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twelve-month period. The party tenant seeking a rent review must submit the hearing request in writing to the Community Development Department Directorof the City of San Leandro, 835 East 14th Street, San Leandro, CA 94577, within fifteen (15) calendar days of the tenant’s receipt of a notice of rent increase. The hearing request must be received by the Community Development Director, (or post marked (if submitted by mail) within fifteen (15) calendar days of receipt of the notice of rent increasesuch receipt if the request for review is mailed). The request must be accompanied by a copy of the Landlord’s Notice of Increase. The Community Development Director shall provide the landlord with a copy of the tenant’s rent review hearing request form, which shall be accompanied by a hearing response form. A landlord must submit a completed hearing response form to the Community Development Director within ten (10) calendar days of the landlord’s receipt of a tenant’s rent review hearing request form. A rent increase shall be void, and the landlord shall be required to properly re-notice the tenant in accordance with Section 4-32-200 of this Code if the landlord does not submit a hearing response form pursuant to this section. The Community Development Director shall provide notice of the requirements of this section in a conspicuous location on the hearing response form. The hearing shall be scheduled before the Board within fifty sixty (650) days of the receipt of the hearing request, unless the landlord and the tenant consent to a later dateor as soon thereafter as the hearing may be scheduled. A request for rent review shall not delay the effective date of a rent increase. If appropriate, the parties may enter into a mutual private agreement to delay the effective date of a rent increase or reach any other agreement to effectively reimburse rent increases paid by the tenant. 4-32-305 NOTICE TO PARTIES. After determining that a proposed rent increase meets the criteria for initiation of rent review set forth in Section 4-32-300 above, the Community Development Director shall schedule a staff facilitationrent review hearing of the rent dispute before the Board. The Community Development Director shall provide the landlord and the tenant notice of the hearing date and location at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing. The notice to the landlord shall encourage him or her to contact the tenant directly to seek a mutually satisfactory resolution of the rent dispute prior to the Board hearing. 4-32-310 HEARING AND DETERMINATION. At a hearing of a rent dispute, the Board will afford the landlord and the tenant an opportunity to explain their respective positions. After hearing from both parties, and taking into consideration such factors as the hardship to the tenant, the frequency and amount of prior rent increases, the landlord’s mortgage payments and other costs associated with owning and maintaining the property, the landlord’s interest in earning a reasonable rate of return, and any other factors that may assist the Board in determining a fair resolution to the dispute, the Board will make a recommendation to the parties for the resolution of their dispute. If the parties agree