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TRPA outlines EIS scoping for housing-focused policy changes; residents press for wildfire and cumulative-impact analysis
Summary
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) planners briefed the Washoe County Community Advisory Board on a programmatic Environmental Impact Statement scoping period for policy changes to support workforce housing; residents urged priority study of wildfire evacuation and cumulative impacts from recent phase 2 approvals and large projects. Comments on scope are due March 16.
At a Washoe County Community Advisory Board meeting, Jacob Straub, a senior planner with the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA), explained that TRPA's governing board in January authorized a programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to study a package of policy and code changes intended to speed and lower the cost of workforce housing while maintaining the agency's environmental thresholds. Straub said the public scoping period runs through March 16 and that the EIS will analyze a suite of resource areas, including land use, water quality, scenic quality, transportation, public safety and hazards such as wildfire and evacuation.
"An EIS is our highest level of environmental analysis at TRPA," Straub said, describing the EIS as the "envelope or the sandbox of study for potential policy and code changes" and emphasizing that scoping comments will shape what is studied. He told the board that comments…
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