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Placed on 1st reading 6 referred to HPD 11/7/22; 2nd reading 11/21/22 Baker, Bullock, Kepple, Litten, Marx, Rader, Shachner ORDINANCE NO. 12-2021A By: AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the vote of at least two thirds of the members of Council, or otherwise to take effect at the earliest period allowed by law, to amend Ordinance No. 12-2021, adopted March 15, 2021, to change the sunset date of the original legislation. WHEREAS, Ordinance 12-2021, also known as "pay to stay" legislation in the City of Lakewood, was originally introduced as part of a multi -faceted government and public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic; and WHEREAS, this Council recognizes the positive impact "pay to stay" has had on tenants and landlords experiencing continuing financial hardships as a result of the pandemic; and WHEREAS, this Council values the role of Ordinance 12-2021 in stabilizing housing for vulnerable renters and forecasts the ongoing need for a "pay to stay" protections; and WHEREAS, "pay to stay" prevents tenants from experiencing one of life's most traumatic and destabilizing events, while also enabling landlords to be made financially whole; and WHEREAS, Council understands that housing instability and eviction have far reaching negative impacts on education, access to safe, healthy housing, and proximity to employment opportunities; and WHEREAS, Council seeks to temporarily extend the protections and benefits of Ordinance 12-2021 that proved mutually beneficial to all parties during the COVID-19 pandemic, and was met with widespread public support; now, therefore, WHEREAS, as set forth in Section 2.12 of the Third Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, this Council by a vote of at least two thirds of its members determines that this ordinance is an emergency measure and that it shall take effect immediately, and that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public property, health, and safety and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments, in that residents are facing the possibility of homelessness due to the ongoing economic impact of the Coronavirus pandemic; now, therefore BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD: Section 1. That Section 1 of Ordinance 12-2021, adopted March 15, 2021, currently reading as follows: l Section 1. That any eviction action for non-payment of rent, until December 31, 2022, the following shall apply to all residential leases within the City of Lakewood: