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O. "Service reduction" means any reduction in housing services which results in a cost savings to the park owner without a corresponding reduction in the monies demanded or paid for space rent. P. "Space rent" means the consideration, including any bonus, benefits, or gratuity, demanded or received in connection with the use and occupancy ofa mobilehome park or for the transfer of a lease for park space, services and amenities, subletting and security deposits, but exclusive of any amounts paid for the use of the mobilehome dwelling unit. Q. "Transfer of ownership" means any voluntary or involuntary sale, assignment or transfer of ownership of a mobilehome or of any interest in the mobilehome, including, but not limited to, a fee simple interest, a joint tenancy interest, a life estate, or an interest evidenced by a land contract by which possession of the mobilehome is transferred and the Resident retains title, but excluding transfers by a living trust, lease, gift, devise or inheritance to an existing spouse, surviving joint tenant, or a spouse as part of a dissolution proceeding or in connection with a marriage. 6.60.030 Process Concerning Issues Other than Petitions for Fair Return Adjustments, Base Year Rent Adjustments, and Service Reductions. A. Initiation of Request. The City Manager may meet on an issue or issues of interest to a Resident or Park Owner, including the calculations used for a rent increase. The request must be in writing but shall not require any particular number of signatures beyond that of the person making the request. The request must identify the problem(s) to be addressed by the City Manager and may recommend a solution. B. Prerequisite to Written Request. The City Manager may consider a request that involves a specific Park but the request may be considered by the City Manager only after the following events have occurred: 1. The person making the request has submitted the issue in writing to the Park Owner. 2. A satisfactory resolution of the issue has not been achieved within 30 days fi'om the written submittal. The City Manager may select whatever professional persons are deemed necessary to assist in reviewing the request. C. Binding Arbitration. If the City Manager is unable to resolve the issue to the satisfaction of all parties, the City Manager shall designate an impartial arbitrator who shall decide the issue through binding arbitration. The costs of arbitration shall be split equally between the affected Park Owner, the affected Resident(s), and the City of Pleasanton. The City Manager may elect for the City to assume the costs of arbitration for an affected Park Owner or the affected Resident(s). 7