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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 2189
Author: Irwin (D), et al.
Amended: 3/28/16 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE NATURAL RES. & WATER COMMITTEE: 8-0, 6/28/16
AYES: Pavley, Stone, Allen, Hertzberg, Hueso, Jackson,
Monning, Vidak
NO VOTE RECORDED: Wolk
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: 7-0, 8/11/16
AYES: Lara, Bates, Beall, Hill, McGuire, Mendoza, Nielsen
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 72-5, 6/1/16 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT: Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor: boundary
revisions
SOURCE: City of Moorpark
DIGEST: This bill expands the geographic scope within which the
Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy may revise the boundaries of
the Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor in the City of Moorpark.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
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1)Establishes the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy
(conservancy) in the Natural Resources Agency.
2)Prescribes the functions and duties of the conservancy with
regard to the preservation, protection and management of
specified lands in the Santa Monica Mountains Zone (zone).
3)Defines the zone to include trails and accessways generally
following the Rim of the Valley trail, as specified.
4)Authorizes the conservancy to revise the boundaries of the Rim
of the Valley Trail Corridor in the vicinity of the City of
Santa Clarita if it determines, based on relevant scientific
information and land use planning studies and after holding a
least on public hearing, that a boundary revision is
necessary.
a) The conservancy shall also prepare and file a revised
map showing the revised boundaries.
This bill expands the geographic scope within which the Santa
Monica Mountains Conservancy may revise the boundaries of the
Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor in the City of Moorpark.
Specifically, this bill:
1)Authorizes the conservancy to expand the boundaries of the Rim
of the Valley Trail Corridor in the vicinity, as specified, of
the City of Moorpark.
a) Any revision must be based upon relevant scientific and
land use planning studies and after holding at least one
public hearing in the affected area leading to the
determination that a boundary revision is necessary.
b) The executive director of the conservancy prepares and
files a revised map showing the changes in the Rim of the
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Valley Trail Corridor's boundaries with the Secretary of
State and legislative committees. The revised map must be
in accordance with the purposes and objections of the
coordinated trail development plan and recreational access
program for the trail corridor.
2)Makes relevant and appropriate legislative findings.
3)Does not affect the jurisdiction of the State Coastal
Conservancy.
Background
The conservancy was established in 1980 and has helped to
preserve of 73,000 acres of parkland in both wilderness and
urban settings. The conservancy has also improved more than 114
public recreational facilities. According to the conservancy,
its mission is to "strategically buy back, preserve, protect,
restore and enhance pieces of Southern California to form an
interlinking system of urban, rural and river parks, open space,
trails and wildlife habitats through direction action, alliances
and partnerships."
The boundaries of the zone have been modified since the
establishment of the conservancy, including with respect to the
Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor.
Currently the southern portion of the City of Moorpark is within
the conservancy's corridor and the City of Moorpark has held a
seat on the conservancy's advisory committee since 1992.
Comments
Those most directly affected by this proposal support the bill.
The City of Moorpark is the bill's sponsor, and the conservancy
supports the bill.
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Related/Prior Legislation
AB 110 (Smyth, Chapter 407, Statutes of 2009) expanded the
geographic area within which the conservancy may revise the
boundaries of the Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor to includes
areas in the vicinity of the City of Santa Clarita, including
Elsmere Canyon and its watershed.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:YesLocal: No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee:
Minor costs to the conservancy for additional administrative
costs.
Unknown, significant, cost pressures to acquire open space and
create recreational and educational opportunities in the
Moorpark area (various funds).
SUPPORT: (Verified8/11/16)
City of Moorpark (source)
Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority
Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy
OPPOSITION: (Verified8/11/16)
None received
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT: According to the author, "[a]n expansion
of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy boundaries to include
areas in and around the City of Moorpark would greatly
strengthen the partnership between the two entities and aid both
in accomplishing their common goals and objectives. The
Conservancy and City [of Moorpark] could then combine both
financial and technical resources to preserve open space,
establish greenbelts, and create new recreational and
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educational opportunities for both residents and visitors in the
Moorpark area."
The conservancy, the Mountains Recreation and Conservation
Authority and the City of Moorpark in their letters of support
echo the author's comments.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 72-5, 6/1/16
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Arambula, Atkins, Baker,
Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke, Calderon, Campos,
Chang, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh,
Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia,
Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Hadley, Harper,
Roger Hernández, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim,
Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mayes, McCarty,
Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell,
Olsen, Quirk, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago,
Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber,
Wilk, Williams, Wood, Rendon
NOES: Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Grove, Lackey, Mathis
NO VOTE RECORDED: Bigelow, Dahle, Patterson
Prepared by:Katharine Moore / N.R. & W. / (916) 651-4116
8/15/16 20:22:14
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