South San Francisco City Council
February 28, 2024

ATTACHMENT 1
Cost Report for
146 Gardiner Avenue
South San Francisco Municipal Code Chapter 8.54 authorizes “recovery of administrative costs, as well as attorneys fees and costs, incurred by the city in the enforcement process, for the abatement of conditions defined as a nuisance by Section 8.54.070 and Section 8.54.080,” which includes “[a]ny violation of the South San Francisco Municipal Code . . . .” Chapter 8.54 defines “costs” as “administrative costs, including staff time expended and reasonably related to nuisance abatement cases, for items including, but not limited to, investigation, site inspection and monitoring, reports, telephone contracts, correspondence and meetings with affected parties, the costs of any appeal hearing (including staff time necessary to prepare for and attend an appeal hearing), any reinspections required to determine or confirm that compliance has been achieved, production of all staff reports, rehabilitation or repair of said property, environmental tests or measurements that are deemed necessary or appropriate by the code enforcement officer, third party inspection(s) or consultant services as deemed necessary by the city, as well as all attorneys’ fees for the prevailing party in an administrative or court action incurred pursuant to abatement proceedings, including but not limited to filing fees and fees for witnesses, and the actual costs of abating the violation.” Cost Dates Hourly Rate Hours Description Total Cost
City Attorney Costs Billing Period Rate City Attorney Services Relating to 146 Gardiner Avenue
June 2023 $153.50 $153.50
July 2023 $4,443.60 $4,443.60
August 2023 $996.00 $996.00
Sept. 2023 $515.20 $515.20
Oct. 2023 $322.00 $322.00
Nov. 2023 $1,127.00 $1,127.00
Staff Time - ECD
July ‘23-Jan ‘24 $132.75/hr 4.5 hours Executives $606.38 July ‘23- Jan ‘24 $78.44/hr 4.5 hours Management $352.98 Staff Time – Code
Enforcement
Code Enforcement Staff hours
spent on this relocation
assistance
Total Staff Hours $135.00/hr 45.5 hours $6,142.50
Unpaid Administrative
Fines
Total Citations 6 citations $32,200.00
TOTAL $46,859.16
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