AB 889

Bill Subjects

Abstract

(1) The Bushy Lake Preservation Act declares that the County of Sacramento and the City of Sacramento have developed the American River Parkway, a 23-mile open-space greenbelt in the lower American River flood plain. This bill would declare instead that the County of Sacramento and the City of Sacramento have adopted by resolutions, and the City of Rancho Cordova has endorsed by resolution, the American River Parkway Plan, a 29-mile open-space greenbelt in the American River flood plain. (2) The Bushy Lake Preservation Act requires the California Exposition and State Fair Board of Directors to preserve, for public day use and enjoyment, the California Exposition flood plain in a manner consistent with the definition of a state park. The act requires the California Exposition and State Fair Board of Directors to preserve the Bushy Lake area consistent with the features of a natural preserve. This bill also would require the California Exposition and State Fair Board of Directors to preserve the California Exposition flood plain in accordance with the American River Parkway Plan as an element of the Sacramento County General Plan. The bill additionally would require the California Exposition and State Fair Board of Directors to manage, or provide, pursuant to an agreement with the American River Parkway Manager, for the management of, the Bushy Lake area in accordance with land use designations and policies of the American River Parkway Plan. (3) The Bushy Lake Preservation Act authorizes the California Exposition and State Fair Board of Directors to permit parking only during the State Fair and only on specified land. This bill would further specify that the land is on approximately 11 unsurfaced acres, and would authorize parking on that land for specified additional purposes so long as the total number of parking days does not exceed 34 days per year. The bill would require one acre of the specified land to be open to parkway users for public access if certain conditions are met. (4) The Urban American River Parkway Preservation Act defines the American River Parkway Plan as the revised, updated management plans for the lower American River adopted by resolutions of the City of Sacramento and the County of Sacramento. The act declares that the American River Parkway and its environs contribute to the quality of life within the City of Sacramento. This bill would revise the definition of the American River Parkway Plan to include revised and updated plans adopted by the City of Sacramento and the County of Sacramento, including an endorsement by the City of Rancho Cordova adopted by resolution. This bill would declare that the American River Parkway and its environs also contribute to the quality of life within the City of Rancho Cordova. (5) The Urban American River Parkway Preservation Act permits in-line skating on the American River Parkway on a trial basis until January 1, 2001, and if the board of supervisors and the city council determine that the trial was successful, in-line skating may be added to the list of permitted recreational uses for the parkway on a permanent basis upon approval of the board of supervisors and city council. This bill would delete this provision. (6) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.