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Re: Lake Tahoe Golf Course restoration project.
From the beginning I have sent letters to the editor and the mayor's and city commissioners' office, Supervisor Norma Santiago, and the hotels and motels association. To my disappointment I never see any of them in the meetings conducted by Cyn die Walk, project manager.
I also sent a petition with over 100 signatures including a letter from the executive director of the Northern Nevada Golf Association to then-Gov. Schwarzenegger, Roth Coleman, director of Cali fornia Parks and Recreation, Walk and the TRPA.
In my opinion Walk's reason to hold those meetings is only because it must be required by law.
She did not care about anybody's concerns and forced Option 2 through a non-golfers committee expecting it will be challenged in court, and TRPA then try to agree for only a nine-hole or no course at all so she can build her marshland, which anyway should be between the airport and Highway 50!
This means South Lake Tahoe is losing an 18-hole championship and scenic golf course, jobs and in come for the town. In the summertime the course is attracting thousands of tourists and people from Northern California. To keep the 18 hole course open, all the above mentioned agencies, chamber of commerce, Northern California Golf Association, the men's club needs to wake up and fight for this beautiful golf course. She already ignored all the local residents and golfers input! TV coverage of the meetings also would show the strong opposition from the public. It is very clear that the residents and golfers don't want a change, so rip rap and stabilize the river banks. The state has the machines and the manpower, it would also be financially the most feasible solution. According to Mr. Larry Mancour designer and builder of the back nine holes, they did not have the money for it when the nine holes were added. Erosion exists not only through the golf course. How about the other 15-plus miles of the river?
Fritz Siegenthaler
Carson City
From the beginning I have sent letters to the editor and the mayor's and city commissioners' office, Supervisor Norma Santiago, and the hotels and motels association. To my disappointment I never see any of them in the meetings conducted by Cyn die Walk, project manager.
I also sent a petition with over 100 signatures including a letter from the executive director of the Northern Nevada Golf Association to then-Gov. Schwarzenegger, Roth Coleman, director of Cali fornia Parks and Recreation, Walk and the TRPA.
In my opinion Walk's reason to hold those meetings is only because it must be required by law.
She did not care about anybody's concerns and forced Option 2 through a non-golfers committee expecting it will be challenged in court, and TRPA then try to agree for only a nine-hole or no course at all so she can build her marshland, which anyway should be between the airport and Highway 50!
This means South Lake Tahoe is losing an 18-hole championship and scenic golf course, jobs and in come for the town. In the summertime the course is attracting thousands of tourists and people from Northern California. To keep the 18 hole course open, all the above mentioned agencies, chamber of commerce, Northern California Golf Association, the men's club needs to wake up and fight for this beautiful golf course. She already ignored all the local residents and golfers input! TV coverage of the meetings also would show the strong opposition from the public. It is very clear that the residents and golfers don't want a change, so rip rap and stabilize the river banks. The state has the machines and the manpower, it would also be financially the most feasible solution. According to Mr. Larry Mancour designer and builder of the back nine holes, they did not have the money for it when the nine holes were added. Erosion exists not only through the golf course. How about the other 15-plus miles of the river?
Fritz Siegenthaler
Carson City
