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.. . ~ ---A~~ILLS l\1EMORANDUl\l DATE: December 6, 2006 Agenda Item 3.B. TO: Ifonorable Mayor and City Council Members Michelle A. Wolfe, City Administrator FROl\I: Schawn P. Johnson, Assistant City Administrator SUB.JECT: Approval of2007 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 alanns and other miscellaneous pell11its and penalties that arc enforced by the City. Recently City stal1' members vvere asked to review the proposed fee schedule for 2007. A1ter completing their review, City staff is recommending that minimal to no increases occur in the fee schedule for 2007. City staff has slightly moddied the parks and recreation and planning-zoning fees for 2007. Also, City staff is proposing an erosion control fee to cover staff time for inspecting erosion control issues at construction sites. The proposed changes have been shown in bold on the proposed fee schedule. According to Minnesota State Statutes (MS 462.35 Subd 4 and MS 462.352 Subd. 15), the City has the authority to impose fees to dctray costs incurred in order to review applications and permits. Also, the City is required by State law to adopt a fee schedule if it collects more than $5,000 annually in revenue. In the past, the City of Arden Hills has not charged an excavation pennit fee for work done by utility contractors in the right-of-way. According to Section 360. I I of the City Code, the City does have the authority to charge an excavation permit fee. Therefore, City staff has included a $150.00 excavation permit fee in this year's fee schedule. City staff is in the process of reviewing the City's existing right-of-way ordinance and will be recommending additional changes to the right-of-way fee schedule in 2007. The license fees were last reviewed and adjusted in 2006. The fees charged are to cover staff time spent reviewing, processing. and performing record checks for the license or pe1l11it . app I icants.