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Page 2 Letter to T. Anthony Reid, P.E. (b) Supplement existing data, where necessary, with additional research, to provide a sound basis for projecting future levels of service. (c) Work closely with the City's staff and consultants to increase further the accuracy of service projections and verify that they are consistent with the City's estimations of future populations. Task 3: Review Historical Requirements and Project Financial Requirements Through Fiscal 1995-1996. (a) Analyze the historical financial requirements of the water and wastewater operation for the most recent three-year period in cooperation with the City staff. The annual City budgets and audits will be used to compare budgeted receipts and expenditures with the actual revenues and expenditures of each utility. Particular attention will be given to the identification of related administrative and support activities that may not have been previously included in the revenue requirements. The analysis will consider the water and wastewater systems as totally separate for expense and revenue purposes except for combined expenses such as administrative costs, which can be allocated on a pro rata basis based on estimates of time spent for each service. (b) Evaluate the costs associated with service to various identifiable classes of customers and suggestions for modifications to the accounting process that might improve this identification for future rate studies. (c) Review the existing and proposed contracts between the City of San Marcos and Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority for water from Canyon Lake and evaluate whether rates associated with contractual terms are adequate to meet current cost of service as well as future cost of service. (d) Provide a preliminary evaluatión of the feasibility of impact fees and determine to what extent such a fee system can be used instead of future rate increases. (e) Project the annual financial requirements for the water and wastewater systems through Fiscal 1995-1996 for both operation and maintenance costs and necessary capital improvements, taking into account available technical and planning reports, and consideration of state and federal regulation, energy costs, and other anticipated changes. Task 4: Analyze._Historical Billings. (a) Historical billings will be analyzed to determine the portion of the total revenue contributed by each customer class. (b) Customer classes similar to those used by area utilities and those considering the Texas Water Commission requirements will be defined, to the extent that such classes are applicable to the City of San Marcos.