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CITY OF REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA <br />Cost of Services (User Fee) Study <br />Matrix Consulting Group Page 14 <br /> <br />4. RESULTS OVERVIEW <br /> <br />The motivation behind a cost of services (User Fee) analysis is for the City <br />Council and City staff to maintain services at a level that is both acceptable to and <br />effective for the community, and also to maintain control over the policy and <br />management of these services. <br /> It should be noted that the results presented in this report are not a precise <br />measurement. A cost of service analysis takes a “snapshot in time”, where a fiscal year <br />of adopted budgeted cost is compared to the previous fiscal year of revenue, and <br />workload data available. Changes to the fee structure or staffing assumptions, along <br />with the use of time estimates allow only for a reasonable projection of subsidies or <br />revenue. Consequently, the Council and City staff should rely conservatively upon these <br />estimates to gauge the impact of implementation going forward. <br />Discussion of each department / division’s results in the following chapters is <br />intended as a summary of extensive and voluminous cost allocation documentation <br />produced during the Study. Each chapter will include detailed cost calculation results for <br />each department / division including the following: <br />• Modifications or Issues: discussions regarding any revisions to the current fee <br />schedule, including elimination or addition of fees. <br /> <br />• “Per Unit” Results: comparison of the full cost of providing each unit of service <br />to the current fee for each unit of service (where applicable). <br /> <br />• Annualized Results: utilizing volume of activity estimates annual subsidies and <br />revenue impacts were projected. <br /> <br />The full analytical results associated with each department / division were <br />provided to City staff under separate cover from this summary report. <br />7.A. - Page 26