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Transportation Department Director, or his designee, requesting authorization to proceed with implementation of Mitigation Measure 6.3 required as part of the U.S. Highway 50/El Dorado Hills Boulevard Interchange Reconstruction Project, and recommending reimbursement of payments be authorized to the participating home owners.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve.
FUNDING: 2004 General PlanTraffic Impact Mitigation Fee Program
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BUDGET SUMMARY:
Total Estimated Cost $15,000
Funding
Budgeted $15,000
New Funding $
Savings $
Other $
Total Funding Available $15,000
Change To Net County Cost $0
Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost: Funding for this project has been included in the approved work program budget, identified as project number 71318. There is no cost to the County General Fund.
Background:
On May 23, 2000 the Board certified the Final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Assessment (EIR/EA) for the U.S. Highway 50/El Dorado Hills Boulevard Interchange Project. As part of the certification the Board approved Mitigation Measure 6.3 which recommended that the residences immediately adjacent to the sound wall be permitted to landscape the side of the sound wall facing their respective residences subject to preserving the structural integrity of the sound wall, and it states “Residents should be permitted to paint, apply surfacing to, or landscape the side of the barrier facing their property following the residents submission of a screening plan for approval by the County Department of Transportation (DOT). DOT should approve plans based on preserving the structural integrity of the barrier. Costs incurred by the resident for designing and implementing approved screening plans should be reimbursed by the County of El Dorado up to $1,500 per dwelling unit, as compensation for out-of-pocket expenses incurred by residents choosing to implement such screening”.
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