April 24, 2023 - Huntington Beach Mobile Home Advisory Board meeting
The meeting was called to order at 6:05 p.m. with all Board members, City Staff, Grace Yoon-Taylor, and Council liaisons present. There were about 20 members of the public present from various MHPs including Skandia, Del Mar Estates, Huntington by the Sea and Rancho Huntington. Kathy Carrick was sworn as the newest member at large.
The public comments ranged in topic from the need for Zoom to return as an alternative to attending in person, so our members can participate in the meeting, the need for the Market Rate Study, a question about a Board member not residing in HB as required for all other Boards and a request for an apology for a Board member’s remarks at the last meeting.
After a bit of wrangling, a new Ad-Hoc Committee was formed (Miller, Chase, Talley) to search for and implement ways to help MH resident owners other than rent. It will be very exciting to see what ideas come that are fresh and new.
Megan Kerkorian, CaliROC, presented on Resident Owned Communities in California and nationwide. The Investor versus Resident owned brings autonomy and control to a MH community. The Cooperative’s members decide on the rules, rent, services, maintenance and upgrades. There is the security of land ownership. The ROC team helps with documents, assistance with funding, ongoing education, and guidance in both property management and cooperative governance.
Our next speakers, Ken Lynch (HOA President Huntington Harbor Village (HHV)) and Charley Payne (resident HHV) spoke from a local resident owned community viewpoint, HHV in HB. They introduced us to the history and how much work it was to become a resident owned community. These two gentlemen shared their responsibilities from 2011 to the present. Their monthly HOA fee of $258 (maintenance, landscaping, etc) has remained the same for almost 5 years. The last MH sold for $968K and this year co one could sell for a million. HHV (now called a Condo Association) has a lot of pride in being Resident owned.
The rest of the meeting was about future topics for July 24,2023. It was agreed that the board would invite HCD (Housing and Community Development) which governs safety regulations in MHPs to present. It has been about 10 years since the last HB MHP’s inspection in the city and hopefully, this presentation can help us all get prepared for the next one.
After brief Board member remarks the meeting adjourned at approximately 7:30 p.m. The next meeting is July 24, 2023, 5pm, City Hall Room B-8. See you then!
The meeting was called to order at 6:05 p.m. with all Board members, City Staff, Grace Yoon-Taylor, and Council liaisons present. There were about 20 members of the public present from various MHPs including Skandia, Del Mar Estates, Huntington by the Sea and Rancho Huntington. Kathy Carrick was sworn as the newest member at large.
The public comments ranged in topic from the need for Zoom to return as an alternative to attending in person, so our members can participate in the meeting, the need for the Market Rate Study, a question about a Board member not residing in HB as required for all other Boards and a request for an apology for a Board member’s remarks at the last meeting.
After a bit of wrangling, a new Ad-Hoc Committee was formed (Miller, Chase, Talley) to search for and implement ways to help MH resident owners other than rent. It will be very exciting to see what ideas come that are fresh and new.
Megan Kerkorian, CaliROC, presented on Resident Owned Communities in California and nationwide. The Investor versus Resident owned brings autonomy and control to a MH community. The Cooperative’s members decide on the rules, rent, services, maintenance and upgrades. There is the security of land ownership. The ROC team helps with documents, assistance with funding, ongoing education, and guidance in both property management and cooperative governance.
Our next speakers, Ken Lynch (HOA President Huntington Harbor Village (HHV)) and Charley Payne (resident HHV) spoke from a local resident owned community viewpoint, HHV in HB. They introduced us to the history and how much work it was to become a resident owned community. These two gentlemen shared their responsibilities from 2011 to the present. Their monthly HOA fee of $258 (maintenance, landscaping, etc) has remained the same for almost 5 years. The last MH sold for $968K and this year co one could sell for a million. HHV (now called a Condo Association) has a lot of pride in being Resident owned.
The rest of the meeting was about future topics for July 24,2023. It was agreed that the board would invite HCD (Housing and Community Development) which governs safety regulations in MHPs to present. It has been about 10 years since the last HB MHP’s inspection in the city and hopefully, this presentation can help us all get prepared for the next one.
After brief Board member remarks the meeting adjourned at approximately 7:30 p.m. The next meeting is July 24, 2023, 5pm, City Hall Room B-8. See you then!