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1. CALL TO ORDER <br />2. ROLL CALL <br />3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Council Member Borgens <br />4. PUBLIC COMMENT <br />S. STAFF REPORTS <br />S.A. Preliminary assessment of financial impacts associated with COVID-19 on City <br />of Redwood City operating and capital budgets, revised approach for <br />developing Fiscal Year 2020-21 Operating Budget, update on actions to <br />support redwood city residents and businesses impacted by COVID-19 and <br />consideration of multiple actions including $393,000 appropriation to the <br />Emergency Rental Assistance Fund and $300,000 appropriation to the San <br />Mateo County Strong Fund to support small business relief efforts <br />Recommendation: <br />1. Receive preliminary assessment of financial impacts associated with COVID- <br />19 on City of Redwood City operating and capital budgets; <br />2. Approve revised approach for Fiscal Year 2020-21 Operating Budget <br />development; <br />3. Receive update on actions to support Redwood City residents and businesses <br />impacted by COVID-19; <br />4. Direct staff to develop a resolution to waive late payment penalties for solid <br />waste, water and sewer utilities for the period of March 2020 through August <br />2020 for residential and commercial customers; <br />5. Direct staff to advertise the rate assistance program for low-income water <br />and sewer utility customers; <br />6. Direct staff to return to the City Council in September 2020 with an update on <br />the status of late utility payments and rate assistance usage to determine <br />whether to continue to waive the late payment penalty; <br />7. Direct staff to provide recommendations at a future City Council meeting on <br />use of the $448,000 new allocation of Community Development Block Grant <br />funding, once further federal guidance has been received; <br />8. Direct staff to develop a resolution to appropriate $393,000 to the <br />Emergency Rental Assistance Fund; <br />9. Direct staff to develop a resolution to appropriate $300,000 to San Mateo <br />County Strong to support Redwood City small business relief efforts; <br />10. Direct staff to provide an update to the City Council in October 2020 <br />regarding the local minimum wage to be effective in January 2021 so that the <br />City Council might consider postponing the increase to help relieve Redwood <br />City businesses; and <br />Page 2 of 3 <br />2 <br />