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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: October 1, 2018 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:18-393 CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number:8.I. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Jeff Kay <br />City Manager <br />BY:Tom Liao <br />Community Development Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Not Applicable <br />TITLE:Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution to Approve <br />Amendment No. 1 to the Consulting Services Agreement between the City of <br />San Leandro and Rebuilding Together Oakland East Bay for $150,000 for the <br />Administration of the Trailer Haven Mobile Home Grant Program <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution to approve Amendment No. 1 to the <br />Consulting Services Agreement between the City of San Leandro and Rebuilding Together <br />Oakland East Bay for $150,000 to administer a Housing Rehabilitation Grant Program for the <br />mobile home owners at Trailer Haven Mobile Home Community. <br />BACKGROUND <br />On March 20, 2017, the City Council adopted Resolution 2017-043 that approved a $150,000 <br />Consulting Services Agreement (CSA) with Rebuilding Together Oakland/East Bay (Rebuilding <br />Together) to administer a City program that provides housing rehabilitation grants to lower <br />income mobile home owners at the Trailer Haven Mobile Home Community (Trailer Haven). <br />Trailer Haven is an 8.23-acre property located at 2399 East 14th Street in San Leandro. As one <br />of nine mobile home communities in the City, it had been family-owned and operated since 1937. <br />The park consists of 139 mobile home spaces and 34 RV spaces. After 79 years of continuous <br />ownership, Trailer Haven was sold in August 2016. <br />Trailer Haven was sold to San Leandro Mobile Home & RV Park, LP (dba Trailer Haven Mobile <br />Home Park). The new owner hired Cascade Corporation Management, an experienced <br />manufactured home property management company, to manage Trailer Haven. In September <br />2016, Cascade provided all 139 Trailer Haven mobile home owners with 90-day rent increase <br />notices to take effect January 1, 2017. The rent increase averaged $117 per trailer lot or space <br />and was in addition to the $45 sewer and water fee that Cascade implemented on the existing <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 9/25/2018