3. A three-year plan was submitted to give an elected Board of Directors and committees that are overview of what our community needs to do over concerned with water quality, architectural control, the next three years. It is detailed below: finance, and townhome projects. The community also has its own water company and gets its water from 3 wells located within the community. The community TAHOE KEYS FIREWISE USA employs maintenance, waterways, office, and security RECOGNITION PROGRAM “WILDFIRE staff. About 40% of the homes are lived in by yearround residents. The other 60% are second homes ACTION PLAN” used as vacation homes by their owners.
2024-2026
This proposed Firewise USA community Wildfire Community Description: Action Plan was developed through input received Tahoe Keys is a planned community that was designed during the spring, summer and fall of 2023 Firewise in the 1960s. It is bordered on one side by the shores Assessment. The goal of the Plan is to develop a of Lake Tahoe, by Pope Marsh and Truckee Marsh strategy to incrementally outreach, educate, and on 2 sides, and by Lake Tallac on one side. There are implement efforts to make Tahoe Keys more fire 2 “Villages” that are adjacent to Tahoe Keys and are resilient. During the year of 2023 the community is part of the Homeowners Association. They contain 17 applying for Firewise USA certification to establish and 18 houses respectively. the Tahoe Keys neighborhood as a Firewise USA community. There has been initial outreach to the The main portion of the community consists of 335 community through email blasts and articles in the townhomes and 1090 single family dwellings. Within Keys Breeze informing the community members the community is a homeowner’s association pavilion, about the steps needed to become a Firewise 1 indoor pool facility, 1 outdoor pool facility with a community and the benefits of becoming a Firewise pavilion and restrooms, 3 water well structures, 1 community. pump house, 2 tennis court areas, 1 pickleball court area, 1 basketball court, 1 beach volleyball area, and 1 During this time, a Firewise Committee was formed children’s playground area. The community comprises which has been accepted by the TKPOA Board of 740 acres including 11 miles (140 acres) of waterways, Directors. A meeting has occurred with Kim George, some of which connect to Lake Tahoe. There are 16 Fire Chief of the South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue and vacant lots privately owned by members, 48 vacant 2 meetings occurred with Michelle McClean of the lots owned by the TKPOA (Tahoe Keys Property Tahoe Resource Conservation Project. Based on the Owners Association), and 82 parcels owned by the calculation of 1436 structures in the community, TKPOA that are used as common areas or spaces for risk assessments were performed on 300 structures common facilities such as tennis courts, pickleball which is greater than the 20% required by the Firewise courts, wells, pools, basketball courts, playgrounds Community organization. Also during this time, the 3 and offices. Tahoe Keys has a general manager that year plan was developed. is employed by FirstService Residential services, an Keys Breeze
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