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Hotel licensing implementation and stakeholder engagement
1:07:50
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Council Member Julie Menin inquires about the implementation of hotel licensing and stakeholder engagement. Commissioner Vilda Vera Mayuga and Assistant Commissioner Carlos Ortiz provide details on the licensing process, fees, and engagement efforts.
- There are approximately 700 hotels in the city that will need to obtain a license
- Each license costs $350 and lasts for two years
- DCWP is engaging with stakeholders through rulemaking, webinars, and meetings
- Feedback from stakeholders mainly focused on clarity regarding documentation and licensing procedures
Julie Menin
1:07:50
And a couple questions specific to hotel licensing and a couple specific to the Fair Act.
1:07:56
So on hotel licensing, does the prelim plan include revenues that are associated with the hotel licensing fees?
Vilda Vera Mayuga
1:08:10
I just wanna confirm the information, council member.
1:08:13
Yes.
1:08:13
So the it's a licensing scheme.
1:08:16
Right?
1:08:16
So the hotels, we believe there's about 700 in the city, and they will each need to get the license that lasts about two years, and each time they get is $350 Okay.
1:08:27
That will be the revenue.
Julie Menin
1:08:28
And have you been engaging with stakeholders regarding the implementation of the law, and if so, what type of feedback are you receiving?
Vilda Vera Mayuga
1:08:36
So definitely being engaging with them is sort of part of how we see the success of anything that we do.
1:08:41
Similarly, as we engage with you and other city council members when there's new legislation to be proposed, once the bill has passed and we're working on rulemaking, we always want to make sure that we're talking to those who are going to be impacted by the bill.
1:08:54
So, we've been engaging with them through rule making, which we are almost done with to publish those rules, then obviously once they're published, we will hold also webinars and other meetings to make sure that the community is well informed on how we're going to go about it and how they can access the license.
1:09:13
In terms of feedback, I'll have Assistant Commissioner Ortiz share any particulars that we may be able to share at this point.
Carlos Ortiz
1:09:20
Yeah.
1:09:21
I think, well, we've been actively engaging with the industry and and both on the on the, the industry side and the and the and the workers' side.
1:09:29
I think, well, all their comments to our rules that we are hope to finalizing soon, they're they're available on our website, so not to put any words in anyone's mouth.
1:09:37
But I I generally think that a lot of the feedback was, just about clarity in terms of how we're going to develop these licenses, how we're going to issue them, what types of documentation we'll be looking for.
1:09:48
I think that that's the kind of general, feedback we got.
1:09:51
So we're always working to incorporate that.
1:09:54
We wanna be as transparent as possible with with our with our stakeholders in the licensing, situation.
1:10:00
So we're hoping to finalize that very soon.