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Department of Transportation recommending the Board take the following actions pertaining to South Tahoe Greenway - Upper Truckee River Bridge at Johnson Meadow Project, Capital Improvement Program project number 36107023:
1) Find in accordance with County Ordinance Code Chapter 3.13, Section 3.13.030 (C), Contracting Out, that it is appropriate to contract with Nichols Consulting Engineers for geotechnical and environmental services;
2) Award Request for Proposal 22-925-065 to Nichols Consulting Engineers, Chtd.; and
3) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign Agreement 6996 with Nichols Consulting Engineers in the amount of $259,935 for a three (3) year term.
(Supervisor - District 5)
FUNDING: Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Air Quality Mitigation Funds (0.5%), Regional Surface Transportation Block Grant Program (12.1%), To Be Determined (87.4%), (Local and Federal Funds). Funding for the environmental and geotechnical phase of the project is fully funded with Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Air Quality Mitigation Funds and Regional Surface Transportation Block Grant Program funding. Funding for the construction phase is to be determined and will be a combination of local and federal funds.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The South Tahoe Greenway - Upper Truckee River Bridge at Johnson Meadow Project (Project) will build upon the South Tahoe Greenway shared use path network through the south shore of Lake Tahoe. The Project aims to construct approximately 1.2 miles of a Class 1 shared-use path and replace a bridge over the Upper Truckee River that was heavily used before its destruction by the 2017 winter storms. The Project will provide active transportation users a critical link to Barton Hospital to the west and Lake Tahoe Community College and the Tahoe Sierra neighborhood to the east. The Project will also add another link in the South Tahoe Greenway that will eventually connect Meyers with Van Sickle Bi-State Park at Stateline, Nevada.
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