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The Carson City Board of Supervisors is seeking community input as it revisits the City’s Strategic Plan, a blueprint to help guide future investments and priorities. The plan includes goals, objectives, and strategies that will help us to achieve our vision and mission.

The community is encouraged to participate by completing a brief online survey and/or by attending one of the community open houses. The survey is available online at the City’s website, www.carson.org. The community open houses are scheduled as follows:

Friday night saw the beginning of Spring Fling Week at Carson High School with the Sadie Hawkins Dance. Thanks to everyone who came out and supported FBLA’s efforts to raise money for the March of Dimes. The next week is filled with events for student to celebrate springtime.

The community is invited to attend Carson City Supervisor, Ward 1 Karen Abowd’s monthly walkabout, Friday, March 13 at Mills Park.
“There’s a lot going on in our town and I would love for everyone to come out and talk about what’s going on,” she said. “As the downtown redesign moves forward, I look forward to receiving input from the community.”
She would also love to hear ideas anyone might have about multicultural events and whatever else folks may want to discuss.
To attend, meet at noon on Carson City Community Center’s steps. All are welcome to take a sack lunch.

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, in its capacity as the Tahoe Metropolitan Planning Organization, is asking people to take an online survey and provide public input needed to create a connected, accessible, and safe bicycle and pedestrian network at Lake Tahoe.

The survey is being offered through June 30. It is available here and takes about 15 minutes to complete.


The Nevada Department of Wildlife Fisheries Division has released a proposed plan to restore the sport fisheries in Comins and Bassett Lakes near Ely in White Pine County by removing northern pike. The plan is available for public comment for 30 days beginning March 5, 2015.

Until the mid-2000s Comins Lake was a premier sport fishery for rainbow and brown trout, supporting up to 35,000 angler days per year. The illegal introduction of northern pike in the early 2000s decimated the trout fishery and angler use is now less than 2,000 days per year.

A foundation to help raise money for the Carson City School District will be launched next week during a reception at Carson High School.

“Our only mission is to support the kids in the community,” said Ian Hill, chairman of the foundation’s board. “For the first time, we’re going to be joining together all the people who care deeply about the Carson City School District.”

The community is invited to attend Carson City Supervisor, Ward 1 Karen Abowd’s monthly walkabout, Friday, Feb. 13 at Mills Park.
This event has taken place since her first election more than four years ago, as the way to keep Abowd in touch with the people of the community and to help her do a more effective job understanding and representing their ideas, issues and concerns.

Carson City Public Works Director Darren Schulz announced Wednesday that after reviewing proposals and finalist presentations, a city review and selection committee has selected Lumos & Associates to lead the Downtown Carson Street Urban Design Project.

The committee will enter into contract negotiations for a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors. The Board of Supervisors will then approve, disapprove or modify the contract. The contract is anticipated to begin February 5, 2015.

In the United States, the common strand that runs through our collective lives from ages 7 to 18 years is the experience that most of us call “School.” While each individual’s experience may be varied, education in the US is an expected activity that spans 13 years of our lives and culminates as a rite of passage to adulthood.

A recent article in the Nevada Appeal titled: Swearing in, 2015 Carson City board kickoff Monday by John Barrette published on December 31, 2014. Here is an excerpt from that article.

“Mayor Robert Crowell said Tuesday he intends to suggest Abowd remain in her roles as mayor pro tem on the board, handling the gavel if he’s absent, and as chairperson of the authority. He also said in the past there hasn’t been controversy in divvying up board members’ committee work with members usually agreeing on what they want, but if any slots are contended they will be handled when that comes up.”

Dr. Sandra Stotsky, Endowed Chair in Teacher Quality at the University of Arkansas’s Department of Education Reform and Chair of the Sadlier Mathematics Advisory Board, along with Dr. James Milgram, Emeritus Professor at Stanford University’s Department of Mathematics, will be speaking about why Common Core is not good for our children or our country, at events in Carson City, Fallon and Reno, on January 13th and 14th.

Carson City Ward 2 Supervisor Brad Bonkowski will hold his first monthly “Breakfast with Brad” of 2015 on Friday, January 2 at 7:30 am at the Cracker Box restaurant. Any Carson City resident is invited to attend and Bonkowski will buy the coffee.

The Employment Security Division held a public hearing Wednesday to allow members of the public and business community to comment on the proposed unemployment insurance tax rate increase from 1.95 percent to 2 percent, which will go into effect Jan. 1, 2015.

The community is invited to attend the monthly walkabout with newly re-elected Carson City Supervisor, Ward 1, Karen Abowd on Friday, Nov. 14, at Mills Park.

Abowd made this promise to meet with her constituents and concerned citizens, during her first election and happily continues the tradition.

“This is the best way I know of to stay tuned in to what our citizens want to see us working on, as well as what their concerns and ideas are,” Abowd said. “The entire premise is that by working together, we can create a wonderful future for Carson City, in a way that benefits everyone.

Sierra Nevada Corporation announced Wednesday the successful completion of the Transport Telemedicine System Proof of Military Utility Advanced Development Assessment for the U.S. Army Medical Material Agency. TTS is a new capability that captures and communicates patient care and condition information beginning at the Point of Injury and continuing until arrival at a medical facility.

The Forest Service is seeking public input on a proposal submitted by Homewood Mountain Resort at Lake Tahoe to offer guided snowcat skiing and snowboarding tours in the Ellis Peak are during winter 2014-2015.

The proposed area of operation is identified in the current Lake Tahoe Basin Management Snowmobile Guide as open for motorized use. The resort hopes to provide six to eight trips per day, three days per week depending on weather and snow conditions.

The Carson City Chamber is holding one more opportunity for citizens to hear the four candidates for Carson City Supervisor on Wednesday, Oct. 22 at the Chamber’s Soup’s On! luncheon to be held at the Gold Dust West beginning at 11:30 a.m.

The community is invited to the monthly walkabout hosted by Karen Abowd, Carson City Supervisor, Ward I, Friday, Oct. 10 at noon in Mills Park.

The walkabouts have taken place very month , except in January, since Abowd’s election in 2010, and was part of her campaign commitment to her constituents. This is the last walkabout scheduled prior to the Nov. 4 elections.

The U.S. Forest Service, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, and California Public Utilities Commission have released a final environmental document for the electrical line upgrade project proposed by California Pacific Electric Company, now known as Liberty Utilities, in the North Lake Tahoe area.

With a packed house and lots of questions, Carson City residents had a chance Tuesday to see what enhanced downtown landscaping, street and sidewalk improvements would look like in a planned redesign of downtown.

The Carson Street improvement project is part of an overall plan to revitalize the commercial corridors throughout Carson City. The improvements, made public during two workshops at the Carson City Community Center, will be funded through sales tax revenues, one-eighth of a cent, approved earlier this by the Carson City Board of Supervisors.

The community is invited to join Carson City Supervisor Karen Abowd for her monthly walkabout Friday, Sept. 12 at noon in Mills Park.

Abowd has conducted these events as a way to gather input from constituents on issues and challenges facing Carson City and to gather their feedback and hear their ideas.

"Our walkabouts have been a wonderful way to hear what people think and feel about what is going on in our community in real time,” she said. “Everyone is invited to come out and share their perspectives with me or ask questions they may have.”

Carson City Ward 2 Supervisor Brad Bonkowski will hold his monthly “Breakfast with Brad” on Friday, August 1, 7:30 a.m. at the Cracker Box restaurant. All Carson City residents are invited to attend.

“There are many issues right now that are provoking strong opinions from residents” Bonkowski said. He added “I’m hearing from lots of people regarding the MAC, the animal shelter, the potential corridor improvements and of course medical marijuana. It’s important that I get input from residents, and also to explain how the process will work.”

Revisions made to a draft Environmental Impact Statement designed to protect sage-grouse habit were announced Thursday by the supervisor of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.

The Forest Service and BLM management plan amendments will specifically enhance management direction for the Bi-state sage-grouse habitat. This Bi-state sage-grouse population occurs in portions of Lyon, Mineral, Esmeralda, and Douglas counties in Nevada and in portions of Alpine, Inyo, and Mono counties in California.

Carson City Ward 2 Supervisor Brad Bonkowski will hold his monthly “Breakfast with Brad” on Friday, June 6, at 7:30 a.m. at the Cracker Box restaurant. All Carson City residents are invited to stop in.

The informal meeting allows local residents to offer input and ask questions about the issues facing Carson City.
The Breakfast with Brad meetings take place on the first Friday of each month. The Cracker Box is located at 402 E. William Street in Carson City.

Bonkowski will buy coffee for anyone who stops by; no food purchase is necessary.

“We have a fresh start and renewed optimism.” That’s what some are saying, but to me, with the increases in city service fees and the taxes voted in over the past 18 months the actions taken are intriguing and problematic.

Public concerns over Nevada’s super-data system – which will soon track every public school student from pre-kindergarten to college and into the workforce – has prompted the Nevada Department of Education to invite public input on its proposed policies for securing student information and regulating who has access to it.

The University of Nevada, Reno’s 2014 Spring Commencement will confer 2,251 degrees and certificates. There will be three ceremonies, one for advanced-degree recipients Friday afternoon, May 16, and two for bachelor-degree recipients on the mornings of Friday, May 16 and Saturday, May 17. All three ceremonies will be held on the University’s historic Quadrangle, located on the southern part of campus.

The April court decision to uphold the 2012 Lake Tahoe Regional Plan is being appealed by the Sierra Club and Friends of the West Shore according to a notice filed Wednesday.

Nine projects have been awarded grants through the 2014 Lake Tahoe License Plate program, which generated around $350,000 last year from the sale of special plates through the DMV. Grant recipients were announced Tuesday by the Nevada Division of State Lands.

Grants are made available annually for projects that preserve and restore the natural environment of the Lake Tahoe Basin.

The Committee to Re-elect John McKenna will host a Campaign Kick Off party on Tuesday, April 22, from 5 – 7 pm at Glen Eagles restaurant in Carson City.

John McKenna is the current Ward 3 Supervisor for Carson City. Local residents are encouraged to attend and ask questions and offer input on the issues facing Carson City.

A $20 donation includes appetizers and one drink. Glen Eagles is located at 3700 N. Carson St. in Carson City.
For additional information call 775-315-0141.