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Executive Report: <br />Introduction <br />Growing municipalities commonly anticipate, and in some cases eagerly await, new development. <br />When a new residential development is proposed, or a new businesses campus is planned, <br />municipalities are faced with many questions. These questions regard the impact of a new development <br />on the environment, demand on public safety services, effect on neighboring properties, the impact on <br />existing and /or new public infrastructure, etc. Furthermore, municipalities need to account for the costs <br />of these impacts to public infrastructure along with the costs to review and inspect new developments. <br />This study, the "2011 Development Costs Study," aims to understand how different cities assess the <br />costs of new development. The purpose of the study is to supply decision makers with information as <br />they consider policies that will affect future development. <br />In late April, the City of Ramsey sent a "Development Costs Survey" to several municipalities. <br />Completed surveys were received into June. The following is a report of the findings. <br />The City of Ramsey would like to thank each participating city for their time and effort in completing the <br />development costs survey —your participation made this survey possible! We hope that this <br />information will be useful for both city staff and elected officials. <br />1IPage <br />