The Final Notice of Preparation (NOP) for the Alpine Sierra Subdivision has been filed with Placer County. We reported on the proposed subdivision back in November. The Alpine Sierra project is the first significant development proposal in the Alpine Meadows area since the 1980’s. The Alpine Sierra proposal seems to offer a good balance of growth within the valley, while still protecting the natural beauty that residents and visitors expect in the community.
The latest iteration of the project does offer a possibility of a significant change to the plan since our last report. The plan calls for a group of 14 town homes located near the Stanford Chalet property, and a separate cluster of 33 single family homesites in between the older Alpine Meadows condos and the Bear Creek Estates. Access to both of these sections would be through a new road built from Alpine Meadows Road.
The NOP offers an alternative proposal, which would provide access to the 33 home sites off of John Scott Trail. This option does have the advantage of reducing the costs to the developers of creating the long access road, as well as the expense of keep it clear in the winter. To homeowners along Chalet Road, there would be a larger area of open space created that would contain neither homes or roads. The option of access through the John Scott Trail is not popular with many homeowners within the Bear Creek Association. Increased traffic through the neighborhoods is a large concern for residents, especially during the construction phase of the new homes. The BCA is expected to vote on the proposed access in May.
Similar to the Squaw Valley Project, the filing of the NOP provides the opportunity for interested parties to submit comments to Placer County. The complete Final Notice Of Preparation is variable for viewing at the Placer County website. Comments on the NOP are due no later than 5:00 pm on May 9th. Comments may be submitted to:
Placer County
Community Development Resource Agency
3091 County Center Drive, Suite 190
Auburn, CA 95603
Attn: Maywan Krach, Community Development Technician
Fax: (530) 745-3080
Email: cdraecs@placer.ca.gov
Placer County staff are gonna be busy with everything going on. Why don’t Placer secede from Olympic Valley and save itself a fortune. 🙂
When KSL estimated 300,000 extra people will come and park at Squaw, did they factor in
– this AM housing
– 750 new homes in Martis
– East West’s homes in Truckee
– 230 home approvals in SV
– 100 vacant housing lots in SV
– a rumored 4 homes near Mancuso’s
– 8 possible homes at the Stables
– Squaw Creeks’ proposed phase 2
– Henrickson Bldg and other condo hotel places as far away as Kings Beach?
The poor DRC and FOSV shouldn’t have to do all this corrrective work to fix KSL’s mistakes or deal with the County’s rumored willingness to help KSL. Jennifer Montgomery should find the money for these people like the County did when it found $220,000 for the Museum site selection expert.
I believe the community owes a debt of gratitude for the tireless (and tiresome) drivel those poor people on the DRc endured.
Three cheers for the DRC and all the other tireless workers.
No more railroading thriough sleepy Hollow. They’ve woken up. They’re informed, and the momentum is unstoppable, like a steam train.
Toot toot,
‘Casey’
UA’s like having a camera crew on site for the latest news.
How are the ratings going for “Live from the DRC Throwdown” and “Mixed Martial Mac Meetings” 🙂
I hope I don’t have to ride my bike through someone’s back yard when I head down the trail! 🙂
This proposal affects way more people than just the few living with the Bear Creek Association boundaries of John Scott Trail. All “Deer Park” homeowners off Trapper McNutt and Upper Bench will be affected as well. Since BCA has the power to vote and the rest of us don’t, it is doubly important that we all write in re the NOP.
This is an excerpt from my letter to Placer County re the NOP:
The short segment of John Scott Trail between Mineral Springs Road and the turn onto Upper Bench is steep and reverse-banked. We have lived on Chateau Place for over 20 years – every snowfall, without fail, we witness cars get stuck there, preventing all other residents from access to their homes until the car is towed or pushed back down the hill. (We ourselves, with an all-wheel drive Ford Explorer and plenty of winter driving experience, have had to back down the hill, park in a neighbor’s driveway, and walk the last mile or so home.)…..Our concern is that the increased traffic from a new subdivision that proposes to use this problematic section of road as a main entry point will end up exacerbating an already dangerous situation. Cars driving down Upper Bench face a steep, icy, blind curve onto John Scott Trail, often making the turn in free-fall. Anyone in such a situation could not help but crash into a car stuck on John Scott. Cars abandoned by owners in search of help leave residents driving up hill on John Scott stranded and prevent plows from doing their all-important job of clearing the roads.
Cheryl
As i was reading backcopies of UA’s insightful updates, I noticed the plight of owners at Alpine Meadows when they don’t have a unified local voice. with teeth and a blog as widely read as Unofficialalpine.com
Luckily Squaw’s resients have excellent people to look after their interests.