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Mr. Jim Ross November 20, 2002 Page 3 of 14 EXHIBIT A Scope of Work The following presents a recommended Scope of Work that includes two (2) phases of work. The first phase will identify the funding alternatives available to the City, and will help the City select the best alternative based upon the needs of the City and anticipated levels of community support. Once the preferred funding strategy has been selected, Phase 2 will included the preparation of the assessment or special tax methodology, necessary reports and property owner ballots if required for adoption of the funding strategy. We have included a preliminary scope of work for Phase 2 based upon the selection of an assessment district. If another alternative is selected we will modify our scope of work based upon the specific requirements for the adoption of the selected alternative. CITY OF SPECIAL DISTRICTS DEVELOPMENT OF i TASK NO. TASK DESCRIPTION DELIVERABLES 1 Project Initiation and Identify Funding Needs • Meet with City staff and legal counsel to discuss in detail the expectations of • Meeting Minutes the project, finalize the project schedule and develop a detailed project • Project Schedule schedule. • Financial Alternatives • Update Berryman & Henigar'; current database for the City's including Matrix existing districts, and collect other available data, such as land use information by benefit zone, Assessor's parcel maps, historical budgets by service or activity and any other data which is pertinent to the project. • Identify funding alternatives, by type of service, that are available to the City to provide increased levels of funding for specific services including street lighting, parks, landscape maintenance, library services, fire and police services or other services identified by the City. For each funding alternative, identify enabling legislation, level of approval required (property owner or registered voter) and timeline to implement. • Analyze the city's revenue stream from the existing special charges purpose or assessment and historical budget and maintenance expenditure data. Identify funding shortfall and calculate the increase in charges or assessments that would be required to fully fund existing services at current service levels. • Meet with the project team to discuss the findings to provide the each project team member with a clear understanding of alternatives available to the City, the services currently being funded by the City existing special purpose or assessment districts and the impacts of any changes to the City's existing assessment districts as a result of the passage of Proposition 218. Berryman & Henigar