CITY COUNCIL
MEETING
APRIL 1, 2025
DOCUMENTS
RECEIVED AFTER
PUBLISHED AGENDA
Item #5
WS 25-015
Community
Agency Funding
From: Fayeth Gardens
Sent: Tuesday, April 1, 2025 2:07 PM
To: List-Mayor-Council
Cc: Emily Hwang; Regina Youngblood
Subject: REVISED: Public Comment: Agenda Item WS 25-016 CAUTION:This is an external email. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you know the content is safe.
Greetings Honorable Mayor Salinas and City Council Members:
We would like to thank the CSC for recommending 2025-26 General Funding for the Arts and Music Kwanzaa Project this year and would like your consideration of the following, regarding their recommendation.
Please note that we have submitted the CSC Survey to Emily Hwang as of this date, regarding our recommendations for the CSC Funding Process changes, so that topic will not be addressed herein.
1) While in FY 2024-25 we received $20,955. for the Kwanzaa Project and served 164 clients, which is over 50% of the service quantity contracturally anticipated for the Kwanzaa Project; this year the recommended funding amount was slashed to over 50% - despite our exceeding the metrics originally proposed for the project. 2) As the National funding trend has changed to discounting the value of diversity and DEI, to the point of assigning punitive measures to agencies who hold opposing views to that dogma, we are questioning if the City of Hayward funding recommendations are not tied to the achievement of goals set forth for the program, that the bodies assigned to fund the projects serving the City of Hayward are being adversely influenced by other anti-diversity policies - despite the City's public statements to the contrary. 3) As stated above, due to current national policies that directly affect the flow of funding to Arts and Music projects of a cultural nature, it is more challenging than ever to raise funds outside of, or despite, local governmental support.
So to have the recommended Kwanzaa Project budget slashed to over 50%, with the expectation that we can "get the funding from somewhere else" is either: •unrealistic to the current times for attracting funding or
•belies a shift in the stated policies of Hayward to honor or support diversity or, that, •despite a new agency, cultural program exceeding its stated goals in an atmosphere straught with obstacles strewn in its way to seemingly (?) prevent it from doing so; exceeding contractural goals seems not to be an important metric for funding. 4) So our question to this body of public servants and civic leaders, who are respectfully tasked with the essential responsibilities of spending our hard-earned tax dollars to represent us and serve the citizens of Hayward who support you:
what are the metrics that an agency can look to and construct programs, within funding guidelines, in order to deliver meaningful services in our City that elevate and represent all communities that call Hayward home?
I appreciate your service and recognize the importance of the tasks you have chosen to undertake.
Sincerely,
Velda Goe
FAYETH GARDENS
Est'd 2014
From: Julie Machado
Sent: Tuesday, April 1, 2025 3:16 PM
To: List-Mayor-Council
Subject: Please Support Sun Gallery
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Hello. I would like to speak up in support of the Sun Gallery, which has gotten yearly grants in the past.
It is unfortunate that the Sun Gallery is not being recommended tonight, due to circumstances beyond their control - meaning, the previous management of the organization last year. We, the members, recalled the previous board late 2024, and we now have a fully new board in place. This board includes seasoned leadership from Dorsi Diaz and Carl Gorringe.
I have full confidence that the renewed Sun Gallery has the skill and abilities to move forward to represent the Hayward community as it has for most of its many-decades existence.
However, in order to stay in existence, the Sun Gallery does need some operating funds.
Right now, they are pretty much fully volunteer, but the PG&E bill still needs to be paid. It would be a shame to be able to pull the Sun out of serious difficulties of one kind only to have it hit with serious financial problems.
I urge Council Members to consider the long history of public service to our community given by the Sun Gallery. The world so desperately needs creative spaces and art and positivity right now, and the Sun Gallery is poised, once again, to offer this to Hayward.
Please consider supporting it with some form of grant funding tonight.
Thank you,
Julie Machado
Hayward CA 94541
Item #7
PH 25-013
City Master Fee
Schedule
DATE: March 28, 2025
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Director of Finance
THROUGH: City Manager
SUBJECT: Public Hearing for City Master Fee Schedule: Adopt a Resolution Approving the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Master Fee Schedule, Fine and Bail Schedules, and Finding the Action is Exempt from CEQA Review (Report from Interim Finance Director Etman) (PH 25-013)
RECOMMENDATION
That Council adopts the attached resolution (Attachment II) presenting the FY 2026 Master Fee Schedule and the Fine and Bail Schedule. The originally posted resolution (Attachment II) does not list “Fine and Bail Schedule” in the text of the document. Attachment VIA – Exhibit A, has also been included. It is listed on the staff report cover page but absent from the attachments in the packet of the agenda.
Recommended by: Sharif Etman, Interim Director of Finance Approved by:
Dr. Ana M. Alvarez, City Manager
ATTACHMENT II
HAYWARD CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. 25-
Introduced by Council Member
RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE FY 2026 MASTER FEE SCHEDULE THAT REFLECTS
UPDATED FEES AND CHARGES FOR DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY OF HAYWARD
AND THE FINE AND BAIL SCHEDULE MODIFICATION AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 24 -197 AND ALL AMENDMENTS THERETO AND FINDING
THAT THE ACTION IS EXEMPT FROM CEQA REVIEW
WHEREAS, Section 15273 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines states that CEQA does not apply to the establishment, modification, structuring, restructuring, or approval of rates, tolls, fares, and other charges by public agencies which the public agency finds are for the purposes of:
1. Meeting operating expenses, including employee wage rates and fringe benefits;
2. Purchasing or leasing supplies, equipment, or materials;
3. Meeting financial reserve needs and requirements;
4. Obtaining funds necessary for capital projects necessary to maintain service within existing service areas; or
5. Obtaining funds necessary to maintain intra-city transfers as are authorized by City Charter; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that this action is exempt from CEQA based on the foregoing provisions; and
WHEREAS, in November 2010, California voters approved Proposition 26, which amended Article XIII C of the State Constitution regarding the adoption of fees and taxes.
Proposition 26 seeks to assure that taxes, which must be approved by the voters, are not disguised as fees, which can be approved by legislative bodies, such as a city council. The proposed Master Fee Schedule (MFS) is compliant.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Hayward hereby adopts with changes the Master Fee Schedule and the Fine and Bail Schedule, relating to fees and charges for all departments of the City of Hayward incorporated herein by reference and as outlined in the October 8, 2024, City Council report; either on its face or as applied, the invalidity of one provision shall not affect the other provisions of this Master Fee Schedule and the Fine and Bail Schedule, and the applications thereof; and to that end the provisions of this Master Fee Schedule and the Fine and Bail Schedule shall be deemed severable.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Resolution No. 24-197, and all amendments thereto are hereby rescinded.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution shall become effective as of July 1, 2025.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this action is determined to be exempt from CEQA review pursuant to Section 15273 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines based on the findings stated herein.
IN COUNCIL, HAYWARD, CALIFORNIA April 1, 2025.
ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
MAYOR:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Hayward
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney of the City of Hayward
ATTACHMENT II
HAYWARD CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. 25-
Introduced by Council Member
RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE FY 2026 MASTER FEE SCHEDULE THAT REFLECTS
UPDATED FEES AND CHARGES FOR DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY OF HAYWARD
AND THE FINE AND BAIL SCHEDULE MODIFICATION AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 24 -197 AND ALL AMENDMENTS THERETO AND FINDING
THAT THE ACTION IS EXEMPT FROM CEQA REVIEW
WHEREAS, Section 15273 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines states that CEQA does not apply to the establishment, modification, structuring, restructuring, or approval of rates, tolls, fares, and other charges by public agencies which the public agency finds are for the purposes of:
1. Meeting operating expenses, including employee wage rates and fringe benefits;
2. Purchasing or leasing supplies, equipment, or materials;
3. Meeting financial reserve needs and requirements;
4. Obtaining funds necessary for capital projects necessary to maintain service within existing service areas; or
5. Obtaining funds necessary to maintain intra-city transfers as are authorized by City Charter; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that this action is exempt from CEQA based on the foregoing provisions; and
WHEREAS, in November 2010, California voters approved Proposition 26, which amended Article XIII C of the State Constitution regarding the adoption of fees and taxes.
Proposition 26 seeks to assure that taxes, which must be approved by the voters, are not disguised as fees, which can be approved by legislative bodies, such as a city council. The proposed Master Fee Schedule (MFS) is compliant.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Hayward hereby adopts with changes the Master Fee Schedule and the Fine and Bail Schedule , relating to fees and charges for all departments of the City of Hayward incorporated herein by reference and as outlined in the October 8, 2024, City Council report; either on its face or as applied, the invalidity of one provision shall not affect the other provisions of this Master Fee Schedule and the Fine and Bail Schedule , and the applications thereof; and to that end the provisions of this Master Fee Schedule and the Fine and Bail Schedule shall be deemed severable.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Resolution No. 24-197, and all amendments thereto are hereby rescinded.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution shall become effective as of July 1, 2025.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this action is determined to be exempt from CEQA review pursuant to Section 15273 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines based on the findings stated herein.
IN COUNCIL, HAYWARD, CALIFORNIA April 1, 2025.
ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
MAYOR:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Hayward
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney of the City of Hayward
Section Offense Bail (2017) Proposal (2026)
Uniform Fire Code
9.01.4 Parked in Fire Lane $218.50 $218.50
Hayward Municipal Code
Chapter 4
4-15.20(a) Administrative Penalty associated with the Social Nuisance Ordinance
- 1st violation within a 12 month period: $750.00 $750.00 - 2nd violation within a 12 month period: $1,200.00 $1,200.00 - 3rd violation within a 12 month period: $2,500.00 $2,500.00 - Add'l violations within a 12 month period: $5,000.00 $5,000.00 Chapter 6 Violation of any provision regulating TAXICABS is subject to Government Code section 36900:
- 1st violation within a 12 month period (infraction): $100.00 $100.00 - 2nd violation within a 12 month period (infraction): $200.00 $200.00 - 3rd violation within a 12 month period (infraction): $500.00 $500.00 - Add'l violations within a 12 month period (misdemeanor) $500.00 $500.00 6-5.04(a) Insurance
6-5.04(b) Taxicab Stands
6-5.04(c) Standing on Streets
6-5.04(d) Soliciting Passengers
6-5.04(e) Direct Route
6-5.04(f) Business License
6-5.04(g) Mechanical Condition
6-5.04(h) Exterior Condition
6-5.04(I) Complaint Procedure
6-5.04(j) Information to be posted in taxicabs
6-5.04(k) Excessive Charges
6-5.04(l) Sanitary Condition
6-5.04(m) Fire Extinguisher
6-5.04(n) Baggage
6-5.04(o) Refusal to Pay Fine
6-5.04(p) Refusal to Carry Passengers
6-5.04(q) Unlicensed Taxicabs
6-5.04(r) Taxicab Identification
6-5.04(s) Driver’s License and Permit
6-5.04(t) Operation certificate and license
6-5.04(u) Waybills Required
City of Hayward Traffic Code
Fine and Bail Schedule
Updated 4/1/2025
All fines not paid within legal time requirements will be assessed a penalty (total amount due will be the fine amount plus a penalty) (penalty equals double the fine amount plus an administration fee of $18)
ATTACHMENT VIA
EXHIBIT A
Section Offense Bail (2017) Proposal (2026)
City of Hayward Traffic Code
Fine and Bail Schedule
Updated 4/1/2025
All fines not paid within legal time requirements will be assessed a penalty (total amount due will be the fine amount plus a penalty) (penalty equals double the fine amount plus an administration fee of $18) Hayward Traffic Code
5.02 Obediance to Traffic Control Devices $297.50 $297.50
6.01.1 No Parking - Red Curb Zone $75.00 $79.00
6.01.2 Yellow Curb, Loading Zone $75.00 $79.00
6.01.3 White Curb, Passenger Loading Zone $75.00 $79.00
6.01.4 Green Curb Zone - Over Time Limit $75.00 $79.00
6.01.5 Blue Curb, Disabled Persons Zone $337.50 $337.50
6.05 Parking in Alley $75.00 $79.00
6.06 Bus Zone $287.50 $287.50
6.23 Municipal Lot/City Property Special Restrictions $75.00 $79.00
6.23h Disabled Persons Stall $337.50 $337.50
6.24 Selling on Street/City Property $242.50 $242.50
6.30 Over Time Limit $75.00 $79.00
6.32 Commercial Vehicle, Over Posted Time Limit $129.50 $129.50
6.33 Commercial Vehicle in Residential Area $129.50 $129.50
6.35 Not Parked within Designated Space $75.00 $79.00
6.36(a) Residential Permit Parking only $75.00 $79.00
6.36(b) BART Commuter Parking on Designated Streets $55.00 $55.00
6.37 Driving Off Interstate Truck Route $75.00 $79.00
6.38 Commercial Vehicle in Posted No Parking $129.50 $129.50
6.39a Parked off Pavement or Not Leading to Garage $107.50 $107.50
8.10 Double Parked $75.00 $79.00
8.11 No Parking in Parkways $75.00 $79.00
8.12 Parked on Street over 72 Hours $75.00 $79.00
8.13 Parking on Street for Sale or Repairs $107.50 $107.50
8.14 Private Property Parking $107.50 $107.50
8.15 Disabled Persons Stall, Private Property $337.50 $337.50
8.17 Narrow Street Posted No Parking $75.00 $79.00
8.18 Parked on Hill, Wheels not Curbed $75.00 $79.00
8.20.3 Posted No Parking $75.00 $79.00
8.20.4 No parking - Street Sweeping Zone $75.00 $79.00
8.21 Not 18", not Parallel to Left Side One Way $75.00 $79.00
8.22 Parked at Angle $75.00 $79.00
8.30 Temporary No Parking Area $75.00 $79.00
8.39 Leaving Attended Parking Lot without Paying $75.00 $79.00
8.50 Blocking Crosswalk $75.00 $79.00
Section Offense Bail (2017) Proposal (2026)
City of Hayward Traffic Code
Fine and Bail Schedule
Updated 4/1/2025
All fines not paid within legal time requirements will be assessed a penalty (total amount due will be the fine amount plus a penalty) (penalty equals double the fine amount plus an administration fee of $18) California Vehicle Code
21113a Violate Restriction on School Grounds, etc. $75.00 $79.00 22500a No Parking in an Intersection $75.00 $79.00
22500b Parked Across Crosswalk $75.00 $79.00
22500d Parking W/I 15' of Fire Station Driveway $75.00 $79.00 22500e Parked Blocking Driveway $75.00 $79.00
22500f Parked on Sidewalk $75.00 $79.00
22500g Parked Adjacent To or Opposite Street Excavation $75.00 $79.00 22500h Double Parked $75.00 $79.00
22500i Bus Passenger Loading Zone w/Red Curb $287.50 $287.50 22500j No Parking in Tunnel or Tube $75.00 $79.00
22500k No Parking on a Bridge $75.00 $79.00
22500n (1) No Parking within 20' of an intersection New $79.00 22500n (2) No Parking within 15' of a crosswalk New $79.00 22502a Parked Wrong Side of Road/over 18" from Curb $75.00 $79.00 22507.8a Disabled Parking Space $340.50 $340.50
22507.8c Disabled Access Area $340.50 $340.50
22507b Disabled Parking - Obstruct or Block Access $340.50 $340.50 22513 Tow Truck on Freeway $75.00 $79.00
22514 Park w/in 15' of Fire Hydrant $75.00 $79.00
22515 Unattended Vehicle with Motor Running $75.00 $79.00 22516 Locked Vehicle Person Inside Can't Escape $113.50 $113.50 22521 Parking on or w/in 7.5' of Railroad Track $75.00 $79.00 22522 Block Sidewalk Ramp for Disabled Painted Red $340.50 $340.50 22523a Vehicle Abandoned on Highway or Street $460.50 $460.50 22523b Vehicle Abandoned on Private Property $460.50 $460.50 25300e Warning Device Parked Vehicle $75.00 $79.00
26708 Tinted windshield $75.00 $79.00
26710 Defective windshield $75.00 $79.00
27155 No gas cap $75.00 $79.00
27465b Bald tire $75.00 $79.00
4000a No evidence of current registration $75.00 $79.00 40226 Dismissal of Handicap Citation $75.00 $79.00
4462b Display false tab $75.00 $79.00
5200 No plate $75.00 $79.00
5204a Expired tags $75.00 $79.00
Memorandum
Department of Public Works & Utilities T: 510.583.4700 TTD: 510.247.3340 777 B Street, Hayward, CA 94541 www.hayward-ca.gov
DATE: June 6, 2025
TO
: Christina Crosby, D eputy Director of Finance
FR
OM: Alex Ameri, Director of Public Works
SUBJECT: Proposed Revisions to Master Fee Schedule FY 2026 – Traffic Impact Fees The Department of Public Works and Utilities requests the following changes to the section of the Master Fee Schedule pertaining to Services (Engineering and Transportation Services, Section B).
A t
raffic impact fee (TIF) is a one-time fee imposed on new development projects to help mitigate the cumulative transportation impacts of development growth. TIFs imposed on new development are linked to the concept that traffic generated by the proposed development will cause traffic deficiencies.
TIFs help ensure that future developers pay their fair share toward transportation improvements in order to minimize future impacts. Improvement include addition of bicycle and pedestrian facilities, installation of traffic signals, efficient re-timing of signals, and increase in capacity for all modes of transportation.
In
May 2022, City Council adopted a TIF, which considered the recommendations of a TIF Study performed by Nexus Study. The resolution also included the adoption of Hayward Municipal Code Chapter 10, Article 30 – Property Developers - Traffic Impact Fees. TIF fees are currently applicable to single family residential, townhome, industrial, and distribution developments. The City Council also adopted a maximum TIF rate for multi-family residential, retail and office land uses; however, the rate for those land uses is currently set at $0.
Per
the adopted TIF Resolution #22-134 and Ordinance #22-05, the TIF shall be automatically adjusted annually on the first of the fiscal year based on the preceding calendar year average California Construction Cost Index (CCI) for the San Francisco Bay Area published by the Engineering News Record (ENR)” and “In no event shall the annual adjustment result in a fee that exceed the maximum fee rate previously adopted by the City Council.”
Th
e CCI annual average for calendar year 2024 was –0.14%. To align with CCI adjustments, staff recommend including the following changes to the Master Fee Schedule starting FY 2026:
EXHIBIT A
Department of Public Works & Utilities T: 510.583.4700 TTD: 510.247.3340 777 B Street, Hayward, CA 94541 F: 510.583.3610 www.hayward-ca.gov
Fee Type
Maximum
Allowable
(Per CC
5/24/22)
Adopted MFS FY25
CCI Adjustment at
2.69%
Proposed MFS FY26
Adjustment at -0.14%
Residential Per Unit Per Unit Per Unit
(1) Single-Family
Residence/Unit $ 11,584 $ 3,942 $3,936
(2) Townhome/Unit $ 7,761 $ 3,942 $3,936
(3) Multi-family/Unit $ 7,761 $ -
Non-Residential Per KSF Per KSF
(1) Retail/KSF $ 19,460 $ -
(2) Office/KSF $ 16,449 $ -
(3) General
Industrial/KSF $ 4,633 $ 3,679 $3,674
(4) Distribution or e-
commerce/KSF $ 8,224 $ 6,531 $6,522
In addition, staff is proposing an update to the Appeal Fee associated with the TIF. The Appeal Fee may be charged to a developer of a project who wishes to appeal the imposition and/or calculation of the TIF. Any development applicant aggrieved by any decision of the Public Works – Transportation Division with respect to the amount of such fee, interest, and imposition, if any, may appeal to the City Manager.
To align with CCI adjustments, staff recommend including the following changes to the Master Fee Schedule starting FY 2026:
Fee Type Current
Proposed MFS FY26 CCI
Adjustment at -0.14%
Appeal Fee $454 $453
Public Comment
From: JV <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 1, 2025 6:58 PM
To: Miriam Lens ; CityClerk ; List-Mayor-Council
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Public Comments: Seeking Redress of my Concerns Formally:
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April 1, 2025
City of Hayward
City Council
California
Emailed to: [email protected]
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[email protected]
Re: Public Comments: Seeking Redress of My Concerns Formally.
Dear Mayor and Council Members:
I am a public member who has written to you all recently requesting you to put my concerns about HPD, Hayward Animal Shelter, City Attorney and other on council meetings agenda soon.
Hayward PD Records division staff has failed to return my calls for long now. They are illegally withholding public records.
City Attorney Mr. Michael Lawson is unresponsive to my calls and has ignored to resolve the HPD and HAS related concerns.
I have been harmed by all in tremendous way now.
My matters are urgent in nature and I need the records requested and further wish to request.
I submit you please address these matters without further due.
I need my time to focus on many other serious things happening to me such as detailed in my Change.org petition below.
https://www.change.org/ProsecuteBrentHanna
I submit this incidence to you to help you know how I am under attack daily and HPD is an accomplice of FPD in my being targetted.
It must end.
Thank you,
J e ff V.