HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/15/1996 Work Session
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MINUTES OF THE WORK SESSION MEETING OF
THE SPRINGFIELD CITY COUNCIL HELD
MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1996
The City of Springfield Council met in Work Session in the Jesse Maine Room, 225 Fifth Street,
Springfield, Oregon, on Monday, April 15, 1996, at 6:43 p.m., with Mayor Morrisette presiding.
ATTENDANCE
Present were Mayor Morrisette, Councilors Ballew, Beyer, Burge, Dahlquist, Maine and Shaver.
Also present were City Manager Michael Kelly, Assistant City Manager Gino Grimaldi, City
Attorney Joe Leahy, Administrative Aide Julie Wilson and members of the staff.
1. Land Use Application Fees.
Planning Manager Greg Mott presented the staff report on this issue. At the conclusion of
their March 11, 1996 work session discussion ofland use application fees, the Council
directed staff to come back with figures showing progressive increasing cost recovery to
process land use applications, beginning at 50% and continuing to 100% cost recovery at 5%
increments. This computation has been performed and is found in the agenda packet.
Attachment 2 identifies the application code number with the type of application. Postage
remains fixed at $50 dollars for Type I and II applications and $100 dollars for Type III and
IV applications.
The spreadsheet identifies the average cost for the average specific land use application. The
current fees and postage are also included. The figures across the page under each cost
recovery percentage indicate what the fee should be to achieve a particular percentage of
cost recovery.
Most of the current planning fees were established in 1992 and were based on Council's
direction to achieve 50% cost recovery. Several fees result in cost recovery exceeding 50%.
In most instances this is a result of processing so few of these applications since the last
evaluation that it is difficult to establish an average. In the case of vacations, for example,
the majority of the fee pays for four consecutive weeks of legal notice in the newspaper
which can easily approach 50% cost recovery. This is primarily attributable to a greater
frequency of this type of application, inherent complexity of this type of application, and
changes to the Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) and Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR) that
add time or other costs to the review process.
Council discussed the possibility of establishing a higher percentage of cost recovery.
Councilor Maine hoped the policy could reflect actual actions taken and felt the bulk of the
work was already at 47%. She felt 50% cost recovery and was not sufficient, but needed
additional time to review this matter.
Councilor Burge did not support subsidizing areas outside the city limits. He suggested
increases in cost recovery which would offer an incentive on development within the city
and benefit to those who paid taxes. Outside the city limits, he supported 100% cost
recovery.
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Councilor Maine stated she supported a 60% cost recovery.
Council would further discuss this at another work session meeting.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 6:55 p.m.
Minutes Recorder - Julie Wilson
Attest:
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Eileen Stein
City Recorder