CALCULATING
THE COSTS OF GROWTH
Models, Methodologies, and Revenue Streams

NOVEMBER 6^th, 2002
GLENWOOD SPRINGS
COMMUNITY CENTER

• Agenda
• Participants list  (Revised)
• Background 
• Presenters
• Panel Members
• Presentations
  

  Context, Background and Setting the Stage Lee Nellis, Sonoran Institute

  Cash Flow, Budgets, Fees and Case Studies Gabe Preston, RPI Consulting

  Impact Fees: Common Questions & Misperceptions Andrew Klotz, RPI Consulting

  Paying for Growth: Impact Fees in Colorado  Chris Duerksen, Clarion Associates

• Workshop Evaluation Results (30 received) 

This workshop explores the issues of jurisdictional cash flow and balancing the books in light of rapid and continuing growth pressures.  The materials explore such issues as:

• Does growth pay its own way? 
• What are fair and reasonable allocations of growth costs between the existing population and newcomers? 
• Are current impact fees linked to current realities? 
• Are we linking impact fees to budget needs and doing that in a defensible fashion? 
• What does current legislation and statutory language imply, and what does the future hold for impact fees and exactions?
• What is the footprint that a new resident, or increased visitation, leaves on our jurisdictions and watershed?  Are we calculating in the costs of growth to recreation, schools, public lands, affordable housing, fire protection, law enforcement, roads, etc.?

The workshop is designed to provide information and support for local policy makers and key staff responsible for making budgetary decisions, setting fees and exactions, and the planning and legal staffs that must defend those decisions.  The workshop hopes to set a regional context for a discussion of costs, methods of dealing with growth impacts, and hopefully lead to a refinement of our local policies in light of legislative and legal current realities. 

Doris Duke
Foundation