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EXHIBITC 3. OUR PROPOSED MAXIMUS TEAM The breadth and depth of our project team provides the City of Redwood City with the most qualified and experienced consultants available to ensure the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of all work. Not only are our experienced consultants well versed in the claiming requirements, but they also possess unique insights and updated program knowledge enabling them to better provide technical assistance, advice, and improvement suggestions to optimize the benefits of the program. Critical to the success of any mandate claiming process is a dedicated team of seasoned professionals with the right experience and the best approach to achieve the desired benefits and results — people who do not have to engage in experimentation and who have worked together on similar projects to achieve sustainable results. MAXIMUS is committed to providing experienced, qualified staff to ensure the success of this project. Our team has extensive state mandate cost reimbursement experience, including data collection methods, training and technical assistance, process improvement, claiming preparation and Our proposed filing, and quality assurance processes. team has exten• MAXIMUS has developed a project - staffing plan from our Mandated Cost sive state mandate Consulting Practice and offers the City of Redwood City our top consultants. Our cast reimburse- plan recognizes the importance of using only very ex erienced consultants to ensure meat expf:�rience. p g p g Y ry p the accuracy, completeness, appropriateness, and timeliness of our work. MAXIMUS recognizes that to minimize the risk of possible disallowances, it is important that we stand behind the work we have completed. Below are highlights of the proposed team: • Includes top managers from our firm that have significant experience with the development and operation of state mandated cost recovery. • Senior Consultants with an average of 10 years of relevant mandated claims experience. • Full -time employees dedicated to state mandated cost claiming. • Key personnel all with direct experience working with the State Controller's Office. • Ongoing technical support from data management and processing specialists, who have extensive experience with supporting projects of similar size and scope. • Our Chief SB 90 Legal Counsel to assist your agency with legal interpretations or support that may be needed, including during desk reviews, field audits, or possible incorrect reduction claim actions. We understand that critical to the success of any mandate claiming process is a dedicated team of seasoned professionals with the right experience and the best approach to achieve the desired benefits and results — people who do not have to engage in experimentation and who have worked together on similar projects to achieve sustainable results. We are offering the City of Redwood City an unmatched team of mandated cost experts. 3.1 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES The key to the success of a SB 90 claiming project is to have clearly defined roles and responsibilities for project team members. We will provide the City of Redwood City with a highly qualified core engagement team and will supplement them from a deep bench of staff that can work on the project on an as needed basis. We are confident that our SB 90 staff has the qualifications and experiences necessary to prepare high quality claims on behalf of the City of Redwood City. Exhibit 3 -1: City of Redwood City State Mandate Cost Reimbursement Project Organization Chart, on the next page, depicts the structure we propose for this engagement. PROPRIETARY 5