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Chief Administrative Office, Parks Division, recommending the Board:
1) Appoint Vickie Sanders, Parks Manager to the Sacramento Placerville Transportation Corridor Joint Powers Authority (SPTC JPA) and approve her appointment as JPA Deputy Chief Executive Officer; and
2) Approve and sign the Reimbursement Agreement between El Dorado County and the SPTC JPA.
FUNDING: SPTC JPA Funds
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Sacramento Placerville Transportation Corridor Joint Powers Authority (SPTC-JPA) was formed in October 1991 to provide for the acquisition and preservation of the Southern Pacific Transportation Company's 53-mile Placerville Branch railroad Corridor, and to provide reciprocal use agreements for transportation and transportation preservation uses. The member agencies are the County of El Dorado, the County of Sacramento, the City of Folsom, and the Sacramento Regional Transit District. Each member agency appoints one member to the Board and the Board members appoint a member at large. The SPTC-JPA is funded by each Member agency contributing an equal share towards an annual Operating Budget approved by the SPTC-JPA Board. In September 1996, the SPTC-JPA purchased the right-of-way from the Southern Pacific Transportation Company. The JPA is the legal owner of the Rail Corridor with responsibility to ensure the Corridors continuity, to preserve the reciprocal rights of member agencies, and to provide a forum to prevent and resolve disputes between the member agencies.
The Parks Manager and her predecessors have represented the County on the JPA Board since its formation, however, the Board has not officially appointed the Parks Manager. This reimbursement agreement will allow the JPA to reimburse the county for staff time that the Parks Manager has spent and could spend in the future in the office of Deputy or Interim Chief Executive Officer of the JPA. The Deputy CEO has minimal duties, which include assisting with Board meetings during any meeting where the CEO is absent, and assuming the duties of the CEO should the CEO position be vacant. When the JPA was in transition from one CEO to another, staff spent approximately 20-25 hours each quarter working on the quarter meeting. This JPA meets four times each year.
ALTERNATIVES
The Board could choose not to approve and sign the Agreement.
PRIOR BOARD ACTION
N/A
OTHER DEPARTMENT / AGENCY INVOLVEMENT
County Counsel has reviewed and approved the agreement.
CAO RECOMMENDATION / COMMENTS
Approve as recommended.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
This agreement will result in savings of Parks Manager salary for time spent working on JPA issues.
CLERK OF THE BOARD FOLLOW UP ACTIONS
1) Clerk of the Board will obtain the Chair’s signature on the one (1) original copy of the agreement.
2) Clerk of the Board will forward one (1) executed copy of the agreement to Parks Division
STRATEGIC PLAN COMPONENT
Infrastructure
CONTACT
Vickie Sanders 621-7538