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• The indirect job slots were assumed to occur in towns that currently possess <br />support business services. Most of the indirect slots were distributed to <br />Delta City, given its status ae n developing regional trade center. Almost <br />one-half of the new employees will probably reside in Delta, while one-fourth <br />will select the Paonia area. <br />The next section configures the impact of the demand for services created by <br />the proposed Hawk's Nest West's expansion. <br />B. Service Capabilities <br />Assuming the settlement patterns displayed in Table IV-1, then the following <br />service capabilities located in these towns can be examined for adequacy. One <br />of the difficulties in assessing the strain of growth on municipal services is <br />that in the absence of zoning requirements there is no guarantee that in- <br />migrants will choose a town over the unincorporated areas. The 1980 <br />Preliminary Census indicated that greater growth occurred in the areas <br />• surrounding towns than in the towns themselves. Should the settlement <br />patterns occur in the unincorporated areas, then the responsibility for <br />providing water and sewer services fall on the homeowner. Other service <br />responsibilities tend to fall more heavily on Countywide agents, e. g., school <br />and fire districts, County Sheriff, etc. However, assuming that the new <br />residents do locate in towns where limited housing is available, then the <br />following analysis presents the worst-case scenario. <br />Table IV-2 summarizes the service supply in relationship to the 257 additional <br />people generated by Hawk's Nest's expansion. Of the 257 people, 250 will <br />reside in Delta County, with the remaining seven locating in Somerset, <br />Gunnison County. Given the greater influx of workers into Delta County, it <br />will receive careful scrutiny. As indicated throughout, Delta County has <br />traditionally been the home of the majority of WSCC's workforce. Further, <br />given the geographical difficulty of traversing from Somerset to Gunnison, the <br />indirect employment also was largely generated in Delta County (Chapter III). <br />• Each municipal service is specifically addressed. Again, Table IV-2 <br />graphically displays which services will be strained beyond capacity by the <br />addition of 257 people. <br />50 <br />