Staff has met with a few smaller jurisdictions around the region, discussing how the IMPACS model and fiscal analysis work could be beneficial to their planning efforts. One jurisdiction, in the midst of a general plan update, thought the outputs on infrastructure costs could be beneficial as a public outreach tool, while another felt the tools would be very useful in evaluating larger greenfield development proposals.
Additional meetings with jurisdictions will provide more information on the modeling work planned for RUCS.
The next step for this work is to look at additional functionality that can be built into the models, which may include estimating operating and maintenance costs, and sales and property tax revenues; and joining them to one another in a meaningful and user-friendly manner.