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Village at Palisades Tahoe Specific Plan
Palisades Tahoe Development Company (formerly Squaw Valley Real Estate, LLC) requests approval of a mixed-use development that includes resort residential, commercial, and recreation uses, as well as parking and other visitor amenities, and employee housing. No changes to the project description have occurred since the project was approved in November 2016. The 85-acre main Village area proposes up to 1,493 bedrooms in up to 850 units, including a mixture of hotel, condo hotel, fractional ownership, and timeshare units. Approximately 297,733 square feet (206,211 square feet net new commercial) of commercial space is proposed for the entire plan area. The 8.8-acre East Parcel proposes employee housing for a maximum of 300 employees, off-site parking, shipping and receiving, and a small retail market. A conservation corridor is proposed for the length of Washeshu (formerly, Squaw) Creek through the plan area to support improvement of terrestrial and aquatic habitat conditions, improved water quality and sediment management, and increased flood conveyance capacity. Other improvements include circulation improvements, bicycle facilities, a transit center, new/extended utility infrastructure, new/improvements to existing recreational facilities and amenities, and a Village open space network. The Specific Plan would be developed over an estimated 25-year buildout period.
A public meeting will be held on January 19, 2023, to receive comments on the Revised Draft EIR. Public comment will be offered in-person and virtually through a Zoom meeting webinar:
North Tahoe Event Center, 8318 N. Lake Boulevard, Kings Beach, California (weather permitting - see below)Planning Commission Hearing, 3091 County Center Drive, Auburn, CA 95603- Public Comment will also be available in-person at: North Tahoe Even Center, 8318 N. Lake Blvd., Kings Beach, CA 96143
- Zoom Webinar, https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84463664666, Webinar ID #844 6366 4666. Use ‘raise hand’ function to comment.
- Zoom via phone by calling 877-853-5247 or 888-788-0099, and enter Webinar ID: 844 6366 4666. Use *6 to mute/unmute and *9 to 'raise hand'.
Forecasted weather conditions necessitated a change in the physical meeting location. Therefore, the meeting has been moved to the Planning Commission Hearing Room, 3091 County Center Drive, Auburn, and the North Tahoe Event Center will also be open to receive in-person public comments. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this change. The Zoom meeting webinar information remains the same.
The Placer County Planning Commission meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m.; the proposed project is scheduled to begin at 10:05 a.m. Please refer to the meeting agendas at the following link prior to the meeting for updated information: https://www.placer.ca.gov/AgendaCenter/Planning-Commission-53
For more information on the project, please contact the project planner, Patrick Dobbs, by phone at 530-745-3060 or by email.
Environmental Impact Report Documents
- Revised Draft EIR - 2022
- Final EIR
- Draft EIR Comments
- Draft EIR
- References
- Notice of Preparation
- Project Renderings & Photos
Revised Draft Environmental Impact Report - Released 11/30/22
Final Environmental Impact Report
Volume 1
- Cover (PDF)
- Table of Contents (PDF)
- Introduction (PDF)
- Chapter 2 - Revisions to Draft EIR
- Master Responses (PDF)
- Federal Responses (PDF)
- Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Responses (PDF)
- State Responses (PDF)
- Local Responses - Part 1 (PDF)
- Local Responses - Part 2 (PDF)
- Local Responses - Part 3 (PDF)
- Organization Responses - Friends of the West Shore and League to Save Lake Tahoe (PDF)
- Organization Responses - Part 1 (PDF)
- Organization Responses - Part 2 (PDF)
- Organization Responses - Part 3 (PDF)
- Organization Responses - Part 4 (PDF)
- Organization Responses - Part 5 (PDF)
- Organization Responses - Part 6 (PDF)
- Organization Responses - Part 7 (PDF)
- Organization Responses - Part 8 (PDF)
- Organization Responses - Part 9 (PDF)
- Organization Responses - Part 10 (PDF)
- Organization Responses - Part 11 (PDF)
- Organization Responses - Part 12 (PDF)
- Organization Responses - Part 13 (PDF)
- Organization Responses - Part 14 (PDF)
- Organization Responses - Part 15 (PDF)
- Organization Responses - Part 16 (PDF)
- Organization Responses - Part 17 (PDF)
- Organization Responses - Part 18 (PDF)
- Organization Responses - Part 19 (PDF)
- Organization Responses - Part 20 (PDF)
- Organization Responses - Part 21 (PDF)
- Organization Responses - Part 22 (PDF)
- Organization Responses - Part 23 (PDF)
- Organization Responses - Part 24 (PDF)
- Organization Responses - Part 25 (PDF)
- Organization Responses - Part 26 (PDF)
- Organization Responses - Part 27 (PDF)
- Organization Responses - Part 28 (PDF)
- Organization Responses - Part 29 (PDF)
Volume 2
- Cover (PDF)
- Table of Contents (PDF)
- Individual Responses - Part 1 (PDF)
- Individual Responses - Part 2 (PDF)
- Individual Responses - Part 3 (PDF)
- Individual Responses - Part 4 (PDF)
- Individual Responses - Part 5 (PDF)
- Individual Responses - Part 6 (PDF)
- Individual Responses - Part 7 (PDF)
- Individual Responses - Part 8 (PDF)
- Individual Responses - Part 9 (PDF)
- Individual Responses - Part 10 (PDF)
- Individual Responses - Part 11 (PDF)
- Individual Responses - Part 12 (PDF)
- Individual Responses - Part 13 (PDF)
- Individual Responses - Part 14 (PDF)
- Individual Responses - Part 15 (PDF)
- Individual Responses - Part 16 (PDF)
- Individual Responses - Part 17 (PDF)
- Individual Responses - Part 18 (PDF)
- Individual Responses - Part 19 (PDF)
- Individual Responses - Part 20 (PDF)
- Individual Responses - Part 21 (PDF)
- Individual Responses - Part 22 (PDF)
- Individual Responses - Part 23 (PDF)
- Individual Responses - Part 24 (PDF)
- Individual Responses - Part 25 (PDF)
- Individual Responses - Part 26 (PDF)
- Individual Responses - Part 27 (PDF)
- Individual Responses - Part 28 (PDF)
- Individual Responses - Part 29 (PDF)
- Individual Responses - Part 30 (PDF)
- Individual Responses - Part 31 (PDF)
- Individual Responses - Part 32 (PDF)
- 3.2.6 Public Hearing A (PDF)
- 3.2.6a Public Hearing B (PDF)
- 3.2.7 Response to Late Comments (PDF)
- Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan (PDF)
- References and Persons (PDF)
- Report Preparers (PDF)
Appendices
- Appendix A - Part 1 (PDF)
- Appendix A - Part 2 (PDF)
- Appendix A - Part 3 (PDF)
- Appendix B - Part 1 (PDF)
- Appendix B - Part 2 (PDF)
- Appendix B - Part 3 (PDF)
- Appendix B - Part 4 (PDF)
- Appendix B - Part 5 (PDF)
- Appendix B - Part 6 (PDF)
- Appendix C (PDF)
- Appendix D (PDF)
- Appendix E (PDF)
- Appendix F (PDF)
- Appendix G (PDF)
- Appendix H - Part 1 (PDF)
- Appendix H - Part 2 (PDF)
- Appendix H - Part 3 (PDF)
- Appendix H - Part 4 (PDF)
- Appendix H - Part 5 (PDF)
- Appendix H - Part 6 (PDF)
- Appendix I (PDF)
- Appendix J (PDF)
- Appendix K (PDF)
Comments Received on Draft Impact Report
Public Review Period Ended July 17, 2015
Agency - State
Agency - Local
Organization
- Center for Biological Diversity (PDF)
- Friends of Squaw Valley (PDF)
- Friends of the West Shore (PDF)
- League to Save Lake Tahoe (PDF)
- Mountain Area Preservation (PDF)
- North Tahoe Preservation Alliance (PDF)
- Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger LLP (for Sierra Watch) - Exhibit 1 (PDF)
- Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger LLP (for Sierra Watch) - Exhibit 10 (PDF)
- Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger LLP (for Sierra Watch) - Exhibit 11 (PDF)
- Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger LLP (for Sierra Watch) - Exhibit 12 (PDF)
- Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger LLP (for Sierra Watch) - Exhibit 13 (PDF)
- Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger LLP (for Sierra Watch) - Exhibit 14 (PDF)
- Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger LLP (for Sierra Watch) - Exhibit 15 (PDF)
- Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger LLP (for Sierra Watch) - Exhibit 16 (PDF)
- Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger LLP (for Sierra Watch) - Exhibit 17 (PDF)
- Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger LLP (for Sierra Watch) - Exhibit 18 (PDF)
- Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger LLP (for Sierra Watch) - Exhibit 19 (PDF)
- Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger LLP (for Sierra Watch) - Exhibit 2 (PDF)
- Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger LLP (for Sierra Watch) - Exhibit 20 (PDF)
- Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger LLP (for Sierra Watch) - Exhibit 21 (PDF)
- Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger LLP (for Sierra Watch) - Exhibit 22 (PDF)
- Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger LLP (for Sierra Watch) - Exhibit 23 (PDF)
- Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger LLP (for Sierra Watch) - Exhibit 24 (PDF)
- Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger LLP (for Sierra Watch) - Exhibit 25 (PDF)
- Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger LLP (for Sierra Watch) - Exhibit 26 (PDF)
- Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger LLP (for Sierra Watch) - Exhibit 27 (PDF)
- Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger LLP (for Sierra Watch) - Exhibit 28 (PDF)
- Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger LLP (for Sierra Watch) - Exhibit 29 (PDF)
- Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger LLP (for Sierra Watch) - Exhibit 3 (PDF)
- Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger LLP (for Sierra Watch) - Exhibit 30 (PDF)
- Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger LLP (for Sierra Watch) - Exhibit 31 (PDF)
- Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger LLP (for Sierra Watch) - Exhibit 32 (PDF)
- Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger LLP (for Sierra Watch) - Exhibit 33 (PDF)
- Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger LLP (for Sierra Watch) - Exhibit 34 (PDF)
- Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger LLP (for Sierra Watch) - Exhibit 35 (PDF)
- Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger LLP (for Sierra Watch) - Exhibit 4 (PDF)
- Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger LLP (for Sierra Watch) - Exhibit 5 (PDF)
- Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger LLP (for Sierra Watch) - Exhibit 6 (PDF)
- Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger LLP (for Sierra Watch) - Exhibit 7 (PDF)
- Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger LLP (for Sierra Watch) - Exhibit 8 (PDF)
- Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger LLP (for Sierra Watch) - Exhibit 9 (PDF)
- Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger LLP (for Sierra Watch) - Letter (PDF)
- Sierra Club, Mother Lode Chapter (PDF)
- Sierra Watch (PDF)
- Squaw Valley Lodge Owners Association (PDF)
- Tahoe Residents United for Sustainable Squaw Tourism (PDF)
- Tavern Inn Condominium Association (PDF)
- Truckee North Tahoe Transportation Management Association (PDF)
- Truckee River Watershed Council (PDF)
- Village Inn Owners Association (PDF)
Individual (Alphabetical Order by Last Name)
- Anonymous - 2 Comments (PDF)
- A - 11 Comments (PDF)
- B - 28 Comments (PDF)
- C - 19 Comments (PDF)
- D - 16 Comments (PDF)
- E, F - 17 Comments (PDF)
- G - 12 Comments (PDF)
- H - 29 Comments (PDF)
- I, J, K - 21 Comments (PDF)
- L - 21 Comments (PDF)
- M, N - 25 Comments (PDF)
- O, P, Q, R - 21 Comments (PDF)
- S - 37 Comments (PDF)
- T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z - 56 Comments (PDF)
Draft Environmental Impact Report
- Cover (PDF)
- Table of Contents (PDF)
- Chapter 1 - Introduction (PDF)
- Chapter 2 - Executive Summary (PDF)
- Chapter 3 - Project Description (PDF)
- Chapter 4 - Land Use and Forest Resources (PDF)
- Chapter 5 - Population, Employment, and Housing (PDF)
- Chapter 6 - Biological Resources (PDF)
- Chapter 7 - Cultural Resources (PDF)
- Chapter 8 - Visual Resources - Part 1 (PDF)
- Chapter 8 - Visual Resources - Part 2 (PDF)
- Chapter 8 - Visual Resources - Part 3 (PDF)
- Chapter 9 - Transportation and Circulation (PDF)
- Chapter 10 - Air Quality (PDF)
- Chapter 11 - Noise (PDF)
- Chapter 12 - Soils, Geology, and Seismicity (PDF)
- Chapter 13 - Hydrology and Water Quality - Part 1 (PDF)
- Chapter 13 - Hydrology and Water Quality - Part 2 (PDF)
- Chapter 14 - Public Services and Utilities (PDF)
- Chapter 15 - Hazardous Materials and Hazards (PDF)
- Chapter 16 - Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change (PDF)
- Chapter 17 - Alternatives (PDF)
- Chapter 18 - Other CEQA Sections (PDF)
- Chapter 19 - Report Preparers (PDF)
- Chapter 20 - References and Persons Consulted (PDF)
Appendices
- Appendices - Cover (PDF)
- Appendices - Table of Contents (PDF)
- Mitigation Monitoring Reporting Program (PDF)
- Appendix A - Notice of Preparation Comments - Part 1 (PDF)
- Appendix A - Notice of Preparation Comments - Part 2 (PDF)
- Appendix A - Notice of Preparation Comments - Part 3 (PDF)
- Appendix A - Notice of Preparation Comments - Part 4 (PDF)
- Appendix B - Revised Notice of Preparation Comments - Part 1 (PDF)
- Appendix B - Revised Notice of Preparation Comments - Part 2 (PDF)
- Appendix B - Revised Notice of Preparation Comments - Part 3 (PDF)
- Appendix C - Water Supply Assessment (PDF)
- Appendix D - Employee/Workforce Housing Plan (PDF)
- Appendix E - Biological Resources/Wetland Delineation (PDF)
- Appendix F - Shadow Study (PDF)
- Appendix G - Transportation and Circulation (PDF)
- Appendix H - Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Modeling (PDF)
- Appendix I - Noise Calculations (PDF)
- Appendix J - Wildland Fire Evacuation Plan (PDF)
- Appendix K - Competitive Marketing Analysis (PDF)
Reference Materials
Chapter 1
- Design Basis Report: Squaw Creek Restoration (PDF)
- Squaw Creek Restoration Goals, Objectives, and Anticipated Benefits (PDF)
- Squaw Valley Water Quality Investigation Report (PDF)
Chapter 2 - Executive Summary
- Placer County 1983 Squaw Valley General Plan, Part 1 (PDF)
- Placer County 1983 Squaw Valley General Plan, Part 2 (PDF)
Chapter 3 - Project Description
- 2013 Countywide General Plan (PDF)
- Fire Service Mitigation (PDF)
- Squaw Creek Channel Restoration Design Report (PDF)
- Squaw Valley 2015 Draft Specific Plan (PDF)
- Squaw Valley Dry Utilities Technical Report
- Squaw Valley Final Dry Utilities Technical Report (PDF)
- USFS et al. 2014 CalPeco Final Environmental Impact Statement / Environmental Impact Statement / Environmental Impact Report
Chapter 4 - Land Use and Forest Resources
- Goodwin Consulting Group 2015 Economic Impact and Urban Decay Analysis (PDF)
- Hosea Pers. Comm. 2015 Retail Demand and Phasing (PDF)
- USFS 2014 Website or USFS 2014 Website (PDF)
Chapter 5 - Population, Employment and Housing
- California EDD 2014 (PDF)
- DOF 2013a (PDF)
- DOF 2013b (PDF)
- Draft Village at Squaw Valley Specific Plan WSA (PDF)
- NV State Demographer 2013 Estimates (PDF)
- Placer County 2014 Demographic Profile (PDF)
- U.S. Census Bureau 2000a Census (PDF)
- U.S. Census Bureau 2000b Census (PDF)
- U.S. Census Bureau 2010 Census (PDF)
- U.S. Census Bureau 2012 Census (PDF)
- U.S. Census Bureau 2013 Census (PDF)
- Washoe County 2010 (PDF)
Chapter 6 - Biological Resources
Email Placer County Community Development Resource Agency (CDRA) for a CD.
Chapter 7 - Cultural Resources
Chapter 8 - Visual Resources
- Caltrans 2011 Scenic Highways (PDF)
- CDFW 2014 BIOS Topographical Layer (PDF)
- FHWA 1981 Visual Impact Assessment (PDF)
- NLPIP 2007 Light Pollution (PDF)
- TRPA 2012 Scenic Resources (PDF)
- USDA Forest Service 1995 Landscape Aesthetics (PDF)
- Visual Management System of the Forest Service, USDA (PDF)
Chapter 9 - Transportation and Circulation
Email the Placer County CDRA for a CD.
Chapter 10 - Air Quality
Email the Placer County CDRA for a CD.
Chapter 11 - Noise
- Bansen 2015 Helicopter Evacuations (PDF)
- Caltrans 2002 California Airport Land Use Planning Handbook (PDF)
- Caltrans 2006 Traffic Noise Analysis Protocol (PDF)
- Caltrans 2009 Technical Noise Supplement (PDF)
- Caltrans 2013 Transportation and Construction Vibration Guidance Manual (PDF)
- Egan 2007 Architectural Acoustics (PDF)
- EPA 1971 (Bolt Baranek and Newman) (PDF)
- FHWA 2006 Roadway Construction Noise Model User's Guide (PDF)
- FTA 2006 Transit Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment (PDF)
- OPR 2003 General Plan Guidelines (PDF)
- Placer County Noise Code 2014 (PDF)
Notice: Preparation of Environmental Impact Report
Project Renderings & Photo Simulations
View Videos and Images illustrating the Village at Squaw Valley Specific Plan.
Frequently Asked Questions
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