HomeMy WebLinkAboutNB 1 FEE WAIVER/REFD 09-03-91NEW BUSINESS N0. 1 9-3-91 ,. aIE. SEPTEMBER 3, 1991 TO: WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER FROM: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SUBJECT: FEE WAIVER/REFUND RECOMMENDATION Pleasure of the City Council. DISCUSSION Planning Division application fees are presently in effect as a result of the City Council's adoption of Resolution No. 87-27. A waiver or refund of these fees is subject to the approval of the City Manager, or can be deferred to the City Council for a decision. The co -applicants, Mr. Stephen Paquette and Mr. Henry Kumagai, are requesting at the Council refund the application fees for Conditional Use Permit 91- J, Design Review 91-07 and Amendment to Conditional Use Permit 89-25(see Attachment A). These applications are related to the discretionary actions required for improvements to the properties located at 135 South Prospect Avenue and 240 East First Street. The co -applicants are also requesting a waiver of the appeal fees, also set by City Council Resolution No. 87-27, which is calculated as half the original application fees. A summary of these amounts is listed below: APPLICATION FEE Conditional Use Permit 91-10 $ 525.00 Design Review 91-07 275.00 Amendment to CUP 89-25 525.00 Subtotal $1,325.00 Appeal of Original Applications 662.50 Total $1,987.50 Please note that the above fees are intended to recover the City's incurred costs for processing discretionary applications. The City keeps an audit -,counting form in each application file and accounts for all time spent on application. Based on a review of Department records, the following costs -r'ity Council Report !e Waiver/Refund .,eptember 3, 1991 Page 2 have been incurred by the City in the course of processing the subject applications: PERSONNEL HOURS HOURLY RATE BENEFITS PERSONNEL COST COST Clerical 12.75 $ 12.95 $ 3.50 $ 16.45 $ 209.74 Assistant Planner 39.75 17.94 4.84 22.78 905.51 Senior Planner 7.50 27.98 7.55 35.53 266.48 Director 3.75 43.34 11.70 55.04 206.40 City Attorney 3.00 135.00 N/A N/A 405.00 Personnel Cost Subtotal $1,993.13 City Administrative Overhead 279.04 (14% of total personnel costs) Cost of Public Hearing Notice Mailings 21.46 Total $2,293.63 ^'i.th the above information in mind, the City Council maintains the discretion waive or refund all or a portion of the total amount. However, the applicant is not a non-profit organization and fee revenues are what partially finance Community Development Department operations. (Aat2.:6Bonner Christine A. Shingle Associate Planner Assistant City Manag r Community Development Attachment: Applicant's Request July 24, 1991 Ms. Anne Bonner City of Tustin Planning Department 15222 Del Almo Avenue Tustin, CA 92680 RE: 91-10, DR 91-07 and C.U.P. 89-25 Dear Anne: We are hereby requesting an appeal for the above three mentioned cases. Also, we would at the same time request a fee waiver for the appeals. In addition, we are requesting a retroactive waiver of fees for C.U.P. 91-10 and DR 91-07. We expect this appeal to be heard on August 19, 1991 as per our phone conversation. We look forward to representing our case to the City Council. In addition we would like to have the signage issue brouht to the Council at the same meeting so that all related issues can be resolved at that time. Sincerely, Stephen D. i�aquette Henry K gai