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Chief Administrative Office recommending the Board approve and authorize the Chair to sign:
1) Management Agreement - Chili Bar Park, between El Dorado County and the American River Conservancy (ARC) for the continued management and operation of Chili Bar Park by the ARC; and
2) Lease Agreement - 1671 Chili Bar Ct - Upper Parking Area, between El Dorado County and the ARC for the continued use of the upper parking area for ARC’s operation of Chili Bar Park.
FUNDING: General Fund - Chili Bar Park Revenues.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Chili Bar is the common-name reference to the approximately 16-acre site owned by El Dorado County. The site is located downstream of the Highway 193 Bridge, which spans the South Fork of the American River. The lower level of the property, located immediately adjacent to the river, is operated by the American River Conservancy (ARC) as a rafting/kayaking put-in park “Chili Bar Park” under the terms of a conservation easement. The upper level includes a parking area used by the ARC as part of their Chili Bar Park operations, and the site of a previously existing mobile home park and associated buildings including a store, a single-family residence, and a restroom/laundry facility. The upper and lower levels of the property are collectively referred to as the Chili Bar Facility for the purposes of this item.
On June 29, 1994, property owners Richard and Marianne DeChant, and the American River Land Trust entered into a Management Agreement and Deed of Conservation Easement for the right to study, plan, develop and manage a public access river park along the lower portion of the Chili Bar Facility. Chili Bar Park was then developed pursuant to plans produced by the ARC and approved by DeChant, as provided in the Conservation Easement.
On October 3, 2006 (Item 06-1593), the Board authorized County staff to submit a joint application with the ARC to the State for grant funding to purchase the Chili Bar Facility.
On August 1...
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