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L KN'Y 1NU. 14 -U69 �� Proposal Provided to: '",I'I`'IIII City of Santa Ana, Public Works Agency �s,.�te�. • Balloted Approaches Property - related Fees (Property Owner — SO %threshold of returned ballots) Special Tax (Registered Voter — 66.7 %threshold) • Non - Balloted Approaches • Regulatory Fees /Development Fees /Impact Fees • Re- Alignment of Stormwater Program Management Activities as Sewer, Water, and /or Refuse Collection • Other Innovative Fees /Assessments /Funding Approaches • Special Assessments The Team will develop a range of reasonable and feasible alternatives based on potential funding sources and identify a preferred approach, likely incorporating several mechanisms. The Team will develop a series of summary tables that will be incorporated Into the Fee Study, along with next steps for implementation. Deliverables: Categorization of costs Summary of funding options 2.1.4 Task 4. Prepare Fee Study The Fee Study will be a comprehensive document that includes all of the information developed pursuant to Tasks 2 and 3. The Study will tabulate and present the City's revenue needs associated with specific permit requirements and other services. It will also summarize the current and projected expenditures, revenue sources, a range of funding options, and a recommended approach for the City along with a clear and justifiable nexus for the recommended funding mechanism(s) and a plan of implementation. The Study will assess and make recommendations regarding legal, political, administrative and revenue generation aspects of the various approaches and /or combination of approaches as well as discussions of any limitations for the use of the revenue. In particular, the Fee Study will update the 2003 evaluation of customer characteristics and include any additional attributes that support new approaches. These characteristics will be applied to both residential and non - residential properties, and a complete parcel tabulation and analysis, organized by class and sub- class will be included in the Study. Finally, impervious area /runoff coefficients and pollutant loading factors will be presented in order to support the likely development of a complete fee methodology to be used for a dedicated funding source. The purpose of the Fee Study is to: • Identify the funds necessary to fully implement the City's stormwater program annually and over the next permit term; • Present the potential funding sources available to the City; • Determine, evaluate and analyze specific customer classifications and associated property classifications and attributes including impervious area, runoff, pollutant loading, etc., and develop framework for contemporary, defensible, equitable fee methodology; • Identify funding alternatives, evaluate the alternatives and select a preferred alternative or combination of alternatives; • Present an action plan to implement the preferred alternative. In addition, the Study will include all of the documentation, correspondence and information used to support the study. NPOES & Environmental Programs Fee Study Page 123 RFP No 14 -060 E June 23, 2015 at 2:00 p.m.