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<br />.. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />TISCHLER & <br />AssocIATFS, INc. <br /> <br />4701 Sangamore Road <br />Suite N210 <br />Bethesda, MD 20816 <br />(301) 320-6900 <br />Fax: (301) 320-4860 <br /> <br />80 Annandale Road <br />Pasadena. CA 91105-1404 <br />(818) 790-6170 <br />Fax: (818) 790-6235 <br /> <br />(800) ~24-4318 <br /> <br />tischlerassociates.com <br /> <br />Fiscal Impact Analysis <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Capital Facility Analysis <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Impact Fee Systems <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Growth Policy Planning <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Economic and Markel Analysis <br /> <br />MUNIES. FISCAlS & CRIM <br />Fiscal impact systems tailored <br />for each community <br /> <br />EXAi b,1 if} i <br /> <br />April 17, 1000 <br /> <br />BY FAX TRANSMISSION & US "MAIL <br />305/949-3113 <br /> <br />Marla Dumas <br />Director of Planning <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach <br />17070 Collins Avenue, Suite 250 <br />Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160 <br /> <br />Re: Impact Fee Feasibility Activities <br /> <br />Dear Marla: <br /> <br />It was good talking with you. On behalf of Tischler & Associates, Inc. (T A), it is our <br />pleasure to submit this letter discussing a professional scope of services for conducting <br />impact fee feasibility acti vities. We wiil advise the CIty on the desirabillty of <br />calculating impact fees for various City services, as well as suggesting other steps that <br />need to be taken to meet impact fee requirements. The work product will also indicate <br />to the City the likely consultant costs to conduct the necessary work, suggest scope of <br />work, time frame and other relevant topics. <br /> <br />I. QUALIFICA TIONS <br /> <br />'1-- <br /> <br />T A, in business for over 20 years, is a fiscal, economic and planning consulting firm <br />with offices in Bethesda, Maryland and Pasadena, California. The firm has a national <br />practice and a particular niche in fiscal impact evaluations and impact fee analysis. <br />T A has prepared over 300 fiscal impact evaluations of comprehensive plans, <br />annexations, specific projects, etc. It has prepared over 400 impact fees for <br />communities throughout the country. None of TA's public sector impact fees have <br />ever been challenged. The firm has also critiqued impact fees on behalf of <br />homebuilders associations. In all cases, the fees have been reduced after T A's <br />critique. Recently, a court ordered the City of Beavercreek, Ohio to refund $2.5 <br />million in road impact fees. T A worked on behalf of the plaintiff, the Dayton <br />Homebuilders Association. Most recently, the court ruled that the City of West Des <br />Moines, Iowa needed to refund over $2 millIon in impact fees. Mr. Tischier was an <br />expert witness for the plaintiff, the Des Moines Homebuilders Association. <br /> <br />Paul Tischler will conduct 90% of this work effort for T A. Mr. Tischler has over 25 <br />years of consulting experience. He has authored articles on impact fees. These are <br />"20 Points To Know About Impact Fees" and "Impact Fees - Understand Them or Be <br />Sorry." He has also lectured on this topic at forums ranging from the American <br />Planning Association to the National Association of Homebuilders. Mr. Tischler is on <br />the faculty of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. <br /> <br />1 <br />