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e e e Steve Adey, 1375 Bailey Avenue, asked why the proposed revisions are not higher. He said the City's subsidy for land use applications will be over $200,000 annually which would pay for additional library services, police officers, and many other things. He said the council recommended a 30 to 60 percent recovery of costs in 1974. Mr. Adey said most people are not concerned with the cost of City permits, but they are very concerned about how long it takes to get permits and how difficult the procedures are. He said recovering a large percentage of the costs would permit the City to hire additional staff to help people who apply for permits. He said the City should eventually recover 100 percent of the cost of processing permits and said, in that case, other cities would probably raise their fees. He said land use application fees are user fees. He encouraged the council to approve the proposed increases and to direct the staff to increase the fees to recover 50 to 60 percent of the costs in two years and 100 percent later. There being no additional requests to testify, Mayor Obie continued the public hearing to June 9, 1986. Ms. Brody said the purpose of the Cost of Services Study is to recover as many costs as feasible. She said a City subsidy for land use application fees is reasonable because sometimes people other than property owners benefit from land use changes. She agreed with Mr. Adey's suggestion that the City recover more than 21 percent of the costs in the future. Answering a question from Mr. Hansen, Ms. Brody said, in her opinion, a moratorium on land use application fees probably would not stimulate construction. Mr. Gleason said a building permit is only about one percent of the total cost of a residence. Mr. Holmer urged staff to consider recovering 100 percent of the direct costs of processing land use applications. He said defining total costs is difficult. Ms. Schue said she favored the suggestion to reduce fees for conditional use permits for day care and group care facilities operated in homes. IV. AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE (memo distributed) City Manager Micheal Gleason introduced consideration of the Mahlon Sweet Airport construction schedule. Aviation Director Bob Shelby gave the staff report. He said the City adopted an Airport Master Plan in 1972 and seven phases of the plan have been completed. He recommended the council approve the eighth phase which will improve the road system and the parking lot. He said funds from the Oregon Lottery and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are available to pay for the project. He described the improvements and said 160 spaces will be added to the parking lot. Mr. Shelby also recommended approval of the replacement of the underground telephone system installed in 1963. He said the Revenue Sharing Funds reserved for the Airport Project have been recommended to fund the replacement. MINUTES--Eugene City Council May 12, 1986 Page 4