FEIS - Tahoe Regional Planning Agency

RESPONSE TO COMMENTS ON THE DEIS
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
maintenance of the system with funding responsibilities to be based on percent
contribution of runoff to the site.
Comment 363-d: Comment Summary - Recommend that Inspection, Operations and Maintenance Plan
be referred to in the FEIS. Specific protocols with respect to onsite stormwater
management are documented in a step-by-step manual. IOMP should include
fertilizer management component. It would be beneficial to use phosphorous-free
fertilizer once vegetation has been established. Assumption should be confirmed with
a botanist/soil scientist.
The Inspection, Maintenance and Monitoring Plan will be based on the selected
Alternative and submitted to TRPA for review and approval during project
permitting. The Inspection, Maintenance and Monitoring Plan is a compliance
measure that is included as standard practice of the Project. The Plan will be
developed for the selected Alternative through an RFP Process that includes a third
party agreement between TRPA, Boulder Bay and a consultant. This detailed plan
will be based on Chapter 6 of the DEIS but can be tailored to the outcome of the
Governing Board hearings that will decide the final design of the Project, if
approved. The Plan is added as SP-10 in Chapter 6 in the FEIS for clarification. The
Fertilizer Plan is included in the project as SP-8 and discussed in Chapter 2 on page
2-17 and 2-26. Impact HYDRO-1 discusses the fertilizer and irrigation use on pages
4.3-35.
Comment 363-e: Comment Summary: VMT baseline conditions are established assuming full
operational capacity of the Tahoe Biltmore but there is no discussion if Biltmore is or
ever has operated at full capacity. This needs be clarified because if it is not
operating at full capacity the VMT analysis should then feature a comparison of
Alternative with respect to both existing and baseline conditions.
A discussion of the operational capacity of the Tahoe Biltmore is provided in the
Environmental Setting section of Chapter 4.8 of the DEIS. Table 4.8-4 shows the
operational capacity in terms revenue from 1999 to 2008. Table 4.8-20 provides a
comparison of the level of service results for existing conditions (based on the traffic
counts), baseline conditions (Alternative A), and existing plus project (Alternative B,
C, D, and E) conditions.
Please refer to Master Response 2, which compares the Proposed Project and
Alternatives to an alternative existing baseline.
8.6 RESPONSE TO ORAL COMMENTS RECEIVED AT DEIS
HEARINGS
Comments received during the public hearings on the DEIS are summarized below in italics text followed
by a response to the comment in non-italicized text.
NOVEMBER 18, 2009 TRPA GOVERNING BOARD HEARING
Speaker 1 – Ronald (Last Name Not Recorded)
Comment 1-a: Comment Summary – Wonders if there is support for all of the development density.
Many other Crystal Bay projects are not successfully maintaining their sites – even
the fire station. Worried about the precedence for future growth.
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