City Council
Tamara Wallace, Mayor
Cody Bass, Mayor Pro Tem
Scott Robbins, Councilmember
David Jinkens, Councilmember
Keith Roberts, Councilmember
Mission of the City Council
The City was established to provide essential,
outstanding and cost-effective services that
enhance environmental sustainability, economic
vitality and the quality of life for our residents,
businesses and guests.
City of South Lake Tahoe
City Council and South Tahoe Redevelopment Successor
Agency
Meeting Agenda
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 5:30 pm
City Hall - Council Chambers - 1901 Lisa Maloff Way, South Lake Tahoe Public Participation
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1. Proclamation Recognizing June 2025 as "Pride" Month
2. Proclamation Recognizing July 2025 as "Disability Pride" Month line to which your comments relate. Any such comment that is a public record and is emailed to [email protected] or otherwise provided to a majority of the City Council before the meeting will be made available for public inspection during normal business hours at the City Clerk's Office located at City Hall, 1901 Lisa Maloff Way, South Lake Tahoe [Government Code Section 54957.5(b)]. Written comments will not be read out loud during the meeting.
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Land Acknowledgement
Land Acknowledgement - The City of South Lake Tahoe acknowledges the lands we occupy today are the lands and home of the Wašíšiw, the people from here known today as the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California, a sovereign nation. Since the beginning of time and for thousands of years before the arrival of any other people, the Washoe lived here and cared for this place, with values and intention that we can all learn from. On behalf of the City Council, I would like to acknowledge, thank, and honor the Indigenous Washoe Tribal Communities that are the past, present, and future stewards of the Lake Tahoe Basin.
Call to Order/Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call
Closed Session Report
Proclamations
Requested Action / Suggested Motions: Issue a Proclamation to Lake Tahoe Pride recognizing June 2025 as "Pride" month.
Responsible Staff Member(s): Susan Blankenship, City Clerk Item 1- Executive Summary.pdf
Proclamation - June 2025 Pride Month.docx
Requested Action / Suggested Motions: Issue a Proclamation to Access Tahoe recognizing July 2025 as "Disability Pride" month.
Responsible Staff Member(s): Susan Blankenship, City Clerk Item 2- Executive Summary.pdf
Proclamation - July Disability Pride Month.docx
Public Communications
This is the public's opportunity to speak on any topic NOT LISTED on this agenda. Comments shall be limited to four (4) minutes. In accordance with the Brown Act, the City Council cannot deliberate or vote on any matter raised under public communications, but may briefly respond to statements made or questions posed. (Government Code Sections 54954.2)
City Commission Reports
3. Regular and Special City Council Meeting Minutes
4. Hazardous Fuels Reduction Agreement with West Coast Arborists, Inc.
5. Grant Funding Acceptance and Agreement with California Tahoe Conservancy (CTC) for General Forestry Services for fuels reduction projects on CTC owned property.
6. Direct Charge for Mello-Roos Special Tax for Community Facilities District No. 1995-1 for Fiscal Year 2025-2026
Consent Agenda
Public Comment - This is the public's opportunity to speak on any topic listed on the Consent Agenda.
Comments shall be limited to three (3) minutes per item and six (6) minutes total per speaker.
The consent agenda consists of items of a repeating or routine nature considered under a single action.
Any Councilmember may have an item on the consent agenda removed and considered separately upon request.
Pass a Motion to adopt the Consent Agenda in one motion except as indicated at each item.
Requested Action / Suggested Motions: Pass a Motion approving the minutes from the June 3, 2025, City Council meeting, and the June 6, 2025, Special City Council meeting.
Responsible Staff Member(s): Michelle Davis, Assistant City Clerk Item 3- Executive Summary.pdf
06 03 2025 City Council Meeting Minutes.pdf
06 06 2025 Special City Council Meeting Minutes.pdf
Requested Action / Suggested Motions: Pass a Motion authorizing and directing the Mayor to execute a Professional Services Agreement with West Coast Arborists, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $217,675.00 for the South Tahoe High School Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project.
CEQA Determination: This action is exempt from CEQA review under 14 Cal. Code Regs. 1038.3 (Forest Resilience Exemption for harvesting trees to reduce flammable materials in moderate, high, or very high fire hazard severity zones).
Responsible Staff Member(s): Jay Manning, Division Chief Item 4- Executive Summary.pdf
01-Staff Report - Fuels Reduction Agreement.docx
02-Agreement with West Coast Arborists Inc.docx
03-Exhibit D to Agreement USFS_21-PA-11051900-016_executed.pdf 04-Exhibit E to Agreement STHS_VEG_MGT_PLAN.pdf
05-West Coast Arborist STHS Proposal.pdf
06-Valuation Scoresheets STHS Fuels Reduction Project
Requested Action / Suggested Motions: Pass a Resolution accepting grant funding and authorizing and directing the City Manager to execute a contract for general forestry services California Tahoe Conservancy in the amount of $300,000.00 for Fuels Reduction Project work on CTC-owned property within the South Shore of the Tahoe Basin.
CEQA Determination: This action is categorically exempt under CEQA Guidelines section 15304(i) (Minor Alterations to Land).
Responsible Staff Member(s): Jay Manning, Division Chief Item 5- Executive Summary.pdf
01-Staff Report - CTC Agreement for Fuels Reduction.docx 02-Resolution-CTC Funding Forestry Services.docx
03-Fuels Division Rate Sheet.docx
04-Agreement
Requested Action / Suggested Motions: Pass a Resolution authorizing certification of direct charge for Mello-Roos Special Tax for Community Facilities District No. 1995-1 for Fiscal Year 2025-2026.
CEQA Determination: This action is categorically exempt under CEQA Guidelines section 15301 (Existing Facilities).
Responsible Staff Member(s): Olga Tikhomirova, Director of Finance
7. Annual Special Tax for Community Facilities District 2001-1 Series 2015 Special Tax Refunding Bonds for Fiscal Year 2025-2026
8. South Tahoe Refuse Final Delinquent Fees Report
9. Agreement with Heavenly Valley Limited Partnership for Snow Removal on Certain City Streets
10. Ordinance Amending Vacation Home Rental Regulations Outside Tourist Core (Second Reading) and Resolution Establishing Initial Application Period for Preferred Applicants Item 6- Executive Summary.pdf
01-Staff Report - Mello-Roos Special Tax.docx
02-Resolution_CFD 1995-1.docx
03-FY2526 CFD 1995-1 Preliminary Roll 2pg.pdf
Consent Agenda- South Tahoe Redevelopment Successor Agency Requested Action / Suggested Motions: Acting as the South Tahoe Redevelopment Successor Agency, Pass a Resolution Establishing the Annual Special Tax for Community Facilities District 2001-1 (Park Avenue Project) Series 2015 Special Tax Refunding Bonds (Heavenly Village) for Fiscal Year 2025-2026.
CEQA Determination: This action is categorically exempt from review under CEQA Guidelines section 15301 (Existing Facilities).
Responsible Staff Member(s): Olga Tikhomirova, Director of Finance Item 7- Executive Summary.pdf
01-Staff Report CFD_2001-1.docx
02-Resolution_CFD 2001-1.docx
03-FY2526 CFD 2001-1 Preliminary Roll.pdf
Public Hearing
Requested Action / Suggested Motions: Pass a Resolution confirming the Final Delinquent Fees Report and directing the Finance Department to send a certified copy of the Report to the El Dorado County Auditor-Controller to add the delinquent amounts to the county property tax rolls for collection.
Responsible Staff Member(s): Katherine Moore, Assistant Planner Item 8- Executive Summary.pdf
01-Staff Report - STR Final Delinquent Fees Report.docx 02-Resolution - Confirming STR Final Delinquent Fees Report.docx 03-STR Lien List 2025 (Exh 1 to Resolution).pdf
04-Planning_Commission_Resolution_2025-006_STR_Delinquent_Fees_Report.pdf 05-Tribune_Notice.pdf
Regular-Unfinished Business
Requested Action / Suggested Motions: Pass a Motion authorizing and directing the Mayor to execute Agreement with Heavenly Valley Limited Partnership to authorize snow removal on portions of Ski Run Boulevard, Saddle Road, Keller Road, Wildwood Avenue, and Needle Peak Road.
CEQA Determination: This action is categorically exempt under CEQA Guidelines section 15301 (Existing Facilities).
Responsible Staff Member(s): Joseph D. Irvin, City Manager Item 9- Executive Summary.pdf
01-Staff Report-Heavenly Snow Removal Agreement.docx
02-City of South Lake Tahoe and Heavenly Snow Removal Agreement_6-2-2025.docx 03-Exhibit_A - Heavenly Snow Operations Impacts on Roadways.pdf Requested Action / Suggested Motions: (1) Pass an Ordinance Amending Article V (Vacation Home Rentals) of Chapter 3.50 (Transient Lodging) and Table 2.35.070 (Appealable Actions and Matters)
11. Amendments to Vacation Home Rental Program Budget, Allocated Position Listing, and Master Fee Schedule
12. Acceptance of Grant from California Tahoe Conservancy for Regan Beach Rehabilitation Plan
13. El Dorado Beach Revetment Project and Budget Allocation of the South Lake Tahoe City Code to Modify the Regulation of Vacation Home Rentals Located Outside the Tourist Core Area Plan; and (2) Pass a Resolution establishing an initial application period for prior Vacation Home Rental and Qualified Vacation Home Rental permittees who were in good standing.
CEQA Determination: This action is categorically exempt under CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b) (3) (common sense exemption) and CEQA Guidelines section 15308 (regulatory action to protect the environment).
Responsible Staff Member(s): Heather Stroud, City Attorney Joseph Irvin, City Manager Item 10- Executive Summary.pdf
01 - Staff Report - VHR Ordinance and Preference Reso.docx 02 - Ordinance - VHR Amendments.docx
03 - Resolution - VHR Application Preference.docx
04 - VHR Ordinance Amendments Redline.pdf
05 - Appeal Table Redline.pdf
06 - Public Notice
07 - VHR Inspection Checklist Inspection Details.pdf
Regular-New Business
Requested Action / Suggested Motions: (1) Pass a Resolution Amending the FY 2024-2025 Vacation Home Rental (VHR) Program Budget and Changes to the Allocated Permanent Position Listing; and (2) Pass a Resolution Revising the 2024-2025 Master Fee Schedule to amend the annual VHR permit, Inspection and Re-inspection Fees.
Responsible Staff Member(s): Chief of Police Jeff Roberson and Zach Thomas, Development Services Director
Item 11- Executive Summary.pdf
01-Staff_Report_-
Vacation_Home_Rental__VHR__Program_Budget__Staffing_Allocaiton_and_Master_Fee_Schedule.docx 02-Resolution_VHR_Budget_Amendments(1).docx
03-Position Allocation 24-25 June 25 (Exh. A to Reso).pdf 04-Resolution-Master_Fees_Amendment_VHR_Fees.docx
Requested Action / Suggested Motions: Pass a Resolution accepting the grant and authorizing and directing the Mayor to sign the Agreement with California Tahoe Conservancy (CTC) from its Lake Tahoe Science and Improvement grant program for $500,000, appropriating $100,000 from General Fund Undesignated Excess Reserves and approving other budget amendments for the project.
Responsible Staff Member(s): John Stark, Director of Parks & Recreation Item 12- CTC Grant.pdf
01-Staff Report - Regan Beach Grant Acceptance and Budget Allocation.docx 02-Resolution - Regan Beach Grant Acceptance Budget Allocation.docx 03-Grant Agreement with California Tahoe Conservancy (Exh. A to Reso) Requested Action / Suggested Motions: Pass a Resolution authorizing $75,000 from General Fund Undesignated Reserves to be allocated to Account #301-60086 El Dorado Beach Revetment to hire a consultant to complete design and permitting for a temporary repair to the erosion of the beach and burial of exposed super sacks while the City works on a long-term solution that includes removing the plastic super sacks.
CEQA Determination: The rehabilitation and upgrades for the temporary repair are categorically exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under CEQA Guidelines 15301 (Existing Facilities) because it consists of the repair of minor alteration of an existing public structure involving negligible or not expansion of existing or former use.
14. Memorandum of Understanding with El Dorado County for Use of Senior Center and Coordination of Senior Services
15. Cannabis Tax Rate Discussion
16. Agenda Planning Calendar
Responsible Staff Member(s): John Stark, Director of Parks & Recreation Brianna Greenlaw, Associate Civil Engineer
Item 13- Executive Summary.pdf
01-Staff Report - El Dorado Beach Revetment.docx
02-Resolution - El Dorado Beach Revetment Project and Budget Allocation.docx Requested Action / Suggested Motions: Pass a Motion authorizing and directing the Mayor to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with El Dorado County for the use of the Senior Center and coordination of Senior Services.
Responsible Staff Member(s): John Stark, Director of Parks & Recreation Item 14- Executive Summary.pdf
01-Staff Report -MOU El Dorado County Senior Center.docx 02-9435 Partially Executed MOU.pdf
Requested Action / Suggested Motions: Pass a Motion to either: 1) Direct staff to bring back a resolution reducing Cannabis Business and Professions Tax rate and if so, by how much, and/or to reduce or eliminate Public Safety Mitigation Fee; or 2) Take no action in regard to Cannabis Business and Professions Tax rate and other fees.
Responsible Staff Member(s): Olga Tikhomirova, Director of Finance, Joseph Irvin, City Manager, and Heather Stroud, City Attorney
Item 15- Executive Summary.pdf
01-Staff_Report Cannabis Tax Rate Discussion.docx
02-Attachment A Letter to City Council- lowering local cannabis tax.pdf 03-Attachement_B_Cannabis_Tax_Rates_Chart_2025 (2).docx Agenda Planning Calendar
Requested Action / Suggested Motions: Identify, with consent of at least two Council Members, any desired future agenda items, and/or modify the Agenda Planning Calendar as desired.
Responsible Staff Member(s): Joseph Irvin, City Manager, and Susan Blankenship, City Clerk Item 16- Executive Summary.pdf
APC- 06 12 2025.pdf
Updates and Announcements (City Attorney, City Clerk, City Manager) Councilmember Reports and Comments - Assignments to Boards, Committees, and Commissions
Adjournment
I, Susan Blankenship, City Clerk for the City of South Lake Tahoe, declare that the foregoing agenda for the Tuesday June 17, 2025, City Council meeting was posted and available for review on Thursday, June 12, 2025, at City Hall, 1901 Lisa Maloff Way, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150. The agenda was also available on the City's website at https://www.cityofslt.us.
Signed June 12, 2025
\\sb\\ Susan Blankenship, Elected City Clerk