Vacation rental ordinance transparency and conflict of interest
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Mr. Chairman. While I was reading emails, we had another individual who had pre-registered come online with WebEx.
Okay.
Okay.
I haven't actually closed closed public hearing yet, so let's hear that person. Okay.
Um Darlene DeYanke, if I pronounced your name correctly, I I hope I did. Um if you would please state your name and address for the record and you may begin your comments.
El Range, [address removed].
Thank you, ma'am. You may begin.
Alright, the grades are range that anyone who is a majority owner in Sunset Phase Four, a potential vacation property at Dolph Island next door to my residential property where I live for 27 years would propose to check education rental ordinance at Dulf Island properties in Penny for Pasco. This is conflict of interest. Sorry, recruiting oneself on this both a diassectical and not enough. No vote, no proposal, no motion. Not only is
a change in vacation route for his issue of formulas that will benefit property in the future, whether or not this property in the future, whether or not just up for sale, it's legislative assistant and supportive of conducting and planless and campaign to solicit report or emails could have. The change and we think if I am not in favor of this vacation rentals and never do that informative meeting, a quote from a real estate who says, This is this is a follow-up email from the one sent a couple of weeks a weeks ago. Mariano's again asking for everyone who supports vacation rentals,
Gasco County to send emails from support. The speaking has an agenda either to discuss changing or eliminating Gasco County's ordinance relative to vacation rentals. I'm Hope. Don't all residents of the All-Family Espot County deserve to be informed with discussion on possible changes for vacation ordinance. Right? I don't know if one of her own's five vacation travels and a letter to owners where I live. Sony has emailed from our down's office um instruction it says to me below Jack is pushing to get this ordinance changed so no
longer have to collect 51% of neighbors' signatures to get approval, but he needs our support. Please share this information with homeowners with vacation rivals, real estate agents. property management companies, neighbors whose support has changed, never the total population of the people that are not interested in this. This letter and other advice that we're not sent to all owners at Gulf. Island just doesn't care for eliminating the ordinance behind our facts. Why? So fucking I don't give a fuck about my super clear. When
they import the public. I do not want my residential property turned into motels. We owners who do not look at Off Island as a gold mining for investors need the protection of streams. How to them trust it is such a lack of transparency for Brussel? got involved in this attempt to secretly silence the owners, silence our voices, blindsides all of the Second change the nation right off ordinance. Please do not want to change notification round
registration ordinance lower by lowering or maybe fifty parts fifty-one percent of owners' make the change required. Do not change the non publication round status for Gal Bayon. Please protect homeowners and gas committees who do not want their neighborhoods turned in the motels. Please recognize factors of interest for it is. Yeah.
Mr. Chairman Mariano. If I could, you know, we talked about how we want public comment to be, so let me just make a couple of comments to that real quick. Um This was brought in by a lady who was doing vacation rentals and she found out an Airbnb with Connie was shutting her down. There was 169 other Airbnbs done in just the Hudson area. That's how this came about. At Gulf Highlands, uh Gulf Islands, there's two other condominium associations, building one, building two, and three. They
have the power to get 51%. vote and just do it. My phase four coming forward, we can do the same thing independent from anything. I don't need anything to change in the ordinance. And then we'll we'll address that later on my end. But just so you know it is I didn't bring this forward. The people brought it forward for different reasons. And just want to make that clear.
Okay. So we have anyone else on Webex?