Brighton Caravan Park residents plea for help through rally Holdfast Bay Council plans to evict permanent residents at the Brighton Caravan Park. From left, Marilyn Pearson, Jerry Austin and Lenny Gough. BRIGHTON Caravan Park residents will rally at Holdfast Bay's Brighton Civic Centre tomorrow as part of their long-running campaign to stop their eviction. About 40 permanent tenants are being forced to leave the seafront park to make way for a $3 million council-revamp. Brighton Caravan Park Permanent Residents Committee secretary Marilyn Pearson said the rally was borne out of frustration with the council's stance and residents" hope to garner more public support. "We are so frustrated because on many occasions residents have requested a forum, or some form of community consultation be established so there could be a platform for us to state our case in relation to development of Brighton Caravan Park," she said. We are also hoping to try and get the message out and reach people who may not be aware of what is happening to us. Holdfast Bay Council voted in January to end the residents" leases from July. Ms Pearson said the residents had since been heartened by support from the community. "I think we do have a lot of support ... but I do know there are some people who don't support us because they don't know what the real story is," she said. During their fight to stay, the residents have addressed several council meetings and collected about 1,400 signatures on a petition. A majority of elected members voted last month to extend the leases until May 2014, however that decision is now under scrutiny by the State Ombudsman. Councillor Tim Looker alleges Mayor Ken Rollond breached the Local Government Act when he allowed the council to vote on the time extension, by not following the correct meeting procedure. Dr Rollond said Cr Looker's actions were unnecessary. "I think this is time wasting - is an unnecessary expense and does not advance the cause of local government,"" Dr Rollond said. A motion to overturn the council's decision to extend the residents" leases is expected to be voted on at the council's meeting next Tuesday, May 28. Holdfast Bay says it has offered the residents assistance to move, ahead of a redevelopment of the caravan park which was planned to begin later this year. The rally will be held in front of the Brighton Civic Centre, Jetty Rd, Brighton from midday.