To: Board of County Commissioners
Through: Katherine Smith, Acting Director, Public Works and Development
Prepared By:
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Eva Maines, PE, Engineering Program Manager, Public Works and Development; Fue Vang, Engineering Inspections Manager, Public Works and Development
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Presenter: Eva Maines, Engineering Program Manager; Fue Vang, Engineering Inspections Manager, Public Works and Development
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Subject:
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10:45 AM *Engineering Services Evaluation of Fees and Proposed Increase
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Purpose and Request:
recommended action
The purpose of this study session is to present a comprehensive review of engineering fees and propose an update to the Engineering Services fee schedules for Arapahoe County. This session is informational with staff requesting direction from the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) regarding the consideration of adopting a modernized fee structure. Specifically, staff seek guidance on whether to proceed with aligning fees to reflect actual staff effort and administrative requirements.
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Alignment with Strategic Plan: Good Governance - Plan for future service, infrastructure, and fiscal needs.
Background and Discussion: Over the last few years, there has been a transition in leadership within the Engineering Services Division and many of the processes and practices have been reviewed. One of the questions that arose initially was why the engineering fees were so different than the planning fees. In tandem, the completion of the inspectors manual highlighted discrepancies in how engineering permit fees were being assessed. Those two realizations began a comprehensive review of fee schedules for both the engineering reviews and engineering permitting. Before that review was done, the Grading, Erosion and Sediment Control manual was updated also requiring a change to those associated permit fees. Staff completed a memorandum describing the reviews that were completed, the rationale for the increases...
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