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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - April 19, 1993 Page - 25 - PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) was necessary to determine the fee for each individual parcel within the City. He said the fee has been determined to be $26.33 for the equivalent, single-family parcel of one-quarter acre or less. He said, from that, the fee can be derived for commercial , industrial , and other types of property. He said, for example, for a commercial parcel , it would be $210.64 per acre, per year; apartment/condominiums would be $157.98 per year, etc. Council Member Kerr asked if Mr. Taylor had information on what other cities in Southern Alameda County are charging. Mr. Taylor said Hayward's current fee is $14.80, with a proposed fee for 1993-94 of $25.64, which does not include storm line maintenance or inspection costs. He said every city is doing this a little differently. Council Member Corbett asked how Hayward proposed to fund those additional activities. Mr. Taylor said they would use Gas Tax for the storm lines, and their inspection process would be a little different from San Leandro's. He said the City of Fremont is currently studying the matter and will break it down into components, including a basic rate of $13.30. If they put their street sweeping in, it will be an additional $11 .28; catch basin cleaning and leaf removal would be an additional $6.00; which would total $38.58. He said, although they must comply with the Act, they can use their Gas Tax funds to pay for it if they have funds. He said the City of Newark is also studying the matter and is looking at a range of $14.00 to $35.00. He said the $14.00 represents only anything new and additional ; the $35.00 is the total cost to administer and implement the program. He said the City of Alameda currently has a $20 fee, which does not include the full cost of street sweeping and does not include any commercial/industrial inspection costs. He said the City of Livermore is currently $18.00, with a 10% surcharge on business and industrial parcels and a separate charge if there's a complaint on commercial/industrial . He said they do not include storm drain system inspections in the cost but will use Gas Tax. He said he did not hear from the City of Pleasanton. Council Member Faria asked how runoff from freeways would be handled. He said the freeways would contribute to the problems. Mr. Taylor said Cal -Trans feels they are exempt from being charged the fee. He said public agencies are generally excluded from Alameda County's calculations. He said it would be difficult at this time to spread costs for freeways between all the various jurisdictions. He said San Leandro is ensuring that Cal -Trans complies with the same standards with which the City is complying. He said the Regional Water Quality Control Board assures that they will forward a letter to Cal -Trans, advising them of their responsibility under the Clean Water Program.