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CITY OWNED PROPERTY From the data supplied by Table VI we have determined the typical activity costs of a City owned property abatement to be $28.42. However, as previously shown, this equates to only $3.95 per parcel of property due to the efficient way in which City property is maintained. Multiplied by the Division's overhead rate this latter figure yields an overhead cost of $1.30 which, when added to this typical abatement cost per parcel, shows a total activity cost of $5.25 per City owned parcel that was abated. The calculated administration cost per each parcel of inspected and abated City property is only $31. When multiplied by the overhead rate this administration figure yields an overhead cost of $.23 which, when added to the calculated administration cost, shows a total administration cost of $.94 per City owned parcel that was abated. Added to the total activity related cost of $5.25 for each such parcel abated, we get $6.19 in total costs incurred by the City's Vegetation Management Program in the abatement of vegetation nuisances on its own property. SUMMARY To summarize the previously calculated data we can see that the management category dealing with developed property nuisances accounts for 56.0 % of the program's total operations time, over 43 % of total operations expenditures, has a typical abatement cost (including overhead) of a little over $106, and a per inspection cost of over $36 for those properties that did not require City performed abatements. The management category dealing with the abatement of undeveloped property nuisances accounts for almost 37 % of the program's total operations time, almost 49 % of total operations expenditures, has a typical abatement cost (including overhead) of almost $91, and a per inspection cost of almost $2.00 for those properties that did not require City performed abatements. The management category dealing with City owned property accounts for just over 7 % of the program's total operations time, just under 8 % of total operations expenditures, and has a typical abatement cost of just over $6. per City owned parcel. The following 2 tables will illustrate the categorical separation of the various program costs that have been documented throughout this analysis. The first table (Table IX) will illustrate the overhead rate adjusted activity costs incurred by the Vegetation Management Program in both a typical full term abatement and the investigation of properties or complaints that did not require abatement by the City. The second table (Table X) will look at the separation of costs incurred by this program after the overhead adjusted administration costs have been included. These 2 tables provide an accurate summary of the costs incurred by the City's Vegetation Management Program in our efforts to successfully resolve all the various complaints and vegetation nuisances that were brought to our attention during calendar year 1989. Vegetation Program Cost Analysis 18