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LAKE TAHOE - Staff members of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency are reviewing the progress of nine projects that submitted pre-applications for the Community Enhancement Program last February.
In its approval last year, the TRPA Governing Board’s resolution said that the commodities reserved for the projects would expire on Feb. 25 of this year unless the projects showed significant progress.
In that case, the reservation of commodities would be extended.
“Adequate progress is something we are still going to have to hash out as far as what that entails,” said TRPA Spokesman Dennis Oliver. “Some of these projects have applications through the door, some are in project review and some already have an environmental document in the works. In others, the property owner may still be doing a lot of work but is still pre-application.”
According to Oliver’s records two of the projects, Boulder Bay in Crystal Bay and Homewood in Placer County, have submitted applications and have begun the process of an environmental impact statement. Two more, BB LLC and Domus, also in Placer County, have submitted applications but have not begun an EIS. The final five projects Ferrari, KB Resorts and Pastore Ryan in Placer County and Former Mikasa and South Y Kmart/Raleys in South Lake Tahoe have not submitted project applications.
“There is a lot of work you have to do before you reach the application submittal stage,” Oliver said.
In the next few weeks TRPA staff will work with the project owners to get an account of the progress made in the last year.
“We’ll use that information to make a recommendation to the board,” Oliver said.
One of the CEP projects on the North Shore is Boulder Bay, a proposed resort on the Tahoe Biltmore and former Tahoe Mariner sites in Crystal Bay.
Project Manager Brian Helm said Boulder Bay is not worried about receiving an extension for its reservation of commodities.
“We’re continuing to work on all these pieces and make good progress,” Helm said.
The reservation of commodities does not guarantee the projects items like commercial floor area, tourist accommodation units or multi-residential bonus units. The projects will still have to apply for these commodities when they present their projects to the TRPA Governing Board, Oliver said.
In its approval last year, the TRPA Governing Board’s resolution said that the commodities reserved for the projects would expire on Feb. 25 of this year unless the projects showed significant progress.
In that case, the reservation of commodities would be extended.
“Adequate progress is something we are still going to have to hash out as far as what that entails,” said TRPA Spokesman Dennis Oliver. “Some of these projects have applications through the door, some are in project review and some already have an environmental document in the works. In others, the property owner may still be doing a lot of work but is still pre-application.”
According to Oliver’s records two of the projects, Boulder Bay in Crystal Bay and Homewood in Placer County, have submitted applications and have begun the process of an environmental impact statement. Two more, BB LLC and Domus, also in Placer County, have submitted applications but have not begun an EIS. The final five projects Ferrari, KB Resorts and Pastore Ryan in Placer County and Former Mikasa and South Y Kmart/Raleys in South Lake Tahoe have not submitted project applications.
“There is a lot of work you have to do before you reach the application submittal stage,” Oliver said.
In the next few weeks TRPA staff will work with the project owners to get an account of the progress made in the last year.
“We’ll use that information to make a recommendation to the board,” Oliver said.
One of the CEP projects on the North Shore is Boulder Bay, a proposed resort on the Tahoe Biltmore and former Tahoe Mariner sites in Crystal Bay.
Project Manager Brian Helm said Boulder Bay is not worried about receiving an extension for its reservation of commodities.
“We’re continuing to work on all these pieces and make good progress,” Helm said.
The reservation of commodities does not guarantee the projects items like commercial floor area, tourist accommodation units or multi-residential bonus units. The projects will still have to apply for these commodities when they present their projects to the TRPA Governing Board, Oliver said.
