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Department of Transportation recommending the Board adopt the Saturated Soil Water Quality Protection Plan (Plan); and authorize the Chair to sign said Plan for the Rubicon Trail. (Est. Time: 2 Hrs.)
FUNDING: Funding for the preparation of the proposed Plan came from a combination of California Department of Parks and Recreation, Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division grants (OHMVR), Sacramento Municipal Utility District Cooperation Agreement Fund (SMUD), and OHV In-Lieu fees.
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BUDGET SUMMARY:
Total Estimated Cost $795,561
Funding
Budgeted $795,561
New Funding $
Savings $
Other* $
Total Funding Available $795,561
Change To Net County Cost $-0-
Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost:
Adoption of the Plan will produce no change to the net county cost. The adopted Plan will be used to guide the Department of Transportation’s (Department) future maintenance efforts along the Trail within the Long Term Management Plan, which is due to the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board by April 30, 2011. The Long Term Management Plan will include a cost analysis for the maintenance efforts on the trail, which will be consistent with the proposed BMP’s within the Saturated Soil Water Quality Protection Plan (Plan).
Background:
On April 30, 2009, the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (CVRWQCB) issued a Clean Up and Abatement Order (CAO) No. R5-2009-0030, which requires the County and the United States Forest Service (USFS) to take a number of actions on the Rubicon Trail to cleanup and abate some of the problems that vehicular travel has created over the years.
Item #2 of the CAO states:
“By 1 October 2010, the Responsible parties shall prepare a Rubicon trail Saturated Soil Water Quality Protection Plan, which shall evaluate, and where appropriate, propose means of addressing, water quality impacts caused by vehicle use (excluding snowmobile...
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