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EXHIBIT A City of Redwood City Traff1ç Mitigation Fee Study-Phase II Proposal-January 11, 1999 I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY General Approach to the Traffic Mitigation Fee Study . 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 workshops to ensure buy-in of the 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. . . . . . . . Our general 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, the team will engage in discussions with the City about recent legal history and state-of-the-practice methodologies to assure that the City is comfortable with the legal defensibility of the fee system. General Approach to Engineering and Cost Estimating The general approach to base mapping, preliminary drawings and order of magnitude cost estimates for traffic mitigation projects is to work interactively between the team and City staff. The team will develop preliminary plans based on the work already accomplished to date including work by our team on the Route 84 Extension Project and the Woodside Road Widening Project and improvements developed in the study. The team will prepare concept plans of the improvements, taking into consideration available right of way, potential environmental concerns and impacts to existing facilities such as utilities and public improvements. The team will prepare cost estimates and summarize in a City approved computer tabular form for comparison. The summary will include construction, utility relocation and right of way costs. Cost estimates will be prepared in conformance with City and Caltrans requirements. Our proposed methodology for cost estimating is based on the method developed by the Alameda County Transportation Authority (ACTA) cost estimating guide. Key Program Features The Fehr & Peers Associates team presents a number of unique benefits to Redwood City. Clearly, the City's objective in undertaking this project is to develop a defendable and effective traffic mitigation fee ordinance in an expeditious timeframe utilizing an array of experienced professionals in the most cost-effective manner. Our team can help the City meet this objective because of the combination of features described below: Fehr & Peers Associates, Inc. Page 1 "'_M" ,,'.....--... ......-.....--.---....-¡------..-..