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Economic & Planning Systems, Inc. <br />5 <br />Task 4.1: Public Facilities Fee Update <br />As a part of this effort, the DIF Program costs will be first allocated to new and existing <br />development. Specifically, the EPS Team will review each capital project to determine whether <br />the entire cost or a reasonable portion thereof can be fairly allocated to new growth. The costs <br />for projects that clearly serve both existing and new development will be allocated based on the <br />proportion of the demand generated by each. The EPS Team will ensure that facility needs and <br />costs associated with existing deficiencies in service levels are not included in the proposed fees. <br />The EPS Team will then allocate the development impact fee improvement program costs to the <br />land use categories. This allocation will be based on the relative contribution of each land use <br />type to the demand for the related Improvement Program cost category. Based upon the cost <br />allocation, EPS will prepare a preliminary fee schedule with the total costs attributable to the <br />projected development of each land use type. The fee for each land use will be derived by <br />dividing the relative capital facility costs by the projected development in that land use category. <br />The sum total of the fees for each land use category would become the total AB 1600 fee burden <br />for each land use. EPS will summarize the fees by improvement type and land use for the City’s <br />review. <br />Task 4.2: Transportation Fee <br />Existing Deficiencies <br />The first step in the nexus analysis process will be to determine the locations of existing <br />deficiencies in the City’s transportation network, so that those deficiencies can be accounted for <br />in the fee calculations. We understand that the traffic counts data used in the 2018 study remain <br />as the most up-to-date citywide baseline conditions in the City of Pleasanton. For this reason, the <br />existing deficiency analysis from the 2018 study will be used for all projects that remain in the <br />project list. For any new projects, an analysis of the existing conditions of those roadways will be <br />performed using the same methodology as the 2018 study. This scope of work does not <br />anticipate collecting new traffic data, although that could be added to the scope later if desired. <br />The magnitude of each deficiency will be calculated and used to discount the cost of that <br />particular improvement in the fee calculations. <br />Calculating Fair Share Contributions <br />The next step will be to apportion facility costs to specific land use categories. Using the results <br />of the Pleasanton model application described above, Fehr & Peers will calculate the proportion of <br />usage of each facility in the TDIF that comes from new development in the City. As mentioned <br />above, if the City feels that the current list of projects addressed in that study still reflect the <br />City’s needs, then the nexus percentages calculated for each project in the 2018 study will be <br />used as is. <br />Fehr & Peers will update the PM Peak Hour Trip Demand Factors used in the previous nexus <br />study, incorporating the most recent information on ITE Trip Generation rates. Using the growth <br />projections and these PM peak hour trip demand factors, Fehr & Peers will calculate fees for each <br />land use category that reflect typical impact on the transportation system. As described above, <br />Fehr & Peers will coordinate with the City staff and the EPS Team on options for setting <br />transportation fees based on residential unit square footage. This scope does not assume any <br />data collection or statistical analysis for the purposes of establishing a relationship between <br />square footage and trip generation rates; however, Fehr & Peers has done that type of work in <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 23AB0CDB-5A6C-4B09-80D1-0F699E28C524DocuSign Envelope ID: CB7E68CB-B5FA-40EC-AA35-142CA6B57242