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IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO RESOLUTION NO. 2026-069 RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING RENT PROGRAM FEES FOR THE RENTAL REGISTRY AND RENT STABILIZATION PROGRAMS AND APPROVING A GENERAL FUND LOAN OF $2,230,500 AT 4.03% INTEREST FOR A MAXIMUM TERM OF SIX YEARS WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2025-002 on April 21, 2025, establishing Chapter 4-45 of the San Leandro Municipal Code, requiring all residential landlords to annually register rental units with the City and authorizing the City Council to establish a program fee by Resolution to recover the City’s costs of administering the Rental Registry; and WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2025-013 on October 20, 2025, amending Section 4-45-120(a) to revise the Rental Registry filing deadline from January 31 to July 31, 2026; and WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2026-001 on February 2, 2026, establishing Chapter 4-46 of the San Leandro Municipal Code, creating the Residential Rent Stabilization program effective January 1, 2027, and authorizing the City Council to establish a program fee by Resolution to recover the City’s costs of administering the Rent Stabilization program; and WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2026-045 on April 20, 2026, establishing a Rent Program Special Revenue Fund, authorizing six full-time equivalent positions for the Rent Program, and appropriating $2,230,433 for the Fiscal Year 2026-27 Rent Program budget; and WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2026-002 on May 4, 2026, amending Section 4-45-120(a) to revise the Rental Registry annual filing deadline from July 31 to January 31, with the first annual registration statement due no later than January 31, 2027; and WHEREAS, the City retained NBS Government Finance Group (“NBS”) to prepare a Fee Analysis for the Rental Registry and Rent Stabilization Programs, dated May 12, 2026 (the “Fee Study”) a true and correct copy of which is on file with the City Clerk and presented to the City Council at this meeting; and WHEREAS, the Fee Study calculates eligible program costs and determines that the maximum permissible fees at 100% full cost recovery are: (i) $149 per unit, per year for the Rental Registry (Base Rent Program Fee), applicable to all rentable units subject to Chapter 4-45; and (ii) $109 per unit, per year for the Rent Stabilization program (Additional Rent Stabilization Program Fee), applicable to units subject to Chapter 4-46. The Fee Study reflects pro-rated costs based on the Rent Stabilization Ordinance's January 1, 2027 effective date; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the fees established by this Resolution, including the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 (FY 2027) fees set forth herein, do not exceed the reasonable cost of providing the regulatory services for which the fees are imposed, as required by California Constitution Article XIII C, Section 1(e); and