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City of Redwood City Tn Mitigation Fee Study-Phase II Proposal-January 11,1999 Preliminary Schedule The Fehr & Peers Associates' team is sensitive to the timeline set forth in the Request for Proposals. The team strongly believes that we can complete the study in about a three-month schedule. Weare committed to the necessary amount of time in February, March and April to complete the study. While the technical aspects of the fee study are completely within our control, there is the potential for controversy that could lengthen the adoption schedule. Fortunately, the team has successfully navigated through mitigation fee controversy in other communities and can focus the City Council and development community on the most important aspects of the ordinance to expedite adoption. Key milestones in our schedule result in progressive documents and stakeholder workshops to ensure "buy-in" throughout the process. II. SCOPE OF SERVICES General Approach to Traffic Analysis and Fee Formulation This section outlines the Fehr & Peers Associates team's approach to the City of Redwood City Traffic Mitigation Fee. The purpose of the Traffic Mitigation Fee Study is to perform the necessary technical analyses and develop policy to: . Support recent changes and clarifications in the law affecting traffic mitigation and related fees and ensure consistency with the requirements of GC 66000 . Establish and lead two stakeholder meetings to ensure buy-in ofthe program . Develop land use growth and traffic projections for Redwood City . Forecast traffic impacts and capital improvements needed to mitigate growth . Coordinate citywide improvement needs and funding with those of the region . Estimate capital improvement costs, sources of funds, and required proceeds of the fee . Develop the nexus-based formulae for allocating costs to individual land use types . Focus on improvements that provide citywide benefit, evaluate justification for adopting a uniform citywide vs. zone based fee, and keeping the distinction between City fees and regional or county fees. One of the first tasks in developing Redwood City's fee program is assist the City in establishing the policies that will define the use and extent of the fee. These policies are a key element in the political and technical acceptance of the fee. Policies can establish a single citywide fee or specific fees for special improvement districts, the type and extent of land uses or redevelopment subject to the fee, the level of funding which will be allocated to fees versus regional or other sources, and fee caps or any subsidies the City will contribute to various types of improvements. The technical analysis will identify existing deficiencies, determine future deficits, develop feasible mitigation measures, estimate capital costs, allocate costs to the fee and other sources, develop a sound and defendable mechanism to allocate costs to various types of land use, and validate and document compliance with GC 66000. Our approach is to establish a baseline condition, identify existing deficiencies, analyze land use assumptions, traffic analysis and mitigation, and calculate the fee for various land use categories. Concurrent with the land use, traffic analysis and mitigation, we will engage in discussions with the Page 3 Fehr & Peers Associates, Inc. ""'----"'---r"""'" "0' '-""""