07-24-1984 PTRC Agenda - Minutes

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13 2. Should master plan preparation, as a matter of course, incorporate preparation of an EAW? 3. If yes, should it be prepared and circulated separately or should it be required as part of a master plan, the contents of which are spelled out in the policy plan? ISSUE 14. To what extent should revenues from non-recreation use of regional parklands be controlled? Some implementing agencies have realized revenues from non-recreation activity on land purchased for regional parks. Most comes from continuing existing uses. Agencies have collected agricultural land rent or crop shares. Some have rented or leased buildings. A lesser amount has come from sale of build- ings and equipment. It"s important to remember that the implementing agencies are the owners and operators of the regional park. According to the 1980 policy plan, the implementing agencies are restricted to using such revenue for costs which are grant eligible. Policy 20 states: Grants to implementing agencies will be made for acquisition and development as follows: o Acquisition grants will include land costs, relocation assistance, land stewardship, utility assessments and fees for services performed • by other than agency staff. o Revenue from interim land uses will be used by the agency for grant- eligible costs. o Grants for development will include improvements within the regional parks, park reserves or trail corridors of recreational facilities, utilities, landscaping, roads and parking, building construction, and maintenance facilities to serve the particular unit; as well as natural resource rehabilitation within park reserves. o System-wide improvements are grant-eligible. When such eligible system-wide facilities are also used for other than regional park purposes, the regional funding will be on a negotiated prorated basis. Barring plan change, if 0 & M grants become part of the regional program, interim revenues could presumably support 0 & M. The 1980 plan does not allow revenues from interim uses to be applied to 0 & M. Certain of the implementing agencies suggest that the plan mistakenly assumed all regional parks were purchased undeveloped and that no recreation use could occur until regional development grants are made. Interim management of parks is confined to stewardship because no operation is believed to be feasible in the undeveloped parks. In fact, several regional parks have been put into service in the interim between acquisition and development, creating operating costs which policy says cannot be supported by interim revenues. The • agencies feel they should be permitted to use interim revenues to support interim 0 & M costs.