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• • • AGENDA ITEM 6 E STAFF ORIGINATOR: Jeff Smyser C. C. MEETING DATE: May 8, 2006 TOPIC: First Reading: Ordinance No. 07 -06 Amending Fee Schedule To Include Fee for AUAR ACTION: 3/5 BACKGROUND The City Council approved the final I -35E Corridor Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR) in October 2005 with Resolution 05 -159. Because of the extent and nature of the information and analyses in the document, the AUAR will be very useful in the comprehensive plan update that must be completed within the next few years. In this way, the AUAR benefits property owners in the AUAR study area. The City received funds from Anoka County to assist with the costs of the AUAR. The City also received funds from the developers of the Hardwood Creek project. In order to recoup the balance of our expenditures on the AUAR, staff is recommending that a special development fee be charged for new development in the area studied by the AUAR. This is a per -acre fee at the same rate that the Hardwood Creek developer paid: $269 per acre. The fee would be charged with a new development application for development project applications that include preliminary plats, conditional use permits, site and building plans, and planned unit developments. The AUAR fee would not be charged to variances or minor subdivisions. (The creation of a new non - residential lot requires platting, so commercial development will be charged.) Once development occurs and the fee is paid, the same land will not be charged again for additional development. OPTIONS 1. Approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 07 -06 amending the fee schedule by adding a fee for costs related to the AUAR. 2. Deny the ordinance. 3. Return to staff with direction. RECOMMENDATION Option 1