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Exhibit A - Request for Proposals II. SCOPE OF SERVICES The Consultant shall perform the above noted services resulting in a comprehensive report that includes all projected and anticipated costs and all funding options of the NPDES Program with a clear and justifiable nexus. For each funding source the Consultant shall provide the necessary expertise and experience required to implement the fee. The Consultant shall provide a Work Plan which details the process for the services requested herein. Specific Task Orders with Notices to Proceed (NTPs) will be provided for the project at the discretion of the City. Work required per Task Order shall comply with the Scope of Services and additional provisions in each Task Order. The Consultant shall have complete responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of the Fee Study. The Fee Study will be reviewed by the City of Santa Ana for conformity with the requirements of the Agreement. The Fee Study shall be of a quality acceptable to the City of Santa Ana. The criteria for acceptance are: a product neat in appearance, well organized, technically accurate, and grammatically correct with the authors and reviewers identified. The Consultant shall have quality control procedures for the Fee Study being performed under the Agreement. The quality control procedures shall include at a minimum the following: a process for checking accuracy of the Fee Study and an independent review that confirms the accuracy of the Fee Study. All documentation, correspondence, memoranda, etc. used to support the Fee Study shall be organized and bound in a separate file and included with the Fee Study. The Consultant's services for the Fee Study shall include at a minimum the following: 1. Research existing permits and records and analyze for costs with respect to this program. 2. Research pending/draft permits and analyze for costs with respect to this program. 3. Research existing and future TMDL requirements for the Newport Bay for costs with respect to this program. 4. Clearly identify the costs attributed to this program and properly categorized by function. The study shall allocate the revenue requirements for each customer class within and doing business with the City. 5. Research the five most common avenues to generate revenues for this program. They are: (1) taxes (both general and special), imposed for general revenue of the City or for specific purposes or programs; (2) property- related fees and charges, imposed as an incident of property ownership; (3) regulatory fee, imposed under the City's police power; (4) development fees, exacted in return for permits or other government privileges; and (5) special assessments, based on the special benefits conferred on property by the services or facilities for which the assessments are imposed. 6. Research new and innovative avenues to generate revenues for this program. 7. Provide support services for the process required to implement the funding sources 8. Prepare a detailed report that summarizes the projected costs and recommended funding avenues for this program. 9. Monitor Fee Study progress, maintain project files, and perform quality control for the work performed in house and by sub - Consultants. Incomplete and poor quality work and failure to meet milestones will not be accepted. All revisions and overtime required to bring the project back on schedule shall be performed at the Consultants expense, at no cost to the City. The 25M -24