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Moratorium Report Page 11 departments varied greatly 1n sophistication and approach making it difficult to come to any general conclusions. But the exercise was valuable in bringing together information from the staff on how growth impacts not only capital improvements costs but maintenance costs as well. Based on their responses, a CAPCO model just recently developed, and other literature available on the subject an intern project will be started immediately to collate the results of the survey and to develop a San Marcos model which might be useful in helping assess growth fees in the future. The report will be due August 31, 1984. ANNEXATION POLICY Staff and Council have often discussed the merits of pursu1ng an aggressive annexation policy. In addition, there has recently been substantial publicity concerning municipal utility districts ( MUD's) and how they are created in response to Austin's attempt or failure to extend its City limits. In order to shed some light on the subject, I have attached Appendix J which is the executive summary of Financial Management and Policy Impact report developed by the City of Austin's staff. This executive summary highlights major conclusions reached by the Austin staff concerning the benefits and costs of MUD's in relation to annexation policy. Since this report is based on the experiences of one of our neighbors, the information may provide important insights into San Marcos' future. GROWTH FEES Staff was also asked to suggest ways by which additional revenue might be generated to help pay for all the improvements cited in this report. Since they were also directed to come up with methods that would be considered innovative, some of the suggestions are unusual but none are inappropriate. Below is a list of the suggestions made by the various City departments to generate new revenues (in no particular order):