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Environmental Management Department recommending the Board approve and authorize the Chair to sign Amendment 1 to Agreement 7977 with The Clean Tahoe Program, with a retroactive term beginning April 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2025 and no change to the not-to-exceed amount.
FUNDING: County Service Area No. 10, Zone C Parcel Fees. (No Federal Funds)
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Clean Tahoe began servicing the Lake Tahoe area in 1988 and began receiving Zone C parcel fees assessed on County Tax roll CSA 10 in exchange for this service by 1989. Clean Tahoe has been receiving approximately $29,000 annually from these taxes from El Dorado County.
In May of 1992, the City of South Lake Tahoe and the County entered into a Joint Powers Agreement and a City/County Joint Board of Commissioners was appointed to oversee the program. In 1995, Clean Tahoe became a non-profit corporation overseen by a Board of Directors. On June 29, 1999, a formal written agreement documenting the expectations for Clean Tahoe in exchange for revenue provided by the County was executed. Under this Funding Agreement (Agreement) with Clean Tahoe, dated June 29, 1999, the County paid $21.00 per hour for 23 hours of service per week year-round. The cap on funding for this Contract remained at approximately $29,000. The Contract was established with service periods of April 1st though September 30th, and October 1st through March 31st. The Contract term dates, however, were purposefully aligned with the Fiscal year for purposes of funding the Agreement with collected Taxes which fund the Agreement.
Over the course of the decade following the 1999 agreement, costs to run the Clean Tahoe program continually increased while funding options remained limited as they are governed by the CSA, and now Prop 218. Contract modifications within the hourly pay structure detailed above were subsequently made in an effort to provide cost savings to Clean Tahoe, in lieu of options for increased fundi...
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