Regional park property: County of San Bernardino: Glen Helen Regional Park.

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Glen Helen Regional Park Property Disposal

This law allows the County of San Bernardino to sell up to 4.2 acres of land at Glen Helen Regional Park, but only if they find a new piece of parkland that is as good or better and get approval from the Department of Parks and Recreation.

What This Bill Does

• Allows the County of San Bernardino to dispose of up to 4.2 acres of property at Glen Helen Regional Park.
• Requires the county to replace the land with an area of equal or greater recreational value before selling it.
• Necessitates that the replacement parkland must be approved by the Department of Parks and Recreation.
• Requires the County to submit independent appraisals and title reports for both the property being sold and the new parkland.
• Makes sure all responsibilities related to grants are transferred to the new parkland.

Who It Names or Affects

• The County of San Bernardino
• Glen Helen Regional Park visitors

Terms To Know

Department of Parks and Recreation

A state agency that oversees parks and recreational areas.

Grant contract

An agreement between the government and a local entity to provide funding for specific projects, like building or improving parks.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law becomes inactive if replacement park property is not acquired by January 1, 2029.
• It does not specify what happens after the deadline passes.

Official Summary Text

AB 385, Ramos.
Regional park property: County of San Bernardino: Glen Helen Regional Park.
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.
This bill would authorize the County of San Bernardino to dispose of up to 4.2 acres of property at Glen Helen Regional Park, including property acquired or improved with grant moneys from the above act, 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 or the county, as provided. To exercise the authorization to dispose of the above-described property, the bill would require the county to, among other things, submit to the department an independent appraisal of the fair market value of the Glen Helen Regional Park property and the proposed replacement property, provide the department with preliminary title reports of the Glen Helen Regional Park property and the proposed replacement property, and, before the county disposes of the Glen Helen Regional Park property, enter into a final written agreement with the department to transfer all of the county’s responsibilities and obligations to any grant contract applicable to the Glen Helen Regional Park property to the proposed replacement park property in perpetuity, as provided. The bill would require that these provisions become inoperative on January 1, 2029, if the County of San Bernardino has not
acquired replacement park property on or before January 1, 2029.

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