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Parks, a division of the Chief Administrative Office, recommending the Board:
1) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign the Sacramento Placerville Transportation Corridor (SPTC) Joint Powers Authority (JPA) Revised Agreement, with changes;
2) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign the Amended and Restated SPTC JPA Continuing Agreement to Advance Funds, increasing the annual amount from $27,500 to $29,200; and
3) Approve the Excursion License Agreement between Placerville and Sacramento Valley Railroad and the SPTC JPA for the operation of an excursion rail service on limited portions of the SPTC within El Dorado County for special events only, and direct staff to return to the Board with recommendation for a special event permit fee and process.
FUNDING: General Fund.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Sacramento Placerville Transportation Corridor (SPTC) Joint Powers Authority (JPA) was formed in October 1991 to provide for the acquisition and preservation of the Southern Pacific Transportation Company's 53-mile Placerville Branch railroad Corridor, and to provide reciprocal use agreements for transportation and transportation preservation uses. The member agencies are the County of El Dorado, the County of Sacramento, the City of Folsom, and the Sacramento Regional Transit District. Each member agency appoints one member to the Board and the Board members appoint a member at large. The SPTC JPA is funded by each Member agency contributing an equal share towards an annual operating budget. In September 1996, the SPTC JPA purchased the right-of-way from the Southern Pacific Transportation Company. El Dorado County contributed $2,770,000 for the portion of the corridor within County boundaries.
Sacramento Placerville Transportation Corridor Joint Powers Authority (SPTC JPA) Revised Agreement
Upon its creation in 1991, the JPA was to provide for acquisition of the Rail Corridor with the intent that the JPA would terminate once its purpose of acquirin...
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