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Outreach <br />City staff has been in contact with San Mateo County Health Systems and the California <br />Apartment Association. Although both organizations have been aware that the City was <br />considering the adoption of this ordinance for some time, there was limited amount of <br />time to review the final ordinance. Therefore, they are expected to present their <br />comments prior to or at the City Council Meeting. The California Apartment Association <br />has been generally supportive (or at least not in opposition to) similar ordinances <br />adopted in other cities. <br /> <br />If adopted, City staff will continue outreach to the County, California Apartment <br />Association and other related organizations. Most importantly, multi-family building <br />owners, multi-family building tenants and local property managers will be informed of <br />the new ordinance and their responsibilities in the coming months. While the <br />prohibitions on smoking in newly constructed multi-unit residences take effect <br />immediately, staff purposely delayed the effectiveness of the prohibitions on smoking for <br />existing multi-unit residences until January 1, 2019, to allow ample time for property <br />owners and tenants to adjust to the new law. <br /> <br />Next Steps <br />As is the case with most ordinances, this ordinance requires a first and second reading. <br />If the Council adopts the first reading on October 2, 2017, staff would bring back the <br />second reading for adoption later in October or November as a consent item. The <br />ultimate timing of the second reading depends on the scope of any changes requested <br />by the Council. The ordinance would take effect on January 1, 2018, and would fully <br />apply to existing buildings on January 1, 2019. <br /> <br />ALTERNATIVES <br /> <br />The City Council could choose not to adopt this ordinance, and multifamily apartment <br />owners could still prohibit smoking in units, however, they would not be required to do <br />so. It is expected that smoking would still occur in a number of units. The Council could <br />also choose to revise any of the details of this ordinance, or choose different dates for <br />implementation. <br /> <br />FISCAL IMPACT <br /> <br />There will be considerable amount of staff time spent on outreach and implementation <br />efforts associated with this ordinance. In addition, a minimal amount of ongoing staff <br />time will be required to enforce this ordinance. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />6.4.A. - Page 19