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Mr. John DeHaven <br />February 24, 2009 <br />Page 2 <br />Mr. Dehaven argued that both City employees and the former City Attorney spent too <br />much time on the application and charged too much for their time. Nothing in the record <br />supports that argument. The hourly charges by staff include all actual costs, and the City <br />Attorney's charges were billed as received by the City. None of those hourly charges appear to <br />be unreasonable. As for the amount of time spent on the application, note that it was initially <br />incomplete. Once complete, the application had to be reviewed and the submitted documents <br />had to be revised. This was not simply a matter of reading some paperwork for a few minutes <br />as was suggested at the Council work session. The charges also necessarily included the time <br />spent drafting the required reports and correspondence. Not included was time spent by staff <br />on telephone conversations, meetings with Mr. DeHaven, and conversations with the City <br />Attorney. Had that time been included, the amount deducted from the escrow would have been <br />significantly higher. Given the work involved, there is no evidence that the City overcharged <br />for processing this request, so a refund is not appropriate. <br />Very truly yours, <br />L <br />J seph J. Langel <br />RRM: 128583 <br />• <br />• <br />• <br />