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Department of Transportation recommending the Board consider the following pertaining to the El Dorado Trail - Missouri Flat Road to El Dorado Project, CIP 97014/36109003, Contract 2778:
1) Approve and adopt the Plans and Contract Documents and authorize the Chair to sign the Plans; and
2) Authorize advertisement for construction bids.
FUNDING: Accumulative Capital Outlay (<1%), Active Transportation Program (82%), Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program (18%). (Federal Funds)
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The El Dorado Trail - Missouri Flat Road to El Dorado Project (Project) will provide 2.2 miles of Class I bike path along the existing railway corridor. Construction items include grading and paving; segmental retaining walls; pedestrian signal systems; modifications to the railroad; and signing, striping, and drainage system improvements.
Due to federal funding, both California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance are required. A CEQA Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) was approved by the Board on December 19, 2017, Item 25, Legistar 17-1246. A CEQA Notice of Determination/Mitigated Negative Declaration was filed on December 20, 2017 and a California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) NEPA Categorical Exclusion Determination was issued on December 7, 2018. All required environmental permits have been approved for this project.
All required right-of-way has been acquired for the project.
The Project exists entirely within the Sacramento Placerville Transportation Corridor Joint Powers Authority (SPTC JPA). The SPTC JPA has stated that all existing tracks must remain in place; therefore, Transportation has designed this Project adjacent to the railroad to preserve existing facilities, including track embankment, drainage structures and signage. Since the Project site topography varies from mildly sloping to moderately sloping ground and due to other physical const...
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