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ACTIVITY COSTS PER INSPECTED & NONABATED PROPERTY <br /> In the previous 2 sections we have calculated total 1989 program operations <br /> costs, 1989 program administration costs, and typical activity costs involved <br /> in a typical full term abatement incurred by the City's Vegetation Management <br /> Program in each of the program's management categories (Tables IV thru VIII). <br /> If we multiply the activity costs for each full term abatement in both the <br /> developed and undeveloped property categories (calculated from Tables VI & <br /> VII) by the number of such abatements, we get the total activity costs <br /> incurred by the Vegetation Management Program in the actual physical abatement <br /> of vegetation nuisances. When these full term abatement costs are subtracted <br /> from each category's 1989 operations costs, the resultant figures show the <br /> program costs incurred in processing those complaints and inspecting those <br /> properties that did not result in a City performed abatement. <br /> DEVELOPED PROPERTY <br /> During calendar year 1989 the City performed 22 developed property abatements <br /> at a typical cost of $74.38 per abatement. This equates to $1,636.36 of the <br /> annual activity costs of the developed property management category. When <br /> this figure is subtracted from the total operations costs of $13,931 (from <br /> Table IV) we show $12,294.64 in program operations activity costs incurred in <br /> processing nuisance complaints that did not require abatement by the City. If <br /> we divide this amount by the total of 564 such complaints (from Table II) we <br /> show that, on the average, $21.80 was incurred by the City's Vegetation <br /> Management Program in the resolution of each developed property vegetation <br /> complaint received. <br /> UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY <br /> During calendar year 1989 the City performed 139 abatements on undeveloped <br /> property at a typical cost of $67.85 per abatement. Multiplied out, this <br /> equates to $9,431.15 of the annual operations activity costs of the un- <br /> developed property management category. When this figure is subtracted from <br /> the total operations activity cost of $15,648 (from Table IV) we are left with <br /> $6,216.85 in operations activity costs incurred in processing nuisance <br /> complaints that did not require abatement by the City or conducting the <br /> systematic inspection of all undeveloped properties within the City. If we <br /> divide this amount by the total of 5784 privately owned undeveloped properties <br /> that did not require abatement by the City we show that, on the average, <br /> $1.07 was incurred by the City's Vegetation Management Program per undeveloped <br /> property in the systematic inspection of undeveloped property that did not <br /> require City abatement. <br /> 5 Lane Council of Governments data, as of 1/1/89, show 5923 non City <br /> owned undeveloped properties within the City limits. Of these, 139 required <br /> City performed abatements leaving 5,784 that did not require City abatement. <br /> Vegetation Program <br /> Cost Analysis 15 <br />