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CityCouncil | 2018-06-05 | 16 | time. Councilmember Oddie stated the Housing Authority is providing legal advice by telling landlords whether or not notices are sufficient; however, there is not a nexus for providing defense for tenants receiving defective notices; defective notice are gold for tenants; telling landlords how to fix notices is helping kick out renters, which is an issue. The Community Development Director stated the Housing Authority would say they are not providing legal advice; they are telling landlords what is required under the ordinance to have an appropriate notice and that any notice that is not done property has to be rescinded pursuant to the ordinance. Councilmember Oddie stated doing so is gaming the system and the fee is covering it; landlords should go with their notice and let the chips fall where they may; the City should not be paying for folks to be fixing their notices. Vice Mayor Vella stated the fee study has the total billable hours; inquired whether the hours segregate whether advice is deficiencies of landlords versus tenants. The Community Development Director responded the amount is the composite. Vice Mayor Vella suggested tracking whether questions are coming from landlords or tenants. The Community Development Director stated said information could be captured in the annual report. Melanie Guillory-Lee, SCI Consulting Group, stated the composite was based on the total information; the Housing Authority does have their own separate database and could pull out additional information; that she did not feel said level of detail should be in the fee study. Vice Mayor Vella inquired whether it is possible to get the information. The Rent Stabilization Program Director responded the Housing Authority does track the data, which can be provided. Vice Mayor Vella provided an example; stated the fee study has the breakdown of some activities, but not others. The Community Development Director stated the cost is the same whether serving a landlord or tenant; suggested capturing the data either in the monthly or annual reports. Vice Mayor Vella inquired why there is a line item for the Capital Improvement Project (CIP) process for landlords without the cost providing a related service for tenants being relocated due to the CIP. Regular Meeting Alameda City Council 16 June 5, 2018 | CityCouncil/2018-06-05.pdf |