Prop 50

SARA's objections to the "Folsom Promenade" (a.k.a. "Lake Natoma Waterfront and Trail Access Improvement Project")

  1. SARA President Warren Truitt's letter to Governor and others detailing our concerns and objections (11/17/09)
  2. Sacramento Bee editorial (12/21/09) re: "Values Clash"
  3. SARA Riverwatch article (Winter 2009) by Dan Winkelman, a Folsom resident and retired State Parks ranger


Resources Agency (the granting agency and parent agency to State Parks)

  1. Response - curiously tells SARA to file our objections in CEQA process (12/27/09)


Folsom grant application list of supportive agencies with negative responses from:

  1. SABA
  2. Native Plant Society
  3. Friends of Folsom Powerhouse
  4. letter of opposition from the nearby Lake Natoma Heights Neighborhood Association


U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Folsom Office - concerns, requests and objections (10/19/07, 12/15/09)

  1. U.S. Department of the Interior Correspondence
  2. Public Records Request


California State Parks ("Lands Steward" and Lessee) - concerns, requests and objections

(6/24/08) - Nakaji (Parks District supt to Bureau of Reclamation) - Miscellaneous exchanges between Parks and the city (usually Konopka, the trails planner), 2007-2008 - Despite regular requests through the Freedom of Information Act, SARA has as yet received no notice that the issues mentioned have been resolved by the city.
  1. Nakaji-letter-6-24-2008
  2. Michaels-letter-1-14-2008
  3. Konopka-letter-1-15-2008
  4. Nakaji-letter-6-24-2008
  5. Konopka-letter-10-2-2007
  6. Konopka-letter-10-4-2007