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Department of Transportation, recommending the Board consider allocating an additional $70,000 in Economic Development Funds to cover the extra costs associated with the Apple Farms Traffic Implementation Pilot Project.
FUNDING: Economic Development - Transient Occupancy Tax.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Board of Supervisors requested the Department of Transportation (Transportation) research and provide ideas for alleviating traffic during the peak Apple Hill season on four weekends in October. On June 12, 2018, Item 44, Transportation provided a presentation regarding Apple Hill traffic implementation strategies. Transportation staff then created the Apple Farms Traffic Implementation Pilot Project (Project) in collaboration with California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), Sierra Pacific Industries, SMUD, El Dorado County Transportation Commission (EDCTC), and El Dorado County Transit Authority (Transit) and the Apple Hill Growers Association.
On August 28, 2018, Item 35, the Board authorized Transportation to move forward with the Project by allocating $50,000 of Economic Development seed funding as well as by pursuing various grant funding sources, but also allocated an additional $180,000 in Economic Development funding in the event no grant funding sources were obtained.
On September 6, 2018, the El Dorado County Transportation Commission approved programming $180,000 in Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality funds to Transportation for the Project.
On September 25, 2018, Item 27, the Board accepted a Transportation Demand Management Grant in the amount of $30,000 from the Sacramento Area Council of Governments.
The funding source grand total is as follows:
CMAQ - CT $180,000
TDM - SACOG $30,000
Econ Dev Fund $50,000
Total $260,000
Transportation has worked closely with the various apple farms, Transit, CHP, residents and the public during the month of October to make this Project succ...
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