DUTIES : The function of this
five-member Commission is to make recommendations to the City Council
regarding rules, regulations, amendments and/or changes which may be
deemed necessary to insure the successful operation and administration
of the Mobile Home Rent Ordinance. Commission Members will also make
recommendations to the City Council and Administration regarding staffing
necessary to operate and maintain the mediation and administrative
hearing process set forth in the Ordinance, as well as prepare semi-annual
reports and proposed budgets relating to the present and future operations
of the Commission.
RELATIONSHIPS : The Commission acts
in an advisory capacity to the City Council and the Administration.
The City Council is the final decision-making body of the City.
QUALIFICATIONS : The Commission
is composed of one person to be recommended by the mobile home park
owners organization; one person to be recommended by the mobile home
park residents organization; and three neutrals. All members, except
mobile home park owners, must be residents of San Jose.
MEETINGS : The Commission meets
on the 3rd Thursday of every even numbered month at 5:00 P.M., City
Hall, Room T1254. On average, commissioners spend 5 hours per month
on commission business.
BENEFITS : There is no compensation
for serving on the Mobile Home Advisory Commission, however, from time
to time, Commissioners may be reimbursed for some expenses incurred
on City business.
POLITICAL REFORM ACT OF 1974 AS AMENDED : The
Conflicts of Interest Section of the Political Reform Act applies to
the Mobile Home Advisory Commission; however, Commissioners are not
required to file a Form 700, Statement of Economic Interests.
APPOINTMENT PROCESS : All applications received for
the three neutral positions are submitted to the Project Diversity
Screening Committee for review according to the needs of the Commission
as specified in a Needs Assessment Memo. Applications will also be
forwarded to the City Attorney for a Conflict of Interest review and
thereafter, the applicants will be asked to appear before the Screening
Committee Members for an interview. Following interviews, the Screening
Committee will develop a list of applicants which will be submitted
to the Council Member Liaison to the Commission. The Liaison will forward
the list to the Rules Committee of Council either with or without a
supplemental recommendation. The City Council makes the final appointment
to the Commission based on Rules Committee recommendations. Landlord
and tenant appointments are outside of the Project Diversity process.
ATTENDANCE : Commissioners are expected
to attend all Commission meetings. San Jose Municipal Code Section
2.08.060 requires that a Commissioner who has unexcused absences from
any three consecutive regular meetings, or 20% of the meetings in a
calendar year, is deemed to have resigned from the Commission.
For further information about the Commission, please call the Commission
Staff at 408-975-4480.
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