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TASK 2—LEVEL OF SERVICE ANALYSIS TASK 2.1 ADOPTED LEVEL OF SERVICE REVIEW Using information from the County's impact fee studies,' CONSULTANT shall review the adopted LOS for all service/facility categories other than traffic, with a special emphasis on fire/EMS, corrections, and parks. This review shall involve a comparison of adopted levels of service with existing service levels and an assessment of the appropriateness of the adopted service levels. Alternative service levels shall be identified,where appropriate. TASK 2.2 LEVEL OF SERVICE ANALYSIS REPORT AND PRESENTATION CONSULTANT shall prepare Technical Memorandum #2 (TM2), Level of Service Analysis Report. TM2 shall include all information, assessments, and analyses produced in Task 2.1. TM2 shall also identify assumptions made and methodologies employed to complete TM2 tasks. CONSULTANT shall prepare TM2 in a manner that is easy to read and understandable by the general public. Ten copies of TM2 shall be submitted to COUNTY for review. After COUNTY review of TM2, CONSULTANT shall make necessary revisions to the draft, prepare the final report, and transmit twenty copies of the final report to COUNTY. CONSULTANT shall also attend one public meeting with elected officials/decision makers to present the level of service issues and alternatives identified in Task 2. CONSULTANT shall prepare all presentation material, including Power Point presentations, presentation boards, and handouts, in a manner that is non-technical and understandable by the public. TASK 3 —METHODOLOGY TASK 3.1 DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVES FOR LOWERING IMPACT FEES CONSULTANT shall review all applicable laws and regulations governing impact fees; review the impact fee policies of other jurisdictions; review the 2012 Traffic Impact Fee Review Report developed by staff; and consult with legal and technical experts, as appropriate, to develop alternatives for reducing commercial impact fees, while minimizing or avoiding increases in non-commercial impact fees. Specific consultant tasks will include analyzing the legal and policy consequences of each alternative; identifying steps to be undertaken to implement the alternative; and estimating the financial impacts of the alternatives. The alternatives to be explored shall include, at a minimum,the following: 3.1.A Subsidizing Impact Fees for Non-Residential Land Uses Under this alternative, the County may reduce impact fees on non-residential development by subsidizing the payment of the non-residential fee with contributions from other funding sources, such as ad valorem taxes, local option gas taxes, or local option sales taxes. Since this approach may utilize existing capital funding sources (such as the local option gas tax)to subsidize impact fee payment, CONSULTANT will need to 5 109