Item 11 - Poinsettia Senior Mobilhome Park Vacancies
AGENDA REPORT SUMMARY
-
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: James L. Bowersox, City Man~
INITIATED BY: John D. Fitch, Assistant City Manager ,~),
Warren H. Shafer, Director of Redevelopment Services~
David Narevsky, Redevelopment Manager
DATE: September 5, 1995
SUBJECT: Poinsettia Senior Mobilehome Park Vacancies
ABSTRACT
At the August 3, 1995 City Council Workshop, Councilmember Emery inquired about filling
the vacant spaces at Poinsettia Senior Mobilehome Park with City-owned rental coaches.
This report responds to that request.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
- , This item is not subject to CEQA review.
FISCAL IMPACT
None.
ADDITIONAL PUBLIC NOTIFICATION AND CORRESPONDENCE
A copy of this report is being sent to the Poway Housing Commission.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council receive and file this report.
ACTION
-
-:\data\agenda\pmpvac.cov
1 of 3
SEP 5 1995 ITEM 11
---.-.---..."-- ---- ~.~-----_._-------
~ AGENDA REPOR'l.
CITY OF POW A Y
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: James L. Bowersox, City Man~ ^
INITIATED BY: John D. Fitch, Assistant City Manager~~ ~
Warren H. Shafer, Director of Redevelo ment Service \,-l~
David Narevsky, Redevelopment Manager
DATE: September 5, 1995
SUBJECT: Poinsettia Senior Mobilehome Park Vacancies
BACKGROUND
At the August 3, 1995 City Council Workshop, Councilmember Emery inquired about
filling the vacant spaces at the Poinsettia Senior Mobilehome Park with City-
owned rental coaches. There are currently nine vacant spaces within the Park.
The Poway Housing Commission, under its Charter, also directed staff to provide
input on the same issue.
FINDINGS
Whil e there is little hard data on this subject, many of the mobil ehome
publications we receive indicate that vacancy rates in California mobilehome
parks average between 10% to 15%. Some parks have vacancy rates as high as 25%.
This is a considerable change from the zero vacancies that most parks enjoyed for
many years. Our current occupancy rates follow.
Percent OccuDied # of Vacant SDaces
Poinsettia Family Park 100 0
Poinsettia Senior Park 92.7 9
Poway Royal Estates Mobilehome Park 98.2 7
Haley Ranch Estates 100 0
The concept of purchasing units with City or Redevelopment Agency funds and then
leasing these units was discussed at several Housing Commission meetings. There
was not agreement this was a serious problem in light of the relatively low
vacancy rate compared to other parks. As a result, the Housing Commission didn't
forward a recommended action to the City Council.
California mobilehome law does authorize leasing or subleasing by a park owner.
While this is not legally considered a sublease, which is prohibited by the
Poinsettia Park Rules and Regulations, many residents would be opposed to this
action.
ACTION:
SEP 5 1995 ITEM 11
2 of 3
--
- Poinsettia Senior Mobilehome Park Vacancies
September 5, 1995
Page 2
The related issue that caused some concern was that the Poinsettia and Poway
Royal Parks have always been owner-occupied mobilehome parks. Staff and the
Housing Commission are in the process of modifying the Park Rules and Regulations
for Poinsettia Senior Park. The Housing Commission undertook a survey on the
issue of subleasing and found the residents very divided on whether to allow
subleasing. Some residents have expressed serious concern about changing from
owner-occupied to rental un its, whil e a smaller number of residents have
expressed interest in subleasing their units. Subleasing would cause a
significant modification in the way our Parks are currently operated.
Rental parks are far different from owner-occupied parks and generally require
more management and administrative time. In such situations, the coach owner
would likely be an absentee owner (i.e., not living within the Park) and park
management woul d become responsi bl e for enforcement of park rul es and regulat ions
with a household that we have no agreement or contract with. Enforcement of the
park rules and regulations is often difficult when dealing with resident owners.
It becomes far more complex to deal with absentee landlords who have limited
motivations in enforcement of park rules.
After discussion, the Housing Commission determined that it was not the time to
recommend purchase of units to the City Council/Redevelopment Agency. The
Housing Commission did direct staff to increase advertising of the vacant units
and to aggressively market our vacancies. This has been implemented. The
Housing Commission also discussed other options such as a first-time mobilehome
buyer program targeting low and moderate income households.
The Housing Commission watches the vacancy issue very closely. However, at this
time the Commission has determined to continue to monitor the situation and not
consider changes in Park Practices.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This item is not subject to CEQA review.
FISCAL IMPACT
None.
ADDITIONAL PUBLIC NOTIFICATION AND CORRESPONDENCE
A copy of this report is being sent to the Poway Housing Commission.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council receive and file this report.
c:\data\agenda\pmpvac.rpt
3 of 3 SEP 5 1995 ITEM 11