Category Archives: Community

Lake Tahoe policy, funding, ignores what’s urgently needed

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Author, Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos, lives in Washoe County and volunteers with Tahoe grassroots groups working to protect Lake Tahoe. Where Lake Tahoe is concerned, leadership is not just lacking from elected officials and land use agencies at the county, state and federal level; it’s reckless. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s (TRPA) executive director laid out a jargon-laden 2024-2025 work plan that is not only deficient; it ignores the elephant in the room. Wildfire dangers continue to outpace projections across the West. Property insurance premiums are soaring around Tahoe and insurers are pulling out or canceling policies altogether due to wildfire risks. While we all salute those in firefighting … Continue reading →

Proposed Rec Center Expansion is not for the public.

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The 9/14 special meeting of the IVGID BOT should be cancelled. As of 8am on Tuesday, September 13, there is still no RFID contract for the Board to review. And the description of the revised rec center expansion is lacking in sufficient detail. There are serious drawbacks to this proposal. Square footage of various rooms is not available. However, what is presented is that there will be no added gymnasium; the staff memo is deceptive in listing the dedicated gymnastics space as a “gymnasium”. And including expanded staff office space, conference and break rooms as “recreation center” is equally misleading. … Continue reading →

More concerns about 5/26 IVGID BOT agenda

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Ordinance 7 provision for hotels and motels New language appears in the Ordinance 7 draft that finally came out on Tuesday afternoon, just 2 days before the public hearing, that was never discussed by the Ordinance 7 committee. It deals with hotel and motel guest access. Although the beach deed specifically mentions hotel and motel guests, at the time the beach deed was drafted, hotel and motel properties were charged a rec/beach fee for each hotel unit. Hyatt guests typically don’t use the beach since they have their own beach; the per room assessment stopped in 1982 for all hotels. … Continue reading →

Incline Village to be inundated?

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Author: Mike Abel, Incline Village resident The IVGID Board is soon to take up an issue that may dramatically affect the value of your Incline property. Few if any Incline residents have ever heard of “Ordinance 7”. Ordinance 7 is the Incline specific regulations which control recreational access and especially access to our private beaches. You only need to drive by Sand Harbor on a summer weekend to know that the private restricted access beaches in Incline Village are a really special asset. You also may not know that Washoe County of which Incline Village is an unincorporated subdivision enacted … Continue reading →