Agda Pkt 2026.05.11 Joint SA PFA

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Page 8 of 9 City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.org regulations helps to successfully implement the TPO by making the ordinance more accessible and understandable to all members of the community. Adoption of the FRR Guidelines helps in establishing a clear and objective process for determining a fair rate of return. To ensure that the impact of the TPO aligns with the intent of the TPO over time, the City will be tracking data on notices of termination for no-fault just cause terminations submitted to the City, relocation assistance applications, tenant/landlord inquiries, fair rate of return appeal applications, City costs for implementation, and fees collected from landlords. In addition, the City will continue to work in close partnership with Project Sentinel to collect additional information on the housing issues residents and landlords are facing. Data on these metrics will be published annually. FISCAL IMPACT The proposed fees represent the cost of administering relocation assistance and fair rate of return appeal services. The fees would be paid by landlords who initiate no-fault just cause terminations resulting in a tenant applying for greater relocation assistance or when landlords submit a fair rate of return appeal. To the extent the City does not fully recover its administrative cost for those services, General Fund dollars will offset the activities. This may require budget amendments for the Housing Division depending on the level of relocation and fair rate of return appeals activity. Costs for the initial implementation and enforcement of the TPO, including staff time and ongoing General Fund expenditure of approximately $25,000 per year for software, and $68,000 per year for Project Sentinel’s services for the Tenant and Landlord Counseling Services Program, have already been factored into the budget. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW This activity is not a project under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as defined in CEQA Guidelines, section 15378, because it has no potential for resulting in either a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. PUBLIC NOTICE Pursuant to California Government Code Sections 6062a, notice of the public hearing was published at least 10 days in advance and was published twice in the San Mateo Daily Journal with at least five days between publications. Public notification was also achieved by posting the agenda, with the agenda items being listed, at least 72 hours prior to the meeting. As noted above, the City also held a four-week public comment period on the draft administrative regulations and FRR appeal guidelines, which were shared with the community through several of the City’s email listservs, including the Anti-Displacement Strategy list, housing newsletter list, a landlord contact list include all landlords that hold business licenses. The draft administrative regulations and FRR appeal guidelines were also shared with key stakeholders including the California Apartment Association. 8.A. - Page 8 of 85 266