Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution of the City Council of the City of McKinney, Texas, Strongly Urging That All McKinney Landlords and Tenants (Both Commercial and Residential) Work Together to Minimize the Adverse Human and Financial Impacts Associated with the Owning and Leasing of Real Property During the COVID-19 Pandemic; and Providing for an Effective Date
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Direction for Strategic & Economic Growth
MEETING DATE: April 21, 2020
DEPARTMENT: City Council
COUNCIL SPONSOR: Mayor George Fuller
CO-SPONSOR: Mayor Pro Tem Rainey Rogers
ITEM SUMMARY:
* The Resolution is intended to serve as guidance regarding the cooperation of landlords and tenants during their mutual response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
* Beginning in December 2019, a novel coronavirus, now designated COVID-19, has spread through the world and has now been declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization.
* In response, the City of McKinney issued Ordinance No. 2020-04-025 that requires all individuals currently living within McKinney to shelter at their place of residence, and that such persons may leave their residence only for "Essential Activities", or to provide or perform "Essential Governmental Functions", or to operate "Essential Businesses" as those terms are defined in said Ordinance.
* Many residents of the City of McKinney have been laid off or furloughed from their jobs and are unable to find new or supplemental employment, as a sole result of the COVID-19 pandemic and through no fault of their own, to generate the income necessary to pay rent, utilities, insurance, taxes, and other fees associated with their residential lease(s).
* The eviction of a tenant from a residence interferes with the tenant's ability to shelter at their place of residence and minimize the spread of COVID-19 as required by the Orders and Ordinances adopted to address the COVID-19 pandemic.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY: N/A
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