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City Auditor’s COVID-19 Business and Resident Community Surveys, Phase 2 (Two-Thirds Vote Required) [Oral Report]
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FileID
File ID: 2020-00975
Location
Location: Citywide.
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Recommendation:
Recommendation
1) Pass a Motion by two-thirds vote to temporarily suspend (Ch. 1, D.) Council Rules of Procedure Chapter 15, B. 1. to bypass the Budget and Audit Committee; and 2) receive and file the City Auditor’s COVID-19 Business and Resident Community Surveys, Phase 2.
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Contact: Jorge Oseguera, City Auditor, (916) 808-7270, Office of the City Auditor
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Presenter: Jorge Oseguera, City Auditor, (916) 808-7270, Office of the City Auditor
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-City Auditor’s COVID-19 Business Survey, Phase 2
3-City Auditor’s COVID-19 Resident Survey, Phase 2
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: On May 12, 2020, the City Council requested the Office of the City Auditor conduct business and resident community surveys to determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the community. On June 16, 2020, the City Auditor and consultants, FM3, presented the results of the first phase of the statistically significant COVID-19 community surveys to the City Council. This second phase of the surveys was available to all City residents and businesses.
Policy Considerations: The City Auditor’s COVID-19 Business and Resident Community Surveys, Phase 2 is consistent with the Mayor and City Council’s May 12, 2020 request to conduct surveys of businesses and residents to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the community.
Economic Impacts: None.
Environmental Considerations: None.
Sustainability: None.
Commission/Committee Action: None.
Rationale for Recommendation: This staff report provides the City Council with the results of the second phase of the business and resident surveys requested by the City Council on May 12, 2020.
Financial Considerations: The cost of the second phase of the COVID-19 business and resident surveys was initially funded out of the FY2020/21 Office of the City Auditor Budget and will be submitted for reimbursement by available federal COVID-19 funds.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): None.