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Mr. Steven Bocian, Assistant City Manager Page 3 August 7, 2014 6. Governmental regulatory cost 7. Transfer station use permit compliance 8. Transfer station floor space expansion 9. Ground lease for additional parking 10.Food scrap program. Since 2000, City refuse collection rate changes were as follows: : . 2000, 11% July, 2004, 12.28% June 2008, 12% 2009, 13% (residential) to 14.1% (commercial) 2013, 5% 2014, 7.8%. In 2009, the City implemented a cart-based, single-stream residential recycling program. At that time the City set new refuse collection rates. City residential rates increased $1.09 for the 35-gallon service, from $28.04 to $29.13 per customer, per month. City residential rates for the larger 96-gallon cart size increased $6.53 from $28.04 to $34.57 per customer, per month. In 2013, the City implemented a 5 percent rate increase. The company had requested a 12.7 percent increase for 2013. During its review of the 2012 Application, the City disagreed with PGS on extent of a deficit balance, the amount of which PGS carried over into the 2014 rate application. In 2014, the City implemented a 7.8 percent rate increase. The company had requested a 12.15 percent increase in 2014. PGS submitted it 2015 Rate Application (Application) to the City on August 1, 2014. PGS is on a March 31 fiscal year end. The Application reflects two (2) years of financial data, including actual calendar year 2014 data, and projected 2015 data. PGS requested a 5.47 percent rate increase. The City and PGS are currently continuing discussions regarding whether to amend and extend the current franchise agreement between the City and PGS. B. Project Work Plan We will perform the following seven (7) tasks: 1. Review Financial Audits and Financial Material Submitted by PGS In this task, we will review Application submitted by PGS. We will determine whether the Application is accurate. We will identify issues, concerns, or opportunities associated with financial information contained in the Application. We will evaluate whether PGS prepared the Application consistent with the terms specified in the Franchise Agreement.