December 3, 1969 (12 pages)

en cata neonnertossenast eta the taken weiss Ret tte eens a 2 The Nevada County Nugget Wednesday, December 3, 1969 NID adopts. .* private lines, ‘itches A policy regarding privitte pipelines and ditches was accepted by Nevada Irrigation District directors at their regular meeting Weiineaday, A written proposed policy was presented to the board’by NID ‘Manager © Frank Clendenen, which pleased Director C. Bruce McDonald, “I am very glad to see a policy in print around here instead of into our heads," McDonald said. A policy for operation and maintenance of private ditch systems had been discussed previously by the board. Clendenen had reported that privately owned ditches were receiving Nevada. County Rainfall Gauge NEVADA CITY ado a yor from NID at some points and none at other points. eae ari — eo’ Chairman Alex Ferreira statN . * ed that “a fair policy for all" OW 20.2 28-00 should be established Nov, 21 59 29 00 . * 2 The policy pted by the pe ~ os ro po board reads tetdibes: see v1 57 28 “00 --The district will make no Ov. * connection to or provide service Nov, 25 59 29-0 through a private conduit withRainfall to date 6.43 out first receiving approval from Rainfall last year 12.68 the owners of the private conduit. GRASS VALLEY e=The district will not make Max. Min. R.° new connections to a private Nov. 19 61 31 .00 conduit where district staff Nov. 20 67 33.00 deems the conduit, system, or Nov. 21 69 34.00 any part thereof is inadequate. Nov. 22 65 32 = .00 --Customers receiving disNov. 23 68 33 0 trict water through private conNov, 24 67 33.00 Guits shall pay the same water Nov. 25 69 35.00 rate as if the conduit were a Rainfall to date 6.32 _ district owned facility. Rainfall last year 13.02 --The maintenance and replacement of private conduit is NEVADA CITY to be at the sole expense of the owner or owners thereof. Max. Min, R. --In cases where a private Nov. 26 59 29 .00 conduit leaks, the district will Nov. 27 61 29 =.00 notify the owner or owners by Nov. 28 61 26 .00 regular mail or telephone, so Nov. 29 60 26 00 advising that they must accompNov. 30 57 25 .00 ish the repair by a date, or Dec, 1 37 25 .00 make arrangements satisfacDec, 2 56 27 _-00 tory to the district for its reRainfall to date 6 ces ite or make “are Rainfall last year 13.83 rangements satisfactory to the district for its repair and payGRASS VALLEY ment thereof. Otherwise water service will be terminated on the Max. Min. R. aforestated date. Nov. 26 68 34.00 --In the event the owner or Nov. 27 73 34 .00 owners of a private conduit canNov. 28 74 32 .00 not make the repair because the Nov. 29 72 29 =.00 jeaking area is within a city, Nov. 30 67 30 = .00 “county or state maintained roadDec, 1 66 30. .00 way, the district will make the Dec. 2 67 30-00 repair and add its cost to the Rainfall to date 6.32 owner's water account; where Rainfall last year 14.28 there is more than one owner, the cost of repair shall be proNEVADA COUNTY NUG rated based on water sales during the preceeding 12 months, --Nothing in this requirement relieves the owner or owners from personal responsibility or precludes the district from terminating service to a private conduit immediately when it is deemed to be causing a hazardous condition in the interest of public safety to persons or to property. --A private conduit will be considered for ownership by the district when the conduit is brought to district standards and when it is determined the use would be economical for the district. PUBLISHED EVERY. WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. 301 Broad Street, Nevada City, Ca. 95959 Telephone 265-2471 Second class postage paid at Nevada City, California. Adjudicated a legal frac a: paper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court , pony f 1960. Decree No. 13,406. Subscription Rates: one year, $3.00; two years, $5, 00. 1967. PRIZE WINNING NEWSPAPER ofthe — CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION E CANCER SOCIETY Gl AMERICAN SUPERVISOR ROBERT LONG, left and County Clerk Theodore Kohler inspect historical items donated to the county recently by Gordon M. Wallace. The board of supervisors Tuesday accepted the items and agreed to display and keep them safe. Assistant welfare director approved Resolutions allowing Welfare Director Eugene Newmantohirc an administrative assistant and another eligibility worker wero approved by the board of supervisors Tuesday. Both positions were included in the current year's budget, and Newman had received tentative approval earlier to hire an assistant. Tuesday's action was necessary, however, tohave a formal resolution on file. Supervisor William Thomas voted against the resolution without comment, but it passed 4-1, Newman told The Union later that his assistant, who will be the number two man in the department, will come to work in mid-January. The welfare director presented a staffing pattern chart to bolster his request. He said it shows thet ''Nevada county has the lowest staffing pattern" among the 15 counties used in the comparison. "This is partly due to the close cooperation we have with the auditor's office andthe computer system,’ Newman added, but he also pointed out he attempts to run .the local welfare office conservatively. "I try to make savings wherever I can. I am not an empire builder as the staffing pattern shows you," The figures show Nevadc county has 39 people working in the social services department. The cases per staff member total 50 compared with 35,1 for the average of the 15 counties. Cases per social worker and eligibility worker total 73 here compared to 52.7 for the average. And each clerk here processes 172.7 cases compared to 122 on the average, according to Newman's figures. He also presented a table showing what has happened with the food stamp program since it began in August. During the first month, 696 households representing 1,693 people received food stamps. The following month, September, the number of households was down slightly but the number of people involved was up. In October, the households totaled 557 and the people getPlanners act on The Nevada County Planning Commission last week took the following actions concerning public hearings and tentative subdivision maps. --Recommended, subject to approval of county coynsel, that the board of supervisors approve a county ordinance amendment whereby an open space district could be created. Glenshire Units submitted the proposal with the hope of creating such zoning in its subdivision. --Postponed until December a public hearing concerning establishing precise soins in Glenshire Units No, 2 snd 3, The developers are asking that property now in an unclassified district will become one family residential combined with agriculture, one and multiple family residential, and "open Space," --Approved a use permit for Carson A, White to construct and maintain a residence in a comting stamps 1,378. Both figures are considerably below the opening month. Newman told The Union this was caused by the "half price sale" in effect during August by which welfare recipients could buy stamps for half price. After that, some found they could not afford the outlay to buy the stamps at one time. _ People not receiving welfare who bought stamps increased in numbers, more than doubling in September. However, this category also dropped somewhat in October.land maps \ mercial zone in the Donner Lake area. --Continued a hearing for a use permit for Burton S, Cooper, who hopes to add a 102-unit addition to his. existing 50-unit Penn Valley Mobile Home Ranch, Cooper was instructed to bring a detailed design plan to the next hearing. --Approved a tentative map of resubdivision of Pleasant Valley Ranches, two lots on Pleasant Valley Road. William Blackledge isowner and subdivider. --Voted to recommend that the board of supervisors accept a road in Glenbrook Basin into the county road system wher the road is improved to county standard. The action was at the request of George Ellsworth. --Approved a tentative map of Lake of the Pines Rasichos unit No, 2, Boise Cascade is owner and subdivider.

en cata neonnertossenast eta the taken weiss Ret tte eens a 2 The Nevada County Nugget Wednesday, December 3, 1969 NID adopts. .* private lines, ‘itches A policy regarding privitte pipelines and ditches was accepted by Nevada Irrigation District directors at their regular meeting Weiineaday, A written proposed policy was presented to the board’by NID ‘Manager © Frank Clendenen, which pleased Director C. Bruce McDonald, “I am very glad to see a policy in print around here instead of into our heads," McDonald said. A policy for operation and maintenance of private ditch systems had been discussed previously by the board. Clendenen had reported that privately owned ditches were receiving Nevada. County Rainfall Gauge NEVADA CITY ado a yor from NID at some points and none at other points. eae ari — eo’ Chairman Alex Ferreira statN . * ed that “a fair policy for all" OW 20.2 28-00 should be established Nov, 21 59 29 00 . * 2 The policy pted by the pe ~ os ro po board reads tetdibes: see v1 57 28 “00 --The district will make no Ov. * connection to or provide service Nov, 25 59 29-0 through a private conduit withRainfall to date 6.43 out first receiving approval from Rainfall last year 12.68 the owners of the private conduit. GRASS VALLEY e=The district will not make Max. Min. R.° new connections to a private Nov. 19 61 31 .00 conduit where district staff Nov. 20 67 33.00 deems the conduit, system, or Nov. 21 69 34.00 any part thereof is inadequate. Nov. 22 65 32 = .00 --Customers receiving disNov. 23 68 33 0 trict water through private conNov, 24 67 33.00 Guits shall pay the same water Nov. 25 69 35.00 rate as if the conduit were a Rainfall to date 6.32 _ district owned facility. Rainfall last year 13.02 --The maintenance and replacement of private conduit is NEVADA CITY to be at the sole expense of the owner or owners thereof. Max. Min, R. --In cases where a private Nov. 26 59 29 .00 conduit leaks, the district will Nov. 27 61 29 =.00 notify the owner or owners by Nov. 28 61 26 .00 regular mail or telephone, so Nov. 29 60 26 00 advising that they must accompNov. 30 57 25 .00 ish the repair by a date, or Dec, 1 37 25 .00 make arrangements satisfacDec, 2 56 27 _-00 tory to the district for its reRainfall to date 6 ces ite or make “are Rainfall last year 13.83 rangements satisfactory to the district for its repair and payGRASS VALLEY ment thereof. Otherwise water service will be terminated on the Max. Min. R. aforestated date. Nov. 26 68 34.00 --In the event the owner or Nov. 27 73 34 .00 owners of a private conduit canNov. 28 74 32 .00 not make the repair because the Nov. 29 72 29 =.00 jeaking area is within a city, Nov. 30 67 30 = .00 “county or state maintained roadDec, 1 66 30. .00 way, the district will make the Dec. 2 67 30-00 repair and add its cost to the Rainfall to date 6.32 owner's water account; where Rainfall last year 14.28 there is more than one owner, the cost of repair shall be proNEVADA COUNTY NUG rated based on water sales during the preceeding 12 months, --Nothing in this requirement relieves the owner or owners from personal responsibility or precludes the district from terminating service to a private conduit immediately when it is deemed to be causing a hazardous condition in the interest of public safety to persons or to property. --A private conduit will be considered for ownership by the district when the conduit is brought to district standards and when it is determined the use would be economical for the district. PUBLISHED EVERY. WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. 301 Broad Street, Nevada City, Ca. 95959 Telephone 265-2471 Second class postage paid at Nevada City, California. Adjudicated a legal frac a: paper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court , pony f 1960. Decree No. 13,406. Subscription Rates: one year, $3.00; two years, $5, 00. 1967. PRIZE WINNING NEWSPAPER ofthe — CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION E CANCER SOCIETY Gl AMERICAN SUPERVISOR ROBERT LONG, left and County Clerk Theodore Kohler inspect historical items donated to the county recently by Gordon M. Wallace. The board of supervisors Tuesday accepted the items and agreed to display and keep them safe. Assistant welfare director approved Resolutions allowing Welfare Director Eugene Newmantohirc an administrative assistant and another eligibility worker wero approved by the board of supervisors Tuesday. Both positions were included in the current year's budget, and Newman had received tentative approval earlier to hire

an assistant. Tuesday's action was necessary, however, tohave a formal resolution on file. Supervisor William Thomas voted against the resolution without comment, but it passed 4-1, Newman told The Union later that his assistant, who will be the number two man in the department, will come to work in mid-January. The welfare director presented a staffing pattern chart to bolster his request. He said it shows thet ''Nevada county has the lowest staffing pattern" among the 15 counties used in the comparison. "This is partly due to the close cooperation we have with the auditor's office andthe computer system,’ Newman added, but he also pointed out he attempts to run .the local welfare office conservatively. "I try to make savings wherever I can. I am not an empire builder as the staffing pattern shows you," The figures show Nevadc county has 39 people working in the social services department. The cases per staff member total 50 compared with 35,1 for the average of the 15 counties. Cases per social worker and eligibility worker total 73 here compared to 52.7 for the average. And each clerk here processes 172.7 cases compared to 122 on the average, according to Newman's figures. He also presented a table showing what has happened with the food stamp program since it began in August. During the first month, 696 households representing 1,693 people received food stamps. The following month, September, the number of households was down slightly but the number of people involved was up. In October, the households totaled 557 and the people getPlanners act on The Nevada County Planning Commission last week took the following actions concerning public hearings and tentative subdivision maps. --Recommended, subject to approval of county coynsel, that the board of supervisors approve a county ordinance amendment whereby an open space district could be created. Glenshire Units submitted the proposal with the hope of creating such zoning in its subdivision. --Postponed until December a public hearing concerning establishing precise soins in Glenshire Units No, 2 snd 3, The developers are asking that property now in an unclassified district will become one family residential combined with agriculture, one and multiple family residential, and "open Space," --Approved a use permit for Carson A, White to construct and maintain a residence in a comting stamps 1,378. Both figures are considerably below the opening month. Newman told The Union this was caused by the "half price sale" in effect during August by which welfare recipients could buy stamps for half price. After that, some found they could not afford the outlay to buy the stamps at one time. _ People not receiving welfare who bought stamps increased in numbers, more than doubling in September. However, this category also dropped somewhat in October.land maps \ mercial zone in the Donner Lake area. --Continued a hearing for a use permit for Burton S, Cooper, who hopes to add a 102-unit addition to his. existing 50-unit Penn Valley Mobile Home Ranch, Cooper was instructed to bring a detailed design plan to the next hearing. --Approved a tentative map of resubdivision of Pleasant Valley Ranches, two lots on Pleasant Valley Road. William Blackledge isowner and subdivider. --Voted to recommend that the board of supervisors accept a road in Glenbrook Basin into the county road system wher the road is improved to county standard. The action was at the request of George Ellsworth. --Approved a tentative map of Lake of the Pines Rasichos unit No, 2, Boise Cascade is owner and subdivider.