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Department of Transportation recommending the Board:
1) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 094-2020 certifying the Addendum to the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Missouri Flat Area Master Circulation & Funding Plan (MC&FP EIR) (El Dorado County 1998), State Clearinghouse 97092074; and
2) Approve the MC&FP Phase II, including the changes to the previously-approved roadway projects, the addition of the Phase II roadway improvement projects, the modifications to the Missouri Flat Road interchange, and the draft Public Facilities Financing Plan for the MC&FP Phase II.
FUNDING: Missouri Flat Master Circulation and Financing Plan Phase II Funds.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The goals of the Missouri Flat Master Circulation and Financing Plan (MC&FP) Phase II are to:
· Accommodate the expansion of a vital commercial center in El Dorado County.
· Improve the County’s fiscal well-being.
· Establish the framework for revenue collection that will fund specific improvements identified in the Missouri Flat area.
· Allow for discretionary approvals of commercial development in the Missouri Flat area.
· Alleviate existing/projected traffic congestion.
The Board approved the original Missouri Flat MC&FP in December 1998. The MC&FP is comprised of a policy and action framework intended to relieve existing road deficiencies and create additional capacity for planned commercial development in the commercial area surrounding the Missouri Flat Road and Highway 50 interchange (Project Area). The MC&FP incorporated the following objectives:
· Alleviate existing traffic congestion.
· Create adequate capacity to meet County General Plan Level of Service (LOS) policy.
· Establish a vital commercial center in the County.
· Improve the County’s fiscal well-being.
· Establish the framework for revenue collection that would fund specific improvements identified in the Project Area.
· Construct improvements to Missouri Flat Road
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