Speaker 0: Okay. Thank you. Let's go ahead and do the next item, which is 37. I'm sorry. Item 38. And then that will to kick us off will be based on. And let's let's meet the fans, please. Aspirant athletes read the item. And then by tomorrow.
Speaker 4: Communication from Vice Mayor Andrews, councilman, super nice councilwoman, mango councilman Austin. Recommendation to request City Manager to evaluate the feasibility of implementing a temporary suspension of the proactive rental housing inspection program and business licensing. Renewal fees for residential rental property owners and commercial property owners impacted by COVID 19. And request city manager to find additional financial relief or incentives at the local level for residential and commercial owners that are directly impacted by revenue loss due to the COVID 19.
Speaker 0: Vice Mayor Andres.
Speaker 2: Yes. Thank you. Again, I want to thank you my co-sponsors of this item. These have been some very hard weeks and I don't quite see us recovering soon. But thankfully, we are all in this together. The problem with this item is they help alleviate some of the unfortunate circumstances. Residents and commercial property owners were seen as a result of COVID 19. With the loss of income, rent increase, business activities and new measures, I believe it is important that we as a city step up and help reduce the burden while we can. Right now we know our code enforcement department is not conducting any special inspections unless complaints as far. And since many landlords are not going to be seeing a rent payment until November 1st, I would like for us to say that to give property owners an opportunity to pay any revenues and annual fees due to the city of Long Beach in 2020 and to January of 2021. Additionally. Be sure to spend any code enforcement fees that may have occurred doing the business closure if the violation was apparent by the actions taken due to this crisis. We also know that some businesses are were in the middle of opening as covered. Came along with this uncertainty. I think we need to defer any set up until these business have time to open and operate in normal situation. Lastly, traffic control fee for our communications and wireless companies are closed. At this time, I know we have various projects in the pipeline and they are being held on the same standards that the land developer and at the time when people at home acquired low cost in some scenarios free Wi-Fi and home services. I do not believe we should be charging these companies thousands of dollars in traffic control fees for projects that are already in the works to expand fiber. I'm looking forward to the dialog and again, thank you again for my presence.
Speaker 0: Thank you. I'm going to that is that that's emotion Vice Mayor Andrews.
Speaker 2: It is. Yes, it is.
Speaker 0: Okay, great. I do have other makers who signed on to this item, so I'm going to read those council members that signed onto this item. Customer Super. Nor do I have any comments on that.
Speaker 2: Yes. Do you have a second yet?
Speaker 0: Not yet.
Speaker 2: I'll go ahead and second.
Speaker 0: Great. Jeff, any comment?
Speaker 2: Yeah. I wanted to look at possible inclusion of a couple of items. Other piece of staff could look at that, such as business licensing, fire planning, check if if there were any other assistance that we can provide. To the appropriate owners in this case.
Speaker 0: Thank you. Also I have on this item was Council District five.
Speaker 1: Yes. Thank you. I think it's critical at this time that we provide any relief possible so that the business owners and can focus really on their workers and getting their business reopened and providing for a lot of these businesses and providing for the community even though they're hurting. I'm in full support of this item and I think Councilmember Vice Mayor Andrews for his leadership and ideas on this a few weeks ago. And I think that in my talks with the services, we're really not doing the pier of inspections anyway because tenants don't want city employees in their home at this time. And so to to charge their landlords for services not rendered just doesn't make a lot of sense. And that money can be used for relief. So thank you very much.
Speaker 0: Thank you. And then the last time around, this item with Councilmember Austin.
Speaker 2: Thank you. And I'm happy to move my attention this item on. Thank God, Councilmember Mayor Andrews and the rest of the council members for bringing it forward on this day. Obviously, COVID 19 has an impact on property owners, on many states and within my district and depend on our rental income, and many are retired and on fixed income. This program makes sense to help the entire economic chain during this crisis, but 2021 budget rental properties and on top of the lending relief now we can and looking at a broad lens when it comes to on the economic relief and I've been happy to support. Thank you.
Speaker 0: I have customary ringa.
Speaker 2: I want to thank all the cast members who brought this forward. It's very important for them as appropriate owners and writers who are experiencing some difficulties in good times to work with their hands regarding staff. If we're going to be conducting inspections as management need any plans for utilizing the staff level areas where we may be, where the employment is or how we need.
Speaker 0: Yeah. This is Tom. I've got Linda Tatum who's on the line to talk a little bit about what our inspectors are doing right now.
Speaker 1: Green. These council members told enforcement staffers right now are transitioning to leave the leave and what they call the gender enforcement program, that is to make sure that businesses that should not be open are effectively frozen. So we actually have staff that are cooperating with the police department, as well as the city attorney's office and the health department so that we can use code enforcement staff that would otherwise be doing rental inspections. They're now on the vendor task force to ensure that businesses that should be closed do remain closed.
Speaker 0: Thank you. Okay. Next up, it's customers and they have for clarification.
Speaker 1: Is this just a temporary thing or are we trying to be reevaluated back when when January comes?
Speaker 2: Yes. This is just a positive thing. And this is sincere.
Speaker 1: Okay. I also wanted to thank you for bringing this up, so thank you for clarifying that.
Speaker 0: Governor Richardson.
Speaker 2: Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I just wanted to chime in and say thanks to Vice Mayor Andrew for putting this together. You know, we know that there are some things that we we can and we can do to help property owners. Example, mortgage relief is not within our power. So we should be looking at things that are within our powers. That's what I interpret that this does. I look forward to, you know, the evaluation of staff on, you know, you know what this is going to cost and all those other things. I think it's important. I think they should do it. I think the angels in the details. But this is these are the types of things that we should be talking about during this crisis. I mean, for me, I think it would be important to kind of align both the housing security work that we did around eviction moratoriums with sort of some of the economic relief to the mortgage folks so that folks who are property owners. So that as sort of we come out of a safe way at home, we know there's some gradual sort of pain that folks have to make up on rent. So we should have some gradual time to get back on track for the fees and some of these other things that been going on since there's been so much support. I support the motion. I look forward to coming back.
Speaker 0: And Vice Mayor, you had some additional comment.
Speaker 2: With the one with Daryl and Jeff, except that you always trying to get us to, you know, take under consideration. So I would do that, Darrell.
Speaker 0: Okay. Councilwoman Pierce.
Speaker 1: Thank you. Yes. I believe that this item is in alignment with what the council has already demonstrated that we believe should be happening. And so I think it makes sense to pause those fees. I do have I would want to see the staff report that comes back to include the same thing that Councilmember Richardson just said, which is alignment with what is happening with rents. So I'd want to make sure that, you know, if if people are content starting to pay rent in November, that we make that adjustment to the schedule as well. And to. I did have a question. So if, as Linda stated, we currently do not have period happening. Are there other cases where a tenant can call and somebody will come out or is no code enforcement happening right now? Councilman Pierce, thank you for that question. Let me clarify that, because still responding to complaints regarding health and life safety issues. It's just that they're not going out doing the routine proactive inspections, but we are doing the proactive life and health safety for all people and for any other code enforcement complaints that we receive. So life and health safety are still priorities and we are still responding to those as usual. Thank you. Thank you for that. And so thank you, everybody, that brought this item forward. I think it makes sense. You know, if tenants are not paying rent, that we alleviate some financial stress for landlords. We want to make sure that we do bring this back in a timely manner so that our city can continue to deliver necessary services. Thank you.
Speaker 0: Okay. Thank you. That concludes the comments for this item. Madam Quirk with your off.
Speaker 4: District one.
Speaker 1: By.
Speaker 4: District two. I District three.
Speaker 1: I.
Speaker 4: District four.
Speaker 2: Huh? All right.
Speaker 4: District five.
Speaker 1: I.
Speaker 4: District six.
Speaker 2: It's my.
Speaker 4: District seven.
Speaker 2: Hi.
Speaker 4: District eight.
Speaker 2: Oh.
Speaker 4: District nine.
Speaker 2: All right.
Speaker 4: Motion carries.
Recommendation to request City Manager to work with all other appropriate departments, to evaluate the feasibility of implementing a temporary suspension of the Proactive Rental Housing Inspection Program (PRHIP) and business licensing renewal fees for residential rental property owners and commercial property owners impacted by the COVID-19; 

Furthermore, request City Manager to work with appropriate departments to find additional financial relief or incentives at the local level for residential and commercial owners that are being directly impacted by revenue loss due to the COVID-19 and create an official website or source of information in various languages for those affected.