Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 16–Committee on

Natural Resources

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Whereas, The Tahoe Regional Planning Compact provides for the

maintenance of the scenic, recreational, educational, scientific, natural and

public health values of the entire Lake Tahoe Basin; and

Whereas, The Tahoe Regional Planning Compact establishes the

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency to adopt and enforce a regional plan and

to provide opportunities for the orderly growth and development of the

Lake Tahoe Basin; and

Whereas, The Legislature of the State of Nevada is vitally concerned

with achieving regional goals in conserving the natural resources of the

entire Lake Tahoe Basin and with the programs and activities of the Tahoe

Regional Planning Agency that affect these goals; and

Whereas, As a necessary corollary to this vital concern and for the

protection of Lake Tahoe, the Legislature of the State of Nevada is also

concerned with the role and efforts of those federal and state agencies that

have authority to regulate activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin and their

interactions with and effect upon the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and

the Lake Tahoe Basin; and

Whereas, Subcommittees of the Legislative Commission have

successfully reviewed the programs and activities of the Tahoe Regional

Planning Agency on previous occasions; and

Whereas, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 2 of the 69th Legislative

Session directed the Legislative Commission to appoint a committee of six

legislators composed of three members of the Senate and three members of

the Assembly to continue the review of the Tahoe Regional Planning

Compact and to oversee the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency; and

Whereas, The review and oversight of the programs and activities of

the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and the role of each federal and state

agency having authority and responsibility in the Lake Tahoe Basin

continue to be necessary to ensure the proper functioning of those agencies;

and

Whereas, It is vital to remain in communication with members of the

Legislature of the State of California to continue to achieve the goals set

forth in the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the Assembly

Concurring, That the Legislative Commission is hereby directed to

appoint a committee of six legislators composed of three members of the

Senate and three members of the Assembly to continue the review of the

Tahoe Regional Planning Compact and to oversee the Tahoe Regional

Planning Agency and each federal and state agency having authority to

regulate activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin; and be it further

Resolved, That the committee is directed to:

1. Review the budget, programs, activities, responsiveness and

accountability of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency; and

2. Study the role and activities of each federal and state agency having

authority to regulate activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin, including, without

limitation, their role in the protection of Lake Tahoe and their interactions

with and effect upon the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and the Lake

Tahoe Basin; and be it further

Resolved, That the committee is directed to continue to communicate

with interested members of the Legislature of the State of California to

achieve the goals set forth in the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact and to

make an effort to meet personally with those members as soon as

practicable after the appointment of the committee; and be it further

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate prepare and transmit a copy

of this resolution to the Executive Director of the Tahoe Regional Planning

Agency, each member of the California delegation to the Tahoe Regional

Planning Agency, the President pro Tempore of the Senate of the State of

California and the Speaker of the Assembly of the State of California.

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