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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-22-1987 MHRRB Minutess �:•'•�:: =ilift=�x��ll 3'• i l �-� TAPF i city of sAn Luis oBispo 990 Palm Street/Post Office Box 8100 • San Luis Obispo, CA 93403-8100 M I N Li T E 5 MEaD I LE-H0ME- RENT rRE ." 1 EW B 0 D jANAURY 2222,, 198-1 WELCOME-' I NT`DDLJvT i ONS Chairperson i•'at Barlow ca -7 ' ed -he f eou.a a r€ee Z i n9 OT the Mobile orae Rent Review Board to Order at 2:00 P.M. with the fol l omini ng in attendanc:e� BOARDME: �DERS: Barlow, Gruen. Vjr i = at STAFF: Henderson, Guvre-Powel i IT. E=EPPROVAL OF M i NUTEv The minuites minLite- o} the a7Beetin5-i of- De -c -ember 14y 1996"- :'dere approv=ed as amaiied a-OnSerSUS of T!-tE Board. F I . R: 'If X E�? OF F'AC�..ET M Henderson reviewed t`e cort-.nts rof the. pao::=t Presented ed to the Boar d 4 i nL.i _ids a _Eg: 1. �.epor t from. 'W -'M on "Fair and i-ieasi--,njc--b a R;et-uir a"„ Ordinances -From ether -I I e-' _ : s`ii s a€f=te- q :. Let er -cro€T: Mr. and Mrs i �i c -a- re: status of S .4f ISE Lr e a n a i re MHT J. Let ter f roan L-eola rr`-.LiboLtom and Fra ii PeaLivais; tom. UorrE=•spondef Le between ':tto-. nev FiCaLiet and .--Mr. Fender son; Staff . epo:rt 4--c! Boar d= S. 5ta� f report to t i ty cEoLin ! un i ver L I t 1 aL reL;i Q. Lr Litl i ne --Lles .a! €C_ -Lida =e -ted procedL:re for the oLirrent ineeting. T 5 5S7D E -a .1n T-y+..5i-i. T� THE RENT -T T" I T iEv" i. COQ JLs RATION OF AiD US!M Elm TO a, E i F?aE -M€ts�iL-I?€rt€ imU ------------------------------------------------------ 0 RD I F-,AMOE CFialroer Surf Dar-ioin read the outlin-e Ot 3SSleS identified by CuLin�ii as requirir-=Q -1--he consideratloin of the Boars:. . r. Henderson identified this ii -t as 3YL€i d -' i ne to be Wised b-,• the Bo --rd i r aDreei nD t€ aat t`_ these issues were - Ev75?=' �= Eat iia irlL_ 3 had di �r eC led -1-- e Boardt E_ J _ r._. t t C� i'_ E d L iEreview. r�� reminded aceta t' a� � L:ai +� G E the L�s�in�i MClB I LEHOME EENT REVIEW BOARD JANAUARY 221 1987/PAGE 2 TAPE #2° directive that these items be considered and ready for presentation to the Council in April. As such, he was proposing two additional meetings of the Board in order to meet this deadline: February 5, 1:30 p.m.; and February 19, 1:30 p.m. He reminded the Board that any action ori their part at this meeting would require a 33-0 mote, and that some of the items on the list would merit consideration by the full Board. The Hoard discussed the items on the list. Boardmember Grden proposed adding "new approaches" at the top of the list. Boardmember Wright disagreed, stating that it- was twas her understanding that the Council wished the Board to clarify the current ordinance, and that any- further word= would render the Board unable to meet the Council's directive within the 90day- deadline. Boardmembers Barlow and Grden discussed how additional items might be added to the list, such as "new approaches", as it was their feeling that a new approach might address the items on the Council's list of issues. Chairperson Barlow suggested a memo to Council inviting feedback: on the possibility of adding consideration of "new approaches". The Board, following considerable discussion, prioritized the items on the list as follows: 1. Formula based on need; 2. Safe harbor; Vacancy decontrol/change of occupancy; 4. Methodology; 5. Leases !added by Boar -d); 6. Utilities Consumption/Allowance; 7. Staff support; 8. CPI timing; 9. Recreational vehicles. The issue of a Hearing Officer/Mediator was added to the list informally for Board study. At this time, Chairperson Barlow opened the meeting for public input on the items on the list. P_a_ul_Beavais_:(Creek_side) Encouraged City involvement in facilitating/dealing with issues pertaining to home owner owned parks, thus eliminating the need for a Board or ordinance. David_BrYmer: (Chiulmash) Commented that safe harbor and vacancy decontrol had the potential to destroy the Ordinance. Distrusts leases that have been previously presented by park: owners. Charles_Lonq: Concerned that tenants not buying will not be protected under tenant ownership of park:. He supports the protection of those tenants under the MOB I LEHOME RENT REVIEW BOARD JANUARY 22--�, 1987/PAGE ordinance. Leola Rqb. ottom: (Creek:side) Supports tenants being protected under the ordinance in condos and co-ops. C. J . _Fenderson: (Oceanai re) Supports inclusion o -F RVs as identified i n the State Civil Code :.ander the ordinance. Spoke of the version of vacancy decontrol he imposed in his park: prior to rent control. Feels he can not offer a lease that would provide more tenant protection than the ordinance, so there's no incentive for tenants to agree to a lease. Ed Evans: Creek:side) Wished clarification on what the Hoard would be considering under CPI timing on the list. He felt that the issue of percentage of C -PI should be considered, as there was a "taking" of value of the dollar from the owner whenever less than 10 -OX. of the CPI is allowed. The Board recessed for a 10 minute break: at 3:330 At -:40 when the meeting reconvened, David Evans of the Western Mobilehome Association, introduced himself to the Board. In response to question- from, the Board, he said that he felt the use of binding arbitration in Lancaster and Simi Valley had worked to the benefit of park owners, tenants and the cities. He gave a brief description of the programs. Boardmembers Grden and Barlow asked to meet with staff to pursue further information about such programs. There being no further comment from attendees at the meeting, Chairpersons Barlow closed the public hearing portion, of the meeting. She re -capped her understanding of what items the individuals testifying had highlighted as being necessary for Board consideration: home -owner owned parkas should be included/facilitated under the ordinance, and that percentage of CFI should be considered as well as CPI tiring. Boardmerber Grden repeated his desire to look- at other systems for implementing rent stabilization, and suggested contacting city managers in Lancaster, Simi Valley and Rocklin. Boardmember Wright asked that a written synopsis of the information gathered through those calls be presented to the Board. The Board initiated discussion on the issue of tenant protection during condominium conversions. Mr. Henderson suggested observing how the Planning Commission's conditions on the Chuvash conversion were implemented. MOBILEHOME RENT REVIEW BOARD JANUARY -223, 1987/PAGE 4 TAPE #4 Given the absence of two Boardmembers, the Board chose to proceed with issues which were perhaps less complicated than those on the list given higher priority. The issue of CRI timing was discussed both as it pertained to increases granted during an application process and to establishing an anniversary date for regular rent increases to be given within each pare-=. Mr. Henderson suggested that the matter of increases granted pursuant to an a application be handled at an administrative level, most likely 60 days following a Council decisions, or as Stipulated by the Board during the application process. ft was the consensus of the Boardmembers present that the policy on annual CRI increases be that if a park owner should fail to apply the allowable rent increase on an established anniversary date, he/she could not recapture that year's increase in a subsequent year.) Ed Evans suggested to the Board that park owners be notified in writing of the Board's decision on CPI timing. Mr. Henderson introduced the definition of a "mobile home" according to state law that would allow inclusion of recreational vehicles meeting certain conditions to be protected by the reit stabilisation ordinance. Boardmembers Grden and Wright had no obJection to the staff recommendation, but Chairperson Barlow expressed concern about the terminology. Ghe understood Council to be interested in spaces in mobilehome parks rather than in what is resting on the spaces. It was decided to continue discussion on RVs until the full Board was present. There was a brief discussion on the concept of Tenant/Owner Rent Stabilization. Boardmember Wright expressed interest in more information on this. Mr. Henderson related this concept to the Purpose and Intent of the Ordinance to protect low income tenants. Criteria for eligibility could be established by the Board, staff or the Housing Authority, for example. It was decided to postpone further discussion of this item until there was a full complement of the Board. Mr. Henderson highlighted the staff recommendation on Utilities Consumption and Allowance. The Board, after reading correspondence pertaining to the Ni cas' case and the action of the City Attorney, MOB I LEHOME RENT REVIEW BOARD JANUARY 22, 1987/PAGE 5 tabled further discussion of this in order to see how it would proceed. V. AbJOUBN The meeting of the Mobi1ehome gent Review board was adjourned at 4:30 p.m. The next regular meeting will be February 5, 1907, at 1:30 p.m.