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Transportation Department recommending adoption of Resolution Rescinding Resolution No. 417A-87 and Dissolving the Bassi Road Corridor Area of Benefit.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution 92-2008.
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BUDGET SUMMARY:
Total Estimated Cost $0
Funding
Budgeted $0
New Funding $
Savings $
Other $
Total Funding Available $0
Change To Net County Cost $0
Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost:
None
Background:
On December 1, 1987 the Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution 417A-87. In the Resolution the Board acknowledged that the County had received the Bassi Road Study prepared by Gene Thorne and Associates, Inc., dated September 1987, and the Amended Bassi Road Studies prepared by the Department of Transportation (DOT) dated September 1987 and updated November 1987. Adopted in the Resolution was the creation of an area of benefit to be funded by the owners of Camp Lotus and by the owners of undeveloped property within the Bassi Road Corridor Area of Benefit boundaries. A 35% contribution was required to be paid by Camp Lotus and the remainder of 65% contribution would be paid by the owners of undeveloped property. These funds would then be used for the improvements outlined in the road studies and adopted in Resolution 417A-87. The funds have been collected from the owners of Camp Lotus and from the various property owners since the adoption of Resolution 417A-87.
Since the establishment of the Bassi Road Corridor Area of Benefit, DOT has performed improvements to Bassi Road consisting of Chip Seal completed in 1992, asphalt overlay blanket patches in 1995, an the All-Way Stop installed at Bassi Road and Lotus Road intersection in 1999, bridge deck repair and corrosion inhibitor treatment in 2001, and many smaller maintenance projects performed on an annual basis, all of which have been funded with Road Funds.
Reason for Recommendation:
DOT is charged with developing a...
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