' p ' staff, Minnesotans for an Energy Efficient Economy staff`, the Builders Association, the Land Agriculture T Stewardship Project, and the legislative Commission on Minnesota Resourccs. Initial meeting will ate F roj� studies on the cost of growth. include review of the lessons learned from recent local g Sign up co mmunities. The case study communities are going to be required to provide some time and _ _ resources for this stud and therefore must agree in advance to work with the consultant. The 1 nc e nti��e y . participate for therm to artici ate is that they will have an individual fiscal analysis doge for their community. At communities tiro central cities, two fully developed cities}two maturing suburbs and t,�vcl this step, eight � develop in g suburbs)and two school districts must be signed up to participate in the study. Case Study Design: Level basic assurn Lions ouricil staff with help from consultant , The study will look at two scenarios—current trends and the Council's adopted Regional Growth Strategy. The Coun6l. staff has community-level population,household and employment forecasts for these two scenarios,but various land use categories residential and commercial/ industrial)must be determined for each of the selected and school districts. Finally}nonfiscal impacts(such as pollution,housing affordability, communities� _ crime,etc.)will b y {. e studied b the Council staff along with the fiscal impact analysis done by the consultant. The list of nonfi seal impacts to be studied will be developed in this step. Allocate foreeastg -to case study communities, Council_staff will allocate forecksts to each land use tape enairios far the sample communities and school districts. population and household under both_sc p located to residential land use categories,and employment forecasts will b� allocated forecasts will be al to comrn ercia g 11industrial categories. Case study participants will be asked to confirm that the allocations are reasonable,at least for the purpose of the study.