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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - April 20, 1992 Page - 5 - PUBLIC COMMENTS (continued) G. Paul Deffenbach, Western Mobilehome Association, 307 South B Street, San Mateo, CA, spoke regarding the lease submitted by Mr. Dobro. He said the lease was for the City of Pittsburg, not for San Leandro. He said Mission Bay had negotiated a lease between the owners and tenants, but it fell through because some of the tenants did not concur. He said the issue related to mobile-home parks is whether it is good policy for the City of San Leandro to adopt rent control or any kind of control . He said he thinks the parks in San Leandro have done really well . The rent increase in his park last year was 4%, which he said is by no means gouging. He said there has been nothing in writing yet from the City Council on the recommendations of the Mobile Home Committee. He spoke regarding City officials taking a role in protecting homeowners. He said City officials end up in the middle of a legal quagmire. He said rent control makes relationships in parks even worse. He noted the City of Hayward has a $659,000 deficit as a result of rent control . He said older trailer parks in San Leandro may not stay in business with rent control , and this will erode affordable housing. H. Sandra Nielsen, One of the Owners of Sandev Mobile Home Park, said de- control is not a rent increase, it is new rent on a new tenant. She said her park has a pool , recreation hall , washroom, large lawn, and activities for seniors, among other amenities. She said her insurance has gone up 300% and her City fees have gone up 1,000%, as well as an increase in pool maintenance, asphalt work, etc. She said there are reasons for raising the rent. She said it is necessary to maintain the park, and she also expects to make a reasonable return on her investment. She said Bal Trailer Court is selling. She noted several park owners have attempted to call Council Member Perry and left messages but did not receive return phone calls. Council Member Perry said there have been no messages left on her machine. Ms. Nielsen noted that several meetings of the Mobile Home Committee were held. She said one of the meetings was supposed to be for mobile- home-park owners only, but the residents were permitted to speak. Council Member Glaze said all of the meetings were open to everyone. He said the park owners were asked to hold their comments until the last meeting so they could respond to issues and problems and offer solutions, but the owners insisted on speaking at the other meetings. Ms. Nielsen said the mobile-home-park owners would like to have another meeting because not all the park owners wanted to get up and talk at the other meetings. Council Member Perry said it had been difficult to set up dates for these meetings. She said the meetings were designed so that park owners could hear from residents at the first two meetings and respond at the third meeting.