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CITY OF PASADENA
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING
OF THE CITY COUNCIL
MARCH 17, 2020
PUBLIC MEETING: 11:40 A.M.
PASADENA CITY HALL, COUNCIL CHAMBER
100 NORTH GARFIELD AVENUE, ROOM S249

 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special meeting of the City Council will be held on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in the Council Chamber, Room S249, 100 North Garfield Avenue, Pasadena, CA. The special meeting will begin at 11:40 a.m. to discuss the following:  

1.      ROLL CALL 

2.      ORAL UPDATE – RESPONSE TO COVID-19 OUTBREAK – CITY MANAGER 

ACTION: PRESENTATION MADE

POWER POINT PRESENTATION - PRESENTED AT MEETING

3.      ACTION ITEM: ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL RATIFYING THE CITY MANAGER’S DECLARATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Recommendation: It is recommended that the City Council:
1.      Find that the proposed action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to state CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption);
2.      Adopt a resolution ratifying the March 16, 2020, City Manager declaration of a local emergency in response to COVID-19; and
3.      Ratify THE DECLARATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY – CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19), AND FIRST SUPPLEMENT TO THE DECLARATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY – CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) instituted by the City Manager to protect members of the public and City workers from an undue risk of contracting COVID-19 virus, and related actions.

2624k

RESOLUTION 1774k

        CORRESPONDENCE 259k

SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL RECEIVED AFTER POSTING OF AGENDA

CORRESPONDENCE 1708k

ACTION: APPROVED STAFF RECOMMENDATION, AMENDED TO INCLUDE DIRECTION TO CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY TO CONFORM CITY ACTIONS TO BE APPLICABLE TO FEDERAL AND STATE REQUIREMENTS, ENSURING CITY ACCESS TO EMERGENCY FUNDING (INCLUDING FUNDING TO ASSIST SMALL BUSINESSES).
 

4.      ACTION ITEM: CONSIDERATION OF ACTION TO REDUCE THE IMPACTS ON RESIDENTS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES RELATED TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Recommendation: It is recommended that the City Council:
1.        Find that the proposed action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to state CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption); and
2.        Consider and provide direction on various options to reduce the financial burden on residents and local businesses during the period of Local Emergency related to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

605k

CORRESPONDENCE  626k

SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL RECEIVED AFTER POSTING OF AGENDA

CORRESPONDENCE 4639k

ACTION: APPROVED STAFF RECOMMENDATION, AMENDED TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXPEND UP TO $150,000 FOR MEALS TO SERVE THE MOST
VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT CITY MANAGER RETURN AS SOON AS NECESSARY WITH FURTHER ANALYSIS ON THE NEED FOR
FURTHER FUNDING
 

5.      ADOPT A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL ENACTING A MORATORIUM ON EVICTION FOR NON-PAYMENT OF RENT BY TENANTS IMPACTED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND CONDUCT FIRST READING OF “AN UNCODIFIED ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASADENA ENACTING A MORATORIUM ON EVICTION FOR NON-PAYMENT OF RENT BY TENANTS IMPACTED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC”
Recommendation: It is recommended that the City Council:
1.        Find that the recommended action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), the General Rule that CEQA only applies to projects that may have an effect on the environment;
2.        Adopt a resolution of the City Council relating to a moratorium on eviction for non-payment of rent by residential tenants impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic; and
3.        Conduct first reading of “AN UNCODIFIED ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASADENA ENACTING A MORATORIUM ON EVICTION FOR NON-PAYMENT OF RENT BY RESIDENTIAL TENANTS IMPACTED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC” 

636k

RESOLUTION 1062k

        ORDINANCE 1533k

CORRESPONDENCE 13k

SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL RECEIVED AFTER POSTING OF AGENDA

CORRESPONDENCE 19373k

ACTION: RATIFIED CITY MANAGER’S SECOND SUPPLEMENT TO DECLARATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY ESTABLISHING A MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS FOR
NON-PAYMENT OF RENT BY TENANTS IMPACTED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC; ADOPTED RESOLUTION RELATED TO THE SAME AS AMENDED; AND CONDUCTED
FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE RELATED TO THE SAME AS AMENDED (Introduced by Vice Mayor Hampton)
 

6.      ADJOURNED

 

                             ________________________

            Tyron Hampton, Vice Mayor

                                                                                                    City of Pasadena

  

I HEREBY CERTIFY that this notice, in its entirety, was posted on the Internet at www.cityofpasadena.net/councilagendas and on the Council Chamber Bulletin Board, Room S249 and the Bulletin Board in the rotunda area, City Hall, 100 North Garfield Avenue, and a copy was distributed to Central Library for posting this 16^th day of March, 2020, at 11:40 a.m., and that copies hereof were faxed, emailed or delivered to each member of the City Council and to each local newspaper of general circulation, radio or television station requesting notice in writing, all of which recipients are identified on the distribution list set forth herein below.

 

            _____________________________

            Mark Jomsky, CMC 
   
                                                                                                        City Clerk

DISTRIBUTION:

City Council	Los Angeles Times
City Manager	Pasadena Journal
City Attorney	Pasadena Now
Public Information Officer	Pasadena Star News
Central Library	Pasadena Weekly
Pasadena Independent	La Opinion

 

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