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Community Development Services, Department of Transportation, recommending the Board consider the following pertaining to the Country Club Heights Erosion Control Project, Contract PW 17-31166, CIP 95191, P&C 2532:
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: United States Forest Service (78% - Federal) and California Tahoe Conservancy (22% - State).
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
Community Development Services (CDS), Department of Transportation (Transportation), recommending the Board consider the following pertaining to the Country Club Heights Erosion Control Project (Project), Contract PW 17-31166, Capital Improvement Program (CIP) 95191, P&C 2532:
1) Approve and adopt the Plans and Contract Documents and authorize the Chair to sign the Plans; and,
2) Authorize advertisement for construction bids.
The Project is included in Transportation’s 2017 CIP approved by the Board on June 27, 2017 (Item 25).
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Project consists of completing erosion control work and significant improvements to existing storm drainage systems in the Country Club Heights subdivision. 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. This Project will help restore Lake Tahoe’s clarity in accordance with the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s Environmental Improvement Program.
The Project was previously put out to bid in 2017, but was rejected by the Board on August 15, 2017 (Item 33) due to the one (1) bid received exceeding the direct construction budget. Additional funding from the United States Forest Service (USFS) and California Tahoe Conservancy (CTC) has been received since that time.
A Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Project was adopted by the Board on April 18, 2017 (Item 16), in...
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