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Aldermen approve waiver of internal city permit fees for new Brentwood Public Library building; external review fees remain the library's responsibility
Summary
Council approved waiving internal city building-permit fees for the Brentwood Public Library's $5.3 million project but decided the library must pay any external vendor review fees (for example, stormwater reviews by Gonzales). The board amended the motion to cover all external vendor costs, not only a named firm, and the motion carried by voice.
The Brentwood Board of Aldermen voted to waive the city’s internal building‑permit fees for the Brentwood Public Library’s new building at 2201 South Brentwood Boulevard, a project city staff described with an estimated total cost of $5,300,000. City staff estimated the permit fee calculation at $7 per $1,000 of project cost (about $37,500) and said additional mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire suppression and stormwater review fees could bring the city’s foregone revenue to roughly $50,000.
Whitney, a staff member presenting the request, said the library’s site-development plan had been approved and the library asked the city…
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