Title Parks, a division of the Chief Administrative Office, recommending the Board:
1) Approve and authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to sign Participating Agreement 26-PA-11050300-007 (County Agreement 10319) with the United States Forest Service, Eldorado National?Forest,?for restroom maintenance on the?Rubicon?Trail for a term beginning upon execution and ending on January 14, 2031; and
2) Authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to execute any necessary amendments relating to Agreement 10319, excluding term extensions and increases to the total compensation amount, contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management.
FUNDING:?Revenue Generating Agreement.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
El Dorado County (County) and Eldorado National Forest (ENF) were issued a Cleanup and Abatement Order in April 2009 for the Rubicon Trail. The order listed several issues, including sanitation issues, that needed to be addressed to protect water quality of the surrounding watershed. To address the sanitation issues, the County and partners developed a solution to install ten toilet facilities along the trail which are serviced by County Parks and Trails Division staff, equipment, and a pumper truck custom-built for navigating the trail to extract the waste from the toilet facilities and transport to a waste recovery facility.
In addition, Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), under a requirement of their Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), installed two restroom facilities with vault toilets along the County’s portion of Rubicon Trail on ENF land in the Buck Island Lake dispersed camping area. ENF is responsible for the maintenance, however, they do not have the capability to provide routine cleaning and toilet pumping due to the remote location and lack of adequate resources.
On November 10, 2020, the Board of Supervisors approved and authorized the Chief Administrative Officer to sign a five-year Participating Agreement wit...
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