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CONSENT ITEM 5F MEMORANDUM DATE: December 9, 2013 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members Patrick Klaers, City Administrator FROM: Amy Dietl, City Clerk SUBJECT: 2014 Fee Schedule Background The City Council annually establishes a fee schedule for administrative, building construction, liquor licensing, copying of maps and ordinances, park and recreation facility usage, planning and zoning, utilities, business licenses, false alarms, utility fees, and other miscellaneous permits and penalties that are enforced by the City. The following proposed changes were discussed at the August 19, 2013, Council work session and have been incorporated in the attached ordinance. Include the 3% local gambling tax (staff also included the lawful gambling fund percentagesee page eight of fee schedule). Change utility billing rate language (see pages nine and 10 of fee schedule). Picnic shelter fees should be waived (see page three of fee schedule). Clarify room rental business hours (see page four of fee schedule). Another item discussed at the August work session was in reference to legal fees incurred in dangerous dog situations. The City is experiencing legal costs that are exceeding the current fee that is charged. After much research, staff is proposing to increase the dangerous dog fee from $63 to $500 as well as adding a potentially dangerous dog fee of $250 to the 2014 Fee Schedule. This fee is found on page one of the fee schedule. At the time of the August 19, 2013, Council work session, the 2014 Fee Schedule did not include any adjustments to the Sewer Availability Charge (SAC) rate. In September, staff learned that the Metropolitan Council adopted a $50 increase in the base metropolitan SAC rate effective January 1, 2014. The new rate will be $2,485; therefore, staff proposes raising the SAC charge found on page six of the 2014 Fee Schedule to match that rate.