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5 Social Impact. The social impact component focuses on the population generated by the proposed development as well as the needs of that population. The component tabulates the total counts of people, pupils, and employees and of specific subsectors such as the elderly and disabled. With the population projected, the model then identifies the demands imposed by additional residents and workers on an array of general and specialized social services. Economic Impact. The economic impact component considers both the direct and induced economic effects of development such as material purchases,employment generation, and spending by the new work force. The analysis is undertaken by a proposed development's construction and permanent operation phases. Fiscal Impact. The fiscal impact component computes the fiscal effects of growth on the host public jurisdictions by implementing the four basic steps of cost-revenue analysis. First, it factors in the number of people, pupils, and employees generated by growth (as derived from the social impact section of the model). Second, the population increment is translated into attendant public service costs by the per capita methodology - multiplying the development generated population by the per person/pupil/employee expenditure factors. Third, the fiscal impact component calculates the revenues added by growth, and, fourth, compares costs to revenues to yield the net fiscal impact. Traffic Impact. Traffic has always been one of the most controversial topics considered during development review. For this reason, a detailed traffic impact report often accompanies development applications. The model of traffic assessment follows in abbreviated form the traffic impact analysis procedure of the more detailed study. Through a series of inputs and outputs, the model begins with consideration of existing traffic conditions and then examines site characteristics. With a framework established, the model identified future conditions without and with development. Because traffic impact assessments often involve consideration of traffic improvements and financing responsibilities,the model includes a capital needs analysis. Shared Infrastructure Costs. The infrastructure component considers the infrastructure implications of growth by bringing together information already derived in previous portions of the model and calculating capital needs. While, for instance, the environmental assessment section identified the development induced demands for gallons of water, gallons of waste treatment, and tons of solid waste, infrastructure cost inputs determine the capital cost to supply a gallon of water or gallon of wastewater treatment, and to dispose of a ton of solid waste. The product of the infrastructure need and cost parameters yields the development induced capital costs across an array of categories. The model then incorporates as additional output a system for allocating these improvement costs between the developer and the community at large. As detailed in the model, such an allocation would proceed in practice only after careful consideration of its policy implications. Further,it would be guided by prevailing state and local statutes.