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Minutes 1992-04-16 SP 24 - - MINUTES SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1992 COMMUNITY CENTER, 211 VERNON AVENUE ARROYO GRANDE, CALIFORNIA The City council of the City of Arroyo Grande met at 7:00 P.M. for the continuation of a Public Hearing on an amendment to the Mobile Home Rent Stabilization Ordinance, with Mayor Mark M. Millis presiding. 1. FLAG SALUTE Mayor Millis led the Pledge of Allegiance to our Flag. 2. ROLL CALL Present were Mayor Millis and Council Members M. P. "Pete" Gallagher, Gene Moots and B' Ann smith. council Member A. K. "Pete" Dougall arrived at the meeting at 7:15 P.M. Staff members present were city Manager Chris Christiansen, city Attorney Judy Skousen ~ and City Clerk Nancy Davis. 3. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS HOLLIS MC NEELEY of 293 Sunrise Drive urged the Council to make a, final decision on vacancy control at this meeting. 4. CONTINUATION OF PUBLIC HEARING - PROPOSED O~DINANCE AME~DING THE MOBILE HOME RENT STABILIZATION ORDINANCE, TITLE 5. CHAPTER 1~. OF THE ARROYO GRANDE MUNICIPAL CODE. TO INCLUDE VACANCY CONTROL AND TO ESTABLISH A MOBILE HOME RENT REVIEW BOARD City Attorney Skousen said the revised proposed ordinance is an attempt to make it more equitable and fair to those who purchased their mobile homes after October, 1989, when the Council adopted an interpretation of the Rent Control Ordinance allowing decontrol on the rent of any mobile home sold after October, 1989. She said the new proposal is to put vacancy control into the ordinance to prohibit increasing the rent upon sale. She said the latest revision of the proposed ordinance contains vacancy control and freezes rent on those spaces which had a change in occupancy and a substantial change in rent after October, 1989. She said those mobile home owners would not be subject to annual rent increases until more than 50 percent of similarly situated spaces in the same park had reached 8 percent of the same amount. After being assured that the Public Hearing had been duly published and all legal requirements met, Mayor Millis declared the hearing open and said all persons would be heard regarding the matter. When no one came forward to speak, the Mayor closed the hearing to the floor. Speakers from the audience at the Public Hearing were BOB WILLIAMS of 358 Sunrise Drive, KEN SCHULTZ of 364 Sunrise Drive, TED HYATT of 800 Glenoak Drive, JOHN EDWARDS of 829 Kingsbury Drive, NORMA ELGAS of 276 Longdon Drive, DORIS TROLL of 804 covington Drive; JOYCE SANDERS of 804 Kingsbury Drive, EARL FISH of 800 Hacienda Drive, WALT GARNER of 848 Broadmoor Drive, ANTHONY MARTINEZ of 844 Huntington Street, ALBERT ST. PETER of 350 Sunrise Drive, CLAY DANGLE of 848 Jennings Drive, SHIRLEY LOVE of 828 Arcadia, JACK ROBERTS of 828 Farnsworth, DICK HART of pismo Beach, '~ BOB AND SHIRLEY CARTER of 852 Glenoak, JIM HALL, CHARLENE HALL of ,,-----. ......N _TA~t( nF.pF.W of 836 Devonshire Drive. ~, 25 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES JULY 16, 1992 resale of the mobile home. 5. Disagreement with the latest revised proposed ordinance gradual decrease of high rents, which would take 17 years to become equitable. 6. The poor quality of park maintenance at sunrise Terrace. 7. The moral duty of the Council to observe "natural justice" in its treatment of mobile home tenants. Also discussed by the speakers was the statement that 'the owners of Sunrise Terrace had illegally raised rents on those homes purchased between the dates of August, 1988, and March, 1989. The City Attorney said the City's records indicate that the City had --" brought that park into compliance by directing the park owners to roll back the rent increases for said tenants. Park residents at the meeting said those rents were not rolled back by the owners. ~ . Mr. Christiansen said he would investigate the matter. Ms. Skousen said the "statute of limitations" may make it impossible for the City of assist those tenants. There was considerable discussion by the Council of the October, 1989, date listed in the latest revised proposed ordinance as the date after which high rent raises would be frozen. Council Members decided to change that date to the date the Mobile Home Rent Stabilization Ordinance went into effect, June 13; 1986. When no one further came forward to speak, Mayor Millis closed the hearing to the floor. Council Members discussed the various issues brought. up by the park tenants, and finally expressed their agreement with the latest revised proposed ordinance. Mr. Christiansen read the title of the ordinance Amending the Mobile Home Rent Stabilization Ordinance, Title 5, Chapter 16 of the Municipal Code to Include Vacancy Control and to Establish a Mobile Home Rent Review Board. It was moved by Smith/Gallagher, and the motion passed unanimously, to dispense with further reading of the ordinance. Mayor Millis said that constituted the first reading of the ordinance, and the second reading would take place at the regular meeting of the city Council on July 28, 1992. 5. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS None. 6. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS None. 7. ADJOURNMENT It was moved by Dougall/Moots, and the motion passed unanimously to adjourn the meeting at 8:32 p~~~ ~ ~LLS.:1 .