CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. _________
AMENDING MASTER FEE RESOLUTION NO. 12191 TO REVISE CITY ATTORNEY OFFICE AND RENT PROGRAM FEES WHEREAS, the Alameda Municipal Code and the California Government Code provide that the City Council shall set fees reasonable to recover the cost of providing various services by resolution; and WHEREAS, the City Council, at the August 27, 1991 Special City Council meeting directed City staff to amend the Alameda Municipal Code to reflect that City fees shall be set by City Council Resolution; and WHEREAS, the City periodically amends Resolution No. 12191 and updates its Master Fee Schedule to account for various cost increases relating to municipal programs, services and activities; and WHEREAS, the City has experienced and anticipates continuing increases in the costs to operate and maintain municipal government citywide; and WHEREAS, the June 2, 2026, Staff Report including Exhibit 1 (the “Staff Report”) provided by staff in support of the amendments to Resolution No. 12191 includes proposed fees and charges, and documentation supporting the estimated and reasonable costs for continuing to provide the various government services; and WHEREAS, the investigations conducted by staff reflected in the Staff Report show that existing revenues are and will be insufficient to cover the current and projected costs of operating and maintaining identified government activities, service and programs; and WHEREAS, the fee modifications and additions proposed by staff, and the facts and analysis in support thereof, are identified in the Staff Report; and WHEREAS, the Staff Report shows that revenues derived from the proposed fees and charges will not exceed the funds required to provide the related government activities, services and programs of the government; and WHEREAS, the Staff Report shows that the amounts of the proposed fees and charges will not exceed the proportional cost of service provided or benefit attributable to each fee payer; and WHEREAS, the Staff Report shows that the proposed fees and charges for a product, benefit or service are imposed for a specific government product, benefit or service provided directly to the payer that is not provided to those not charged, and does not exceed the reasonable costs to the City of providing the product, benefit or service; and WHEREAS, State law authorizes local governments to charge fees for services based on the estimated reasonable cost of providing the service for which the fee is charged; and WHEREAS, the City Council is authorized to increase fees annually by the percentage increase in consumer and/or construction price indices for the San Francisco Bay Area.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Alameda that the foregoing recitals are true and correct and are hereby incorporated herein as findings and determinations of the City Council; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Master Fee Schedule as set forth in Resolution No. 12191, as amended, is hereby amended to modify and establish the fees assessed by the City Attorney’s Office, and the Rent Program, as set forth in Exhibit 1, attached hereto, incorporated herein and made a part hereof.
CITY ATTORNEY
Staff Hourly Rates
With Overhead
Without Overhead
Assistant City Attorney II
$370
$183
City Attorney
$474
$233
Paralegal
$170
$80
Program Fee Unit Fee Program Fee Unit Fee
Program Fee Unit Fee
Program Fee Unit Fee
Fully Regulated Units 1
Per Rental Unit
$176
Partially Regulated Units 2
Per Rental Unit
$118
Late Fee
10% per month up to 60%
1 Fully Regulated Units: Multi-unit properties (two or more units on a legal lot of record) for which a certificate of occupancy was issued prior to February 1995. These units are subject to all provisions in Ordinance 3250. 2 Partially Regulated Units: Single-family homes, condominiums, townhomes, permitted accessory dwelling units on the same lot as a single-family home, rent-subsidized units (such as units with tenants participating in the Section 8 program and not owned by the Housing Authority or by certain non-profit organizations) and units at multi-unit properties for which a certificate of occupancy was issued after February 1995. These units are subject to all provisions in Ordinance 3250, except for the rent control provisions that limit annual rent increases to an Annual General Adjustment. * * * * * *
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a regular meeting assembled on the 2nd day of June 2026, by the following vote to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said City this 3rd day of June 2026. ___________________
Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
City of Alameda
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
______________________________
Yibin Shen, City Attorney
City of Alameda
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