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BOARD LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE Friday, April 20, 2018 12:30 P.M BOARD LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE Friday, April 20, 2018 12:30 p.m. EBRPD – Administrative Headquarters 2950 Peralta Oaks Court Oakland, California 94605 The following agenda items are listed for Committee consideration. In accordance with the Board Operating Guidelines, no official action of the Board will be taken at this meeting; rather, the Committee’s purpose shall be to review the listed items and to consider developing recommendations to the Board of Directors. A copy of the background materials concerning these agenda items, including any material that may have been submitted less than 72 hours before the meeting, is available for inspection on the District’s website (www. ebparks.org), the Headquarters reception desk, and at the meeting. Public Comment on Agenda Items If you wish to testify on an item on the agenda, please complete a speaker’s form and submit it to the recording secretary. Your name will be called when the item is announced for discussion. Accommodations and Access District facilities and meetings comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. If special accommodations are needed for you to participate, please contact the Clerk of the Board at 510-544-2020 as soon as possible, but preferably at least three working days prior to the meeting. AGENDA TIME ITEM STATUS STAFF 12:30 I. STATE LEGISLATION / OTHER MATTERS A. NEW LEGISLATION R Doyle/Pfuehler 1. AB 1918 – Office of Sustainable Outdoor Recreation (Garcia D-Coachella) 2. AB 2126 – California Conservation Corps Forestry Corps Program (Eggman D- Stockton) 3. AB 2434 – Strategic Growth Council Health in All Policies Program (Bloom D-Santa Monica) 4. AB 2534 – Environmental Education Grant Program (Limon D-Santa Barbara) 5. AB 2615 – Safe Routes to Parks (Carrillo D-Los Angeles) 6. AB 2916 – Financially Challenged Fire Districts (Grayson D-Concord) 7. AB 3160 – Conveyance of Federal Defense Base Closure Lands (Grayson D-Concord) 8. SB 835 – Smoking Ban in State Parks (Glazer D-Orinda) 9. SB 836 – Smoking Ban at State Beaches (Glazer D-Orinda) 10. SB 1301 – State Environmental Permitting Processes (Beall D-San Jose) 11. SB 1335 – Disposable Food Service Packaging (Allen D-Santa Monica) Doyle/Pfuehler 12. SR 100 – 100th Anniversary of Save the Redwoods League (McGuire D-Healdsburg) I B. OTHER MATTERS 1. Prop. 68 Park Bond 2. Other matters II. FEDERAL LEGISLATION / OTHER MATTERS R Pfuehler A. NEW LEGISLATION 1. H.Res. 799 – Cesar Chavez Day (Cardenas D-CA) 2. S. 2603 – Complete America’s Great Trails Act (Blumenthal D-CT) B. OTHER MATTERS I Pfuehler 1. Other Matters III. REGIONAL MEASURE 3 R Pfuehler/Doyle IV. STRATEGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE TRACKING I Pfuehler INSTRUMENT V. CONSIDERATION OF MEASURE CC R Doyle/Pfuehler EXTENSION VI. ARTICLES VII. OPEN FORUM PUBLIC COMMENT Individuals wishing to address the Committee on a topic not on the agenda may do so by completing a speaker’s form and submitting it to the recording secretary. VIII. BOARD COMMENTS (R) Recommendation for Future Board Consideration (I) Information (D) Discussion Legislative Committee Members Future Meetings: Dee Rosario (Chair); Dennis Waespi, Beverly Lane January 8 & 26 July 20 Colin Coffey, Alternate February – NO MTG August – NO MTG Erich Pfuehler, Government Affairs Manager *March 9 September 21 April 20 October 19 May 18 November – NO MTG June – NO MTG *December 14 TO: Board Legislative Committee (Chair Dee Rosario, Dennis Waespi, Beverly Lane, Alt. Colin Coffey) FROM: Robert E. Doyle, General Manager Erich Pfuehler, Government Affairs Manager SUBJECT: Board Legislative Committee Meeting WHEN: Friday, April 20, 2018 12:30 PM Lunch will be served WHERE: Board Room, Peralta Oaks _______ Items to be discussed: I. STATE LEGISLATION / OTHER MATTERS A. NEW LEGISLATION 1. AB 1918 – Office of Sustainable Outdoor Recreation (Garcia D-Coachella) Assembly Member Garcia’s bill would establish the Office of Sustainable Outdoor Recreation (OSOR) within the Natural Resources Agency. The OSOR would promote economic development and job growth in the outdoor recreation economy of the state. In 2012, District staff convened with some of the major outdoor industry association members to discuss working more collaboratively on increasing market share for park and open space use, as well as growing their industry. Those efforts led to the District’s participation in an Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) conference in Washington, D.C. in 2016. Despite the engagement – and the fact that the outdoor recreation economy is $92 billion and supports 691,000 jobs in California – the OIA and their companies have had little involvement in Sacramento or in California policy. District staff and Advocate Houston have been working for several years to establish an OSOR to strengthen the link between the OIA and state government. AB 1918 is similar to AB 907 which the District supported last year. The key difference is the OSOR, under AB 907, would have been housed in the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development. AB 1918 would house the OSOR within Resources. Staff Recommendation: Support 2. AB 2126 – California Conservation Corps Forestry Corps Program (Eggman D-Stockton) Assembly Member Eggman’s bill would require the California Conservation Corps, within the Natural Resources Agency, to establish a forestry corps program. The forestry corps crews would be trained to work on reducing wildfire hazards, planting trees, forestry conservation and wildlands forest firefighting. Currently, AB 2126 calls for two crews to be established: (1) in the Delta, and (2) in the Inland Empire. The District is working with Assembly Member Quirk’s office to ask to amend the bill to include a crew for the East Bay. Staff Recommendation: Support, but work to amend 1 3. AB 2434 – Strategic Growth Council Health in All Policies Program (Bloom D-Santa Monica) Assembly Member Bloom’s legislation would establish a Health in All Policies Program within the Strategic Growth Council (SGC). The SGC, in collaboration with the State Department of Public Health, will work to incorporate health, equity and sustainability considerations into decision-making across sectors and policy areas. The program would advance the SGC’s goals of improving air and water quality, protecting natural resources and agricultural lands, increasing the availability of affordable housing, improving infrastructure, promoting public health, planning resilient sustainable communities and meeting the State’s climate change goals. The City of Richmond has had a Health in All Policies Strategy and Ordinance in place since 2015. Access to parks and trails, for the purposes preventing illnesses long before an individual needs to see a physician, is a key component of Richmond’s strategy. There is also a nexus between Health in All Policies and the Healthy Parks, Healthy People initiative. Staff Recommendation: Support 4. AB 2534 – Environmental Education Grant Program (Limon D-Santa Barbara) Assembly Member Limon’s bill would require the Director of Parks and Recreation (DPR) to establish the Outdoor Equity Grants Program, to increase environmental educational experiences for disadvantaged communities. The bill would establish the California Outdoor Equity Account in the State Parks and Recreation Fund, which could accept private funds to support the program. The legislative bill specifically states the DPR Partnerships Office may partner with “regional open-space districts” to implement the program. It is a goal of the state, especially in relation to parks and access to the outdoors, that all people, including those that have historically not benefited from these experiences, have an opportunity to do so. This is especially encapsulated in the work done by the Parks Forward Commission. According to the Parks Forward Commission report, released in February 2015, improving access to parks, outdoor experiences and recreational opportunities, particularly for youth and young adults in disadvantaged communities, will lead to healthier lifestyles, better educational outcomes, and improvements to the overall well-being of California’s citizens and communities, as well as our natural environment. Groups supporting AB 2534 include Audubon California, California League of Conservation Voters, California State Parks Foundation, Latino Outdoors, Save the Redwoods League and The Trust for Public Land. Staff recommendation: Support 5. AB 2615 – Safe Routes to Parks (Carrillo D-Los Angeles) Assembly Member Carrillo’s legislation seeks to incorporate safe, non-motorized routes to parks within Caltrans planning processes for the state highway system. The author states, Caltrans often does not consider issues relating to safe park access when planning for transportation projects. This bill would make such considerations more prominent in infrastructure planning, and appears to be consistent with Caltrans’ Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan. Groups supporting AB 2615 include California Park and Recreation Society, Latino Outdoors, Outdoor Afro, the Outdoor Industry Association, Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority and the Trust for Public Lands. Staff recommendation: Support 2 6. AB 2916 – Financially Challenged Fire Districts (Grayson D-Concord) Assembly Member Grayson’s bill, as amended on March 22nd, would have opened the door for re-adjusting the percentages of the ad valorem tax each local governmental entity in a county receives. The March 22nd version of the bill was specific to “qualified fire protection districts.” This appeared to be another attempt to readjust allocations in
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