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Community Development Services, Department of Planning and Building, recommending the Board:
1) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign Agreement for Services 511-S1711 with ICF Jones & Stokes, Inc., an ICF International Company, for an amount not to exceed $298,615, to generate an update for the Ecological Preserve Fee Program that would update the Rare Plant Mitigation In-Lieu Fee Program established in 1998, with a term to become effective upon execution by both parties and expiring three years thereafter; and
2) Direct that this Agreement be funded out of the Ecological Preserve Endowment Fund, with any fee schedule which results from the Ecological Preserve Fee Program Update to include a built-in factor for reimbursing the Fund for expenditures incurred under this Agreement.
FUNDING: Ecological Preserve (Rare Plant) Endowment Fund. (Local Funding)
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
Community Development Services, Planning and Building Department, recommending the Board:
1) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign Agreement for Services 511-S1711 (Agreement) with ICF Jones & Stokes, Inc. (ICF), for an amount not to exceed $298,615, to generate an update for the Ecological Preserve Fee Program that would update the Rare Plant Mitigation In-Lieu Fee Program established in 1998, which includes a review of the existing program and coordination with California Department of Fish and Wildlife to create a “full-mitigation” program for new development consistent with the El Dorado County General Plan, Government Code 66000 (Mitigation Fee Act), and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).; and
2) Direct that this Agreement be funded out of the Ecological Preserve Endowment Fund, with any fee schedule which results from the Ecological Preserve Fee Program Update to include a built-in factor for reimbursing the Fund for expenditures incurred under this Agreement .
Planning is recommending the County make findings in accordance with Section 3.13.03...
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