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Department of Transportation recommending the Board:
1) Approve an increase of $399,000 to the 2018 Capital Improvement Program direct construction budget for the South Tahoe Greenway Shared Use Trail Phase 1B and 2 Project;
2) Approve and adopt the South Tahoe Greenway Shared Use Trail Phase 1B and 2 Project (CIP 95200/36107022, Contract 3785) Plans and Contract Documents and authorize the Chair to sign the Plans; and
3) Authorize advertisement for construction bids (the total estimated cost for the construction phase of the Project is $5,499,528).
FUNDING: Active Transportation Program (36% - Federal), Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program (7% - Federal), California Tahoe Conservancy (57% - State).
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Per the terms of the Cooperative Agreement between El Dorado County and the California Tahoe Conservancy that was approved by the Board on March 13, 2018 (Legistar 18-0392, Item 14), the Department of Transportation (Transportation) has completed the design of Phases 1B and 2 of the South Tahoe Greenway Shared Use Trail (Greenway). The Greenway is a long term California Tahoe Conservancy project that will eventually comprise a multi-use trail from Meyers to Van Sickle Bi-State Park near Stateline, Nevada. Phase 1B of the Greenway is located in Bijou Meadow between Al Tahoe Boulevard and Glenwood Way. Phase 2 of the Greenway will start at the southeasterly end of Sierra Boulevard and run parallel to Barbara Avenue, across Trout Creek meadow (including a bridge over Trout Creek), and then continue towards the Lake Tahoe Community College before joining an existing pathway near the end of Meadow Crest Drive.
The work consists of construction of a Class 1 shared use pathway, a 10-foot wide paved path with two-foot aggregate base shoulders, precast concrete boardwalk system, tubular steel railing, and a prefabricated steel truss bridge. Construction also includes clearing and grubbing, tree removal, excavation and gradin...
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