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Check in with liaison group. Hold second meeting with liaison group to go over scenarios, land use categories, case study communities, proposed nonfiscal impacts study areas and the allocated forecasts. This is an important time for outside input, prior to having the consultant go out into the field with assumptions in place. Field Work: Conduct community interviews and prepare "level of service" paper. Consultant conducts in-depth interviews with municipal staff of case study communities, gathering data on costs, revenue sources and level of services provided. The data will include all funded activities that are affected by developmenr. The data will also include capital costs, as well as operating and maintenance expenses and revenues. This data-gathering will collect information on other factors as well-infrastructure maintenance not being undertaken in the central cities, for example. The communities are not being asked to calculate future demands-the fiscal impact model will do this. Case study communities will be asked to confirm that the level of service paper describes reasonable assumptions about the cost and revenue system and that the data are accurate. Conduct nonfiscal impact analysis. Council staff will design and conduct nonfiscal impact studies in topic areas determined earlier. Check in with liaison group. Review level of service paper with the liaison group. Model Development and Analysis: Prepare fiscal impact model and fiscal impact report. Based on interviews and level of service paper, the fiscal impact model is developed and analyzed. A fiscal impact analysis will be generated for each case study community. The fiscal impact report will discuss the reasons for the annualized expenditures as well as revenues to the communities by type of service and by type of land use. The revenues will include all revenue sources, and the costs will include both operating expenses and capital costs. Therefore the community will understand the magnitude of any net costs that exist for the different land uses under the two alternatives. Expected Results: . Fiscal impact analysis for each sample community and both sample school districts. . Fiscal impact analysis of land use prototypes for application on a broader scale. . Application and analysis of impacts and prototypes to region as a whole. . Analysis of infrastructure replacement needs in mature communities. . Analysis of nonfiscal impacts of growth. . Review of impact of growth development patterns 011 sustainable development. How 'the Metropolita~ Council W~II Use tbe Results: The results of the study will be used (1) to assist local governments in analyzing impacts of local land use decisions; (2) to seek appropriate legislative tools to encourage better planned, cost-effective _ develupment; and (3) to inform the Council as it works with local governments on development actions. The Council will publish and distribute the results of the study through the media, the Council's Data Center and the Council's Web Page. The results will also be communicated to local governments through the Council's Sector Representative program. In addition.,- staff will use the infonnation when working with localgovemments in reviewing.their comprehensive plans.