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----AVE <br />HILLS <br />MEMORANDUM <br />DATE: December 14, 2009 <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members <br />Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br />FROM: Rebecca Brazys, Deputy Clerk <br />SUBJECT: 2010 Fee Schedule <br />Background <br />Please see below for information on the fee changes in each category of our 2010 Fee <br />Schedule: <br />II. Building Construction <br />These increases are necessary to cover costs related to permit processing. <br />V. Parks and Recreation Fees <br />Parks and Recreation fee increases were minimal. The softball field rentals were <br />increased by $5.00 for both lighted and unlighted fields to better cover our <br />maintenance fees. We added a tournament fee for our ball fields in order to <br />ensure all of our maintenance and labor costs are covered for that type of rental. <br />Our regular field rentals are not sufficient to cover tournament field prep costs. <br />Two other non-profit pavilion fees are new in the fee schedule but have been on <br />our rental form for years. When reviewing the fee schedule, staff discovered the <br />exclusion of those fees. The City is now required to charge tax on all rental fees <br />and therefore this is now indicated on the fee schedule. <br />VI. Planning and Zoning <br />The fee format for the land use applications is proposed to be changed. Presently, <br />while each type of request incurs an administrative fee to cover the cost of Staff <br />time, public notices, meetings, etc., there is not a set escrow amount for each type <br />of request. Escrow fees are charged to cover the cost of any consulting fees or <br />unanticipated cost the City may incur in relation to a planning case application. <br />In order to put the City into a better position for charging escrows and more <br />City Council Meeting <br />\\Metro-inet\ardenhills\Admin\Council\Agendas & Packet Information\2009\12-14-09 Regular\Packet <br />Information\4B 2010 Fee Schedule Memo.doc <br />Pagel of 3 <br />