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continue being grandfathered. He felt that since his park consisted of 10.29 acres and was on the <br />list of ten acres or more instead of ten acres or less, that his park would continue to be <br />nonconforming. He voiced concern that in order to comply, they would have to go from 109 lots <br />to 82 lots, misplacing 27 residents. He requested the Board consider his plea of changing the <br />threshold from ten acres or more to fifteen acres or more. <br />Bruce Barkett, Attorney for the owners of Southgate Village, requested the Board <br />support Mr. Borgen's request to exclude properties designated commercial industrial (C/I). <br />Claire Ranahan, Shady Rest, told the Board that she could not afford to move and <br />even if she did, no company would agree to move a mobile home that was over 20 years old and <br />those that could be moved would cost $15,000.00 to $17,000.00. She was concerned that there <br />would be a lot of homeless, elderly people, if the Board did not protect the people who rent spaces. <br />Norma Sanderson, Shady Rest, asked the Board to support the mobile home park <br />residents. <br />Fred Schaefer, Southgate Village, revealed that he has Parkinson's disease and is <br />forced to live in a mobile home park because of finances. He was concerned that he would lose his <br />home if changes were made to the park. He wanted the Board to increase the land use designation <br />size to 11+ acres. <br />Danny Ellis, Senior Regional Manager from Kissimmee, Florida, represented MHC <br />Holiday Village L.L.C., owner of Holiday Village Mobile Home Park, and provided a letter urging <br />the Board not to approve the proposed amendments and listing problems with the proposed <br />amendment to the Comprehensive Plan Amendment (copy on file). He suggested the owners get <br />involved to discuss ways to make it continual affordable housing that would protect mobile home <br />residents. <br />May 8, 2007 8 <br />