Public participates in the future look of South Lake Tahoe

Thirty community members joined the City's Planning Commissioners and staff Thursday afternoon to get a pulse on what is desired for the future look of South Lake Tahoe.

The audience was handed an electronic voting device to give their opinions on 46 photos of what they found the most desirable, and the least, concerning signage and building design, as well as landscaping,

Those at the first of two meetings gave a wide range of opinions, just as is evident in the town as a whole. What some people find as attractive, others find as too resort-like.

The City of South Lake Tahoe has engaged the public in several areas from the master plans to road construction. The meeting Thursday was another attempt to get people involved in community vision.

Planning staff is creating a visual guideline for projects in the city, something that will take the verbiage of code and make it easier to understand and visualize. Public comment will be used in this guide.

For those that missed the meeting there is a chance to take the same survey on line at www.surveymonkey.com/r/csltdesignguidelinesmeeting1. It will remain active until January 28 at midnight. City staff will take the results and create a draft document that will be presented at another public meeting on Wednesday, February 17 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at City Hall, located at 1901 Airport Road in South Lake Tahoe.