Remarks by Tyler Dos Santos-Tam
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“That's good to hear. I guess we'll check in on CivCheck by November 1st, and I guess also by November 1st, how we're doing on this backlog of the idle ones. I know under ROH 18, you have the authorization to cancel permits that have been idle for over a year. What other tools would be helpful for you to have to help cut down on this backlog?”
“Let me ask a fundamental question. Back when we had paper permits, that made sense that DPP, the director signs off on it, and you got to go pick it up at the first floor of the Fosse building. Why does somebody need to physically pick up their permit after issuance in 2026?”
“Because I guess it seems to me that you collect the payment up front now when somebody submits this, right?”
“I guess. How can we shift the burden from you guys waiting for them to pick it up to, we've done our job. Your permit is issued. Go for it. And if you don't do anything with it, that's your problem, not ours.”
“Now you're speaking my language, because I feel like it's not just culture change, but we actually have to make some black and white changes. OK. Members, questions? Any other questions? Council Member Weyer.”
“Thank you. Members, any other questions? I have one last one. So in DPP's own admin rules, it talks about maximum length of time for a first pass review. And then the second pass review is supposed to be half the time. So projects under a million dollars is supposed to be 28 calendar days. Projects under $10 million, 42 calendar days. Looking at slide 13, electrical alone is violating this. Is it better to have a reasonable goal here in the rules, or do we just remove these entirely because we haven't hit these in 20 years?”
“Has that cut down? Was it like 90 days before and electrical is now at 41? How's that contract? I guess this is my first time, I guess, thinking about this contract.”
“How has their performance been, and are they worth re-upping?”
“But if 41 days is unacceptable, I mean, is now not the time to throw them everything?”
“So are we going to let it expire? Are we going to have a contract extension? How can we fund this?”
“Are there lapsing funds that we can use? I mean, how much was this contract overall? I mean, are we talking about $10 million or $500,000?”
“Because, you know, if we can get the electrical down to, you know, 24 days or something, I mean, that would make a big difference.”
“Members, any other questions? Okay, seeing none, why don't we turn to the voluminous public testimony that we're about to receive. Clerks, do we have any registered testifiers, either in person or online, for this item?”
“Okay, going once. Anyone in the chamber? Okay, sensing nobody. I guess testimony's closed now. Members, we're in discussion. Any discussion on this update from DPP? Okay, hearing none, I do wanna thank the department for coming in and giving us a little status update. I suppose it's like going to the doctor. We started off with this new system that we all need to get used to and hopefully we can move forward in a productive way. So I wanna thank the department for their efforts and let's keep on going and moving forward. Thank you. With that, we've exhausted our agenda and this meeting is…”