EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. – The next meeting of the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors (BOS) will be on Tuesday, December 2, starting at 9 a.m. The meeting can be viewed online or in person at their chambers in Placerville.

Highlights of the agenda:

The BOS will vote on the second reading of a new parking ordinance in the unincorporated areas of the County within the Lake Tahoe Watershed Area, extending west to Strawberry. No parking will be allowed on a County-owned public road, highway, or right-of-way, during the period commencing November 1 of each year, and continuing to the following May 1, except in areas specifically designated by signs to permit such parking.

The new ordinance also states that “No person shall throw or deposit or cause to be thrown or deposited upon a highway any snow or ice in an amount or manner likely to constitute a hazard to vehicular traffic.”

The Department of Transportation is also recommending a weight limit of 14,000 pounds, or seven tons, on North Upper Truckee Road and Sawmill Road, two routes that are commonly used by drivers trying to circumvent heavier traffic, the agricultural center and chain controls. During snow events, large trucks get stuck on these two routes, making the roads impassible for residents, school buses, and other local traffic.

Exceptions will include those trucks making deliveries in those neighborhoods, emergency vehicles, County vehicles and Lake Tahoe Unified School District buses.

These items are on the consent agenda. If approved, they become enforceable in 30 days.

Also on the consent agenda are the food services for the jails. The food services for the jails in both South Lake Tahoe and Placerville will be moving from in-house to the contractor Summit Food Services, LLC, if the BOS approves the item. The contract term is for three years beginning December 1, 2025, through November 30, 2028, with two one-year options to extend, for a total possible term of five years through November 30, 2030, in the amount of $3,000,000 for the initial term.

In the regular section of the agenda:

Thomas and Helen Austin, residents of El Dorado Hills, filed a lawsuit in December 2015 against El Dorado County and several special districts (including the El Dorado Hills Community Services District and Fire Department). The Austins argued the county was violating the California Mitigation Fee Act by failing to perform required five-year studies (known as “nexus findings”) that justify the continued collection and use of traffic impact fees on new development.

After nearly a decade of litigation, the county and the Austins reached a settlement requiring the county to refund a significant amount of the collected fees to property owners who paid them between approximately 2013 and 2016.

The bill? Over $5 million in legal fees, $14 million to be refunded.

For the complete agenda and instructions on how to participate, visit https://eldorado.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx.