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RentReviewAdvisoryCommittee | 2016-07-06 | 1 | Minutes of the Special Meeting of the Rent Review Advisory Committee Wednesday, July 6, 2016 1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL The meeting was called to order at 6:34 p.m. Present were: Acting Chair Sullivan-SariƱana; and Members Griffiths, Friedman, and Schrader. Absent: Landess Vacancy: None RRAC staff: Jennifer Kauffman The Chair announced that any business not concluded before 9:30 p.m. was subject to being continued at a Special Meeting. The Committee discussed the order of agenda items. Griffiths made a motion to move ORAL COMMUNICATIONS to the second item on the agenda. Schrader made a second to the motion and all members were in agreement. The Committee allowed for ORAL COMMUNICATIONS at this time. The Chair invited Angie Watson-Hajjem of ECHO Housing to speak about ECHO's fair housing and tenant/landlord mediation services. 2. CONSENT CALENDAR a. Approval of the Minutes of the June 6, 2016 Regular Meeting. Approved by unanimous consent. 3. UNFINISHED BUSINESS (None) 4. NEW BUSINESS a. Case 386 - 2220 San Antonio Avenue. Tenant/public speaker: Susi Ostlund Landlord/public speaker: David Petersen Ms. Ostlund stated that she receives a fixed disability income from the U.S. government and also has a serious illness that requires frequent medical appointments. She stated that the maximum increase that she believed to be reasonable was 1.9% ($31). Mr. Petersen stated that the reason he had issued the 60.5% ($980) rent increase notice in May 2016 was at the advice of his attorney in order to maximize his negotiating position. The tenant's current rent is $1,620 and Mr. Peterson had determined that the market value of the unit was $2,600. He stated that he would accept a 15.7% ($255) increase. A rent increase had been served in October 2015; Page 1 of 4 | RentReviewAdvisoryCommittee/2016-07-06.pdf |