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CITY OF PLEASANTON-AMENDMENT 2 Raftelis will calculate water and sewer connection fees for one of the methods outlined above, after working with City staff to determine the most appropriate method to use. As requested by City staff, Raftelis will be available for four(4)virtual presentations with the City Council, the Chamber of Commerce, or other groups as needed to discuss the water and sewer connection fees. Deliverable(s): Water and sewer connection fee models Meeting(s): Up to three(3)webinars with City staff up to four(4)virtual presentations to City Council and/or other groups Task 2—Drought Rates Drought rates are a tool that will allow the City to reliably recover the necessary revenue to fully fund the water system in times of reduction in water demand. In developing drought rates, four questions must be addressed: 1. How should water be allocated in times of constraint? 2. How much will the reduction in water sales cost the City? 3. How should the net loss be recovered to best achieve the City's objectives? 4. How will the proposed shortage structure affect the City's customer base? The first step in developing drought rates is to examine the City's Urban Water Management Plan/Water Shortage Contingency Plan. Generally, each drought stage in the plan targets a certain percentage of system-wide (or customer class) reduction of total water demand. Raftelis will evaluate the existing rate structure and work with City staff to determine the water allocations by customer class and establish the reduction goals for each customer class consistent with each drought stage to achieve system-wide targets. Each drought stage will result in revenue loss from water sales reductions. Raftelis will quantify the net revenue loss and account for any additional cost and/or cost savings at each drought stage in our analysis. Revenue losses are based on loss of consumption-based revenues; cost savings/changes can be inclusive of (but not limited to)shifts in the City's expected water supply mix, power costs, treatment costs, etc. Drought related costs can be recovered through the following drought rate structures: • Fixed charges by meter size • A uniform charge on commodity charges • A tiered charge on commodity charges • A percentage of the current commodity charges • A combination of fixed and commodity charges Raftelis will develop drought rates for up to two rate structure options. Deliverable(s):Drought rate calculations Meeting(s): Up to three(3)webinars with City staff Task 3—Water Liaison Committee Webinars As requested by City staff,Raftelis will be available for six(6)webinars with the Water Liaison Committee. For these webinars, we will prepare presentation materials for review by City staff prior to each webinar. Deliverable(s):Presentation materials Meeting(s): Up to six(6)webinars with Water Liaison Committee