KINGS BEACH, Calif. ‹ In what may figure as a crucial turning point in the
story of evolving development in the Lake Tahoe Basin, the fate of the
high-profile project to renovate the Tahoe Biltmore site figures to be
decided at today's Tahoe Regional Planning Agency governing board meeting.
The meeting begins at approximately 9:45 a.m. at the North Tahoe Event
Center. The morning session will be taken up by a presentation by the
project applicant and subsequent governing board member comment. The board
will then break for lunch. At approximately 1 p.m., the board will
reconvene and begin taking public testimony. After public testimony, the
board will vote.
The board will vote on three action items: whether to approve the Final
Environmental Impact Statement, whether to approve the code ordinance
amendments necessary to building the project applicant's preferred option
and whether to grant a construction permit to the project applicant.
Boulder Bay's preferred option to construct a 275-room hotel with a 10,000
square-foot casino, 59 whole-ownership units, 14 on-site affordable
housing units, 10 off-site affordable housing units, a spa and other
amenities, while also addressing outdated environmental concerns at the
Tahoe Biltmore site, in Crystal Bay, Nev.
The Sun will provide live coverage, via the Cover It Live program, all day
today, beginning at 10 a.m. Stay tuned.