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::.•::::.•::::.: :.:•:. ::.1::::.: ::::. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::.::: ::::::::: CS stuo :.... ... . , ..... .: .:, .::::.. . :. .:: :.::: .: .:.. . . :. . . . . ::. . .: :.::: ..::.:. ::.::: :. .;.. ..... :. . . . . .: ... . :: Overview A COCS study has five basic steps : meeting people , give them fair warning ! Prepare them for with local sponsors to define objectives , collecting the type of questions you plan to ask later . data , allocating revenues by land use category , Some cautionary words : Contacting officials allocating expenditures by land use demand and can be time consuming and even frustrating . While computing ratios . larger towns have employees who work . regular The most important thing the local official , hours , many small towns are run by volunteers . board or organization sponsoring your work can Paid employees may be easier to contact than their offer is an endorsement . Let them help set the volunteer counterparts and may have access to study ' s goals so the findings will be useful to them . computerized records . Be sure to respect their Once your sponsors are comfortable with your busy schedules and remember they may not be objective , your , next task is data collection . Start by prepared to answer all your questions immediately . obtaining financial reports . Among others , these In smaller towns , tracking down department heads , will include property tax summaries , applications financial officers and even the assessors can be for state aid , the annual town budget and a land use difficult , often requiring evening meetings and breakdown . Basic demographic and census early -morning phone calls . Since many small towns information are also helpful . Take a look at any do not keep records on computer , you may have to recent planning documents or maps , zoning by - go through them manually . In these cases , you may laws , open space plans , blueprints for downtown have to interview extensively to get the information revitalization and so on . As part of this process , you need . Allow plenty of time for research . you should contact key officials and town personnel Next , you need to group and allocate revenues for additional data . Try to gather department by land use . This is usually quite straightforward , budgets and reports at the same time . Since you although it may be time consuming as your land use will have to go back to interview many of these categories may differ from the town ' s . Find out 8