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City Hall City of Santa Rosa 100 Santa Rosa Avenue Santa Rosa, CA 95404 CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA JULY 7, 2016 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Santa Rosa will hold a Special Meeting at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 7, 2016, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, located at 100 Santa Rosa Avenue, Santa Rosa, California. The purpose of the Special Meeting is pursuant to the agenda below: Council Member Combs will be participating in the meeting via teleconference from 14 Rue Borromee, 75015 Paris, France, on July 8, 2016, at 1:00 a.m. Paris, France time zone. This agenda shall be posted at this location. 3:00 P.M. - CLOSED SESSION (MAYOR'S CONFERENCE ROOM) 4:00 P.M. (CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER) 3:00 P.M. (MAYOR'S CONFERENCE ROOM) 1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL 2. PUBLIC COMMENTS (Public Comment will be limited to the item listed on the Special Meeting Agenda) 3. ANNOUNCEMENT OF CLOSED SESSION ITEMS Following the announcement of Closed Session items and prior to recess into Closed Session, the public may speak up to three minutes on items to be addressed in Closed Session. 3.1 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION Initiation of litigation pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Government Code Section 54956.9: one potential case. RECESS CLOSED SESSION(S) AND RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER 4:00 P.M. (CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER) Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the City Council prior to this meeting regarding any item on this agenda, excluding closed session items, are available for public review in the City Clerk’s Office, Room 10, City Hall, 100 Santa Rosa Ave, during normal business hours. City of Santa Rosa Special Meeting Notice and Agenda Page 2 of 3 City Council JULY 7, 2016 4. ANNOUNCEMENT OF ROLL CALL 5. PUBLIC COMMENTS (Public Comment will be limited to the item listed on the Special Meeting Agenda) 6. REPORT ITEMS 6.1 REPORT - CONSIDERATION FOR ADOPTION OF AN URGENCY NINETY (90) DAY MORATORIUM ORDINANCE ON CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL RENT INCREASES OR ALTERNATIVELY, INTRODUCTION FOR ADOPTION OF AN EXTENSION FOR SEVENTY-FIVE (75) DAYS OF THE MORATORIUM ORDINANCE ON CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL RENT INCREASES BACKGROUND: The Council has initiated a program to review and summarize rent stabilization programs in California, including options for the implementation of Mediation/Arbitration, Just Cause for Eviction and Rent Stabilization in Santa Rosa. On March 31, 2016, the Rent Stabilization Council Subcommittee considered six tenant protection options, eventually recommending adoption of limited rent stabilization with a companion rent moratorium. The subcommittee also discussed several options for implementation, which should be considered by the City Council. On May 17, 2016, the City Council adopted a moratorium on certain residential rent increase to not more than 3% in a cumulative twelve month period. Ordinance No. 4063 became effective on June 23, 2016 for a forty-five day period and is set to expire on August 6, 2016, unless extended. Unless the moratorium is extended by an urgency ordinance of the City Council, which requires five-seventh vote, the current ordinance will expire prior to the effective date of an ordinance to extend the moratorium. RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council adopt an urgency ordinance extending the current moratorium on certain residential rent increases for a period of ninety (90) days, which would become effective immediately. Alternatively, it is recommended that the City Council introduce for adoption an ordinance extending the moratorium on certain residential rent increases for a period of City of Santa Rosa Special Meeting Notice and Agenda Page 3 of 3 City Council JULY 7, 2016 seventy-five (75) days. Attachments Staff Report Urgency Ordinance uploaded 7/6/2016 Non-Urgency Ordinance uploaded 7/6/2016 Presentation 7. ADJOURNMENT OF SPECIAL MEETING The City of Santa Rosa does not discriminate on the basis of disability in the admissions or access to, or treatment of or employment in, its programs or activities. Disability-related aids or services, including printed information in alternate formats, to enable persons with disabilities to participate in public meetings are available by contacting the City Clerk’s Office at 543-3015 or cityclerk@srcity.org 48 hours prior to the meeting. TDD 543-3063 Meeting information can also be accessed via the internet at http://srcity.org