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THIRD READING
Bill No: SCR 79
Author: McGuire (D), et al.
Amended: 7/16/15
Vote: 21
SENATE NATURAL RES. & WATER COMMITTEE: 9-0, 7/14/15
AYES: Pavley, Stone, Allen, Hertzberg, Hueso, Jackson,
Monning, Vidak, Wolk
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: Senate Rule 28.8
SUBJECT: Trione Annadel State Park
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This resolution requests that the Department of Parks
and Recreation rename Annadel State Park as Trione Annadel State
Park.
ANALYSIS: Existing law establishes the Department of Parks and
Recreation (DPR) and the State Parks and Recreation Commission
(Commission) to establish general policies for the guidance of
the administration, protection and development of the state park
system.
This resolution requests that the DPR rename Annadel State Park
as Trione Annadel State Park.
Background
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Henry Trione was a Sonoma County resident who was instrumental
in the creation of the 5,000 acre Annadel State Park through his
investment in the land that became the park and that preserved
it from development. He contributed additional funding to help
keep the park open when the DPR was contemplating park closures
around 2012. His dedication to this and other parks in Sonoma
County was recognized by the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors
and the City of Santa Rosa which support renaming Annadel State
Park into Trione Annadel State Park.
The DPR's Guidelines. Citing its statutory authority, the DPR
has developed Donor & Sponsorship Recognition Guidelines
(Guidelines) which may be accessed here:
http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/23071/files/finaldonorguidelinesrev
ise9_07b.pdf
These Guidelines, most recently updated in 2007, seek to provide
a standard systematic policy on providing recognition to those
individuals and organizations who have made significant
contributions to state parks. Numerous state parks and elements
with them, such as trails, are named in honor of or recognize
these distinguished individuals and organizations.
The Guidelines acknowledge and seek, over time, to limit
inconsistency in naming and recognition practices between park
units.
The Guidelines specifically acknowledge that the Legislature,
the State Parks Director and the Commission have the authority
to name a park unit, sub-unit or facility in honor of a person
with a "distinguished or unique relationship with the State Park
System."
A unit may be named by the Commission "in honor or a person
living or deceased, or a group, organization, or other entity
which has rendered services of statewide significance to the
State Park System."
The Guidelines note, however, that deliberate efforts have been
made not to name park units after individuals as state parklands
"are public places owned by all of the people of California." If
physical on-site recognition is appropriate then
"temporary/transient forms of recognition are preferred," and
existing recognition inconsistent with the Guidelines should be
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phased out as possible.
The Guidelines specifically mention that where a donor is
"integrally related to the park or the existence of the park"
that the donor's contributions should be integrated into
interpretive programs, or other non-permanent recognition with
limited exception.
Comments
Re-naming parks can be controversial. In April 2003, the
Commission acted upon an outstanding legislative request to add
the name of former-Assemblyman Ed Z'berg to Sugar Pine Point
State Park. Mr. Z'berg had a distinguished legislative career
and was instrumental in efforts to preserve and protect Lake
Tahoe and the surrounding areas. During the meeting, several
spoke in opposition to the name change citing multiple concerns.
These included comments that state parks represent a shared
natural resource of all Californians, a Z'berg Natural Preserve
within the park already existed and others. The Commission voted
against the name change. Later that year, trailer bill language
forced the name change to Ed Z'berg-Sugar Pine Point State Park
(see Public Resources Code §5015.6).
But naming and re-naming for individuals happens. Many state
parks and parklands are named for individuals or families.
Examples include Henry W. Coe State Park, Pfeiffer Big Sur State
Park, Andrew Molera State Park, Zmudowski State Beach, and
Samuel P. Taylor State Park. Many of these parks are named in
honor of "historic" individuals who pioneered parkland
conservation in the 19th and early 20th centuries and whose
names became virtually synonymous with the locations that
subsequently became parkland.
More recently, legislation re-naming Baldwin Hills State
Recreation Area the Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area passed in
1988 (SB 643, Watson, Chapter 451, Statutes of 1988). At the
time, Mr. Hahn was in his 36th year as a Los Angeles County
Supervisor. This was prior to the development of the current
Guidelines.
Additionally, in September 2004, the Commission at a regular
meeting, unanimously passed a resolution to establish the Byron
D. Sher Grove in Mill Creek State Park in honor of the former
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Senator. This action followed passage of SCR 91 (Figueroa,
Resolution Chapter 184, Statutes of 2004) to rename the San
Lorenzo River Redwoods Grove, located in Henry Cowell Redwoods
State Park, after former Senator Sher. The Commission also
voted in October 2012 to rename Eastshore State Park as
McLaughlin Eastshore State Park in honor of Sylvia McLaughlin,
the co-founder of Save the Bay. This action followed passage of
ACR 55 (Skinner, Resolution Chapter 80, Statutes of 2011) which
recommended it.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:NoLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified8/17/15)
California State Parks Foundation
City of Santa Rosa
Congressman Jared Huffman
Congressman Mike Thompson
Sonoma County Board of Supervisors
OPPOSITION: (Verified8/17/15)
None received
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT: According to the Sonoma County Board of
Supervisors, this resolution would honor the memory of Henry
Trione who died in February, 2015, at age 94. Trione was a
former board chairman of the California State Parks Foundation,
and received an honorary state park ranger award from the
California State Parks Rangers Association. He created and
preserved the Luther Burbank Center (now the Wells Fargo Center
for the Arts) in Santa Rosa and the Empire College of Law.
The City of Santa Rosa stated that Trione left a huge legacy
across Sonoma County, and the north coast region. The city
indicates that Trione had the foresight to acquire 5,000 acres
of magnificent property that is in the middle of an urban area
which makes it accessible to thousands of guests each year. The
letter also observes that despite his many accomplishments,
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there is nothing that memorializes his name, and the city
believes that this resolution is an appropriate way to pay
homage.
The California State Parks Foundation is also in support for
many of the reasons indicated by the two local governments. It
points out that Trione's support of state parks extended to Fort
Ross State Historic Park, Bale Grist Mill in Napa County, Ed
Z'Berg Sugar Pine State Park at Lake Tahoe, and the restoration
of Jack London's cottage at Jack London State Historic Park.
Prepared by:William Craven / N.R. & W. / (916) 651-4116
8/19/15 20:51:34
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