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File Number: 21-257 <br />proposed estimated departmental revenues total $6,510,000, or approximately 5% of the <br />General Fund operating revenues. Modifications to the City’s fee schedule to remain up-to-date <br />with escalating operating costs are generally completed on an annual basis. However, as part of <br />the biennial budget, staff is proposing to fund a more comprehensive study of fees for service to <br />ensure costs are recovered as much as possible. This was one of the eleven Community <br />Advisory Budget Task Force’s recommendations. <br /> Attached to the resolution accompanying this report is the City of San Leandro Fee Schedule <br />that provides details of current fees, adjustments, eliminations and additions of new fees. <br />The proposed fees are shown in bold and italics. The proposed charges are in the right column <br />and are printed in bold. The new fees are reflected in red bold italics text. <br />The following summarizes departmental changes to the fee schedule for 2021-2022: <br />City-wide - No changes <br />Community Development <br />·Increased fees associated with building permits, code enforcement, and planning per CPI at <br />1.84%; <br />·New fee proposed for SB 330 Housing Project <br />Engineering & Transportation <br />·Park facilities development impact fees increased based on the Engineering News Record <br />(ENR) construction cost index; <br />·Overhead utility conversion increased by ENR for underground utilities factor; <br />·Traffic division adjusted Development Fee Street Improvement (DFSI) and the Traffic Impact <br />fees by the ENR escalation factor; and <br />·One new technology fee was added <br />Finance - No changes <br />Fire - No changes <br />Library <br />·Eliminated seven fees to reflect City Council action taken on 3/1/2021 <br />·Eliminated inter-library loan fees to improve customer service <br />·Eliminated rental video/DVD and fax services which are no longer provided; <br />·Increased Attendant on-duty fee for meeting facility <br />Police <br />·Eliminated vehicle verification service which is no longer provided; <br />·Increased ten fees to offset road maintenance costs due to damage caused by large vehicles; <br />·Increased two fees to align with rise in costs of processing citations <br />Public Works <br />Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 4/29/2021 <br />27