AB 1528, as introduced, Olsen. Public parks: City of Escalon: property sale.
(1) Existing law, the Safe Neighborhood Parks, Clean Water, Clean Air, and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2000 (the Villaraigosa-Keeley Act) and the California Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks, and Coastal Protection Act of 2002, among other things, authorized the issuance of grants to local governments from the sale of bonds for the acquisition, development, restoration, and enhancement of local parks, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, in specified amounts. Existing law requires, among other things, that a grant applicant agree to use a property only for the purposes for which the grant was made and make no other use or sale or other disposition of the property, except as authorized by specific act of the Legislature.
This bill would authorize the City of Escalon to sell, at fair market value, a specified property known as the Robert Cabral Regional Park property, which was acquired by the city with state bond funds but unable to be developed for local park purposes, so that the city may use the proceeds from that sale for the development of another park within the city limits.
(2) This bill would declare that, due to the unique circumstances pertaining to the City of Escalon that the bill is intended to remedy, a general statute within the meaning of specified provisions of the California Constitution cannot be made applicable and a special statute is necessary.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 5096.343.1 is added to the Public
2Resources Code, to read:
Notwithstanding any other law, consistent with
4the requirements of Section 5096.343, the City of Escalon may
5sell the 31-acre property known as the Robert Cabral Regional
6Park property, APN 247-130-34 and APN 247-130-35, which was
7acquired by the city with state bond funds but was unable to be
8developed for local park purposes, for the fair market value of that
9property, so that the city may use the proceeds from the sale of
10that property for the acquisition and development of another local
11park within the city limits.
Due to the unique circumstances of the City of Escalon
13with regard to its ability to finance local park development during
14a time of economic downturn, the Legislature hereby finds and
15declares that a general statute cannot be made applicable within
16the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California
17Constitution. Therefore, the special legislation contained in Section
181 of this act is necessarily applicable only to the City of Escalon.
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