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Item No: 9D Meeting Date: October 27, 2003 Type of Business: Report Administrator Review : _____ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: James Ericson, Community Development Director Item Title/Subject: Community Development Quarterly Report Date of Report: October 27, 2003 Community Development Quarterly Report ~ A Nine Month Review ~ Department Snapshot Budget. Expenditures for 2003, through the end of the third quarter, total $206,594, which represents 58% of the 2003 Community Development budget. This level of spending is less than what one would expect to see after three quarters however a personnel vacancy coupled with a reduction in non-essential spending put us at about $20,000 less than the same point last year. Revenues. The department has been busy this year with building permit activity. At $160,000 in permit revenue after just three quarters, the amount already exceeds projections for all of 2003 by $40,000 and we are on a pace to eclipse the 2002 figures, which was also a busy year. Not included with the permit revenues are contractors licenses and license check fees, which together add an additional $8,000 to the community development revenue stream Planning Activity. Looking at the first three quarters, the department processed 23 planning applications, down slightly from the year before. Considering we were without a planner for the first three quarters this year and my administrative role the first two quarters, it seemed just as busy if not busier that the year before. The amount of planning fees collected thus far totals $4,400. Much of the planning activity undertaken this year has been of the “special” planning variety, such as drafting a pawnshop ordinance and licensing program. Hundreds of staff hours have been invested into the creation of licensing and zoning requirements and we are close to being complete. Another special planning case of note is the comprehensive rezoning of the PF district. Personnel. As the Council knows, the Community Development Department has been without the services of a planning associate since November of 2002. We are pleased to announce that our new planning associate’s first day of work was last week on October 21, 2003. Kristin Prososki worked for the City of Chanhassen prior to Mounds View and holds a degree in urban and regional studies from Mankato State University.