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L. Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - April 20, 1992 Page - 4 - PUBLIC COMMENTS (continued) property for years. He said if the City were really concerned about preserving the Bay they would have done something about the degradation of the property. Mayor Karp said he has taken a leadership role in cleaning up the Bay but has not seen Mr. Houston cleaning up the Bay. Mr. Houston said he has participated in the Shoreline Cleanup. E. John Rogers, Director of the Coalition for Responsible Airport Management Policy (CRAMP), said he does not object to the Robert's Landing project. He said he was not at the Public Hearing because he was dealing with problems Alameda has caused related to the airport expansion. He said San Leandro's agreement related to the airport may cause the same types of problems because the present disclosure statement is the same as Alameda's. He discussed documents he had given to the City Clerk. He said the Citizens League for Airport Safety and Serenity based in Alameda has been recruiting San Leandro residents to fight airport expansion. He said he was asking the City Council to consider a supplemental disclosure for all the property, which the City Council has the authority to do under Civil Code 1102.6a. He said the more airtight the City Council makes the disclosure the fewer problems it will have down the road. Mayor Karp said that is what the City is doing. He suggested Mr. Rogers meet with the City Attorney and discuss possible long-term solutions. F. Clark Brown, 747 Lewelling Boulevard, thanked the City Council for all their work in considering rent control for the mobile-home issue. He said he moved into his home in 1983 and thought he would be able to sell without a problem. He said about a year later the owners of the park started refusing to let people sell . He said he was ready to purchase a 20-foot-wide home in Hayward for less rent than he was paying for his 8-foot-wide home in San Leandro. He said this was in a rent-controlled park. He said he received a rent increase every year until 1991 . He said he has done a lot of research on mobile-home law. He said he has met with tenants and made them familiar with mobile-home law and has gone to court on rent issues. He said there are a number of problems with trying to communicate with other tenants. He said the main issue is that many people who are involved in mobile homes are elderly, on limited incomes, and are having problems paying the rent and putting food on the table. In response to questions from Council Member Santos, he said his park does receive Cable TV service. He said the only facilities they have are washrooms. He said people lose 90% of their investment when they take their homes out of the park, and the City Council should consider the quality of a park when instituting rent control .