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RentReviewAdvisoryCommittee | 2018-10-01 | 3 | Approved Minutes October 1, 2018 another tenant. The landlords discussed this and said they would consider it, but would have to talk to the property managers at Berger Enterprises to ascertain the exact value of the parking space. The parties returned to their seats and the Committee began deliberations. Member Griffiths made a motion for $75 increase, for which there was no second. Member Sullivan-Cheah said he believed Ms. Perry had expressed a financial hardship. He said he believed an $85 increase (parking space aside) was fair considering the landlords had demonstrated that they put a significant amount of work into the property. Motion and second for an $80 monthly rent increase (Members Griffiths and Sullivan- Cheah). Motion passed 3-0. 6-C. CASE 1092 - 2485 Shoreline Dr., Apt. 219 No Committee review. Prior to the hearing, the parties reached an agreement concerning the amount of the rent increase. Details of the agreement can be found in the Rent Stabilization Program's monthly report at www.alamedarentprograms.org 6-D. CASE 1097 - 2485 Shoreline Dr., Apt. 213 No Committee review. The tenant was not present at the hearing. The rent increase will go into effect as noticed. 6-E. CASE 1103 - 2485 Shoreline Dr., Apt. 102 Tenant: Christopher Wooten Landlords: Randall Kessler, Andrew Fisher, Asia Hawkins Proposed rent increase: $310.83 (24.0%), effective October 1, 2018 Ms. Hawkins said that management had been working on attending to the issues Mr. Wooten raised in his submitted response to the Committee, such as remediating any mold in the unit, and repainting the walls. Mr. Fisher pointed out that although no improvements were made to the inside of the unit, all tenants benefit from the work that was done to the property, which is why the increases were being spread somewhat evenly to most or all of the tenants at the property. Ms. Hawkins passed around a picture of the work that had been done to improve Mr. Wooten's kitchen cabinets. Mr. Wooten said that he had two kids in school in Alameda and if the rent increased too much they would have to relocate outside Alameda, uprooting their children, which could be very hard on them. He said he works as a case manager in the mental health field, and had experienced a decrease in income, which has made him look into Page 3 of 7 | RentReviewAdvisoryCommittee/2018-10-01.pdf |