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WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON ALAMEDA COUNTY, ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 03-111 RESOLUTION AMENDING MASTER FEE RESOLUTION NO. 92-100 TO AMEND THE UTILITY ENCROACHMENT PERMIT FEE section 13.04.040 of the Pleasanton Municipal Code provides that an encroachment permit is required for utilities that encroach upon the right of way of the City of Pleasanton; and section 13.04.210 of the Pleasanton Municipal Code provides that an applicant for a utility encroachment permit shall pay to the City of Pleasanton fees to cover the costs associated with the issuance of a permit, field investigation, and inspection; and on May 19, 1992, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 92-100 that established a new Master Fee Schedule; and the Master Fee Schedule includes a permit fee of $50.00 and inspection fee of $55.00 per hour, although currently these fees do not fully recover the administrative costs associated with the encroachment permit process; and staff recommends that the Master Fee Schedule be amended to correlate to the increase in administrative costs and overhead; and the permit and inspection fees are based on salaries, benefits and administrative overhead costs; and salaries, benefits and administrative overhead costs are generally adjusted every year; and based on the annual adjustments that are generally made to staff salaries, benefits and administrative costs, staff recommends that the Master Fee Schedule be amended to change the utility encroachment permit fee from the set fees currently listed in the Schedule to general references to fees associated with cost and overhead; and