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y i Mr. Jim Ross November 20, 2002 S Page 2 of 14 EXHIBIT ,A. * ✓ Excellent Coordination & Seamless Interface With City Staff Facilitates Your Project Berryman & Henigar embraces the concept of partnering and consensus building among project • personnel, City staff, other agencies, and project stakeholders. Moreover, we have a well - developed, in- house quality control plan in place to ensure our services are delivered under budget and ahead of schedule to the satisfaction of our public agency clients. Options Available to the City !N In developing new sources of funding, Berryman & Henigar has the experience and knowledge to help your City select the best options based upon their needs and the desires of property owners. The following describes several of the options that would be reviewed with City staff and the techniques which we would use to select the options with the highest likelihood of success. Revise Existing Revenue Enhancement Programs The City of Santa Ana has several existing revenue enhancement programs already in place. Our project team will review those programs to evaluate if current revenue levels offset the costs of the programs being provided and to determine if revenue levels could be increased. Our experience has shown that if property owners or tax ! payers perceive that they receive a benefit from the services and the costs is being shared in an equitable manner than they are more likely to support costs increases. !� Look at Formation of Alternative Financing Mechanisms Berryman & Henigar has helped agencies augment existing revenue sources to meet the needs of the community for increased services. Our Project Manager, Dennis Klingelhofer, PE, has helped agencies form ►, assessment districts to fund street lighting and assisted the City of San Jose in forming a library assessment district under its Charter City status to provide increased levels of funding for the maintenance of City libraries. He also helped the City of Rohnert Park adopt a Fire Suppression assessment to augment existing revenue sources for public safety services. Our team has also worked with agencies to adopt special taxes for paramedic services, library services, and police and fire services. Based on this experience our Team can assist the City in evaluating the financial alternatives available and identify the right alternative to meet the needs of the City. s Conduct Property Owner Survey APA will develop a survey to gauge property owner understanding and awareness of the City's financial needs, existing assessment districts and to identify the level of increase in assessments that property owners would be most likely to support for specific services. The survey will also evaluate satisfaction with current levels of service and identify those areas where property owners would like to see an increase in services. The survey would be done by conducting a 5 -7 minute telephone interview with approximately 200 property owners within the City. The results of the survey would be summarized and analyzed with a brief report prepared for the City. Conduct Stakeholder Meetinas A series of 3 -5 focus group meetings would be conducted to focus on providing background information to property owners or tax payers about the City's existing financial condition, explain strategies for providing additional source of funding through the establishment of special purpose assessment or tax districts, and to seek input from the community as the first step in developing a recommended strategy or solution. Specific tasks to be performed would include: identifying meeting locations; preparing agendas, presentation materials, and informational handouts; contacting key community groups and recording of comments received. Establish Information Web Page A web page could be developed which contains background information on the assessment districts and the need to find an additional funding source. This could be included as a link with the City's web page. Berryman & Henigar