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RentReviewAdvisoryCommittee | 2018-08-29 | 1 | Approved Minutes August 29, 2018 Minutes of a Special Meeting of the Rent Review Advisory Committee Monday August 29, 2018 1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL The meeting was called to order at 6:30 P.M. Present were: Chair Cambra; Vice Chair Murray; Members Friedman and Sullivan-Cheah Absent: Member Griffiths Program staff: Grant Eshoo, Gregory Kats City Attorney staff: Michael Roush 2. AGENDA CHANGES a. The Committee agreed to move the Consent Calendar item (Agenda Item 5-A) to the end of the agenda. 3. STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS a. None. 4. PUBLIC COMMENT, NON-AGENDA ITEMS, NO.1 a. None. 5. CONSENT CALENDAR a. Approval of the minutes of the July 23, 2018 Special Meeting - moved to end of the agenda. 6. UNFINSHED BUSINESS Chair Cambra asked for the Committee to discuss a letter the landlords had sent since the last (August 20, 2018) meeting providing feedback on the Committee's rent review process. Member Sullivan-Cheah said that the RRAC is not a legislative body, is bound by the requirements of the Ordinance, and members do their best to be fair. Vice Chair Murray said she appreciated the letter and the concerns it expressed. Regarding mediation, she said, the Housing Authority offered it prior to Committee hearings, as the Alameda community desired that parties try to reach agreements to housing issues voluntarily. She added that there's an inherent tension in the Ordinance's attempt to shift the balance of the common law's bias toward the landlord to make it fairer to the tenant, and the Committee's role is also to try to do this. She said if parties had concerns regarding the operation of law, they should bring up their concerns to the relevant legislative body that makes those laws. Page 1 of 9 | RentReviewAdvisoryCommittee/2018-08-29.pdf |