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Hi Amy,
The registration information regarding retrofiting homes to survive wildfire is below. I hope County employees and Commissioners will register for the workshop and learn how to help their home survive a wildfire. Thank you for preparing the Proclamation for the Commissioners' Meeting today.
Ann Grant Skyland Fire Adapted Community Leader (775) 781-4006
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July is Wildfire Awareness Mon th at La ke Tahoe! Although La ke Tahoe offers beautiful landscapes, endless recreation, and wonderful communities, l iving here means living with fire.
July 2020 Newsletter
Lake Tahoe Wildfire Awareness Month
July is Wildfire Awareness Month at Lake Tahoe! Although Lake Tahoe offers beautiful landscapes, endless recreation, and wonderful communities, living here means living with wildfire. As Tahoe residents, we must recognize the risks of living in a wildfire-prone area and get prepared now.
Supplemental MaterialsBoard: BOCCMeeting Date: 07/16/2020Item: E
Sign Up for Emergency Notifications
Each county in Tahoe has their own "opt-in" emergency alert system. Make sure everyone in your family has signed up to receive notifications to their phone.
• Placer County: placer-alert.org • El Dorado County: ready.edso.org • Douglas County: douglascounty.onthealert.com • Washoe County: washoecounty.us/em/RegionalAlerts.php
If you often travel around the basin, be sure to sign up for all four counties.
Pack an Emergency Go-Bag
A Go-Bag is an evacuation bag that contains a three-day supply of items you would need to safely evacuate your home. Be sure it contains the essentials:
• Cash and extra credit cards • Medications and prescription
glasses • Water and non-perishable food • Personal toiletries and clothing • Flashlight and batteries • First-Aid kit • Pet necessities
Prepare your bag in advance, before an emergency, and keep it in an easily accessible place.
Create Defensible Space
Defensible space refers to the managed landscape surrounding your home that reduces the threat of a wildfire.
• Create a non-combustible zone by removing pine needles, leaves, firewood, and combustible vegetation from the first 5' of your home.
• Create a lean, clean, and green zone within 30' of your home with well-separated, healthy and irrigated vegetation.
• Ensure that the wildland fuel reduction zone beyond 30' of your home has horizontal and vertical separation between trees and shrubs and no pine needle accumulation exceeding 3 inches.
Contact your local fire district for a free defensible space inspection to get specifics on how to address and maintain the vegetation on your property.
Harden Your Home Against Wildfire Embers
Home hardening is the process of preparing your home for wildfire embers by addressing its most vulnerable components and retrofitting them with fire-resistant building materials.
• Roof - Replace wood shake and shingle roofs with a class A roof covering.
• Eaves - Fill gaps in open eave areas with durable caulk, and enclose eave areas to create soffited-eaves.
• Siding - Replace wood shake or shingle siding with noncombustible siding such as stucco, steel or fiber cement.
• Vents - Cover attic, eave, and foundation vents with 1/8-inch noncombustible metal mesh screening.
• Windows and Skylights - Install or upgrade windows and skylights to multi-pane tempered glass.
Want to learn how to harden your home against wildfire embers from leading experts in the area? Join our FREE Home Retrofit Workshop on July 28th at 5:30PM.
Register Here
Establish an Evacuation Plan
Evacuating a wildfire can be hectic and stressful. Make sure your family has a plan, and don't forget to practice it.
• Meet with household members and explain dangers to children.
• Identify escape routes and nearby safe places.
• Post emergency phone numbers near phones.
• Choose an out-of-town contact and make sure everyone knows the contact's phone number.
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• Learn how to turn off the water, gas, and electricity at your home.
Evacuate immediately when asked by fire or law enforcement officials, and remember that nothing you own is worth your life!
Get Your Neighborhood Involved
Preparing for wildfire is a team effort. The more prepared your neighbors are, the more prepared you are.
• Get your community involved by becoming a neighborhood leader.
• Use our free resources to educate your neighbors about wildfire, embers, and defensible space.
• Host a block party or community workday through the Tahoe Network of Fire Adapted Communities.
Upcoming Events
Want to learn how to harden your home against wildfire? Join our FREE virtual workshop and hear from leading experts Steve Quarles, Susie Kocher, and
Christina Restaino on how to reduce your home's ember vulnerabilities.
July 28th, 2020
Tahoe Home Retrofit Workshop
5:30PM - 7:00PM
Register Here
Learn More About Preparing For Wildfire
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The following information was provided to the Board of County Commissioners
by staff for agenda item E.
RESOLUTION NO. 2020R-059
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, NEVADA
PROVIDING FOR THE TRANSFER OF THE COUNTY’S 2020 PRIVATE ACTIVITY BOND
VOLUME CAP TO THE NEVADA RURAL HOUSING AUTHORITY; AND OTHER MATTERS
RELATED THERETO
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 348A of the Nevada Revised Statutes
(“NRS”) and Chapter 348A of the Nevada Administrative Code (“NAC”), there has been allocated to Douglas County, Nevada (the “County”) the amount of $2,573,307.38 in tax-exempt private activity bond volume cap for calendar year 2020 (the “2020 Bond Cap”); and
WHEREAS, the Nevada Rural Housing Authority (the “NRHA”) has requested that the County transfer its 2020 Bond Cap to the NRHA for the purpose of providing a means of financing the cost of single family residential housing that will provide decent, safe and sanitary dwellings at affordable prices for persons of low and moderate income (“Single Family Programs”); and
WHEREAS, the County is a local government as defined by NAC 348A.070; and
WHEREAS, Section 348A.180 of the NAC provides a procedure whereby the County may, by resolution, transfer to any other local government located within the same county, all or any portion of its 2020 Bond Cap; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to NRS 315.983(1)(a), the NRHA is an instrumentality, local government and political subdivision of the State of Nevada (the “State”); and
WHEREAS, the NRHA is located within the County, pursuant to NRS 315.963, which defines the NRHA’s area of operation as “any area of the State which is not included within the corporate limits of a city or town having a population of 150,000 or more.”
NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Commissioners of the County does hereby find, resolve, determine and order as follows:
Section 1. Recitals. The recitals set forth herein above are true and correct in all respects.
Section 2. Transfer of Private Activity Bond Volume Cap. Pursuant to NAC 348A.180, the County hereby transfers the County’s 2020 Bond Cap, in the amount of $2,573,307.38, to the NRHA for its Single Family Programs.
Section 3. Use of 2020 Bond Cap. The NRHA will use the 2020 Bond Cap for single family purposes in calendar year 2020, or carry forward any remaining amount according to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for such purposes.
Section 4. Representative of County. Pursuant to NAC 348A.180(1), the Director may contact Jenni Cartwright, Douglas County Finance Manager, regarding this Resolution at (775) 782-9097, [email protected], or in writing at P.O. Box 218, Minden, Nevada 89423.
Section 5. Additional Action. The County Manager and Clerk of the County are hereby authorized and directed to take all actions as necessary to effectuate the transfer of the 2020 Bond Cap, and carry out the duties of the County hereunder, including the execution of all certificates pertaining to the transfer as required by NAC 348A.
Section 6. Direction to the NRHA. The NRHA shall notify the Director in writing as soon as practicable of the occurrence or nonoccurrence of any term or condition that would affect the disposition of the 2020 Bond Cap.
Section 7. Representative of the NRHA. Pursuant to NAC 348A.180(3), the Director may contact Diane Arvizo, Director of Homeownership Programs of the NRHA regarding this Resolution at (775) 886-7900, [email protected] or in writing at Nevada Rural Housing Authority, 3695 Desatoya Drive, Carson City, Nevada 89701.
Section 8. Obligation of the County. This Resolution is not to be construed as a pledge of the faith and credit of or by the County, or of any agency, instrumentality, or subdivision of the County. Nothing in this Resolution obligates or authorizes the County to issue bonds for any project or to grant approvals for a project or constitutes a representation that such bonds will be issued.
Section 9. Enforceability. If any section, paragraph, clause or provision of this Resolution shall for any reason be held to be invalid or unenforceable, the invalidity or unenforceability of such section, paragraph, clause or provision shall not affect any of the remaining provisions of this Resolution. This Resolution shall go into effect immediately upon its passage.
Adopted this 16th day of July, 2020, by the following vote:
VOTE: Ayes Commissioners: _______________________
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Nays Commissioners: _______________________
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Absent Commissioners: _______________________
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_______________________ William B. Penzel, Chairman Douglas County Board of Commissioners
ATTEST:
By Kathy Lewis, County Clerk
CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER OF VOLUME CAP
I, Kathy Lewis, am the duly chosen and qualified County Clerk of the County of Douglas,
Nevada (the “County”) and in the performance of my duties as County Clerk do hereby certify to the Office of Business Finance and Planning in accordance with Section 348A.260 of the Nevada Administrative Code (“NAC”), that the 2020 private activity bond volume cap allocated to the County in the amount of $2,573,307.38 has been transferred as follows:
$2,573,307.38 has been transferred pursuant to NAC 348A.180 from the County, a local government, located in the State of Nevada to the Nevada Rural Housing Authority, a local government, located within the County for the purpose of providing a means of financing the costs of single family residential housing that will provide decent, safe and sanitary dwellings at affordable prices for persons of low and moderate income.
This certificate is being filed within five (5) days of the transfer being made in accordance
with NAC 348.260.
COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, NEVADA
By Kathy Lewis, County Clerk
cc: Diane Arvizo, Nevada Rural Housing Authority
3695 Desatoya Drive, Carson City, NV 89701 P: 775-887-1795 F: 775-887-1798 TDD: 800-545-1833 ext. 545 nvrural.org [email protected]
This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
June 25, 2020 Mr. Barry Penzel Chair, Douglas County Board of Commissioners 1616 8th Street Minden, NV 89423 Dear Mr. Penzel: I would like to thank you for Douglas County’s partnership with the Nevada Rural Housing Authority (NRHA). Each year, your county has transferred its unused Private Activity Bond Cap (PABC) to NRHA, resulting in our continued success operating the award-winning, single-family housing program, Home At Last™ and helping to fulfill NRHA’s mission to promote, provide and finance affordable housing opportunities for all rural Nevadans. What does that mean? It means 9,000 families have achieved their dream of affordable homeownership. It means $27.7 million in homeowner tax savings have been invested back into our Nevada communities. It means Douglas County resident Joseph C. and his family were able to purchase their first home. Joseph and his family join the hundreds of other Nevada families who were able to achieve their dreams of homeownership in 2019 and proclaim, “We are Home At Last!” Home At Last™ gives Nevadans a trusted path to responsible homeownership. We know homeownership isn’t only about getting approved and moving in – it’s also about building long-term success. That’s why we have Home At Last University (HAL U for short) that offers comprehensive (and required) homebuyer education. It’s also why we partner with the Trio lease-to-own program, which gives almost-ready borrowers a path that’s right for them. Homeownership helps Nevadans plant roots and bolster our communities’ pride throughout the Silver State. The transfer of PABC does not obligate Douglas County in any way. It simply gives us the financing tools to ensure we can successfully offer access to affordable homeownership programs – such as the Mortgage Credit Certificate (the “MCC”), which, in turn, support your community through single-family housing financing and tax credits to homeowners to reinvest in your local economy. Please accept this letter as our formal request to schedule this action (or consent) item for the next County Board of Commissioners meeting. To simplify the transfer, a draft resolution and corresponding transfer certificate is attached. Within five (5) days of approval, please email a copy of the signed resolution and transfer certificate to [email protected] and mail the original documents to:
Attn: Carrie Foley Nevada Department of Business & Industry 3300 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 425 Las Vegas, NV 89102
If you have any questions about the transfer, please consult your counsel or NRHA’s bond counsel, Ryan Bowen at (312) 845-3277. With Sincere Gratitude, William L. Brewer Executive Director Enclosures: 2 Attachment 1: Resolution Attachment 2: Transfer Certificate
Home At Last™ A Program of the Nevada Rural Housing Authority
The Nevada Rural Housing Authority’s mission is to promote, provide and financeaffordable housing opportunities for all rural Nevadans.
Home At Last™ homeownership programs provide rural Nevadans with access to affordable homeownership opportunities,
which is a key component to successful economic development throughout the state. We recognize the tremendous value in
working with our local communities and your commitment to helping ensure every citizen has a home they can afford – it’s
part of what makes rural Nevada a great place to live!
$25.3 Million in Private Activity Bond Cap
Transfers from the County to NRHA since 2006
$2.6 Million in Federal Tax Savings to
Homeowners in the County since 2006
$1.9 Million in Down Payment Assistance
to Homebuyers in the County since 2006
421 Home At Last™ Families Assisted in Douglas County since 2006
Home At Last™Impact in
Douglas County
HOME AT LAST™ PROGRAM(Since 2006 Launch)
$1.8 BILLIONMortgages Provided
9,000 FAMILIES ASSISTEDMortgage Credit Certificates
Down Payment Assistance
$52.1 MILLIONDown Payment Assistance Provided
$27.7 MILLIONTax Savings to Homeowners
Reinvested in Local Communities
This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
Home At Last™ in Douglas County
Pursuant to NRS 315 et. seq., NRHA operates under the oversight of a board of commissioners appointed by the NevadaAssociation of Counties and Nevada League of Cities and Municipalities and is defined as an instrumentality, localgovernment and political subdivision of the State, exercising public and essential governmental functions. NRHA’s area ofoperation is defined as communities with population below 150,000.
Community Loan Volume Since 2006 Families Assisted Since 2006
Gardnerville $48,888,395 244
Carson City (in Douglas County) $19,704,275 95
Minden $13,745,032 51
Wellington $3,924,157 22
Stateline $1,168,907 5
Zephyr Cove $936,288 4
Total $88,367,054 421
Home At Last™ Programs Loan Volume Since 2006 Families Assisted Since 2006
Down Payment Assistance $54,659,062 257
Mortgage Credit Certificates $33,707,992 164
Total $88,367,054 421
Average 2019 Loan Size in Douglas County: $257,501
Average 2019 Household Income in Douglas County: $66,053
Average 2019 Credit Score in Douglas County: 696
This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
Home At Last™ in Douglas County
As a national award-winning program, Home At Last™, a program of the Nevada Rural Housing Authority (NRHA) providesunprecedented access to affordable credit, resulting in more doors being opened to rural Nevadans owning a home of theirown. Private activity bond cap enables NRHA to support your community by providing affordable single-family homefinancing to low- and moderate-income households.
This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
35%
25%
5%
25%
10%
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
1-person 2-person 3-person
4-person 5-person85%
5%10%
ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic
Hispanic
Other
60%25%
15%
PROPERTY TYPE
1 Unit SingleFamily
ManufacturedHousing
Townhouse
$0
$1,359,593
$647,274
$1,115,816
$560,492
$608,223
$386,099
$142,424
$986,973
$864,455
$279,837$169,750
$245,471
$0
$312,911
$607,300
$294,566
$808,010
Home At Last™ Activity in Douglas CountyJanuary 2019 to June 2020 (YTD)
$9,389,194 in Mortgages Provided36 Families Assisted
Home At Last™ University
In 2019, NRHA launched another innovative solution to help further its mission – Home At Last™ University (HAL U for short),an online education platform for homebuyers, realtors and lenders. During the COVID-19 pandemic, with its 24/7 access,HAL U continued to prepare homebuyers, train realtors and support lenders. Now, NRHA is expanding HAL U to provide HUDrequired Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) briefings to tenants who are unable to meet case workers in person.
Has Student Debt, 2080,
49%
Total Initiated,
2197, 51%
Student Debt
Less than $1500, 1386,
74%
$1501 -$5000, 85, 5%
$5001 -$10000, 106,
6%
More than $10000, 284,
15%
Student Debt Balance
This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
Top Lenders in Douglas County
• Guild Mortgage• PrimeLending • iServe Residential Lending
The following information was provided to the Board of County Commissioners
by the public.
From: [email protected]: Inbox - BOCC Public CommentSubject: Board of County Commissioners Comment Form 2020-07-15 08:04 AM(PST) Submission NotificationDate: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 8:04:57 AM
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Board of County Commissioners Comment Form 2020-07-15 08:04 AM(PST) wassubmitted by Guest on 7/15/2020 11:04:52 AM (GMT-08:00) US/Pacific
Name ValueMeetingDate 2020-07-15AgendaItem Community Development Item 3
Topic Additional VHR fundingSupport
Opposed I am opposed to this itemUndecided
Name Andrew HuckbodyContact Information 775 790 7476, [email protected]
Comments
Based on Ms Davidson's June 25th update regarding County's VHRreview it sounded like it is unsafe to do the VHR inspections and morethan 100 VHR permit had expired. What was not clear is if the Countyis still allowing these VHR's to continue renting with their expiredVHR Permit Numbers? Also if the County is accepting and approvingnew VHR Applications without the inspections. It is concerning theCounty believes it is unsafe to do the VHR inspections, but safeenough for the cleaning people and Visitors to come into ourneighborhoods. I suggest you oppose any new funding for theCounty's VHR Program at this time and request a time frame whenMR Cates will present the County's recommendations on the futureVHR Program going forward.
To view this form submission online, please follow the link below:
https://www.douglascountynv.gov/form/one.aspx?objectId=16887484&contextId=16206027&returnto=submissions
From: [email protected]: Inbox - BOCC Public CommentSubject: Board of County Commissioners Comment Form 2020-07-15 08:08 AM(PST) Submission NotificationDate: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 8:08:50 AM
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Board of County Commissioners Comment Form 2020-07-15 08:08 AM(PST) wassubmitted by Guest on 7/15/2020 11:08:46 AM (GMT-08:00) US/Pacific
Name ValueMeetingDate 2020-07-15AgendaItem Public Works Item 6
Topic Additional Funding for the Cave Rock Water SystemSupport I am in support of this item
OpposedUndecided
Name Andrew HuckbodyContact Information 775 790 7476, [email protected]
Comments I support approving the additional funding for the improvementsneeded in the Cave Rock Water System.
To view this form submission online, please follow the link below:
https://www.douglascountynv.gov/form/one.aspx?objectId=16887498&contextId=16206027&returnto=submissions
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Public comment:
What's with the hurry on the fakeish ground breaking of the South
Shore Event Center
Hmmm last estimate for Event Center was $80 million recent
article states $100 mil
https://southtahoenow.com/story/07/09/2020/groundbreaking-
lake-tahoes-new-special-events-center-stateline
What is the status of the bonds? The citizens want to know.
Per Douglas County, the project requires NO tax increases for
residents. Funding will come from three sources: $34 million or
19% via Douglas County Redevelopment Area #2, created in
2016 to strengthen the area’s economic base through focused
attention and financial investment; a $5 per night lodging
surcharge on each room at Tahoe Township properties
(casinos/hotels, Lodge at Edgewood and vacation rentals) will
account for 43% of debt service to repay the bonds; and current
transient lodging license tax and transient occupancy tax for the
remaining 38%.
https://southtahoenow.com/story/04/09/2020/letter-lake-tahoe-
event-center-your-support-needed
With room nights and visitors constrained by CoVID where will the
funding shortfall come from?
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FINANCE
E. For possible action. Discussion on the adoption of Resolution
2020R-059, a resolution transferring Douglas County's 2020 Bond
Cap of $2,573,307.38 to the Nevada Rural Housing Authority (NRHA)
for the purpose of providing a means of financing the cost of single
family residential housing at affordable prices for persons of low and
moderate income pursuant to Nevada Administrative Code (NAC)
348A.180. This transfers the County's maximum amount of tax-
exempt private activity bonds that may be issued during 2020 to
NHRA and does not incur any debt or legal obligation for the County.
(Terri Willoughby)
Background Information: The Private Activity Bond Cap (PABC)
provides lower-interest financing for eligible projects and can be
transferred to another local government per NAC 384A.180. Douglas
County may also allocate its share to specific projects that apply and
qualify with the State, or the allocation goes back to the general State-
wide pool. The County has historically allocated its share of unused
bond cap to the Nevada Rural Housing Authority (NHRA) to help fund
low income housing projects. For 2020, Douglas County has an
allocation of $2,573,307.38. NRHA's ability to continue serving the
community with the most innovative rural homebuyer programs is
predicated on receiving a transfer from the County's PABC, which will
be combined with transfers from other cities and counties to fund
NRHA’s Single-Family Housing program. The transfer of the County’s
unused bond cap will not incur any cost or legal liability for the County,
and will help NRHA serve the citizens of Douglas County.
Finance Item E. WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 348A of the Nevada Revised Statutes (“NRS”) and Chapter 348A of the Nevada Administrative Code (“NAC”), there has been allocated to Douglas County, Nevada (the “County”) the amount of $2,573,307.38 in tax-exempt private activity bond volume cap for calendar year 2020 (the “2020 Bond Cap”); and
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WHEREAS, the Nevada Rural Housing Authority (the “NRHA”) has requested that the County transfer its 2020 Bond Cap to the NRHA for the purpose of providing a means of financing the cost of single family residential housing that will provide decent, safe and sanitary dwellings at affordable prices for persons of low and moderate income (“Single Family Programs”); and WHEREAS, the County is a local government as defined by NAC 348A.070; and WHEREAS, Section 348A.180 of the NAC provides a procedure whereby the County may, by resolution, transfer to any other local government located within the same county, all or any portion of its 2020 Bond Cap; and WHEREAS, pursuant to NRS 315.983(1)(a), the NRHA is an instrumentality, local government and political subdivision of the State of Nevada (the “State”); and WHEREAS, the NRHA is located within the County, pursuant to NRS 315.963, which defines the NRHA’s area of operation as “any area of the State which is not included within the corporate limits of a city or town having a population of 150,000 or more.” NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Commissioners of the County does hereby find, resolve, determine and order as follows: Section 1. Recitals. The recitals set forth herein above are true and correct in all respects. Section 2. Transfer of Private Activity Bond Volume Cap. Pursuant to NAC 348A.180, the County hereby transfers the County’s 2020 Bond Cap, in the amount of $2,573,307.38, to the NRHA for its Single Family Programs. Section 3. Use of 2020 Bond Cap. The NRHA will use the 2020 Bond Cap for single family purposes in calendar year 2020, or carry forward any remaining amount according to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for such purposes.
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Is this a requirement or obligation? Is this a good idea during CoVID? Who is on tap to build, who is lurking in the weeds? Disclosure of the $$$$ range associated with " affordable" for low and moderate income necessary. The recent presentation from the Prosperity Center hinted this was necessary???? Disclosure of price points for the housing necessary. North Lake Tahoe and Mountain Housing Council that Heidi Hilldrum ( Prosperity Center) is working with is calling it the missing middle. The teachers, nurses, fireman cannot afford to live here. How much have we already contributed to Nevada Rural Housing Authority (NHRA)? How many homes were built with the funding already obligated? Lots of unanswered questions before this can go forward.