FEIS - Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
FEIS - Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
FEIS - Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
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RESPONSE TO COMMENTS ON THE DEIS<br />
B o u l d e r B a y C o m m u n i t y E n h a n c e m e n t P r o g r a m P r o j e c t E I S<br />
Cumulatively, when considering the proposed export of NSCP TAUs from the <strong>Tahoe</strong><br />
Inn site for the Homewood Mountain Resort Master Plan, the increase in TAUs<br />
within the NSCP as a result of the Boulder Bay Alternative C would be equal to 50<br />
units (e.g., 139 TAUs are proposed to be transferred to Homewood).<br />
Comment 322-fg: Comment Summary - 2-16 Confirm whether 17 TAU's are proposed to come from the<br />
Mariner/Sierra Park parcels. Under what circumstances can they be converted back<br />
to TAU's from CFA. How does this effect the overall entitlements allocated to<br />
Mariner site?<br />
Multi-family residential units proposed in Building A are located on the former<br />
Mariner site (24 units under Alt C and 21 units under Alt D) in addition to a portion<br />
of the proposed TAUs located in Buildings B and C. The exact numbers of TAUs<br />
located in the former Mariner site differ by Alternative C and D, but would be<br />
approximately 28 for Alternative C and 35 for Alternative D.<br />
The DEIS discusses the potential use of up to 17 TAUs from the Mariner/Sierra Park<br />
parcels for the development proposed in the former <strong>Tahoe</strong> Mariner site on page 2-16<br />
and page 4.1-23. Since the circulation of the DEIS, Boulder Bay has decided to<br />
forgo the proposed conversion of CFA into TAUs as analyzed in the DEIS in Chapter<br />
4.1. As such, Boulder Bay will be required to use 96 (up from 79 reported in the<br />
DEIS) of the 148 TAUs that are available to Boulder Bay for transfer to the project<br />
area from Washoe and El Dorado counties. Therefore, the CFA banked on the<br />
Mariner/Sierra Park parcels will remain banked as CFA. The transfer of up to 96 of<br />
the offsite TAUs to the project area will not result in significant impacts, as the<br />
analysis for Alternative D considered the possible transfer of 139 TAUs into the<br />
NSCP from Washoe and El Dorado counties and concluded that the impacts were<br />
less than significant.<br />
Comment 322-fh: Comment Summary - Provide breakdown of market rate allocations and if they are<br />
part of a bonus for being a CEP or if they were units purchased from private sources.<br />
Please see response to comment 322-ff.<br />
Comment 322-fi: Comment Summary - What is the monetary value of all the entitlements given to the<br />
developer as part of being CEP? Is project receiving bonus allocations for market<br />
rate housing?<br />
Monetary values are not required information in an EIS. Addition of this information<br />
does not alter the environmental analysis or conclusions. Under Alternative C CEP<br />
bonus allocations are used for employee housing and bonus TAUs from the NSCP<br />
Pool and TRPA Special Project Pool are applied to the hotel units. Bonus allocations<br />
would not be applied to Alternative C market rate housing. Under Alternative D,<br />
existing and purchased ERUs will be applied to the whole ownership units, CEP<br />
bonus allocations will be applied to the 8 employee housing units, and some of the<br />
bonus TAUs from the NSCP Pool or TRPA Special Project Pool may be applied to<br />
the timeshare units.<br />
Comment 322-fj: Comment Summary - Was the Colony Inn purchased by Boulder Bay or is it part of<br />
the bonus pool for the CEP?<br />
Boulder Bay purchased 42 TAUs from the owner of The Colony Inn that were<br />
located within SEZ. Boulder Bay also purchased 10 TAUs from the owner of The<br />
Colony Inn that were not located within SEZ. Each of these TAUs is available for<br />
transfer to the Boulder Bay project area. The restoration of the SEZ TAUs enables<br />
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