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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />COUNTY OF KITTITAS <br />STATE OF WASHINGTON <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2020-____ <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE SERVICE FEES BY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT <br />SERVICES CHARGED FOR BUILDING AND LAND USE SERVICES <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Kittitas County Code 4.10.010 authorizes Community Development Services fees <br />to be set by resolution approved by the Board of County Commissioners; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, In 2014, the County contracted the services of FCS Group to determine <br />adequate fees to cover the cost of services provided to process a land use or <br />building permit; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, In 2015, the consultant monitored activities of personnel when processing the <br />permits and made a determination of the actual cost for providing the service to <br />process land use and building permits; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, The consultant developed a fee model for Planning Services and Building Fixture <br />permits that calculated the amount of direct and indirect costs associated with <br />each development activity; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, The consultant also developed a fee multiplier model for new construction <br />designed to determine a construction fee which could be adjusted based upon <br />the amount of new construction activity occurring in a single year; and <br /> <br />WHERAS, The Board of County Commissioners adopted Resolution 2015-151, 2017-063, <br />2018-037, and 2019-040 requiring that fees charged by Community Development <br />Services for land use and building permit services be re-evaluated annually for <br />consideration and adjustment by the Board of County Commissioners for each <br />fiscal year; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, The Board of County Commissioners on February 18, 2020 set a date for public <br />hearing to hear comments and consider potential Community Development <br />Services fee changes; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Public notice for such hearing was provided in the Daily Record on February 20, <br />2020 and February 27, 2020; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, The Board of County Commissioners conducted a public hearing to consider the <br />Community Development Services Fee Schedule on March 3, 2020; and