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Lake Tahoe EIP

Upper Bijou Park Creek Restoration Project

Project Number
01.01.01.0184
Action Priority
Reduce Stormwater Pollution From: Roads and Highways, Forest Roads, Public and Private Parcels
Implementers
City of South Lake Tahoe
Supporting Agencies
California State Water Resources Control Board, California Tahoe Conservancy, City of South Lake Tahoe, U.S. Forest Service - Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Primary Contact
Jason Burke (jburke@cityofslt.us)

Stage
Planning/Design
Duration
2016 - 2028
Total Project Cost
$10,000,000
Funding Request
$4,054,800
Stormwater Management Program Reduce Stormwater Pollution From: Roads and Highways, Forest Roads, Public and Private Parcels
Bijou Park Creek watershed is one of the most urbanized within the Lake Tahoe Basin, including encroachment of impervious coverage (buildings, parking lots, and roads) into historic stream environment zones (SEZs). The watershed-scale effort will address fine sediment particle and nutrient loading associated with urban and roadway runoff while seeking to alleviate flooding with SEZ restoration. The planning and design will consider opportunities to address the alteration of the upper watershed when large amount of fill that created the Heavenly California Lodge parking lot inadvertently altered drainage patterns in the watershed, routing new runoff into the constrained conveyance system.

Targeted Performance Measures

  • Acres of Environmentally Sensitive Land Acquired
  • Acres of SEZ Restored or Enhanced
  • Impervious Coverage Retired
  • Linear Feet of Stream Channel Restored or Enhanced
  • Miles of Roads Decommissioned or Retrofitted

Threshold Categories

  • Soil Conservation
  • Water Quality
2/7/2017 Flooding on Shirley Ave (3593 Shirley) (Timing: Before) (~2,948 KB) Credit: Jason Burke 2/7/2017 Flooding on Shirley Ave (3593 Shirley)

Location

Targeted Funding

Secured Funding: City of South Lake Tahoe Gene... (CSLT), $187,243

Secured Funding: Lake Tahoe Restoratio... (USFS - LTBMU), $1,750,000

Secured Funding: Proposition 1 (SWRCB), $415,980

Secured Funding: Proposition 1 (CTC), $461,977

Targeted Funding: Lake Tahoe Restoratio... (USFS - LTBMU), $4,000,000

Targeted Funding: SEZ Mitigation Funds (TRPA), $54,800

No Funding Source Identified

Photos

Before
3/10/2016 -Flooding of Heavenly Valley Mobile Home Park (Timing: Before) (~1,880 KB) Credit: Jason Burke
3/10/2016 -Flooding of Heavenly Valley Mobile Home Park
3/10/2016 - Flooding of 3747 Woodbine (Timing: Before) (~1,848 KB) Credit: Jason Burke
3/10/2016 - Flooding of 3747 Woodbine
During
Project Map (Timing: During) (~2,777 KB) Credit: Eric Friedlander
Project Map
After
3755 Rockwood - After acquisition and demolition funded by CTC Prop. 1 (Timing: After) (~3,538 KB) Credit: Jason Burke
3755 Rockwood - After acquisition and demolition funded by CTC Prop. 1
3755 Rockwood - After acquisition and demolition using CTC Prop. 1 funding (Timing: After) (~3,289 KB) Credit: Jason Burke
3755 Rockwood - After acquisition and demolition using CTC Prop. 1 funding
Project Fact Sheet Data as of 05/05/2024