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CITY COUNCIL
TEMPLE CITY, C ALIFORNI A
SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA
MARCH 31, 2020 - 6:00 P.M.
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1. C ALL TO ORDER – Mayor Chavez
2. ROLL C ALL – Councilmem ber Fish, Man, Sternquist, Yu, Chavez
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS
City Council Agenda
March 31, 2020
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4. NEW BUSINESS
A. OVERVIEW OF TEMPORARY EMERGENCY ACTION RELATED TO
CONTINUITY OF CITY SERVICES AND PERSONNEL AND REQUEST FOR
DIRECTION
The City Council is requested to provide direction to the City Manager, as the
Director of Emergency Services, regarding certain personnel status for city staff
and the budgetary considerations associated with such status in the time period
after his emergency authority expires on April 2, 2020.
Presentation: City Manager Cook
Recommendation: Consider directing the City Manager to
implement paid administrative leave for either
the period April 3 to April 19, 2020 or the period
April 3 to May 1, 2020, or to direct the City
Manager to implement an alternative approach
to addressing the impact of City employees not
working or working from home.
B. CONSIDERATION OF AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY TEMPORARILY PROHIBITING EVICTIONS OF
RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL TENANTS ARISING OUT OF FINANCIAL
IMPACTS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
City Council is requested to consider adoption of a moratorium ordinance which
would prohibit evictions of residential and commercial tenants due to non -
payment of rent arising out of financial impacts of the covid-19.
Presentation: City Attorney
Recommendation:
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; and
2. Consider adoption by a 4/5 vote, Ordinance No. 20-1041U, an urgency
ordinance of the City Council of the City of Temple City temporarily
prohibiting evictions of residential and commercial tenants arising out of
financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
5. ADJOURNMENT
City Council Agenda
March 31, 2020
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I hereby certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that
the foregoing agenda was posted on the Civic Center bulletin board not less than
24 hours prior to the meeting.
Jillian Nunez, Deputy City Clerk
Signed and Posted: March 27, 2020 at 3:30 p.m.
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