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Chief Administrative Office and County Counsel recommending the Board approve and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 019-2022 authorizing execution of the Agreement and Ground Lease with City of South Lake Tahoe for Development, Operation, and Maintenance of the 56-Acre Property.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
El Dorado County owns approximately 41 acres of land in the City of South Lake Tahoe on which the El Dorado County Library, the City’s Campground by the Lake, the County’s vector control operations, the Senior Center, the City’s Lakeview Commons recreational area, and other existing community buildings are located. The City owns approximately 15 acres of land on which some City Public Works functions, the City’s Ice Arena, and the City’s existing Recreation / Swim Complex are located. Combined, these parcels comprise the land area commonly known as the “56-Acres”, which has historically been utilized for recreation and government facilities serving the people of South Lake Tahoe and nearby unincorporated areas of El Dorado County.
Under the terms of multiple agreements initially executed in 1968 and amended numerous times over the past 52 years, the City and the County have jointly utilized the “56-Acres”. The most significant of the existing agreements is set to expire in 2023. On January 14, 2020, both the City of South Lake Tahoe Council and the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors approved resolutions with the proposed terms to be included in a new agreement for the future use of the area (Legistar Item 20-0024, Resolution 007-2020). The terms reflected input received from elected officials representing both entities and incorporate ideas and concepts generated during previous master planning efforts.
Several components of redevelopment and use of the 56 Acres have been moving on a parallel track: negotiating the final terms of the new agreement, the new 56-Acres Master Plan, and the Multi-Generational Recreation Center...
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