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
Comment 322-bq: Comment Summary - Analyze the environmental and social impacts of transferring
TAUs from South Shore to North Shore.
The impacts at the north shore project area and the potential impacts from sending
sites were analyzed in the DEIS. The basis of the Regional Plan is the transfer of
development rights. The local jurisdiction approved the sending of TAUs out of their
jurisdiction. The NSCP is a receiving area for Development Rights and TAUs.
Since this was stated and analyzed in the DEIS, please refer to Chapters 2, 4.1, and 5
of the DEIS.
Comment 322-br: Comment Summary - Is the developer in contract to purchase adequate water rights.
IVGID requires that new projects obtain and dedicate new or additional water rights
to meet projected project demand and prior to construction demonstrate that
sufficient water is available to serve the Project. As stated on page 4.12-13 of the
DEIS, Boulder Bay has identified and is able to secure available water rights for
purchase from a private land holder in addition to the existing water rights allotments
owned by and supplied by IVGID for parcels 123-052-04, 123-053-04, 123-042-01
and 123-042-01, which total 41.77 acre-feet (shown in table 4.12-1). Comment
letter 126 documents the willingness of the private landowner to sell water rights to
Boulder Bay.
Comment 322-bs: Comment Summary - No comparison of land capability gains or losses due to
reconfiguration of open space.
Park and open space lands will be sited on the Sierra Park parcels that are comprised
of 39,794 square feet of LCD 4, 63,111 square feet of LCD 2 and 163,120 square feet
of LCD 1a (see DEIS Appendix D for project area calculations and Appendix AD for
calculations by parcel). Verified existing land coverage on the parcels consists of
70,229 square feet of LCD 1a banked with TRPA. Of this 70,229 square feet of
banked land coverage, 15,561 square feet under Alternative C and 20,621 square feet
under Alternative D will be used for land coverage associated with a proposed hiking
trail (a portion of which will be ADA compliant) and a parking area. Remaining land
coverage banked on the Sierra Park parcels will be relocated to higher LCDs 2 and 4,
which is permissible according to TPRA Code Section 20.5.C, or permanently retired
as detailed in mitigation measure GEO-1. Impact GEO-1 presents a detailed
comparison of TRPA land coverage, which by definition is described by land
capability. Impact HYDRO-1 identifies benefits associated with open space and
public parks on surface water quality, while impact HYDRO-3 relates open space and
land coverage reductions to decreases in stormwater runoff volumes. Impact REC-1
details the existing and proposed (reconfiguration inferred) open space and park
acreage by Alternative (see Table 4.6-3).
Comment 322-bt: Comment Summary - Massing study on Mariner parcel is needed.
Please see response to comment 93-g.
Comment 322-bu: Comment Summary - Is there adequate fire storage to accommodate this project
without construction of a new tank?
IVGID has indicated there is sufficient capacity, even with additional water rights to
be used onsite.
Comment 322-bv: Comment Summary - Does IVGID meet fire flow requirements as delineated in
Chapter 27.3B of the TRPA Code.
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