Workshop 1: Tenants Right to Organize
This came up before here. Now we’re workshopping it.
The basic idea is that tenants should be able to meet up and talk about their landlord, or their living conditions, without fear of getting evicted.
This is the type of behavior that is protected:
Great!
And here’s the type of thing a Landlord is not allowed to do:
Sounds reasonable.
On the other hand, landlords also have some rights:
Seems reasonable.
Finally, you still have to abide by your lease.
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My main question is about Rent-By-the Bedroom. We had a fantastic presentation on these, last year.
RBB complexes skirt rules by avoiding certain legal terms. Tenants don’t sign a “lease”, they sign an “installment contract”. So a lot of laws about tenants and landlords don’t apply to them.
Since that’s their game – swap out magic words to avoid legal status – we need to make very sure that our language is broad enough to include them.
I’m looking at the definitions section from the proposal:
“Dwelling” and “landlord” don’t seem broad enough to include “Installment Contracts”.
(Also: the definition of “Lease” uses the word “Landlord”, and the definition of “Landlord” uses the word “Lease” so things are getting circular here.)
Other than that, this is a great step forward!
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Workshop #2: SMPD Vehicle rental policy:
This has also been in the works – literally for years. Here’s where they’re landing:
Great!
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Workshop #3: Update to the Airport Master Plan:
We have an Airport Master Plan that was approved in 2021.
(Honestly, I’m kind of guessing what they said, based on the slides. I was distracted. Sorry about that!)
This runway is going to get a glow up:
And it sounds like there will some day be a passenger terminal out front:
This will come around for approval during a regular council meeting.
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