 And Rogers is on hi, this is Stephanie will be starting the meeting shortly And I will be taking roll call when the mayor calls the meeting to order Victoria here. It's Tom's white home. There is Santa Rosa. It's 4 o'clock. So madam city clerk could we do announcement of the roll call? Yes councilmember Doud Here councilmember oliveris here councilmember Rogers Here councilmember Sawyer councilmember tidbits councilmember tidbits vice mayor Fleming Here mayor Shwedhelm And I'm here Okay, let the so everyone Councilmember tidbits. Have you joined us? Okay, let the record show that all council members are present with the exception of councilmember tidbits Thank you madam city clerk and just for everyone who is listening if we receive any public comment on any of the agenda items The city clerk will notify me and read the received comment There's a couple other informational things and reminders for council that I wanted to share before we start First of all, please have your phones on mute unless speaking or if you have a question If you are gonna make a comment, please identify yourself unless called upon and also I will be adjourning the meeting today in honor of detective armor I'll be checking with each of you for any comments when we get to the end of the meeting I also want to provide an update on city council meetings. So our last council meeting while our original City council meeting schedule called for three meetings in March. So our March 3rd meeting took place as schedule on March 17th in response to governing Newsome's executive order regarding community gatherings the city's hand-rusted council Meeting for scheduled for March 17th was canceled As a result of the death of detective armor, I elected to cancel the March 31st meeting Moving forward our city council schedule for April currently will be we're meeting today We'll be meeting on April 14th and on April 28th And there will be no council goal setting on April 13th or 14th with that Madam city attorney, could you report out on the closed session items? Yes Hell closed session and considered items 2.1 2.2 and 2.3 Item 2.4 was continued to next week on items 2.1 and 2.2 both concerned real property negotiations One with respect to property Located on Morgan Street and the other on property located on Martha Way and on Each of those items the council gave direction to the real property negotiator Item 2.3 was also discussed it concerned existing litigation concerning the case of James Duncan versus Noma Marin area real transit and council gave direction to Legal counsel to our office and That is my report on closed session All right. Thank you, and we do have two proclamations Due to the circumstance of this meeting I will just read a couple of comments on each of them So the proclamation for items 6.1 was week of the young child and this was the Childcare Planning Council of Sonoma County and other local organizations in conjunction with the National Association for the education young children are celebrating the week of the young child April 11th through 17th 2020 and the proclamation ends with now therefore be resolved that Hi, Tom Schwedhelm the mayor of the city of Santa Rosa on behalf of the entire city council do here by proclaiming the week of April 11th through 17th 2020 is the week of the young child so that certificate or proclamation will be presented to The child care council and the second proclamation item 6.2 was regarding sexual assault awareness month and sexual assault awareness month is intended to draw attention to the fact that sexual violence is widespread and has profound and lasting impact in every community number of Sonoma County and Verity of Sonoma County's rape crisis trauma and healing center work with over 1,000 survivors in Sonoma County in 2019 And therefore be resolved that I Tom Schwedhelm mayor of the city of Santa Rosa on behalf of the entire city council Council reaffirms its commitment to address the issue of rape and sexual violence by remembering victims believing in supporting survivors Holding perpetrators accountable for their actions and challenging societal myths and behaviors that perpetuate sexual violence in our community And do hereby proclaim April to be sexual assault awareness month So that proclamation has been signed and will be delivered to Verity at the earliest convenes So with that mr. Knapp. Are you here representing the city manager? Yes, I am there Is there anything for staff briefings on item 7 point or item 7? We have nothing to report on staff briefings All right, thank you then let's move to the city manager city attorneys reports Let's start with their city attorney report. Do you have anything to share with us? I do not not this afternoon. We are continuing to work with the departments on addressing the covid pandemic and the all of the actions that the city is taking to address that Great. Thank you. And mr. Knapp, would you like to provide a city manager's report? Yes, thank you and mayor with you and the council members indulgence. I'd like to invite Chief Navarro to speak on behalf of recent events regarding detective armor Thank you, please do Thank you very much Rainer Navarro chief of police. I wanted to Take a few moments to highlight detective armors career And so thank you for your time on march On march 31st 2020 detective mary lou armor a beloved member of the santa rosa police department's family Passed away due to complications from covid 19 Detective armor served our community for 20 years She started her law enforcement career in 1999 as a field evidence technician and worked in that assignment for nine years During that time mary lou was instrumental in violent crime and gang investigations And worked closely with the sonoma county auto task force on their investigations Mary lou exhibited a skill set and character the department seeks in officers She was selected as a police officer and graduated the police academy in may of 2008 Mary lou worked patrol for several years and was selected for the domestic violence and sexual assault team in august 2016 Detective armor worked closely with our nonprofit and county partners giving victims a voice and bringing sexual predators and domestic violence offenders to justice She routinely served our community by responding to local hospitals In the redwoods children's center for victim interviews and examinations as part of the sexual assault response team She led her work with organizations such as the family justice center verity and the ywca She has received multiple commendations from victims the family of victims and the nonprofits She worked with thanking her for her compassion and diligence when investigating crimes of sexual assault and abuse She was a member of the department's peer support program steering committee And assisted with the planning of the department's family day And evaluating the mindfulness and resiliency training which is rolling out to santa rosa through the police department Mary lou is miss dearly and as we grieve we continue to pay tribute to her memory Upon receiving the sad news of mary lou's passing last tuesday Flags around the city were lowered to half staff and the lights in courthouse square are now going blue in honor of mary lou congressman mike thompson also assisted with having the flag at the state capitol flown at half staff And this flag will be gifted to her family As a result of our inability to gather during this public health emergency We asked her city family and the community to honor her by wearing blue for mary lou And posting images on social media with the hashtag blue for mary lou The response received by our community is heartwarming In addition a mary lou armor family fund has been established through the officers research association of california for mary lou's family On friday, uh, the santa rosa police department joined mary lou as she made her journey to her hometown in napa county In a procession of local public safety officials Our police department was joined by many public safety agencies from around the region to pay tribute to mary lou mary lou was a bright light Always bringing a smile to everyone's face with her sense of humor and her kind heart She will she will be missed by her brothers and sisters at the santa rosa police department the city And those in the community she served Thank you Thank you chief navarro Yeah, thank you very much chief I think the chief's presentation, uh, definitely underscores the severity of this pandemic And I think it's a reminder to all of our community members that we need to take it seriously And there are a number of things that we've been doing through the course of the last several weeks to highlight these To highlight the severity of this The police department continues to educate the public on the importance of following the public health officer's order And we'll be looking to progress towards enforcement to progress towards enforcement if necessary in the coming days to ensure compliance with the order Um, this includes both business compliance with the shelter in place order and for compliance with the park closure order Our community is united and strong and we're we are all We all have to do our part in staying home If necessary The santa rosa police department does have the ability to step up enforcement Residents may also report violations to the of the public health order by calling the city's non-emergency police line at 707-528-5222 Or emailing srpdinfo at srcity.org Additionally our city bus drivers continue to provide transportation services to those in our community Who are reliant on this service for getting to essential jobs and other essential functions such as medical appointments and growth and the grocery store Services continuing to operate fare free to eliminate passenger interaction with fare boxes and reduce close contact between drivers and passengers transit staff have observed some riders who appear to be using the city bus for non-essential trips And so it's important that we continue to remind all santa rosa city bus customers that service is only operating for essential travel Passengers should wear face coverings and practice social distancing on the bus and be advised the drivers may ask riders They're intent to travel All non-essential travel and loitering is prohibited It's hard for us during the course of being transit operators to at any point in time discourage folks from traveling on City bus But in this particular time we're asking folks to be very careful in selecting those trips that they consider essential For their safety and the safety of the drivers and the general public For more information residents can visit srcity.org slash present the spread or call 211 we really appreciate everyone's recognition of the severity of this issue and We wish for everyone's safety. That's the end of my report Thank you, mr. Nutt, and I appreciate the pio teams efforts in distributing that information as soon as it is available Council does anyone have any questions for mr. Nutt Hearing none Madam city clerk, do we have any public comments on item eight of the agenda? No public comments submitted All right. Thank you item nine statements of abstention by council members I'm married when you do it jack jack tidbits. I'll be abstaining from item 12.1 excuse me 12.14 Declaration of homeless emergency in the consent calendar and if that could be partitioned out it'd be appreciated Okay, 12.14 any other abstentions? Mayor this is john sorter I will be abstaining from the the minutes of february 25th due to my absence from that meeting Mr. Mayor It's 111. Mr. Alvarez Yes, my apologies. I believe we have an item a consent calendar related to the Catholic Charities that I had to abstain from At the regular meeting, so we'll be abstaining from that Okay, and that I think that that was my budget is 12.15 12.15 Mr. Sawyer, do you have to abstain from that also? You've seen from the original vote and Yes, and in abundance of caution, I would need to abstain from that as well. I didn't catch that. I appreciate it. Sorry for the mistake Thank you. Are there any other abstentions on council? Okay, uh, moving on to I intend mayors and council members reports So i'm just going to go through the roll call. Uh, Let's see if anyone would like to make a report. We're going to start with you. Mr. Dowd anything you'd like to report I'm not for this meeting Mr. Rogers Yeah, rather than going into specifics. I think I'll just make a general comment that the boards and Appointments that we have had have continued to move forward typically through the same kind of thing that we're doing here with city council Whether it's a zoom meeting or a phone meeting So over the last month there have been a number of Sonoma county transportation authority meetings and mayors and council member meetings that are all Typically dealing with the fallout in impact of covet 19. I've generally been putting out information to the public via social media Around these meetings as they happen So I won't report out on them right now But definitely as we get back to having more regulars to the council meetings. I'll give updates as things happen All right, thank you. Mr. Kibbit anything to share? No report Mr. Soria No report Mr. Oliver's Thank you, mayor. Just a brief update on assignment. You've given me related to the coronavirus That's related to food security Just to let the others know that I have been working with other council members from the other jurisdictions To try to develop some consistency in what we do related to food security Food distribution sites raising funds, etc To make sure that during this crisis the public does have access to good nutrition food And that would do what we can to ensure that those that are providing The food have the resources they need to continue to bring in more food as needed Great. Thank you for that and vice mayor Fleming anything to report Yes, thank you, mayor Yesterday, I attended a telephone meeting of the water advisory council where we were asked to Authorize a rate hike of five percent of water rates from Sonoma water agency And the budget that was presented to us had been approved by the technical advisory committee on March 2nd and had not been amended given the current circumstances and I didn't see that it was Normally, I would have the the help of the council and making this decision and I had to make a decision without your involvement, which was unfortunate, but I didn't feel that It was right for us to authorize a five percent increase in their budget when all of the budgets both personal budgets and governmental budgets around our community and beyond are Going to be taking significant haircuts. So at any rate, I voted no It's still passed as an advisory to the board of supervisors who will have the option of Approving it as presented to us. That's the end of my report Great. Thank you. And I have a couple of items. I wanted to report on starting with the home Sonoma County leadership council meeting on Friday, March 27th I know councilmember Oliver is joining that meeting and I want to Share thanks to Stephanie and Dina from the city clerk's office and Dave Gwine for their assistance in arranging for the virtual meeting Typically the county's community develop development commission is the lead agency, but due to the Unique circumstances you're in that city of Santa Rosa stepped up and provided the meeting So to inform the rest of the council the state of california through the passage of sp 89 provided approximately $1.1 million in funding to Sonoma County to protect the health and safety of people experiencing homeless That's continuing of care in this case the leadership council. We've received approximately 52 of that funding or approximately $575,000 The leadership council voted to create an ad hoc to assist and prioritize the utilization of those funds representatives from each entitled jurisdiction Which is the city of Santa Rosa the city of penaluma in the county's Sonoma And a member with lived experience were selected this ad hoc group was scheduled to participate in discussions with the Sonoma county emergency operation center homeless task group Unfortunately, we've yet to then be invited to that conversation and I've been having conversations with the city manager as to how we can get engaged in that Additionally, there are a number of virtual meetings. I've been attending that I want to update everyone on First of all the emergency operation center advisory group, which is myself and the vice mayor With the city manager and the city attorney We meet day or we have the conference conference called daily monday through friday And then the vice mayor and I share that information with our colleagues And then the vice mayor and myself meet with the chair and the vice chair of the board of supervisors twice a week for calls and then we scheduled a One day a week meeting for all the mayors of the cities and again the efforts of both meeting with the board and the Chair and vice chair along with the other mayors is to coordinate any efforts. What's working. What's not working in these challenging times and this all there is mentioned one of the Work groups that I've asked him to participate in so there's a food security Work group that mr. All there's and mr. Rogers are participating in and then additionally There's another economic recovery work group and I've asked vice mayor Fleming the council member Sawyer to participate in those meetings With that on to item number 11 approval minutes. Did anyone have any corrections additions deletions from the minutes of february 25th Very men. We will accept those meeting minutes. Mr. Knutt consent items Thank you, mayor This will take just a little while as we have a number of consent items to get through item 12.1 motion contract award pavement preventative maintenance 2020 item 12.2 resolution memorandum of understanding transit technology staff support item 12.3 resolution priority conservation areas southeast greenway item 12.4 resolution transportation development act article 3 grant application for fiscal year 2020 2021 resolution road repair and accountability act of 2017 senate bill 1 transportation funding fiscal year 2020 2021 project list item 12.6 resolution professional services agreement with carl l macy incorporated to provide landscape architectural design services to prepare construction documents for six fire damaged parks and landscape sites item 12.7 resolution bid award purchase order for 2020 Ford f-150 extended cab pickups item 12.8 resolution Resolution of the council of the city of santa rosa amending the fiscal year 2019 2020 adopted budget to appropriate 200 thousand dollars From fund balance in the special revenue fund known as srt bia for economic development purposes item 12.9 resolution ratification for purchase order of purchase order for 15 12 led ekg monitor defibrillator units and accessories item 12.10 resolution temporarily increasing the vacation accrual maximum item 12.11 resolution extension of proclamation of existence of local emergency due to 2017 fire item 12.12 resolution extension of proclamation of existence of local emergency due to the 2019 concave fire item 12.13 resolution extension of proclamation of existence of a local emergency relating to the threats to community health posed by covet 19 item 12.14 resolution extension of a proclamation of local homeless emergency item 12.15 ordinance adoption second reading ordinance of the council of the city of santa rosa amending title 20 of the santa rosa city code by reclassifying the properties for the caritas village project located at 431 437 439 465 a street and 506 512 516 520 600 608 and 612 morgan street to the tv m h s a transit mixed village transit village mixed use zoning district and file number prj 18-052 And that concludes for today. Thank you, mr. Um, council, any questions for staff just now? I did have one question on item 12.1 the temporary temporarily increasing notification accrual maximum Is this all pertaining? I'm sorry, go ahead. That's that's item 12.10 Yes My question is I I I totally get the need for this Uh Once we get out of this is there a plan for the use of those hours and how's that going to work specifically if we have any retiree payout On those hours, how's that going to be managed? Let me see if our human resource director is on the line. I am. Yes. Hi. This is amy rays In terms of how this will work. We are looking at uh, likely six months to use um This time after this event is over And in terms of how it would affect retirees, um, if someone had retired in that time, we would have to do a specific calculation Um, if they had not retired yet, we would go ahead and handle that as they would normally Um, happy to answer any additional questions Actually, that was very helpful. Uh, that's what I was looking for that six months time frame to be able to get below those maximum accrual ratings Oh numbers Council any additional questions Madam city clerk, do we have any public comment on any of the consent items? Yes, we do have one. Um voicemail received and deputy city clerk manis will play that voicemail now That is the end of public comment for consent items All right, thank you Madam vice mayor, would you like to make a motion here on our consent calendar? Yes, thank you mayor. I'll be making three motions to accommodate for abstention So I'd like to move items 12.1 through item 12 through 12.13 um And wait for a second Second Was that was was that council member kibitz making the second? Yes, we have items 12.1 through 12.13 motion by the vice mayor seconded by mr. Kibitz now city clerk, could you do a roll call vote, please? Yes, council member doubt I council member oliveras I council member rogers council member soyer council member tippets vice mayor flimming mayor schwedhelm Those consent items passed with seven eyes Thank you. Um, I've moved uh item 12.12 0.14 Second So we have a motion to move item 12.1 by the vice mayor seconded by council member soyer madham city clerk We have a roll call vote council member doubt council member oliveras council member rogers council member soyer vice mayor Fleming Yes mayor schwedhelm That passes with six eyes and council member tippets recusing Thank you. And now finally i'll move items 12.15. I'll get a second It's item 12.15 motion by the vice mayor seconded by council member tippets roll call vote, please council member dowd council member soyer I'm sorry. Yes recuse uh council member rogers council member tippets vice mayor Fleming mayor schwedhelm That passes with five eyes with council member oliveras and council member soyer recusing Um As it's not yet five o'clock. We will come back to item 13 for public comment on non-agenda items um Adams to the attorney uh is 14.1 your item Uh, yes, it is Let's go ahead and sorry. Thank you. And i'm sorry to interrupt. Madam city attorney um Before we move into this item, which is entitled eviction defense ordinance um for for the county of sonoma um Could Madam city attorney, could you um relieve some of my discomfort with moving forward with this item Given the recent changes With the judicial council In some ways eviscerating the the county's um ordinance Have you had time to indicate of the uh a list of of um Rules that the landlords and tenants can follow Clearly and without confusion um Or would there would it be reasonable to Continue this item until that kind of analysis can be done so that we can very Um, so we know what we're talking about um Clearly, I know that the the county made um had a difficulty themselves in dealing with this issue um Now that there are three bodies weighing in um I'm just curious. So how what is the best way to move forward in a case like this because i'm patently confused as to what to um Not in all areas, but in some where there are major conflicts of law Sure, this is uh, this is sue gallagher. Um, and i'm happy to address that that question and concern Yes, this is certainly an evolving um area of law. Um, things are changing Very quickly At this point as you noted the item is Set on the agenda to discuss the county's eviction defense Ordinance that ordinance is still in place At this time and indeed The board of supervisors today Affirm that it will remain in effect at least for the time being In order to understand what the implications are of that ordinance We do need to look at the things that have happened since That ordinance was adopted adopted and that includes both The judicial council emergency rules that were issued just yesterday And as well as the governor's executive order that was issued About a week a little more than a week ago I am prepared To walk through each of those three measures To discuss what each of those measures does What how one qualifies under each of those measures protections are given by those measures and To discuss at least as an initial discussion How those three pieces fit together How those are all going to work out is Certainly something that is not yet reached a level of clarity But I can at least today If the council so desires give some initial impressions And talk about kind of where we might go from here in terms of Of gaining more clarity and being able to communicate that to our public Thank you Yes, mr. Sotos is uh Mayor Schwedhelm The reason I wanted this item still go on in in light of the confusion or not So clear Orders is so that the council can't provide some additional feedback to the city attorney on what we want to What what situation we want for the city of santa rosa? So that's why I've asked her to make this presentation even if everything's not in concrete yet Thank you, mayor This this is councilmember dow could I make a comment as well? Please go ahead um I Certainly I support the concept and I realize it and this agenda item that says no action by council is just requested at this time but I hope that city attorney galler Will give us some Direction as to how we can proceed my personal belief is while i'm supportive of giving Uh renters eviction protection I also think we need to look at broadening our impacts to assist the economy which includes maybe A mortgage forgiveness for landlords I also see a need for helping local governments like the city of santa rosa and the county of sonoma As we adjust to the downturn in the economy and how we get back to par again so I I just want to make sure that we're trying to give advice to cover the entire economic package out there That's my comment Okay, and there'll be more opportunities for comments from council members So madam said the attorney wants to go ahead with the presentation Okay, as I say this is an evolving situation and We're going to i'm getting my own power point set up So and as I mentioned In response to council member soyers this Agenda item was agendized to address specifically the county eviction defense ordinance In order to understand that ordinance and how it fits in the current situation. We do need to look at the other two Eviction protection measures that are currently in place and that's the judicial council emergency rules and the governor's executive order So i'll move to Second slide I'm city attorney and i'm sorry There's I don't know how to first how to get acknowledged without just jumping in Since we can't see each other I have one brief question for perhaps for the mayor as far as how we are going to go forward with this With this presentation. Do you want us to hold questions until the end or should we somehow? Make note or or speak up and ask a question as the as they come through each one of the slides Thank you for that question. I'm sorry I would ask that you take notes and madam city attorney if I know it's a rather lengthy presentation So if you could stop where it makes sense for you to stop to solicit any questions from council I think that would be helpful rather than waiting for all them at the end Sure, I would suggest that after each after the Discussion of each of the three measures that perhaps we can take questions at at that point Thank you That sounds great. Thank you So as I mentioned, there are three separate measures that are now in effect To address residential evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic Again, the judicial council emergency rules the executive order from the governor and the county's Eviction defense ordinance next slide So How did we get here? I want to just go quickly the again. Let's go to the next slide I'm not sure how how this is working. I don't have any control over the slides as dina Or stephanie. I'm not hearing who can you hear me? This is uh dina. Yes. Now. I can hear you Okay, I just advanced it to slide three the timeline. Is that what you're seeing now? I am. Thank you So, how did we get here? Um, this began on march 16th 2020 The governor issued an executive order in 2820 and that authorized local governments to regulate residential evictions That were arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic What that order did was it suspended state law restrictions on the power of local governments to limit residential or commercial evictions When the basis for eviction is non-payment of rent arising out of either A substantial decrease in income or substantial medical expenses Caused by the pandemic or any local state or federal government response to that pandemic The order itself the executive order that initial executive order itself did not itself Place any limitations on evictions, but it invited local agencies to act And in response to that initial executive order, uh, at least 50 local jurisdictions across the state did take action Including Sonoma county and the local regulations varied significantly from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and of course many jurisdictions took no action The county adopted its ordinance on march 24th Three days after the county adopted its ordinance The governor again weighed in once again and issued executive order in 3720 And that placed a statewide moratorium on residential evictions arising out of COVID-19 For the rest of the presentation will focus just on that second executive order The first order simply set the background Next slide next slide Is that uh out of four Correct Slide four is being presented Okay I guess there's a just a time lag on what i'm watching So, uh, then on april 6th just yesterday, the judicial council issued emergency rules suspending eviction and foreclosure proceedings Except as necessary for public health and safety The judicial council in case folks are not familiar with that entity It is the policy making body of for the california courts and it sets the rules under which the courts operate Next slide Just proceed on with the slides on my Maybe I need to refresh this but uh, it does not appear on mine That it's moving forward online in any case Whenever you have this kind of multiple layers Of regulations where it's state regulations and local regulations There's always a question about preemption and whether there is any preemption And Keep in mind that the relation between the three regulations at this point is somewhat uncertain But we believe we've looked at it closely and we do believe that preemption is unlikely The judicial council rules and the executive order both leave room for local regulation of residential evictions And that conclusion is really shared. I think across The county so both the county council and the other city attorneys across the county That being said the local regulations must not be inconsistent with either of those state enactments Um But as long as they are not inconsistent they can they can survive I think the bigger question is going to be what is the practical effect of having these three different measures in place And councilmember soyer you alluded to that Potential difficulty Next slide So we're going to walk through the three different measures Um, and I'm going to begin in reverse. I'm going to do it in reverse order So I'm going to take the most recent first. Um, and then walk back down to the county ordinance Yesterday the judicial council issued emergency rules that is within their authority They issued 11 separate emergency rules Two of those rules addressed evictions and foreclosures and in the judicial council's press release The council explained that those rules were intended to suspend eviction and foreclosure Proceedings to protect californians from losing their homes during the covet 19 pandemic The rules are in effect. They went into effect immediately And uh, they the rules State that they will remain in effect until 90 days after termination of this Of these governors declaration of state of emergency So these rules will remain in effect for the duration of the state of emergency at the state level And for 90 days thereafter The judicial council did however reserve to itself The ability to amend or rescind the rules at any time if it deems that appropriate Next slide. There are the two rules. I'll go them in order the emergency rule number one concerns unlawful detainers Uh, it has three provisions It provides that no summons Will be issued for an unlawful detainer action unless it is necessary to protect public health and safety There will also be no entry of any default in a detainer action unless necessary to protect public health and safety A default judgment is entered if the uh If the responding party the defendant does not appear. So those that will not happen And then uh, finally, uh, unlawful detainer trials will be continued for 60 days Again, unless necessary to protect public health and safety That is for trials that are currently set those trials are continued for 60 days New trials will be set not earlier than 60 days after the initial request for trial is filed It's important to note that unlike The executive order and the county ordinance that we'll talk about later This judicial council rule is not specifically tied to covet 19 It applies to all unlawful detainer actions again, except as necessary for public health and safety Next slide the second emergency rule related to foreclosures And um, it it provided three Protective measures also First it stayed all foreclosure actions unless the action was necessary for public health and safety It told all statute of limitations applicable to foreclosures And it extended the period for electing or exercising any rights under foreclosure statutes It did not specify a particular time Uh of that extension, but simply states of their extension Again, it also includes that provision that it remains in effect So long as the state of emergency is in place and for 90 days thereafter So for that period of time no foreclosure actions can proceed and again like the Eviction provisions it applies broadly to all foreclosure actions And not just those arising out of the impacts of the covet 19 pandemic And as I mentioned, we are continuing to look at how these two new rules are going to play out Um, I can stop there. That's the summary of the judicial council emergency rules and can answer any questions that you might have Yes, why don't we go ahead and let me just do a quick roll call to see if anyone has any questions, mr. Doubt any questions uh thus far Hearing then mr. Rogers any questions No, thanks Mr. Tibbetts No, yes. Thank you, mayor. Um one question about the protection any protections from mortgages um in a number of the documents, uh, especially in the The original county documents It is they it is referred to But not specifically answered as to whether or not which I firmly doubt There are any protections for mortgages and of course this speaks to to my concern about Landlords not receiving money that may have a mortgage on a particular income property So to be clear there as currently Are there or are there not any protections any mortgage protections that are clear understandable And legal at this point That's it. That's a tall order But the um at this point neither the governor's order nor the County's ordinance provide directly any mortgage relief for landlords And indeed the county ordinance could not address that that is without That is outside the authority of the county In terms of a mortgage relief generally as i'm sure you're familiar there are Measures in place at the federal level for for Um federally backed mortgages And you may be aware also that the governor has negotiated with a number of major banks and Credit unions to provide some mortgage protection I don't have all those details in front of me right now, but those are in place What this measure does uh the judicial council emergency rule number two and Indeed that is how it is labeled in the in the issuance of the emergency rules. It is rule number two It stays all foreclosure actions. Um, so no No Mortgage holder could Move forward with a foreclosure at this time and indeed not for the duration of the governor's declaration of state of emergency And for 90 days thereafter. So this does provide At least procedural protections against Against foreclosures And then that does not necessarily rule out Income property or it is not just for Owner occupied as far as you're you're reading what has been presented so far As far as my reading of what's been presented so far this will apply To not just to owner occupied but also to income properties and also to commercial properties in general We're trying to get clarity from The judicial council on that point, but that is our understanding at at at this point We understand that this applies to all foreclosures And Irregardless of Who is occupying The premise I appreciate that having having one order without the without the without the protections coming from the other would be I think particularly Onus, so I I appreciate that answer. Thank you sure and If we learn, you know as we learn I will keep council informed But again again in an evolving situation things can things can change But at this point it looks like both the foreclosures and the evictions are very broad and the eviction protections Are very broad in their application Thank you. This this is council member doubt. Could I make a comment? Hold on. It's like dick when we come back to you. Um, this is all there. So you have any questions No, I did not Vice mayor phleming any questions No, I do not I just had one and I'll get back to you dick. Um, I just want to confirm that With the governor's order, there currently is no end date, correct? The governor's order does have an end date currently of may 31st Oh, you mean the the declaration of of emergency Correct the declaration of emergency does not have an end date at this time. You are correct Once an end date is established and it'll be 90 days after that, correct? Yes, once it's right once the governor Takes action to lift the state of emergency That's what will then trigger the 90 day period Okay, and regardless of what the county's Sonoma public health officer states In regards to the judicial council emergency rules our local State of emergency is irrelevant as far as they're concerned. Is that accurate? That is that is true This is thank you for the judicial council. It is based solely the time period is based solely on the state declaration of emergency Okay, mr. Dad you have a question Well today in reading the press democrat there was an article about a protection that's in the federal stimulus package and it was for People who had to take out mortgages in order to keep their employees Engaged and there was a forgiveness of They're borrowing in order to do that As long as they use 75 of the money To pay their mortgage or keep their employees working so my my My concern about this is that there's local government edicts and orders and then there's the state and then there's the federal federal stimulus package And they need to get blended together And i'm concerned that we might There may be steps that we have to take but I don't want us to be so piecemeal about it that we get ourselves into a difficult spot And I I appreciate that comment And I will just note that we are not Recommending any action by the council at this time This is for informational only although certainly the council is free to give us directions if you want to take action But this is laying out kind of what we've been handed What we've been handed by the state Both the judicial council and the and the governor and by the county of sonoma. So But this will help Hopefully this will help us to understand where we are and from there you can decide the council can decide whether it wants to weigh in One way or another. All right. Thank you. You want to continue on the presentation? Sure We'll move to the executive order in 37 20 um And uh as mentioned before that was issued on march 27th The governor in his press release stated that it builds on previous executive order authorizing local governments to halt evictions for renters impacted by the pandemic um And it prohibits evictions of residential tenants affected by co vid through may 31st 2020 So it thus establishes a temporary statewide moratorium on evictions that are directly related to impacts the co vid 19 pandemic That language that we that I quoted um from the press release is one of the pieces That that leads us to believe that the governor was intending to allow local regulations to continue in place Next slide So who's eligible for tenant protections under the executive order? Again the judicial Council rules were very broad But under the executive order, there are a series of criteria that a tenant must meet So the eligibility, how are you eligible? number one prior to The issuance of the executive order the tenant has paid rent under an agreement with the landlord The tenant is now unable to pay rent For reasons related to co vid 19 and we'll talk in the next slide about what that means And third the tenant must notify the landlord before the rent is due or within seven days after the rent is due That indeed the tenant is unable to pay Rent due to the impacts of the coronavirus Uh pandemic And then fourth the tenant must retain verifiable documentation Of the inability to pay due to reasons related to co vid There is not a requirement in the order that that documentation be provided to the landlord So what does it mean to be unable to pay rent due to co vid 19? It means that the tenant Is unable the it can be for any related any reason that arises out of the impacts of the pandemic But the order specifically notes The following that the tenant was unavailable to work because the tenant was sick with suspected or confirmed case of co vid 19 Second that the tenant was unavailable to work because the tenant was caring for a household or family member with a suspected or confirmed case of co vid 19 Third that the tenant experienced a layoff a loss of hours or other income reduction Resulting from co vid 19 from the state of emergency or from any related governmental response Or fourth that the tenant needed to miss work to care for a child whose school was closed due to co vid 19 And note that again the tenant must have documentation of the reasons for their inability to pay And the order the executive order mentions that documentation may include termination notices payroll checks pay stubs bank statements Medical bills or a signed letter or statement from an employer Again, the order does not require that the document be provided to the landlord So next slide If the tenant meets The above criteria what protections do they get under the executive order? It extends By 60 days the tenant's time to respond to the initiation of the eviction action under state law State law would allow the tenant only five days to respond To an eviction action an unlawful detainer action It extends that for an additional 60 days and thus suspends The eviction proceedings for that 60 day period As second it prohibits enforcement of any writ to evict a residential tenant for non-payment of rent Again, if they meet the the criteria The executive order does not relieve the tenant of Their obligation to pay unpaid rent and the rent is due upon expiration of the order Again the the order currently expires on may 31st The governor of course could extend that date Next slide The executive order applies statewide and there is no action required by any local government It is self self executing It is implemented through private civil actions filed in superior court. So The court or the landlord or the tenant depending on the provision will Uh, will trigger that trigger those protections And that's the summary of the executive order. So happy to answer any questions on the executive order Thank you for that portion. Uh, mr. Doubt any questions No, I think the presentation is good. They're just a lot of work that'll be laid out in front of us going forward Okay, mr. Rogers questions I mean just a quick one too We know that the governor had previously done an executive order giving additional leeway to local jurisdictions But hadn't done the hadn't gone the the full path forward Do we get any indication indication from his office on whether or not he is done in this avenue? Or is he still hoping or expecting cities and counties to do something more and if not, he'll come back in Um, I have not heard anything about further actions But certainly it would be possible that he may take further actions But I have not heard of that any moves at least at this point. Mr. Tivitz Thank you, mayor and sue. Thanks for this presentation. Uh, I the question that I have is related to the On cage or was it 12 that it does not relieve tenant of obligation to pay unpaid rent my I have two concerns with this one is with the expiration of the governor's order Do we get anything? From his executive order that will give us some runway and not so much us runway or notice that he plans to discontinue the executive order Is there a way to let the residents know and my question being is that If a resident has been at home with sick or has lost the job due to it not being an essential service Uh, I'm concerned, you know, most renters in my experience don't exactly have a savings account. So What position are they going to be in to to pay Upon let's just use the date of may 31st if the governor doesn't renew His order. I'm I'm wondering if it would be who of us city To say, okay, you know, we're gonna we're gonna make it payable in santa rosa two weeks after the termination Of the governor's order That being kind of comment number one that way it gives residents time to go out and get a loan if they need to Um a personal loan. I I don't know. I'm just trying to make sure we don't Prevent mass evictions now only to have mass evictions later My second concern is around just helping them be able to pay and has staff explored The possibility of a rental assistance fund. I know that We are cash strapped and going to be more cash strapped with the You know, a lot of the things happening right now in terms of sales tax revenue but We also have that settlement money potentially on its way and can we somehow create a fund and reimburse ourselves should that That settlement money arrive Sure, um, and I I think I recognize and I think most people that are working through these different eviction measures do recognize the difficulty That tenants are likely to face In pain rent, uh upon Under the executive order upon termination of the executive order whether that's on may 31st or some later date Or whether um, it's uh at the time, um that the judicial council order expires in 90 days after the 90 days after the state of emergency is lifted Um, and I have not seen any direct Remedies for this uh for that at this point. Um, again evolving situation. Perhaps there will be some remedies put forward I think that's a concern not only for tenants, but also for the landlords The land, you know, again the flip side the tenant is concerned If particularly if they're out of work not earning money Um, how are you going to save up to be able to pay the rent that's coming due now? In addition to the rent that will be due on june 1st or whatever date might later be extended And the landlords have the same concern On that on the flip side of I'm not collecting rent for this period of time and how reasonable is it to expect that that rent will be able to materialize at the termination of the order or the emergency rules so That is a practical difficulty and I don't have a good answer for that If the council were interested in trying to establish a rental assistance fund that would be a separate agenda item And certainly, you know, that's direction that you can provide For us today if if that's the direction you are interested in going Okay, and just to reiterate did you say that upon the discontinuation of the governor's executive order that the judicial committee's protections will be in place 90 days from that time the Yes, they will be right from from the no the i'm sorry the judicial order continues for the the time of the governor's declaration of state of emergency So when he lifts the state of emergency then the protections of the judicial Rules will continue for another 90 days That means you're not going to be in a It's a little more complicated than that. You're not going to be in a foreclosure action Property owners are not going to be in a foreclosure action and you're still going to have some of the this the Extensions that are available under rule one for evictions Rule one is actually not as absolute With respect to evictions as rule two is with respect to foreclosures So that's some of the kind of practical how that plays out that we're still looking at and and evolving But the eviction proceedings If I go if I go back to that Provision There's if you have not paid rent for the period of time for that period and for 90 days after The emergency declaration is lifted You still there'll be still no summons as will be issued and no entry of defaults The unlawful detainer trials could go forward during that time because the unlawful detainer trials are only delayed for 60 days So you could be having trials But there would be no default judgments Issued and there would be no new summons as issues and so no new complaints that would be able to be Asserved Can I jump in again or were you in between thoughts there? I was just in between talk Let me just say that that under the executive order the executive order expires currently as of May 31st, so its provisions will Its protections go away at that point and rent so rent will technically be due under the executive order As of may 30 or as of june 1st Again in less extended But there'll be no unlawful detainer actions initiated and no default Judgments entered although a trial could happen during that time Okay, well, that's that's where I'm thinking that you know might be beneficial to Just have maybe I'm throwing out a random number of 14 days After the end of the governor's order just to ensure that The Renters are able to take the necessary steps to get the funds they need through whichever vehicle they choose And then that also serves the You know equally important purpose of making sure that that the landlords are able to recover The funds that that they weren't paid in the prior months because at some point those Those foreclosure action protections are not going to be in place for them So I guess I'm just thinking it's probably going to be good to make sure that the renter stays in place and the renter has time To gather funds to get to the landlord so that the home isn't lost to me. It seems like a pretty symbiotic process I just want to make sure that either the governor's going to give us a two week heads up If not so we can communicate to our residents and if not then we have some sort of mechanism in place But I'll I'll save that for for later to expand upon My other question was is, you know, has any jurisdiction explored? Not allowing evictions of commercial entities under a commercial lease because my fear is obviously I know a lot of businesses at the place I work. We're looking at The payroll tax credit. We're also looking at the sba 7a loan But the sba 7a for example and we have I think 349 billion for the whole country All the banks that we're seeking with currently are saying get your application in right away because there's not going to be enough to go around And I just want to make sure that when this is all over same as we don't have massive evictions of tenants Uh residential tenants that you know force street doesn't look like a partial ghost town Yes, and I'll I'll note that the executive order neither the executive order nor the Nor the county's ordinance address Commercial evictions. They are both limited to residential evictions That being said the judicial Council's rule We believe will cover Commercial evictions as well as residential again We're trying to get confirmation of that intent from the judicial council But at this time that is how we are reading that that rule As our other jurisdictions in Sonoma county reading it the same way Okay, that's that's great information. Well, I'll just throw out there to the my fellow council members and the mayor that I I'm very interested in and one making sure that we have a rental assistance pool that that favors residential users First and foremost, but also Could extend to commercial users and that we have some sort of an ordinance in place that protects Commercial tenants as well and and I understand that the judicial committee may be exploring this But I think it's also an opportunity to take leadership on that Which I've noticed the state state sometimes likes to watch what the local jurisdictions are doing So thanks for the floor mayor All right, mr. Sawyer. Do you have any questions? My head is spinning But I'll I'll bring it down to one question or one asking one one clarification if I could So under the executive order and actually under the county ordinance as well the tenants are requested to provide Proof of necessity when it comes to their lack of ability to pay Rent either in part or in in full But indeed due to the To the ruling of the judicial council That requirement Regardless of whether they provided or not Cannot result in An eviction correct It it's a little more complicated than that Again because the eviction rule From the judicial council is not as absolute as the foreclosure Rule so what the The the eviction rule judicial council eviction rule Um You do not have to provide any evidence um that your inability to pay Is related to covet 19 in fact not only do you not have to provide any evidence of that It doesn't have to be related to covet 19 That's right. So so in essence there the in the executive order where they speak to this as some kind of Obligation on the part of the tenant The um the judicial Council Voided all of that Virtually voided that requirement. So well it it it it did in some respects and not in others What the judicial council order does is says you can't no one can initiate a new Unlawful detainer action And so To that extent if you if you're not already in In an unlawful detainer action No, that can't be initiated. So And it doesn't matter whether the inability to pay is based on covet or for any other reason Also, you're not going to have any entry of default if the Tenant does not show up at the hearing You could potentially have hearings going forward under that they're going to be delayed because there's going to be a 60 day Um delay on any eviction proceedings But if the proceeding had started before April 6th before yesterday That proceeding could continue again trial would be put off for 60 days So it is In that trial you would not have You wouldn't have any defenses That would be when When you might avail yourself of either the executive order Or the county ordinance And that's when those would come into play and in those that instance you would have to be able to prove That your inability to pay was based on the impacts of the covet 19 pandemic Or from from you know from governmental actions In response to that pandemic Okay, and getting on a on a court calendar at this point. It's going to take months anyway. So right, right? So the fallout is in essence um You needn't pay your rent and if you don't pay your rent you you will not be brought up with with an unlawful container and that could go on for months Based on the action of the judicial council That that practically speaking practically speaking That could be a possibility The judicial order also does not forgive Does not operate to forgive payment of rent Again, just delays it that then though also kicks you into the situation the practical difficulty If you have not paid your rent for some period of time You may have difficulties coming up with that amount of money In a timely manner. I appreciate your use of the word may Okay, I'll I'll stop there. I I'm you know, there there are there are so many places one could go with this I mean and I I honor your effort in trying to to make clear three various groups Coming up with sometimes conflicting sometimes consistent sometimes patently ridiculous Suggestions and trying to make sense of it is is really quite something I Like I said, I honor your effort. I'll stop there. Thank you All right, just all there. Do you have any questions? No questions, ma'am Vice mayor Fleming No questions And I don't have any either And so could you say what slide you're on just so we're uh, some of our computers have gone to sleep And let's wait them again to join that sure presentation in progress. Sure. I'll be moving to The county ordinance and slide 14 So to move to the the county ordinance our third level of regulation And it predated the the governor's executive order as well as the judicial council rules So it was adopted at a time when the only state action Was the governor's temporary suspension of state law restrictions on local Regulation of evictions so that opened the door for the county and others For Sonoma county and other local jurisdictions to take action So the ordinance does provide yet a different set of procedures and remedies for residential tenants facing possible evictions Although it standards for eligibility are very similar to the standards Under the governor's executive order Next slide. Uh, it was adopted unanimously on march 24th And um It is similar to the governor's executive order It provides temporary leave for tenants who can demonstrate that their inability to pay rent is due to the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic As an urgency ordinance, uh, it was effective immediately and it applies in both the incorporated and Unincorporated areas. It was intentionally Expanded throughout the entire county and I do want to emphasize that the county county council did reach out to the city attorneys We had a very collaborative and fruitful Long discussion by phone And in fact a couple of discussions by phone over the The county's proposal to have this apply within city limits as well And the consensus was That the county Under its emergency powers Has the ability to impose regulations within the incorporated areas and that there was an interest in having a common set of regulations across the county Again, this was at a time before the executive before the governor had issued his legislative order and now before the judicial council issued its emergency rules And the county ordinance does apply to all residential rentals including mobile homes And let me go back just to a minute for a moment about the unincorporated and incorporated areas Although the ordinance does state its intent to apply Throughout the county It does not preclude expressly does not preclude alternative or additional actions by the cities So the cities do remain free If they desire To adopt something different than the county regulation Next slide So who's eligible for protection under the county ordinance again very similar to under the governor's executive order Um, the tenant must be able to demonstrate through documentation or other objectively verifiable means That the failure to pay rent results from either a substantial loss of income or a substantial out-of-pocket medical expenses And that those losses or medical medical expenses are associated with the COVID-19 Or are associated with any local state or federal governmental response to the pandemic I note that the Governor's order the the county ordinance specifically calls out the out-of-pocket medical expenses Although the governor's initial executive order allowing for local action Specifically mentioned medical costs It's the governor's second order Imposing the limitations on residential evictions does not specifically address medical costs, but I think it's reasonably Implied into the order next slide So What defines a substantial loss of income? What what can that be from and again very similar to the governor's list Job loss layoffs reduction in the number of compensable hours of work Closure of a store restaurant or office or business A substantial decrease in business income caused by reduction in open hours or consumer demand The need to miss work to care for a homebound school-age child or a family member infected with COVID-19 Or other similarly caused loss of income that resulted from the pandemic again, I think we can You know, we can find that that the two in terms of eligibility that the executive order And the county ordinance are pretty comparable In terms of documentation, um, the tenant must share Documentation with the landlord and the ordinance says for the sole and limited purpose of supporting the landlord's claim for mortgage relief The it is important to note though that the ordinance itself does not create a path for mortgage relief again, as I mentioned earlier mortgage relief is outside the ready-in jurisdiction of the county um And we talked a little bit about some of the mortgage relief That may be available from the federal level or from the state negotiations with the with the large banks and credit unions. Um, so that may be areas Areas of relief This third bullet was actually supposed to be moved, but I might as well address it now The prohibition against evictions Also applies to a landlord's action that constitutes constructive eviction such as if the landlord was able to turn off utilities Note that the this is that piece that constructive eviction is broader than is provided under the that that is addressed under either the judicial council Rule or the executive order neither of those addresses constructive evictions So what are the protections? Provided by the ordinance if the tenant meets the criteria for eligibility the ordinance prohibits eviction for failure to pay rent And again, this is the repeat Also applies against to protect against constructive evictions Next slide. Um, so what are the mechanisms for protection? This is where the ordinance and the governor's order are quite different The remedies under the ordinance, uh, include the notice that the notice of eviction is void Daniel we call that the executive order Simply gives additional time for the tenant to respond to the eviction order and under the county ordinance It is deemed void The Attendant may use the ordinance as an affirmative defense against an unlawful detainer action So this would be the situation if under the judicial order if you Were already under an eviction in an eviction proceeding and you got set for trial You would then be able to use this as an affirmative defense In that action Um, third is that the county ordinance creates a private right of action whereby the tenant can file a civil action against the landlord for both injunctive relief against the eviction and for treble damages In the event that the the landlord pursued an eviction in violation of the ordinance The damages the treble damages that means it's three times actual damages The damages may include damages for mental or emotional distress But with respect to those damages the damages for mental or emotional distress They will not be troubled absent a knowing violation or reckless disregard of the ordinance by the landlord The other piece in that Private right of action is that the prevailing party whether it be the tenant or the landlord Is entitled to recoup their costs and attorney's fees Next slide Like the executive order and indeed the judicial rules The county ordinance does not relieve the tenant of the obligation to pay rent Nor does it restrict the landlord's ability to recover the rent due after After expiration of the order The order of the ordinance Provides a 60 day period after the termination of the local public health emergency for payment of all unpaid rent So we have slightly different timeframes here the executive order Rent becomes due upon expiration of the executive order The county ordinance gives 60 days after termination of the local public health emergency And the And the judicial council rule Stays proceedings until 90 days after And when I say stays proceedings in general stays proceedings until after 90 days after the state Declaration of emergency is lifted I will note that this provision for the 60 day period in the county ordinance does depend on The governor extending his First executive order that lifted the state law restrictions on on evictions. So that gets a little more complicated Next slide the A county ordinance as mentioned earlier is currently in effect throughout the county as an urgency ordinance It went into effect immediately and it is in effect in both the incorporated and the unincorporated areas There is no enforcement action or implementation required by the cities yet like the executive order is self-executing But as I mentioned it expressly does not preclude additional or alternative action by cities But it does um urge a consistency with the county regulations I want to note here also that The county did county board of supervisors reviewed the ordinance today And they did give direction To preserve the current ordinance in place for the time being They asked their county staff to prepare a document that would summarize and compare The three measures the judicial council rules the governor's executive order and the county ordinance to try to you know give some A direction to both landlords and tenants as to how those all fit together And then directed staff to watch watch for possible action by the state legislature on these points I mean on the on the eviction protections and and did Suggest that the staff come back at a later date for Further consideration of the local of the county ordinance Um in terms of the document summarizing and comparing the three measures that would be our intent as well and Um have begun outlining that and uh will work Uh With the county and with the other cities to make sure that we're all interpreting and understanding it correctly and trying to get Clarification where there might be any differences of opinion And the my the final slide is uh really about how these three work together I think we might as well go through the third slide the final slide and then we can uh address Or maybe if you want to address questions related to the county ordinance And then we can talk about how the three might might enter play Yes, why don't we go ahead and do that? Uh, thank you Right. I just want I think mr. Soror mentioned that I really appreciate your thorough analysis of this And the amount of time and energy and effort you and your staff are going to help us Understand the implications of the forward effort direction. We decided to go. I know it's a very challenging time for all this But I really appreciate your efforts. So with that Mr. Dowd, do you have any questions on the county's ordinance? No, I'm fine Mr. Rogers No, sir Mr. Kibbit Yeah, just actually not so much a question a quick addition I want to thank alex calvin from the california department owners association right after I Asked my previous question. He sent me the ordinance from marin county, which does include Commercial entities from eviction protection. So I would just want to share that with the council Uh, thank you. Mr. Soror I'd like to thank mr. Tempest for mentioning that because regardless of our ability to pay to help pay for some Assistance it's something that it would be Good to be able to look at The one question I had it had to do with the penalty phase or the the penalty paragraph, which I Think of as being Incredibly severe against the landlords. It's really clear that the tenant Advocates were sitting around the table. I wonder if there was anyone from the From the industry or any landlord sitting around the table when they decided to offer trouble damages But offer in the case of Tenant fraud, which we know not every tenant is an angel no more than every landlord is an angel But as far as I can tell and correct me if I'm wrong The county's ordinance speaks does not speak or is completely silent on tenant fraud Would that has that been your your Your finding as well madam city attorney Yes, the ordinance does not address potential for tenant fraud except to the extent that it does require the documentation of Yeah, so I should I should really kind of go back the the way that the ordinance addresses um A potential tenant fraud is in requiring the documentation that the The inability to pay rent is due to The impacts financial impacts, whether it's loss of income or medical expenses From the covet 19 pandemic and that that documentation does have to be provided to the landlord again it's provided to the landlord in the context of assisting the landlord in seeking mortgage relief, but again that would that would be I think the measure that the county is viewing as the Protection against tenant fraud in this situation Thank you for that and again it falls back on that is touched on by the Executive order and it is touched on by the county's ordinance, but the judicial council Made that part virtually hollow so It does concern me that they are so so that the county seems so willing to treat the the landlord With penalties that seemed That might be often used for criminals, although they state very clearly that they don't consider um the behavior of a landlord to be a criminal act You wouldn't know it by the penalties placed upon them if they were to Go after a tenant With the non-lawful detainer, whatever it might be, which again has been eviscerated by the other by the council so I'm very disappointed by that section in in the ordinance, but at this point Given where we've given that we don't really know where we're going We know where we've been We know where we are But this is such a moving target and there's so many questions yet to be answered It sounds like the county is going to try to do their best To come up with a document that speaks to that that perhaps fills in some of the gaps Although they may be onerous Some of the gaps that the that were not touched on by the executive order or the judicial Council, so I don't really I have so many questions at this point. I'm not sure I'm like I said my head is spinning on this one. This is quite an exercise in government at their at their worst, I think Mr. Oliver is any questions? No questions, mayor Vice mayor for me No questions. Thank you I'm going to try out a couple clarifications Um You made a comment that the we're going to county ordinance the cities are free to adopt Their own codes Oftentimes they can only be like more restrictive not less restrictive. What are the parameters? Should we choose to go our own path The ordinance the county ordinance does not place any limitations on On this a city ordinance, so it does state that the that the cities are free to adopt their own ordinance Alternative or additional as they see fit again The ordinance does urge consistency, but it does not require consistency with the county ordinance If the city council were to decide to move forward on its own ordinance We what the effect of that would be to carve the city out of the county The scope of the county's ordinance Okay. Thank you. And then Regarding the current county ordinance, what role would the city have in any enforcement? Action If we have a complaint that this has occurred does the city have any role in any of that? No, the city has no role in enforcement and indeed the county does not either The mechanism that is set up under the county ordinance is through civil actions That the tenant can use the ordinance as an affirmative defense in a private civil action Brought by the landlord and the tenant can file their own independent private Action in in superior court seeking damages or injunctive relief against the landlord so The ordinance is in a way self executing it simply provides those tools to the tenant As protection against potential affection Okay, thank you for that and then on slide in 22 it mentioned the local public health emergency How does that compare with our local city of Santa Rosa emergency and the timing and timelines of those Um To the statuses sure those are those are independent our The public health the emergency Order the declaration of emergency issued by the public health officer stands alone our Own city declaration of emergency does rely in significant part on the Public health officers findings and order I would have to look back at the exact language of that Of our original declaration, but I believe that it would stand on its own If the public health officer Lifted her order I think we would have to revisit our own local Declaration of emergency at that time and there may be a slightly there may still be reasons to maintain it But for purposes of the county ordinance the county ordinance is only based on the public health officer public health emergency As i'm saying that I I think that may not be correct Um, I'm gonna I'm gonna pull out the county ordinance Um and take a look at Let me confirm that I I guess my question is Judicial council pulled out a 90-day time frame the county pulled out a 60-day period and I don't know the data points that they use to come up with those two different Uh time frames just like you know today on our consent calendar I think we extended a number of different emergencies Um, and so i'm just wondering would that also be an opportunity should the council choose to create its own Uh ordinance where we consider own guidelines as to when it would expire or come into effect Yes, if we uh if the city adopted its own ordinance It would control how long that ordinance remained in in effect And again i'm i'm asking not that i'm an advocate of creating a new Set of ordinances just understanding what our options are So those are the only questions that I had did you want to finish the presentation and we'll get some final comments Questions sounds good The final slide was really simply to talk about some of the practical Implications, which I think we've been talking about quite a bit Um, I I say in the power point that there is some uncertainty. Um, I think You all recognize that there's probably considerable uncertainty as to how these three measures will work together That is something that we are going to try to graph out as to how these uh, what what What provisions apply when? Um, as you've seen the three different measures have different scopes different tools different time frames Um, we do recognize that there's going to be some difficulties in administration But we do believe that they can be aligned and that We can provide a roadmap for both landlords and tenants And I can I thought I I started kind of penciling out how they might work and I just to give Just to give a sense of how things um might play out with all three Again, if you uh, there's going to be no new summonses under the Uh judicial council order But if you have a an existing Uh eviction proceeding Under the governor's order your answer is going to be extended for 60 days if the um If it moves forward you answer within that 60 days and this is all still in effect in 60 days Then you're going to potentially go to trial. Um, you won't be held to a default judgment under the judicial council orders, but you could be set for trial Um And in that trial you could raise the affirmative defense of the county ordinance And uh, if the trial concluded, um, there would be and you were found, uh To not If the trial concluded there still be no writ of evictions issued Uh, and then if you Come out of that and the tenant prevailed in that Action they could file a private right of action Against the landlord So it's just a lot of different pieces. Um, I suspect that the judicial council order Is going to be, um, perhaps the most impactful Um, but as I mentioned earlier, it does not stop all proceedings, although it stops all new proceedings So I think that it's going to end up being the most impactful of the three for the time being Um, I'll also mention before we stop that uh, a couple of Questions have been raised about the commercial Um commercial evictions again the judicial council orders apply to A commercial evictions as well. I'm sorry the judicial council rules Apply to commercial evictions as well Um, there was the at the board of supervisors meeting today. Um, there were the account the board supervisors Um, did discuss The possibility of a commercial eviction limitations But did not direct staff at this time To bring that back. I was not able to watch the full The full discussion as it continued on beyond our closed session start time but I did reach out and And and got a summary of the direction from from county council. So Um, they did not at this point act towards commercial To regulating commercial evictions I have heard some discussion from other city attorneys That their councils or city managers might have been interested in In exploring the possibility of regulations for commercial evictions I think that the judicial council issuance of the judicial council emergency rules may change the dynamics of some of those discussions And that's it and happy to answer questions Once again, uh, so thank you so much for that presentation. Could you Frame in a question which you'd like to hear from council, whether it be direction or any feedback Because again, you provide us with a lot of information that is Uh, at times I would say challenging to comprehend all of it. So what would be Most helpful for you to hear from council at this point Yes, as uh, as I said at the outset, we're not looking for the count the council is not in a position to act today What I would like to hear is what would If the council is interested in taking any action If council would like us to bring back any additional information or To start putting together any any Potential city ordinance if you are interested in going that direction Again, this is an evolving situation and We have at this point three layers of regulation I would note that as complicated as this already is adding an additional city Ordinance would could Increase that confusion on the other hand If it substituted out for account for the county ordinance Maybe you would gain some clarifications that way So it is completely within your discretion as to whether you want to direct us to come back with any Proposal for your consideration So that's what i'm looking for is is there any Additional information that you would like us to provide And second, uh, is there in are there any actions that you would like us To pursue and bring back to you for consideration All right. Thank you so much in reframing that. Uh, mr. Dowd Do you have any comments thoughts questions? um I'm not Too excited about The city coming up with its own additional ordinance. I am I am desirous of having The city staff and the council continue to examine the various Points where this these rules are being implemented And in my mind, I can see the cities of Sonoma county Either through the mayor's association or city manager meetings Trying to do a consistent discussion with the county in order to make sure that we're Accommodating the needs of the financial leads that are occurring by this Tragedy I also want us to be clear carefully watching What the federal government does they're talking now about a second stimulus because as we go through the budget process We're going to have to know the outcomes of these prohibitions of evictions mortgages And any funds that might be coming to help us balance our budgets as the city Those are my comments Thank you, mr. Dad. Mr. Rogers. Thanks, mr. Mary and thanks, Sue This was a lot of really good information and trying to make sense Really complicated as you said overlay of rules and regulations that are coming down Well-intentioned but obviously complicated I am interested in seeing that comparison chart that you talked about from the county That really makes this a little bit easier for us to comprehend I think that there are some gaps that could be filled including the discussion around commercial properties That councilmember tidbits brought up as well. I don't know that there's the Immediate need for us to do something more than what is out there until we fully understand what those gaps are And really hear from the public about What's missing and what should we or could we do? And then as councilmember dowd said level of advocacy Around the county is important as well. I know that others council members and I know that the board of supervisors Are all looking at this and if there's a way for us to do something in unison That makes it easier for both renters and landlords to understand What what the rules are? I think that that's the best route to go But i'm also not against doing something Santa Rosa specific if others aren't willing to to follow along with us and plug some of those gaps for me one of the top of mind issues is also Understanding the information coming out of the county that there is potential not just to do the shelter in place once But to come out of the shelter in place And then potentially have another impact or another spike in our coronavirus COVID-19 cases that are coming as well I think that that's going to be a consistent question for this council Is how do we prepare and put in place processes ahead of time that are able to look at that long term horizon And what the impact is going to be so 60 days 90 days Differing in some of these rules that have come down and there's a distinct possibility that we come out And maybe as soon as that 90 day is being lifted We go right back into some form of other type of shelter Shelter in place or other type of enforcement So obviously a lot of moving targets, but those are top of mind thoughts for me as well Especially as we start to prepare for this to be a long term thing. Thank you Thank you. Mr. Rogers. Mr. Tibbetts any thoughts and comments? Yeah, thank you, Sue. I have two A specific request that I'm hoping the council can receive follow-up on first is definitely pursuing the the commercial Aspect of the ordinance and I and I think it could be as simple as essentially adopting the county's ordinance and adding A clause or a line or two about commercial property owners So because I'm I am trying to be mindful of workload that your office is probably going through during the covid public health crisis But definitely what would like to see follow-up on that and the other one is is a discussion about a rental assistance fund I know that There's a lot of Stimulus packages coming out of the federal government but with those stimulus packages for both residential and commercial Tenants in these cities is an equal or greater amount of confusion And I think we can put together a rental assistance fund that protects the public purse and and treats it as a Arrested of last resort for our tenants here But I think doing so relatively soon sends an important message to people in the city that we have their back Thank you. Mr. Davis. Mr. Sire Thank you, mayor I'm curious Well, first of all, I'm not in at this point I would I would need to see what the county ends up with as far as More detail and the fleshing out of the of their ordinance and how it Plays with what's coming out of the state one of the things that that Speaks to me is the city of los angeles It was giving their tenants six months To pay assuming that I mean those that that are willing or able to repay At times some very expensive rents, especially in los angeles Giving them six months to do it as opposed to two months, which seems ludicrous to me to to put one more Difficulty in front of a tenant That may already be you know in a bad way Giving them 60 days just sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen for me. And that's the last thing The tenant needs when they leave is to be sued by a landlord Because they were only given 60 days to pay what could be Many thousands of dollars in back rent depending on how long the order lasts So if there was something like that where we where we were able to make some small changes To to kind of close some of the gaps in the county ordinance I would be interested in considering those but right now i'm not i'm not looking for a change You know Finally, I think that you know landlord the word landlord seems to be but it's not of course synonymous with wealthy and We have many property owners in in our city Most landlords have four or two Um 10 units max. They're not large, you know Large landlords and they're going to be really adversely affected by this ordinance However valuable it will be to our many tenants Um, I am greatly concerned about what might happen to the quality of our rental stock I mean if landlords don't have the money to pay for repairs Although they will be legally required to I fear that some of our our rental stock could suffer during this time Due to a lack of expendable income because they're not getting their their rents potentially And in general, I I do fear of eventually a fallout of this ordinance You know replacing one challenge today For another one in the future But I also am very clear that doing nothing Is not an option So I'm I'm hoping that we can have a discussion About that assistance because that helps two people it helps the tenant pay the rent And it also could Help a landlord who finds themselves in a difficult place Getting at least a percentage of the rent that is due then so Um, I look forward to seeing what the county comes up with Uh, Sue you and your and your team have done an outstanding job of trying to put together an enormous mess and Um, it's going to continue to be messy. I'm sure for quite some time But I thank you for that very That not only that the effort but um a great product that you were able to come up with in a very short period of time So thank you. Thank you, mayor Thank you. Sorry mr. Alvarez Yeah, thank you councilman. We're sorry for those comments. I I can't agree with you more As complicated as this may seem to us. I can only imagine with respect to the public So as best we can to make this a win-win for everybody our landlords and our tenants would be great Uh, so I look forward to what the county does bring forward and what we can craft as to whether or not We need to do something on our own But hopefully we can do something that is consistent throughout the county so we can try to minimize any confusions Related to this issue Thank you. Nice mayor foaming Thank you Sue I want to thank you and your office for waiting through a really complicated series of orders and um, I know that it was To not have been all that easy Where I stand with this is that I I think that like a number of council members have said before me that before we take action we need to Get to the point where we have a clear understanding of how this is actually playing out and where the holes are in the legislation Or in the ordinances or the orders and then move forward and try to address problems rather than going Forward with trying to guess what the problems are. I think that we all have an idea of where some of the problems are but Um, things are just moving too quickly for me to feel like it's the time to be writing more rules and that said The the most obvious one as noted by others is the the commercial rent that has been left out of the hilly county level and that does concern me. So that's all All right. Thank you and From my perspective I don't want to say we stand pat but I would be interested in hearing the compare or contrast Here's what each of the ordinances covers and what they don't cover Um, and I have no expectation on a timeline because this is a moving target The information seems to be changing daily if not hourly Um, but would be at some point very helpful for me to see what Each of these three different orders covers And just a comment on the rental assistance fund. I would love to be able to do that Uh, to me, it's a little bit premature at this point because Uh, we have a city to operate and manage and the impact to that city operation is unknown at this point until we get additional Financial information. I know we have lobbyists and we're getting information about the carers act and some of the state funding So, yes, I think it'd be wonderful to be able to do that I just don't know if we can afford to do that at this point without more and additional information So with that, uh, so you do you have any clarifying questions for any of council or did you get the information? Well, two two. Sorry. Yeah, two things. Um, first, I just want to um I want to thank you and then uh, really emphasize that this has been, um A point of very strong collaboration and coordination between the county And the city attorneys from the county council and city attorneys So those lines of communication. I mean not that the city's Drafted the ordinance that was a county county drafted ordinance, but We were able to give some input and and certainly open lines of communication. So I do envision that we will be working together as a group in terms of Developing the the comparison and making sure that we're all on the all on the same page And then obviously before we Before you make your Final decisions or final directions. We do need to provide an opportunity for public comment And now in city clerk. Do we have any public comment on item 14.1? Yes, we have received one voicemail voicemail that uh, deputy city clerk dina will play right now might leave in a public comment one about the ordinance and I am Calling on the council that concludes public comment received on item 14.1 Madam city attorney anything else to add? No, unless any any of the council members have any additional comments after hearing public public speak There are no further comments on the part of the council members Um, then I do have The direction that I need Okay council. Were there any additional comments? All right, and thank you so much for that presentation Thank you. Okay, we'll go back to item 13 public comment on non-agenda matters Madam city clerk. Do we have some public comment on non-agenda matters? Yes, the city clerk's office received several emails and two voicemails on non-agenda items The emails were forwarded to the city council All the public comments including the voicemails will be made part of the archive record and Deputy city clerk manas will now play the pre-recorded emails Followed by the recorded voicemails as a resident of san aroza. I applaud the city's efforts to curb the spread of the Coronavirus however as a small business owner I have a few concerns about the impact and extended suspension of city services Will have on the local economy and local entrepreneurs Currently, I am involved in two san aroza startup businesses and have invested my personal savings Into establishing the said startups with the city's non-essential services currently suspended I have not been able to apply for a demolition permit for the past several weeks In turn, my construction timetable is pushed back The biggest issue is that the virus is not showing any signs of subsiding Would this mean that city services will be suspended indefinitely? The same is true for cannabis related conditional use permit license that I have submitted But am unable to make a payment for since the financial services department is closed As such permits are not being reviewed either It appears that the self-quarantine deadline is being extended until April 30th for another month Many business owners and investors such as myself are struggling financially Due to the inability to obtain permits licenses or have them reviewed The city should consider alternative avenues to restart basic city permitting licensing services i.e accepting permits and payments online receiving documents online Having san aroza, I urge the city council to consider Solutions and adopt appropriate measures to reopen I'll bet in limited capacity the city's permitting services Email received from christinie. Thank you for your leadership in this unprecedented time My comment is simply a request to remember the long-standing and chronic challenges our city faces particularly our dire need of low income and market rate housing And to get fire victims back home Would you take action to collaborate with county officers and leadership to clarify the definition Of essential infrastructure projects to include these efforts In this light, will you also consider the city's planning and permitting functions and essential service To support these efforts and direct city staff to reopen the planning department With modified services and workflows that allow for safe social distancing practices Thank you for your leadership your time and your consideration Email received from kelly cowan Thank you for your leadership in this unprecedented time My comment is simply a request to remember the long-standing and chronic challenges our city faces Particularly our dire need of low income and market rate housing and to get fire victims back home Would you take action to collaborate with the county officers and leadership to clarify the definition of essential infrastructure projects to include these efforts In this light, will you also consider the city's planning and permitting functions and essential service to support these efforts And direct city staff to reopen the planning department with modified services and workflows that allow for safe social distancing practices Thank you for your leadership your time and your consideration Email from charles pope. I am a resident of santa rosa and a property taxpayer for over 20 years I retired about three years ago Our primary income is a short-term rental of an apartment on our property I pay my toot tax quarterly unlike some perhaps many But that income is now zero I will have to borrow money to make the upcoming april 11 payment Please give serious consideration to a delay in collecting this tax Thanks in advance for your consideration Our message from jack osborne stating he could not find the items on the agenda specifically the rental relief ordinance Um item on the agenda and he asked that be read into the record Email from adrian lobby I happened to get an email from kelly kike and doll At the city today with the list of the santa rosa portapottis and hand wash stations I wrote back and begged her to call me what she did I updated her about the problems at safe parking and asked for help She can't approve a city lot or get one approved That has to come from the city manager and her boss and they will probably defer to the city council If we can find another business owner or church We can get a new portapotty there with a single call to her It would likely turn off the money for the ones at davis place, but I didn't confirm that I am looking to you For what you want to do about this. I know dav will be calling the police so that may change It somewhat if you want to go After another business or church or you want to try to get something from the city. I will do what I can to help mail from allison coop I'd like to ask that you consider opening the trails in sonoma county being able to hike And be outside and exercising helps my mental and physical health During this hard time. I would recommend dedicated hours for seniors to hike and maybe monitoring the entrances If necessary It's so nice to see people walking from their houses and smiling And see people make an effort to keep space from each other while doing something positive People will hang out regardless However, this will give us all an opportunity to maintain our health and well being When boosting our immune system is that it's most necessary Now, I don't doubt that there are people who might meet up and not keep distance like they should A rule to going with those only from your household and to keep your distance when passing Would be a great starting place People will walk regardless. So let's give Everyone the opportunity to bike and walk on a trail with more space And that's views can provide a more healing experience To be able to choose an activity where you can keep your distance But still go out of your house and be in nature is so worthwhile Thank you so much for your time and all your hard work Email received from ashley corolla I am writing in regard to the massive homeless situation in doil park Specifically what has happened since the park has closed My children go to the elementary school that is right there And my concern is the drug paraphernalia that gets left This isn't hearsay as parents and community community members have found needles and such in the park When the park itself was being used as a homeless camping ground Now that they are camping along the fence line I feel as though the elementary school is at risk I don't think there's much of an excuse that's that the school is not in session At some point children are going to return and let and unless the area is scrubbed down and combed over Danger exists Can the city not clear this area for the safety of the community members that live There in the school that exists there I just read in the new york times that captain crozier the recently fired captain of the usst roosevelt Is from santa rosa? I would like to encourage some kind of public recognition of this man's service and courage As he has contracted the virus. I suggesting something sooner rather than later Email received from gary bab the state parks have been closed down And as an avid hiker who likes to stay healthy and active Which is important during this health crisis. I ask that you reconsider opening up the hiking trails So that some of us can still maintain a healthy lifestyle Hiking and biking are activities that are usually done solo Or with household members signs could be posted to enforce social distancing As well assigning designated hours for the elderly Thank you for your time and I truly hope you consider my proposal for discussion this evening Email received from jack de gaining I live at the corner of seventh and humbled in downtown santa rosa My house is across the street from a privately owned parking lot Where four to seven people have been gathering every day for a tailgate party Complete with drinking smoking and loud music. They are there all day and every day There are more today. I called the cops three times. They did nothing I can't even sit on my own porch now because of this Since the since the cops don't come or seem to care. I thought maybe members of the city council mind. Thanks Email received from jim mcgowan Well government at all levels rushed to implement and enforce shelter in place to reduce death from coronavirus Which is perfectly understandable. I think we are forgetting the death that shutting down the economy will cause massive job losses disruption of ways of life destruction of retirement savings And placing everyone under house arrest also causes death by one estimate by schwan Haynes wealth shocks and health outcomes Evidence from stock market fluctuations January 2018 Cepr discussion paper number dp 12 562 available at ssrn hgtps colon forward slash forward slash ssrn dot com forward slash abstract Equals 309 8158 1% of the population will die from a 10 drop in their wealth We are way past that and dropping off a cliff at the same time the overall death rate so far with coronavirus included is not higher than in any average year Please lift these draconian Coronavirus restrictions now and balance the object of reducing the burden on hospitals Reducing death from collapsing the whole come on economy. This is not a one-sided debate Email received from Amy Dippman Ben Schwartz Bonnie Hill Christopher Shaw Derek Sire Holly Calica Kat Margarious Katya Miller and keely commotion Regarding stop deployment of wireless During quarantine we ask that you impose a moratorium on small cells and other wireless infrastructure permits process and deployment until the covet 19 emergency is over The wireless providers are using the covet 19 emergency as cover to expand and cement their rapid and virtually unsupervised deployment of harmless wireless infrastructure Our local leaders should not have to dedicate time and resources To policing whether the wireless companies are following local and state law. They have far more important things to do The FCC wireless permit rules allow emergency moratorium Homeland security guidelines emphasize that maintenance of existing communications capability Is the priority new construction is not essential The covet 19 emergency has led to a government shutdown of non-essential activity hospitals emergency response and local officials are overwhelmed and they must be allowed To focus on what is needed essential Now is the time to be dedicating resources to expanding rather than maintaining our networks The FCC has directly held a local jurisdiction Can impose a temporary halt to deployment and permits during emergencies The matter of accelerating wire line broadband deployment by removing barriers FCC 18 dash 111 33 FCC rcd 7705 7784 through 7 785 paragraph 157 2018 We recognize that there may be limited situations in the case of a natural disaster Or other comparable emergency Where an express or de facto moratorium that violent section 253a may nonetheless be necessary To protect the public safety and welfare or to ensure the continued quality of communicate telecommunication services Homeland security has declared that local government is on the forefront and can take control over determining whether To temporarily halt all non-essential activity Homeland security guidance documents prioritize maintenance Maintenance of existing communication systems and do not support essential status for new construction C homeland security cyber security and infrastructure security agency identifying critical infrastructure during COVID-19 HTTPS colon forward slash forward slash www dot c Is a dot gov forward slash Identifying hyphen critical hyphen infrastructure hyphen during hyphen COVID-19 local control e critical infrastructure and key resources support annex HTTP colon forward slash forward slash www dot fema dot gov forward slash pdf forward slash emergency forward slash nrf forward slash nrf hyphen support hyphen cikr dot pdf Focus on protection response recovery and restoration Homeland security like the FCC understands that it is essential in an emergency situations justifying focusing on protecting responding recovering and restoring of existing systems, but new communications facilities construction is and should be deemed non-essential And subject to lockdown for so long as we are under emergent emergency conditions Cities can and should impose a moratorium on deployment in their local area and freeze the permit process until the COVID-19 emergency is over That is all the emails that we have received and now we will be playing voicemails received under public comment Wash my hands Your public bathroom that concludes the public comment for non-agenda items Mr. Nutt item 16.1. Could you just describe that? The item 16.1 is a final map for round barn village We did notice that there was a typographic error within the package and we were asking council to continue this to to the next meeting Okay Madam city attorney, do we need a motion to do what mr. Nutt is requesting? No The reason for the continuance is an error in noticing The final map actually concerns Fox hollow and not round barn village So in order to ensure that the agenda is agenda noticing is proper We are asking we are going to continue the item till next week And it'll be back on next week. It is not time sensitive at this point. Thank you for that Any amendments to be clerk? We just heard all the comments. We don't need items 17 because I believe that Item 13 was more than 10 am I correct in that assumption? That is correct And I want to note that the reason you heard from doing do it twice is we took public comments That were received for the march 31st meeting and played them for this meeting also Okay, thank you for that clarification All right, as I mentioned at the beginning I will be uh during this meeting in honor recognition of Detective armor, but I want to offer an opportunity for each council member make any final comments and mr. Doubt, I'd like to start with you anything you would like to share I just wish to extend my condolences and prayers to mary lou armors family for their Very very difficult loss in time that they're going through at this point Thank you. Mr. Rogers Yeah, same here just our thoughts and prayers are with her family And anybody who knew mary lou knew that she was just one of the most Special souls that are out there. So the huge loss on a number of fronts and We're just all so sorry for the family and for the community Thank you. Uh, mr. Sauer Thank you, mayor, you know The majority of the time way that I came to know mary lou Otherwise we did engage each other a few times over the years was through facebook and speaking with Many of her colleagues that she left behind However, my my husband den potz did work with her Extensively when she was a field evidence tech and he wanted me to pass along His his condolences not only to her family, but also the men and women that she worked with He said that his spirit and her and her smile is something that he will always remember. So thank you mayor Thank you vice mayor funding. I'd like you to go next please Yes, thank you My condolences go out to the family of a detective armor and also her colleagues It's always a tragedy when we lose someone at the city of santa rosa And I think it was made clear from The remarks that were published in the press democrat as well as from chief navarro that mary lou had A special role in our community in protecting and defending women and children from violence and for that you know, it strikes a personal chord and I I'm really touched by the work that she did I know that I couldn't do the work that she did and anybody who's been on a tour of the family justice center and seen that Interview rooms that she worked in Can only imagine how difficult that was and so for her to maintain such a reputation of being a bright light and Having such a warm and caring attitude toward every person who needed her services Just really stands out to me as an exceptional person and my thoughts are really with her family. So that's all Thank you. Mr. All there's Thank you, mayor What an amazing woman. I had the honor of working with mary lou for a number of years and she was just amazing I think the chief navarro did a great job about lining her career at the centers of police department And I knew her since she started there and she was always so ambitious And a real go-getter to get things done helping others Starting out as an evidence technician out there handling crime scenes and working with the public on the daily basis But you know that wasn't enough for her. She wanted to do more And that's what she pursued careers a full-time police officer and transitioned to that going to the academy and making that happen And then beyond that all the special assignments that she's had Since then especially working with the domestic violence sexual assault unit Something may also immerse mirror with and working which is a very difficult assignment But she did it she did it proudly and she really did a great job at helping others I think the important thing to remember about mary lou too is that even after death she continues to inspire and help the community just by the people who remember her and obviously the the terrible Death that she that she had to succumb to with this virus Which is really terrible But I think it served as also as a reminder for others to be vigilant And to do their part to to be safe and keep our community safe And I think she will always be remembered and be in our hearts forever. Thank you, mayor Thank you, mr. All there's Yeah, this is a very difficult time for our entire community You know our community hasn't experienced such a tragic loss of a police officer since the actual chief of police Charles anneal had his watch and on july 15th 1935 85 years ago So in some ways our community has been fortunate. It's been relatively Violence-free towards our officers. So I knew mary lou is a field evidence technician and I'm in love seeing her Take those steps to be a police officer in 2008 She's definitely a positive influence with everyone she's been in contact with It takes a special type of police officer to be willing and able to effectively investigate the sex crimes child Use with domestic violence like she did Mary Lou was special So in honor of a wonderful human being senator as a police detective Mary Lou armor. I'm adjourning this meaning in her memory meaning as a journey