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Department of Transportation recommending the Board approve and authorize the Chair to sign the California Conservation Corps Sponsor Agreement CCC-96A (FENIX 4824) for El Dorado County Project work, the Project Evaluation Form CCC 58 (Project R-23-6619-10959), and Agreement Addendum Form CCC-96A (CCC Agreement 24-6619-315R), collectively comprising a new as-needed contract in an amount not to exceed $228,000 for revegetation, drainage maintenance, tree removal, erosion control work, and other miscellaneous work on various projects, with a term effective July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2026.
FUNDING: California Tahoe Conservancy and United States Forest Service Grant Funds, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Mitigation Funds, and other various Capital Improvement Program funding sources.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
In the Tahoe Basin, the Department of Transportation's (Transportation) Erosion Control Projects (ECPs), funded in part by grants from the California Tahoe Conservancy (Conservancy), include items of work such as revegetation and drainage improvement work to stabilize eroding slopes and drainage channels. Conservancy grant guidelines require the inclusion of California Conservation Corps (CCC) labor and other cost-saving measures to be used on the projects. Transportation has contracted with CCC to provide very flexible and cost-effective labor for over twenty years for ECPs that enhance and maintain environmentally sensitive lands and waters.
Under this new Agreement, CCC will perform work on projects on an as-needed basis. This work includes, but is not limited to, revegetation efforts, drainage improvement work, and vegetation removal on various ECPs in the Tahoe Basin. In addition, the Agreement will also be used for work including, but not limited to, tree and brush removal, tree trimming, and tree and shrub planting as noise mitigation on various Capital Improvement Program (CIP) projects.
Pursuant to Article II, Section 210b (6) of ...
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