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WHEREAS, reports have been presented to City staff and <br />the City Council of attempts to coerce mobile home park <br />tenants to enter into long-term leases which by their terms <br />would be exempt from the operation of Ordinance No. <br />O-19A-89; and <br />WHEREAS, reports have been presented to City staff and <br />the City Council indicating that space rents have been <br />scheduled to increase at excessively high monthly rates in <br />direct response to the suspension of Ordinance O-19A-89; and <br />WHEREAS, said reports have been documented in various <br />letters and correspondence attached to this Ordinance as <br />Exhibit "A" incorporated herein by this reference; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council finds that there exists an <br />urgent and immediate need to prevent mobile home park owners <br />from attempting to coerce tenants into agreeing to long-term <br />leases exempted from Ordinance O-19A-89 at excessively high <br />rental rates or otherwise charging excessively high rental <br />rates on a monthly basis prior to the referendum election; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council further finds that substantial <br />economic hardship will result to the City's citizens by <br />failing to limit excessively high rental rates in long-term <br />or month to month leases entered into or renewed before the <br />June 5, 1990, referendum election; and <br />WHEREAS, prevention of substantial economic hardship is <br />a matter which affects the public peace, health and safety; <br />and <br />-3- <br />