Homewood draft EIS available for public comment and review

Public hearings scheduled for February

The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency has released for public review the draft environmental documents for a proposed all-season resort at Homewood Mountain Resort on Tahoe’s West Shore.

The plans call for hundreds of residential and hotel units along Highway 89, a two-lane road that already experiences significant summertime traffic gridlock. The project will include a 77-foot-tall lodge, and add 25,000 square feet of commercial space for a retail village. The project will increase Homewood's overall development footprint - called "hard coverage" - by an astounding 25 acres.

Read more about the League’s concerns on the project.

The draft EIR/EIS will be available for review and comment from January 21 and to March 21, 2011. Read the EIS at the TRPA’s website.

Public meetings and presentations are scheduled through February to provide a public venue for discussion of the DEIS. TRPA and Placer County are encouraging the public to be familiar with the documents and stay involved by providing input on this project.

Public hearings dates and times:

• TRPA Advisory Planning Commission
  February 9
  TRPA Board Rooms
  Stateline, NV

• TRPA Governing Board
  February 23
  The Chateau
  Incline Village, NV

• Placer County Planning Commission
  February 17
  Granlibakken Resort
  Tahoe City, CA

Written comments can be mailed to:

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
Homewood CEP
PO Box 5310
Stateline, NV 89449-5310
(775) 588-4547
Email: (Homewooddeiscomments@trpa.org)

Comments can be faxed to (775) 588-4527.

For general questions and concerns, please contact the TRPA Community Liaison:

Jeff Cowen
(775) 589-5278
Email: (jcowen@trpa.org)

Placer County Contact:

Maywan Krach, Community Development
Community Development Resource Agency
Environmental Coordination Services
3091 County Center Drive, Suite 190
Auburn, CA 95603
Phone: (530) 745-3132
Fax: (530) 745-3003
Email:(cdraecs@placer.ca.gov)