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Consider Providing Direction to Staff on Handling Late Rent Payments. (Councilmember Oddie) [Not heard on March 3 or 17, 2020]
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COUNCIL REFERRAL FORM
The Council can take any of the following actions:
1) Take no action.
2) Refer the matter to staff to schedule as a future City Council agenda item.
3) Take dispositive action if sufficiently noticed such that the public and Council have been provided sufficient information by the published agenda, and no formal published notice of a public hearing is required.
Name of Councilmember requesting referral: Councilmember Oddie
Date of submission to City Clerk (must be submitted before 5:00 p.m. on the Monday two weeks before the Council meeting requested): 2/14/2020
Council Meeting date: 03/03/2020
Brief description of the subject to be printed on the agenda, sufficient to inform the City Council and public of the nature of the referral:
Consider Providing Direction to Staff on Handling Late Rent Payments.
The City is landlord for several residential and commercial properties. To avoid the potential for extended periods of unpaid rents, this referral requests that the Council give direction to City staff on a process for handling overdue rents.
Suggested Policy:
• Three-Day Notice to Pay or Quit should be served on the first day available (i.e., after rent is overdue, or after expiration of any grace period);
• For any commercial tenancies, Unlawful Detainer actions should be filed immediately upon the expiration of the three-day notice, without need for Council approval;
• For any residential tenancies, City Council must approve any filing of an Unlawful Detainer action; and
• City Attorney’s Office should be promptly informed of any tenants who are late paying rent.
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