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Final Report <br /> The range of projections is quite large . The estim- <br /> ates arrived at through toe proportional valuation <br /> method appear to be too extreme . The case study <br /> approach generally yielas more reliable data since <br /> it is based on conditions as they currently exist <br /> in the City of Mounds View. The projection from <br /> the Case Study method is used in the summary table <br /> ' as being most representative of the anticipated <br /> : costs to the city of commercial and/or industrial <br /> development . <br /> Several factors should be considered when interpreting <br /> the projections of municipal service costs for com- <br /> mercial and industrial development as outlined in <br /> Table 7 . <br /> ( I ) These projected costs presume chat all front <br /> end costs of development ( i . e . roans , sewers , <br /> and water mains ) are born by the developer at <br /> no cost to city taxpayers . <br /> ( 2 ) Many commercial shopping centers and industrial <br /> parks also maintain their own security and road <br /> systems . The capitol costs of those systems , <br /> as well as their operating costs are generally <br /> borne by the facility . Burnsville Center , for <br /> example , has its own systems for internal and <br /> • • external security . The local police are invol- <br /> ved in processing those complaints turned over • <br /> to them by the private security force so some <br /> municipal service costs are incurred , but at a <br /> lower rate than in a strip highway commercial <br /> center without private security protection . <br /> According to a local Burnsville official , the <br /> Center has minimal impact on city service expen- <br /> ditures . <br /> ( 3 ) The construction of a regional shopping center <br /> has a great impact on the roads in the region . <br /> This may put the greatest cost burden on the <br /> state since major feeder roads to regional shop- <br /> ping centers tend to be federal or state high- <br /> ways . <br /> (4 ) These regional facilities also tend to encourage <br /> periferal development as a secondary consequence <br /> and the subsequent transfer of the tax base and <br /> consumer dollar can place a tremendous burden <br /> on existing business in the community . <br /> ( 5 ) Current stringent fire codes can require the <br /> installation of sophisticated smoke and heat <br /> sensing devices , sprinkler systems , computer <br /> activated exhaust mechanisms and pinpoint water <br /> systems in new commercial and industrial devel- <br /> opment . Due to the current method of assessing <br /> fire costs to the three communities , the net <br />