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9.H <br />('Pl`Vor PRESCOTT <br />1J'C, e1l'. r f 1($, ct t„Y1 <br />MEETING DATE/TYPE: <br />COUNCIL AGENDA MEMO <br />VOTING MEETING 8-14-18 <br />DEPARTMENT: Public Works <br />AGENDA ITEM: Award of City Contract No. 2019-072 with Raftelis Financial <br />Consultants, Inc. to review, update and develop a Development Impact Fees Study with <br />Associated Documents, and provide an Analysis and Development of Utility and Solid <br />Waste Rates, in an amount not to exceed $236,000.00. <br />Approved By: Michael Lamar, City Manager <br />Item Summary <br />This item is to award a contract to Raftelis for all analyses, calculations, development of <br />supporting documents and ancillary materials necessary to update Development Impact <br />Fees (DIF) (Police, Fire, Parks, Library, Streets, Water, and Wastewater), utility rates <br />(water and wastewater) and solid waste rates (trash and recycling). <br />Background <br />The City started collecting Development Impact Fees (DIF) for our Wastewater Utilities <br />in 1980, Water Utility in 1982, and for other functions (Police, Fire, Parks, Recreation, <br />Library, and Streets) in 1995. Arizona Senate Bill 1525 became effective December 31, <br />2011, putting significant restrictions and limitations on which services and how <br />Development Impact Fees could be assessed. <br />In 2012, the City worked with the Raftelis team, formerly Red Oak Consulting, to <br />develop DIFs in compliance with the new state law. During the process, several of the <br />City's existing DIF were eliminated because they were no longer allowed by state law or <br />there were no projects that met the new restrictive criteria. Council adopted the new <br />limited DIF and increased utility rates, necessary to make up the shortfall from DIFs, <br />effective August 1, 2014. Those rates are still in effect today. <br />This new contract, with Raftelis, provides the City Council and community a review of <br />costs associated with providing public services and how they will be funded. The first <br />part of the evaluation will review capital projects and determine if any of the previously <br />eliminated fees can be reestablished to help fund growth related projects. At this <br />checkpoint, the City Council will make a decision as to which fees will continue to be <br />assessed, with the actual amounts to be determined through detailed analyses in <br />accordance with state law. <br />Packet Pg. 232 <br />