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CityCouncil | 2019-07-02 | 11 | Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft inquired whether the agreement being mutual has to be decided by Council. The Community Development Director responded the ordinance would not require a tenant to sign-off on a landlord taking less than the annual maximum adjustment; stated as drafted, the ordinance would require the landlord to notify the tenant in advance of using banked time. Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft expressed concern over the banking amount. The Community Development Director stated Mountain View has a system which allows 10% of banking, but also has an exemption which allows tenants to petition for a hardship; staff anticipates difficulty in administration and enforcement due to misuse. The City Attorney stated the tenant has to agree for the landlord to implement banking in any given year; if Council desires to implement hardships and hearings on banking, those items should come back for consideration. Councilmember Oddie stated one option is to bring back the discussion as an amendment in September. Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft stated that she would like to keep the AGA increase included in the discussion; expressed support for either option to agree to banking or not; stated Mountain View's approach appears to work; the hardship must be documented in a private and confidential way. The Community Development Director stated the hardship concept would be regulated; Mountain View's ordinance is new. Councilmember Oddie stated there could be a three-year grace period with no banking, giving the CPI time to catch up; there is no time limit as to how long banked rent can be kept. Councilmember Vella stated there absolutely needs to be a cap on how long banked rent can be kept; that she opposes banking; if banking is to be implemented, the tenant should have input; expressed support for no more than two-years of banked rent; stated if rent is banked for too long, constructive evictions can occur; expressed support for decreasing 5% plus AGA. Vice Mayor Knox White stated that he supports a limit to how much and how long rent is banked; he would like to keep the item as simple as possible; loss aversion is a powerful behavior pressure; the decision to keep rent as low as possible needs to be as easy as possible; banking is the reason; expressed opposition to tenant sign-off on banking. Regular Meeting Alameda City Council July 2, 2019 10 | CityCouncil/2019-07-02.pdf |