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Due to the community participation element, Midwest Planning lacks total control over the time devoted to the tactical stage of the program. It is anticipated, however, that the work would be completed within thirty days. The identifiable product to result from this task would be a planning and development tactical study report available for wide spread distribution. Also expected would be public presentations of the tactical study to the formal community decision - making bodies and organized citizen and neighborhood interests if so desired. TASK I1 - INVENTORY AND INFORMATIONAL BASE Essential to the formulation of a viable and effective community development plan and program is the establishment of a sound informational and statistical base which details the City's current characteristic, status, trends and projected future needs. This need is furthered by the demands of dealing with and justifying to the Metropolitan Council the community's policies, positions and plans. From a comprehensive perspective, this informational base must cover social, economic and physical concerns. It h proposed that the inventory be accordingly divided into three main efforts. These primary informational thrusts are detailed below: A. Social Profile: Information will be assembled and evaluated on community population growth, age /sex breakdown, marital status, educational levels, employment and income. From this statistical base, an analysis will be conducted relative to the needs of the community's population from a general perspective of public facilities and services and notedly housing demands. B. Economic Base: Critical to the community's housing and financial tax base concern is a determination of uses, activities, price ranges and revenues which can reosonably be expected to compete and maintain economic viability within and for the City. The community must basically define and be aware of its role in relationship to the region as well as its own ability to sustain levels and ranges of activities. Also an economic market evaluation will provide the City a "timing function" for expected development in order to facilitate appropriate orderly responses and services to the private development sector. Midwest Planning will undertake an economic overview study of Little Canada. The scope of the study would by necessity have to include a general analysis of the entire region, but would concentrate on the eastern subregion& suburban communities of the metropolitan area and Little Cc -oda itself. 4