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<br />Farmland <br />Impact on amount of land retained for farmland <br />Measures: Loss of land used for agriculture <br />Value of farmland to society? <br />Loss of critical mass needed to sustain farming support services? <br />Greenhouse gas emissions <br />Impact of greenhouse gas emissions <br />Measures: Externality costs of emissions <br />Land consumption <br />Measures: Amount of developable land consumed by development <br />Open space <br />Measures: Amount of land not developed <br />Amount and value of land retained for parkland open space <br />Surface water management/wetland protection <br />Impact on stormwater drainage and watersheds <br />Measures: Percent impervious surfaces <br />Pollution loading by watershed <br />Cost of best management practices to control pollutants <br />Energy consumption? . <br /> <br />Transportation <br /> <br />Congestion <br />Measures: Miles of congested roadways <br />Travel time <br />Measures: Average travel time <br />Vehicle miles traveled ' <br />Measures: Vehicle miles traveled per household <br />Effect on transit? <br />Household spending? <br />Noise? <br />Trips? <br /> <br />3. Selection Criteria <br /> <br />. Focus on impacts most affected by changes in urban development patterns. <br />. Impacts significantly differ between the current trends scenario and the more compact <br />development scenario. <br />. Impacts .can be estimated for the entire seven-county metropolitan area. <br /> <br />Deb Detrick & Gene: Knaff Fiscalimpact\1g925,doc <br />