1. Conduct a comprehensive review of the City’s existing fees, rates, and charges. 2. Identify the total cost of providing each City service at the appropriate activity level and in a manner that is consistent with all applicable laws, statutes, rules and regulations governing the collection of fees, rates, and charges by public entities including, but not limited to, Proposition 218. 3. Compare service costs with existing recovery levels. This should include any service areas where the City is currently charging for services as well as areas where perhaps the City should charge, in light of the City’s practices, or the practices of similar or neighboring cities. 4. Recommend potential new fees and charges for services that the City currently provides but does not have any fees and/or charges established. Recommendations should be based on practices by surrounding cities that may charge for similar services, industry best practices, or the consultant’s professional opinion. 5. Recommend appropriate fees and charges based on the firm’s analysis together with the appropriate subsidy percentage for those fees where full cost recovery may be unrealistic.
