Fiscal impact analysis measures the cash flows to and from the public sector by comparing alternative development scenarios and analyzing the ramifications of development proposals. It determines if revenues generated by new growth cover increased service and facility demands. While it does not directly calculate economic impacts, fiscal impact analysis provides facts about long-term fiscal health to help communities make sustainable land use decisions. Models can estimate revenues like property, income, and sales taxes as well as costs to public services from new development. Challenges include availability and compatibility of local data across jurisdictions and ensuring usability for non-expert users.

1. Using Fiscal Impact Analysis to Build Sustainable Local Governments Della Rucker, AICP, CeCD Larisa Sims, AICP Indiana APA State Conference October 22, 2009

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11. LAND USE DEPENDENT VARIABLES Budgets Revenues and Expenditures INDEPENDENT VARIABLES Population Traffic volumes Employment … etc. LU LU REVENUE and EXPENDITURE $/Unit $/Unit

21. What’s the difference between a fiscal impact analysis and a fiscal impact analysis model?

27. And now: the OKI Fiscal Impact Model:

29. Della Rucker, AICP, CEcD National Lead for Economic Development [email_address] Jacobs 1880 Waycross Rd. Cincinnati, OH 45240 513-288-6613 www.j acobs.com/jacobsworld LinkedIn: Della Rucker Plaxo: Della Rucker Facebook: Della Rucker Aicp Cecd Twitter: dgottrucker Blog: dellarucker@wordpress.com Larisa Sims, AICP Regional Planning Manager [email_address] 720 East Pete Rose Way, Suite 420 Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 www.oki.org