Advance Plans Committee
Summary of Meeting
7:35 am, May 11, 2006
Attendance
Committee Members: 	Elizabeth Bishop, Morris Dunlap, Ron Marnell
MAPD staff: 	Dave Barber, Scott Knebel
Others:	Sharon Dickgrafe, Kurt Schroeder, Randy Sparkman plus various 
members of the public

Discussion Summary

1.	The Advance Plans Committee convened this special meeting of the Committee 
to receive addition input and clarification on the proposed zoning and ordinance 
changes related to Manufactured Housing that were presented to the MAPC on 
May 4, 2006. 

?	Martha Smith from the Kansas Manufactured Housing Association stated 
that the proposed changes in MH screening requirements (pg. 25) are still 
a concern to her Association, even though provisions for the reduction 
and/or waiver of screening requirements are also being proposed as part of 
the amendments. Not only would the cost of screening be onerous upon 
the owner (and ultimately the occupants of the park), it would not 
hide/resolve the underlying issues that neighbors are expressing concern 
about. She is also is concerned with the loss of any existing grandfather 
rights, especially related to vacancies created within small parks of five 
units or less.
?	Staff stated that the MH park license holder would be the responsible party 
with respect to addressing any license/code violations. 
?	The Committee expressed concern over the delays and inadequacies of the 
existing environmental court system related to enforcement of code 
violations in the older/aging MH parks.
?	Staff advised the Committee that City Council has not given any policy 
direction to pursue the complete elimination of all aging/older, non-
conforming MH parks.
?	Staff mentioned that the proposed annual license renewal would be 
predicated upon an annual inspection verifying compliance with all 
appropriate City codes and ordinances.
?	The Committee expressed concern that the County was not reciprocating 
with a similar licensing requirement as being developed by the City. The 
comment was made that 'MH problems' would simply be relocated into 
the unincorporated areas of the County.

The Committee thanked everyone for attending and will report back the things 
that it has learned today to the MAPC meeting on May 18th.

2.	Meeting was adjourned at 8:43 a.m.