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Department of Transportation recommending the Board take the following actions pertaining to the Meyers Stream Environment Zone/Erosion Control Project, Capital Improvement Program (CIP) project number 95179/36107007:
1) Accept and approve the Intergovernmental Grant Administration Agreement between the County of El Dorado and the South Lake Tahoe Public Utility District, with a total of $577,414 to be provided for the subject project;
2) Authorize the Director of Transportation to sign the Intergovernmental Grant Administration Agreement on behalf of the County; and
3) Authorize the Director of Transportation to sign any future modifications to the Intergovernmental Grant Administration Agreement that do not increase the total dollar amount of the Grant Agreement.
FUNDING: Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (11%), State Water Resource Control Board Proposition 1 Grant Program (46%), United States Forest Service (43%).
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The 2014 Tahoe Sierra Integrated Regional Watershed Management Plan (IRWMP), which enables the coordination of water quality and resource management efforts between jurisdictions within the Lake Tahoe Regional Watershed, was adopted by the Board on January 27, 2015, (Legistar #14-1475, Item 44). Adoption of the IRWMP allowed the County to apply for grant funds under Proposition 1 (Prop 1), the Water Quality, Supply and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014.
The County was awarded $577,414 from Prop 1 through the Tahoe Sierra IRWMP group for the Meyers Stream Environment Zone/Erosion Control Project (Project). In order to accept the awarded funds of $577,414, the County must also have an Intergovernmental Administration Agreement (Agreement) in place between the grant administrator, the South Tahoe Public Utility District (District), and the County. The attached Agreement lists the roles and responsibilities of each agency with respect to the distribution and acceptance of the funds. The District is the IRWMP g...
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