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Huntington Beach CA
City of Huntington Beach 92648
File #: 22-137 MEETING DATE: 2/15/2022
Submitted by Mayor Delgleize, Councilmember Carr and Councilmember Kalmick - Hosting a
Senior Resource Fair in Huntington Beach
Direct staff to work with the Senior Center and community partners to plan and implement a one-day
senior resource fair, targeting mobile home park residents and low-income seniors in the community.
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CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
CITY COUNCIL MEETING — COUNCIL MEMBER ITEMS REPORT
TO: THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: BARBARA DELGLEIZE, MAYOR
KIM CARR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER
DAN KALMICK, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER
DATE: FEBRUARY 15, 2022
SUBJECT: HOSTING A SENIOR RESOURCE FAIR IN HUNTINGTON BEACH
Many of the City's mobile home park residents are seniors who are on a limited, fixed income.
Approximately 40% of the City's eighteen mobile home parks are senior parks. Recently, it has
been brought to the city council's attention that many seniors living in these mobile home parks
are experiencing financial hardship due to increasing rent and the cost of living.
In partnership with the Senior Center, the Huntington Beach Council on Aging, utility companies,
state legislators and community partners, the City can help mobile home residents and seniors
by hosting a Senior Resource Fair. Seniors will be offered a variety of helpful guides, discounts,
and resources available through city programs and community partners.
Staff and community partners will be on hand connecting seniors with the information and
helping them sign up for programs that they may be eligible. Through this fair, the City can take
a proactive role in helping mobile home park residents and seniors reduce their financial burdens.
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Direct staff to work with the Senior Center and community partners to plan and implement a
one-day senior resource fair, targeting mobile home park residents and low-income seniors in
the community.
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Moore, Tania
From: Fikes, Cathy
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 12:56 PM
To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: Rent control for Mobile Home Parks
From: thomas thomasanderson.net <thomas@thomasanderson.net>
Sent: Monday, February 7, 2022 10:54 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL<city.council@surfcity-hb.org>
Subject: Rent control for Mobile Home Parks
Dear Mayor Delgleize and City Council,
My spouse and I are residents of Skandia Mobile Country Club Mobile Home Park in Huntington Beach. Our
park has recently been purchased by Investment Property Group (IPG) and, as history has shown, it will be a
short amount of time before the new owner will raise the rent here to the unsustainable amounts that other
Mobile Home Parks have experienced. In fact, IPG has already increased rents of new residents by more than
$750 per month!
Skandia is a senior park. We had been planning to enjoy our retirement in Huntington Beach, but if the rent
increases as promised by IPG take effect, we will no longer be able to afford to stay in California.
As my representative, I am asking you to please consider placing a measure on the November ballot that
would amend the City Charter with a carve-out for mobile home parks to Section 803. No other course of
action will provide a fair and equitable solution to our problem.
Please help! We don't want to leave Huntington Beach but we feel we are being forced out because there are
no laws in place to control businesses like IPG.
Thomas Anderson
Skandia Mobile Country Club MHP
16444 Bolsa Chica Street, Space 22
Huntington Beach, CA 92649
714-366-3685
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Moore, Tania
From: Fikes, Cathy
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 12:56 PM
To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW:City Charter Carve out.
From:shaktiboys bcwest.biz<shaktiboys@bcwest.biz>
Sent: Monday, February 7, 2022 12:42 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL<city.council@surfcity-hb.org>
Subject:City Charter Carve out.
Dear Mayor Delgleize and City Council,
I am a resident of Skandia Mobile Country Club Mobile Home Park in Huntington Beach. Our park has recently
been purchased by Investment Property Group (IPG) and, as history has shown, it will be a short amount of
time before the new owner will raise the rent here to the unsustainable amounts that other Mobile Home
Parks have experienced. In fact, IPG has already increased rents of new residents by more than $750 per
month!
I am also a licensed Manufactured home sales person and the increase of the rent for new residents has led to
potential purchasers of the home I have listed in Skandia to gasp, react in disbelief or tell me that that amount
for a senior community is absurd. One potential buyer also told me that she had noticed that communities
with higher space rents have much lower home prices as a result.
Skandia is a senior park. I had been planning to enjoy our retirement in Huntington Beach, but if the rent
increases as promised by IPG take effect, we will no longer be able to afford to stay in California.
As my representative, I am asking you to please consider placing a measure on the November ballot that
would amend the City Charter with a carve-out for mobile home parks to Section 803. No other course of
action will provide a fair and equitable solution to our problem.
Please help! We don't want to leave Huntington Beach but we feel we are being forced out because there are
no laws in place to control businesses like IPG.
Brian C. Westcott
TKM Home Sales, Inc.
16444 Bolsa Chica St. Space 22
Huntington Beach, CA 92649 SUPPLEMENTAL
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Moore, Tania
From: Jayme Markle <jayme.markle@yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 12:04 PM
To: supplementalcomm@surfcity-hb.org
Subject: City Charter carve-out for section 803
Dear City Council members,
1 am a resident of Rancho Huntington Mobile Home Park in Huntington Beach. 10 years ago, our park was
purchased by Investment Property Group(IPG). Since the purchase, the owner has raised the rent here to the
unsustainable amounts other Mobile Home parks have experienced. In fact, IPG has already increased rents of
the new buyers 20%per month!
As my representatives, I am asking you to please consider placing a measure on the November ballot that would
amend the City Charter with a carve-out for Mobile home parks to Section 803. If you put this on the ballot, I
will support it and work to get it passed.
No other course of action will provide a fair and equitable solution to our problem.
Please help!!
We are desperate and need your help!
Space 116
Rancho Huntington Mobile Home Park
19361 Brookhurst Street in Huntington Beach, CA
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Switzer, Donna
From: Fikes, Cathy
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 1:00 PM
To: Switzer, Donna
Subject: FW: February 1 st City Council Meeting - Open Session - Public Comments
Attachments: HTBS and Cabrillo Letter to City 2.02.2022.docx
For the record?
From: Melissa Dougherty <MDougherty@hometownamerica.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 3, 2022 7:34 AM
To: Delgleize, Barbara <Barbara.Delgleize@surfcity-hb.org>
Cc: Fikes, Cathy<CFikes@surfcity-hb.org>; Vickie Talley<vickie@talleyassoc.com>
Subject: February 1st City Council Meeting- Open Session - Public Comments
Honorable Mayor Delgleize, please see the attached letter regarding public comments from the open session on
February 1". Thank you for your time and please feel free to reach out anytime.
Thank you.
Melissa Dougherty
Regional Vice President, Southwestern Regional Office
HOMETOWN AMERICA 6130 Camino Real,Jurupa Valley,CA 92509
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February 3`°, 2022
Dear Honorable Mayor Delgleize, Mayor Posey, and Council Members,
My name is Melissa Dougherty and I am the Regional Vice President for Hometown America. Since the end of
2020 we have owned and operated both Huntington by The Sea and Cabrillo manufactured housing communities.
Both located in Huntington Beach California, Huntington by The Sea and Cabrillo both provide an affordable
home-ownership solution for 341 families and are located within steps of the Pacific Ocean with many homes
having unobstructed views of the ocean.
Since taking ownership, I recently accepted a seat on the MHET Advisory Board and look forward to building
relationships with all stakeholders as well as being an active part of maintaining a quality, affordable lifestyles for
our residents.
We have been following the conversation closely as it relates to the residents' concerns at Scandia, and we
wanted to provide our perspective on our rent process, as well as our historical experience operating in a
multitude of cities and municipalities.
Hometown America is a long-term investor, which means we value the long-term viability of the market and our
communities- and maintaining the value of the property, which in turn protects the value of our residents'
investment in their homes.
Our communities provide a safe, professionally managed, and affordable housing option to 341 families, and our
rent structure reflects that.
We strive to keep rent increases between 3 %, to 4%, and the majority of residents are on Long Term Leases which
dictates increases and provides clear transparency and stability for residents.
Our existing rent structure gives us flexibility to operate and invest in this critical source of unsubsidized housing.
In addition to regular maintenance and landscaping, we maintain private roads, utility infrastructure, and
countless amenities like pools and communal clubhouses.
We have heard the calls for rent control in Huntington Beach
In our experience, RSOs place arbitrary constraints on rental growth, but they do not restrict growth in operating
costs such as real estate taxes, insurance, payroll and health benefits, and recurring maintenance costs.
When this happens, owners may be forced to postpone projects or investment that could ultimately undermine
the viability of these communities and have a negative impact on the value of resident homes.
In other communities where we operate, the biggest value-add for residents, town officials and owner/operators
is when there is a collaborative, transparent dialogue between all stakeholders.
110 N.Wacker Drive,Suite 4500 Chicago, IL 60605: TEL:312-604-7500 www.hometownamerica.com
We seek to have a collaborative, productive relationship with the city and our residents. And we are in favor of
increasing communication among all stakeholders as a means to build these relationships.
I'll wrap up by reiterating that an RSO may cause more issues that it seeks to solve.
You have Hometown America's commitment to keep both Huntington by The Sea and Cabrillo an affordable
housing option for hundreds of families and individuals in this city.
We look forward to creating a partnership with all stakeholders to address the need to preserve affordability
while also protecting the value of our investment. I want to reiterate our commitment to keeping both
Huntington by The Sea and Cabrillo an affordable housing option.
Sincerely,
Melissa Dougherty
Regional Vice President
mdoughertv@hometowna merica.net
303-949-7848
www.HometownAmerica.com
110 N.Wacker Drive,Suite 4500 Chicago, IL 60606: TEL: 312-604-7500 www.horn etownamerica.corn