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CITY OF SOUTH LAKE TAHOE NEWSLETTER Celebrating our 50th Anniversary! CA IA LIFORN May 2015 / Volume 4 / Issue 5
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The City of South Lake Tahoe is excited to announce SpeakUp SLT (www.speakupslt.org), a new online community engagement platform that Speak-Up SLT allows citizens to provide feedback and help to prioritize community issues that are most important to them. SpeakUp SLT will combine the power of social AMGEN Tour innovation and crowdsourcing with an online forum to prioritize projects and Promotion at Fire Department make the best decisions for our community. Citizens can vote on, comment on, and share other citizens’ ideas, as well as Open House for EMS Week their own. ABC Licensee Training SpeakUp SLT is a way to become informed about ongoing Projects, join in on Discussions, create/share/vote on citizen-generated Ideas, and connect with Single Room Occupancy others that 2015 Construction Schedule share your interests. Check out SpeakUp SLT and join the discussion today! Fix-Up 50
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Take the Wellness Challenge
The 2015 Amgen Tour of California Women’s Blood Drive Invitation Time Trial will host 20 of the world’s South Tahoe Action Teams best riders on Friday and Saturday, May 8th and 9th in South Lake Tahoe. The 74-mile stage starts Golf Course Opening and ends at the Heavenly Mountain Resort in South Lake Tahoe. This will be the rst time the City’s 50th Anniversary! race will leave the boundaries of California with a 28-mile foray into Nevada. The clockwise loop around the perimeter of Lake Tahoe provides a bit of everything a race should have: twisting descents, fast straights, two challenging QOMs and stunning views. For more information go to Facebook/O cial www.amgentourofcalifornia.com cityofsouthlaketahoe www.cityofslt.us UTH LA SO KE F T O A H Y O T I E C 50 th 1965 2015
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Calendar at a Glance City Council Meeting Congratulation to Brenen Davis who was May 5 promoted to Fire Engineer/Paramedic with the 9 am Council Chambers South Lake Tahoe Fire Department on April 28th. Brenen began his career with the SLTFD as a AMGEN Tour of CA Reserve Fire ghter in 2002 and was hired in 2004. May 8 & 9 Brenen’s list of accomplishments include; Field Heavenly Mountain Resort Training O cer for our agency, Deer eld Lodge Fire, multiple letters of appreciation from the Mental Health Awareness Week public, Long Valley Fire and Angora Fire. Brenen May 10-16 has been married to his wife Liz for 3 years and they have 2 dogs, Kula and Sol. Parks & Rec Commission Meeting May 14 3 pm Council Chambers In celebration of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Planning Commission Meeting Week, May 17-23, 2015, the South Lake Tahoe Fire May 14 Department will be hosting an Open House on 3 pm Council Chambers Saturday, May 23rd at Fire Station #3 located at 2101 Lake Tahoe Blvd. from 10am to 2pm. Fire ghters will 50th Anniversary Open House be providing CPR demonstrations and answering May 14 questions about emergency response. The Open 2 pm Police Dept. House will be a fun family friendly event featuring food and activities for the entire family. Support Blood Drive your local re department and thank them for their May 15 service to our community. 11 am SLT Fire Station #3
City Council Meeting May 19 9 am Council Chambers The South Lake Tahoe Police Department would like to invite business owners (with an ABC license) and their employees to attend a free seminar Tahoe Talks presented by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control on Thursday, Bike’s Impact on Economy May 28th, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, at the City Council Chambers at the May 20 South Lake Tahoe Airport, 1901 Airport Road. LTCC, Aspen Room The LEAD (Licensee Education on Alcohol and Drugs) seminar will give you: • Information on what is acceptable I.D.; the best way to check I.D.; how EMS Week Open House to refuse service; signs and prevention of illicit drug activity, and more May 23 • The facts about your criminal, civil, and ABC liability 10 am SLT Fire Station #3 • An update on California alcohol laws Contact O cer John Spaeth at (530) 542-6100 or [email protected] with Memorial Day Holiday any questions. May 25 City O ces Closed www.cityofslt.uswww.cityofslt.usPage 2 May 2015 / Volume 4 / Issue 5
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The City of South Lake Tahoe recognizes that for certain residents, quality City Hall 542-6000 a ordable housing has been di cult to obtain. In recent years many older hotel/motel properties have responded to the demand for lower income, Airport 542-6182 Bijou Golf 542-6097 workforce housing by converting their use from transient lodging to long Building dept. 542-6010 term living facilities. Although this has ful lled some of the demand for Business License 542-6012 a ordable housing, the conditions in these converted motel rooms are Campground 542-6096 typically well below housing code standards for long term living facilities. City Attorney’s office 542-6046 City Clerk’s office 542-6003 This is due to a combination of deferred maintenance and lack of design Explore Tahoe 542-4637 standards. Fire non-emergency 542-6160 Fire Station #1 542-6161 Fire Station #2 542-6162 Fire Station #3 542-6163 Human Resources 542-6050 Ice Arena 544-7465 Rec/Swim Complex 542-6056 Attendees at April Planning dept. 542-6020 22nd workshop Police non-emergency 542-6100 Public Works dept. 542-6034 Senior Center 542-6094 Snow Removal 542-6030 Stormwater Hotline 544-1910 South Lake Tahoe City Council The Council of the City of South Lake Tahoe is now poised to enact a Single Room Occupancy (SRO) ordinance that will implement common sense Mayor Hal Cole regulations for the use of hotel/motel rooms as quality transitional housing. [email protected] Mayor Pro Tem Wendy David Current estimates are that approximately 58 hotels/motels are engaging in [email protected] the business of long term occupancy of their rooms. The goal of this SRO Councilmember Tom Davis ordinance is to legitimize this use, increase the standard of living for the [email protected] occupants of these units and improve overall community appearance. Councilmember JoAnn Conner [email protected] The City Council discussed the proposed Single Room Occupancy Councilmember Austin Sass Ordinance at the March 3, 2015 meeting. Community members attended a [email protected] community workshop about the ordinance on April 22, 2015, and provided feedback. The rst reading of the SRO ordinance is scheduled for the June 2, 2015 City Council meeting. If an SRO Ordinance is adopted, regulations would take e ect 30 days after adoption. The current draft ordinance would require hotels/motels in long term use to obtain building permits and register for the SRO program within sixty (60) days of the ordinance’s e ective date, and completed construction within twelve (12) months. For more information, go online to www.cityofslt.us/sro www.cityofslt.us Page 3 UTH LA SO KE F T O A H Y O T I E C 50 th 1965 2015
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2015 Construction Schedule
The Public Works department released the proposed capital construction projects schedule at the April 21st City Council meeting which is listed on the right.
In an effort to help make our City more attractive City staff is focus- ing attention on excessive and unpermitted signage. Most signs in the City require a permit with specific limitations on sign size and design. Businesses with a permitted sign do not need to do anything. Businesses with unpermitted signs should contact the City’s Plan- ning Division to determine if their signs require a permit or not. Examples of unpermitted signs typically include signs added to the sides of buildings, sandwich boards displayed during times when they are not allowed, temporary signs, and various miscellaneous signs on buildings may not be permitted. For more information contact the City Planning Department for sign permits at (530) 542-6010. Code Enforcement staff will issue citations to violators who have not acted upon the warning. Further, we will remove all signs which were not removed voluntarily to retain as evidence of the violation.
Work has begun on a $25 million project from the "Y" junction with U.S. Highway 50 in South Lake Tahoe to Cascade Road, north of Camp Richardson. Curb, gutter and sidewalks will be added in the 1.1-mile four-lane section, and the highway will be widened in the two-lane section to Visitor Center Road to provide 4-foot paved shoulders on each side. Drainage systems are also being built and the roadway will be resurfaced. Completion is expected by spring 2017.
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Congratulations to the March Wellness Challenge winner Nick Edge! Take part in the May Wellness Challenge with Basketball! Each month a di erent activity will be o ered for community members to experience such as weight lifting, lap swim- ming, cardio machines, playing basketball, playing ping pong, climbing the travers- ing wall, etc. Included each month will be information on general tness tips to increase product knowledge and safety. For more information call 530-542-6056 ~ Get Fit, Get Well, Be Challenged!
South Lake Tahoe Fire Department Blood Drive The South Lake Tahoe Fire Department will be hosting its rst Blood Drive on Friday, May 15th from 11am to 3:30pm at Fire Station #3 located at 2101 Lake Tahoe Blvd. To schedule an appointment, contact Kim George at (530) 307-9596 or log on to www.BloodHero.com, select “Donate Blood” and enter sponsor code: SLTF.
The City of South Lake Tahoe is now accepting applications for the Summer 2015 South Tahoe Action Team. STAT will be held on four (4) consec- utive Thursday’s from 6-8pm beginning June 4, 2015 and running through June 25, 2015. To enroll, complete the STAT Application and return to Fire Station #1. Participants are required to complete an application by May 28 at 5:00pm. This program is designed to incorporate trained citizens in the eld with the South Lake Tahoe Fire Department and other rst responders during times of crisis. This is the rst program of its kind in the Tahoe Basin.
Opening Day of the 2015 Season at Bijou Municipal Golf Course is scheduled for Friday, May 15th at 6:30 am. Greens fees for locals are $15.00 and $17.00 for non-residents. The Bijou Golf Course is located at 3464 Fairway Avenue and more information is located online at www.cityofslt.us/golf
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CA IA LIFORN 50th Anniversary Join us as we celebrate the Past, Present and Future throughout 2015!
City Open Houses Police Department - May 14, 2015 Parks & Recreation & History Museum - June 6, 2015 Services Center - July 10, 2015 Fire Department - October 10, 2015 City Hall - November 30, 2015
History Hunt and Time Capsule - August 2015
Parade - September 19, 2015
Anniversary Dinner - November 7, 2015
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