Park property: City of Cathedral City.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and digest do not provide information on whether Cathedral City has to pay additional costs or if grant money is involved.

Park Property in Cathedral City

This legislation allows the city of Cathedral City to use a portion of its park property as a fire station, provided that equivalent or better park space is added and approved by the Department of Parks and Recreation.

What This Bill Does

• Allows Cathedral City to change part of its park land into a fire station if they get permission from the Legislature.
• Requires Cathedral City to find new park space that has at least as much value for recreation as what was taken away.
• Says this new park area must be approved by the Department of Parks and Recreation before it can replace the old one.

Who It Names or Affects

• The city of Cathedral City
• People who use parks in Cathedral City

Terms To Know

Department of Parks and Recreation

A government agency that oversees park areas and makes sure they are used for recreation.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill only allows Cathedral City to change its park land if it gets special permission from the Legislature.
• It is not clear when this new law will take effect.

Official Summary Text

AB 1735, as introduced, Wallis.
Park property: City of Cathedral City.
The Roberti-Z’berg-Harris Urban Open-Space and Recreation Program Act provides grants to cities, counties, and certain districts for recreational purposes, open-space purposes, or both, on the basis of population and need. The act requires property acquired or developed with the grant money to be used by the grant recipient only for the purpose for which the grant moneys were requested and prohibits any other use of the area except by a specific act of the Legislature.
The Nejedly-Hart State, Urban, and Coastal Park Bond Act of 1976 provides grants to cities, counties, and certain districts for acquisition, development, or restoration of real property for park, beach, recreational, and historical resources preservation purposes. The act requires property acquired or developed with the grant money to be used by the grant recipient only for the
purpose for which the grant moneys were requested and prohibits any other use of the area except by a specific act of the Legislature.
This bill would provide that it is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would authorize the City of Cathedral City to remove from public recreational use, and use as a fire station, a portion of park property in the city acquired or improved with the grant moneys from the above acts, subject to the acquisition of replacement park property of equal or greater recreational value approved by the Department of Parks and Recreation, to be used for park purposes, and at no cost to the state.

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