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Surf and Sand Mobile Home Park discussion postponed to April 7
The Surf and Sand Mobile Home Park saga took a surprising turn Wednesday night when the Capitola City Council voted 4-1 to postpone discussion of the park's fate until 6 p.m. April 7. Councilman Ron Graves voted no, and the council resumed a closed session to discuss the park owner's lawsuit against the city. About 50 people heard Mayor Sam Storey say city staff asked for more time. Last month, the council had designated Community Development Director Jamie Goldstein as the mediator between owner Ron Reed, who wants to subdivide the 73-space ocean-view property at 750 47th Ave. and end rent control, and residents who offered Reed $6.75 million hoping to hold onto space rents of $250 to $400 a month. Reed was not present Thursday, nor was his attorney but Surf and Sand residents expressed frustration. "This is the fourth time we've tried to buy the park," said Sandy Williams, who has been active in the Surf and Sand mobilehome owners association and Capitola's representative to the county's Seniors Council. "Our owner is not willing to sell," she said, explaining that is the message she got from city officials. "All he wants is a subdivision." She said Goldstein told her about the postponement late Tuesday afternoon. "People were very upset," she said. "I don't know how to explain it." Mobile home residents pay toward the city's legal fees to defend rent control, and some fear the city will give up due to the growing expense. "I've having nightmares," said Hank Ryan, who bought a Surf and Sand coach in 2007 not expecting his investment to be at risk. "This is like a chess game to see if Capitola will fold." Reed's response to the $6.75 million offer is unknown. Residents in two other rent-controlled mobile home parks are concerned. "If they (the council) approves a forced conversion (to a subdivision), the owners of Cabrillo and Castle will be down here asking for the same thing," said Rick Halterman of the Capitola Mobilehome Owners Association. "These high-end conversions are failures," said Robert Adams, an 18-year resident at Castle Mobile Home Estates. "I know two people who just walked away from their homes in DeAnza (in Santa Cruz) because they couldn't sell." Surf and Sand resident Shirley Hill, 78, who uses a walker, said, "I'm going to stay here fighting." Hill bought her coach 20 years ago when it catered to people over 55. When illness forced her into a nursing home two years ago, she was ready to buy a three-bedroom mobile home in Sunnyvale near her son for $160,000 if she could sell her Surf and Sand coach for $175,000. "I couldn't sell mine because of all this," she said. http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14753066 |
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