Category Archives: Urgent

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 →

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 →

Pacaso bringing short term stays to a neighborhood near you.

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Even if you don’t have any short term rentals close to you now, a new company called Pacaso has begun buying single family homes in residential neighborhoods for its fractional ownership program. What is Pacaso: A well-funded, $1 Billion+ Corporation Focused on purchasing homes, forming LLCs and selling shares to multiple, anonymous owners What is Pacaso’s Business: Purchasing single family homes in residential communities under a unique LLC for each home Selling a minimum of 1/8 shares of the LLC; up to 8 LLC owners per home allowing for up to 44 nights and short notice stays Promoting anonymous real … Continue reading →

Incline Village/Crystal Bay struggles to survive

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Our community is struggling to survive. On Tuesday, February 23rd at or before 2:30 PM the Washoe County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing on regulations that will allow essentially every residence in Incline Village and Crystal Bay to be converted into a “hotel” as defined by Nevada statute in Chapter 447. This may be your last opportunity to stop the ruination of our community. Public comment can be made via Zoom. Suggest you log in a little before 2:30 to this link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87913013655 Use the Chat Box to let the moderator know you want to speak on … Continue reading →

TTD to consider Incline Transit Hub on Friday 1/22

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Here are ways you can participate and stop TTD from turning one of the last available sites in our town center into a parking lot for the East Shore Trail and Sand Harbor.

1) Send your public comment by email to the Clerk to the Board by email at jallen@tahoetransportation.org. Please note which agenda item the comment pertains to. Comments will be distributed at the Board meeting and attached to the minutes of the meeting. All comments should be a maximum of 500 words, which corresponds to approximately three minutes of speaking time. Comments for each agenda item should be submitted prior to the close of that agenda item.

2)Register for the 1/22 Gotowebinar TTD Board Meeting at:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8319891650103143950

The Board meeting starts at 9:30 AM.

The item dealing with the Transit (Mobility) Hub is VI. A Public comment is limited to 3 minutes.

VI. TAHOE TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT (TTD) BUSINESS ITEMS
A. For Possible Action: Approval of Public Process and Schedule for
Acquisition and Site Alternatives Analyses for the Old Elementary School
Site Located at 771 Southwood Boulevard, and a Potential Project for a
Transit Mobility Center

Here is a link to the complete agenda: https://www.tahoetransportation.org/meetings/special-board-meeting/

CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TO OPPOSE TRANSIT HUB AT OLD INCLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SITE

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YOUR IMMEDIATE ACTION IS NEEDED TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT TO TAHOE REGIONAL PLANNING AGENCY (“TRPA”) IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED USE OF THE SITE OF THE FORMER INCLINE VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS A TRANSPORTATION HUB FOR ALL OF LAKE TAHOE, AND TO REQUEST THAT ONE OF THE ALTERNATIVE AVAILABLE SITES IN INCLINE VILLAGE BE SELECTED. EMAIL YOUR COMMENTS TO JWEBER@TRPA.ORG ASK THAT THEY BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE ENTIRE BOARD AND INCLUDED IN THE IR 1/22/21 MEETING PACKET.

A thirty-day public comment period commenced on December 28, 2020 and closes on January 28, 2021, on the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s draft 2021 Federal Transportation Improvement Program (“FTIP”) for the period 2021-2024.  This is the draft of TRPA’s four-year transportation improvement plan, which has one reference to Incline Village, and that reference is at page 81 of the 132-page plan which lists the former Incline Village Elementary School site as the location of a mobility hub in Incline Village.  It lists the acquisition and development of the former school site into a transportation hub as a done deal.  Many local residents of Incline Village have been providing input to the Tahoe Transportation District (“TTD”) and Washoe County in opposition to this project.  At the December, 2020 TTD Governing Board meeting, in response to public objections, TTD’s governing Board directed that alternative sites be looked at in Incline Village, an ad hoc committee of the Governing Board to oversee this was set up, and Mr. Hasty, the responsible official at TTD, was directed that public meetings finally occur in Incline Village.  At the December, 2020 Board of Commissioners meeting, in response to public objections, the agenda item by which Washoe County was to approve contribution of $300,000.00 of former park funds slotted for Incline Village public parks, for use in acquiring the former school site, was taken off calendar, pending further decision by the TTD Board.  Apparently, TRPA and TTD are either not communicating, or the purchase of the former elementary school site is considered a done deal, because the project is listed in the TRPA 2021-2024 plan.  It is described as “Multi-Use (in Washoe county, located ion SR28, and Southwood Blvd. in Incline Village, Plan, design and construct a Mobility Hub.).  The plan does not discuss any alternative sites, and does not discuss spending money to look at and evaluate alternative sites in Incline Village that have been recommended by members of the Incline Village community as more suitable for a transportation project than the site of the former elementary school.

It is critical that as many Incline Village and Crystal Bay residents and businesses as possible, provide public comment to voice their objection to the use of the former elementary school site to TRPA and request that this project not reference the school site but reference looking at several sites in Incline Village and taking public comment on whether to proceed with the former elementary school site, before this project is set in stone.  We are told by TRPA that “The FTIP must be updated every two years to ensure that projects receiving federal funds can continue being developed ad constructed…The projects in the FTIP essentially are implementing the long-range transportation vision of the TRP…All of the projects listed in the DRAFT FTIP are in the approved 2017 RTP and Draft 2020 RTP.”  Apparently, local residents did not object in 2017 when that plan came out, although those of us who have looked cannot find any mention on the project to acquire the former school site in 2017.  None of us knew of the plan to acquire and use the site for this purpose in 2017.  We know of the plan now.  It is critical that local residents express their public comment in opposition to this project and to the manner in which this project is referenced in the draft FTIP, to TRPA long prior to the January 28, 2021 cut-off date (ACTUALLY PLEASE EXPRESS YOUR OPPOSITION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IN WRITING), by writing to:

Judy Weber, jweber@trpa.org 

Additionally, oral public comment can be given on January 22, 2021 at the scheduled Tahoe Transportation Commission Board meeting. 

Please send your written opposition to Judy Weber, with the request that your written opposition be added to the public comment at the January 22, 2021 public meeting and that copies of your opposition be provided by Ms. Weber to the entire governing Board of TRPA.  This is critical and time sensitive.

Important COVID-19 update from Washoe County

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Washoe County Commissioner Marsha Berkbigler asked community members to stress the critical nature of the recent COVID-19 outbreak and share this information.

1.    The COVID situation in Washoe County, including Incline Village and Crystal Bay, is very serious because both Renown and St. Mary’s hospitals are full, Renown opened up one floor of beds in its garage and that is now full, and  patients are being taken to other facilities.  Additionally, some doctors and nurses are out with COVID, and therefore there are less medical personnel available to treat COVID cases than are needed.

2.    Commissioner Berkbigler reminds everyone of the Governor’s directives to shop by pickup and delivery wherever possible, and not to leave home for the next two weeks, except for essential travel and trips away from home.  She also urged that you limit gatherings, including holiday gatherings, to others in your household only.  Commissioner Berkbigler explains that if the COVID situation does not improve in the next 2 weeks, it is likely that the Governor will re-institute the closure rules which were in effect at the beginning of the COVID pandemic.

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Washoe County Health District Media Report
November 13, 2020

From: Oxarart, Scott
Sent: Friday, November 13, 2020 5:00 PM
To: Health – District <HealthDistrict@washoecounty.us>
Subject: COVID-19 Update & Media Report

Press Releases:

Media Coverage:

Inquiries/Interviews:

  • KRNV: Kenzie Margiott inquired about cases at schools
  • RGJ: Anjeanette asked if we experienced any issues at the POST due to the high winds. No.

WCHD Social Media Activity:

Scott Oxarart

Communications Manager | Washoe County Health District

soxarart@washoecounty.us | O: 775-328-2414 | C: 775-276-1021

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