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City of Sunny Isles Beach 17070 Collins Avenue. Suite 250 Sunny Isles Beach. Florida 33160 (305) 947 -0606 phone (305)949 -3113 fax David Samson To: City Commission Mayor From: Michael Berkman, Irving Turetsky Vice Mavor Building Official Commissioners Date: March 12, 1998 Danny Iglesias Lila Kauffman Connie Morrow Subject: ADMINISTRATIVE FEE FOR STRUCTURAL REVIEW OF James DiPietro BUILDING PLANS City Manager Lynn M. Dannheisser CityAUOmey RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the City Commission approve a resolution granting the City Manager the authority to impose an administrative fee for the structural review of building plans submitted to the City in support of an application for a building permit. REASONS In 1994, Dade County imposed a requirement upon all municipalities mandating the use of professional engineers as structural plans reviewers in all Building Departments. This forced municipalities to either contract out these reviews or to hire in -house engineers. It is anticipated that the volume of permits requiring the services of a P.E. will be minimal. It therefore makes good sense for the City to outsource this service and "pay as we go." The City would then simply pass through the cost of the review to the permit applicant plus a small administrative fee to cover the costs involved in outsource communications. The Commission should note that there is no other county in the State of Florida which imposes such reviews upon its municipalities. Structural review is performed by either the Building Official or the certified building plans examiner virtually everywhere else in Florida. While there is no evidence to support the notion that a structural review by a P.E. has or will improve the safety of structures, there is also no evidence to disprove the theory. In staff s opinion, the additional cost involved should be passed on to the developer. Respectfully submitted, Michael Berkman, Building Official MB:pw