1. Mayor’s Regulatory Relief Task Force
December 5, 2011

2. Task Force Purpose
Offer recommendations to expand economic freedom in Anaheim by reducing the regulatory burden on businesses
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3. Task Force Goals Reduce Time Reduce Cost Increase Certainty
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4. Building a Freedom Culture
Recommendation 1:
Make expanding economic freedom a central mission of the City by taking on the role as advocate for the business applicant in their efforts to build and expand.
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5. Building a Freedom Culture
Recommendation 2:
Institutionalize the new mission
 Track Development Outcomes
 Celebrate Successes
 Create Vested Ownership in Success
 Continuous Improvement
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6. Building a Freedom Culture
Recommendation 3:
Expand Project Concierge Program
Recommendation 4:
Provide more discretion to staff
Recommendation 5:
Marketing Anaheim's Freedom Agenda
Managing the evidence
Make “ economic freedom” Anaheim’s brand
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7. Streamlining Development Processes
Recommendation 6:
Use Minimum Code Requirements as the Maximum Requirement
"Building Bill of Rights”
Verification
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8. Streamlining Development Processes
Recommendation 7:
Reduce the Types of Businesses that Need Conditional Use Permits to Open
Recommendation 8:
Reduce Permit Requirements
Eliminate Approximately One Third of the Permits Required
Eliminate Costly Annual Renewal Requirements for Regulatory Permits
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9. Streamlining Development Processes
Recommendation 9:
Reduce Median CUP Processing Time to 60 Days
Recommendation 10:
Provide the Same Information to Owners, Architects and Contractors
Recommendation 11:
Expedited Plan Check Process
Recommendation 12:
Refund Fees for Missed Deadlines
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10. Streamlining Development Processes
Recommendation 13:
Identify Common Corrections
Recommendation 14:
Increase Efficiency of Inspections
Better Access
Faster Response Times
More Notice
Recommendation 15:
Improve Online Services
Expand Online Permitting
Clarify Requirements Online
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11. Reduce Taxes and Fees Recommendation 16: Recommendation 17:
Impact Fees
Park Impact Fees
Library impact fees
Recommendation 17:
Fire Department's Preliminary Fee Restructuring
Eliminate fees for some permits
Reduce rates for remaining permits percent
Reduce inspection rates 70 percent
Eliminate redundant fees
Streamlining fee structure and publishing it online.

12. Questions
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