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Placer County shows $11 million in park dedication funds; $400,000 awarded to Northstar for trail segment
Summary
County staff reported approximately $11 million in park dedication (impact) funds available across districts and described recent Board approvals and near‑term projects funded from those pots, including a $400,000 grant to Northstar Community Service District for the Martis Valley Trail and Applegate Park playground work scheduled for spring.
Placer County principal planner Kyle Smith told the Parks Commission on March 20 that the county currently shows about $11,000,000 in available park dedication and impact fee funds across its impact fee areas and that funds are being actively used to deliver parks and trail projects.
“Some of the ones that I didn't hit on the last slide that I will highlight here for you today…there was a recent board of supervisors affirmative action to grant $400,000 to Northstar Community Service District to support the next segment of the Martis Valley Trail, segment 3f,” Kyle Smith said, describing the segment as extending toward Northstar Village and eventually improving connections to Truckee and Kings Beach.
Smith also said the Board recently approved funding for the Tahoe Cross Country Lodge redevelopment in the Tahoe City area, drainage and improvements at Loomis Basin Park, and the installation of a booster pump at Glenwillow Park to address irrigation delivery issues. He described the Granite Bay Walk of Honor project as near final design with a planned spring ribbon cutting and said the Applegate Park playground contract is moving forward with delivery and installation planned for this spring.
Smith told commissioners that the county is actively using those dedicated funds rather than letting them sit idle; projects in West Placer and Dry Creek are among those planned in the capital improvement program and will require community outreach to define final elements.
A commissioner asked about a resurfacing request for Cabot Junior High School and the status of a joint‑use agreement. Smith said the commission’s earlier recommendation to the Board on that request had not yet been carried forward and remains active; he told commissioners staff work remains to align the request with community priorities and update the joint‑use agreement, which was last adopted and amended in 1988.
Smith estimated the county will bring the school resurfacing recommendation to the Board within the next 12 months and said that staff will coordinate updating the joint‑use agreement with the school district in 2025.
Commissioners were given a list of upcoming projects across the county and encouraged to participate in community outreach. Smith said area‑specific capital projects in Granite Bay and Dry Creek are likely to be the next large activities coming from the office and will require extensive public engagement.
