Approximately 250 people attended the groundbreak-ing for the new Community and Senior Center at Herbig Park on October 19th, in-cluding members of the Herbig family who donated the site to the County. The need for a community and senior center in the Carson Valley was first identified back in 1969 and extensive planning and execution has taken place over the past several years to bring the project to its current state. Young people, families, seniors, businesses and community leaders all at-tended the ground breaking ceremony in support of the long-awaited facility finally moving forward. For the past two years, the Douglas County Board of Commis-sioners has identified con-struction of a new Commu-

AFTER 40 YEARS, GROUND IS BROKEN ON COMMUNITY CENTER

REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY RELEASED FROM $24.7 MILLION

The Board of Commission-ers and Redevelopment Agency approved a release and settlement agreement with Riverwood Redevel-opment, LLC on September 26, 2012, terminating a $24.7 million outstanding obligation of contingent

payments over 16 years. In exchange for terminating the $24.7 million payments, the Redevelopment Agency agreed to pay Riverwood Redevelopment, LLC, $650,000 and dismiss with prejudice the Riverwood Owners Participation

Agreement (OPA) claims filed against Riverwood Redevelopment. The set-tlement was paid by the Redevelopment Agency from its budget and did not involve the Douglas County general fund or any other

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OCTOBER, 2012 VOLUME 2, ISSUE 10

COMMUNITY CENTER TIMELINE:

1969—need for community center in Carson Valley first identified

1995—Kahle Community Cen-ter built at Lake Tahoe

2004—3% utility fee for center and other purposes denied

2005—planning resumes on a multi-generation facility

2006—0.5% sales tax consid-ered, but not approved, for sev-eral needs including new facility

2009—County includes facility in long range Capital Improve-ment Plan

2010—Board identifies center as a top strategic priority

2011—Herbig Park identified as site and 0.5% utility fee approved to fund new facility

2012—ground broken on new facility at Herbig Park

2013—construction begins

2015—new Community and Senior Center scheduled to open

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

911 PARTNERSHIP 2

GROUNDBREAK-

ING (CONT)

3

RIVERWOOD (CONT)

3

FAQS 4

South Shore Economy

2

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NEWS YOU CAN USE

nity and Senior Center as a top strategic goal and in 2011 funding was identified to construct and operate the facility through a detailed and responsible financing plan. Extensive work has already been completed on the project, including iden-tifying the site at Herbig Park, conducting hydrologic

analysis and geotechnical work, site grading, FEMA application approval, traffic study completion and ap-proval, and conceptual de-sign of the facility. The building pad work and road improvements are sched-uled to begin later this year and continue into 2013.

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Douglas County breaks ground on the new Community and Senior Center at Herbig Park

Nearly 200 local businesses, residents and community leaders attended a South Shore State of the Economy on October 23rd to discuss challenges and solutions to the current condition of the local tourism economy, as well as environmental, trans-portation and community issues. The forum was spon-sored by Douglas County, El Dorado County and the City of South Lake Tahoe, in part-nership with the Tahoe Chamber, Tahoe Prosperity Center and Lake Tahoe Visi-tors Authority. Detailed re-search and analysis was pre-sented by various experts on significant economic declines over the past 10 years, includ-ing a 30% decrease in hotel occupancy and loss of market share to competition that has

invested outside the Tahoe Basin, a 42% decrease in gam-ing revenue, 7,600 fewer gam-ing jobs and a 13% unemploy-ment in 2012. Many solutions were discussed, including crea-tion of attractive, vibrant and pedestrian friendly main streets, support for redevelop-

ment of the built environ-ment, and investment in rec-reation, entertainment, din-ing and shopping amenities. Additional public engagement is planned over the next sev-eral months to continue pro-gress.

SOUTH SHORE STATE OF THE ECONOMY DRAWS A CROWD

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“SOLUTIONS DISCUSSED INCLUDED

CREATION OF ATTRACTIVE, VIBRANT AND PEDESTRIAN

FRIENDLY MAIN STREETS,

REDEVELOPMENT, AND INVESTMENT IN RECREATION, ENTERTAINMENT,

DINING AND SHOPPING.”

Nearly 200 people attended the South Shore State of the Econ-omy on October 23rd to discuss challenges and solutions.

911 FIRST IN STATE TO ACHIEVE NATIONAL CERTIFICATION

The Douglas County 911 Emergency Services Depart-ment is the first agency in the State of Nevada to achieve certification and partnership with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Chil-dren (NCMEC). In order for any agency in the country to achieve certification and part-nership with the NCMEC, all 911 personnel must receive specialized training, adopt policies relating to missing and exploited children and have a quality assurance pro-gram to review every call for service relating to missing children. This program ac-

knowledges Douglas County’s commitment to making the safety of our children a prior-ity. Every 9-1-1 call involving a missing or exploited child must be handled according to best practices. Douglas County 911 has incorporated the best practices in its policies and training material, making a commitment to follow these best practices. This program is one of several enhancements the County is undertaking to provide the very best public safety programs to the citizens and visitors of our community. Every year 800,000 children go missing in the United

States. That’s more than 2,000 children per day. Calls about missing and sexually exploited children can be-come high profile events that have a devastating impact on families and the community. 9-1-1 call centers must have policies and training to help ensure every missing and sexually exploited child is given the best chance to be found alive and unharmed. To learn more about the 9-1-1 Partner Program, visit www.missingkids.com/911.

“THIS PROGRAM IS ONE OF

SEVERAL ENHANCEMENTS THE COUNTY IS

UNDERTAKING TO PROVIDE THE

VERY BEST PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAMS TO THE CITIZENS AND VISITORS OF

OUR COMMUNITY.”

“THE SETTLEMENT WAS PAID BY THE REDEVELOPMENT

AGENCY FROM ITS BUDGET AND DID NOT INVOLVE THE

DOUGLAS COUNTY GENERAL

FUND OR ANY OTHER COUNTY

FUND.”

County fund. The existing Development Agreement (DA) has been tolled by the parties for one year to allow additional negotiations to take place to resolve outstanding issues. The Redevelopment Agency approved the OPA, including the $24.7 million on December 21, 2006. The

(Continued from page 1) payment contingencies had included, among other re-quirements, that the developer construct and occupy 30,000 square feet of commercial space on approximately 4.6 acres located at the Southeast corner of US Highway 395 and Topsy Lane. The DA was exe-cuted on October 18, 2007. On November 1, 2011, the Redevelopment Agency filed a

Complaint for Declaratory Relief and Rescission against Riverwood Redevelopment, LLC. The County also filed numerous claims in the com-plaint against Riverwood Partners, LLC. The com-plaint alleged various causes of action challenging the va-lidity of the Riverwood OPA and Riverwood DA.

REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY RELEASED FROM $24.7 MILLION (CONT)

COUNTY BREAKS GROUND ON COMMUNITY CENTER (CONT)

Construction is planned to begin in mid-2013 and the facility is planned to open to the public in early 2015. The center is planned to be ap-proximately 75,000 square feet and include a dining room for 300 people, a senior day care, community health nurse, pre-school, commu-nity activity rooms, gymna-sium, fitness and workout rooms, and administrative offices. A non-profit founda-tion has also been established to provide private funding for improvements not funded by the County. 100% of contri-butions to the foundation will be used for their designated purpose and are tax-deductible. For more infor-mation and to contribute, please contact the Commu-nity Services Foundation at: P.O. Box 838, Minden, Ne-vada 89423, (775) 782-9828, or info@DCCSG.org.

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“YOUNG PEOPLE, FAMILIES, SENIORS, BUSINESSES AND

COMMUNITY LEADERS ALL

ATTENDED THE GROUND BREAKING

CEREMONY IN SUPPORT OF THE LONG-AWAITED

FACILITY MOVING FORWARD.”

(Above) Nearly 250 people attended the groundbreaking of the new Community and Senior Center at Herbig Park.

(Below) Preliminary conceptual designs of the new facility.

Douglas County Strategic Plan

Vision

A community to match the scenery!

Mission

Working together with integrity and accountability, the Douglas County team is dedicated to providing essential and cost-effective public services fostering a safe, healthy, scenic, and

vibrant community for the enjoyment of our residents and visitors.

Values

Integrity - Accountability - Customer Service - Leadership - Communication - Teamwork

Priorities

Financial Stability

Public Safety

Economic Vitality

Infrastructure

Natural Environment, Resources and Cultural Heritage

Manage Growth and Change

Thank you for taking the time to review the information in our newsletter. We value your opinion - if you have any questions or suggestions to improve the services and information we provide to you, please contact us. Steve Mokrohisky Douglas County Manager

County Manager’s Office 1594 Esmeralda Ave.

PO Box 218 Minden, NV 89423

Phone: 775-782-9821

Fax: 775-782-6255 E-mail: countymanager@co.douglas.nv.us

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that we will need to deal with as it relates to demand for public services and serves as a strong confirmation of the need for our new community and senior center in the Carson Val-ley, to provide important services and recreational opportunities to seniors and families.

Q: Do you anticipate that lar-ger aircraft will use the Min-den-Tahoe Airport after the pavement maintenance work is complete?

A: No. The fact remains that the Airport Use Ordinance adopted by

Q: How does the State De-mographer’s report affect the County?

A: The information confirms trends that we have all been experiencing in our community for several years. Gaming, accommodations and food services have been declining for a decade and this is more of a long range trend that is not likely to reverse anytime soon, given com-petition throughout the region and nation. Also, the fact that we will continue to see an increase in the age of our population is a reality

our voters restricts the type of in-frastructure and development that would be needed for significantly larger aircraft to operate at the Minden-Tahoe Airport. We also restrict the weight of aircraft based on pavement capacity. Any non-emergency aircraft over the desig-nated weights is required to request permission prior to landing and we charge them a fee. The taxiway work that we are doing and is funded by the FAA is to rehabilitate the primary taxiway that has signifi-cantly deteriorated.

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