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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,November 28, 2011 Page 6 detailed in the staff report (page 1), Mr. Miller noted two (2) new fees: accessory dwelling unit (ADU) permit fee and a water main tapping fee. Mr. Miller noted that the ADU permit fee had previously been authorized by the City Council, but not yet included in the Fee Schedule; and that the water main tapping fee was cur- rent practice,but also not yet memorialized in the Fee Schedule. At the request of Mayor Roe, Mr. Miller confirmed that no additional changes, other than minor corrections to pages 7, 8 and 9, had been made to the 2012 Fee Schedule from this draft to that previously presented to and reviewed by the City Council. City Manager Malinen noted on page 4 of the proposed 2012 Fee Schedule, foot- note "c," related to park dedication fees for commercial properties based on pre- vious City Council discussions, with staff anticipating a formal resolution coming forward at a future City Council meeting, but referenced in the Fee Schedule to ensure that it was obvious to developers in the future. Mayor Roe concurred, noting that this was based on earlier City Council discus- sions related to when the market value of a property was established. Councilmember Willmus expressed concern with the additional fees for a DVD copying charge; and personally opined that the City should make it easier for the public without other available means, to get copies of meetings; further opining that $25 seemed to be a steep fee; and suggested it may be more palatable to structure the fee as a deposit, such as the School District used, with the deposit re- turned once the DVD was returned. Mr. Miller clarified that the fee included staff time for searching out the appropri- ate meeting or information and time to burn the DVD. Mr. Miller advised that staff was amenable to a deposit at the City Council's discretion as long as they were cognizant that staff time would not be recouped. Councilmember Willmus opined that part of staff's time should be interacting with the public. Councilmember Johnson questioned the average number of DVD requests fielded by staff on a weekly basis. Mr. Miller advised that he was unable to respond to that query at this time, since most of the DVD requests were related to the Police Department; and he would need to check with them. Councilmember Johnson suggested burning five (5) DVD's of each City Council meeting and have them available for the public.