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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 />