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Page 2 BENEFIT ASSESSMENT SUCCESS AND EXPERTISE With over 33 years of experience in this specialized field, we are proud of our industry-leading record of success with assisting public agencies with increasing their revenues. For agency-wide revenue measures which include a survey, SCI has a success rate of over 91%with over 140 successful ballot measures. COLLECTIVE LEGAL EXPERTISE SCI has also gained considerable and unmatched advantage from the collective input of most of the State's leading Proposition 218 specialized attorneys with whom we worked on formations, and on the continued justification of the over 130 post-Proposition 218 agency-wide assessments we created and annually reauthorize. KNOWLEDGE OF ALAMEDA COUNTY AND THE CITY OF PLEASANTON AND ITS LOCAL AREA We have worked extensively throughout Alameda County including local cities and districts. Further, we currently provide,or have provided,consulting services to the following agencies within Alameda County: • Alameda,Albany,Dublin and Hayward Unified School Districts • Alameda Mosquito Abatement District • Alameda Vector Control District • Alameda-Contra Costa Transit System • Cities of Alameda,Berkeley and Hayward • County of Alameda Hazardous Waste Program UNMATCHED ABILITY TO HANDLE LARGE AREA/COMPLEX LEVIES SCI has successfully formed more agency- wide benefit assessments than all other firms in the State, combined. This is further evidence of our ability to form and administer large levy assessments. These include new assessments covering all parcels in Alameda,Orange,San Diego,San Joaquin,San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties. UNMATCHED TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES Every person in our firm, aside from our administrative staff, is a database expert. We have developed in house, specialized programs to improve our levy administration services. We are also GIS and mapping experts. We invite you to compare, or better yet test our database and technical expertise with the staff from any other firm. LOW OVERHEAD/LOW COST PROVIDER We understand that levy administration services must be provided cost effectively, particularly to keep the City's costs within budget constraints. For this reason, we maintain the lowest overhead and leanest structure in the industry. While other firms maintain multiple offices, hierarchical administration and much higher overhead costs, we operate more effectively and with much lower overhead out of one central office located in an economically favorable business area. UNMATCHED RESPONSIVENESS AND CUSTOMER SERVICE We invite you to call our toll-free property owner assistance line at (800) 273-5167 and compare our level of service and responsiveness with any other firm. We answer calls directly with knowledgeable levy administration staff. We also provide the highest level of customer service and responsiveness for all our clients, including responding to all of our clients within the same day. We look forward to this opportunity to assist the City with this important project and stand ready to proceed.If you have any questions or require additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me. I can be reached at(707)430-4300 or via email atjohn.bliss@sci-cg.com. Sincerely, John W.Bliss, P.E.,President