August 12, 1970 (12 pages)

ae Oe & ‘2s a ~ ee =~. FS eR KES material at — NC dump Rather than risk "an Indian i uprising” the Nevada City Council tabled a request from Robert Elliott to remove salvagable items from the city dump. Elliott and his Diversified Company of Grass Valley requested permission to remove items from the dump which may be salvaged. He proposed paying the city $1 per ton of material which. is salvagable and stated that. 300 tons, more or less, could be taken from the dump, "We have a problem with the present residents" (of the dump) City Manager Beryl Robinson Jr. told the councilmen, He sug-. gested the $1 a ton fee be paid to the Kelly family, the present residents of the dump. "We have allowed our first citizens of Nevada City to remain there (at the dump) for 40 years, They act as unofficial caretakers, Legally the land is not theirs but morally it is,” Councilman Bob Paine said. _City Attorney. William Wetherall said. the city could not pay city funds to anyone "as a gift."’ He suggested Elliott work through the Kellys, Robinson said that would. not work, “the Kellys feel all salvagable material at the dump is _-theirs,"" The matter was discussed for nearly an hour. with the final decision to. table. the subject passed unanimously. In other action Monday the council passed an ordinance amendment prohibiting dogs from roaming the business district, Dogs must be under restraint of some kind within the business district. The ordinance will go into effect 30 days from the date of passage. The council failed to act on Frank Amaral's request for an advertising sign on a building to be erected on the service station lot on Sacramento Street. "This request does not follow the ordinance," Mayor John Rankin. said, "as to how such a request must be made." The council agreed to return the request and ask that it be submitted according to the ordinance, The council passed a resolution thanking "Liberal Arts for bringing summer theater to Nevada’ City." simplicity . . BERGEMANN & SON Funeral Chapel ready to serve you day or night Call 265-2421 BOST AVE. OFF LOWER GRASS VALLEY ROAD, th The Nevada City Council adopted a budget of $336,000 for i h fiscal year 1970-71 which will Study of numbering e ordinance continued . The county planning commission has continued a study of a proposed ordiance which would establish a uniform system for numbering buildings and street naming. Planner Ralph Wollam = explained the proposal to the. commission Monday night, The commission continued the consideration until Aug. 24, upon the recommendation of Stanley Mansfield, planning director. The present system is confusing and contains no builtin device to determine where the route system begins, according to the planning department reAmong the benefits cited for Sawdust pile . burns 5 times. in single day Nevada City. volunteer fire-: men were called toa burning sawdust pile at the southwest edge of Nevada City five times on Thursday. The large pile broke into flames on five different occasions and the California Division of Forestry was called to assist one time. Larry Parsons, fire truck driver, said the fire department is taking action to alleviate the fire hazard. On two occasions Thursday the flames spread to surrounding brush. Both times the firemen, CDF and volunteers, were able to confine the damage to small areas. The sawdust pile is on property with three separate owners and a fourth man has the rights to sell the sawdust. Parsons said the fire department officials are contacting all four people involved. . . The CDF was also called to a small woodland fire on the Weston property on Anchor Lane at 12:54 p.m. Thursday, The cause of the fire was four small boys ages 7 through 11, with matches, according tothe CDF dispatcher. ‘more houses would have official the proposed system were time saving in emergency situations; elimination of duplication of ‘street names; all public streets and private roads serving two or designations; and standardization of odd and even designations. Marian Doyle, who said she was speaking as a private citizen, property owner, and planner, called the system "too elaborate" for this county, and asked that it be returned to the planning department for "more re-. search." She also suggested that the planning department has: “higher priority" studies: than. the proposed ordinance, namely. a new zoning ordinance. In other action Monday night, the-commission approved a use permit for Herbert A. Keith for a 19-unit addition to his existing mobile home park inanunclassified area in Truckee. . --Postponed until Aug. 24 a . public hearing concerning Paul Stobel’s. use permit application to locate and occupy atravél trailer on property at Donner Lake. Stobe requested the postponement, ~Denied Barbara McGill's usepermit application to locate a mobile home on her property in a one-family residential district at Union Hill. Mrs, McGill was not present as required of the applicant at publichearings concerning applications, However, the planning department, ina staff report, had recommended denial on the basis that the proposed use is not consistent with previous recommendations intended to prohibit location of mobile homes in single-family residential areas. Chairman Bert Livingston took note ‘that the applicant had failed to communicate with the planning department concerning non-appearance at the hearing. He directed county counsel toso advise the board of supervisors if and when the commission's decision is appealed. -Granted one year's extension for filing final maps of Malakoff East. and Scotts Flat Acres, NEVADA CITY $2.23 for the fifth consecutive allow the tax rate to remain at y, si “In order to have a balanced budget the councilmen: voted to. delete two items from the water department, cast iron pipe and valves and fittings of cast iron. t~ removing these two items, totaling $4,050, the budget allows a salary for the seventh policeman until Sept, 1, whenRoy Seberg retires. The seventh policeman's salary was not included in the preliminary budget as the council voted to add the seventh man last month, two months after the first tentative budget was submitted by City Manager Beryl Robinson, Jr. The “bare bones budget" was approved unanimously by the . County Chamber . — Reports — by John Gallegos absent. : Councilman Bob Paine said the. .tax. rate has remained the same for five years, "by losing seven employes over the same period," Robinson added, "And we do not have a monthly sewer charge," Paine said. With the budget approved, Robinson indicated one estimate for the present fiscal year already slightly off. Water consumption in. July has been fantastic," he said, The charge to the city by the Nevada Irrigation’ District . was $1,000 higher than the same month last year. "If-we have a late winter, we will be paying NID high water rates for months yet," he added. ak It is interesting to note how many business trends there are and how they affect a community. -. The. California State Board of Equalization annually puts out a report on sales tax. This report breaks down all varieties AasG Of 3 Doceneeih weed’ of taxes and I thought that in this report I'd list the amount of retail sales permits issued since the 1965-66 report, I want to make some comparisons with counties that are about the size of Nevada county. ‘See scale at bottom of column. Although Nevada county had a sharp decrease in retail sales permits between June '66 and July '67, it did recover and level out from 1968 on, This is not necessarily indicative of any particular trend in this county's economic trend, I does however lead me to believe that these indicators do point to a more stabilized economy. “Ifyou will note the other mountain counties have had a Steady decline in business license activity and in most of the other it is a very minor upward trend. a I did not compute the counties larger than ours because generally most of the larger counties tend to have the largest migration of people, hence a greater business potential, It is interesting too to note where these taxes are coming from. I'll only illustrate Nevada county's, although it is indicative of the recreationally oriented counties, (Taxable transactions in thousands of dollars) : Type of business and taxable transactions, Retail Stores: 1,546; *General merchandise stores, 3,141; Drugs, 895; *Food stores, 4,204; *Package liquor stores, 848; *Eating & drinking places, 4,395; Home furnishings & appliances, 1,503; Bldg, materials & farm implements, 4,924; Auto dealers and auto Pirro Boars Bom stations, 1,504; *Other retail stores, 116; stores t 30,287; * ; Total'all, 20,060. ; All other beg 9,581; * Are either partially or all service oriented business, For’ more detailed information contact the State Board of Equalization either in Nevada City or the Sacramento Office, COUNTY POPULATION No of No of Av. % Inc Del Norte 16,800 641 606 589 611 . Glenn 20,500 503 513 520 10 se Inyo 16,100 601 606 623 61 1.6 Lake 20, 300 938 897 906 ohh. 1.9 > Lassen 18,300 535 532 1 Sao . 22 (.06) * Nevada 26,900 1,003 £22 ra 2: (2.5) San Benito 19,100 465 409 45 4.20’ : 1.9 *% Siskiyou 35,500 1 4139 1,125 1,133 1,126 (.07) Tehama 30, 300 ss 205 786. : 780 . (1.03) Tuolumne 21,400 92 52 69 73 (2.3) " hodelodes ab Siw Sees

ae Oe & ‘2s a ~ ee =~. FS eR KES material at — NC dump Rather than risk "an Indian i uprising” the Nevada City Council tabled a request from Robert Elliott to remove salvagable items from the city dump. Elliott and his Diversified Company of Grass Valley requested permission to remove items from the dump which may be salvaged. He proposed paying the city $1 per ton of material which. is salvagable and stated that. 300 tons, more or less, could be taken from the dump, "We have a problem with the present residents" (of the dump) City Manager Beryl Robinson Jr. told the councilmen, He sug-. gested the $1 a ton fee be paid to the Kelly family, the present residents of the dump. "We have allowed our first citizens of Nevada City to remain there (at the dump) for 40 years, They act as unofficial caretakers, Legally the land is not theirs but morally it is,” Councilman Bob Paine said. _City Attorney. William Wetherall said. the city could not pay city funds to anyone "as a gift."’ He suggested Elliott work through the Kellys, Robinson said that would. not work, “the Kellys feel all salvagable material at the dump is _-theirs,"" The matter was discussed for nearly an hour. with the final decision to. table. the subject passed unanimously. In other action Monday the council passed an ordinance amendment prohibiting dogs from roaming the business district, Dogs must be under restraint of some kind within the business district. The ordinance will go into effect 30 days from the date of passage. The council failed to act on Frank Amaral's request for an advertising sign on a building to be erected on the service station lot on Sacramento Street. "This request does not follow the ordinance," Mayor John Rankin. said, "as to how such a request must be made." The council agreed to return the request and ask that it be submitted according to the ordinance, The council passed a resolution thanking "Liberal Arts for bringing summer theater to Nevada’ City." simplicity . .. BERGEMANN & SON Funeral Chapel ready to serve you day or night Call 265-2421 BOST AVE. OFF LOWER GRASS VALLEY ROAD, th The Nevada City Council adopted a budget of $336,000 for i h fiscal year 1970-71 which will Study of numbering e ordinance continued . The county planning commission has continued a study of a proposed ordiance which would establish a uniform system for numbering buildings and street naming. Planner Ralph Wollam = explained the proposal to the. commission Monday night, The commission continued the consideration until Aug. 24, upon the recommendation of Stanley Mansfield, planning director. The present system is confusing and contains no builtin device to determine where the route system begins, according to the planning department reAmong the benefits cited for Sawdust pile . burns 5 times. in single day Nevada City. volunteer fire-: men were called toa burning sawdust pile at the southwest edge of Nevada City five times on Thursday. The large pile broke into flames on five different occasions and the California Division of Forestry was called to assist one time. Larry Parsons, fire truck driver, said the fire department is taking action to alleviate the fire hazard. On two occasions Thursday the flames spread to surrounding brush. Both times the firemen, CDF and volunteers, were able to confine the damage to small areas. The sawdust pile is on property with three separate owners and a fourth man has the rights to sell the sawdust. Parsons said the fire department officials are contacting all four people involved. . . The CDF was also called to a small woodland fire on the Weston property on Anchor Lane at 12:54 p.m. Thursday, The cause of the fire was four small boys ages 7 through 11, with matches, according tothe CDF dispatcher. ‘more houses would have official the proposed system were time saving in emergency situations; elimination of duplication of ‘street names; all public streets and private roads serving two or designations; and standardization of odd and even designations. Marian Doyle, who said she was speaking as a private citizen, property owner, and planner, called the system "too elaborate" for this county, and asked that it be returned to the planning department for "more re-.

search." She also suggested that the planning department has: “higher priority" studies: than. the proposed ordinance, namely. a new zoning ordinance. In other action Monday night, the-commission approved a use permit for Herbert A. Keith for a 19-unit addition to his existing mobile home park inanunclassified area in Truckee. . --Postponed until Aug. 24 a . public hearing concerning Paul Stobel’s. use permit application to locate and occupy atravél trailer on property at Donner Lake. Stobe requested the postponement, ~Denied Barbara McGill's usepermit application to locate a mobile home on her property in a one-family residential district at Union Hill. Mrs, McGill was not present as required of the applicant at publichearings concerning applications, However, the planning department, ina staff report, had recommended denial on the basis that the proposed use is not consistent with previous recommendations intended to prohibit location of mobile homes in single-family residential areas. Chairman Bert Livingston took note ‘that the applicant had failed to communicate with the planning department concerning non-appearance at the hearing. He directed county counsel toso advise the board of supervisors if and when the commission's decision is appealed. -Granted one year's extension for filing final maps of Malakoff East. and Scotts Flat Acres, NEVADA CITY $2.23 for the fifth consecutive allow the tax rate to remain at y, si “In order to have a balanced budget the councilmen: voted to. delete two items from the water department, cast iron pipe and valves and fittings of cast iron. t~ removing these two items, totaling $4,050, the budget allows a salary for the seventh policeman until Sept, 1, whenRoy Seberg retires. The seventh policeman's salary was not included in the preliminary budget as the council voted to add the seventh man last month, two months after the first tentative budget was submitted by City Manager Beryl Robinson, Jr. The “bare bones budget" was approved unanimously by the . County Chamber . — Reports — by John Gallegos absent. : Councilman Bob Paine said the. .tax. rate has remained the same for five years, "by losing seven employes over the same period," Robinson added, "And we do not have a monthly sewer charge," Paine said. With the budget approved, Robinson indicated one estimate for the present fiscal year already slightly off. Water consumption in. July has been fantastic," he said, The charge to the city by the Nevada Irrigation’ District . was $1,000 higher than the same month last year. "If-we have a late winter, we will be paying NID high water rates for months yet," he added. ak It is interesting to note how many business trends there are and how they affect a community. -. The. California State Board of Equalization annually puts out a report on sales tax. This report breaks down all varieties AasG Of 3 Doceneeih weed’ of taxes and I thought that in this report I'd list the amount of retail sales permits issued since the 1965-66 report, I want to make some comparisons with counties that are about the size of Nevada county. ‘See scale at bottom of column. Although Nevada county had a sharp decrease in retail sales permits between June '66 and July '67, it did recover and level out from 1968 on, This is not necessarily indicative of any particular trend in this county's economic trend, I does however lead me to believe that these indicators do point to a more stabilized economy. “Ifyou will note the other mountain counties have had a Steady decline in business license activity and in most of the other it is a very minor upward trend. a I did not compute the counties larger than ours because generally most of the larger counties tend to have the largest migration of people, hence a greater business potential, It is interesting too to note where these taxes are coming from. I'll only illustrate Nevada county's, although it is indicative of the recreationally oriented counties, (Taxable transactions in thousands of dollars) : Type of business and taxable transactions, Retail Stores: 1,546; *General merchandise stores, 3,141; Drugs, 895; *Food stores, 4,204; *Package liquor stores, 848; *Eating & drinking places, 4,395; Home furnishings & appliances, 1,503; Bldg, materials & farm implements, 4,924; Auto dealers and auto Pirro Boars Bom stations, 1,504; *Other retail stores, 116; stores t 30,287; * ; Total'all, 20,060. ; All other beg 9,581; * Are either partially or all service oriented business, For’ more detailed information contact the State Board of Equalization either in Nevada City or the Sacramento Office, COUNTY POPULATION No of No of Av. % Inc Del Norte 16,800 641 606 589 611 . Glenn 20,500 503 513 520 10 se Inyo 16,100 601 606 623 61 1.6 Lake 20, 300 938 897 906 ohh. 1.9 > Lassen 18,300 535 532 1 Sao . 22 (.06) * Nevada 26,900 1,003 £22 ra 2: (2.5) San Benito 19,100 465 409 45 4.20’ : 1.9 *% Siskiyou 35,500 1 4139 1,125 1,133 1,126 (.07) Tehama 30, 300 ss 205 786. : 780 . (1.03) Tuolumne 21,400 92 52 69 73 (2.3) " hodelodes ab Siw Sees