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Chief Administrative Office, Parks Division, recommending the Board approve and authorize the Chair to sign Agreement 438-S1611 with Whitney Environmental Consulting, Inc., doing business as Foothill Associates, for a term effective upon execution by both parties and to expire effective two years thereafter, in an amount not to exceed $76,795 to provide services that concentrate on the studies needed to address mitigation measures related to biological, wetland, and cultural resources within or adjacent to the Sacramento Placerville Transportation Corridor associated with implementing and maintaining the natural trail.
FUNDING: Accumulative Capital Outlay Fund.
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
Parks Division recommends the Board approve and authorize the Chair to sign Agreement No.438-S1611 with Whitney Environmental Consulting, Inc., doing business as Foothill Associates, for a term effective upon execution by both parties and to expire effective one year thereafter, in an amount not to exceed $76,795 to provide services that concentrate on the studies needed to address mitigation measures related to biological, wetland, and cultural resources within or adjacent to the Sacramento Placerville Transportation Corridor (SPTC) associated with implementing and maintaining the natural trail, contingent on County Counsel and Risk Management approval.
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The SPTC Master Plan and associated programmatic Environmental Impact Report (EIR) were prepared over a period of five years from 1998 to 2003. In February 2003, the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors found that the EIR had adequately examined all proposed trail uses throughout the entire length of the SPTC at a programmatic level. The approved SPTC Master Plan included the SPTC Master Plan Mitigation Monitoring Program (MMP) which summarized the EIR mitigation measures and determined responsibility for implementing the measures.
Due to the programmatic nature of the EIR, as SPTC project...
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