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Recommendation to Receive the Rent Program Regulatory Fee Study; and
Adoption of Resolution Adopting a Fee Program for the City's Rent Review, Rent Stabilization and Limitations on Evictions Ordinance and Implementing Policies. (Community Development 265)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jill Keimach, City Manager
Re: Receive the Rent Program Regulatory Fee Study and Adopt a Resolution Adopting a Fee Program for the City's Rent Review, Rent Stabilization and Limitations on Evictions Ordinance and Implementing Policies.
BACKGROUND
On February 16, 2016, the Alameda City Council introduced the Rent Review, Rent Stabilization and Limitations on Evictions Ordinance (Ordinance 3148) to protect local tenants from the rapidly increasing cost of rental housing that is the result of rising rents and a tight rental market. The Ordinance was adopted on March 1, 2016, and went into effect March 31, 2016.
Also on February 16, 2016, the City Council appropriated $300,000 to implement Ordinance 3148 through June 30, 2016, and to fund a fee study. On April 5, 2016, the City Council approved an additional $493,000 in General Fund monies to fund the program through December 31, 2016, if a fee is not timely adopted.
The City contracted with SCI Consulting Group (SCI) to determine the costs of administering Ordinance 3148 and any related policies, such as the Capital Improvement Plan Policy, and to develop an appropriate fee that would cover the cost of the program. SCI is a public finance consulting firm with over 30 years of experience in helping public agencies in California with planning, justifying and establishing new revenues for public services and capital improvements.
For the Fee Study, SCI worked closely with the Alameda Housing Authority, the Finance and the Community Development Departments and the City Attorney Office to understand all of the administrative and enforcement procedures necessar...
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