Bijou Park Creek Watershed Restoration Project
Summary
SCH Number
2020090564
Lead Agency
City of South Lake Tahoe
Document Title
Bijou Park Creek Watershed Restoration Project
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Residential, Recreation, and Tourist Center
Document Description
The Bijou Park Creek Watershed is an approximately 850-acre watershed that extends from Heavenly Mountain Resort (California Base Lodge) in the upper watershed down to the connection to Lake Tahoe at the Ski Run Marina, encompassing upper Ski Run Boulevard, residential neighborhoods along Glenwood and Blackwood Avenues, and the Bijou Elementary School. The natural watershed has been significantly altered with the construction of the Heavenly California base lodge and parking lot, residential and commercial development between Pioneer Trail and Highway 50, and the creation of the Ski Run Marina at the terminus of the watershed. Urban development within stream environment zone (SEZ) areas has exacerbated localized flooding issues. The Project includes a series of stormwater and SEZ restoration improvements that would be constructed throughout the eastern portion of the City of South Lake Tahoe. The project includes restoration activities in two sections of Bijou Park Creek and various stormwater conveyance and treatment upgrades to achieve the Project objectives of improving water quality, reducing nuisance flooding, and restoring function of the Bijou Park Creek SEZ. The Project has been designed to address pollutant loading in urban runoff, including fine sediment particles and nutrients, that contributes to the impairment of Lake Tahoe’s clarity and must be reduced in accordance with the Lake Tahoe Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) program.
Contact Information
Name
Jason Burke
Agency Name
City of South Lake Tahoe
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Agency Name
City of South Lake Tahoe, Public Works Department
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Location
Coordinates
Cities
South Lake Tahoe
Counties
El Dorado
Regions
Citywide
Cross Streets
Ski Run Boulevard, Pioneer Trail, Blackwood, Needle Peak Road
Zip
96150
Total Acres
850
Jobs
1
Parcel #
Muliple
State Highways
CA
Railways
None
Airports
None
Schools
Bijou Elmenetary School
Waterways
Lake Tahoe, Bijou Park Creek
Township
T12N
Range
R18E
Section
S2
Other Location Info
General area is the 850 acre Bijou Park Creek Watershed
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 3 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan South Lake Tahoe Region 6 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), California Tahoe Conservancy, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA)
Development Types
Other (Watershed Restoration and Stormwater Improvements)
Local Actions
Design Review, Other