Development Services Department
Housing Division
777 B Street
Hayward, CA 94541-5007
T: 510.583.4454 | F: 510.583.3650 | www.hayward-ca.gov
Interoffice Memorandum
DATE: February 28, 2025
TO: Regina Youngblood, Acting Director of Finance and Assistant City Manager THROUGH: Christina Morales, Deputy Director of Development Services FROM: Sara Buizer, Director of Development Services
SUBJECT: FY 26 Master Fee Schedule Update
The Housing Division under the Development Services Department is tasked with servicing residential and rental housing development loans and administering the resale restrictions related to the City’s Below Market Rate (BMR) housing portfolio as well as the administration and compliance of the Affordable Housing Ordinance (AHO), Residential Rent Stabilization and Tenant Protection Ordinance (RRSO) and Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordinance (TRAO), including the collection of fees related to each ordinance.
Although the Affordable Housing In-Lieu Fee is administered by the Housing Division, the fee is listed under the Planning Division to consolidate all fees related to development for a streamlined user experience. The following item is a requested update to the Master Fee Schedule.
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT
NEW FEE -BUILDING PERMIT FEES
• Addition of Building Permit Review Fees to recover staff costs associated with review of building permit applications to ensure compliance monitoring of the Affordable Housing Ordinance. Approximately . 30 FTE is utilized to review permit applications to ensure compliance prior to the issuance of building permits. Proposed fees are anticipated to recover approximately 75% of the costs . Fees ha ve been calculated based on an average time to review applications using the Housing Division fully burdened rate included in the City of Hayward 2024 User Fee Study. The following are the proposed fees based application type:
o ADU Plan Review - $158 (50% cost recovery)
o Single Family Home and Multifamily 4 units or less Plan Review - $474 o Multifamily Plan Review -$790
o Master Plan Review- $316
o Plot Plan Review-$474
B. PLANNING
Item 40 – Affordable Housing In-Lieu Fee
ATTACHMENT V
Development Services Department
Housing Division
777 B Street
Hayward, CA 94541-5007
T: 510.583.4454 | F: 510.583.3650 | www.hayward-ca.gov
• This fee decreased 0.3% based on the January 2025 CCI % change in the attached ENR report and is authorized by Resolution 17-167, as amended by Resolution 23-074.
F. HOUSING
Item 1 – Rent Stabilization Administration
• Update the payment due date to remove the year since the Master Fee Schedule is adopted each year, the due date is understood to be August 31 of the current fiscal year.
Item 3 – Loan Servicing
• Rename the title of this section (from “Loan Servicing” to “Loan Servicing and Monitoring”) as well as some of the fees (from “Subordination Fee” to “Refinance/Subordination Fee” and from “Loan Modification Fee” to “Loan and Agreement Modification Fee”) for clarity. • An updated F ully Burdened Hourly Rate for Housing Division was calculated by Wildan as part of the User Fee Study and approved by City Council in Resolution 24-187. Reference to Housing Division’s Fully Burdened Hourly Rate was not updated in the Adopted FY25 Master Fee Schedule effective January 1, 2025 and this change is to correct the Master Fee Schedule moving forward.
Attached:
Attachment A – Summary of Requested FY26 Master Fee Updates (changes in red) ENR Report
Resolution 17-167
Resolution 23-074
Wildan User Fee Study Report dated August 20, 2024
Resolution 24-187
Cc: Sara Buizer, Director of Development Services
Christina Morales, Deputy Director of Development Services Jeremy Lochirco, Planning Manager
Tera Maroney, Management Analyst