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City of Redwood City 6.1.D. - Page 91 <br />Notes to the Basic Financial Statements <br />For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016 <br />NOTE 9 — EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (CONTINUED) <br />Actuarial Assumptions—The total pension liabilities in the June 30, 2014 actuarial valuation were <br />determined using the following assumptions: <br />Miscellaneous Safety <br />Valuation Date June 30, 2014 June 30, 2014 <br />Measurement Date June 30, 2015 June 30, 2015 <br />Actuarial Cost Method Entry -Age Normal Cost Method <br />Actuarial Assumptions: <br />Discount Rate 7.65% 7.65% <br />Inflation 2.75% 2.75% <br />Salary Increases Varies by Entry Age and Service <br />Investment Rate of Return 7.65% 7.65% <br />Derived using CalPERS' Membership Data for all Funds <br />Mortality (1) <br />Post Retirement Benefit Increase Contract COLA up to 2.75% until Purchasing Power <br />Protection Allowance Floor on Purchasing Power applies, <br />2.75% thereafter <br />(1) The mortality table used was developed based on CalPERS' specific data. The table includes 20 <br />years of mortality improvements using Society of Actuaries Scale BB. <br />The underlying mortality assumptions and all other actuarial assumptions used in the June 30, 2013 <br />valuation were based on the results of a January 2014 actuarial experience study for the period 1997 to <br />2011. Further details of the Experience Study can be found on the CalPERS website. <br />Discount Rate — The discount rate used to measure the total pension liability was 7.65% for each Plan. <br />To determine whether the municipal bond rate should be used in the calculation of a discount rate for <br />each plan, CalPERS stress tested plans that would most likely result in a discount rate that would be <br />different from the actuarially assumed discount rate. Based on the testing, none of the tested plans run <br />out of assets. Therefore, the current 7.65% discount rate is adequate and the use of the municipal bond <br />rate calculation is not necessary. The long term expected discount rate of 7.65% will be applied to all plans <br />in the Public Employees Retirement Fund. The stress test results are presented in a detailed report that <br />can be obtained from the CalPERS website. <br />The long-term expected rate of return on pension plan investments was determined using a building- <br />block method in which best -estimate ranges of expected future real rates of return (expected returns, <br />net of pension plan investment expense and inflation) are developed for each major asset class. <br />In determining the long-term expected rate of return, CalPERS took into account both short-term and <br />long-term market return expectations as well as the expected pension fund cash flows. Using historical <br />returns of all the funds' asset classes, expected compound returns were calculated over the short-term <br />(first 10 years) and the long-term (11-60 years) using a building-block approach. Using the expected <br />nominal returns for both short-term and long-term, the present value of benefits was calculated for each <br />fund. The expected rate of return was set by calculating the single equivalent expected return that arrives <br />at the same present value of benefits for cash flows as the one calculated using both short-term and <br />long-term returns. The expected rate of return was then set equivalent to the single equivalent rate <br />calculated above and rounded down to the nearest one quarter of one percent. <br />64 <br />