1. Fee
Structure.
a. The Department
of Parks and Recreation shall, on or before January 10, 2005, submit to the
budget and fiscal committees of both houses and the Legislative Analyst’s
Office a report on its progress in implementing a new fee structure for the Department
of Parks and Recreation. The report shall include:
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Fee schedule for all units of the state park
system.
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Actual monthly revenue collections for day use,
camping, and other fees through October 2004.
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An analysis, based on actual revenues received
to date, on whether the department will reach its total revenue projections as
enacted in the 2004-05 Budget Act.
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Monthly visitor attendance for 2003-04 and
2004-05 (to date).
b. It is the
intent of the Legislature that the setting and collecting of park fees should
be guided by the following policy parameters:
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The Role of Fees in State Park Funding. Funding
for state parks should include a reasonable sharing of costs between the users
of state parks and the general public.
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Fee Structure Should Include Differential
Pricing. The fee structure should reflect the different levels of
service and facilities that are offered by state parks.
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Fees Should Be Comparable With the Fees of
Similarly Situated Recreational Providers. Fees for the use of state
parks should be comparable with the fees for the use of similar privately and
publicly owned facilities in the vicinity of the state park.
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Fee Collection Should Be User-Friendly and
Convenient to Park Users. Visitors should be offered convenient methods
of payment (such as automated fee machines and payment) in order to facilitate
fee collection.
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Fees Should Be Used to Support Deferred
Maintenance When Feasible. The department should maintain a portion of
the fee revenues when feasible at the site where they are collected in order to
address deferred maintenance needs.
2. Concession
Contracts. Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 5080.20, the
following concession proposals are approved as described below:
a. Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area
(SVRA)—Park Store Concession. The department may bid a new concession
contract to develop, operate, and maintain a store at Carnegie SVRA for a term
up to ten years.
The proposed
provisions of the new concession contract include a capital investment of at
least $400,000 to replace the existing store building; creating space for a
park visitor center as well as store facilities. The minimum annual rent will
be $150,000, or 10 percent of gross sales, whichever is greater.
b. Doheny State Beach (SB)—Food
Service and Equipment Rental Concession. The department may bid a new
five- to ten-year concession contract to develop, operate, and maintain a food
service and equipment rental programs at Doheny SB.
The proposed
provisions of the new concession contract include a minimum rent of approximately
$55,000 annually, or 11 percent of monthly gross sales, whichever is greater
and adjusted annually by the Consumer Price Index. Minimum facility improvement
costs may be required as part of this contract and will be $210,000 for the
refurbishment of the concession facility and group picnic areas.
c. Lake Oroville
State Recreation Area (SRA)—Lime
Saddle Marina
Concession. The department may bid a new 30-year concession contract to develop,
operate, and maintain a full service marina complex located in the Lime Saddle
unit of Lake Oroville SRA.
The proposed provisions of
the new concession contract include a minimum rent of $140,500, or 7.5 percent
of gross sales up to $500,000 plus up to 10 percent of annual gross sales in
excess of $500,000 plus 2 percent of fuel and oil sales, whichever is greater; and a minimum capital investment of
$3,000,000 to $5,000,000 for facility improvements and related furnishings and
equipment.
d. Lake
Perris State
Recreation Area (SRA)—Full Service Marina
Concession. The department may bid a new 30-year concession contract to
operate and maintain a full service marina located at Lake Perris SRA.
The proposed provisions of the new concession contract will include a
minimum annual rent of approximately $60,000, or 7 percent of all annual gross
receipts excluding the grow receipts from fuel; plus 2 percent of the fuel
monthly gross receipts, whichever is greater; and an approximate capital investment
of $2,700,000 for facility improvements and related furnishings and equipment.
The facility improvements will include the installation of a new marina and the
renovation of the restaurant, marine store, and boat storage area.
e. Oceano
Dunes State
Vehicular Recreation Area (SVRA)—All
Wheel Drive Vehicle Tours Concession. The department may
bid a new concession contract to operate all wheel drive vehicle tours at
Oceano Dunes SVRA for a term up to ten years.
The proposed provisions of
the new concession contract include an initial investment of at least $895,000
to provide eight all wheel drive vehicles, and pay a minimum annual rent of
$50,000, or 10 percent of gross sales, whichever is greater.
f. Oceano Dunes
State
Vehicular Recreation Area (SVRA)—ATV Rental Concession. The department
may bid a new concession contract to provide an all terrain vehicles (ATVs)
rental operation at Oceano Dunes SVRA for a term up to ten years.
The proposed provisions of
the new concession contract include an initial investment of at least
$1,545,000 to provide up to 300 ATVs and rider safety equipment. The minimum
annual rent will be $100,000, or 10 percent of gross sales, whichever is
greater.
g. Old Town
San Diego State
Historic Park (SHP)—Theater Concession. The department may bid a new
concession contract to furnish, equip, operate, and maintain a theater
concession to include and continue to sell on-premises sale of alcoholic
beverages and food at 4040 Twiggs
Street in Old Town San Diego SHP for a term up to
ten years.
The proposed provisions of
the new concession contract include a theater concession supporting the
interpretive mission of the park, minimum rent of $40,000 annually, or 3
percent of annual gross sales, whichever is greater and adjusted annually based
on the Consumer Price Index. Minimum capital improvement costs required as part
of this contract will be $370,000 for the design, construction of interior and
exterior improvements and finishes, including improvements necessary to comply
with the Americans With Disabilities Act.
h. Santa Monica State Beach
(SB)—Beach Stand and Café Concession. The department may authorize the
City of Santa Monica
to bid a new five-year concession contract, with the city’s option to extend
for up to two additional five-year terms, to operate four beach stands and one
café on Santa Monica SB.
The proposed provisions of
the new concession contract include a minimum annual rent the greater of
$100,000, or 14 percent of gross receipts for the four beach stands, and the
greater of $600,000, or 8 percent of the gross receipts for the café.
Final contract execution
will be dependent on renewal or extension of the current operating agreement
between the state and the City of Santa
Monica that expires on December 31, 2006.
3. Operating
Agreements. Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 5080.40, the
following operating agreement proposals are approved as described below:
a. Dockweiler State
Beach (SB)—County of Los Angeles.
The department may enter into a 50-year operating agreement with the County of Los Angeles, with the state’s option to
extend up to an additional 50 years, for the operation and maintenance of
Dockweiler SB.
The operating
agreement will continue public recreation services that have been in place
since 1948.
b. Drum
Barracks—City of Los Angeles.
The department may enter into a 50–year operating agreement with the City
of Los Angeles,
with the state’s option to extend up to an additional 50 years, for the
operation and maintenance of Drum Barracks.
The operating
agreement will continue public recreation services that have been in place
since 1987.
c. Placerita Canyon
State Park (SP)—County of Los Angeles.
The department may enter into a 50-year operating agreement with the County of Los Angeles, with the state’s option to
extend up to an additional 50 years, for the operation and maintenance of
Placerita Canyon SP.
The operating
agreement will continue public recreation services that have been in place
since 1959.
d. Santa Monica State
Beach (SB)—City of Santa Monica. The department may
enter into a 50-year operating agreement with the City of Santa Monica, with the state’s option to
extend up to an additional 50 years, for the operation and maintenance of Santa
Monica SB.
The operating
agreement will continue public recreation services that have been in place
since 1949.
e. Will Rogers
State Beach
(SB)—County of Los Angeles. The department may
enter into a 50-year operating agreement with the County of Los Angeles,
with the state’s option to extend up to an additional 50 years, for the operation
and maintenance of Will Rogers SB.
The operating
agreement will continue public recreation services that have been in place
since 1949.
1. Assessment
of Response to Issues Raised in Audit. The Resources Agency, in
consultation with the Department of Finance and the Santa Monica Mountains
Conservancy, shall assess actions taken by the Conservancy to address issues
raised in the May 4, 2004 Department of Finance Management Letter and the
Conservancy’s responses thereto. The Agency shall provide a supplemental report
to the Legislature by January 10, 2005 with respect to such review. This report
shall be in addition to the regular audit by the Department of Finance, which
the Department shall provide to the Legislature no later than April 1, 2005.
1. Resource
Management Plan Update. The Delta Protection Commission shall report to
the Legislature, on or before January 10, 2005, on the status of its review of
the resource management plan, or “Delta Plan, “ including its efforts to identify
changes and growth pressures within the Primary Zone, and lands within the
Secondary Zone, the development of which impacts the resources of the Primary
Zone.
1. Funding
Flood Management. No later than January 10, 2005, the Department of
Water Resources shall submit a report to the Legislature on the following:
(a) Findings and recommendations on prioritizing short- and long-term
flood management expenditures for the entire state in light of the Paterno
decision, including potential amendments to current law, and (b) Options
for funding these recommendations given the reduced availability of General
Fund resources to fund flood management activities.
1. CALFED
Bay-Delta Program’s Cross-Cut Budget. It is the intent of the Legislature
that total expenditures for the CALFED
Bay-Delta Program (state funds and federal reimbursements) in 2004-05 be
allocated among the program’s elements as follows:
Ecosystem
Restoration $101,346,000
California
Bay-Delta Authority
Item
3870-001-0001 $246,000
Item
3870-001-6031 $5,750,000
Department of
Fish and Game
Item
3600-001-0001 $700,000
Item
3600-001-0890 $295,000
Item 3600-001-6031 $73,303,000
Department of
Water Resources
Item
3860-001-0404 $1,573,000
Item
3860-001-6026 $10,016,000
Item
3860-001-6031 $2,132,000
State Water
Project Funds $7,331,000
Environmental
Water Account $35,525,000
California
Bay-Delta Authority
Item
3870-001-0001 $27,000
Department of
Fish and Game
Item
3600-001-6031 $160,000
Department of
Water Resources
Item
3860-001-6031 $32,338,000
Water Use
Efficiency $35,192,000
California
Bay-Delta Authority
Item
3870-001-0001 $333,000
Department of
Water Resources
Item
3860-001-0001 $1,111,000
Item
3860-001-0465 $1,696,000
Item
3860-001-6023 $358,000
Item
3860-101-6023 $8,282,000
Item
3860-001-6031 $845,000
State Water
Resources Control Board
Item
3940-001-6031 $878,000
Item
3940-101-0419 $21,689,000
Water
Transfers $604,000
Department of
Water Resources
Item
3860-001-0001 $460,000
State Water
Resources Control Board
Item
3940-001-3058 $144,000
Watershed $28,608,000
California
Bay-Delta Authority
Item
3870-001-0001 $117,000
Item
3870-001-6031 $3,806,000
California
Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Item
3540-001-6031 $240,000
Department of
Conservation
Item
3480-001-6031 $3,225,000
Department of
Water Resources
Item
3860-001-6031 $1,935,000
Item
3860-101-6031 $19,000,000
State Water
Resources Control Board
Item
3940-001-6031 $285,000
Drinking
Water Quality $2,705,000
California
Bay-Delta Authority
Item
3870-001-0001 $150,000
Department of
Water Resources
Item
3860-001-0001 $81,000
Item
3860-001-6026 $1,777,000
Item
3860-001-6031 $161,000
State Water
Resources Control Board
Item
3940-001-6031 $536,000
Levees $21,778,000
California
Bay-Delta Authority
Item
3870-001-0001 $14,000
Department of
Water Resources
Item
3860-001-6031 $4,574,000
Item
3860-101-6031 $16,817,000
State Water
Project Funds $373,000
Storage $108,833,000
California
Bay-Delta Authority
Item
3870-001-0001 $271,000
Department of
Fish and Game
Item
3600-001-6031 $335,000
Department of
Water Resources
Item
3860-001-0890 $3,607,000
Item
3860-001-6023 $157,000
Item
3860-001-6025 $1,300,000
Item
3860-101-6025 $77,336,000
Item
3860-001-6027 $431,000
Item
3860-001-6031 $18,996,000
Item
3860-101-6031 $6,400,000
Conveyance $49,593,000
California
Bay-Delta Authority
Item
3870-001-0001 $481,000
Department of
Fish and Game
Item
3600-001-0001 $95,000
Department of
Water Resources
Item
3860-001-0001 $465,000
Item
3860-001-6026 $22,478,000
State Water
Project Funds $26,074,000
Science $24,832,000
California
Bay-Delta Authority
Item
3870-001-0001 $3,000
Item
3870-001-6031 $13,064,000
Department of
Fish and Game
Item
3600-001-0200 $771,000
Item
3600-001-0890 $463,000
Item
3600-001-6031 $300,000
Department of
Water Resources
Item
3860-001-0890 $2,000,000
Item
3860-001-6026 $2,030,000
State Water
Project Funds $6,201,000
Water Supply
Reliability $1,834,000
Department of
Water Resources
Item
3860-001-6031 $1,834,000
Oversight and
Coordination $12,231,000
California
Bay-Delta Authority
Item
3870-001-0001 $6,618,000
Item
3870-001-0890 $5,000,000
Department of
Conservation
Item
3480-001-0001 $96,000
Department of
Fish and Game
Item
3600-001-0001 $166,000
Department of
Water Resources
Item
3860-001-0001 $263,000
San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development
Commission
Item
3820-001-0001 $88,000
California
Bay-Delta Program Total $420,081,000
2. The CALFED
Science Program.
(a) The science program (implemented by the California
Bay-Delta Authority) shall, by January 10, 2005, report to the Legislature with
a plan to develop and implement a research agenda designed to answer the
following questions:
(i) How much water is necessary for the full recovery of
all delta dependent fish species designated on either the state or federal
endangered species lists as either endangered or threatened? To what extent, if
at all, is this amount of water in addition to that which is provided under the
current regulatory regimen?
(ii) What time of year is the additional water identified
in (i) needed?
(iii) Are there other characteristics of the additional
water identified in (i), such as temperature, that are critical to recovery of
these species, and if so what are those characteristics?
(b) As part of the research agenda described in (a), the
science program may address any other questions related to the water needs of
threatened or endangered fish that the science program deems appropriate.
1. Agriculture
Water Quality. (a) On or before
December 31, 2004, the State Water Resources Control Board shall prepare and
submit to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature a
report setting forth its recommendations for any legislation and budgetary
actions that would identify and maximize state and federal funding
opportunities to assist in addressing the adverse environmental impacts of
agricultural activities and operations. In preparing the report, the board
shall consult with the appropriate entities within the California Environmental
Protection Agency and the Department of Food and Agriculture. The report shall
include recommendations on how the State of California may access federal funds
available for dairy environmental enhancement purposes pursuant to the
conservation programs of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002,
and any other federal funds. (b) The Legislative Analyst’s Office shall provide the Legislature with
an analysis of the board’s report, and make recommendations as appropriate, as
part of its Analysis of the 2005-06 Budget Bill.
