Bear Valley Residents, Incorporated
POST OFFICE BOX 5145
BEAR VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, 95223
www.bvri.org

Looking southwest over Bear Lake from Bear Paw Ridge

Bear Valley is a residential community and ski area located in the California Sierra south of Lake Tahoe and north of Yosemite. Bear Valley Residents, Inc. is a non-profit organization formed for the benefit of Bear Valley property owners and to administer the Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions of the New Subdivision. BVRI owns and maintains two beaches at Bear Lake, publishes a periodic newsletter for members, and represents the interests of Bear Valley residents on a variety of community and local governmental issues.

BVRI BULLETINS:

• The Bear Valley Snowmobile Club reminds us to be considerate with snowmobile use. Click here for the Good Neighbor Riding Rules. Print them out and post them at your cabin.
• The County has released the Draft Environmental Report on village development. You can find it on the Alpine County website at http://www.alpinecountyca.gov/departments/planning/planning_environmental_review. There will be a public meeting to present it on October 18, 10am, at the Bear Valley Lodge. Comments can be sent through the website where the document is found. The BVRI Board will be submitting comments, and you may send your input to bvri@goldrush.com for consideration of inclusion in BVRI's comments. Some of the appendices to the Draft EIR aren't out yet, so you may want to check back at the County website periodically. The comment period ends November 7, 5pm. The BVRI Board and the committee on the EIR will meet Saturday, October 18 at 4pm at the County Services Building to discuss the EIR and BVRI's possible response. The meeting is open to all, and phone conferencing is available. Toll free dial-in number is 641-715-3200, participant code is 475654#.
• Alpine County hosted a public meeting on June 21, 10am, at the Perry Walther Building to take input on the snowmobile trail from the bus stop to the dumpsters. The ad hoc committee appointed to study this issue has issued a report and is making recommendations. For the full report, go to www.alpinecountyca.gov. Scroll down to Recently Added Documents. If it's not on the top page, click on MORE.
• The results of the second survey on home size are in. Of 426 ballots sent out, 160 were returned with a "Yes" (change the CC&R's to restrict house size) vote, 98 "No". 168 ballots were not returned. Changing the CC&R's would require 214 votes. Since the votes to change were 54 short of that number, the Board voted not to proceed with an official CC&R election at this time. Click here for more information.
• The Bear Valley Parents Group has a job opening for a teacher for the daycare/preschool program. Click here for information. Also, the Parents Group is putting together a public children's playground for Bear Valley. They've gotten grant money and other donations, but they need more. Click here for more information on how you can help.
• The scoping session on March 24 regarding future development plans was well attended. Click here for a summary of the proceedings.
• The Bear Valley Village Partners gave presentations on their updated development plans on July 27 and 28, 2007. Click here for a report. At the Sept. 3 2006 general meeting, the Board established a second committee to follow up on the information gathering of the communications committee. The Board as a whole is the core of the phase 2 committee, but the committee is open to anyone and several people have already signed up. The phase 2 committee will work with the information gathered to identify areas of concern and make comments to the developers. If you want to be on the phase 2 committee or if you have input for them, please e-mail bvri@goldrush.com. The phase 1 committee, charged with establishing good communication with the developers, met with their representatives on September 19, 2006, to exchange information and pass along input received from the community. Click here to see what happened at that meeting.
• The Bear Valley Water District got its NPDES discharge permit. Now the District is wrestling with how to pay for the tertiary treatment plant which the state required as a condition for the permit. The District is considering an assessment. For the history of the sewer situation, click here. For more information, call the Bear Valley Water District at 209-753-2112 or visit their new website, www.bearvalleywater.org. .
• BVRI maintains the beaches at Bear Lake for its members. The beaches may be available for group or private functions if certain conditions are met. Click here for information on the beaches.
• The tennis courts are done. There are a few memberships left. If you're interested, e-mail Ann Wolff at annwolff@earthlink.net. The Tennis Club has a website - www.bearvalleytennis.com.
• The Board has approved a one page summary of the CC&R's and Design Standards. You can see the long versions by clicking on the links below. But if you want the diet version, click here.

Send us an e-mail with your thoughts, comments, and suggestions to
bvri@goldrush.com.

CURRENT ISSUES: (click on item to view)

• Bears: have you killed a bear today?
• Dumpster Etiquette: the do's and don'ts of garbage disposal and recycling.
• Yard Waste: what to do with it
• Village Chairlift & CDC: status of chairlift from valley to ski area
• Fire Protection: Bear Valley reevaluates its fire protection plan

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