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TKPOA CMT Project FAQs
CMT YEAR 2 FUNDING REFERENDUM
What was completed during Year 1 of the CMT?
What is the design for Year 2 of the CMT?
What are the Group B methods?
Will there be boating restrictions in Years 2 and 3?
What is the CMT Year 2 budget?
How is the $1.1M Year 2 budget being spent?
What is the Mitigation Fund?
How does the Project Team plan to stay on budget in Year 2?
Are the herbicides effective?
Why are there still weeds in some herbicide treatment sites?
Why should we continue with the CMT?
What is the design for Year 3 of the CMT?
Will we be utilizing the circulation system to improve water quality?
Has the TKPOA Board of Directors made a decision to reactivate the circulation system?
What is the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) and the League to Save Lake Tahoe (Keep Tahoe Blue) partnership contributing?
TKPOA CMT Project FAQs
CMT OVERVIEW
The CMT permit requires that water be flowing into the Keys from the lake during the herbicide application period. When does this normally occur? When does water typically start flowing out of the Keys into Lake Tahoe?
Why not test the entire Keys right now?
How do you decide on which lagoons/areas to test?
Are the herbicides safe for humans, pets, and wildlife?
There was mention that 10% of the area of the Keys Lagoons area is being tested. Is that percentage just for herbicides?
What is the best source of information on the Control Methods Test?
Is this the only test or will there be more?
In future, will the application of herbicide require similar restrictions?
What does the future look like for treatment of invasive weeds and deteriorating water quality?
Will we be evaluating the effectiveness of the areas treated with UV-C light last summer?
For UV-C treatment, does that require shutting down waterways at all?
Is the herbicide being used at full strength?
TKPOA CMT Project FAQs
CMT BOATING RESTRICTIONS
15. Can we get a clear timeline for boating restrictions?
16. Can we review what is the planned “closure” and how it will be enforced?
17. How will we communicate this information with people not involved in this meeting, not up to date with this information, and/or non-Keys residents?
18. If my boat was moored in one of the test areas all winter, can it stay on my dock during the restricted period?
19. How can there be an “emergency rule” when there is no emergency?
20. How will you enforce keeping people out of waterways – outsiders, paddleboards, SUP’s, kayaks, etc.?
21. Are there fines for violating the “emergency boating rule”?
22. What action will be taken against those found operating boats or partaking in water activities inside the restricted “test areas”?
23. How do you plan to enforce the TKPOA Emergency Boating Rule?
24. How will TKPOA take any kind of enforcement action against non-members found violating the test sites?
25. When will we know if the revised testing area will be accepted?
26. Will all the curtains come down at the same time? Do herbicide related curtains stay in longer?
27. If outside boaters are a concern coming into the keys and running into the barriers, then why not close the west channel altogether for the test period?
28. Have you considered letting coves rent out docks?
29. How is it fair to disenfranchise half the homeowners by restricting their boating rights under threat of a $10k fine, while others are free to use the waterways and their boats?
30. Are there boating or water activity restrictions outside of test areas A, B, & C?
31. Is it true that there will be no access for boats into or out of the test areas?
32. How will the TKPOA communicate where property owners can launch kayaks & SUP’s?
33. Given that many boat owners will not be launching their boats until after the testing period, is the TKPOA coordinating with Keys marina to adjust for the significant increase in demand for boat launch once barriers are lifted?
34. Is there a limitation to the size of a boat and trailer that can be parked in street/driveways?
35. Can we raft up with friends or neighbors outside the test areas?
36. Can we moor our boats on the lake for all or part of the test period?
37. What is the harvesting plan for year 1 of the CMT?
38. Will the east lagoon still have fragment pile pickups?
39. Can we cut weeds at our own dock if we are in a “test site”? What about if we are in one of the “test areas” but NOT in a “test site”?
TKPOA CMT Project FAQs
LEGAL
Has the Sierra Club made an appeal to Lahontan?
Is there any indication the Sierra Club is filing an appeal in CA or Federal court?
Are we prepared to go to court?