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II. OVERALL METHODOLOGY AND MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS This current Service Level, Cost and Revenue Assumptions document discusses City services and facilities that will be impacted by new development. These service level, cost and revenue assumptions are based on TA's on-site interviews with department heads and their representatives, in addition to a detailed analysis of the current fiscal year budget and other documents. The final assumptions will be utilized with the demographic projections to calculate the fiscal impact on the City's budget to the year 2020. Calculations will be performed using T A's ASCALS software designed for the City of Rosevi lie. A. The FISCALS Process and Data Input Categories [n order to provide an understanding of the overall methodology used in this fiscal impact analysis, a brief explanation of the f[SCALS process follows. The ASCALS software utilizes three types of input data. The first category of demographic-economic projections is called Demand Base data inputs. These numerical projections include data such as population, housing units, employment, and commercial and industrial space. The second general type of input data focuses on property taxes. Market values of new residential and nonresidential property in the City of Roseville, expressed in constant current dollars, are multiplied by the tax class rate and City tax rate to calculate property tax revenues from new development. The assessed values have been provided by the City based on new residential and nonresidential development. fiscal disparities, HACA, and Local Government Aid have been included in the methodology given that these revenue sources are all interdependent. The third type of input data relates to the government service levels. costs and revenues. The government service level cost and revenue data used in the fiscal analysis have been determined and agreed upon by TA and the City of Roseville personnel. This data will be used by TA's FISCALS system designed for the City to calculate the annual costs, revenues and capital facilities by department or function, where appropriate. These assumptions are outlined in this report. The last step in the fiscal process is to use customize F[SCALS to calculate budgets and related fiscal impact statements. B. Major Assumptions This fiscal impact analysis can be regarded as a snapshot of the current budget. The FY99 proposed budget has been used to represent a "snapshot" of the City's current costs and revenues and level of services. Constant 1999 dollars are used throughout the study. Any recent structural changes to the City's internal departmental organization that have occurred since the FY99 budget was issued will not be reflected in this report. Population estimates in addition to the current number of dwelling units and employment levels, were used to calculate unit costs and service level thresholds. The "snapshot" approach does not attempt to speculate about how Page 2 Tischler & Associates, Inc.