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8.A. - Page 8 of 24 ordinance. Owners of exempt units would be permitted to raise the rent without being subject to the statewide cap. The Urgency Ordinance must be passed by a 4/5 vote of the City Council (6 votes) and would take effect immediately. Findings for an urgency ordinance need to be made for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, and such findings are incorporated in the ordinance. If at least six Councilmembers vote to pass an urgency ordinance on October 28, 2019, it would take effect immediately, and stay in effect through December 31, 2019. FISCAL IMPACT Communicating with residents, tenants and property owners does not require any additional resources. However, should the City Council adopt the Urgency Ordinance, it is likely that additional staff time would be required to implement and support this effort. This would require immediately de -prioritizing other housing -related initiatives such as conducting verifications of below market rate units and administering a request for proposals process for relocation assistance firms and potentially would require additional short term staff with an estimated cost of $25,000. The Housing Division is comprised of 2.5 full time equivalent positions, and currently only 1 of those positions is filled, so supporting implementation of these ordinances would have a significant impact. Staff currently are interviewing candidates for the Housing Leadership Manager position, with the hope that that position may be filled by mid-December following the reference checking process and allowing the candidate to give notice at their current employer. The other .5 FTE is for a planner to support housing initiatives and the timeline for filling this position is likely early 2020. Finally, the City could expect legal challenges to the adoption of these ordinances which could require expenditures for legal defense. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW This activity is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) in that the City Council finds there is no possibility that the implementation of this ordinance may have significant effects on the environment. The ordinance would apply residential tenant protection measures to existing residential units in Redwood City, which is solely an administrative process resulting in no physical changes to the environment. PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notification was achieved by posting the agenda, with the agenda items being listed, at least 72 hours prior to the meeting City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.ore 128