What Verdi really really needs is 1491 more stucco shit boxes destroying the last remnants of what makes Verdi Verdi. The Santerra Development filed their first salvo today. THIS is the application summary. The fill submittal is available HERE. Go to the Project Info drop down menu and select Attachments.
The Mortensen Garson Plan, as crappy as it is, was always written in stone by the Hardesty legal decision. The rejection of the Stan Lucas project (at least temporarily) gives some hope the Reno may be coming to their senses and reevaluating growth in areas they cannot adequately service. I’m sure there is a traffic study for Santerra stating it will generate 6 total car trips and that the Garson Road interchange is completely adequate to service the new development plus the 400 or so planned Meridian 120 S units. A wildlife underpass half a mile detour away is adequate for bicycle traffic.
OK UMVs (Unwashed Masses of Verdi), where do we stand?
REreno 
jim alex said:
More yucko stucco!
Trinh said:
$1m shit boxes are selling like hotcakes
Anthony DoMoe said:
Cool, more bears in my yard, raiding my chicken coop.
“Look, we noticed you love Verdi’s outdoor activities. So we built thousands of houses in Verdi’s outdoors just so you can share (what used to be) open land with 10k of your closest friends. Enjoy the wildlife while you’re here; you can spot it dead on the side of the road. Also, we’re out of water and have no firefighting capabilities.”
Did I miss anything? What will we name the new school(s)?
The Bear said:
“The Foreclosures At Santerra” has a nice ring to it.
dustyrhodesax2 said:
I live in Sierra Canyon and know a little bit about Verdi, but I can’t for the life of me figure out where this development is going by looking at the pictures in the formal filing.
REreno said:
Try this, dusty. https://wp.me/aKAuD-17f
Paul said:
The business model here is for well-connected local families to get or buy city approval for SSB’s on 36′ wide streets with curb, gutter and sidewalk to maximize the suburban blandness of it all. This seems to be what is able to be flipped to exchange-traded home builders e.g. Lennar, Ryder et al.
If you go to older, more rural parts of the valley there are narrower roads (20-24 ft) without curbs, gutters, and sidewalks that are so much easier on the eyes. Narrower roads encourage slower driving and prevent parking of cars, bass boats etc on the street. Its moot at this point, Reno will approve every last square foot for these hell-holes from Spanish Springs to Geiger Grade, CA border to Daybreak. Nobody cares.
Steve Jobs said:
Putting a stucco shitbox housing development on Quilici Ranch Road is practically a war crime. That is one of the best spots in this area to drive down until the pavement ends, park the car, and just take in the views and relative silence. I hope those future residents like trains.
What’s next – the Sasquatch Tavern becomes a combo 7-Eleven with a KFC counter in the back? Jesus …
Mary Lou said:
The map outline (in red) provided by REReno at the link in the comment above appears to be shifted eastward of what is shown in the application.
geopower said:
Crap on stucco all you guys want, but they’ll still be standing when the reclaimed barnwood siding has burned those pretty custom homes down. Even the SB part of SSBs will be a lot less objectionable once the trees grow in, just look at everything built postwar in Reno.
I shed no tears for our future lost right to recreate on private, overgrazed, weedy ranchland. I’m bummed Garson Road into the Carson Range will probably get a lot busier with a bunch of folks living at the trailhead, but as long as we don’t end up with private locked gates across public ROWs like Iceland Road it’ll be manageable.
Jill said:
The Washoe tribe should get involved. It was an Indian camp. Lots of artifacts. No doubt a burial site or two.
geopower said:
Per the development code I think there should have been an archaeological study as part of the tentative map submission, but I don’t see one in the package.
Jfromreno said:
Any news on if this project is moving forward?
REreno said:
Protests on this project from both sides are moving to Council later this month (24th?). The Drakulich Judicial Review on the Stan Lucas project will weigh heavily on the Council’s decision making, hopefully. Allow the sucky stuff that got approved 20 years or get sued legitimately for $100M+.
geopower said:
Project got approved last night by the council. No arch study, no firm timeline for Garson bridge improvements, but $1600/unit for fire impact fee and $1000/unit for affordable housing fund.