10.2190/QAAT-64E8-X5QT-Q6Y8 QAAT64E8X5QTQ6Y8 3 Strategies for the Mitigation of Municipal Financial Problems Associated with Energy Development: A Simulation Experiment 27 52 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 QAAT64E8X5QTQ6Y8.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=QAAT64E8X5QTQ6Y8 1 Sally C. Lopreato J. Kenneth Monts E. Ray Bareiss Social Systems Analysis Division, Center for Energy Studies, The University of Texas, Austin Alternative strategies are evaluated for financing municipal facilities in communities experiencing population influx due to an energy development such as power plant construction. The simulations, based on a system dynamics model of public service facilities, fall into two broad groups according to whether the needed revenues are sought from local or extralocal sources. Of all cases presented, only direct extralocal grants both eliminate public service shortages and keep the property tax rate down. The solution to the boom town financing problem will likely involve some combination of strategies. The system dynamics analysis can help policymakers and planners conceptualize the nature of the situation and understand the range of options. T. Hertsgaard, S. Murdock, N. Toman, M. Henry, and R. Ludtke, <i>REAP Economic Demographic Model: Technical Description</i>, North Dakota Regional Environmental Assessment Program, Bismark, North Dakota, 1978. J. K. Monts and E. R. Bareiss, <i>Community-Level Impacts Projection System (CLIPS)</i>, The University of Texas at Austin, Center for Energy Studies, 1979. Murphy/Williams Urban Planning and Housing Consultants, <i>Socioeconomic Impact Assessment: A Methodology Applied to Synthetic Fuels</i>, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1978. E. J. Stenehjem, <i>Summary Description of SEAM: The Social and Economic Assessment Model</i>, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, 1978. Western Governors' Regional Energy Policy Office, <i>Financial Strategies for Alleviation of Socioeconomic Impacts in Seven Western States</i>, Denver, Colorado, 1977. A. Markhusen, The Fiscal Crisis of American Boomtowns: An Analysis of State and Federal Policy (draft report), University of California, Department of City and Regional Planning, Berkeley, California, 1977. A. Ford, <i>User's Guide to the BOOM 1 Model</i>, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 1976. J. K. Monts, <i>BOOMP User's Guide</i>, The University of Texas at Austin, Center for Energy Studies, 1978. Colorado Oil Shale Region, <i>Tax Lead Time Study</i>, Colorado Geological Survey, Denver, 1974. J. D. Gilmore, K. D. Moore, D. Hammond, and D. C. Coddington, <i>Analysis of Financing Problems in Coal and Oil Shale Boom Towns</i>, Denver Research Institute, University of Denver, 1976.