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Planning and Building Department, Planning Division, Long Range Planning Unit, recommending the Board consider the following:
1) In accordance with Chapter 3.13, Section 3.13.030 of County Ordinance Code, Contracting Out, find that due to the limited time frames, temporary or occasional nature, or schedule for the project or scope of work, the ongoing aggregate of work to be performed is not sufficient to warrant the addition of permanent staff;
2) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign Agreement 7064 with ICF Jones & Stokes Inc., for the provision of environmental planning services for the Texas Hill Reservoir Takeline Parcel Rezone and General Plan Amendment Project, with a not-to-exceed amount of $347,880.00, and a term of three (3) years effective upon execution;
3) Approve and Authorize the Chair to sign Funding Agreement No. 7475 between the County and El Dorado Irrigation District (EID) for a $173,940 contribution by EID towards the Texas Hill Reservoir Takeline Parcel Rezone and General Plan Amendment Project; and
4) Authorize the Purchasing Agent, or designee, to execute any further documents determined necessary related to Agreements 7064 and 7475, including amendments which do not increase the not-to-exceed amount or term of the Agreement, contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management.
FUNDING: General Fund (50%) and El Dorado Irrigation District (50%).
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Texas Hill Reservoir project originally proposed by EID included a "take line" identifying the impact area of a project to build a new reservoir on Weber Creek south of Placerville. The subject parcels for the Texas Hill Reservoir Takeline Parcel Rezone and General Plan Amendment were identified to be within the take line. These parcels have an Open Space (OS) General Plan land use designation, but prior to 2015, were residentially zoned and allowed to build single-family dwellings. On December 15, 2015, the Board adopted the Zoning Ordin...
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