Case Study, Utility Rate Studies / December 2, 2016
Water, Sewer, Solid Waste Rate Study and Development Impact Fee Study – City of Redding, CA The City of Redding has a population of over 90,000 people and hundreds of businesses. Their basic services of water, sewer and trash were perhaps taken a bit for granted. For a number of…
Case Study, Cost Allocation Plans / December 2, 2016
The SFMTA is a large and complex agency serving a very diverse set of objectives, from running a complicated mass transit system with buses, above and below ground trains, and the famous cable cars, to taxi permits and parking tickets to ensuring “complete streets” are adopted throughout the City of…
Case Study, Cost Allocation Plans / December 2, 2016
Seaside is a wonderful and diverse community, just across the bay from Monterey. It faced tremendous fiscal challenges over the past years and had to make drastic service and staffing cuts to remain solvent. The drastic cuts had taken a toll on the community. For many years, the City felt…
Case Study, Cost Allocation Plans / September 26, 2016
NBS was retained by the City of Carlsbad to provide a user fee study for fire prevention services in the City. The City’s fire prevention fees had not been comprehensively reviewed in approximately 20 years.
SFD Formation, Case Study / June 3, 2016
NBS formed a special assessment district for the Los Carneros Water District to finance much needed recycled water infrastructure. For years, the District had attempted to find solutions to dwindling water supplies. The option to bring recycled water from Napa Sanitation District eventually bubbled up to the top of the…
Case Study, SFD Administration / March 27, 2016
NBS was retained by the County of Salt Lake to provide billing, mailing, collecting, and administrative functions for the establishment of the Salt Lake Valley Law Enforcement Service Area (SLVLESA). The SLVLESA would cover more than 43,000 property owners and 2,000 businesses. Like many public agencies during this recession, the…