The Truckee Meadows Regional Plan is the foundation for a well-planned and resilient community
which supports our unique quality of life and promotes the distinct characteristics of our region.
The 2024 Regional Plan Update provided an opportunity to refine our approach to public facilities and natural resources as discussed in the 2019 Regional Plan. During the 2019 Regional Plan update, TMRPA recognized that more work would be needed to further improve the Regional Plan and that the work program of the agency should be structured to achieve exactly that. Specifically, Regional Plan policies NR 1 and PF 3 called for the creation of a Natural Resources Plan and Public Facilities Plan, respectively. These documents underpin the foundation for new policies as well as refinement of existing policies in the 2024 Regional Plan update and provided two tools for the Region: the NR Data Portal and the PIP Dashboard.
The Natural Resource Plan (NR Plan) brings together as much data and information as possible that describes the natural resource challenges and opportunities in our region. These data are organized and maintained for use by local planning staff, community leaders, non-profits, and residents in general. A subset of that data and information is reliably maintained by an official source and was used to underpin improvements to the natural resource policy section of the Regional Plan.
Data received included both spatial and non-spatial types and ranged from quantitative to more qualitative. This data has been compiled into a searchable Natural Resources Data Portal. A subset of the spatial data gathered was identified as critical to creating new natural resource policies in the Regional Plan. These authoritative spatial data layers are utilized in the Natural Resource Consideration Areas policy (NRCA; see Chapter 8) and are also hosted in an online map available via TMRPA’s website. The NR Data Portal is an invaluable tool for TMRPA, its partners, and the public alike by providing a centralized location to access natural resource data that is linked to the structure of the NR Plan document.
The Public Infrastructure Plan (PIP) provides a summary of the five facility and service domains that are specifically listed in the Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS 278.0274) as those to be addressed by the Regional Plan. These five domains are potable water, wastewater, flood control and stormwater drainage management, transportation, and schools; the PIP document is organized with chapters detailing each of these domains. The Plan also serves as a guidepost to direct its readers to other information and further helpful or insightful details (e.g., Regional Water Management Plan, Regional Transportation Plan).
The PIP Dashboard gives a summary of capital improvement spending for each of the domains across the Region. Per NRS TMRPA is required to summarize the capital improvement programs (CIP) of the jurisdictions and affected entities. This includes current and historical spending on capital improvements to support re-investment toward maintaining existing facilities along with the construction of new facilities to support growth. This CIP information will be collected and tracked annually by TMRPA to reveal trends in how our community maintains and provides a high-level of municipal service. The representation and tracking of these data on the PIP Dashboard are made possible through the ongoing collaborative efforts of staff from TMRPA, the jurisdictions, and affected entities.
Introduction Materials
Table of Contents
About the Plan
CHAPTER 1
SETTING THE STAGE
Creating and carrying out the Truckee Meadows Regional Plan is a cooperative effort involving a large number of individuals, agencies, and organizations. Reno, Sparks, Washoe County and others implement the Regional Plan through their planning and regulatory efforts, capital improvement programs, and other processes.
INTERLUDE 1
LOOKING BACK
A contextual history on the planning of our region.
CHAPTER 2
REGIONAL VISION
FOR GROWTH
Together, we crafted a shared vision of what our community is striving to achieve in terms of land use and development over the next 20 years and documented what factors helped to guide the creation of regulatory policies that ensure we meet that vision.
INTERLUDE 2
SCENARIO METRICS
A look at the results of the scenario planning process.
CHAPTER 3
IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE REGIONAL VISION
In order to implement the Regional Vision for Growth and meet the Nevada Revised Statute (NRS) requirements, this Chapter of the Plan describes policies and actions that the Region will implement through various means, whether it is the review of applicable plans to ensure that they are in conformance with the Regional Plan by implementing the policies found within this Chapter, the creation of certain committees to discuss various topics, the creation of separate plans or work plan items to better understand a topic, or the annual tracking of performance of the Plan’s implementation.
INTERLUDE 3
MOVING FORWARD
Coordination with the wider region and call to action.
APPENDICES
Glossary
PRS RPC Resolution
Amendment Table
2024 Washoe County Consensus Forecast
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