Task 1: Project Initiation and Document Review The Consultant will participate in a project initiation meeting with the City Team to refine the scope, schedule, and deliverables, as needed; review objectives of the study; agree to methodology; identify key resources and data; establish the study outreach and communication protocol; and identify key technical and policy issues/challenges and to resolve how they will be addressed. The meeting will also include discussion regarding acceptable level of service for specific facilities and functions and the related fees for such services, including without limitation: • Transportation Impact • Water Supply/Treatment/Conveyance • Wastewater Treatment/Conveyance • Public Safety Service (Fire and Police) • Public Parks and Open Space Prior to the Project Initiation meeting, the Consultant will review relevant documents and data from the City, including current fee schedules and supporting nexus studies, the City’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP), the General Plan, Utility Master Plans, Parks Trails and Open Space Master Plan, real property facility and equipment valuations, and any other relevant information. The Consultant will discuss issues and questions related to these documents with the City Team and identify additional information needs, if any. With regard to transportation infrastructure, the Consultant will review the City’s General Plan policies related to measurement of transportation system performance (such as through use of Level of Service or LOS) and related to the level of emphasis on multimodal solutions to transportation needs. Consultant will also review the City’s Active Transportation Plan and consider how to adequately describe deficiencies and needs in the bicycle and pedestrian networks, whether the Citywide Transportation Impact Fee Program (TIF) should apply uniformly throughout the City or should vary by district or neighborhood, and whether the TIF should be expressly related to the Vehicle Miles of Travel (VMT) characteristics of different land use types. Task 2: Projected Facility Needs Task 2.1: Land Use Projections The Consultant will work with City staff to establish appropriate land use assumptions and growth projections. Land use projections will be important for allocating public facility needs of new development on a pro rata basis relative to demand generated by existing uses. The Consultant will focus on appropriate land use categories to ensure they coincide with categories for which the City wants to impose development impact fees. Based on the above review and experience with appropriate AB 1600 nexus methodologies, the Consultant will identify any issues and potential items for further discussion with the City. The land use forecasts should be consistent across all of the potential impact fee categories (such as parks and recreation, water, public safety, etc.) to ensure that all impact fee programs are being developed using consistent underlying assumptions. The Consultant will also look at Citywide growth assumptions reflected in the Shasta Regional Transportation Authority (SRTA) travel demand model and sharing those numbers with the team for their use. Task 2.2 Capital Facilities Required The Consultant will seek input from City Department staff on long-term capital goals and priorities, service standards, and other factors relevant to the fee program. Based on the document review and discussions with City staff, for each fee program category, the Consultant will develop a list of the City’s infrastructure and public facility needs and costs by program based on the levels of anticipated growth, existing level of service, planning documents, and the fee program approach identified as part of the prior tasks. The list will identify prioritized public improvements and other relevant information. Task 2.3 Transportation Improvements and Costs Task 2.3.1: Project Identification In consultation with City staff, the Consultant team will identify relevant projects from the General Plan circulation element, the current TIF list, the Capital Improvement Plan, and other neighborhood and citywide planning documents that identify needed transportation capital investments. The Consultant will also review selected major development EIRs and their associated conditions of approval to create a list of transportation mitigation measures identified in those documents. The result will be a list of multimodal transportation network improvements identified through previous planning and environmental review processes. This list can then be compared against the City’s most recent Capital Improvement Program. The intent will be to select a set of projects that achieve the City’s goals and can be demonstrated to be needed in order to serve the demands of new development in the City. Task 2.3.2: Review Project Cost Estimates The City will provide planning-level cost estimates for the TIF projects. The Consultant will review these planning-level cost estimates to confirm that they are reasonable based on the typical costs for transportation improvement projects. If additional project cost estimates are required, the Consultant will support the City as described in Optional Task below. Task 2.3.3: Prepare Project Cost Estimates (Optional) If planning-level cost estimates are not available for the TIF projects, the Consultant will prepare Project Cost Estimates. For the purposes of this scope, it is assumed the Consultant will prepare planning-level cost estimates for up to 15 transportation projects such as traffic signal installations or modifications, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, roadway widening and bridge construction. If the magnitude or complexity of the projects on the TIF list requires more effort, this scope and budget can be revised accordingly.
