CHAPTER 3.3. The Statewide Park Development and Community Revitalization Act of 2008 [5640. - 5654.]
Heading of Chapter 3.3 amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 623, Sec. 2.
§§ 5640–5654 · 16 sections
- § 5640 This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Statewide Park Development and Community Revitalization Act of 2008.
- § 5641 The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a) The program created by this chapter will finance the acquisition and development of parks and…
- § 5642 As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “City” means a city or the City and County of San Francisco. (b)…
- § 5643 (a) The Department of Parks and Recreation shall establish a local assistance program to distribute grants to the most critically underserved communities…
- § 5643.6 It is the intent of the Legislature that the local assistance program created by this chapter fund both neighborhood parks and regional parks and trails.
- § 5644 Eligible applicants for grants pursuant to this chapter are cities, counties, regional park districts, districts, joint powers authorities, and nonprofit…
- § 5645 The department may award a grant pursuant to this chapter only for a project that meets all of the following criteria: (a) The proposed project will create a…
- § 5646 In evaluating applications for grants that meet the requirements of Section 5645, the department shall assign higher priority to applications, for each of the…
- § 5647 (a) The department shall adopt guidelines to amplify or clarify the criteria specified in this chapter, and may adopt additional criteria, to supplement those…
- § 5648 (a) The local assistance program created by this chapter is intended to include grants for the acquisition or development, or both, of parcels of property of…
- § 5649 (a) An eligible nonprofit organization may apply for a grant on its own behalf or on behalf of an eligible city, county, or district pursuant to a contract…
- § 5650 (a) Every applicant for a grant pursuant to this chapter and the entity that will operate and maintain the property, if that entity is different than the…
- § 5652 A grant recipient shall encumber grant moneys within three years of the date of the approval of the grant.
- § 5652.5 A grant recipient shall encumber grant moneys within three years of the date of the approval of the grant and grant moneys shall be liquidated within eight…
- § 5653 Five business days after awarding a grant pursuant to this chapter, the department shall make information available on the department’s Internet Web site…
- § 5654 The provisions of this chapter shall be implemented only in a fiscal year for which funding is provided for that purpose in the annual Budget Act.