Vt. Dept. of Housing & Cmty. Dev., Housing Division Rules, Part I (Mobile Home Parks)

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Vt. Dept. of Housing & Cmty. Dev., Housing Division Rules, Part I (Mobile Home Parks)
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Vermont (state)
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6.3.3 The Department shall provide the list of qualified professional mediators
to the park owner and the petitioners’ representative. The petitioners’
representative and the park owner shall select a mediator from the list who is
mutually agreeable, and provide the mediator’s agreement to conduct the
mediation to the Commissioner. In the event that within 5 business days of
receipt of the list, the parties have not selected a mediator, the Commissioner shall
appoint a mediator from the list.

6.3.4 The park owner shall provide to the mediator and the petitioners’
representative all information supporting the proposed increase at least 5 days
before the initial mediation session. The park owner shall also provide any
documents or information requested by the mediator for the purposes of the
mediation. All mediation sessions shall be completed at least 10 days prior to the
effective date of the proposed lot rent increase.

6.3.5 Any resolution of the dispute shall be reduced to a written agreement
among the parties, setting forth the amount of any increase and its effective date,
together with all other matters agreed upon. The mediator shall detail the
outcome of the mediation in a report signed by all parties, and provide the same to
the parties and the Commissioner.

6.3.6 The selected or appointed mediator shall not have any direct or indirect
interest in the mobile home park and shall disclose any experience as a park
owner, or resident, along with any other circumstances that may create an actual
or perceived conflict of interest. The mediator shall not be competent to testify in
any subsequent action regarding the proposed lot rent increase, and the mediator’s
report shall not be admissible as evidence. The Department shall pay the fees for