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Capitola seeks answers from RTC on rail-trail encroachments at Castle Mobile Home Estates; forms ad hoc to press requests
Summary
Residents at Castle Mobile Home Estates told council they face potential displacement from right-of-way encroachments tied to the RTC rail-trail project; council formed an ad hoc (mayor + Council Member Jensen) to draft questions and a letter to the RTC.
City staff briefed the Capitola City Council on June 12 about encroachments along the Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) right-of-way adjacent to Castle Mobile Home Estates and described ongoing coordination with the park owner Millennium Housing and the RTC to find a negotiated path forward.
Why it matters: Preliminary RTC surveys identify roughly 20 encroachments into RTC-owned right-of-way at the mobile home park. Residents and advocates said the encroachments, if enforced as currently described in RTC materials, could require moving homes or fences and impose significant cost and disruption on low-income and senior residents of the park. Council members and residents urged clarity and fairness about how encroachments will be handled across the corridor and whether comparable encroachments elsewhere (for example, at the Capitola Beach Villas on 40 First Avenue) are being treated consistently.
What staff reported: The park, at 1099 30 Eighth…
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