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Policy Administration Based on the methods of administration of relocation policies and ordinances in other local cities and their implementation, the HHCC recommended that a City policy be administered by the City through a third party relocation vendor or consultant. Property owners would be required to submit a deposit to pay for relocation assistance based on the total estimated cost of relocation, the direct costs of the relocation consultant and the cost of City staff time to coordinate. The use of a cost reimbursement basis will minimize any impact to City general funds and the use of a third party consultant to administer the relocation reduces the impact on limited staff resources. Further, the use of a third party relocation consultant helps to ensure consistent and fair implementation of relocation. Public Outreach and Notification The City would implement an extensive policy outreach and education process in advance of the adoption of the ordinance. Planning development applications and building permits would be used to identify projects that require tenant relocation subject to similar ordinances. Other projects causing relocation, but which do not require an application or permit, would be enforced when the City is notified of the action subject to the ordinance. The City’s draft ordinance would rely upon Chapter 1, Section 1.7 of the Municipal Code for penalties and violations, which include a fine of $100 per day for the first violation, $200 per day for a second violation and $500 per day for each additional violation within one year. If these fines are not sufficient to deter violations, the City may evaluate whether it would be possible to amend the ordinance with alternative penalties in the future. This ordinance would become effective January 1, 2019. ALTERNATIVES The Council could recommend changes or alternatives to proposed ordinances. FISCAL IMPACT The fiscal impact of the approval of these ordinances will include the cost of staff time to enforce the provisions of the ordinances. The Minimum Lease Terms ordinance will require staff to develop new public outreach communications and staff time to provide enforcement as necessary. The Relocation Assistance Ordinance will include the cost of staff time to implement the provisions of the ordinance including reviewing relocation assistance applications and identifying a relocation assistance vendor. A fee for staff time will be determined through the preparation of a Nexus Study. Once the City Council adopts the fee, the fee can be used to offset expenses to administer the requirements of these ordinances. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW 8.A. - Page 8