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stupplAL fi��( 2 CI�a�• provided to the City Couni After Distribution of Packet - G -20- 17 - - Rental Dale Housing Association June 19,2017 Mayor Jerry Thorne and the Pleasanton City Council Sent via email Pleasanton City Hall 200 Old Bernal Avenue Pleasanton,CA 94588 Dear Mayor Thorne and Respected Council, Members of the Rental Housing Association of Southern Alameda County provide approximately 2,800 rental housing units in Pleasanton that will be affected by this ordinance. There are a few suggestions we would make to manage some ambiguity and ease some of the burden placed upon the housing providers. Section 9.26.020.J.: Delete "snuff, chewing tobacco, dipping tobacco" from the definition, as leaving it included would de-facto ban them as well. There are no "second-hand smoke issues" with these products, and housing providers should not be forced to terminate tenancies on this basis. Section 9.26.030.A.3. makes smoking illegal in enclosed and unenclosed common areas, and Section 9.26.030.B.2. dictates that a portion of the common area may be designated as a "Smoking Area", yet Section 9.26.035.A.1. mandates that a designated smoking area"Shall be unenclosed..." We believe that the housing provider should maintain the right to determine whether the smoking area should be enclosed or unenclosed as long as it is in compliance with Section 9.26.030.A.3. Section 9.26.030.B.3 places an untenable burden on the housing provider regarding medical marijuana. We ask that this item be deleted, and that the definition of non-smoking include marijuana in all cases. Monitoring and enforcement of medical marijuana considerations are virtually impossible, and public-health-related concerns especially regarding exposure to children are dramatically increasing. Lastly, given that it is becoming increasingly difficult to rent a former smoking apartment to non-smokers, we ask that Section 9.26.060.A. be amended to include item 4 as follows: a statement that renters who breach the non-smoking provision of the lease by smoking in the rental unit will have the cost of professional smoke remediation deducted from their security deposit. While we believe this ordinance is in the overall health interest of housing community,there will be a significant incremental short term financial burden on the housing providers: o More units than normal will be vacant as smokers seek other accommodations. o The units will be vacant longer,as the remediation process is often multi-phased and time consuming.