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e e e II. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. Land Use Application Fee Schedule Update (memos, background information distributed) City Manager Micheal Gleason introduced consideration of the Land Use Application Fee Schedule Update. Planning Director Susan Brody gave the staff report. She said the council held a public hearing on the proposed changes to the land use fee schedule on May 12 and kept the hearing open until today. She said the only written testimony received was from the Lane County Home Builders Association. It was distributed to the councilors. Ms. Brody said the land use fee schedule was last updated in 1980. The proposed changes result from a comprehensive cost of services study and increases the percentage of total costs recovered by the City from 12 percent to 21 percent. The proposed fees eliminate the difference in fees for residential and non-residential zoning districts. In addition, fees are proposed for appeals, post-approval modifications, street name changes, and water and sewer extensions. Also, sliding scales are simplified and fees are waived for annexation requests. Ms. Brody said the council previously discussed waiving only the fees for annexations in the River Road/Santa Clara sewer project and reducing the fee for conditional use permits for day-care facilities in residential zoning districts. Mayor Obie noted that the public hearing remained open. There being no requests to testify, he closed the public hearing. Answering questions from Ms. Wooten and Ms. Ehrman, City Attorney John Arnold said a Certificate of Indigency is used in litigation and could be used as the method for waiving the appeal fee for people with low incomes. The council would set the criteria for the certificate. Hillary Kittleson of the Planning Department said only three appeals were received last year. Replying to questions from Mr. Hansen and Mr. Holmer, Ms. Brody said the Planning Department recommended waiving the appeal fee for neighborhood associations because they have a special role in City government and are used by the City to get neighborhood responses to applications. Mr. Arnold said anyone who testifies in the original hearing has "standing" and can appeal a Hearings Official's decision. Ms. Bascom said she favored reducing the conditional use permit fee for child-care facilities in residential areas. Answering questions from Ms. Wooten, Mr. Arnold said anyone or any group that receives notice of the Hearings Official's hearing has "standing" to appeal the decision. He said neighborhood groups automatically receive notice of a Hearings Official's hearing and, therefore, can appeal the decision. MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 9, 1986 Page 2