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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: April 20, 2020 Item No.: 7.d Department Approval City Manager Approval Item Description: Discuss Possible City Fee Relief due to the COVID-19 Pandemic 1 B ACKGROUND 2 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Minnesota Governor Walz has issued several executive orders that 3 have impacted businesses and residents. They include 4 5 On March 13, 2020, Governor Walz issued Executive Order 20-01 declaring a statewide 6 peacetime emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 7 On March 16, 2020, Governor Walz issued Executive Order 20-04 requiring thetemporary 8 closure of bars, restaurants, and other places of public accommodation through March 27. 9 On March 25, 2020, Governor Walz issued Executive Order 20-20 directing Minnesotans to 10 Stay at Home until April 10 unless they are considered an essential employee. 11 On April 8, 2020, Governor Walz issued Executive Order 20-33 extending the Stay at Home 12 Order and Temporary Closure of Bars, Restaurants, and Other Places of Public 13 Accommodation until May 4, 2020. 14 15 In addition, on March 16, 2020, Mayor Roe declared a local emergency due to the COVID-19 16 pandemic and the City Council extended the local emergency until May 15, 2020. 17 18 Due to these needed actions, many Roseville businesses have been greatly impacted by a significant 19 loss of revenue due to the closure. Roseville residents who have had to stay at home due to the order 20 may be facing a loss or reduction in their income, making it difficult to pay for their monthly bills. 21 22 In recognition of these difficulties, staff is bringing forward a discussion regarding potential fee 23 reductions the City could implement to assist Roseville businesses and residents during the 24 pandemic and the subsequent recovery period. For this conversation, staff focused on bringing forth 25 ideas that could provide some immediate relief. For businesses, we focused on those that were 26 closed due to the Governor’s Executive orders and that Roseville requires a license for them to 27 operate. For both our residents and businesses, we focused on utility bills as that is one city bill that 28 is expected to be paid during the pandemic. 29 30 Potential Fee Reductions 31 32 Business Licenses 33 34 On-Sale Liquor Licenses– We have a total of 49 on-sale liquor license holders in Roseville as 35 detailed in the table below. Liquor licenses are in effect from January 1 to December 31 each year 36 and the full payment for the license is required at time of application. Staff initially looked at Page 1 of 3