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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 Domestic Grant 20-PA-11051900-011, which will increase the current grant funding in the amount of $200,000 from $1,400,000 to $1,600,000 for use on the Oflyng Water Quality Project (CIP 95177 / 36107016).
FUNDING: United States Forest Service Grant Funds. (100% - Federal)
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Oflyng Water Quality Project (Project) site is within an existing residential development located in the unincorporated area of South Lake Tahoe, east of U.S. Highway 50/State Route 89, north of Pioneer Trail, west of Elks Club Drive, and south of Skyline Drive. 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 (20-0614, Item 35), the Board accepted $900,000 in Grant funds from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) under Domestic Grant 20-PA-11051900-011 (Grant Agreement). On July 26, 2022 (Legistar 22-1147, Item 24), the Board accepted an additional $500,000 in Grant Funds from the USDA LTBMU under the Grant Agreement.
The USDA Forest Service recently requested implementation proposals for additional funding under this Grant Agreement, and Department of Transportation (Transportation) staff submitted proposals. Due to the funding shortfall for this Project to address a section of a failed shotcrete wall, Transportation was awarded $200,000 of additional funding. Transportation requests that the Board approve this funding and authorize the Director of Transportation to sign a Grant Modi...
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