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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency released final documents for the Regional Plan Update in late October. The Update includes incentives to move development from sensitive l...

The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency will release the final draft of the Regional Plan Update and associated documents during the two-day Governing Board meeting taking place on Wednesday, October 24 at the North Tahoe Event Center in Kings Beach, and Thursday, October 25 at Harvey’s Lake Tahoe in Stateline.

I recently heard a progress report at the South Lake City Council meeting on the Regional Plan Update. As an advocate for strong and responsible local government planning in cities in California, I...

The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency staff have been on a roll of fitness-related activities over the last few weeks with participation in the Tough Mudder event, the Lake Tahoe Marathon, and other challenges.

The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency would like to invite the community to its Community Appreciation Day Open House and Lake Spirit Awards on Thursday, September 27 from 4 – 7 p.m. at the TRPA offices at 128 Market Street in Stateline.
This year’s theme is “Making Progress” and will focus on the Regional Plan Update and the 5th anniversary of the Angora Wildfire. Partners include the Tahoe Science Consortium who will show a pictorial display of the Angora Wildfire and restoration efforts.

LAKE TAHOE - The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency is hosting its first-ever webinar on the Regional Plan Update in order to reach people that have not yet had an opportunity to engage on the issues. ...

The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s Regional Plan Update took a major step forward with the Governing Board affirming, in a straw vote, the recommendations of the Plan Update Committee to incorporate a package of revisions into a final plan and accompanying documents.

The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency will host its first-ever webinar Aug. 29 on the Lake Tahoe Regional Plan Update in order to reach people that have not yet had an opportunity to engage on the issues. The webinar runs from noon to 1 p.m., is free and open to the public.

“Well, you are it,” said California Governor Jerry Brown and Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval to John Laird and Leo Drozdoff in August 2011, referring to the leadership role they were being asked to take on the states involvement in the Tahoe Regional Plan update. John Laird, California Natural Resources Secretary and Leo Drozdoff, Nevada Department of Conservation Director have made building a positive rapport between the states of Nevada and California a priority for the past year.

No fanfare. No high fives. Not even a story in the local press.Yet an unprecedented moment in Lake Tahoe history transpired last week that may shape the Tahoe Basin for decades to come. That moment...

The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, Regional Plan Update Committee, received on August 2nd 2012 the California-Nevada Consultation, Regional Plan Update Recommendations presented by Nevada Director of Conservation and Natural Resources, Leo Drozdoff and California Secretary for Natural Resources, John Laird. Following is a 6-minute segment of their remarks compiled from their 30-minute presentation. The segment opens with John Laird speaking about “the plan”— meaning the Tahoe Regional Plan.

UPDATED: As Lake Tahoe continues to earn the respectable distinction of having bicycle-friendly communities, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency will host experts from two well-established cities to discuss ways the basin can improve its trails and paths.
The TRPA has invited bicycle community planners from Portland, Oregon and Park City, Utah for a community speaker panel today, Thursday, July 26, from 5 to 8 p.m. at Lake Tahoe Community College in the Board Room. A similar speaker panel was held on Wednesday at Kings Beach.

The initial comment period on the environmental study of the Lake Tahoe Regional Plan Update will close Thursday after a special two-day meeting of the Governing Board. However, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agencyencourages public input on the draft policy updates now and throughout the summer and fall as the update heads for a final decision by the TRPA Governing Board in December, according to the Agency.

The initial comment period on the environmental study of the Lake Tahoe Regional Plan Update will close next week at a special two-day meeting of the Governing Board June 27 and 28. However, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency is encouraging public input on the draft policy updates now and throughout the summer and fall as the update heads for a final decision by the TRPA Governing Board this December, according to the Agency.
The RPU fact sheet is below.

The North and South Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce leaders at Lake Tahoe have joined together to launch a Region-wide public participation campaign to harness the groundswell of support for a new vision to restore and revitalize the Basin. Called TahoeFuture.org, the campaign will focus, over the next 8 months, on two critical land-use and transportation plans that create a blueprint for a revitalized Lake Tahoe.

The public is invited to attend the Tahoe Valley Area Plan Workshop this afternoon at 3 p.m. in the South Lake Tahoe City Council Chambers located at 1901 Airport Road.
The City of South Lake Tahoe Planning Commission will host the public workshop on the Tahoe Valley Area Plan. Come see how past efforts on the Tahoe Valley Community Plan will be the basis for completing an Area Plan as envisioned in the TRPA Regional Plan Update.

The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board passed a resolution in support of Lake Tahoe Wildfire Awareness Week and thanked the Tahoe Basin Fire Chiefs for their service during a ceremony at their May 26 Governing Board meeting.

The plan for how the Lake Tahoe Basin will look in the next 20 years is contained in thousands of pages released by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency last month.And several public meetings next we...

As a result of a citizen survey in which 74 percent of South Lake Tahoe residents responded that the city's overall appearance is “poor or fair” local leaders have recognized a compelling need to restore and improve the visual quality of the community and will step up code enforcement.

Some seven years, countless meetings and 2,500 pages later, the TRPA draft regional plan and supporting documents are finally ready for your reading enjoyment. While not the action-packed read of a Harry Potter or dark pleasure of "Fifty Shades of Grey," the four tomes of the TRPA holds some unexpected plot twists.

Key among those surprises is the Threshold Evaluation Study, a report I consider the prelude to the Regional Plan because understanding what worked well environmentally after the 1987 Regional Plan helps inform us what needs attention in the new plan.

STATELINE – Sixty days. That’s how long people have to review and comment on the environmental documents associated with the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s Regional Plan update as well as the transportation update.