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Transportation Department recommending the Board authorize the Chairman to sign the following Grant Amendments to Agreements with California Tahoe Conservancy (CTC) for the Angora 3 Site Improvement grant, and the Silvertip/Upper Angora Creek/Woodland/Lonely Gulch/Cascade grant:
1) Amendment 2 to CTA 05023;
2) Amendment 2 to CTA-05024; and
3) Amendment 4 to CTA 97014.
FUNDING: California Tahoe Conservancy.
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Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost:
Approval of this agenda item will allow the department to utilize available grant funds. There is no net cost to the County General Fund associated with this agenda item.
Background:
In April 1998 and March 1999, the CTC Board authorized an acquisition grant (CTA 97014) and site improvement grant (CTA 97013) respectively to the County of El Dorado (County) to carry out the Cascade Erosion Control Project (Project); the authorizations totaled just under $1,600,000. The Project area is located near the southwest shore of Lake Tahoe in the County, just south of Cascade Creek, between State Route 89 and Lake Tahoe. The Project was designed to address soil erosion and sediment deposition from stormwater runoff originating in a 100-acre area within the Cascade Properties and Tallac Manor Properties subdivisions.
The Project improvements were constructed in the summer of 2002 using a combination of private and public funds; because the streets in these subdivisions are privately owned, the Cascade homeowners and the County partnered on the Project. A Notice of Completion was approved on October 8, 2002 for the Project. The CTC provided grant funds totaling $1,110,984 for site improvements and $489,800 for acquisition of interests in real property. Funding from Caltrans amounted to $381,298, and Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) Water Quality Mitigation funds covered $144,811 in Project costs. The Cascade homeowners contributed over $200,000 toward the cost of construction, and are currently pro...
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