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Transportation Department recommending Chairman be authorized to sign the labor only Sponsor Agreement CCC-96, Project Evaluation, and Agreement Addendum with the California Conservation Corps in an amount not to exceed $200,000 for a term of two years for revegetation and drainage improvement work on various projects in the Tahoe Basin.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve.
FUNDING: California Tahoe Conservancy, United States Bureau of Reclamation and United States Forest Service Grant Funds, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Mitigation Funds, and Road Fund.
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BUDGET SUMMARY:
Total Estimated Cost $200,000
Funding
Budgeted $60,000
New Funding $
Savings $
Other* $140,000
Total Funding Available $200,000
Change To Net County Cost $0.00
*To be budgeted in subsequent Fiscal Years.
Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost:
The Transportation Department (Department) budgeted $60,000 for use of this Agreement in Fiscal Year (FY) 2008-09 and anticipates budgeting the remaining $140,000 in FY 2009-10 and FY 2010-11. Funding will be provided by grants from the California Tahoe Conservancy (CTC), United States Bureau of Reclamation and United States Forest Service, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Mitigation Funds, and Road Fund. There is no Net County Cost.
Reason for Recommendation:
The Department's erosion control projects (ECP), funded in part by grants from the CTC, include revegetation and drainage improvement work to stabilize eroding slopes and drainage channels. CTC grant guidelines require the inclusion of California Conservation Corps (CCC) labor and other cost-saving measures to be used on the projects. The Department has contracted with the CCC to provide very flexible and cost effective labor for over fourteen (14) years for ECPs that enhance and maintain environmentally sensitive lands and waters.
Under this Agreement the CCC will primarily perform revegetation efforts, drainage i...
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