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Transportation Department recommending the Chairman be authorized to sign Agreement and Grant of Easement and Certificate of Acceptance for APN 033-180-15 with the State of California Department of Parks and Recreation for the purposes of constructing, operating and maintaining the Sawmill 1B Bike Path Project JN 95148.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve.
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BUDGET SUMMARY:
Total Estimated Cost $0.00
Funding
Budgeted $
New Funding $
Savings $
Other $
Total Funding Available $
Change To Net County Cost $0.00
Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost:
There are no fees or assessments relative to this easement. There is no Fiscal Impact associated with this item. There is no Net County Cost.
Background:
On April 10, 2007, the Board authorized the Transportation Department (Department) to advertise for the construction of the Sawmill 1A Bike Path Project which was completed during the 2007 construction season and a subsequent Notice of Completion was filed on December 11, 2007. On June 3, 2008, the Board authorized the Department to advertise for the construction of the Sawmill 1B Bike Path Project (Project) with the bid opening on July 8, 2008. This is the final phase of the Sawmill Bike Path Project.
Reason for Recommendation:
The Project area is located in eastern El Dorado County, in the Tahoe Basin, along the US Highway 50 corridor near the town of Meyers. The Project alignment of the bike path runs along the west side of US Highway 50 from the entrance of the Lake Tahoe Golf Course to Sawmill Road.
The Project improvements consist of constructing a Class I bike path, bicycle/pedestrian bridge over the Upper Truckee River, sediment traps, rock bowls, culverts, flared end section, mulch, revegetation, grass-lined channels, rock-lined channels, rock dissipator, retaining wall, rock slope protection, and crossing treatments.
Although the majority of the Project improvements...
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