Public comments on the draft environmental impact report/environmental impact statement for the Placer County Tahoe Basin Area Plan and Tahoe City Lodge will be taken until Aug. 15.

The county’s goal is to spur sustainable redevelopment in Kings Beach and Tahoe City. The environmental document analyzes impacts of the Tahoe Area Plan and the Tahoe City Lodge project.

“The environmental analysis for the Tahoe Area Plan is at a programmatic level – reflecting its influence on a variety of projects over a long timeframe – and includes analysis of a design concept for redevelopment of the Placer County-owned Kings Beach Center. The environmental analysis for the Tahoe City Lodge is at a project level, meaning it separately addresses the impacts of a fully discrete project,” county officials said in a press release.

The proposed Tahoe City Lodge project is a private project that would redevelop an existing commercial complex into a 118-unit lodge and would also redevelop the Tahoe City Golf Course clubhouse facility.

There will be public hearings about the draft EIR-EIS on:

• July 13, 9:30am: Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Advisory Planning Commission, 128 Market St., Stateline.
• July 27, 9:30am: Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Regional Plan Implementation Committee, North Tahoe Event Center, 8318 North Lake Blvd., Kings Beach.
• July 27, 9:30am: Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board, North Tahoe Event Center, 8318 North Lake Blvd., Kings Beach.
• July 28, 10am: Placer County Planning Commission, North Tahoe Event Center, 8318 North Lake Blvd., Kings Beach.
• Aug. 11, 6pm: Placer County North Tahoe Regional Advisory Council, North Lake Tahoe Event Center, 8318 North Lake Blvd., Kings Beach.

The draft EIR/EIS is available online.