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04/12/2021 WHEREAS, since December 2020, a growing list of cities across California began announcing legislation for hazard pay for essential grocery workers during the period where counties are in the Purple, Red, or Orange level of Community Transmission for COVID-19 under State Health orders. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Recitals. The City Council finds the foregoing recitals to be true and correct and hereby incorporates those recitals into this Ordinance. Section 2. Title; Purpose. (a) This Ordinance shall be known as the "Grocery Retail Worker Hazard Pay Ordinance." (b) Large Grocery Stores are a vibrant and integral part of the public infrastructure during the ongoing pandemic. The grocery retail workers of the City of Redwood City have continued to report to work and to serve their communities in the face of an unprecedented pandemic. Each day these workers risk their lives and the health of their families without any extra benefits or wages in order to keep the food supply chain operating. (C) The purpose of this Ordinance is to justly compensate grocery retail workers for the clear and present dangers of doing their jobs as essential workers during the pandemic by requiring their employers to provide hazard pay. The City has an interest in ensuring the welfare of its workers and the continued operation of its food supply chain. (d) Through this Ordinance, the City seeks to sustain the stability of the food and health supply chain through supporting the grocery retail workers who continue to work during the pandemic. Section 3. Urgency. Pursuant to Section 16 of the City Charter, the City Council finds and declares, based on the evidence in the record including the staff report, public testimony, and documentary evidence presented at the April 12, 2021 City Council meeting, that adoption of this Urgency Ordinance is necessary as an emergency measure for the immediate preservation of public peace, health, or safety for the following reasons: (a) The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the current state of emergency in California. (b) The virus is spreading rapidly across the region with many clusters arising within retail stores. Grocery stores remain a critical piece of infrastructure in our fight against the COVID-19 virus and in protecting the food supply chain. ATTY/ORD.534/CC ORD URGENCY HAZARD PAY ORDINANCE 2492 REV: 04-06-2021 VR MUF NO. 305 Page 2 of 9