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Department of Transportation recommending the Board approve and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 017-2023 approving the retroactive closure of the Rubicon Trail from the Airport Flats Campground to the County Line beginning Friday, December 30, 2022, for sixty (60) days or until weather conditions improve and any necessary repairs are completed, and to authorize the Director of Transportation to close additional roads as needed during the 2022 Storms local emergency as declared by the Board.
FUNDING: Road Fund.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On January 4, 2023 (Item 33, Legistar 23-0090), the Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution 015-2023, which found that conditions of extreme peril exist due to an imminent and proximate threat to the safety of persons and property within the territorial limits of the County of El Dorado as a result of the 2022 storms that began on December 30, 2022. The proclamation of local emergency was made by the County’s Sheriff, acting as the Director of the Office of Emergency Services, dated December 31, 2022, was ratified by the Board, and remains in effect until terminated by the Board of Supervisors. The local emergency has yet to be terminated as of the date of this proposed Resolution.
The Rubicon Trail (Trail), which has been a County unmaintained public highway since 1887, extends from the Airport Flats Campground to the County Line boundary with Placer County and is managed and monitored by the El Dorado County Chief Administrative Office, Parks & Trails Division. The Trail received significant precipitation and snowfall during the 2022 storms, and due to heavy snow, saturated soils, and the unimproved nature of the trail, hazardous conditions have developed that leave both County staff and members of the public at risk with minimal access to rescue services and additional inclement weather anticipated.
California Vehicle Code Section 21101(e) authorizes the Board to adopt a resolution authorizing a public offic...
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