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Economic & Planning Systems, Inc. <br /> 7 <br />real estate inputs. This research will include and reflect the targeted outreach to local developers <br />identified at the project initiation meeting to vet these inputs. <br />EPS will assemble a set of “static” pro forma financial models representing the identified housing <br />prototypes and use these models to assess the development feasibility of these prototypes under <br />the identified inclusionary policy alternatives, and to ensure that the selected policy alternatives <br />will not result in an impediment to overall housing production. The resulting profitability for each <br />prototype under each inclusionary alternative will be compared to each other as well as to a <br />minimum market profitability metric established through research and stakeholder input. <br />Task 5.4: In-Lieu Fee Calculation <br />As part of the pro forma analysis, EPS will calculate an in-lieu fee reflecting each inclusionary <br />alternative, demonstrating the fee level that is equivalent to the cost to the developer of <br />providing the inclusionary units onsite. For example, if the average subsidy for an affordable unit <br />is $200,000 and a 100-unit project is expected to provide 20 such units under a certain scenario, <br />the total implicit subsidy would be $4.0 million, and each of the 100 units would be expected to <br />pay $40,000. EPS will calculate these fees on both a per-unit and per-square-foot basis for the <br />City’s consideration. <br />Task 5.5: Provide Recommendations <br />EPS will review the City’s existing practices and guidelines and provide recommendations <br />associated with administering the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance, including target affordability <br />levels and their appropriate definitions, aligning definitions with the State Housing Density Bonus <br />Law and other State policies, and exploring the incorporation of a “must build” provision that <br />requires developers to build at least a minimum proportion of the affordable housing units rather <br />than being able to entirely opt out; as well as for procedures for evaluating and approving <br />alternative affordable housing proposals such as land dedication or acquisition/rehabilitation of <br />existing units, tied to the extent feasible to objective criteria. In addition, factors such as periodic <br />calculation and escalation of in-lieu fees, assessment of fees for required <br />monitoring/administration of inclusionary units, rules for determination of income eligibility, <br />expectations for unit mixes by bedroom count, and similar guidelines will be reviewed and <br />compared to best practices among other jurisdictions, as well as the policy objectives of the City. <br />Upon receiving policy direction from Commission(s) and City Council, EPS will prepare Draft <br />Revisions to the IZO for review and adoption. <br />The scope and budget of this task will be highly dependent on the scope of the recommendations <br />EPS provides after completing the feasibility analysis. The initial budget laid out in Table 1 <br />reflects the cost of providing high level recommendations regarding policy implementation. A <br />more intensive study, or additional iterations of recommendations and studies, may require <br />additional budget. <br />Task 6: Comparative Surveys <br />To ensure new development impact fee recommendations are understood in context, EPS will <br />conduct a review comparing recommendations to the City of Pleasanton’s existing fees and <br />policies as well as to jurisdictions that Pleasanton considers to be “peer” cities. The recency of <br />those peer cities’ fee studies will be a consideration, to avoid comparison against cities whose <br />fees may be outdated. EPS will summarize the results of this study as a matrix to be <br />incorporated into final documents and presentations. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 23AB0CDB-5A6C-4B09-80D1-0F699E28C524DocuSign Envelope ID: CB7E68CB-B5FA-40EC-AA35-142CA6B57242