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Proposal to Assess Cannabis Permitting Fees <br />REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA <br />As a "user fee" study, the Matrix Consulting Group does not propose to evaluate any <br />fines, taxes, utility rates, or impact fees. Services and activities included in the study are <br />those that are defined specifically by an estimate of staff time. <br />Project Deliverable — MCG <br />On-site meeting with City management <br />involved in or impacted by the Study <br />Project Management Plan <br />City Services Required <br />Designated project management <br />representative <br />Approval of work plan as provided by the <br />Matrix Consulting Group <br />Estimated Hours: 0.5 hours per executive staff member attending the meeting. <br />Task 3 I Develop a Schedule of Current and Potential Fees for Service <br />The scope of this effort will be the fees charged by the City for permits and licenses <br />relating to Commercial Cannabis. Current, as well as potential fees and charges will be <br />identified and documented. Meetings with each department will identify the areas of <br />greatest potential cost recovery, and structure and expand existing fee schedules for both <br />optimum cost recovery and fairness and equitability to the applicant for services. <br />Project Deliverable — MCG <br />City Services Required <br />On-site meeting to discuss and revise fee <br />Participation in discussion of existing and <br />structures for each department <br />proposed fee items for the analysis <br />Thorough review of existing documentation <br />Review, comment, and approval of fee <br />and analyses that support the Department's <br />structure report prepared by the Matrix <br />current fee structure and operations <br />Consulting Group <br />Estimated Hours: 3 hours per department <br />Task 4 1 Conduct Time and Activity Data Gathering Workshops <br />The project team will conduct workshops to gather time and activity estimates for each <br />service included in the study, interviewing key personnel from relevant departments and <br />analyzing the various activities being performed within it that are both revenue and non - <br />revenue generating. The flowchart below shows an example of the steps involved in <br />processing a permit and the staff and time associated with each step. <br />Matrix Consulting Group <br />ATTY/AGR.Matrix Consulting Group/Matrix Consulting Group - Cannabis Regulatory Fee <br />Page 3 <br />