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of the survey, and asked the Council to recognize the benefits to the community and residents and approve the subdivision. Mayor Hosterman closed the public hearing. Vice Mayor Cook Kallio said she spent a lot of time reading the materials, said the survey was done 14 months ago and in different economic times. She thought many of the responses should not be construed as non supportive or supportive and she thinks the survey is silent on many things that she would like to have answered. Also, it is clear from the staff report, emails, letters, and public comment that if this is beneficial, residents do not understand that it is. For this reason, regardless of what the Government Code states, she felt there has been a failure in conveying information necessary to convince the residents that this is a benefit. It is also not clear what would happen to those who are in a certain income "gap" and what would happen to them, particularly with the term "market value" rent. She asked to have more information believed the property owner has a right to do with what he wants with the property but questioned what would happen to those people who own their structure if they choose not to buy the land. Additionally, Vice Mayor Cook Kallio said State law only mandates that a survey be done and is ambiguous about the results of the survey. She read the Government Code Section that says, "Obtain a survey of support of the mobile home park for the proposed conversion." As a teacher, if she wanted more specificity, she would have said, "obtain a survey of support or non support..." or that it requires that one supports the proposed conversion. She would like to see a survey done in the current economic times and more information provided as to the benefits for residents. She also asked what responsibility there was to those currently in the park and what alternative does the low income resident who chooses not to purchase. How does the conversion affect the value of the structure, and would market rate rent make it difficult or impossible to sell the unit? Also, she questioned whether someone could buy the land but not the structure. She said the homes are also not truly mobile homes which can be moved to another park. If rents go up and the resident cannot afford it but cannot sell the structure because the value is not there, and they cannot get a loan to buy the land, what happens to that person. She also questioned why the State oversees mobile home parks and not local government. Mr. Roush said there was a concern expressed by the mobile home park owners that different jurisdictions would impose different regulations on them and as a result, the State legislature decided it would have uniform regulations that would apply to mobile homes throughout the State. Vice Mayor Cook Kallio questioned if age was a deterrent to answering the survey and questioned whether some community outreach would be helpful in terms of the number of surveys returned. Finally, she said if you sell a house, defects must be addressed, but if people do not understand the set of rules and if the State oversees it, does it require the property owner to bring the infrastructure up to standard prior to any units being sold. She also would like to see a bona fide survey done and have her questions answered because it does not appear that time is of the essence. She would then feel more comfortable making a decision which would also be of benefit to the owner and residents. She said she contacted some legislators about the issue, which is vague. Councilmember Thorne said he would want to take it a step further and raise a red flag which is the State legislature does not have a concern about protecting local public decision makers' ability to make local decisions on land use. He said over the years, ABAG has been delegated the responsibility by the State to determine how many houses and income levels communities must build, which was the first step to take away local control. He felt it makes sense to have a regional organization that takes care of transportation dollars but when you combine that and fold it in with other regional controls, it becomes onerous. He said ABAG will be able to determine what local City Council Minutes Page 11 of 17 May 5, 2009