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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 23, 2019 Page 8 Councilmember Etten wondered if Council would be willing to reduce the fee for Temporary Overnight Shelters from $350 to $250. He understood there was staff time involved but the whole understanding was to not make this a large financial burden for people serving others. Councilmember Groff indicated he would support that because he thought it was something the city should be involved in, noting sheltering the homeless is an admirable thing. Councilmember Willmus asked how the $350 fee was established. Mr. Trudgeon thought it was an estimate of time that staff would spend on a typi- cal process and to recover some of the mailing costs. Ms. Janice Gundlach, Community Development Director, indicated it is calculat- ed based on the hourly wage for the Building Official and Fire Marshal to conduct an inspection associated with it. It takes between two to three hours for each per- son. Councilmember Laliberte asked how many of these did staff expect to process in a year. Ms. Gundlach indicated currently there are two unless others came forward. Staff does not expect many of them. Councilmember Groff asked if this is a yearly fee because of the inspection or would it be or multiple years. Ms. Gundlach explained right now, the two that the city has have been under an Interim Use and paid a fee, which is good for a number of years. When those en- tities have to come back for a renewal, the Council would then have the option to approve a multi-year license. The city would collect the fee every year but would not need to go before the Council every year. Councilmember Etten thought the fee for two hours seemed high compared to the abatement charge of the same amount for five hours of staff time. Councilmember Laliberte was supportive of changing the amount to $250. Mayor Roe appreciated the opportunity to provide feedback on the fee schedule. g. Review Civic Campus Master Plan RFP Public Works Director Marc Culver briefly highlighted this item as detailed in the Request for Council Action and related attachments dated September 23, 2019.