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�A- I i <br /> ATTACHMENT III <br /> Pianning Co�t Recovery Pdicy <br /> Since this action changes a City charge for service, special notice provisions apply. <br /> Staff has published notice of this hearing and also advised any interested parties of this <br /> possible action. The City has also made the information justifying the cost increases <br /> available at least 10 days prior to this hearing. If you adopt this Planning Cost Recovery <br /> Policy, state law mandates that it go into effect 60 days after approval to minimize <br /> disruption to applicants already in the system. The staff will bill only those hours they <br /> work on the project, and unused funds, if any, will be returned to the applicant. <br /> Altiematives <br /> 1. Reject the sub-committee recommendation and make no change in policy. <br /> Impact: the general fund will continue to subsidize development review. <br /> 2. Approve the policy but change some facet of the proposal. <br /> Fiscal Impact <br /> The Planning Cost Recovery Policy details are contained in Exhibit 1 to the Resolution. <br /> Using the FY 2004/05 general fund portion of Planning's budget, divided by the total <br /> number of hours that the Current Planning staff has available to bill to major projects, <br /> produces an overall hourly rate of $149.70, as shown on the following chart: <br /> Bud tied Costs ior PIanN Cha d to General Fund <br /> Plannin General Fund Bud et $ 988,513 <br /> Minus Ob�ect 33 Advertisin $ 9,000 <br /> Minus Ob'ect 49 Reimbursed Professional Services $ 450,000 <br /> Minus Plannin M r Costs Char ed to General Fund $ 13,227 <br /> Reimbursable Bud et $ 516,286 <br /> Billable Hours for Current Plannin 3,792 <br /> Initial Ra�e r haa $ 136.15 <br /> Cit wide Overhead er hour $ 10.90 <br /> Buildin Usa e Char e er hour $ 2.65 <br /> Tatal Ratie $ 149.70 <br /> If this rate is applied to the following list of potential projects (the certainty of any one of <br /> these projects being presented to the City in FY 2004/05 is dependent upon factors <br /> beyond the City's control), the chart summarizes how much of the City's costs might be <br /> recovered. This chart includes only the time of one Planner. This is a conservative <br /> estimate because, in reality, other staff will spend time reviewing plans, including among <br /> others the Traffic Engineer, City Arborist and Fire Marshal. To the extent that we do not <br /> charge the total costs for project review, the general fund absorbs this cost. <br /> AI I I-3 <br /> _ _ _ .�... _ <br />