Specifications include, but are not limited to: The City of Burlington, Vermont is seeking the services of a qualified professional(s) or firm(s) to review and provide recommendations for an update to the City’s Impact Fees and regulations. The City is seeking to undertake a complete review and revision to its Impact Fee Assessment Study to analyze the overall structure, growth and infrastructure capacity assumptions, costs, and current impact fee categories. The City has been awarded PL Funding through the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC) to develop the City’s base growth assumptions and to evaluate and make recommendations on transportation-related fees associated with this project. The City and the CCRPC have advanced a scope of work with a consultant (“the CCRPC’s Consultant”) currently under retainer. The City is seeking the services of a qualified professional or firm (“the City’s Consultant”) to complete the remaining fire, police, parks, library, and school portions of this impact fee study based on the same set of growth assumptions used for the transportation fees. Task 1: Review forecasted growth assumptions o Preparation of growth assumptions is not anticipated to be part of this RFP. Growth forecasts will be prepared by the CCRPC Consultant and provided to the City Consultant. The City Consultant is expected to utilize these assumptions as the basis for analyzing service areas within its scope, except where separate service-specific growth assumptions/factors are needed to complete the required analyses in Tasks 2 and 3. Task 2: Establish area service standards o City Consultant establish standards for fire, police, library, parks, and schools o Transportation service standards are not part of this RFP. These will be prepared by the CCRPC Consultant. Task 3: Evaluate forecasted growth impacts on service area infrastructure needs o City Consultant evaluate impacts and needs for fire, police, library, parks, and schools o Transportation impacts and needs are not part of this RFP. These will be prepared by the CCRPC Consultant. Task 4: Establish base fees, applicable credits and recommended incentives, and net fees: o City Consultant provide recommendations for fire, police, library, parks, and schools as well as information about comparable fees in peer cities. o Transportation fees are not part of this RFP. These will be prepared by the CCRPC Consultant. o Coordinate recommendations for net fees with the CCRPC Consultant in order to evaluate order of magnitude of cumulative fees. o Coordinate recommendations with City’s Water Department for consideration in the context of any possible new water-specific fees. Task 5: Ordinance revision recommendations o City Consultant work with City, CCRPC, and CCRPC Consultant to recommend ordinance revisions to implement recommended impact fee updates Task 6: Draft revised ordinance o Preparation of specific ordinance language is not part of this RFP. It is anticipated to be the responsibility of the City.
