Posts under ‘Civics’

From a member of the Washoe Valley Working Group:
“As it says in the flyer,  the East Washoe Valley working group & the West Washoe Homeowners Association have hired a private attorney, Tom Hall, to represent Washoe Valley citizens’ interests in  two lawsuits regarding the TMSA application for municipal sewer and water that could, & probably [...]

The Sierra Fire Protection District has just learned that it will receive $2 million dollars of federal stimulus money for a new fire station in the Arrowcreek neighborhood of southwest Reno according to this article in the Sacramento Bee. The SFPD serves a 214 square mile area of the eastern Sierra (Carson Range) which includes [...]

The South Valleys Area Plan was approved by the
Regional Planning Governing Board
on May 14, 2009
Highlights:
•    Strong vision and mission statements to maintain the rural character
of Washoe Valley
•    One house per five acres for East Washoe Valley including
Ophir Lake Properties (no specific plan for Mr. Weston)
•    One house per ten acres for West Washoe Valley with [...]

We drove by Incline Lake the other day and noticed it was drained. It has since been mentioned in the media. Recently, the feds spent $46 million for a property with the major feature, and presumably the majority of the value, of an alpine lake. Now, after paying a premium for a lake, the feds [...]

According to emails we’ve received, the South Valley’s Area Plan was passed by the County Commissioners at their last meeting on April 8th. Don’t know the particulars but we hear the Washoe Valley Working Group folks put on a great presentation. Word is that the Regional Planning Board will consider it again in May.
If anyone [...]

This News 4 article is mostly about driving safely in NDOT construction zones but mentions that “US 395 from Pagni Lane to Bowers Mansion Road: Resurface roadway beginning in July and completed in November.” Pagni Road is in the south end of Pleasant Valley and Bowers Mansion Road is, umm, right over, uh, dunno. Do [...]

Washoe County asks for your cooperation in the following matter:
(see posts above for suggestions from residents)

“Additional State CDBG Grant Opportunity–
With the addition of stimulus funding there will be an additional funding round for the state CDBG program this spring. There is approximately $1,000,000 in funds available for this second round of grant funds.  Due to [...]

Sarah Tone, County Outreach Coordinator for the Citizen’s Advisory Board (CAB) process, sends in these items:
§         A workshop on the draft Administrative Ordinance will be held on April 21. The event will be held at Bartley Ranch in the Ranch House. The meet will begin no earlier that 6 pm.  The date for the draft [...]

Sarah Tone, County Outreach Coordinator for the Citizen’s Advisory Board (CAB) process, sent these clarifications on march’s CAB meeting:
Regarding the South Valley ’s Area Plan, Washoe County is filing a letter of objection with the Regional Planning Commission (RPC). The letter will outline the reasons for conformance to the regional plan. The RPC approved the [...]

Neither the Washoe County Sheriff’s Dpt. nor the Reno Fire Dpt. were there, so no report.
Suzie Rogers, the Public Safety Officer reported her dpt. is the office you get when you call 911.  If it’s a fire or safety issue, they transfer the call to the South Dispatch Office, 832-4110. She informed us that if [...]