BILL NUMBER: AB 2214	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 6, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fuentes

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to add Sections 33103.5 and 33216 to the Public Resources
Code, relating to public resources.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2214, as amended, Fuentes. Public resources: Santa Monica
Mountains Conservancy: Pacoima Wash.
   Existing law establishes the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy in
the Natural Resources Agency and specifies the authority and
purposes of the conservancy.
   This bill would require the conservancy to  prepare a
coordinated development and   recreational access
plan   develop a feasibility study  on or before
June 30, 2011, for the Pacoima Wash, as the bill would define that
term. The bill would require the conservancy to use existing budget
resources and voluntary private and nonprofit local resources when
preparing the  plan   study  , and to
request voluntary cooperation of other governmental authorities with
jurisdiction over the Pacoima Wash. The bill would require the
 plan   study  to provide, among other
things, for the establishment of a greenbelt in the Pacoima Wash, and
the acquisition of real property in and abutting the Pacoima Wash
and the subsequent lease, rental, sale, or other transfer of that
property for park purposes.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 33103.5 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read:
   33103.5.  "Pacoima Wash" means  ____   the
Los Angeles River tributary extending from the Lopez Debris Basin to
the Tujunga Wash/Pacoima Wash confluence  .
  SEC. 2.  Section 33216 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read: 
   33216.  (a) The conservancy shall prepare a coordinated
development and recreational access plan on or before June 30, 2011,
for the Pacoima Wash. 
    33216.    (a) On or before June 30, 2011, the
conservancy shall develop a feasibility study for the Pacoima Wash.
The study shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
 
   (1) Establish objectives for development of a greenbelt around the
Pacoima Wash for the purposes of expanding recreational
opportunities and the improvement of natural habitat to support
wildlife. 
   (2) Establish the boundaries of the study.  
   (3) Inventory existing land and its uses.  
   (4) Analyze land parcels along the Pacoima Wash that show
potential for development of a greenbelt and other recreational
developments.  
   (5) Engage in community outreach and input.  
   (6) Analyze the topology of the Pacoima Wash. 
   (b) In preparing the  plan   study 
required by subdivision (a), the conservancy shall use existing
budget resources and voluntary private and nonprofit local resources,
and request voluntary cooperation of the other governmental
authorities with jurisdiction over the Pacoima Wash.
   (c) The  plan   study  required by
subdivision (a) shall provide for all of the following:
   (1) Development of a greenbelt around the Pacoima Wash as a
priority of the conservancy.
   (2) Acquisition of real property in and abutting the Pacoima Wash,
and the subsequent lease, rental, sale, or other transfer of that
property for park purposes.
   (3) A means by which to apply for grants or loans to purchase or
restore park, recreation, conservation, or open-space opportunities
in the Pacoima Wash.
   (4) Acceptance of dedications or easements of tax delinquent
property in the Pacoima Wash.
   (5)  Implementation of a program   Provision
  of recommendations  designed to provide and enhance
recreational access to the Pacoima Wash for residents of the San
Fernando Valley.
   (6) The establishment of a greenbelt in the Pacoima Wash.
   (d) The Legislature intends that at the beginning of its new
charge to prepare a  plan   study  pursuant
to subdivision (a), the  commission  
conservancy  do so within its existing budgetary resources. As
grant opportunities present themselves, the Legislature intends that
the  commission  conservancy  apply for
those grants. In instances when it cannot apply for grants due to
ineligibility, the Legislature encourages the commission to partner
on those grants with the community-based organization Pacoima
Beautiful, which is a major community stakeholder in the San Fernando
Valley with a vested interest in seeing the Pacoima Wash develop
into a greenbelt.