Meyers on road to revitalize community
By Kathryn Reed
MEYERS – Make it look pretty and be functional were the overwhelming sentiments of people who want to make Meyers be more than it is today.
Since the last meeting in February about the future of this South Shore enclave the advisory board has come up with a draft area plan for Meyers. Comments about the document were sought Sept. 11. The deadline to comment is Oct. 11.
The five main areas are: land use, environmental conservation, implementation, transportation and recreation. Twenty-five projects have been indentified. On Wednesday people were asked to pick their top three.
Jennifer Quashnick writes a comment Sept. 11 about the Meyers Area Plan while talking to Lyn Barnett. Photo/Kathryn Reed
One item that keeps coming up is having some sort of sign to let people know they are entering Meyers. It could be placed at the bottom of Echo Summit headed west or possibly at the corner of highways 50 and 89 to capture more people.
Making the sign interactive would also embrace Meyers’ theme of being the gateway to all things recreation. A swing could part of it and definitely the ability to climb on it.
Others suggested the sign be made out of old skis or have something to do with Snowshoe Thompson.
When it comes to deciding what to do with the area, many want to remove the bug station and make the rights-of-way along the highway narrower so the area looks more inviting for people to stop instead of speed through.
Caltrans is supposed to put in two sidewalks on Highway 50 next summer – one by Pioneer Trail and the other near the bug station. This will be the first step in linking both sides of the highway in a safer manner.
Cluster parking that would tie into the trails is another idea.
Putting in bike paths that connect to Washoe Meadow State Park and Tahoe Paradise Park as well as the commercial core have been repeatedly mentioned.
Doing more with the community park was talked about. Making it more inviting, less dumpy and turning it into an area to have community events are suggestions.
Letting people know about the trails – where they are and where they go – was encouraged.
Tapping into the history of the area was broached, especially with the Celio ranch having just celebrated its 150 anniversary.
Putting in low level bollard lights to make the area more friendly in the dark, adding landscaping, and possibly putting in stampede concrete in the center of the highway are other ideas.
Once all of the comments are submitted and environmental review is done the final plan will come out. The goal is for the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors and Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board to take action on the Meyers Area Plan in the first quarter of 2014.
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Notes:
• The draft Meyers Area Plan is online.
• Comments may be submitted online via the above website or to Adam Lewandowski at alewandowski@trpa.org or P.O. Box 5310, Stateline, NV 89449.
• The deadline to submit comments is Oct. 11.
That’s the easy part. Now “Where is the Money?”
The Tahoe Paradise Park clubhouse looks pretty nice now, but the Park entrance looks like a junkyard with numerous caretaker’s vehicles and maintenance equipment, and unattractive landscaping at the residence — needs a facelift. What is “stampede concrete?” Lighting at the driveways to businesses is badly needed!
MEYERS will continue to remain the same, despite your efforts. What visitors are thinking when they arrive here in the Tahoe basin can’t be changed. You people are thinking what “”you want to happen” not what the “tourist wants to happen””. What the tourist is thinking after driving down the grade from Echo Summit is “We’re almost there, just a few more miles.” Imagine a family going to Lake Tahoe on vacation, and just before completing their long drive dad says to the kids, lets stop and see what Meyers has to offer. It ain’t gonna happen folks. People are anxious to get to Tahoe and start their vacations. With their goal so near ahead, they aren’t gonna stop to see Meyers. You folks out there in Meyers need to understand how other people think. Perhaps you should be content with things the way they are. If you fix things up, do it for yourselves. Make the park, your park for your kids. Don’t expect to attract tourists away from the lake, cause it ain’t gonna happen.
Meyers should always be the anti-SLT and non-Stateline that it is and never a tourist destination as residents have seen enough of what misspent Govt. money from corrupt public officials involved in redevelopment brings to an area. There are enough problems now with tourists and Bay area sell-outs everywhere else in the basin. Meyers is a reminder of what was a small family friendly area now and a base for a few historic ranches then. It is still a conservative community of homeowners and second home owners and this should be how it remains as the North shore along the Hwy 89 corridor should also always be “Old Tahoe.”
WOW , JUSTICE . Then you appear to agree with me. I thought I’d be tar and feathered for making my comments. If something breaks, fix it. Meyers is not broken, you just need to tidy up a little bit. Just here and there. SLT has a big hole in the ground to remind us of what our city council once dreamed up.
Wonder if Meyers would be interested in taking over The Hole and The Airport. Well it was worth a try.
Meyers should first of all cater to locals second to skiers from Kirkwood and Sierra.
The problem with Meyers for decades has been that it is the largest DUI and speed trap on the west coast.
I remember when the CHP gave seat-belt tickets to people who were stuck in traffic jams on the way into the basin during holiday weekends.
Pizza Eater has it right. Let’s make it nice for the locals. We go to work at the clubs and don’t want to see these tourists in my neighborhood.I would like to see a stop light at Apache. It sure would be nice to cross the HWY safely.
We already have cluster parking! right on hwy 50!
Add another stoplight and we will have double cluster parking. None of Meyers gets near the lake so the TRPA needs to butt out!
Chevron gas station and a RIPP-OFF Lira’s grocery store. Cannot drive through door matt Meyers fast enough….