The California Coastal Commission went against the recommendation of its staff Aug. 8 and gave the Trinidad Rancheria the go-ahead — or a “conditional concurrence” — to build a five-story hotel on its property off Scenic Drive south of the city. This means that the Coastal Commission, which is tasked by law with protecting the […]
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Coastal Commission: If Trinidad Rancheria Can Find Water, it Can Build its Hotel
The California Coastal Commission went against the recommendation of its staff Thursday and gave the Trinidad Rancheria the go-ahead — or a “conditional concurrence” — to build a five-story hotel on its property off Scenic Drive south of the city. This means that the Coastal Commission, which is tasked by law with protecting the California […]
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Questions Swirl Ahead of Trinidad Hotel Hearing
At the 11th hour, with a hearing looming before the California Coastal Commission next week, the Trinidad Rancheria believes it may have found a water source for its proposed hotel development on Scenic Drive. The commission is set to meet Aug. 8 in Eureka, two months after a divided commission voted 6-3 in San Diego […]
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Trinidad Rancheria Believes it May Have Found Water Source for Hotel Project; Sundberg May Have Violated State Lobbying Law
At the 11th hour, with a hearing looming before the California Coastal Commission next week, the Trinidad Rancheria believes it may have found a water source for its proposed hotel development on Scenic Drive. The commission is set to meet Aug. 8 in Eureka, two months after a divided commission voted 6-3 in San Diego […]
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Coastal Commission to Re-hear Trinidad Hotel Project in August
The California Coastal Commission will again consider whether the hotel development proposed by the Trinidad Rancheria on the bluffs above Scenic Drive is consistent with state coastal protections when the commission meets in Eureka next month. On June 12, an obviously conflicted commission voted 6-3 to object to the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ determination that […]
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Coastal Commission Laments Timeline, ‘Objects’ to Trinidad Hotel Project
A conflicted California Coastal Commission voted 6-3 yesterday to object to the Trinidad Rancheria’s proposed 100-room hotel project on Scenic Drive, finding it inconsistent with state coastal protections. Commissioners made clear during the nearly two-hour hearing in San Diego that the main consistency issue lies with water, and namely whether the city of Trinidad has […]
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Lack of Water Threatens Trinidad Rancheria Hotel Project
The planned 100-room Trinidad Rancheria hotel at Cher-Ae Heights Casino appears stalled at the state level because of an inability to come up with a definite source of drinking water for the facility. Located on the bluffs of Scenic Drive, a mile south of city limits, the planned hotel is outside of Trinidad’s water service […]
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Staff Recommends Coastal Commission Object to Trinidad Hotel Project
California Coastal Commission staff issued a highly critical report on the Trinidad Rancheria’s plans for a new hotel on the bluffs of Scenic Drive near Cher-Ae Heights Casino and is recommending the commission object to the project’s tentative approval by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). The 28-page document criticized the Rancheria for failing to […]
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Trinidad Rancheria Unveils its Revised Hotel Proposal
The Trinidad Rancheria recently presented its revised concept of a 100-room hotel on the bluffs of Scenic Drive but it aroused little enthusiasm from the residents of Trinidad. David Tyson, CEO of the Trinidad Rancheria Economic Development Corporation (TREDC), gave the presentation during the March 13 meeting of the Trinidad City Council to an audience […]
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Trinidad Rancheria’s Plans to Put the Harbor into Federal Trust Raise Concerns as Key Hearing Nears
In January of 2000, the Trinidad Rancheria purchased the rundown pier in the town harbor, along with nine adjacent parcels of commercial land, including a boat launch, bait shop, vacation rental and the Seascape Restaurant from a private owner. With the help of several state and federal grants, the Rancheria replaced the rotting wood pier […]
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Residents Raise Water, Design Questions About Scenic Drive Hotel Project
For the second time in less than a month, about 100 local residents filled Trinidad Town Hall on Oct. 15 to ask questions about a large hotel being planned on the bluffs above Scenic Drive by the Trinidad Rancheria. The meeting was co-sponsored by the Trinidad City Council and by the Trinidad Rancheria. All five […]
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Trinidad Rancheria to Host Meeting on Hotel Project
Those concerned about the Trinidad Rancheria’s plans to build a six-story hotel on the bluff above Scenic Drive will have another chance to ask questions at a second public meeting scheduled for tomorrow. People will then have a week to send comments to the Bureau of Indian Affairs before the public comment period on the […]