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REV:06-21-2023 VR EXHIBIT “A” SCOPE OF SERVICES AND FEE Key personnel per Section 1 of the Agreement: Ashleigh Kanat These services will be provided to the City Attorney’s Office for the City of Redwood City. As such, Consultant’s services will be subject to evidentiary protections under the attorney work product doctrine and/or attorney-client privilege, and all writing communications should be appropriately marked to preserve those protections. Key Issues These key issues need to be evaluated and addressed as part of this Scope of Services: Financial and Administrative Audit. In coordination with the City Attorney’s Office, and with the support of financial/accounting professionals provided by the City, Consultant will inventory and review each of the fee programs based on available documentation and discussions with City staff to understand how to improve the City’s fee program administration practices. Adequacy of Annual Reporting. The Mitigation Fee Act (Gov. Code 66000 et. seq.) specifies the timing, frequency, public noticing, and content of the required Annual and Five-Year Reports. Reviewing the City’s past reports and updating them to be consistent with current legal requirements and emerging best practices is necessary at this time. Consultant will create a model AB 1600 report with instructions to staff that can be used in this and future years. Consistency of Underlying Fee Program Assumptions. To date, City Departments have been responsible for developing and updating their own fee programs without concern for aligning on key assumptions, such as land use categories, growth assumptions, capital improvement plans, timing of updates, etc. Consultant to conduct a comprehensive evaluation to help bring the fee programs into alignment. Consultant to help establish best practices. Consultant to time this work concurrently with the update of any fees. Scope of Services This Scope of Services describes the organizational and technical tasks necessary to respond to the key issues described above. The work plan proposed below follows a phased approach intended to prioritize the most urgent tasks. The first phase includes an initial evaluation of the current fee programs and results in the financial and administrative audit. The second phase results in the preparation of the Annual/Five- Year Report for the 2022/2023 fiscal year. Consultant will remain flexible and able to adapt to inevitable changes in policy direction and circumstances. ATTY/AGR.2023.141/Economic and Planning Systems, Inc. (EPS Fees Audit and Reporting) (Page 11 of 13)