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Item No. It <br /> Staff Report No. Q 7 aoS2 ws <br /> Meeting Date: May 5, 1997 <br /> • Type of Business: Work Session <br /> WIC: Work Session;PH:Public Hearing; • <br /> CA:Consent Agenda;CB:Council Business <br /> City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> To: Mayor and City Council <br /> From: Pamela Sheldon, Community Development Director <br /> Item Title/Subject: Discussion of Revisions to Fee Schedule <br /> Date of Report: May 2, 1997 <br /> Summary: <br /> The City of Mounds View Fee Schedule includes numerous items handled by the Community <br /> Development Department. These fees have not been adjusted for many, many years. We are <br /> suggesting that the fees be reviewed and revised to bring them up-to-date, and to better cover the <br /> actual costs of performing services. <br /> Discussion: <br /> There are several issues which need to be addressed with respect to fees charged for items <br /> handled by the Community Development Department. We have outlined some suggestions <br /> below, but do not consider these suggestions to be in final form. If City Council directs that we <br /> • prepare a revised fee schedule, we would conduct additional research and bring forward a specific <br /> proposal. • <br /> Building Permits: The City is using the fee schedule from the 1985 Building Code. A revised fee <br /> schedule was included in the 1997 Building Code, and we are proposing that the City adopt the <br /> newer schedule. Attachment 1 includes the charts from the two fee schedules for purposes of <br /> comparison. Attachment 2 shows how the cost of typical construction jobs would change with <br /> the new fee schedule. Our concern is that the fee schedule is 12 years old, and is out of step with <br /> costs for providing services. <br /> There are certain items in the fee schedule for which we charge flat fees. These include: stucco, <br /> reshingling, residing, and fire extinguishing equipment. We are suggesting that a valuation table <br /> be used instead, with one rate for single family and duplex residential construction and a second <br /> rate for multiple family residential, commercial and industrial. Heating and ventilation work <br /> (residential)work go from $25.00 + $5.00 per 100,000 BTU per hour to $30.00+ $5.00 per <br /> 100,000 BTU per hour. The remaining flat fees should be adjusted as follows to better reflect the <br /> cost of inspection time and secretarial support: <br /> Existing Proposed <br /> Fences: $20.00 $25.00 <br /> Garbage/recycling enclosure: $20.00 $25.00 <br /> • Wood burning stove $25.00 $30.00 <br /> Installation of Mobile Homes $35.00 $50.001110 <br />