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<br /> <br />calculated based on a 49-unit subdivision of three-bedroom houses. This <br />increase of 1,05 in the number of residential <br />Middletown. for New England et al. <br />houses are assumed to generate approximately 162 residents and 38 school children, <br />a 0.84 increase in population. for all town departments the <br />sewer and wateL and school increases in costs were assessed in two steps: <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />I] Calculate total department expense related solely to residential <br />development in Middletown. <br /> <br />2] Estimate the increase in these residential expenses that would be caused <br />the new subdivision. <br /> <br />Estimation of the percentage of departmental expenses related to residential development (Step <br />1) was either calculated based on in-depth analysis of departmental budgets and interviews with <br />town officials, or was calculated based on various fall back ratios. Fall back ratios are "default" <br />means of establishing residential costs, when no other objective means is practical or possible. <br />The two fall back ratios used in fiscal calculations, as well as the departments to which they are <br />applied are illustrated in Table A-I, Residential expenses for those departments not mentioned <br />in Table A-I were calculated using case study interviews and in-depth budget analysis, as <br />described by Burchell et aL (1994). For example, the percentage of police expenses allocated to <br />residential property was calculated through interviews with the police chief, together with 1I1- <br />depth analysis of the computer logs of police activity during 1998. Residential expenses for the <br />fire department were allocated in a similar fashion. <br /> <br />Table A-I. <br /> <br />Fall Back Ratios Used to Estimate the Percentage of a Department's <br />Ex enses Related to Develo ed Residential Pro erty. <br /> <br />Fall Back Ratio <br /> <br />Calculation Method <br /> <br />Resulting Percent of <br />Expenditures Classified <br />"Residential" <br /> <br />Departments I Budget <br />Items to Which Ratio is <br />Applied <br /> <br />Standard eDeS <br /> <br />Ratio (Total Assessment of <br />Residential Property) 7 (Total <br />Assessment of All Town Property) <br /> <br />69.68% <br /> <br />Benefits, Boards, <br />Contingencies, Finance, <br />Insurance, Municipal <br />Court, Principal and <br />Interest. <br />Administrator. Town <br />Clerk, Town Council, <br />Town Solicitor <br /> <br />Parcel-Based <br /> <br />Ratio = (Number of DeveJoped <br />Residential Parceis) -7 (Total Number <br />of Land Parcels in Town) <br /> <br />69.39% <br /> <br />I <br />I Building Inspector, <br />Planning, Tax Assessor <br /> <br />14 <br />