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focus on them. She agreed with the benefit of experiencing the information first hand. <br /> Councilmember Strommen stated staff has provided its recommendation and she supports <br /> moving forward with adjustments to fees in the future, if needed. She noted it costs time and <br /> money for staff to continually go over all of the fees and rather than delegating this to the <br /> Finance Committee, the Members should identify the specific fees it wants addressed. Once <br /> those fees are defined, the Council can focus on them. <br /> City Administrator Ulrich suggested the Council focus on development and builder fees and <br /> bring that through the process. He indicated that staff spent a lot of time going through fees and <br /> kicked out many and reduced some, but the focus was on the builder /developer aspect and that <br /> included fees such as park dedication, WAC, and SAC. <br /> Acting Mayor Wise agreed, noting after the first of the year the Council can address specific fees <br /> and work with staff on those items. <br /> Councilmember McGlone stated the issue is that the Council did identify ways to have staff help <br /> the Council make a decision and that was to get developers and builders in the room, which did <br /> not happen. He stated he does not know whether Ramsey is in line with other communities <br /> because he has not seen that analysis. Councilmember McGlone stated he will not support the <br /> fee schedule until he gets that information. <br /> Councilmember Strommen stated that information was presented by Planning Intern Brama. <br /> Councilmember McGlone stated the Council identified specific information it needed at a prior <br /> meeting and that information has not been provided. <br /> Acting Mayor Wise stated the Council can lower fees at any time and if it is learned a fee is out <br /> of line through the upcoming charette, that change can be readily made. <br /> Finance Officer Lund explained if this fee schedule is not passed, the 2011 fees will stay in place <br /> and that SAC charge is higher than proposed in 2012. <br /> Acting Mayor Wise agreed the Council did not have the benefit of participation from developers <br /> but fees can be reduced at any time so there is no reason to not move forward. <br /> Public Works Director Olson concurred and noted fees can be looked at for all of next year but at <br /> some point the fee schedule needs to be adopted so there is rational behind the fee. <br /> Councilmember Tossey stated he is disappointed because the Council had asked about this in <br /> June but it is now November and the builder's meeting had still not been held. <br /> FUTURE TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION <br /> Noted. <br /> City Council Work Session / November 22, 2011 <br /> Page 9of10 <br />