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Planning and Building Department, Tahoe Planning, Stormwater, and VHR Division, recommending the Board consider the following:
1) In accordance with Chapter 3.13, section 3.13.030 of County Ordinance Code, Contracting Out, find that specialty skills and qualifications not expressly identified in County classifications are required for the performance of this work;
2) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign Agreement 6598 with the Tahoe Resource Conservation District for the provision of stormwater compliance monitoring services in the Lake Tahoe area, with a not-to-exceed amount of $250,133 and a term of five (5) years; and
3) Authorize the Purchasing Agent, or designee, to execute any further documents determined necessary related to Agreement 6598, including amendments which do not increase the not-to-exceed amount or term of the Agreement, contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management.
FUNDING: General Fund (50%) and Public Utility Franchise Fees (50%).
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Under the County’s Lake Tahoe Municipal National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit No. CAG616001 issued by the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board, the County is required to perform storm water quality compliance monitoring and reporting in the Lake Tahoe Basin in order to fulfill regulatory requirements.
Beginning in 2013, the Planning and Building Department (Department) has utilized the Tahoe Resource Conservation District (TRCD) to provide these stormwater monitoring and reporting services as part of a multi-jurisdictional effort, with the cost of the lake-wide monitoring services split equally between the County and the other six (6) participating jurisdictions. These six jurisdictions include the City of South Lake Tahoe, Placer County, Caltrans, Douglas County, Washoe County, and the Nevada Department of Transportation. As part of this collective effort, each jurisdiction entered into separate agreements with TRCD fo...
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