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Parks, a division of the Chief Administrative Office, recommending the Board:
1) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 137-2024 authorizing the County to declare that the 62.2-acres of County-owned property at Cronan Ranch, off Pedro Hill Rd and Highway 49 in Coloma, identified as Assessor Parcel Number 104-530-10-100, is exempt surplus land per Government Code 54220-54234; and
2) Authorize and appoint the Deputy Chief Administrative Officer and Parks Manager as the real estate negotiators on behalf of the County, to enter into negotiations with the U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management or their designated representative, for said property.
FUNDING: State Department of Parks and Recreation Proposition 40.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
El Dorado County owns a 62.2-acre parcel of land (APN #104-530-10-100) in the Coloma area south of Highway 49, surrounded by the Cronan Ranch Regional Trails. The U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) owns the surrounding land which includes a parking area off Pedro Hill Rd and 12-miles of ranching roads which are maintained non-motorized multi-use trails.
The County purchased the land on May 11, 2004 via a contribution of $280,000 from Proposition 40 funding to be used for the acquisition and development of a Regional Trails Park. In 2014, Foothill Associates prepared a Proposed Scope of Work for the Cronan Ranch Concept Plan project. Twenty years later, the County has not developed any of the acres at Cronan Ranch, and no conceptual or master plans for the County parcel have been prepared.
Parks staff, Parks & Recreation Commission Chair, and the Coloma Lotus Advisory Committee met with BLM regarding the future ownership and uses of the County parcel. Due to the popularity of the Cronan Ranch trails, BLM presented staff with the possibility of purchasing the County-owned parcel in order to reconfigure and expand the parking area. BLM proposed the continued management an...
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