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TRPA presents Tahoe Living plans; South Lake Tahoe council presses on fee design and credits
Summary
TRPA outlined a three-phase Tahoe Living housing strategy and a regional mobility mitigation fee funded largely by local taxes; South Lake Tahoe council members pressed staff on how fees affect rehabilitation vs. new projects, the five-year credit/look-back period and whether fee credits should be extended or spread over time.
John Hester, chief operating officer of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, told the South Lake Tahoe City Council that TRPA's Tahoe Living initiative is a three-phase effort to make housing development more feasible across the basin and to update transportation funding tools. "Phase 3 is where we are now," Hester said, describing work packages that will go through additional public meetings, advisory commission review and environmental analysis.
Hester framed the mobility mitigation fee as a predictable, standardized tool for developers and jurisdictions to mitigate transportation impacts. He said the fee is part of a funding mix that typically relies on local sources—or about 42% of regional transportation funding (transient occupancy tax, improvement districts, gas and sales taxes,…
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