As we noted last week, a major Car Week event is moving to Carmel Valley Village on August 14th. "Legends of the Autobahn" will bring approximately 300 cars and 750-1,000 attendees to the all day event, with parking in the village and paid parking at the airfield. Road closed signage will be place at CV and Pilot Roads, Pilot Road and Vial Contenta, and CV Road and Del Fino.

We contacted 5th District Supervisor Adams' office with concerns we have heard from residents, and received the following from Chief of Staff Sarah Hardgrave:

We have heard from many of you about the Legends of the Autobahn event being planned in the Village on August 14th. If you would like to make comments to the County about this event before the Special Events Permit is finalized and issued, we have been advised by the County staff that the public can make comments on this event under at the Special Events Task Force meeting at their meeting next week on July 22nd. The agenda item when comments can be made is under "Old Business," as this event was initially discussed on June 24th. The agenda and information on how to attend the meeting via zoom can be found on the County website here:

 

Please also note that the community park in the Village is owned and managed by the Carmel Valley Recreation and Park District that is a special district independent of the County. They approved an agreement for this event to be held in the park at their meeting on May 12th. The park district meetings are public meetings, so that is another place where you could make your comments or concerns know. Here is a link to where their meetings are posted on their website: https://cvrpd.specialdistrict.org/board-meetings

·        See the initial Concept Plan for the dog park

·        Get a tour of the future dog park

·        Provide your input on the dog park design

·        Meet other dog owners

·        Get treats for your dog

P.S. Learn more about the Dog Park at MPRPD.ORG

The week of activities begin with the Hoopla BBQ on Friday night at the Trail and Saddle Club with live music and a silent auction. The rest of the weekend is at the Carmel Valley Community Park featuring: arts and crafts, rides, food vendors and free concerts. The Fiesta Car Show, Run for the Sun, is the feature event on Saturday. The very popular and entertaining Doggie Show is our feature event on Sunday. The Fiesta is culminated by the Grand Prize Raffle Drawing at 3 pm on Sunday. The winner wins a one week stay at a large casa in Costa Rice plus $1500 towards travel expenses. Need not be present to win. ​

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According to the service Host Compliance (which provided the map above), there are currently 118 advertised short-term rental homes in Carmel Valley, 86% of them "entire homes." In other words houses not occupied by owners.

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The 2020-2021 Monterey County Civil Grand Jury report highlighting problems and making recommendations concerning enforcement can be viewed here.

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