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RentReviewAdvisoryCommittee | 2019-06-03 | 6 | Approved Minutes June 3, 2019 Tenants: Tamu Harper and Tim Taylor Landlords: Antonio Di Marco and Patty Sul Proposed rent increase: $92.00 (4.8%), to a total rent of $2,015.00, effective June 22, 2019 Ms. Harper said that years ago her family was displaced by a fire at a different property managed by the same company and were moved to this unit. She said that the manager has had to remediate mold in their unit several times, yet mold was still an ongoing issue. She said the County Health Department had determined that several repairs were needed to bring the unit into compliance with code and they were concerned about habitability issues, as the mold may be returning. She said because of a change in management she thinks there may have been gaps in communication that had caused an unsatisfactory customer service experience. Ms. Harper mentioned health concerns due to the mold and staff reminded the attendees that the meeting was public and what was said would become a matter of public record. Ms. Harper said she was fine with her statements being public. Ms. Sul said that her company began managing the building in 2017. She said they monitored the unit for moisture intrusion and other reported problems and tried different things to try to keep air circulating, repaired a leak, and the unit passed inspection after repairs were made. She said they implemented increases of under 3% the last two years and would continue doing repairs moving forward as needed. She added that they provided the tenants with $2,500.00 as compensation for the inconveniences they experienced, and in exchange for the tenants signing a release form, which they did. Vice Chair Sullivan-Cheah said he wanted to make sure that parties were focusing on current issues and not past matters that had been resolved. Ms. Harper said she thought the current mold problem was not addressed in a timely enough manner, as it took management 60 days to respond. Ms. Suk replied that management had enlisted third party hygienists to analyze the unit, and they were scheduled to visit the unit tomorrow. She explained they take samples and test them in a lab, and the last samples they tested showed that the mold spores levels inside the unit were less than samples taken from outside air. Ms. Harper said she did not trust the result of the test because they had remediated the unit before and the mold had come back. Staff noted less than 20 minutes remained before the Committee could not initiate review of additional agenda items and asked if the Committee would like to dismiss the parties who were waiting to be called for the last item on the agenda. Vice Chair Sullivan-Cheah said he thought he could get through the current case within 20 minutes. | RentReviewAdvisoryCommittee/2019-06-03.pdf |