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LA515-1-869597.v3 5 <br />that is the community. Members continue to own their own homes individually and an equal share <br />of the land beneath the entire neighborhood. There are many benefits to living in a ROC, <br />including: control of monthly lot rent, community repairs and improvements; lifetime security <br />against unfair eviction; liability protection (members are not personally liable for association <br />loans); and a strong sense of community. Every resident has a say in the way an ROC is run, and <br />major decisions are made by democratic vote. Members elect a board of directors which appoints <br />committees to carry out various tasks and manage the day-to-day operations of the organization. <br />If the residents are interested in starting a cooperative, there is a non-profit organization that can <br />assist them. It is called Northcountry Cooperative Foundation (www.northcountryfoundation.org). <br /> <br />The residents may also want to consider contacting All Parks Alliance for Change <br />(www.allparksallianceforchange.com). It is a statewide organization for Minnesota’s <br />manufactured home park residents. It provides a voice for manufactured home owns to express <br />their needs and concerns in their parks. All Parks Alliance for Change works to improve the quality <br />of life in park neighborhoods, to protect the rights of park residents, to advance public policy <br />change that supports safe, affordable, dignified, and stable park communities, and to preserve <br />manufactured home parks. <br /> <br />Another option would be for the City to adopt a rental housing licensing ordinance. The <br />ordinance would need to be drafted so that it applies to all types of rental housing in the City (not <br />just manufactured home parks). This would be another enforcement tool that the City could use <br />in order to ensure that the conditions in the manufactured home park are livable. If the City Council <br />would like to adopt these types of regulations, it should carefully consider that this would require <br />additional staff and City resources. The additional staff and resources will be needed in order to <br />inspect the rental housing properties and issue reports, citations, etc. In addition, with the <br />exception of the Cimarron Manufactured Home Community, it does not appear that there are <br />widespread problems with other rental housing in the City. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />