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Department of Transportation recommending the Board authorize the Chair to sign the labor only Sponsor Agreement CCC-96, Project Evaluation and Agreement Addendum with the California Conservation Corps in an amount not to exceed $400,000 for a term of July 1, 2011 through December 31, 2014 for revegetation and drainage improvement work and tree removal on various projects in the County of El Dorado.
FUNDING: California Tahoe Conservancy and United States Forest Service Grant Funds, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Mitigation Funds, the Road Fund and various Capital Improvement Program (CIP) funding sources that fund the Department’s CIP projects.
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BUDGET SUMMARY:
Total Estimated Cost $400,000
Funding
Budgeted $115,000
New Funding $
Savings $
Other* $285,000
Total Funding Available $400,000
Change To Net County Cost $
*To be budgeted in subsequent Fiscal Years.
Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost:
The Tahoe Engineering Unit of the Department of Transportation (Department) budgeted $60,000 and the Engineering Division budgeted $55,000 for use of this Agreement in Fiscal Year (FY) 11/12. The Tahoe Engineering Unit anticipates budgeting $140,000 and the Engineering Division anticipates budgeting $145,000 in subsequent FYs - FY 12/13, FY 13/14 and FY 14/15. Funding will be provided by California Tahoe Conservancy (CTC) and United States Forest Service Grant Funds, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Mitigation Funds, the Road Fund and various Capital Improvement Program (CIP) funding sources that fund the Department’s CIP projects.
Reason for Recommendation:
In the Tahoe Basin, the Department's erosion control projects (ECP), funded in part by grants from the CTC, include revegetation and drainage improvement work to stabilize eroding slopes and drainage channels. CTC grant guidelines require the inclusion of California Conservation Corps (CCC) labor and other cost-saving measures ...
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