A Strategic Planning Committee (SPC) Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, August 13, 6:00 PM at The Club at Town Center. Topics that are expected to be discussed include:

• The Request for Proposal for a “Master Plan Amenities Recommendation” study.
• Potential land usage for the Country Club property should they go under.
• Homeowner amenity requests.

For background information, the SPC’s July 7 Meeting RECAP may be accessed by clicking on the following:

July 7 SPC Meeting Recap

 All Association Committee meetings are open to homeowners with time allocated for homeowner comments. If you have any comments, concerns or questions related to the above, or any other issues, you are encouraged to attend the meeting.

The Somersett West Park Committee met on July 13 with Jeff Mann, Reno Parks Manager, in attendance to address Committee questions. Many interesting and important questions were addressed, the Q&A’s of which are included in the Committee meeting “RECAP” published on the Association’s website. This RECAP may also be accessed by clicking on the following:

Somersett West Park Meeting RECAP

Regarding Park use, of particular interest was the following Q&A:

• Does Mr. Mann have any suggested uses for the park in addition to the current ideas of a play area, community garden, and a dog park?

Mr. Mann stated that the City’s perspective is to build a park that the owners of Somersett want to be built. Mr. Mann noted that Reno has a short growing season for Community Gardens; also, turf will not survive in a Dog Park and often DG means mud for 9 months of the year.

Regarding Mr. Mann’s comment on “turf will not survive a dog park…”, apparently he has not visited the dog parks at the Sparks Marina and the Hidden Valley Regional Park, both of which are grass based. Also, note that the current conceptual design for the park incorporates a community garden.