South Shore gets chance to comment on final draft of Lake Tahoe Regional Plan Update

Public comment will be taken today, Thursday, Nov. 15 on the final draft of the Regional Plan Update prepared by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency.

The joint meeting of the Advisory Planning Commission and the Governing Board will be held at Harveys Lake Tahoe in Stateline. The meeting will include recommendations from the Regional Plan Update Committee on possible new proposals to the Regional Plan Update discussed in committee the day before. Public comment on the final draft documents will begin at 1 p.m. The Board is expected to take action on the Plan on December 12.

“The Regional Plan Update is the result of extensive public input and we’re committed to seeing that it meets environmental and community needs,” said Joanne S. Marchetta, Executive Director of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. “We invite members of the public to give us their final thoughts on the Plan.”

All Regional Plan Update final documents as well as the Governing Board agenda and packet are available on the TRPA website. TRPA staff will have USB thumb drives available for purchase at the November Governing Board meetings that contain the final draft Regional Plan Update and associated documents for a cost of $15 each. The Governing Board is scheduled to take action on the Regional Plan Update at its December 12 meeting at Harveys Lake Tahoe in Stateline.

“Over 5,000 people have weighed in on the vision for the Regional Plan Update over the last five years," said Norma Santiago, El Dorado County Supervisor and Governing Board Chair. ”It is exciting to see us so close to the finish line.”

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