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ADMINISTRATION COSTS PER INSPECTED PROPERTY Having calculated the City's Vegetation Management Program incurred costs for typical abatements in each management category and for inspection and resolu- tion of non abated properties that were inspected by the City, the next step of our cost analysis will be to prorate the administration costs within each category over the total number of properties that were inspected. In this way an administration cost per inspected property can be calculated for each management category. From Table V we show $3,324.29 in administration costs for the management of developed property. Divided by the total of 586 developed property complaints that required City inspection during calendar year 1989, we get an overall administration cost of $5.67 for each parcel of developed property inspected. Undeveloped property management accounted for $2,178.56 in administration costs during calendar year 1989. When this figure is divided by the total of 5923 privately owned properties within the City limits that were inspected as part of the undeveloped property summer mowing program, we get an overall administration cost of $.37 for each parcel of undeveloped property inspected. For City owned property management we show $433.40 in administration costs for the 1989 calendar year. Divided by the 85 abatements performed on City owned property we get 614 parcels of City owned property that were inspected and abated, we get an overall administration cost of $31 for each parcel of City owned property that was inspected. TOTAL PROGRAM COSTS The last 2 steps of this analysis will finally provide figures for the total costs incurred by the Vegetation Management Program for the various activities in each management category. The first step is to multiply each category's typical abatement cost, average nonabated inspection cost, and calculated administration cost per inspection by the City Maintenance Division's indirect overhead rate of 32.8 %. The second step will then be to add this overhead adjusted administration cost per inspection to the overhead adjusted activity costs for typical full term abatements and those inspections not resulting in City performed abatements. It is only after these indirect overhead and administration costs are included that we will have thoroughly documented all the costs incurred in the operation and administration of this program. 6 As used in this document, "privately owned property" shall mean any property not owned by the City of Eugene. Although many vacant properties within the City are owned by school districts, utilities, or other government agencies, these properties are subject to City enforced abatement the same as property owned by any private individual. 7 See Exhibit A. Vegetation Program Cost Analysis 16