HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/05/1986 AGENDA
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING
Friday, December 5, 1986
12 Noon
Red Lion Inn, Isabella Room
(County Host)
1. Economic Development
2. Rats
3. County's Air Pollution Non-attainment Plan
4. City of Bakersfield's General Plan
5. Heritage Park - Juvenile Justice Facility
CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS CONCERNING USE OF HERITAGE PARK
SITE FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE FACILITY
July, 1982--Board of Supervisors appropriated $458,800 for
architectural fees for new Juvenile Court Facility. Apparent best
location for Facility was in Heritage Park.
August, 1982--Parks Department informed County Administrative Office of
restrictions on conversion of park property to non-park purposes under
Section 5401 et seq. of the Public Resources Code (Park Preservation
Act).
Fall, 1982--Design work on the Juvenile Justice Center was deferred to
allow evaluation of alternative development strategies and site
locations through the Farbstien/Williams needs assessment and master
plan study process.
May, 1983--Farbstien/Williams Report recommended a master plan for
development of juvenile justice facilities utilizing the Heritage Park
property site.
July, 1983--The Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution requesting
the enactment of legislation to amend the Park Preservation Act to
allow local agencies to use public park property for non-park public
purposes, when the remaining portion of the park property meets or
exceeds that agency's acreage requirements for parks of a like
classification as specified in the agency's General Plan and requested
Property Management Department to investigate and report on the
availability and cost of replacement land in the vicinity of Heritage
Park.
August 1983--The Board approved an appropriation of $881,000 for the
construction of two Superior Courts, with any remaining funds to be
expended for design of the Juvenile Justice Facility.
January, 1984--Senator Stiern introduced SB 1475 per the Board of
Supervisors request. SB 1475 was passed and signed into law. The bill
allows the County, after holding one public hearing on the question, to
construct juvenile court facilities on not more than 5 acres of
Heritage Park without providing replacement park property.
April, 1984--The Parks Department provided the County Administrative
Office with information concerning restrictions on the conversion of
parklands to other than recreation uses when such parklands have been
acquired or developed with Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund
monies. Under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, no
property acquired or developed with monies under that act may be
converted to other than public outdoor recreation use without the
approval of the Secretary of Interior, through the State Department of
Parks and Recreation.
June, 1984--The County Administrative Office advised the Board of
Supervisors of the above restrictions under the Land and Water
Conservation Fund Act and that the law also required the County to
replace the park property converted to non-park use with equivalent
park property. Upon the recommendation of the County Administrative
Office, the Board authorized the County Administrative Officer to
contact the appropriate Federal and State officials and Federal
legislators to obtain approval for the use of a portion of Heritage
Park for a Juvenile Justice Facility and to seek a waiver from the
requirement to provide equivalent replacement park property.
July, 1984-- Congressman Thomas is requested to amend the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act to allow the use of approximately five
acres of Heritage Park for a Juvenile Justice Facility.
July, 1984-- The Director of the State Department of Parks and
Recreation is requested to approve the conversion of approximately five
acres of Heritage Park property to non-park use and to waive the
requirement for the County to provide replacement park property.
September, 1984--The State Department of Parks and Recreation~approved
the County's request for conversion of approximately five acres of
Heritage Park to non-park purpose and waived the requirement for
replacement of park property. The State Department of Parks and
Recreation required that the night lighting standards located on the
property to be occupied by the Juvenile Justice Center be relocated to
another section of the park. The factors considered in arriving at the
decision included: 1) the project funded with Land and Water
Conservation FUnd money was a minor development involving little in the
way of extensive recreation development; 2) the amount of the grant was
small and it was felt that sufficient time had elapsed since the
project was completed to amortize the cost of the improvements
constructed with the grant funds; and 3) the park unit remaining after
the conversion will still be a self contained recreation unit.
July, 1985--$462,000 appropriated for design of Juvenile Justice
Facility. Project delayed pending revision of space requirements.
July, 1986--$636,00 appropriated for design of Juvenile Justice
Facility.
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