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31 <br />Dtx~~[ 1 ~r`}r <br />f <br />~`~rf ~xsw~~`+ <br />EFLAND SEWER SY5TEM <br />Proposal for Rate study far Small Wastewater Collection Utility <br />TECHNICAL. SPECIALTIES PATRICK S~r~, CPA - Tech~aica~ AdV~sar / (~u.a~ty Co~tro~ <br />Gast of 5ervfce Studies As Technology Manager urith R,aftelis Financial Consultants, ~V1r. Smyth has been <br />Rate Structure Studies <br />Priva~~a~on Feasibility and involved in nuxnervus projects fox public u~lities. ~e has considerable fin.an.cial <br />Implementation Analysis modeling expextise and a bxoad xange of coxnputex technology skies. <br />Utility Financial Planning <br />f.i~a~an Support <br />Stranded Gast Analysis <br />Mergers & Acquisf~ons <br />RELEVANT PRUJECT E:~PERIENCE <br />Feasibility N.[etropolitan Water I]ist~ict of Soutb.ern Ca~.fornia <br />PRoFE551QNAL HISTaRY This protect involved a detailed cost of sexvice study fox the largest watex system in <br />Raftells Financial Noxtb. Amefica. Nix. Smyth was responsible fox the design and construction of the <br />Consultants, inc. <br />Technofagy Manager,1594~ finnancial model, and assisted in producing an exhaustive xepvxt examining cyst of <br />Present sexvi.ce issues facing the Mei~opolitan watex system. 'T'his woxk was used as the basis fox <br />Wachovia Bank, NA the development of new wholesale rate struct~uxes fox Metropolitan's 27 membex <br />Assistant Vice President,19~~- <br />~gOD agencies. <br />ED~CATI~N <br />Bachelor of , <br />Env~.ronmental Protection. Agency <br />SciencelBachelor ofArts in Mr, Smyth was the pximary technical and research resource fox this pxo ject in which <br />Acc©unting <br />Appalachian State University, RFC Was retained by the Department of Justice and the E'A ~. suppoxting a civil suit <br />X568 against the Sewexage and Water Board of New 4xleans, the City of New ~xleans, and <br />Bachelor of Science in Earth the State of Louisiana undex the Clean Watex Act. The suit sought to compel the Board <br />Science to bxing its sewexage system into compliance with national environmental. stanndaxds and <br />Magna cum laude, University tb,e CWA. Compliance would have required extensive rehabilitation of the sewex system <br />of North Carolina at Charlotte, <br />~ gg~ <br />infxastructure plus substantial changes in opexational and maintenance pxogxaxn.s. RFC <br /> was xesponsible fox developing estimates of compliance costs and wastewatex xate <br />PRQFESSIQNAL <br />MEMBERSHIPS ~ acts. As art of the anal sis, RFC develo ed a set of xatios and benchmarks fox <br />p p y p <br />Nord Garofina Association of evaluating rate affoxdability undex diffexent financial scenarios. RFC also developed a <br />CPAs <br />Certified Public Accountant matrix of bnancial indicators for evaluating the financial strength of the Board and the <br /> surrounding community. <br />gther recent projects: <br />• Nletxopvlitan ~"ater District of Southern California ~2 pro jects} <br />Foxt Mill. and Yoxk County, South Carolina ~ 5ystem Consolidation, Cost of Sexvice <br />and Rate Study <br />• Charlotte-Mecldenburg Utility Depaxt~nent, Noxth Caxol.~.a ~5 projects} <br />Columbus ~'atex Woxks, Georgia ~4 projects} <br />• Watex ~7"vxks and Sewer Board of the City of Bia~minghaxn ~2 pxo jects} <br />City of Dayton and Montgomexy County, C?hio ~2 projects} <br />Salisbury, Naxtb. Carolina <br />RAFfELIS FINANCIA~25 <br />CONSULTANTS, INC. <br />