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Parks staff to seek legal action over 17 unpaid lot rents; Alcova permits scheduled for 2026 review
Summary
Parks reported 17 unpaid lot rents due May 19 and said it will notify legal by July 10; staff also flagged that Alcova lot permits expire May 19, 2026, and noted a possible conflict between state trailer-age limits and the county trailer park.
Parks staff told trustees the department has 17 outstanding lot-rent accounts that were due May 19 and that it plans to submit a request to county legal to pursue penalties or breach-of-contract remedies if those accounts are not resolved.
"By July 10, we would be contacting legal," Michael, Parks staff, said. He described recent outreach consisting of calls and messages and said Parks is drafting the memo to legal now. "We told them that by July 10, we would be contacting legal. So we're drafting that memo at this time."
Michael said the department added a penalty clause to permits in 2021 and that enforcement steps generally require certified letters and a 30-day cure period before further action. He described the process in general terms: "We added a penalty clause, and I think the penalty ... requires certified mail and ... you need to send a certified letter stating that you're in breach of the permit. This is your potential penalty if you don't fix it within 30 days. Then ... go to the next step."
Staff reported one carryover account from last year that remained unresolved and noted the department will withhold permit transfers until outstanding rents are paid. Michael said the penalty clause is intended to provide incentives but acknowledged that increasing financial penalties can make it harder for permittees to pay.
On a related item, Michael told trustees the Alcova lot permits expire May 19, 2026, and that the department will begin an initial review of permit terms. He raised a potential issue with a state permit clause that would limit allowable trailers to 25 years old and said that requirement could be problematic for the local trailer park; he asked trustees to weigh whether to propose an adjustment to permit terms during the upcoming review.
Next steps: Parks will finalize the memo to legal and, if necessary, proceed with certified-notice steps; Parks will begin a permit review for Alcova with trustee involvement and return with recommended revisions.
