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REV: 08-25-23 VR fee setting decisions and policies. Consultant can begin this work at any point following authorization to start work and will coordinate with City staff about the best time to complete the analysis and present the results to City decision makers. This task includes coordination with City staff and up to two public meetings to present and explain the analysis. Task 3 Budget The Task 3 budget is $10,000 (approx. 35 hrs) for the fee comparison and the fee burden analysis, including preparation for and attendance at public meetings. Task 4: Developer and Stakeholder Outreach Support Consultant will work with City staff, City counsel, and the technical fee update consultants to support two (2) developer and stakeholder outreach events. One of the two will be held in-person (logistics to be coordinated by City staff) and the other will be held virtually on a different day to accommodate schedules and meeting format preferences. Attendees will be invited by City staff and are expected to include developers active in the City, as well as the Chamber and representatives of SAMCEDA. The objective of the outreach events is to share information, but not necessarily final fee levels, as it is unlikely the technical work will be completed by the time the outreach events are scheduled (estimated to be October). Consultant will facilitate the meetings, preparing an agenda, presentation materials, and facilitating questions and answers and discussion. The content of the outreach events will be developed in coordination with City staff. The preliminary approach to content is summarized below: What are impact fees? The City’s current fee programs and what’s changing/what’s not (high-level)why we’re updating them (periodic updates are a best-practice in order to align with development forecasts and current capital improvement plans and cost estimates) How updated fee programs will benefit applicants and new development o Updated fee programs will be more streamlined, more transparent – easier to calculate fee obligation o The improvements benefit/serve new residents and employees City’s process/timing for updating fees o Reviewing population/employment/development forecasts o Reviewing the capital improvements that are needed to serve future development and developing new cost estimates o Ensuring consistency with recent state legislation (AB 602) o Technical work and nexus studies o Council review/adoption Next steps (opportunities to provide comment) ATTY/AGR.2023/Amend. No.1/Economic and Planning Systems, Inc. (EPS Fees Project) (Page 8 of 10)