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where an inspected property is in partial compliance or where the ownership <br />has recently changed and a new owner may not be aware of their property main- <br />tenance responsibilities. <br />In addition to the notification and abatement operations functions listed <br />under both the developed and undeveloped categories in the previous table, <br />there are 2 additional program functions that are common to both of these <br />categories. These 2 functions, billing protest replies and property descrip- <br />tion research for filing non - payment liens, are included in the 1989 Field <br />Season Activities table (Table II) which determines the total amount of <br />program operations time spent in each management category. These 2 functions <br />are employed only in special cases after an abatement has been performed and a <br />billing invoice mailed to a property owner. Performance time necessary for <br />completion of these activities varies widely from case to case. Based on the <br />time necessary to research the appellant's claim and to draft a formal <br />judgement, a typical protest reply averages 240 minutes (4 hours) of program <br />time. Property description research involves approximately 120 minutes (2 <br />hours) of program time necessary to visit the County Tax Assessor's office and <br />retrieve the property description files. However, since an average of 6 <br />descriptions are retrieved and copied per trip, the time per each description <br />has been prorated to 20 minutes. <br />The table on the following page (Table II) lists the number of each type of <br />function performed in calendar year 1989, the cumulative activity time for <br />completing a particular function (from Table I), the total program time spent <br />on each type of function, and finally (in bold) the cumulative function time <br />spent in each management category. (Please see Table II) <br />Adding the total operations functions times for the 3 management categories <br />yields a grand total of 95,641 minutes that were spent in daily enforcement <br />activities for the vegetation program. When this figure is divided into the <br />subtotal for each management category, the percent of total program operations <br />time for each is obtained. <br />Developed property management = 56.0 <br />Undeveloped property management = 36.7 <br />City owned property management = 7.3 % <br />100.0 <br />The data derived from Table I provides the necessary information to calculate <br />per abatement costs based on program expenditures for a typical abatement in <br />each management category. Both the calculated quantities and the resultant <br />categorical percentages of program operations time derived from Table II <br />appear to provide the necessary information to calculate the program's total <br />operations costs for each management category. However, there is one further <br />program time allocation that must be calculated before any meaningful cost <br />breakdowns can be made between the various management categories. <br />Because of significantly different hourly rates, the position of Vegetation <br />Manager incurs different wage and fringe benefit costs than the temporary <br />employee for the same amount of program time spent in any particular activity. <br />Vegetation Program 6 <br />Cost Analysis <br />