Title
Adoption of a Rental Housing Dispute Resolution Program.
Recommended Action
1. Introduce an Ordinance Adding Article II to Chapter 43 of the Mountain View City Code to Adopt a Rental Housing Dispute Resolution Program, to be read in title only, further reading waived, and set second reading for March 22, 2016 (Attachment 1 to the Council report).
2. Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with Project Sentinel for the administration of the Rental Housing Dispute Resolution Program.
3. Increase appropriations and transfer Seventy Thousand Dollars ($70,000) from the General Fund Reserve to the Community Development Department General Operating Fund to fund implementation of the program, including outreach, noticing, database modifications, and landlord registration. (Five votes required)
4. Adopt a Resolution Amending the City of Mountain View Master Fee Schedule to Establish a Rental Housing Dispute Resolution Program Fee, $7 per unit for rental units receiving a Certificate of Occupancy prior to February 1, 1995, and $5 per unit for rental units receiving a Certificate of Occupancy on or after February 1, 1995, to be read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 2 to the Council report).
5. Introduce an Ordinance Amending Article I of Chapter 43 of the Mountain View City Code Related to the Right-to-Lease Ordinance, to be read in title only, further reading waived, and set second reading for March 22, 2016 (Attachment 3 to the Council report).
6. Consider the introduction and adoption of an Urgency Ordinance Regulating Certain Residential Rent Increases in the City of Mountain View, to be read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 4 to the Council report). (Five votes required)