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Community Development Agency, Transportation Division, recommending the Board authorize the Chair to sign the Landscape Maintenance Agreement ED 50 PM 14.2-15.6 with the State of California Department of Transportation for maintenance of landscaping and oak woodland and riparian habitat restoration, to be performed as mitigation for the U.S. Highway 50/Missouri Flat Road Interchange Improvements-Phase 1C Riparian Restoration Project, CIP 71346.
FUNDING: Missouri Flat Area Master Circulation and Funding Plan / Road Fund.
The landscaping and habitat restoration will be constructed and maintained for a 5-year establishment period utilizing Missouri Flat Area Master Circulation and Funding Plan funds. Upon the completion of the 5-year establishment period, the ongoing maintenance will be provided by the Road Fund.
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
Community Development Agency, Transportation Division (Transportation), recommending the Board authorize the Chair to sign the Landscape Maintenance Agreement ED 50 PM 14.2-15.6 (LMA) with the State of California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), for maintenance of landscaping and oak woodland and riparian habitat restoration, to be performed as mitigation for the U.S. Highway 50 (US 50)/Missouri Flat Road Interchange Improvements-Phase 1C Riparian Restoration Project, CIP 71346 (Project).
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
In 2004 the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors certified the US 50/Missouri Flat Road Interchange Environmental Impact Report (EIR). The document identified the improvements, impacts, and mitigation measures for the Project. Among these mitigation measures is the requirement to provide modest native landscaping and restore areas of oak woodland and stream side riparian habitat. Subsequent to the approval of the EIR, multiple phases of the Project have been constructed to meet the transportation needs of the community with the landscape and habitat restoration still to be completed.
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