HomeMy Public PortalAboutPublic Comment #7 (CA State Parks, Sierra District) State of California Natural Resources Agency Edmund G. Brown Jr., Governor
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Major General Anthony L. Jackson, USMC (Ret), Director
Sierra District
P.O. Box 266
Tahoma, CA 96142-0266
530/525-7232
March 28, 2013
Jenna Endres
Truckee Community Development Department
10183 Truckee Airport Road
Truckee, CA 96161
Subject: Comments on the Tahoe Donner Association Marina Improvement Project
(12-020/AMND-DP-UP)
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Tahoe Donner Association Marina
Improvement Project.
The California Department of Parks and Recreation (CA State Parks) owns and
operates Donner Memorial State Park (SP) which is adjacent to the proposed project to
the southeast. The Donner Memorial SP spans approximately 3,241 acres and has a
total of three campground loops with 149 campsites. The Town of Truckee’s General
Plan Land Use Element states for the Donner Lake Neighborhood Area, DL-P2.
“Cooperate with the Truckee-Donner Recreation and Parks District, the State
Department of Parks and Recreation, and the residents at Donner Lake in planning for
Donner Lake to minimize conflicts between residential and recreational uses and to
protect the natural resource values of the lake.”
CA State Park staff has reviewed this project and has the following comments below.
No surface water runoff from the existing and/or proposed development shall run
on to State Park property.
If additional parking becomes part of the Marina improvement plan, State Parks
would be concerned with traffic circulation, parking, and access to and from State
Park property to the Marina facility.
No invasive, non-native wild and/or cultivar vegetation to be planted or seeded
that could spread and infest on to State Park property. Scotch Broom (Cytisus
scoparius) and other species of broom are known invasive plants in California.
CA State Parks requests the proposed dwarf Scotch broom be replaced with
another non-invasive plant species.
Lighting, even downcast, will impact nighttime visual and aesthetics of park
visitors when by the lake.
CA State Parks does not have concerns at this time of the private Marina facility
for passive recreation purposes, i.e., picnicking, swimming, boating, fishing, etc.
State Parks would have concerns regarding the development of commercial
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operations especially regarding traffic circulation, parking, amplified sound, hours
of operation extension, special events, etc.
Thank you again for the opportunity to comment on the Tahoe Donner Association
Marina Improvement Project. Please contact me if you have any questions or would
like additional clarification or discussion regarding our comments.
Sincerely,
Tamara Sasaki
Sr. Environmental Scientist