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<br />EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS:
<br />City Manager Leslie Keane reported the City has completed successful
<br />negotiations for the nine acres on Rancho Avenue in the vicinity of
<br />the City's Wastewater Treatment Plant, therefore, it is not necessary
<br />to proceed with this matter.
<br />COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR'S REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS:
<br />Mobile Home Park Rent Stabilization Ordinance
<br />Mayor Gonzales stated the City Council will make a change in the Agenda
<br />and now consider Item No. 26, the Mobile Home Park Rent Stabilization
<br />Ordinance.
<br />Community Development Director Jaime Aguilera reported due to California
<br />Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements, our Legal Counsel, John
<br />Brown, of Best, Best & Krieger, felt the Ordinance should be reviewed
<br />through the environmental process, and Council directed Staff to perform
<br />an Environmental Review of•the�Ordinance. The environmental consulting
<br />firm of Castaneda & Associates was hired and coordinated the entire
<br />process through Best, Best & Krieger. After extensive research, Castaneda
<br />and Associates and Mr. James Neuerburg, of Best, Best & Krieger, con-
<br />cluded that a Negative Declaration should be prepared for the project.
<br />Mr. Aguilera continued that Castaneda & Associates proceeded to notify
<br />all concerned parties and requested that they submit comments to the
<br />Community Development Department, one, of which, was received from
<br />Hillary Willett.
<br />Mr. Aguilera advised the Planning Commission heard the report from Staff
<br />and reviewed the material from Castaneda & Associates. Ms. Willett
<br />spoke at the meeting and stated she believed an Environmental Impact
<br />Report should have been performed. _---
<br />Mr. Aguilera stated the Planning Commission found the Negative Declara-
<br />tion to be sufficient, complete and in compliance with CEQA requirements
<br />and, therefore, recommended a Negative Declaration for the Mobile Home
<br />Park Rent Stabilization Ordinance be approved by the City Council. Our
<br />Legal Counsel, Mr. Neuerburg, of Best, Best & Krieger, has thoroughly
<br />reviewed the Ordinance and modified it slightly in order to withstand
<br />any challenge by opposing parties, and also to address the concerns of
<br />the mobile home park tenants and City officials.
<br />Mr. Aguilera concluded Staff recommends the City Council instruct Staff
<br />to comply with CEQA regulations regarding the posting, publishing and
<br />notification of the intent to adopt a Negative Declaration, and further
<br />that the City Council consider First Reading, and waive full reading, of
<br />Ordinance No. 0-19-89.
<br />Speaking in opposition to the proposed Ordinance were the following,
<br />stating that this Ordinance will put the mobile home park owners out
<br />of business, it will hold down development, the Ordinance will not
<br />achieve the effect the City wants, the City's Housing Element has not
<br />been updated and it is premature to consider this Ordinance, the City
<br />Council should give serious consideration to an Environmental Impact
<br />Report, this Ordinance will have a serious impact on long-term leases,
<br />the proposed Ordinance in its present form will be an expensive process
<br />for the City to carry out, and the City Council should not consider this-
<br />Ordinance
<br />hisOrdinance this evening and study it further:
<br />Mr. Clay Hage, Western Mobilehome Association, 3773 Tibbetts Street,
<br />Riverside, California.
<br />Ms. Hillary Willett, Glenneyre Management, 1891 South Coast Highway,
<br />Laguna Beach, California.
<br />Mr. Lawrence Horwitz, Hart, King & Coldren, 200 East Sandpointe, St. B,
<br />Santa Ana, California.
<br />Mr. Phil Anthony, 2157 Pacific Avenue, B-203, Costa Mesa, California.
<br />Speaking in favor of the proposed Ordinance, stating the continual in-
<br />creases in their rental spaces is unfair and unjustified, many of the
<br />parks are in need of improvements and repairs, people living on fixed
<br />AUG 15 1989
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