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Home My Public Portal AboutPublic Comment Alexis Ollar Darrah Johnston From: Town of Truckee, CA <webmaster@townoftruckee.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 4:35 PM To: Truckee; Hilary Hobbs Subject: *NEW SUBMISSION* Public Comment Form for Short-Term Vacation Rental Ordinance and Permit Program Public Comment Form for Short-Term Vacation Rental Ordinance and Permit Program Submission#: 530642 IP Address: 24.32.24.167 Submission Date: 09/08/2020 4:34 Survey Time: 12 minutes, 17 seconds You have a new online form submission. Note: all answers displaying"*****" are marked as sensitive and must be viewed after your login. Name Alexis 011ar Email Alexis@mapf.org Phone (optional) 5305826751 Public Comment See attached letter. lf your comment exceeds 2000 characters, please use the attachment function below to attach your comment in a separate document. Attachment MAP_STR Comment Letter_09082020.pdf Please ensure that you enter your email address in the box below and click the SUBMIT button to receive a copy of your submitted responses for Public Comment. Thank you, Town of Truckee This is an automated message generated by the Vision Content Management SystemTM.Please do not reply directly to this email. 1 mountain area preservation Town of Truckee ESTABLISHED IN 1 987 Truckee Town Council 10183 Truckee Airport Road Truckee, CA 96160 RE: Short Term Rental & Noise Ordinance Dear Truckee Town Council, September 8, 2020 Thank you for the opportunity to make public comments and provide suggestions for developing regulations around Short Term Rentals (STR's). Our Board and Staff reviewed the draft ordinance and feel this is a good stepping stone and framework for creating accountability around vacation rentals and mitigating the impacts created by STR's on the environment and neighborhoods. One of the most important needs for regulating STR's is enforcement. Without true enforcement the ordinance will be a set of best practices for homeowners and vacation rental companies to follow or not follow. When Placer County created a STR ordinance they gave citizens the ability to help enforce the ordinance through a hotline to report STR's who were not abiding by the regulations. The Town of Truckee should create an STR hotline so that residents and homeowners can help report violations and create meaningful enforcement that is supported by the community. Additionally, the ordinance does not outline or detail how the violation money will be utilized. Will the funding go to the general fund or will it be utilized for future workforce housing programs or projects? We believe the funding should support future workforce housing projects or programs, since STR's have a direct impact on housing for locals and our workforce. Thank you again, for taking our comments into consideration and for prioritizing this ordinance. Creating a path forward for mitigating the impacts created by STR's is long overdue and the community deserves to have better oversight and accountability for the land use issues generated by vacation rentals. We look forward to reviewing the final ordinance and providing comments on 9/22. Sincerely, s Alexis 011ar, MS & GISP MAP Executive Director