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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,April 24,2023 Page 7 as they follow the timeline and if by chance the State does not move forward, the City can address that then. Boardmember Etten indicated he did have some concerns with the motion and was not sure how to vote yet,but the Board is being asked to essentially reverse its decision from six weeks ago. Clearly, the biggest thing that has changed is the State has moved forward with legislation and it looks like it may pass, which would change the game, is very important, and a part of his decision making. The proposed legislation would allow something similar to but not exactly what is happening there. At this point, the City Council has no more conclusive changes or improvements to the conditions of the people living in those units. Inspections and upgrades have not been done. It is all proposed and is going to happen in the future. For him,his hesitancy is that the City does not have anything to hold onto right now. He has real concerns about the safety and the health of the folks living in those units and is allowing them to continue without any of those changes in any definitive time frame, suggested time frames but nothing firm. He was concerned that was an important concern for the City Council to have. It should be noted that the resident was offered permanent housing that meets current Code and chose to not take that housing twice. He thought that was another important piece because this is not putting someone out on the street. This is someone who has been offered safe, affordable housing and has chosen a different path so the City has to think about that. Boardmember Schroeder explained she does have some concerns as well when it comes to what has been done, noting that since this came before the City previously, it seems like the timeline is a little longer than she is comfortable with. She noted some things that could have been worked on a little more rigorously since the last time the Board met, which was a little concerning to her. She thought Boardmember Etten made a good point, the City did offer housing twice. She thought if the person would have taken that it would have solved the problem because then there is not someone living there and it would have bought more time because there would be no one living there. She had concern as to whether the existing housing units met the insurance requirements in the proposed State law because not having insurance was a great risk to those involved. She was also very aware of the Legislation coming down from the State and their outlines so to her, that was the piece that could be a game changer but that will not become a law until 2024 so there are a lot of things that need to be done long before that becomes law. She was glad staff put the conditions in there and felt those conditions were good. Chair Roe explained he did not disagree with concerns of the Boardmembers and agreed with some of them. He thought in practical