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CO Uy m._ Tp MEMORANDUM I C A CAS0 TO: Lee County Board of Commissioners John Crompton, County Manager FROM: Marshall Downey, Assistant Director of Community Development (Mo DATE: December 27. 2007 L~ REF: Amendment to fee schedule and selection of consultant for third party review of new telecommunications towers. The Commissioners will recall that staff conducted a public hearing back in October regarding several potential amendments to the UDO (Note that these seven amendments are actually included on this agenda for consideration of adoption). One of those proposed changes includes a new policy in which all new telecommunication towers would be required to be reviewed by a consultant expert as retained by Sanford/Lee County/Broadway. The purpose of this review is try to ensure that all new towers are appropriate with respect to height, location, etc and to assist the respective Board of Adjustment members as they must make a decision as whether or not to grant a Special Use Permit. As part of that new policy, the City of Sanford recently approved a contract with Cityscape Consultants, who will provide the third party review of these new tower applications. In making this decision to go with Cityscape, staff solicited consultants via submission oh a Request for Proposals (RLfl'). This past August staff submitted a RFP and received two responses (which is what staff expected based on research of other towns). Staff recommended the Cityscape proposal based on the needs as identified and the fact that their fee ($4,000.00) per review was less than the other proposal. In addition to approval of the aforementioned amendment to the UDO, the other necessary step to implement this new policy is to update the Pee Schedule to reflect this new fee. As a reminder, an applicant for a new tower will pay this $4,000.00 fee. The fee will be received as revenue and then a new check cut for the same amount and forwarded to the consultant for each tower/special use permit application. The updated fee schedule is attached for your consideration.