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Page 2 of 3 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Changes to the Fee Schedule are being recommended and are noted in red print on the attached <br />draft 2020 Fee Schedule. Explanations for the proposed changes are provided below. <br /> <br />Building Construction (Sec. II) <br />Building permit fees shall be established according to the 2019 Minnesota State Statute <br />326B.153. Other changes include implementing various escrow fees to cover multiple <br />inspections. These fees help to ensure protection of the road and curb, marking and staking of <br />sanitary and water services and cleanup costs. The new Temporary Certificate of Occupancy <br />escrow fee will cover non-completed items such as seed, sod, landscaping, trees, as-built grading <br />surveys, driveway and sidewalk installation, curb cut modifications, curb stop, site clean-up, and <br />storm water. Staff also recommends that payment equaling half of the plan review fee for <br />commercial building permits be collected at the time of permit submittal and be non-refundable <br />in order to cover time expended by staff in performing plan review if the job were to be <br />cancelled. Other changes include increases to the City’s minimum plumbing and mechanical <br />permit fees. <br /> <br />The State Electrical Inspector, Pete Tokle, has increased all fees (for all of his contracted cities). <br />Note that electrical fees have not increased since 2015. <br /> <br />Parks & Recreation (Sec. V) <br />Staff recommends increases to various field rentals to help cover the cost of maintenance <br />workers that prep the space. <br />Clarifying language added regarding warming house rental/ice rink non-public use rental hours <br />to state “unless authorized by City staff”. This change is recommended as the Parks and <br />Recreation Department have received rental requests during normal skating hours. If the rental <br />form is approved appropriate signage will be posting informing residents. <br /> <br />Fees for the pavilions and shelters were listed as per day instead of per time slot. This is updated <br />as the City now has two timeslots available for rentals: 11 am – 4 pm / 5 pm – 10 pm. <br /> <br />City Garden Plot fees increased based on plot size and surrounding communities. <br /> <br />City Hall room rentals and normal business hours versus non-business hour and weekend rentals <br />are more clearly defined with corresponding fees to keep competitive with surrounding <br />communities. The damage deposit should also be increased. <br /> <br />Planning and Zoning (Sec. VI) <br />City Planning staff collected data from adjacent cities (Roseville, Mounds View, New Brighton, <br />Shoreview and Vadnais Heights). Data collected showed that the existing fees were generally <br />$50 to $100 less than adjacent communities. Staff is proposing minor adjustments to the land use <br />fees in order to be more consistent with adjacent communities. In addition, staff is requesting to <br />increase the escrow security amounts to cover the increased consulting costs. In 2016, the <br />Community Development Department adopted an escrow-based approach to land use application <br />escrows. The intent of the escrow-based approach is to utilize escrow submitted by the applicant <br />to pay for costs related to staffs reviewing and processing of an application. Charges to the <br />escrow include planning and engineering staff time, City attorney and consulting fees, and <br />mailing costs. Staff also recommends implement a Commercial Parking Lot Resurfacing charge <br />of $100.