Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Records

Collection

Identifier: 82-37

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The records of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and those of attorney Thomas A. Cooke within it were actively solicited by the Special Collections Department as part of a project to fully document development of the Lake Tahoe area in the second half of the twentieth century. The contents include minutes, correspondence, legislative files, annual reports, administrative manuals, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency general plans, and subject files. Topics of the subject files include construction and development of Harrah's and Harvey's casinos at Lake Tahoe, land use, shoreline development, transportation and parking, subdivisions, sewage management, timber harvesting, and forest conservation.

Title pages of published materials were photocopied and filed at the end of this collection. Those published materials were removed from the collection and cataloged into the Special Collections book stacks.

Dates

1971-1979

Creator

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (Creator, Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research. Materials must be used on-site; advance notice suggested. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Administrative History

The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency was created jointly in the late 1960s as a bi-state compact by the states of California and Nevada to meet Lake Tahoe basin-wide planning needs, including general plans. Areas over which the TRPA has authority include new construction, erosion control, storm water runoff, shorezone development and protection, road construction, land use, and tree conservation and harvesting. This compact, approved by the U.S. Congress authorized the TRPA as an appointed, non-elected governing body which can pass ordinances governing the use of all the land, air, and water, both public and private, within the Lake Tahoe Basin. Five members of the Agency represent Nevada and five members represent California. Other members are a member appointed by the governors of each state, the Director of the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Director of the California Department of Natural Resources, and a non-voting member appointed by the President of the United States. They have superior jurisdiction over the elected governing bodies of all five counties surrounding the lake and over the City of South Lake Tahoe for issues within the Basin. Thomas A. Cooke was an attorney and member of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) until 1981.

Thomas A. Cooke was an attorney and member of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) until 1981. The TRPA was created jointly in the late 1960s by California and Nevada to meet Lake Tahoe basinwide planning needs. Areas over which the TRPA has authority include new construction, erosion, storm water runoff, shorezones, road construction, land use, tree conservation, and timber harvesting

Extent

3 Linear Feet (3 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency was created jointly in the late 1960s as a bi-state compact by the states of California and Nevada to meet Lake Tahoe basin-wide planning needs, including general plans. The collection includes correspondence; legislation related to Lake Tahoe issues; files on topics such as construction and development of Harrah's Tahoe (casino and hotel) and Harvey's Resort Hotel, parking and transportation in the Tahoe basin, land use, shoreline developments, timber harvesting and preservation, and sewage management; administrative manuals; annual reports; TRPA general and other management plans; and meeting minutes. Material between 1971-1979.

Arrangement

Arranged in the original order created and maintained by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Thomas A. Cooke in 1982.

Related Materials

Related archival materials held by the University of Nevada, Reno Special Collections Department:

Lake Tahoe Area Council Records, NC1200; Lake Tahoe Area Research Coordination Board Records, 82-07; Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Records, 82-60