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When You Bought in Incline Village/Crystal Bay Did Anyone Tell You The District’s Recreation (“RFF”) And Beach (“BFF”) Facility Fees Were Exactly What Staff And Past/Current Boards Have Told/Tell Us They Represent?

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Listen to Trustee Mick Homan:

“Every parcel owner that has purchased their property over the last 55 years was fully aware of th(is) recreation model. They made their investment decision(s) with full transparency. When I moved to Incline Village, this model was a key part of my decision to invest and live in this community…I believe this was also a factor for most of the people that have moved to Incline Village over the last 55 years.”1

Given there is no statutory limit to the amount of NRS 318.197(1) rates, tolls and charges a general improvement district’s (“GID’s”) Board may fix, we believe the District has done a very good job of brainwashing the public into believing they receive “value” in consideration of their local parcel’s forced payment of the RFF/BFF. Meaning the door is open to increase those charges if and as when needed at rates tied to whatever “the market will bear.”2 Members of the public who concur with this “value” notion tell us they are and have been comfortable paying now up to $1,530 annually in a combined RFF/BFF regardless of what they have been told these exactions actually represent. Again, just listen to Trustee Homan’s statements again when he was a candidate for Board trustee:

“I believe (the RFF/BFF) represent…an incredible value relative to the recreational facilities IVGID provides to all residents11…even at two to three times the proposed amount!”3

So when you moved to Incline Village/Crystal Bay, was your understanding of what the RFF/BFF represented what we have described at our Now That You Know discussion? And what they allegedly paid for? And that they evidence the “incredible value” Trustee Homan represents?

  1. When Trustee Homan was a candidate, this was his position as recited in his “Views on Important Topics.”
  2. In our view these statements are evidence of a “what (a) market will bear” philosophy. That is, to what level the RFF/BFF can increase before members of the public begin to balk. And the lesson learned is that as long as the RFF/BFF remain below “what(ever) the market will bear,” the Board can continue to get away with assessing the RFF/BFF in whatever amounts it chooses.
  3. See page 165 of the 6/28/2024 Board packet.

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