Open letter from Neil Merrilees, Midcoast resident and San Mateo County Parks Commissioner, discusses what happened and what might still be done to save the park.

UPDATES:  

• Story in the HMB Review: 8/27, 8/29

• Online petition

• Impassioned public comment during first hour of 8/28 MCC meeting: view on Local Access PCT, cable channel 27 at 8pm on 8/29, or 10am on 8/30.

• MCC 8/29 email to Board of Supervisors.

Community volunteer research taking shape:

• 1975 deed includes covenant running with the property for park, recreation and community service purposes open to the general public forever.

• Online auction included wrong photo of property.

• Terms of Sale for online auction.  

HMB Review reports on County Counsel’s research to determine if the sale could be reversed.

Supervisor Dave Pine replies to MCC email:  "County counsel and others are working hard to find a way save the park.  It is also important that we review and revise our processes for selling property due to tax delinquencies to be sure this sort of inadvertent land transfer does not occur in the future."