CITY OF MERCED - File #: 23-317

• File #: 23-317
• Version: 1
• Type: Report Item
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/28/2023
• In control: City Council/Public Finance and Economic Development Authority/Parking Authority/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency
• On agenda: 4/3/2023
• Final action: 4/3/2023
• Title: SUBJECT: Adoption of an Urgency Ordinance Adding Chapter 9.75, "Displaced Tenant Protections," to the City of Merced Municipal Code and Introduction of an Ordinance Adding Chapter 9.75, "Displaced Tenant Protections," to the City of Merced Municipal Code REPORT IN BRIEF Considers adopting an urgency ordinance adding Chapter 9.75 to the City of Merced Municipal Code and introducing a regular ordinance adding Chapter 9.75 to the City of Merced Municipal Code. RECOMMENDATION City Council - Adopt a motion: A. Adopting Ordinance No. 2547, an Urgency Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Merced, California, Adding Chapter 9.75, "Displaced Tenant Protections," to the Merced Municipal Code, and; B. Introducing Ordinance No. 2548, an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Merced, California, adding Chapter 9.75, "Displaced Tenant Protections," to the Merced Municipal Code.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/3/2023	1	City Council/Public Finance and Economic Development Authority/Parking Authority/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency	approved	Pass

Report Prepared by: Travis Lindsey, City Attorney

Title
SUBJECT: Adoption of an Urgency Ordinance Adding Chapter 9.75, "Displaced Tenant Protections," to the City of Merced Municipal Code and Introduction of an Ordinance Adding Chapter 9.75, "Displaced Tenant Protections," to the City of Merced Municipal Code

REPORT IN BRIEF
Considers adopting an urgency ordinance adding Chapter 9.75 to the City of Merced Municipal Code and introducing a regular ordinance adding Chapter 9.75 to the City of Merced Municipal Code.

RECOMMENDATION
City Council - Adopt a motion:

A. Adopting Ordinance No. 2547, an Urgency Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Merced, California, Adding Chapter 9.75, "Displaced Tenant Protections," to the Merced Municipal Code, and;

B. Introducing Ordinance No. 2548, an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Merced, California, adding Chapter 9.75, "Displaced Tenant Protections," to the Merced Municipal Code.

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ALTERNATIVES
1. Approve the urgency and regular ordinances as recommended by staff; or
2. Approve the regular ordinance and deny the urgency ordinance; or
3. Deny both ordinances; or
3. Provide direction to staff regarding revisions to the urgency ordinance and/or the regular ordinance; or
4. Continue to a future meeting.

AUTHORITY
Charter of the City of Merced, sections 200, 412, and 416; California Constitution Article XI, section 7; and Government Code section 36937.

CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES
Fiscal Year 2023/24 City Council Adopted Goals & Priorities, Natural Disaster/Flood Response, and Explore an Urgency Ordinance that addresses a temporary stay of rent hikes after a natural disaster and tenant rights of first refusal for housing.

DISCUSSION
On February 21, 2023, the City Council adopted its annual Goals & Priorities, developed through a series of three Town Halls meets conducted in late January and early February 2023. Under the newly added Natural Disaster/Flood Response section, City Council d...