Parkway Tax Plan Announcement

Posted on January 30, 2008 by David H Lukenbill

Supervisors favor new parkway plan
Published 12:00 am PST Wednesday, January 30, 2008

SACRAMENTO – County supervisors provisionally approved a plan Tuesday to ask property owners near the American River Parkway to kick in up to $30 annually to help fund the regional park.

Residents of the cities of Sacramento and Citrus Heights would not be asked to participate.

The plan, which could raise more than $2 million, calls for creation of a joint powers authority – Sacramento County, Rancho Cordova and Folsom – that could ask property owners to agree to an assessment. Property owners within a half mile of the parkway would be assessed $30 annually, while those half a mile to three miles away would pay $15.

The supervisors voted 5-0, but a second vote is needed. Rancho Cordova and Folsom are expected to take up the matter in February.

Some residents have argued that rather than a vote-by-mail assessment, any plan to increase parkway funding should be appear on a ballot and face a two-thirds approval requirement.

– Ed Fletcher

For More Information Read our Press Release on this issue.

About David H Lukenbill

I am a native of Sacramento, as are my wife and daughter. I am a consultant to nonprofit organizations, and have a Bachelor of Science degree in Organizational Behavior and a Master of Public Administration degree, both from the University of San Francisco. We live along the American River with two cats and all the wild critters we can feed. I am the founding president of the American River Parkway Preservation Society and currently serve as the CFO and Senior Policy Director. I also volunteer as the President of The Lampstand Foundation, a nonprofit organization I founded in 2003.
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