As you may remember, on June 24, 2019, the San Diego City Council approved:

• A lease extension for Campland on the Bay
• A new lease for the De Anza Cove property that includes Mission Bay RV Resort
• De Anza Cleanup and Improvement Project

While COVID-19 may be impacting the number of campers who can visit Campland and Mission Bay RV Resort, our community-wide effort to safeguard the future of waterfront camping continues.

Terra Vista Management, the company that operates both Campland and Mission Bay RV Resort, is moving as quickly and diligently as possible to move forward with the De Anza Cleanup and Improvement Project. Threatened litigation from the San Diego Audubon Society resulted in 67 days of unavoidable delay, which extended the commencement date for the De Anza cleanup and improvement project to March 7, 2020, though the team started work on the project well before that date. Northeast MB, LLC and the City of San Diego reached a settlement with Audubon, which requires the new 150 campsites, which will repurpose existing homesites and utilities, to be concentrated in the northeastern corner of the De Anza property.

As of January 28, 2020, Mission Bay RV Resort has submitted a Coastal Development Permit (or CDP) application for the cleanup and improvement project. In the meantime, the team has moved forward with preliminary steps in the process to remove the 166 abandoned mobile homes remaining on the property. Certified technicians were deployed to conduct asbestos and lead testing on all of the homes, the results of which will determine the scope of work for the asbestos/lead abatement portion of the project.

Mission Bay RV Resort will also move forward with project elements that are expected to be exempted from the CDP, including the repair and reopening of the Pool and Clubhouse complex, and the removal of debris from the homesites.

Improvements to Mission Bay RV Resort

The Mission Bay RV Resort team has been giving the property some much needed and long-awaited TLC.  “We’ve been busy repairing the utility system, addressing safety issues, and improving the resort’s amenities,” said Jacob Gelfand, VP of Operations for Campland on the Bay and Mission Bay RV Resort.

The utility systems needed repairs, including:

• Gas line repairs
• Sewer main cleanouts
• Irrigation upgrades to avoid waste
• Repair of utility pedestals
• Watermain repairs

The resort needed many safety enhancements and interventions, including:

• Parking lot repairs and lighting
• Pest and insect control
• Beach sinkhole repaired
• Trimmed all trees in RV park
• Installed over 1500’ of privacy mesh along MH zones
• Safely secured collapsing temporary fencing
• Repaired laundry, pavilion and office roofs
• Ongoing pavement traffic signage repainting
• Removal of garbage, debris and potential hazards from storage areas (lightbulbs, paints, oils, etc.)

The team has also been very busy enhancing the amenities, such as:

• All Mission Bay RV Resort guests provided access to Campland facilities, amenities and entertainment, in addition to activities hosted onsite at MBRV
• Renovation and reopening of RV laundry facility
• Dry storage spaces made available
• Unnecessary fencing removed to activate formerly inaccessible RV sites
• Men’s restroom in office building retrofitted as unisex
• Exhaust fans installed in RV restrooms for improved ventilation and circulation
• Recreation Center refurbished

Mission Bay RV Resort has also received some noticeable aesthetic enhancements, including:

• Landscaping improvements throughout the property, including new landscaping features
• Repainted entrance marquee sign