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Amendment to Resolution Text

WHEREAS, on May 5, 1996 the Mapleton Mobile Home Park residents' home association, the Mapleton Home Association (MHA) was incorporated in the State of Colorado as a non-profit corporation to provide permanently affordable housing in the City of Boulder, Colorado; and

WHEREAS, the MHA works diligently with the Mapleton Mobile Home Park's ethnically diverse population, including elderly residents, people with disabilities, as well as families with children; and

WHEREAS, Thistle Community Housing (Thistle) is a Colorado non-profit corporation (exempt from taxation under I.R.C. section 501 (c) (3)) and with a long-standing commitment to provide permanently affordable housing to serve the needs of the community, including families, single parents, seniors, and people with disabilities throughout Boulder County. Thistle serves over 2,200 households and has produced 332 permanently affordable homes; and

WHEREAS, the City, Thistle, and the MHA are committed to preserving the Mapleton Mobile Home Park as a mobile home community that is permanently affordable to low and moderate income households; and

WHEREAS, community land trusts are an established method for preserving permanent affordability though which land is purchased and held in trust by a community-based 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization, governed by a board of directors; and

WHEREAS, Thistle has successfully operated a community land trust, the Thistle Community Land Trust, since 1995, and also has experience with property acquisition and management of affordable housing; and

WHEREAS, the Mapleton residents considered several possible models for ownership of the Park, and voted at the MHA quarterly meeting on January 21, 2001, for a community land trust to be the future ownership structure for Mapleton Mobile Home Park; and

WHEREAS, MHA has created a strong community capacity and consensus related to the ownership, decision-making, and management of the Mapleton Mobile Home Park as a permanently affordable mobile home community and is committed to on-going improvement in these areas; and

WHEREAS, Thistle and MHA are developing a written agreement that, within the Thistle Community Land Trust, Mapleton residents will control management of the Park; and

WHEREAS, Thistle provides valuable technical assistance to MHA, and the City is committed to and financially contributes to those efforts; and

WHEREAS, the City of Boulder, MHA, and Thistle are developing a memorandum of understanding that provides a project time line and defines the terms and conditions of a viable plan for the sale of the Mapleton Mobile Home Park when the City is prepared to sell the Park; and

WHEREAS, the City respects the exemplary services provided by Thistle and the MHA; and

WHEREAS, Council Members, Board Members, and staff of the respective organizations are committed to work together to develop an effective plan for the successful sale and subsequent operations and management of the Mapleton Mobile Home Park.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council hereby declares that it is willing to sell the Mapleton Mobile Home Park to Thistle Community Housing, upon mutual agreement regarding the appropriate terms and conditions of the sale, for the purposes of establishing the Park as part of Thistle's community land trust homeownership program, thereby preserving Mapleton Mobile Home Park as a resident-controlled, permanently affordable mobile home park.

Adopted by the City Council of the City of Boulder
On the ___ day of __________, 2001.

__________________________________________
Will Toor, Mayor, City of Boulder

Attest:

__________________________________________
Alisa Lewis
City Clerk

to original City Council Resolution

to Purchase of MMHP