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Gvhihif "A" SCOPE OF SERVICES AND FEE TASK 1: Citywide Fiscal Analysis of Land Use Step 1.1: Project Initiation and Document Review The Consultant will participate in a project initiation meeting with City staff to confirm the primary project objectives, refine the scope and schedule, and identify key information and data sources. Subsequent to this meeting, the Consultant will review relevant City documents and provide follow up questions and data requests to the City. Based on this initial review and analysis, the Consultant will discuss preliminary methodological issues and approaches with City staff to gain input and concurrence, recognizing that specific analytical task may evolve as the study progresses. Among other things, this task will identify the range of unique land use categories subject to analysis and establish baseline analytical assumptions (e.g. square feet per employee, persons per household). The budget estimate provide below assumes that no more than five unique land use categories will be included (e.g. single and multi -family residential, retail, office / flex, warehouse / industrial). Step 1.2: High Level Comparative Fiscal Impact Analysis This task will be designed to provide a high-level comparison of the relative fiscal performance of various land uses on the City's General Fund. The analysis will consider both costs and revenues to identify the net impact of each land use category under consideration. The emphasis will be on the relative rather than absolute budgetary impacts of various land uses as a basis for informing policy decisions. With a few exceptions, as described below, findings will also be based on a status quo or "ceteris paribus" framework, meaning that the service standards, tax rates, and other cost or revenue relationships and amounts reflected in the most recent City General Fund budget are accurate and appropriate. On the cost side of the equation, the Consultant will develop per unit cost estimates by major City Department (e.g. Police, Fire, Public Works) based on the approved General Fund budget for each category. In particular, the Consultant will define a relevant service population for each City service category and estimate budgetary impacts based on assumptions related to fixed and variable costs. Again, this phase of analysis assumes that existing service levels, costs structures, management approaches, and like are representative of long-term trends.' REV: 02-25-21 PR ATTY/AGR.2021/Amend. No. 2/Economic Planning Systems, Inc. (EPS AMENDMENT NO.2 TO AGREEMENT) (Page 4 of 7)