Sierra Watch has lost the first round in it's fight against Squaw Valley Ski Holdings (SVSH) county approved plan to greatly expand the size of the Village at Squaw Valley. The lawsuit claims that the Placer County Board of Supervisors violated the State of California Brown Act when SVSH agreed to pay a $440,000 Air Quality Mitigation Fee to the Tahoe Regional Planing Agency (TRPA) and that Continue Reading
Final Environmental Impact Report for the Village at Squaw Valley Specific Plan
Placer County released a Final Environmental Impact Report (Final EIR) for the Village at Squaw Valley Specific Plan on April 7, 2016. An electronic copy of the Final EIR and the final draft Specific Plan are available online at the Placer County website: http://www.placer.ca.gov/departments/communitydevelopment/envcoordsvcs/eir/villageatsquawvalley Due to the regional significance of the Continue Reading
Revised Village at Squaw Valley Specific Plan as of April 1, 2016
On April 1st the revised Village at Squaw Valley Specific Plan was posted on the Placer County website. The plan is for 1493 additional bedrooms in 850 new dwelling units with 108 ft. as the maximum height of any of the buildings. The plan also calls for 150 bedrooms for employee housing on the East Parcel across from the Squaw Valley Academy near the entrance to the Valley. The Draft EIR for Continue Reading
Village at Squaw Valley Expansion – Draft Environmental Impact Report
The Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) on the proposed expansion of the Village at Squaw Valley was released on May 18, 2015. This release starts the 60 day Public Comment period, which will expire on July 17, 2015. This expansion proposal, if approved, would have significant environmental impacts on the valley according to the EIR. The Specific Plan proposes the construction of 850 Continue Reading
Development Boom in the Lake Tahoe and Truckee Area
Subsequent to our November 24th blog post—Full Steam Ahead on North Lake Tahoe /Truckee Development—Moonshine Ink published an article on the development boom in the North Lake Tahoe/Truckee area that lists 12 major development projects and provides details and updates of those projects. The proposals include modification of ski resort master plans, commercial and residential developments as well Continue Reading
Squaw Valley Ski Holdings Challenges Incorporation With $253,000
The Incorporate Olympic Valley movement has encountered opposition from Squaw Valley Ski Holdings, owners of the Squaw Valley ski area and 51% of Alpine Meadows, and Save Olympic Valley(SOV), an alliance of residents, property owners and businesses in the valley. On their website and in regularly appearing full page advertisements in the local newspapers Save Olympic Valley has expressed doubt Continue Reading
Water Resources are Sufficient to Support Village Expansion
The draft Village at Squaw Valley Specific Plan Water Supply Assessment was presented to the Squaw Valley Public Service District (SVPSD) Board of Directors on Tuesday, June 24, 2014. The conclusion of that report is that the aquifers in Olympic Valley can supply the water needs of both the expected increase use of water by the proposed Village at Squaw Valley Expansion project and other future Continue Reading
Video Interview with IOV Board Members Dr. Fred Ilfeld and Tom Day
Miles Clark from SnowBrains.com interviewed Dr. Fred Ilfeld and Tom Day, Board Member of Incorporate Olympic Valley (IOV), on May 19th, 2014. As you know, if you have been following my Blog Posts, the controversy over both the grass roots movement to incorporate Olympic Valley and Squaw Valley Ski Holdings (SVSH) plans to expand the Village at Squaw Valley has heated up and become very Continue Reading
Controversy Over Village at Squaw Valley Expansion and Incorporate Olympic Valley Heating Up
It appears that the battle lines are being drawn and the supporters and those opposed to these two closely linked important proposals are taking their positions and making them publicly known. How are these two proposals linked? Many say that the Incorporate Olympic Valley committee was formed to stop the Village at Squaw Valley expansion, others say it was formed to control the development. Continue Reading
Disparate Views on the Village at Squaw Valley Expansion Plan
The comment period on the Notice of Preparation (NOP) for the Village at Squaw Valley expansion proposal ended on March 24th. Approximately 50 comments were received. Issues raised in these comments include noise impact both during and after construction, water supply availability, traffic, and obstruction of mountain views. These are the same complaints raised in response to this project since Continue Reading
