Resolution 16287 CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 16287
FINDING [NO] MAJORITY PROTEST AND APPROVING THE
CONTINUATION AND COLLECTION OF THE EXISTING 2019 WATER
QUALITY AND FLOOD PROTECTION FEE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-26
WHEREAS, on July 16, 2019, the City Council of the City of Alameda adopted
Resolution No. 15574 initiating proceedings to obtain approval of the 2019 Water Quality and
Flood Protection Fee ("Fee"), which is a property related fee conforming to Article XIIID, Section
6 of the California Constitution; and
WHEREAS, on July 16, 2019, the City Council approved the Fee Report for the 2019
Water Quality and Flood Protection Fee ("Fee Report"),which sets forth the basis and the amount
of the Water Quality and Flood Protection Fees on various parcels of land to finance, in
compliance with Article XIIID of the Constitution, the Water Quality and Flood Protection Fee
program needs; and
WHEREAS, on October 1, 2019, the City Council introduced Ordinance No. 3258
establishing Chapter 18, Article IV of the Alameda Municipal Code for the purpose of establishing
the Water Quality and Flood Protection Fee and directed a mail ballot proceeding in accordance
with Article XIII of the Constitution, Section 53755.5 of the Government Code and Alameda
Resolution No. 15575; and
WHEREAS, on December 17, 2019, by its Resolution 15622, the City Council of the City
of Alameda found that the Fee was approved by 56.96% of the returned ballots from property
owners of the property subject to the fee and thereby ordered that the fees for fiscal year 2020-
21 be levied at the rates specified in the Fee Report; and
WHEREAS, Sections 18-32.3 through 18-33.3 of the Ordinance allows the City Council to
review the fee annually and apply a rate increase based on the change in the CPI and to collect
the fees on the property tax roll in the same manner, by the same persons, and at the same time
as, the general taxes; and
WHEREAS, provisions of California Health and Safety Code Section 5473.1, require a
public hearing to be held each year that the fees are to be collected on the property tax roll and a
notice to be published in a local newspaper; and
WHEREAS, the notice of the public hearing was published in local Alameda paper the
weeks of May 26 and June 2, 2025 notifying of the following: (a) the reason for the public hearing
— Method of Collection; (b) the date, time and place of the public hearing; and (c) a summary of
the effect of a majority protest; and
WHEREAS, an annual written report containing a summary of the fees to be charged and
a description of the parcels of real property subject to the Fee was filed with City Clerk; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing was held in the City Council Chambers on June 17, 2025;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Alameda finds and determines as follows:
1. There is a need in the City to continue collecting the 2019 Water Quality and Flood
Protection Fee to cover the costs of the Clean Water Program.
2. The facts and evidence presented establish that there is a reasonable relationship
between the need for this fee and the impacts for which this fee shall be used,
and that there is a reasonable relationship between the fee's use and the
properties, which are to be charged this fee. These relationships or nexuses are
described in more detail in the above referenced Fee Report; and
3. The change in the Consumer Price Index from December 2023 to December 2024
was 2.378%, which is less than the maximum of 3%, and
4. The amounts of the fee for each category of property, as set forth below, are
reasonable amounts, as such fees are based on the methodology established in
the Fee Report, and
5. A majority protest was not formed as defined in Section 5473.2 of the Health and
Safety Code with respect to the tax-roll method of collection of the Water Quality
and Flood Protection Fee.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Alameda as
follows:
SECTION 1. Charge. The 2019 Water Quality and Flood Protection Fee shall continue to be
charged to each parcel within the City to contribute to the costs of the City's Clean Water Program.
SECTION 2. Use of Revenue. The revenue derived from said Fee shall be used in connection
with implementing and enforcing Section 18-31.1 of the Alameda Municipal Code.
SECTION 3. Schedule of Charges. Annual fees for each category of property, which are
increased by 2.378% from the prior year, will be assessed and collected as follows:
SECTION 4. Fees Collected with General Taxes. The City Council hereby orders for the collection
of Water Quality and Flood Protection fees for Fiscal Year 2025-26 on the tax roll in the same
manner, by the same persons and at the same time as, and together with and not separately
from, its general taxes.
SECTION 5. Judicial Action to Challenge this Resolution. Any judicial action or proceeding to
challenge, review, set aside, void, or annul this resolution shall be brought within 120 days from
the date of its adoption.
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Land Use Category FY 2025-26
Residential *
Small Under 0.08 ac $ 54.24 per parcel
Medium 0.08 to 0.14 ac $ 88.66 per parcel
Large over 0.14 ac $ 96.69 per parcel
Condo-Med Density $ 54.24 per parcel
Condo-Hi Density $ 27.89 per parcel
Multiple SFR on single parcel pays 16%higher rate
Non-Residential**
Apartment $1,032.49 per acre
Commercial/Retail/Industrial $ 1,232.14 per acre
Office $ 869.77 per acre
Church/Institutional $ 985.19 per acre
Institutional w/Playfield $ 703.97 per acre
Park $ 67.92 per acre
Vacant(developed) $ 67.92 per acre
Open Space/Agricultural exempt
*Single-Family Residential category also includes du-tri-and four-plex units
**Non-SFR parcels size is calculated to a hundredth of an acre
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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly
adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a regular meeting assembled on the
17th day of June 2025, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Boller, Daysog, Jensen, Pryor and Mayor Ezzy
Ashcraft— 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of
said City this 18th day of June 2025.
Lara Weisiger, City Cleric)
City of Alameda
Approved as to fo :
Yibin Shen 'Attorney
City of eda