HomeMy Public PortalAbout04) 7A3 CCM - 2020-03-31 Special MeetingCITY COUNCIL
TEMPLE CITY, CALIFORNIA
SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES
MARCH 31, 2020
1. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Chavez called the City Council Special Meeting to order at 6:08 p.m.
telephonically using gotomeeting app.
2.ROLL CALL –
PRESENT:Councilmember – Fish, Man, Sternquist, Yu, Chavez
ABSENT:Councilmember – None
ALSO PRESENT:City Manager Cook, City Attorney Murphy, City Clerk Kuo,
Deputy City Clerk Nunez, Assistant to the City Manager
Haworth, Administrative Assistant to the City Manager/City
Council Flores, Administrative Services Director Paragas,
Interim Community Development Director Reimers, Parks and
Recreation Director Matsumoto, and Public Safety Supervisor
Ariizumi
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS – None
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.
City Manager Cook gave a brief summary of the staff report.
City Council made comments and asked questions.
Mayor Chavez opened public comment. There were no emails received from the
public requesting to make a public comment. Mayor Chavez closed public
comment.
AGENDA I
TEM 7.A-3.
City Council Minutes
March 31, 2020
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Councilmember Sternquist made a motion directing the City Manager to
implement paid administrative leave from April 3 to May 1, 2020. Seconded by
Mayor Pro Tem Yu and approved by the following votes:
AYES: Councilmember – Fish, Man, Sternquist, Yu, Chavez
NOES: Councilmember – None
ABSENT: Councilmember – None
ABSTAINED: Councilmember – None
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.
City Attorney Murphy gave a summary of the staff report.
City Council asked questions and made comments.
Mayor Chavez opened public comment.
City Clerk Kuo read 6 public comment emails into record: 5 emails in favor of the
adoption of the proposed ordinance and 1 email against the adoption of the
proposed ordinance.
Hearing no further request to speak, Mayor Chavez closed public comment.
Mayor Pro Tem Yu made the following motion:
1. Found 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. To adopt Ordinance No. 20-1041U by a 4/5 vote, 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 subject to amendment discussed by
Council to Section 4 of the ordinance (i.e., notice requirement to landlord
from 30 to 10 days and add the word “sufficient” relating to
documentation to the landlord).
Seconded by Councilmember Fish and approved by the following votes:
City Council Minutes
March 31, 2020
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AYES: COUNCILMEMBER- Fish, Man, Sternquist, Yu, Chavez
NOES: COUNCILMEMBER - None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER - None
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBER - None
5. ADJOURNMENT
The City Council Regular Meeting was adjourned at 7:47 p.m.
Tom Chavez
ATTEST:
Peggy Kuo, City Clerk