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Transportation Department recommending the Board approve payment to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in the amount of $90,225 to mitigate 0.401 acres of seasonal wetlands impacted by the U.S. Hwy 50/ Missouri Flat Road Interchange Improvements - Phase 1B Project; and authorize the Auditor-Controller to issue a check for same.
FUNDING: The In-Lieu Impact Mitigation fee is funded by the 2004 General Plan Traffic Impact Mitigation Fund.
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Total Estimated Cost $90,225.00
Funding
Budgeted $90,225.00
New Funding
Savings
Other
Total Funding Available $90,225.00
Change to Net County Cost $ 0.00
Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost:
The In-Lieu Impact Mitigation fee is funded by the 2004 General Plan Traffic Impact Mitigation Fund (TIM). There is no net cost to the County General Fund associated with this agenda item.
Reason for Recommendation:
The U.S. 50/ Missouri Flat Road Interchange Improvements - Phase 1B Project (Project) proposes to make improvements to Missouri Flat Road, modify interchange ramp configurations, add auxiliary lanes to US Highway 50, and seismically retrofit and widen the US 50 bridges over Weber Creek, permanently impacting 0.401 acres of wetlands. The impacts to these wetlands require mitigation under State and Federal Law. As on-site mitigation is not feasible, and no wetland mitigation banks are available within El Dorado County, staff proposes to pay Ninety Thousand Two Hundred Twenty Five Dollars ($90,225.00) to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) “In-Lieu Fee Fund” to mitigate permanent wetlands impacts.
The In-Lieu fee program provides mitigation for the wetland impacts when on-site mitigation is not feasible, and avoids the need to provide mitigation by way of separate individual agreement and certification from a private wetlands mitigation bank, as has sometimes been used on previous projects. Payment of the In-Lieu fee is required to be submitted to ...
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