REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Make Required Findings and Approve Conversion Impact Report for Blue Bonnet Mobile Home Park, Located at 617 E. Evelyn Avenue in Sunnyvale - Continued from January 24, 2017
Report
This item was originally scheduled for Council consideration and a public hearing on January 24, 2017, but was continued to March 7 in order to provide time for the residents to review of the Supplemental Conversion Impact Report, as explained below.
SUMMARY OF HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION ACTION
On November 16, 2016, the Housing and Human Services Commission (HHSC) held a public hearing on the draft Conversion Impact Report (CIR) for Blue Bonnet Mobile Home Park ("Park"). The Report to the HHSC is Attachment 1. Minutes of the HHSC hearing are provided in Attachment 10.
Eight members of the public, mainly Park residents and mobile home owners, expressed concerns such as: dissatisfaction with their mobile home's appraised value, lack of mobile homes for sale at comparable prices, fears of displacement, and concerns about Sunnyvale Municipal Code (SMC) Chapter 19.72 being outdated as it was adopted before the rise of the high-tech industry. Attorney William Constantine, representing the Blue Bonnet Residents' Committee, also spoke and submitted a written comment letter (Attachment 11) expressing concerns about the City's compliance with certain sections of the Subdivision Map Act and related state laws, among other issues. The Applicant submitted a response letter to Mr. Constantine's letter (Attachment 12) and spoke briefly in response to some of the concerns and questions raised. In addition, the Applicant submitted a supplement to the CIR (Attachment 13) that notes, among other points, that the Applicant is offering to pay for the cost of a second appraisal for those mobile home owners who expressed dissatisfaction with their homes' appraised values. Chapter 19.72 provides that if a resident is not satisfied with the initial appraisal rec...
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