Tenaya Creek Homeowners Association

It is Spring and things are happening in Tenaya Creek. For those of us who live on the periphery of the subdivision we have a fire hazard there according to the City of Reno. We have filed a complaint with the City to get the land owner (Union Pacific) to get rid of those weeds and cut firebreaks for us. We are in communication with Mark Mahoney of Union Pacific and Scott Shields (Reno Fire Inspector) to resolve this issue. Mr. Mahoney is currently looking at Union Pacific Right of Way maps to determine if our survey maps indicate correctly that UP land does abut our back yards on the Tenaya Creek Subdivision. We should have word on the status of this fire hazard abatement soon.

We have been testing the noise from the ALM laundry with a Pyle PSPL01 Mini Digital Sound Level Meter. Readings at the corner of Orr Crest and Tenaya Creek lane have been averaging 60 to 62 db at night and early morning. Lisa Mann of the City of Reno took readings in February that ran anywhere from 48 to 49 db. She cited the Reno Municipal Code RMC Section 18.12.304 (g) which gives a 65db maximum for day and a 49 db maximum for night. We see a problem here. We are anticipating taking this issue to the City Council to include the Tenaya Creek problem in the RMC. We are told RMC Section 18.12.304 (g) doesn’t apply to us but it was used to determine noise values in our dispute with ALM. We are also in the process of sending a letter to ALM laundry to protest their night time operations. We are considering passing around a petition to find out just how many owners are impacted by ALM noise. Your cooperation should we decide to go forward with the petition would be greatly appreciated.

Another thing we are working on is what we are calling our wetlands project. Half of our common ground is wetlands according to drawings that we have with the City of Reno. We have contacted and been briefed by several experts on wetland issues. It has been determined that we need what is called a “delineation” (defines the boundaries of the wetlands among other things), and engineering drawing of the fix, and what is called a Nationwide 3 permit. We are looking into NDOW (Nevada Department of Wildlife) and LIP (Landowner Incentive Program) grants to pay for this project. We are also exploring the possibility of getting an NAB (Neighborhood Advisory Board) community improvement grant. Suffice it to say that we are exploring all options to avoid using reserve funds for this project.