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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Lakeville would be interested. Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Nancy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#2F5496">Nancy Durfee<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#2F5496">Town of Lakeville<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#2F5496">346 Bedford Street<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#2F5496">Lakeville, MA 02347<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> MassPlanners <massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Daniel Fortier via MassPlanners<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 16, 2025 5:52 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Richard McCarthy' <rmccarthy@norfolk.ma.us>; 'Mass Planners' <massplanners@masscptc.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Massplanners] Filing Fees<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Richard,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">I will forward you the results of the fee structure analysis under a separate email as the listserve does not always like attachments. But, the process below
I first used in Fairhaven and then used the same analysis in Dennis. The process was run by staff at the Department of Revenue while I was in Fairhaven as the fee increase was going to be significant and I did not want any question as to whether it was considered
an illegal tax.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Step 1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Determine which staff worked on applications to the Planning Board and Board of Appeals and the portion of their time that was associated with project review
or other support aspects of guiding applications through the process. As both offices were only staffed by the Planner and one Planning Assistant, I came up with the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Planner 50% of time associated with application Review.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Planning Assistant 80% of time associated with Board support (agenda’s, legal notices, abutters, filing decisions etc)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Step 2
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Aggregate number of applications reviewed and, if possible size of various projects. I found that I spent more time on larger projects than smaller ones and
set up a structure (which will be illustrated in the attachments under separate cover) to assign costs appropriatele.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Step 3
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Determine how to assign costs across the different types of applications, Special Permit Reviews, Modifications to projects, Subdivision (ANR, Preliminary and
Definitive), sign code, Variance, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">On Special Permits, I determined there should be a flat fee for projects, and then additional fees for projects over particular sizes. This attempted to ensure
that the homeowner adding a bathroom was not paying more than Stop and Shop (in both Fairhaven and Dennis, when I arrived a large commercial project would be the same, or less, than a homeowner adding a bathroom).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Anyone else wanting to see the end result of this approach, let me know (except Bill Roth who had to live with this fee structure a a LONG time and probably
knows these fees inside out - Just Kidding Bill)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Dan Fortier, AICP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Retired Planner<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org">massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Richard McCarthy via MassPlanners<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 16, 2025 4:11 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mass Planners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Massplanners] Filing Fees<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Good afternoon,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">I know I’ve seen filing fee analysis done. I’m hoping someone could forward their analysis to me.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Thanks in advance.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">Richard J. McCarthy, Jr.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">Town Planner</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">1 Liberty Lane</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">Norfolk, MA 02056</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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