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Councilmember Cook-Kallio voiced concern over maintenance issues that had not been taken care of from five months ago, recognized Mr. Hoon's attempts in procuring contractors and bids, asked Mr. Hoon to be inspired by the safety of residents in the mobile home park and not Vineyard Vista and believed that pass-through's were burdensome to people on fixed incomes. She asked for a definition of the difference between what maintenance was and what was considered capital improvement and what happens when the refusal to maintain something results in a capital improvement and felt there was a lack of maintenance over time. City Attorney Roush said there is a list of capital improvements identified for each of the parks, they look at what the useful life of a particular capital improvement is and if that has been in existence for more than its useful life, the owner is allowed to replace that capital improvement and recover the cost from the owner. Councilmember Cook-Kallio referred to trees lifting up sidewalks and the City's work to grind down the sidewalk until the capital improvement can be done. She felt it was unfair to pass the majority of the funds through to the residents if the maintenance had not been done. City Attorney Roush felt that was accurate but did not believe the cost to make the sidewalk repairs were considered capital improvements. Mr. Hoon said he renovated the pool room at his own expense, said the sidewalks have been ground down, they had patches put on them in order to make them safe, he walked the park and covered every sidewalk identifying 7 spots where they wanted to add additional concrete and more leveling. However, he said contractors walked the park and he felt grinding down and patching it would not last long. He said Vineyard improvements took 10 years and he wanted to put those same improvements in Hacienda, as well. Councilmember Cook-Kallio said she was concerned about why this work happened the two weeks prior to the Council meeting and did not begin prior to the April meeting. She said many residents were very frustrated and her comments deal more with the slowness of the response and not whether sidewalks are ground down and patched, as they were simply examples. Councilmember Sullivan said Mr. Hoon indicated he was meeting with the park next door regarding their agreement and asked for a comparison of the two mobile home parks and the agreements. City Attorney Roush said the parks were similar in size, both have clubhouses and pools, both are senior parks, both developed in the 1970's, both have seen transition in turn- over of new homes since 2000 or so and both are very nice parks. He said the Vineyard Villas agreement differs from the current agreement with respect to the fact that there are items such as replacement of streets, sewer lines, storm drains, all of which would fall under capital improvement items. Many residents are concerned this will get passed onto them. A proposal has been made by the owner that, in exchange for an immediate rent increase beginning in 2008, the owner would take on all improvements without passing them onto the residents in perpetuity. He said the committee he has been meeting with felt it was a reasonable insurance policy for residents to consider, they can make their own decision, and depending upon where it goes, it will return to Council. He questioned if on-going maintenance issues were included in the agreement and asked what could be done to have problems immediately addressed. Mr. Roush said maintenance standards set forth in the staff report exhibit are applicable to both parks. He said the issues do not seem to be as dramatic to residents at Vineyard Villas and capital improvements exist in both parks. Regarding maintenance items getting the attention they need, Vineyard residents would agree they must push management to get things done. He felt similar regulatory and enforcement processes would apply, but neither managers were overly pro-active in addressing concerns. He felt the focus regarding repairs would occur during City Council Minutes 6 August 21, 2007