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11/23/2020 RESOLUTION NO. 15919 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY ADOPTING RELOCATION ASSISTANCE FEES FOR THE HOUSING DIVISION WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Redwood City ("City") is empowered to impose reasonable fees, rates, and charges to offset the costs for municipal services; and WHEREAS, on July 23, 2018, the City Council adopted the Relocation Assistance Ordinance, requiring landlords to provide relocation assistance to lower income tenants who are displaced; and WHEREAS, the City's Housing Division implements City Code Chapter 42 (Relocation Assistance) and wishes to recover the costs associated with providing these relocation assistance services; and WHEREAS, Matrix Consulting Group conducted a Cost of Services (User Fee) Study with respect to certain user fees in order to determine the cost to the City of providing such services and provided a final report to the City dated February 16, 2017; and WHEREAS, the City of Redwood City Master Fee Schedule does not currently have fees to recover the costs associated with providing relocation assistance services; and WHEREAS, it is the general policy of the City to charge for the full costs of services provided by City staff when such services benefit individual users rather than members of the community as a whole; and WHEREAS, Section 42.6(F) of the City Code allows the City to collect an administrative fee in an amount set by resolution of the City Council; and WHEREAS, in order to better achieve the City's policy and cost recovery goals, the City Council deems it advisable and in the best interests of the City to adopt relocation assistance fees as set forth in Exhibit A, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference (the "Proposed Fees"); and WHEREAS, a duly -noticed public hearing was held by the City Council on November 23, 2020 regarding the adoption of relocation assistance fees for the Housing Division; and WHEREAS, at least 10 days prior to the public hearing, the City made available to the public data indicating the amount of cost, or estimated cost, required to provide the service for which each fee or service is charge is levied and the revenue sources anticipated to provide the service, including General Fund revenues. ATTY/RESO.0137/CC RESO ADOPTING RELOCATION ASSISTANCE FEES FOR THE HOUSING DIVISION RESO. NO. 15919 REV: 11-17-2020 PR MUFF NO. 205 Page 1 of 3