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COUNCIL MINUTES JUNE 10 2002 to waive the building permit fee as requested, they establish some sort of criteria in the building code that authorizes such action. Councilmember Dahl asked if an emergency ordinance as suggested by Councilmember Carlson would be appropriate. City Attorney Hawkins believed an emergency ordinance would simply be a procedural method of expediting the process and he was not certain this was an emergency situation. He indicated whether the Council passed an emergency ordinance or a regular ordinance, there would still have to be a variance procedure spelled out. City Administrator Waite Smith noted these types of fees are a significant part of the City's revenues. She noted when the City Council disregarded that situation previously and believed it would not set a precedent because the circumstances would not occur again, th ty was deluged with similar requests. She wished to point out that allowing fees to be waive a serious impact on the City's budget. City Attorney Hawkins felt if the City Council wished top e = s request, they must determine under what circumstances they would be willing to allo _ e «' ng of building permit fees. He felt this will be a complex issue in determining criteria. Councilmember Carlson noted in setting its fees charging. She expressed concern that if the Ci the City may question whether they would th Councilmember Reinert questioned wheal request this evening. Mayor Bergeso with the project. He questioned w building permit, then refund the fee must have a basis to justify the amounts it is ne person to not pay their fees, others within paying for those waived fees. ould be necessary for the City Council to act on this that the individual involved would like to move ahead fion would be different to collect the fee, issue the the ions Club. It was City Attorney Hawkin • • ni • tha this would have the same affect as waiving the building permit fee upfront. Mayor Bergeson felt because the effects would be the same, there would be no urgency to take action on this request since the City Council could discuss the potential for a refund at a later date. Councilmember Reinert questioned City staff on how long they anticipated it would take to draft an amendment to the City code with specific criteria to allow the waiving of building permit fees. Community Development Director Grochala stated there would be a first and second reading of such a proposed ordinance, at which point the ordinance would be required to be published. Therefore, he anticipated a time frame of approximately two months for such an ordinance to take affect. He indicated the emergency ordinance procedure eliminates the readings and the publication requirements, however, he questioned whether this request qualifies as an emergency. 11