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IVGID 101

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  • IVGID 101
  • General Info
    • What Are GIDs?
    • How GIDs Differ From Municipalities
    • How GIDs Are Created
    • How GIDs Are Merged or Dissolved
    • How a GID’s Powers Differ From Those of Municipalities
    • Why The Need For GIDs?
    • IVGID According to Past Boards/Staff
    • IVGID According to Those With an Agenda
    • IVGID According to Us
  • History
    • Early Years
    • How, When, And Why The Incline Village General Improvement District (“IVGID”) Was Created
    • Was it Purely Coincidental That The Incline Village General Improvement District (“IVGID”) Was Created Immediately After Adoption of Nevada’s General Improvement District (“GID”) Law?
  • Powers
    • Powers All GIDs Can Exercise
    • Basic Powers All GIDs May Exercise Once Granted
    • Basic Powers IVGID Has Been Granted
      • Streets And Alleys
      • Curbs, Gutters And Sidewalks
      • Facilities For Water
      • Sanitary Facilities For Sewerage
      • Facilities For Garbage/Refuse Collection/Disposal
      • Facilities For Storm Drainage/Flood Control
      • Facilities For Recreation
      • Electric Light And Power
      • Electric Energy
        • Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
    • Essentially All Powers Have Been Abdicated to Staff
    • Some of The Impermissible Powers IVGID Exercises
      • Introduction
      • Operating The Public’s Recreation Facilities as if They Were Commercial Business Enterprises
      • Operating The Public’s Recreation Facilities as if They Were Private, Commercial, Business Enterprises
      • Operating Facilities For Food And Beverage
      • Operating Retail Sales Facilities
      • Use of Village Green as an Emergency Helipad
      • Marketing The District’s Public Recreation/Other Facilities/Services to The World’s Tourists
      • Snowplowing The County’s Public Dedicated Streets And Highways
      • Public Relations/Communications
      • Regional Transportation
      • Massive Philanthropy in Favor of Special Interests And Favored Collaborators
      • Lobbying For/Against Federal/Statewide Legislation
      • Fuels Management/Defensible Space Services
      • Legislating
      • Landscape Maintenance Services For Others
      • Acquiring Property For Open Space
      • Fourth of July Fireworks
      • Community Programming
      • Exempting Itself And Its Favored Collaborators From Paying The Fees It Assesses
      • Facility/Event Sales
      • Child Care
      • Magazine Publishing
      • Clothing/Hard Goods/Sports Equipment Sales at Retail
    • Staff/Board Justification For Exceeding District Powers
    • Staff’s Refusal to Recognize Limits
    • No Remedy to Enjoin IVGID’s Exercise of Ultra Vires Acts
  • Fees
    • What is a Fee?
    • The Differences Between Fees, Taxes, And Special Assessments
    • The Fees All GIDs Can Charge
      • “Rates, Tolls or Charges Other Than Special Assessments”
      • “Service Charges…For Services or Facilities”
      • “Charges For The Availability of Service”
      • “Standby Service Charges For Services”
      • “Standby Service Charges For…Facilities”
      • “Annexation Charges”
      • “Minimum Charges”
    • The Fees IVGID Charges
      • Introduction
      • “Rates, Tolls or Charges Other Than Special Assessments”
        • Water Charges
        • Sewer Charges
        • Solid Waste Charges
      • Facility Fees
      • Charges For The Availability of Facilities
      • Defensible Space/Fuels Management
      • Solid Waste Franchise Fees
      • “Minimum Charges”
      • “Annexation Charges”
      • Other Peoples’ Fees
    • Some of The Impermissible Fees IVGID Charges
      • The District’s Beach Facility Fee (“BFF”)
      • The District’s Recreation Facility Fee (“RFF”)
        • How The District’s Recreation (“RFF”) And Beach (“BFF”) Facility Fees Are Levied And Collected
        • No Remedy to Challenge The Validity of IVGID’s RFF/BFF
      • Defensible Space/Fuels Management
      • Solid Waste Franchise Fees
      • Other Peoples’ Fees
    • No Remedy to Enjoin IVGID’s Assessment of Impermissible Fees
  • Taxes/Assessments
  • Financial Reporting
    • Nevada’s Local Government Budget And Finance Act (“LGBFA”)
    • Understanding IVGID’s Funds Structure
    • Budgets
      • Budgets
        • What is a “Budget” Insofar as Local Governments in Nevada Are Concerned, And How is it Adopted?
        • Do The Incline Village General Improvement District’s (“IVGID’s”) Budgets Guaranty Staff Will Not Spend Public Monies, Nor Incur Public Liabilities, Nor Enter Into Public Contracts Which By Their Terms Involve Expenditures in Excess of Those Expressly Appropriated?
        • Whenever The District Budgets to Overspend, Local Parcel Owners Who Are Forced to Subsidize That Overspending With Their Beach (“BFF”) And/or Recreation (“RFF”) Facility Fees End Up Paying, Whether or Not That Overspending Actually Takes Place
    • Audits
      • Audits
        • What is an “Audit” Insofar as Local Governments in Nevada Are Concerned, And What Must it Include?
        • What Type of Audit Does The District Commission?
        • What Does an Audit For a Nevada Local Government Cost?
        • Do The Incline Village General Improvement District’s (“IVGID’s”) Audited Financial Statements Provide The Reasonable Assurance They’re Free From Material Misstatement?
    • Violations of Nevada’s Local Government Budget And Finance Act (“LGBFA”)
      • Is The District in Violation of The Local Government Budget and Finance Act (“LGBFA”) Because of Its Failure to Create New Major Reporting Funds For Ski, Champ Golf And Possibly Mountain Golf?
    • No Remedy to Address IVGID’s LGBFA Violations
  • Legal Issues
    • How The Legislature Instructs We Construe The Limited Powers a General Improvement District (“GID”) May Exercise
    • How Courts Instruct We Construe Those Statutes Which Impact General Improvement Districts (“GIDs”)
  • Misc
  • Contact
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How, When, And at What Cost The Incline Village General Improvement District (“IVGID”) Acquired And Disposed of Bowl Incline

IVGID 101 Posted on February 20, 2021 by AdminJanuary 13, 2025

As elsewhere described, on March 26, 1976 the IVGID Board adopted Resolution No. 1244 which directed its chairperson to enter into a written agreement with Japan Golf Promotion (U.S.A.), Inc. (“JGP”) for the District’s purchase of Incline Village’s two golf … Continue reading →

How, When, Why, And at What Cost The Incline Village General Improvement District (“IVGID”) Acquired Diamond Peak fka Ski Incline

IVGID 101 Posted on February 20, 2021 by AdminJanuary 13, 2025

Just like IVGID’s golf courses, many people think IVGID’s acquisition of Diamond Peak goes all the way back to the general improvement district’s (“GID’s”) creation on May 20, 1961. But that’s not the case. As the reader will learn, IVGID … Continue reading →

Maintenance, Repair, Improvement And Renovation of Diamond Peak

IVGID 101 Posted on February 20, 2021 by AdminOctober 8, 2026

Here we discuss the Incline Village General Improvement District’s (“IVGID’s”) maintenance, repair, improvement and renovation of Diamond Peak after its acquisition, and staff’s plans for more. And where they believe the necessary moneys will come from. Although Ski Incline opened … Continue reading →

How, When, Why, And at What Cost The Incline Village General Improvement District (“IVGID”) Acquired 57.8 Acres For a “Core Recreation Area”

IVGID 101 Posted on February 20, 2021 by AdminJanuary 12, 2025

As elsewhere stated, Crystal Bay Development Co. (“CBDC”) sold all of its remaining Incline Village lands to Boise Cascade Corporation of Boise, Idaho (the parent company) on June 4, 1967. “One of (Boise Cascade’s)…major interests (at the time)…was…real estate speculation … Continue reading →

How, When, And at What Cost The Incline Village General Improvement District (“IVGID”) Constructed The Tennis & Pickleball Center

IVGID 101 Posted on February 20, 2021 by AdminJanuary 12, 2025

As elsewhere stated, on/about November 18, 1977 IVGID acquired approximately 57.8 acres in the heart of Incline Village for a “core recreation (facility) area.” The IVGID Board (“Board”) commissioned a “Recreation Needs Analysis and Park Master Plan” for development of … Continue reading →

How, When, And at What Cost The Incline Village General Improvement District (“IVGID”) Constructed The Recreation Center

IVGID 101 Posted on February 20, 2021 by AdminJanuary 12, 2025

As elsewhere stated, on/about November 18, 1977 IVGID acquired approximately 57.8 acres in the heart of Incline Village for a “core recreation (facility) area.” The IVGID Board (“Board”) commissioned a “Recreation Needs Analysis and Park Master Plan” for development of … Continue reading →

How, When, Why, And at What Cost The Incline Village General Improvement District (“IVGID”) Acquired Preston Field

IVGID 101 Posted on February 19, 2021 by AdminJanuary 12, 2025

After IVGID acquired the beaches and the public became aware of the District’s new public recreation powers, as we have elsewhere stated, there was an organic push to use that power to construct parks and athletic fields. This “push” was … Continue reading →

How, When, Why, And at What Cost The Incline Village General Improvement District (“IVGID”) Acquired Aspen Grove And Village Green

IVGID 101 Posted on February 18, 2021 by AdminJanuary 12, 2025

As elsewhere explained, Crystal Bay Development Co. (“CBDC”) sold all of its remaining Incline Village properties but for the beaches to Boise Cascade Home & Land Corporation (“Boise Cascade”) on June 4, 1967. The minutes of the IVGID Board’s August … Continue reading →

How, When, And at What Cost The Incline Village General Improvement District (“IVGID”) Acquired Its Administrative Building

IVGID 101 Posted on February 17, 2021 by AdminJanuary 23, 2025

As elsewhere discussed, between 1959-1967 Crystal Bay Development Co. (“CBDC”) owned and developed essentially all of Incline Village. And as elsewhere stated, on June 4, 1967 CBDC sold essentially all of its remaining Incline Village lands to Boise Cascade Corporation of Boise, Idaho1 (Boise-Cascade). One of the … Continue reading →

How, When, And at What Cost The Incline Village General Improvement District (“IVGID”) Disposed of Approximately 4.34 Acres of Its Core Recreation Area to The Washoe County School District (“WCSD”) For Its Incline Middle School

IVGID 101 Posted on February 17, 2021 by AdminJanuary 23, 2025
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