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Home My WebLink About2013 Appointments to the Mobile Home Advisory Board - MHAB - Dept. ID BD 13-39 Page 1 of 2 Meeting Date: 11/4/2013 .,,,ojvv� -�- �� 441) CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH a3 ryA REQUEST FOR. CITY COUNCIL ACTION MEETING DATE: 11/4/2013 SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members SUBMITTED BY: Fred A. Wilson, City Manager PREPARED BY: Fred A. Wilson, City Manager SUBJECT: Approve appointments to the Mobile Home Advisory Board (MHAB) as recommended by Councilmembers Jim Katapodis and Dave Sullivan, Council Liaisons to the MHAB Statement of Issue: The City Council is asked to approve appointments to the Mobile Home Advisory Board. Financial Impact: No fiscal impact. Recommended Action: A) Approve the re-appointment of Mary Jo Baretich as a Resident Representative to the Mobile Home Advisory Board for a four-year term through August 5, 2017; and, B) Approve the appointment of Tim Geddes as an At-Large Member Representative to the Mobile Home Advisory Board for a four-year term through August 5, 2017; and, C) Approve the appointment of Don Castleman as a Park Owner/Manger Representative to the Mobile Home Advisory Board for a four-year term through August 5, 2017. Alternative Action(s): Do not approve appointments and direct staff as necessary. Analysis: The Mobile Home Advisory Board (MHAB) is an advisory body to the City Council that works to ensure the quality of life in Huntington Beach mobile home parks. The MHAB addresses issues that affect the City's 18 mobile home communities by providing a forum for communication among mobile home residents, park owners and the City Council. The MHAB is comprised of nine members who equally represent mobile home park residents, park owners, and the Huntington Beach community at large. The MHAB currently has three (3) vacancies: one (1) resident member, one (1) at-large member, and one (1) park owner position. The City advertised the MHAB recruitment through the following means: posting announcement of the vacancies on the City's website and Civic Center bulletin board, placing articles in the City Manager's Report, sending letters to the mobile home park owners and managers, and running information about the vacancies on the HBTV3 scroll. Based upon the announcement of the MHAB vacancies, applications were received from two (2) Mobile Home Residents: Maxine Bozanic and Mary Baretich (seeking a second term). Four applications were received from At-Large Residents: Tim Geddes, Deborah J. Herrera, Binh HB -27- Item 2. — I Dept. ID BD 13-39 Page 2 of 2 Meeting Date: 11/4/2013 Nguyen, and Elizabeth Alex (seeking a second term). Two Park Owner/Park Manager/Representatives applied: Don Castleman and Vickie Talley (seeking a second term). The City Council liaisons to the MHAB, Jim Katapodis and Dave Sullivan, reviewed the applications and made recommendations to fill the three (3) vacancies. The proposed recommendations are Mobile Home Resident — Mary Baretich; Resident-At-Large Representative — Tim Geddes; and Mobile Home Park Owner Don Castleman. Environmental Status: Not Applicable Strategic Plan Goal: Enhance Economic Development Attachment(s): 1. 2013 Mobile Home Advisory Board Membership List Item 2. - 2 HB -28- ATTACHMENT # 1 MOBILE HOME ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS AND TERMS *indicates Member being recommended in attached RCA DATE 1 TERM MEMBER APPOINTED ENDS 2ND TERM ENDS w Patricia Taylor 5/20/13 8/5/17 W W M Sharon Dana 2/21/12 8/5/16 (current member) W w *Mary Baretich 12/21/09 8/5/13 8/5/17 (current member) Daniel Kittredge ge 2/21/12 8/5/16 W (current member) W 2 *Tim Geddes 11/4/13 8/5/17 W Q Manuel Vizinho Q (current member) 5/20113 8/5/16 U) *Don Castleman 11/4/13 8/5/17 W m LU Michael Cirillo 2/21/12 8/5/16 (current member) W Z Amber Monte 5/20/13 8/5/17 (current member) —1U) E5 ® Jim Katapodis M T Dave Sullivan ® � U V- Kellee Fritzal Q U) Revised:October 22,2013 HB -29- Item 2. - 3 Esparza, Patty To: Surf City Pipeline Subject: RE: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION From: Surf City Pipeline maiIto:nore I @user. ovoutreach. µ4j - _......._C . Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 7:56 AM To: CITY COUNCIL; Agenda Alerts < j toom Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request# 16307 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Agenda Alerts. Request type: Question Request area: City Council - Agenda& Public Hearing Comments Citizen name: Jodie Wollman Description: From: Jodie Wollman [mailto.jodiewollman@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday,November 03, 2013 11:58 PM To: Sullivan, Dave; Hardy, Jill; Katapodis, Jim; Boardman, Connie; Carchio, Joe; Shaw, Joe; Harper, Matthew Cc: Dombo, Johanna; Fikes, Cathy Subject: Please vote for the THREE recommended representatives to the Mobile Home Advisory Board Dear Mayor Boardman and City Council Members, My name is Jodie Wollman, and I am a homeowner in Rancho Huntington Mobile Home Estates. I am writing to thank Councilmen Jim Katapodis and Dave Sullivan, as the liaison members for the Huntington Beach Mobile Home Advisory Board (MHAB), for their new MHAB board member recommendations and to request that all members of the City Council vote to confirm these three new members to this important board. I am confident that Tim Geddes, Don Castleman, and Mary Jo Baretich will do a fine job in representing each of their three representative groups on the MHAB. It will be a pleasure to especially have the two new members on the MHAB, individuals who have a positive track record and a proven history for wanting the MHAB to succeed. Mary Jo Baretich and Tim Geddes have been positive advocates and trusted sources for the mobile home community for many years. It is my opinion that you will see a MHAB that has been 100% improved by confirming these three individuals to the board. I am especially thankful to have the most divisive and disgruntled owner/manager representative removed after her one-year stint on the board. It will be good for the Board to finally have a truly "at-large" individual representing that "independent' group, as well. It is important to have knowledgeable people on the MHAB. It is also critical to have people who want the Mobile Home Advisory Board to succeed in its mission, to get back to being the forum where mobilehome residents and owners can dialog about their unique concerns and become more educated on their rights and responsibilities. As you hopefully realize, we do not own the land under our homes. Mobilehome residency rules are based on Mobilehome Residency Law(MRL), and these rules are very different i from the rules that you would have in the real estate market. Both Mary Jo and Tim have consistently and freely shared their knowledge and expertise on mobilehome issues with the City's various representatives, and I am grateful that both have been selected by the Liaison City Council members to fill the "resident" and "at-large" member positions of the MHAB. I am sure that Don Castleman's style and motive for being on the board will also be a significant improvement from his predecessor. Don's predecessor was divisive and antagonistic on the board during the entire year that she was allowed to be on it. I witnessed her attitude first-hand because.I was at every meeting of the MHAB. Thank you, Councilmen Katapodis and Sullivan, for your fine recommendations to the MHAB. Thank you, Mayor and City Council members, for your vote on the Consent Calendar 92 for Tim Geddes , Don Castleman, and Mary Jo Baretich. Sincerely, Jodie Jodie Wollman 19361 Brookhurst Street, Space 84 Huntington Beach, CA 92646-2953 Expected Close Date: November 5, 2013 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. 2 Esparza, Patty From: Bazant, Denise Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 7:56 AM To: Esparza, Patty; Estanislau, Robin; Flynn, Joan Subject: FW: Surf City Pipeline: You have been assigned a new Request#: 16306 For supplemental communication. i will respond to Ms. Genelle. SUPPLEMENTAL Denise Bazant COMMUNICATION Senior Deputy City Clerk Citv of Huntington Beach Mlnlg Date: 2000 Main Street,2nd Floor Huntington Beach, CA 92648 Agikla ltm No. 73 4.536.5209 dbazant@surfcity-hb.orb www.huntingtonbeachca.org From: Surf City Pipeline [ma ilto:noreply@ user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 7:55 AM To: Bazant, Denise Subject: Surf City Pipeline: You have been assigned a new Request #: 16306 Request# 16306 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to you. Request type: Question Request area: Mobile Home Information Citizen name: Janice Genelle Description: From: Janice Genelle [mailto:genellejan@socal.rr.com] Sent: Monday,November 04, 2013 6:40 AM To: Sullivan, Dave; Hardy, Jill; Katapodis, Jim; Boardman, Connie; Carchio, Joe; Harper, Matthew; Shaw, Joe Cc: Dombo, Johanna; Fikes, Cathy Subject: Public Comments - Mobile Home Advisory Board I am sorry I cannot attend City Council meetings in person on a regular basis, as I have a commitment on the first and third Monday evenings. I want to thank Jim Katapodis and Dave Sullivan for nominating and requesting the entire Council to vote in favor of Mary Jo Baretich as a Resident Representative, Tim Geddes as an At-Large Member Representative, and Don Castleman as a Park Owner/Manager Representative to the Mobile Home Advisory Board. I am grateful to City Council for listening to the concerns of its senior citizens,especially in regard to those living in Mobile Home Parks with concerns about their future living conditions in the City of Huntington Beach. We love this city and need your help to enable us to remain here as resident citizens. Respectfully submitted, i Janice Genelle Rancho Huntington Space #89 Expected Close Date: November 15, 2013 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. z Esparza, Patty From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 7:58 AM To: CITY COUNCIL; Agenda Alerts Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request# 16308 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Agenda Alerts. Request type: Comment Request area: City Council - Agenda& Public Hearing Comments Citizen name: Bill Reitz Description: From: Billrhb@aol.com [mailto:Billrhb@aol.com] Sent: Sunday,November 03, 2013 10:33 PM To: Sullivan, Dave; Hardy, Jill; Katapodis, Jim; Boardman, Connie; Carchio, Joe; Harper, Matthew; Shaw, Joe Cc: Dombo, Johanna; Fikes, Cathy Subject: Mobile Home Advisory Board Representatives I would like to thank Jim Katapodis and Dave Sullivan for nominating Mary Jo Baretich as a Resident Representative, Tim Geddes as an At-Large Member Representative, and Don Castleman as a Park Owner/Manager Representative. I urge the other members of the City Council to support voting in favor of ALL THREE recommended representatives to the Mobile Home Advisory Board. Thank you, Bill Reitz HB resident from Rancho Huntington Mobile Home Estates Expected Close Date: November 5, 2013 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. SUPPLEMENTAL, COMMUNICATION Meeting Dater Agende item iVo. 1 Esparza, Patty From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 4:04 PM To: CITY COUNCIL; Agenda Alerts Subject: Surf City.Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request# 16320 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Agenda Alerts. Request type: Comment Request area: City Council Agenda& Public Hearing Comments Citizen name: Robert & Theresa Lonero Description: From: robert lonero [mailto:r lonero@gmail.com] Sent: Monday,November 04, 2013 3:39 PM To: Sullivan, Dave; Katapodis, Jim Cc: Dombo, Johanna; Fikes, Cathy; Lonero, Theresa L. Subject: Mobile Home Advisory Board - Dear Dave Sullivan, Jim Katapodis - Thank you so much for your support for the nomination of Mary Jo Baretich, Tim Geddes and Don Castleman to the Mobile Home Advisory Board. We are proud to have you representing us in the City of Huntington Beach! Best Regards, Robert & Theresa Lonero Rancho Huntington MHP Expected Close Date: November 5, 2013 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. 1