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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, November 16, 2009 Page 6 cilmember Roe opined that the City fee didn't appear to be driving participants away from the program; and that the fee was not out of line from that perspective. Councilmember Ihlan, on page 2 of the Fee Schedule (Attachment A) questioned the DVD/VHS copying fee charge of $15; opining that this fee seemed excessive. Mr. Miller advised that this was an attempt to recoup costs for individual requests for copies of various meetings, noting that the City incurred costs in making the copies (equipment, supplies and staff time) for this value-added service. Councilmember Ihlan expressed that the new fee proposed for pathway patching fees after underground utility service work for a property owner may fall more heavily on some homeowners, depending on whether it was a concrete panel or bituminous patch, and suggested that the cost should be borne across the entire community. Councilmember Roe, on pages 10 and 11 of the Schedule related to commercial construction permit fees for sewer and water connections, as well as fence permit fees, noted that the proposed fee was based on calculation of a formula related to project valuation; and suggested that an appendix be included referencing how that formula was calculated, similar to that used for building permits and plan re- view. Mr. Miller advised that there was not currently an appendix, but that staff could address that. Mr. Trudgeon advised that it was a sliding scale, based on a state formula and valuation of the improvement on a percentage basis. Councilmember Roe advised that he still had an issue in not defining how the cal- culation was achieved, referencing Building Permit fees on page 6 as an example, showing ranges of values. Mr. Trudgeon suggested that the existing fee schedule for those items be fol- lowed, with staff doing further research and bringing it forward as an amendment to the 2010 Fee Schedule as a later date. At the request of Mayor Klausing, City Attorney Jay Squires suggested that it would be a better practice for the City to provide a calculation for such valuation. Mayor Klausing concurred with Mr. Trudgeon's suggestion to keep the fees as current for these areas, and come back later with an amendment to the Fee Sched- ule.