Category Archives: IVGID

Can IVGID learn from its mistakes?

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What went wrong? If you haven’t had time to listen to IVGID meetings, at least take a look at pp. 156-160 of the Board packet for the 1/31/24 meeting. The interim Finance Director, Bobby Magee, has listed numerous financial issues that either have been or still need to be addressed. With such an extensive list of major shortcomings in IVGID’s financials, it’s apparent that past leadership failed to provide adequate financial oversight of our recreational venues. It’s pretty obvious from Board meetings, Audit Committee meetings and Golf Advisory Committee meetings, that our former GM failed to monitor the financial health … Continue reading →

Response to Mick Homan’s recent Board communications

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High hopes dashed I was impressed with Mr. Homan’s resume when he applied to be appointed to the Audit Committee. He could have made great contributions. Unfortunately, he has damaged his own credibility by giving biased reports on the performance of IVGID’s golf venues. Mr. Homan’s recent “full disclosure” does not mention that he is an avid golfer. He downplayed the inequity of the large subsidies needed to support his preferred pastime, golf, rather than look for the reasons behind run-away expenses (even before inflation skyrocketed). To be fair, maybe that’s not the role of an accountant. Rather it is … 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 →

Recreation Center Expansion

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IVGID Recreation Center Expansion/Remodel The Duffield Foundation has graciously offered to pay for a huge expansion to IVGID’s rec center, housing a new gymnasium, gymnastics club and youth center. However, in the rush to move this project along, questions remain that have not been addressed. Is this what the community wants? The Duffield Foundation is footing most of the bill for new construction, so they have pretty much been calling the shots. The expansion meets a few of the needs listed in the CS Master Plan, but does not address others which were given higher priority in the plan/surveys. Gymnastics … Continue reading →

Support Trustee Schmitz

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The June 8, 2022 IVGID Board Meeting will go down in the annals of Incline Village history as a day of infamy. At the opening public comment, IVGID Trustee Sara Schmitz was ridiculed by a former Trustee, Peter Morris, for lacking the mental capacity to be a Trustee and for being an “agitator”.  Chair Callicrate made no objection to these comments even though he had told the public at the prior Board meeting that character assassination “would not be tolerated”. Instead, he chastised members of the public for audibly objecting to Morris’ personal attack. Not surprising after learning from Trustee … 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 →

Dog park update

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I am not opposed to a dedicated dog park. It is premature to either support or oppose any particular site. There are many outstanding questions that have not been answered. There has never been any public process to determine which site identified in the master plan is preferred by the community. Furthermore, this year’s budget called for a site selection study BEFORE pursuing a special use permit from USFS, not after. I am opposed to the lack of transparency in the site selection and USFS application process IVGID only shared the application to USFS for the special use permit with … Continue reading →

IVGID loses motion in Mark Smith public records case.

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The District judge’s decision could result in IVGID having to pay Mr. Smith’s attorneys fees. Most public agencies try to settle and avoid costly protracted lawsuits. IVGID, because it is sustained by a seemingly limitless fee assessed on property owners, seldom makes any serious attempt to settle with anyone who wants public records and is forced to sue when requests are denied. https://thisisreno.com/2021/07/incline-village-general-improvement-district-told-again-it-has-to-cough-up-public-records/ What are they trying to hide?

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Who decides how IVGID’s facility fees are spent?

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On Wednesday, May 26, the IVGID Board is expected to approve the first reduction ($50) in the combined Recreation/Beach Facility Fees in over a decade. For those new to the community, IVGID’s Rec Facility Fee and Beach Facility Fee (amounting to nearly $7 million a year) , although they appear on your property tax bill, are not set by the State, nor are they based on assessed valuation. Instead, every parcel/dwelling unit with beach access is assessed the same amount which is determined annually by the IVGID Board. Every year IVGID is supposed to tell the Board what is “required” … Continue reading →