Please uphold the planning commissions denial. Even though the overall plan conforms to density limits, it will actually be more dense where the housing is located. This level of population would negatively impact the environment and quality of life for existing residents.

I respectfully request that the Board deny the application for the proposed Sierra Reflections development, which would construct approximately 940 homes in our community. Many residents have serious concerns about the long-term impacts this project would have on infrastructure, environmental safety, and our rural quality of life.
Water resources are a major concern. The project proposes drilling a deeper well to supply the development, yet there is no guarantee this will not negatively affect nearby private wells. Many residents rely on these wells and fear they could be depleted or significantly reduced.
Traffic is another critical issue. Adding hundreds of homes would generate thousands of additional vehicle trips, worsening daily traffic and creating dangerous conditions during winter storms.
Local schools are already strained. The developer’s student projections appear to rely on unusually low attendance data from the COVID-19 period. Hundreds of new households would increase enrollment pressure and could require taxpayers to fund additional schools, facilities, and staffing.
Residents are also concerned that taxpayers may bear the cost of millions of dollars to extend sewer infrastructure to serve the development.
Disturbing the Federal Toxic Superfund site heavy-metal-laden soil could pose serious health and environmental risks to groundwater and nearby waterways. The proposal to simply relocate contaminated soil within the development area does not adequately address these hazards.
Fire protection, sheriff services, and emergency medical response systems are already stretched thin, and no corresponding expansion of services has been proposed to support the additional population.
The project would also destroy wildlife habitat, increase light pollution, and permanently alter the rural character that residents value. It conflicts with the Envision Washoe 2040 Rural and Rural Residential Master Plan.
I respectfully urge the Board to deny the Sierra Reflections development application and prioritize the protection of existing residents, infrastructure, environmental health, and the open space rural character of Washoe Valley.
Please enter my comments into the public record.
Sincerely, Orion Bobo

Absolutely NO!! Terrible traffic!! Destroying the scenery that we have paid a lot for! Of all the places to build how about going Fernly direction! Lots of land that way and not the beauty that we who live in Washoe Valley enjoy!! Fires in that area a few times. Insurance won’t insure until you meet certain parameters which raises the rates! We are the last to get snowplows so you will have to deal with the snow yourself! Power outages all the time! Wind! Let me tell you about the wind! The worst I have ever seen!! STOP BUILDING OUT HERE!!!!!!

I oppose paving large sections of wetlands and flood zones when there are plenty of areas in Reno that can be redeveloped to creat a more cohesive community. These houses will not meaningfully address any housing shortage needs as they will not be affordable. This area is zoned for low density housing and should remain that way without any kind of trickery of using undevelapoable land to count. From what I know of this developer they are not the kind that opporates under the best of intentions and it would be best to take the suggestion of the board to deny this project. Further there is already a lack of workers in the construction industry that causes massive delays when trying to do renovations or private home construction so this obviously won't create *new* jobs as it will just delay or increase costs of existing Washoe residents.

Good morning, Commissioners.

My name is **Jeannette Porrazzo**, and I am the plaintiff in **Porrazzo v. World Properties, Inc., et al., Case No. 3:26-cv-00006-ART-CLB**, currently pending in the **United States District Court for the District of Nevada**.

I am here today regarding **Agenda Item 13** concerning the Sierra Reflections development.

For the record, the County and all parties are hereby **placed on notice** that this matter is the subject of **active federal litigation affecting the title, use, and development rights of the subject parcels**.

The litigation record now includes the following key actions:

• **January 6, 2026** – The Washoe County Planning Commission denied the Sierra Reflections development proposal.
• **February 6, 2026** – Federal litigation was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.
• **March 6, 2026** – A **Notice of Lis Pendens was officially recorded with the Washoe County Recorder as Document No. 5605849**.

The recorded notice provides **constructive notice to all persons and entities** that the following Washoe County **Assessor’s Parcel Numbers are subject to pending federal litigation**:

045-310-55
045-310-56
045-310-57
045-310-58
045-310-59

046-060-45
046-060-47
046-060-55

046-080-40

046-090-01
046-090-04
046-090-05
046-090-06
046-090-07
046-090-08
046-090-09
046-090-10
046-090-11
046-090-12
046-090-13
046-090-14
046-090-15
046-090-16
046-090-17
046-090-18

046-090-23
046-090-24
046-090-25
046-090-26

046-100-02
046-100-03
046-100-04
046-100-07
046-100-10

Because these parcels are now formally under notice of federal litigation, **any administrative action regarding development rights may directly affect matters currently pending before the federal court**.

Accordingly, I respectfully request that the Board **cancel or postpone this appeal hearing until the federal litigation has been resolved**.

Thank you for your time, and please include this statement in the public record.

Why, when I submitted both oral and written comments and I specifically asked for my comments to be included in the record, the record does not seem to include my comments? I will find a copy and submit it at this time, but the decision is allegedly to be made based on comments in the record, and I raised issues that no one else had raised, and my comments were not included in this record!