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Community Development Agency, Transportation Division, recommending the Board take the following actions pertaining to the Lake Tahoe Boulevard Enhancement Project (CIP No. 95186):
1) Adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Lake Tahoe Boulevard Enhancement Project;
2) Adopt the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (Appendix A of the Initial Study (IS)/MND); and
3) Approve the Lake Tahoe Boulevard Enhancement Project as described in the California Environmental Quality Act Mitigated Negative Declaration. (Cont'd 6/4/13, Item 15)
FUNDING: United States Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit - Erosion Control, State of California - Congestion Mitigation for Air Quality Program, Regional Surface Transportation Program, and Tahoe Regional Planning Agency mitigation funds.
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Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost
Transportation secured funding in the amount of $200,000 in planning money from Congestion Mitigation for Air Quality (CMAQ) funds, $355,000 in planning money from the California Tahoe Conservancy(CTC), $350,000 from Regional Surface Transportation Program funds (RSTP), $250,000 in site improvement money from the United States Forest Service (USFS) Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit - Erosion Control Grant Program and $312,192 from the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) Water Quality, Air Quality and Stream Environment Zone (SEZ) Mitigation Funds. Approval of this Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) will not result in any fiscal impact to the General Fund. The Project is included in the 5-Year Capital Improvement Program (CIP)/Environmental Improvement Program (EIP).
Background
Project Location: The Project area is located in eastern El Dorado County, in South Lake Tahoe, California within the Lake Tahoe Basin. The Project is located in the southern section of the Lake Tahoe Basin in Sections 17-20, Township 12 North, Range 18 East, in the Echo Lake and Emerald Bay United States Geological Survey 7.5 minute qua...
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