Placer County has reached out to the Dollar Point Community to get your thoughts on their recently launched Virtual Community Workshop regarding the future of North Lake’s transportation. On their website, you can learn about key proposed strategies around reducing traffic, on-demand transit, parking, and alternate commute options and provide input. We highly encourage everyone to visit www.triangle-transportation.com and let Placer County know how you think this region’s transportation can be improved. The Virtual Community Workshop will be available until August 10th.
Annual Meeting Election Results
Dear Members,
Thank you for your patience as all the ballots were counted and verified. The results of the election are as follows:
John Casaudoumecq: 246
Dave Manovich: 246
Jim Kelly: 264
Mark Swoboda: 266
Lyle Martin: 182
Karen Pearce: 192
Ken Wachtel: 208
Dan Wilkowsky: 199
Have a wonderful evening.
Very truly yours,
Patricia Tweedy
DPA Board President
Pool Reservation Emails
Dear Members,
Many of the emails to dollarpointhoa@gmail.com have been receiving have not contained all the information the staff need to properly take your reservation. The vital information that is needed is full name, Dollar Point address, date requested, time requested, lane requested (optional), and total number of swimmers. As a reminder, every household is given 10 hours per week and all swimmers account for an hour. Please see the example below of what the staff needs to see in their reservation emails.
Full Name: Daffy Duck
Address: 1234 Disney Ave.
Date Requested: Saturday, July 4th
Time Requested: 1 pm
Total Number of Swimmers: 3
(Optional) Lane Requested: Lane 2
Thank you,
DPA Management
Beach Guidelines, June 24, 2020
Starting Wednesday, June 24th we will be implementing guidelines for beach use. We have prepared a detailed reopening protocol involving all aspects of providing as safe an environment as we can for both staff, members, and guests. This includes limiting the maximum number of guests who can use the beach at one time to 150 people and establishing TWO sessions for the use of the beach, Morning and Afternoon.
The TWO beach sessions access times are to maximize beach enjoyment for all and will be on a first come, first serve basis.
BEACH SESSIONS:
Morning Session – 9 AM to 1 PM
*Staff Beach Sweep & Cleaning time – 1 PM to 2 PM
Afternoon Session 2 PM to 6 PM
No mask, no entry! You must bring and wear a face mask for entry only with the gate host, it will not be required on the beach. You must also have your Member/Renter ID card to receive a wristband and sign a COVID-19 liability waiver. If you have already signed this waiver at any of our amenities you do not need to sign it again. Please email info@dollarpoint.org if you wish to sign this waiver electronically. Renters with a valid ID card must go to the DPA pool office to get wristbands by paying the $10 entry fee for every person over 5. You will be screened before you can enter the pool. Any person showing COVID-19 like symptoms will not be admitted.
The beach gate hosts will be keeping track of beach goers entering and exiting. If you have a kayak/SUP entering the beach rack spot, you will get a wristband and be encouraged to use the beach portion in front of your storage rack area. Boaters will not be counted as a beach user when checking in. When boaters return and want to use the beach, they will be directed by beach staff to the gate host to be counted as a beach user and get a wristband if we haven’t reached our beach use capacity.
If the beach count reaches the maximum of 150 people, the gate hosts will stop admitting people. If this occurs during the Morning Session access time, the gate host will suggest returning for the Afternoon Session from 2 PM to 6 PM. Then at 1 PM, DPA Staff will ask beach goers to exit the beach for the Staff Beach Sweep & Cleaning time from 1 PM to 2 PM.
Beach Use Guidelines:
– Physical distancing MUST be adhered to and will be monitored by DPA Staff.
– No beach chairs or umbrellas will be provided.
– No volleyball or beach games will be allowed so we can safely maximize the beach space we have.
– You MUST maintain at least 6’ distance from other groups.
– No groups larger than 8 people.
– Bathrooms WILL be open and cleaned every hour and during the 1 PM – 2 PM clearing of the beach
– No use of large pop-ups and tents.
– The 5 picnic tables are first come, first serve.
Please understand that the initial protocols and capacity limitations we are setting for use of the beach are a starting point. We fully anticipate that things may change as we get further governmental and public health guidance for our area.
We greatly appreciate everyone’s patience, understanding and adherence to these State and County guidelines.
Pool Opening, June 16, 2020
Dear Members,
We are pleased to announce that this Tuesday, June 16, 2020, the Dollar Point pool will be open from 7:00am-7:00pm for 1-hour reservation lap swimming/exerciseonly. We thank everyone for their patience with this announcement, and we will be taking reservations immediately. Admittance to the pool is by reservation only, reservations can be made 2 days in advance by emailing dollarpointhoa@gmail.com. In the email, please include your Dollar Point address and how many people you want in a lane. You must receive a confirmation from the office for your lane and time before you can come to the pool. A link to the reservation sheet will be on the Dollar Point website, dollarpoint.org, at Pool Reservations underneath the Recreation tab. This document will be a live document where you can see the spots that are available. THIS IS NOT HOW YOU MAKE RESERVATIONS, to make a reservation you must email dollarpointhoa@gmail.com. There will also be a live document embedded on the website, this will need a few minutes to update after a reservation is made. It is best to always check the link to the live document as well. You may call the office to see if a cancellation has occurred for a walk-in, but do not show up without confirmation. Please understand that the following rules are what we have to comply by in order to open the pool. The rules are subject to change as Placer County or the State of California gives more leeway towards pools.
Every member will receive a maximum of 6 hours of pool time a week (Monday-Sunday). This can be broken up by 1 hour or by 2 hour slots. Every hour, there cannot exceed a total of seven (7) people allowed in the pool at one time. This means that during any hour, only two lanes of five can have two swimmers from the same household in the same lane. We will allow a max of three (3) people from the same household into the pool area. This is solely for parents who need to supervise their kids while they swim, not for sunbathing or laying out. We may not be able to accommodate desired time slots for reservations because of our limited pool capacity. Reservations can be made for a maximum of two hours for one lane. We ask that lanes 1 and 5 be reserved for people who need assistance entering and exiting the pool as they have the stairs.
You must wear a face mask when you arrive to check in with the office with your ID card to receive a wristband and sign a liability waiver. You will be screened before you can enter the pool. Any person showing COVID-19 like symptoms will be turned away from the pool. Reservations will be considered cancelled if you do not arrive after 15 minutes. Each lane will have a table assigned to it to place possessions, please allow 10 minutes for the tables and railings to be cleaned after each reservation. For example, if your reservation starts at 9:00am, arrive at the facility at 8:50am. You will be able to get into the pool at 9:00am. At the end of your reservation slot, you will need to be exiting the facility by 9:50am to accommodate for cleaning time. Everyone will enter through the main pool gate and exit through the wooden side gate. Please follow the social distancing markings on the ground to ensure you are maintaining at least 6’ distance.
Bocce ball will be allowed for an hour and half max reservations, email dollarpointhoa@gmail.com to make reservations. A max of four (4) people from the same household will be allowed for a game and you must use your own equipment.
All tennis reservations will by calling the office as well.
THERE WILL BE NO:
-SHOWERS
-DIVING BOARD
-SWIM EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE FOR USE (PULLBUOY, NOODLES, KICKBOARDS, ETC) you may bring your own
-PLAY STRUCTURE USE
-PICNIC TABLES
-LAWN USE
We do hope that when we receive more information from Placer County or California that we can loosen these restrictions but please keep in mind this is what we have to adhere by, as of now, in order for the pool to open.
Thank you,
Dollar Point Association Management
Family Member Listing Form
We will be opening the DPA Pool Office from 12 pm – 4 pm this Thursday 6/11, Friday 6/12 and Saturday 6/13 for members and their families to get their DPA ID Cards and picture taken. If you have a photo ID card that was issued last year, then you will not need a new card. Additionally, if there are no other family members to add to your family member form, last year’s form is still valid. If you have family members to add, you should file a new form and have a card made for those that might need their own when the other cardholders are not with them. Please bring the completed Family Member Listing Form as shown below, you may also email the form to info@dollarpoint.org or fax it to (530) 452-2382.
*To ensure physical distancing during COVID-19, you must call the office ahead of time at (530) 583-4487 to request and receive a confirmation for 15 min. time slot. If you leave a voicemail, the office will call you back to schedule and confirm an available a time slot. If you don’t receive a time slot confirmation you will not have an appointment. Unfortunately, we are unable to accommodate walk-ups without an appointment.
We would like to thank everyone for your cooperation and patience while adhering to the State of California’s COVID-19 guidelines.
DPA Special Meeting Statement
UPDATE:
Fellow members,
We want to summarize the results of Saturday’s Special Meeting of the membership. The membership voted 239 to 194 to Disapprove the proposed by-law change. In other words, a majority of those that voted (about 80% of the members voted) supported the Board’s decision to limit access to the pool, beach, and tennis courts to members, their families, and their guests beginning January 1, 2021.
We thank everyone for their consideration and look forward to seeing you this summer.
The DPA Board of Directors
Short term rentals and COVID-19
The Placer County Health Department has published a clarification about the operation of short-term rentals in North Lake Tahoe, including Dollar Point. The clarification is based on the Governor’s executive order regarding COVID-19.
Placer County Health Officer, Aimee Sisson, urged all short-term rentals to cease commercial operations because short term rentals used for commercial purposes are not considered part of critical infrastructure under the governor’s order. Ms. Sisson indicated that short-term rentals may only operate:
- To provide COVID-19 mitigation measures (for example, isolation and quarantine or the housing of displaced persons or the homeless.)
- To provide housing for essential critical infrastructure workers and
- For use by the property owner and his/her immediate family
The full article contains additional information. Follow this link :
https://www.placer.ca.gov/6493/COVID-19-clarity-for-short-term-rental-o
Coronavirus
The Dollar Point Association is following the California Department of Public Health and Placer County guidelines for Corona virus prevention to protect our staff, our members and other persons who use or visit DPA facilities. The State guidelines can be found at www.cdph.ca.gov. Once on the website, click on “Corona Virus Disease COVID-19” and then “COVID-updates”. The website is updated daily and may contain different information tomorrow than it does today.
On the CDPH website, you will find “New Guidance Documents” and a PDF on the State’s “Gatherings Guidance.”
For Placer County, go to www.placer.ca.gov/coronavirus. The website is also updated daily. At last check, there were 8 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Placer County, one of which resulted in the death of a vulnerable person. You may wish to also check surrounding counties and, if you do not live at Dollar Point full time, also check the county guidelines where you live.
The websites provide universal precautions to prevent the spread of the virus and illness and death from it.
The bad news and the good news.
The bad news is the State is currently recommending cancelling all non-essential gatherings of 250 persons or more. In our high season last year, we averaged about twice that number of persons at our venues. For other, smaller gatherings, the State recommends cancelling any gathering where there is less than 6 feet social distancing per person. The guidelines are for both indoor and outdoor spaces. Our facilities open in May, 2020 and we will follow the guidelines in existence at that time.
We are in the process of hiring staff and hoping for the best. We are currently looking for disinfecting wipes and cleaners that kill viruses and bacteria to use at our office now and at our venues this season. As of Monday, none were available in Tahoe City. Our staff is following universal precautions to protect themselves, like frequent washing of their hands, with soap, and keeping their hands away from their faces. They are also keeping the areas you might touch clean with the products that are available to them. You are encouraged to communicate with our staff via telephone and email and not by walk-in visit. If it is essential to walk in, please keep 6 feet from the employees.
The good news is as of the time of this report, Placer and surrounding counties, including Washoe County in Nevada have relatively few confirmed COVID-19 cases. Nevada County has no confirmed case and it contains the closest acute care hospital. We do not know the reason for no confirmed cases and do not want to play this down. We will try to confirm whether anyone has been tested or whether any person is suspected of having the symptoms.
The future. We have been advised that the virus and COVID-19 illnesses and death from it will spread. DPA venues had substantially greater than 37,000 visitors last year and those folks came from just about any county you can name and from other states and countries. About 20 million people visit Tahoe area communities each year.
Hope springs eternal but Hope is not a plan. Our plan is to follow the California department of health guidelines as we work through this. Let’s all be vigilant and do our bit to turn this thing around so we can enjoy each other’s company again in 2020.
2020 Member Events
2020 Scheduled Member Events
Friday, June 26, 2020 – Burgers & Brews 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Friday, July 17, 2020 – Burgers & Brews 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Saturday, July 25, 2020 – Annual Homeowner’s Meeting 4:00pm
Friday, August 14, 2020 – Burgers & Brews 5:30p – 7:30p