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Department of Transportation recommending the Board approve and authorize the Director of Transportation to sign a Modification to the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Participating Agreement 20-PA-11051900-013, which will increase the current funding under the Agreement by $150,000, resulting in a new Agreement total of $1,249,990 for use during the construction phase of the Meyers Stream Environment Zone/ Erosion Control Project, Capital Improvement Program project number 36107007. (District 5)
FUNDING: United States Forest Service (44% - Federal), California Tahoe Conservancy (22% - State), State Water Resource Control Board (12% - State), Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (12% - Local), and South Tahoe Public Utility District (10% - Local).
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Meyers Stream Environment Zone/ Erosion Control Project (Project) site is within the community of Meyers in the unincorporated area of South Lake Tahoe, bordered by the Upper Truckee River on the west and Lake Tahoe Golf Course on the northwest, U.S. Highway 50/State Route 89 to the south, and by Pioneer Trail to the east. The Project is part of an ongoing effort to retrofit County rights-of-way within the Lake Tahoe Basin with drainage improvements that will reduce the amount of sediment that reaches Lake Tahoe. The Project will help to meet goals identified in the El Dorado County Stormwater Resource Plan and the Lake Tahoe Environmental Improvement Program.
On June 9, 2020, Legistar File 20-0614, the Board accepted $499,990 in Grant funds from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) under Participating Agreement 20-PA-11051900-013 (Grant Agreement). On September 13, 2022, Legistar File 22-1570, the Board accepted an additional $600,000 in Grant Funds from the USDA LTBMU under the Grant Agreement.
The Department of Transportation (Transportation) requested additional funding due to the ongoi...
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