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Home My WebLink AboutApprove Appointment to the Mobile Home Advisory Board (MHAB) APP► VEZ) 6-0 City of Huntington Beach File #: 21-511 MEETING DATE: 7/6/2021 REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members SUBMITTED BY: Oliver Chi, City Manager PREPARED BY: Travis K. Hopkins, Assistant City Manager Subject: Approve appointment to the Mobile Home Advisory Board (MHAB) as recommended by City Council Liaisons Kim Carr and Mike Posey Statement of Issue: The City Council is asked to approve one new owner member appointments to the Mobile Home Advisory Board. Financial Impact: Not applicable Recommended Action: Approve the appointment of Chris Houser as an owner member of the MHAB, effective immediately through August 5, 2025. Alternative Action(s): Do not approve the appointment and direct staff accordingly. Analysis: The Mobile Home Advisory Board (MHAB) is an advisory body to the City Council that works on issues that may improve the quality of life in Huntington Beach's 16 mobile home parks. The MHAB addresses these issues 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 has vacancies for two park owner members, with a third vacancy opening on July 25, 2021. The City duly advertised the vacancies and received two applications. City Council liaisons, Kim Carr and Mike Posey, interviewed the applicants and recommend appointing Chris Houser as an owner member. Mr. Houser has owned the Rancho Del Rey Mobile Home Estates on 16222 Monterey Lane for the past 5 years; he has also worked as the park operations manager for 15 years prior to becoming an owner. Should he be appointed, his term would become effective immediately and expire on August 5, 2025. City of Hunfington Beach Page 1 of 2 Pnnted on 6/30/2021 File #: 21-511 MEETING DATE: 7/6/2021 Environmental Status: Not applicable. Strategic Plan Goal: Non Applicable - Administrative Item Attachment(s): 1 . Application for Appointment - Chris Houser City of Huntington Beach Page 2 of 2 Printed on 613012021 powere7h2,Legistar" Application . . . Commission, Boardl, Committee, or Task For Page 1 Last Name' First Name` Middle Initial Date` Houser Chris 12/9/2020 Name of Board, Commission,Committee,or Task Force' Mobile Home Advisory Board Length of Residency in Huntington Beach* N/A for this appointment. Occupation` Mobile Home Park Owner/Operator Ili United States Citizen?` Currently Serving on a City Board • Yes No or Commission?` Yes ! No Home Address:` Street Address Address Line 2 Cry State Fountain Valley CA Postal/Zip Code Phone Numbers Phone Numbers Personal Business Type`P) Number` Type(1) Number cell Personal Email` 1t3 Page 2 Educational Background* BA from Vanguard University. Business Administration Professional Licenses and/or Associations Member of the Manufactured Housing Educational Trust(MHET) Professional Experience* I have worked in the manufactured housing park industry for over 20 years and have been an owner/operator for the oast 10 years. Special Knowledge or Skills* I have extensive experience managing all aspects of the daily operations within a mobile home park. This includes the operation of park utility systems, resident relations, park management and maintenance requirements within a mobile home park. Civic Interests and/or Service Memberships?* N/A How will your qualifications best serve the citizen advisory group that you are applying for, and why do you wish to serve on this group?* Currently, park owners are under represented on the board. I believe that my experience owning and operating a manufactured housing community in the city will help bring some perspective and insight to the board. I work with my park residents on a daily basis to help resolve their questions and concerns. I believe that I will be able to work with other members of the board to address issues involving mobile home communities. It is the policy of the City Council to make appointments to the citizen commissions, boards,and committees, based on the needs of the city,as well as the interests and qualifications of each applicant. Selection will be made without discrimination based on the race, creed,gender,or sexual orientation of the applicant. Additional information concerning a particular commission, board,committee,or task force or the application process is available through the staff support department identified above.General questions can be directed to Cathy Fikes,(714) 536-5553. 114 Switzer, Donna From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Friday, July 2, 2021 2:46 PM To: Agenda Alerts Subject: FW: Agenda Item 12 Approval of appointment to the Mobile Home Advisory Board (MHAB) From: MJ Baretich<mjbaretich@hotmail.com> Sent: Friday, July 2, 2021 2:34 PM To: CITY COUNCIL<city.council@surfcity-hb.org> Subject: Agenda Item 12 Approval of appointment to the Mobile Home Advisory Board (MHAB) Dear Mayor Carr and Council Members, I am suggesting that you do not appoint Chris Houser to the Mobile Home Advisory Board. He and his brother were part of the group of four that sued the City in 2006 over our City Council passing the Mobilehome Park Conversion Ordinance in 2004. What our City Council did in 2004 by passing this Ordinance set a precedence throughout the State of California with other municipalities using our Ordinance as an example. Interesting that this last year, Assemblymember Mark Stone and co-sponsor Senator Tom Umberg were able to get AB 2782 passed into Law which is a Mobilehome Park Conversion law for the entire State and will protect the cities and counties that do not already have such a local law. We have been contacting "onsite" Park Managers to get them to apply for the position of Park Representative. They can best answer the questions asked by mobilehome homeowners who speak up at the MHAB meetings. Onsite Park Managers work with numerous types of issues and have the knowledge and skills to bring about solutions. They are the community organizers who work directly with the homeowners in solving these issues. Major projects are elevated to the Park Owners for their analysis. Please consider my input. Thank you, Mary Jo Baretich SUPPLEMENTAL MHB Member COMMUNICATION GSMOL Zone C Vice President iN9atJllg Date: Agenda nem No.;