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Department of Transportation recommending the Board take the following actions related to the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Participating Agreement 21-PA-11050300-019 for the County Service Area 5 Erosion Control Project, Capital Improvement Program project 95157/36107003:
1) Accept and approve the Participating Agreement, with a total of $400,000 to be provided for the subject project;
2) Authorize the Director of Transportation to sign the Participating Agreement on behalf of the County; and
3) Authorize the Director of Transportation to sign any future modifications to the Participating Agreement that do not increase the total dollar amount of the Grant Agreement.
FUNDING: United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Grant Funding (66%), Tahoe Regional Planning Agency/Water Quality (6%), South Tahoe Public Utility District (5%), and County Service Area 5 (23%).
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The CSA 5 Erosion Control Project site is within an existing residential development located in Tahoma, west of State Route 89 and south of the Placer County line. The proposed CSA 5 Project will provide water quality improvements within the project area, focusing on treatment of storm water runoff via infiltration and source control measures. Storm water runoff will be directed into inline infiltration systems with sediment capturing capacity, thus providing a direct reduction in the transport of fine sediment into Lake Tahoe. The goal of the project is to improve the clarity of Lake Tahoe by reducing the detrimental water quality impacts of the CSA 5 subdivision in Tahoma.
The Department of Transportation (Transportation) submitted a grant proposal to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit under the Wyden Amendment to supply necessary funding to complete the CSA 5 Project. The USDA proposes the County execute Participating Agreement 21-PA-11050300-019 (Participatin...
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