February 10, 1971 (12 pages)

a ‘gained. Po ae most in census The biggest population grits in Nevada county during ‘the past decade has been in ‘the greater Grass Valley area, 1970 federal census figures show. The Grass Valley area, which includes the city, Alta Hill and surrounding areas, had 17,554 people last year and 13,425 in 1960, The growth during the io yearsthus was 4,129 or 30.8%, The increase inside the city of Grass Valley was 5.6% with 5,149 residents listed in 1970, up 273 from the 4,876 in 1960, The county as a whole recorded a 26% growth from 1960 to 1970. Nevada county had 26,346 residents in the 1970 census and 20,911 in 1960, The county's total population thus increased by 5 435 people during the.decade. _ Nevada City area, including residential areas near but outside the city limits, increased by 17.6%: Greater Nevada City had 6,264 people last year and 5,327 in 1960, up 937. However, the municipality itself had a 1.7% decrease. Nevada City was home to 2,314 people last year, and the 1960 census counted 2,353, a 10-year decline of 39. The Truckee-Donner area had a 17.1% increase with 2,528 people in 1970 and 2,159 in 1960. The 1970 census counted 1,392: people in the Truckee. community, but no comparable 1960 figures were given. Congressman Harold (Bizz) Johnson provided the census figures to The Union Friday. . These are the final census totals. Data released earlier showed the county with 603 fewer residents than appeared on the final aeememibae State, BLM to sign pact for better fire SACRAMENTO — A contract providing for improved fire protection procedures and understandings on nearly 16 million acres of federal public domain. in California will be signed at a nealita of state and federal officials Thursday at 9.a.m. at the Federal Building, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, The session will mark the first joint meeting of top state and field officials of the California Division of Forestry (CDF) and their counterparts in the U. S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to spell out responsibilities and operating procedures under the new agreement. Based on a recent evaluation of public land resource values, the necessary protection these resources should receive, and the cost of providing such protection, State and federal managers decided.a new agreement was required to reflect current conditions. The new contract will replace obsolete 25-year old accords now in effect and set the foundation for future cooperative working relationships between the agencies. A major section of.the new , Busy session for NC trustees Nevada City School District trustees will discuss advertising for bids on paving the street, curb and playground at the new Seven Hills School at the Wednesday meeting. Also on the 7:30 p.m. agenda are informational reports on the building program and enrollment by Supt. Dan Woodard and a discussion and possibly determination by the trustees of disposal of the old Seven Hills School.Woodard will conduct a workshop on preparing the 1971-72 budget. protection contract provides for increased funding to be paid by BLM to CDF in return for fire protection on two million acres of Federal public domain west of the Sierra, These ‘lands are intermingled with those for which the state has similar fire responsibility, and the high level of protection required can be provided most economically and feasibly by CDF. The cost to BLM for the presuppression effort for this acreage this year will be $625,000, The money will reimburse CDF for part of its costs in recruiting and training, planning, purchase and maintenance of fire fighting equipment and for fire control improvements. In ad-. dition, the state will be reimbursed for cost of actual fire suppression costs on this federal land acreage at the end of each fiscal year, contingent on an appropriation by Congress. Though the federal agency will continue to provide fire protection to most of the public lands east of the Sierra, the contract provides for special actions by each of the agencies to make best utilization of their respective forces. Called for are blocked areas of responsibility, reimbursable fire fighting action for quick attack on going fires, and mutual assistance understandings. J. Russell Penny, BLM California state director, and Lewis A. Moran, chief deputy state forester, agr "The public lands have becom reasingly more valuable as the public need has grown for resource commodities, recreation and for just plain open space and scenery. We must give these lands the protection they require to protect these values. The cooperative agreement between the state and the BLM is the result of Several years effort in this direction and will give the public lands the best available protection from fire." ~ Wednesday, February 10, te ee Me 2 Preliminary engineering study of . NC water, sewer systems approved Jim Cranmer was authorized to make apreliminary engineering study of anew water treatment plant and improvements on the sewer system for Nevada City by the councilmen Monday evening. Cranmer told the council "if wells could be brought in totaling 400 gallons of water per minute the. city would save $140,000 by: not building a covered storage tank," He said a well which produces 40 to 50 gallons per minute is possible in this area, ‘The councilmen at a recent meeting authorized. city ee ger. Beryl Robinson Jr. to have a well-digging firm sink some wells to obtain additional water, No wells have been sunk as of this date but work will begin soon. Cranmer estimated $920,000 would cover building a city owned treatment system, rebuilding the distribution system, metering each service, and the sewer system. He said an engineer's fee for the engineering would amount to $52,415. He added that he knew the city was in no position to authorize that fee at this time and offered to do the preliminary work for "time and material only." ‘He estimated sufficient data Placer getting closer — to takeover of DeWitt AUBURN — A contract by which Placer county would take over DeWitt State Hospital may be signed in April if the state produces a per patient payment _ schedule that meets the county's needs, The state has announced it will phase out DeWitt by mid.1972 and the county hopes to take it over to keep the $7 million annual payroll here and provide for mental hospital needs of rural Northern California counties, including Nevada. -A note of cautious optimism was injected into the takeover ‘chore this week by Supervisor Raymond S, Thompson of Apburn and Assistant County Executive Officer R, E. Warren, They said negotiations have been going so smoothly that they are looking forward to signing a contract with the state sometime. in early April — but only after the State comes up with a per patient payment schedule that meets the county's needs, Thompson and Warren were among several county officials who presented .a progress report to more than 100 persons, most of them hospital employes. Warren said the state now wants the county to assume con-: trol of the hospital as a 700-bed facility on July 1 of this year or as soon thereafter as possible. Other major items still to be negotiated are the proper DO ALL YOUR BANKING AT MLB! THE MOTHER LODE AREA’S ONLY INDEPENDENT, HOME-OWNED AND OPERATED, FULL-SERVICE BANK KAA K KAA KK KKK KKHK Morurr Lope Bak “== GRASS VALLEY ¢ NEVADA CITY licensing for the hospital, the transfer of employees from state to local service, the depreciation of property, and the waiving of the federal government's right to take over the facility in case of a national emergency. DeWitt originally was an Army hospital during World War I; Thompson explained that the state is willing to turn over the hospital to the county for $1 and guarantee a patient load of 700 mentally ill and retarded --¢asés for at least three years. Thereafter, the county, having established a hospital district, would operate the facility on its own. If that is found to be unfeasible, the county would use the facility for some other purpose. DeWitt has about 700 patients at present and nearly that many employes, It was indicated that about 60 workers will be transferred to other state mental hygiene facilities. “The most important thing to remember is that we've got to run the hospital efficiently," Thompson said. "If we can do this to the satisfaction of the state, we'll be in the ballpark. If the state thinks we're operating it inefficiently, we're in trouble." Once the takeover agreement is reached, state mental health officials will visit the 15 counties in the hospital district's catchment area and urge them to continue sending their mentally ill and retarded patients to DeWitt, Thompson said. MEMBER F.D.I.C. PLACERVILLE « SONORA e FOLSOM ROSEVILLE. ¢ TWAIN HARTE e ALTAVILLE should be obtained to present to the voters with the expenditure of $4,000. A preliminary engineering report could be prepared within 30 days, he added, with enough data so the voters could visualize the water treatment plant and other rebuilt facilities and know the exact costs. Mayor John Rankin told the councilmen: that the city should _ have word from the state on a grant to rebuild the sewer sys“tem within a month, Both re-ports should be before the council by March 8 and a date for the bond election could be set at that time, the mayor added. On the same general subject Robinson reported on a meeting he and city attorney William Wetherall had Monday afternoon with Bureau of Land Management representatives. Most of the BLM property on Canada Hill does not have a clear title, ‘ Robinson said. The portion the city needs for a treatment plant "is virtually clear," Wetherall said the BLM men reported. The BLM men also said the land is clear for well digging by the city but exact title data would have to be obtained when the well sites are determined. A map of where the gaslights would be placed came to the city from John Zehms, representative of Western Gaslight Co. who demonstrated the gaslights to the councilmen and public twice within the past month. The lightswould be’ placed about 90 feet apart on one side of the street but staggered so that no light is more than 50 feet from one across the street. The council authorized the purchase of 30 gaslights, 26 for Broad Street and four across the Broad Street bridge. Bids will be advertised later with the specifications to include the requirement that the glass sides be removable for easy cleaning. The council voted to have gaslights on Broad Street at the Feb, 2 meeting. The: council agreed that the middle of August ig Hae the best time for Broad eet to be torn up for the placement of underground facilities. "The merchants would like to have June and July for the tourist season," Robinson said. The councilmen approved a resolution agreeing to rent a portion of the Nevada City library to the county for the county library demonstration office. Interest Paid on Savings at the Highest Legal Rate e Deposits Insured by F.D.1.C. up to $20,000 e No Monthly Service Charge on Regular Personal Checking Accounts Maintaining a Minimum Balance of $300 or More. Night Depository e Safe Deposit Boxes Master Charge Member

a ‘gained. Po ae most in census The biggest population grits in Nevada county during ‘the past decade has been in ‘the greater Grass Valley area, 1970 federal census figures show.. The Grass Valley area, which includes the city, Alta Hill and surrounding areas, had 17,554 people last year and 13,425 in 1960, The growth during the io yearsthus was 4,129 or 30.8%, The increase inside the city of Grass Valley was 5.6% with 5,149 residents listed in 1970, up 273 from the 4,876 in 1960, The county as a whole recorded a 26% growth from 1960 to 1970. Nevada county had 26,346 residents in the 1970 census and 20,911 in 1960, The county's total population thus increased by 5 435 people during the.decade. _ Nevada City area, including residential areas near but outside the city limits, increased by 17.6%: Greater Nevada City had 6,264 people last year and 5,327 in 1960, up 937. However, the municipality itself had a 1.7% decrease. Nevada City was home to 2,314 people last year, and the 1960 census counted 2,353, a 10-year decline of 39. The Truckee-Donner area had a 17.1% increase with 2,528 people in 1970 and 2,159 in 1960. The 1970 census counted 1,392: people in the Truckee. community, but no comparable 1960 figures were given. Congressman Harold (Bizz) Johnson provided the census figures to The Union Friday. . These are the final census totals. Data released earlier showed the county with 603 fewer residents than appeared on the final aeememibae State, BLM to sign pact for better fire SACRAMENTO — A contract providing for improved fire protection procedures and understandings on nearly 16 million acres of federal public domain. in California will be signed at a nealita of state and federal officials Thursday at 9.a.m. at the Federal Building, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, The session will mark the first joint meeting of top state and field officials of the California Division of Forestry (CDF) and their counterparts in the U. S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to spell out responsibilities and operating procedures under the new agreement. Based on a recent evaluation of public land resource values, the necessary protection these resources should receive, and the cost of providing such protection, State and federal managers decided.a new agreement was required to reflect current conditions. The new contract will replace obsolete 25-year old accords now in effect and set the foundation for future cooperative working relationships between the agencies. A major section of.the new , Busy session for NC trustees Nevada City School District trustees will discuss advertising for bids on paving the street, curb and playground at the new Seven Hills School at the Wednesday meeting. Also on the 7:30 p.m. agenda are informational reports on the building program and enrollment by Supt. Dan Woodard and a discussion and possibly determination by the trustees of disposal of the old Seven Hills School.Woodard will conduct a workshop on preparing the 1971-72 budget. protection contract provides for increased funding to be paid by BLM to CDF in return for fire protection on two million acres of Federal public domain west of the Sierra, These ‘lands are intermingled with those for which the state has similar fire responsibility, and the high level of protection required can be provided most economically and feasibly by CDF. The cost to BLM for the presuppression effort for this acreage this year will be $625,000, The money will reimburse CDF for part of its costs in recruiting and training, planning, purchase and maintenance of fire fighting equipment and for fire control improvements. In ad-. dition, the state will be reimbursed for cost of actual fire suppression costs on this federal land acreage at the end of each fiscal year, contingent on an appropriation by Congress. Though the federal agency will continue to provide fire protection to most of the public lands east of the Sierra, the contract provides for special actions by each of the agencies to make best utilization of their respective forces. Called for are blocked areas of responsibility, reimbursable fire fighting action for quick attack on going fires, and mutual assistance understandings. J. Russell Penny, BLM California state director, and Lewis A. Moran, chief deputy state forester, agr "The public lands have becom reasingly more valuable as the public need has grown for resource commodities, recreation and for just plain open space and scenery. We must give these lands the protection they require to protect these values. The cooperative agreement between the state and the BLM is the result of Several years effort in this direction and will give the public lands the best available protection from fire." ~ Wednesday, February 10, te ee Me 2 Preliminary engineering study of . NC water, sewer systems approved Jim Cranmer was authorized to make apreliminary engineering study of anew water treatment plant and improvements on the sewer system for Nevada City by the councilmen Monday evening. Cranmer told the council "if wells could be brought in totaling 400 gallons of water per minute the. city would save $140,000 by: not building a covered storage tank," He said a well which produces 40 to 50 gallons per minute is possible in this area, ‘The councilmen at a recent meeting authorized. city ee ger. Beryl Robinson Jr. to have a well-digging firm sink some wells to obtain additional water, No wells have been sunk as of this date but work will begin soon. Cranmer estimated $920,000 would cover building a city owned treatment system, rebuilding the distribution system, metering each service, and the sewer system. He said an engineer's fee for the engineering would amount to $52,415. He added that he knew the city was in no position to authorize that fee at this time and offered to do the preliminary work for "time and material only." ‘He estimated sufficient data Placer getting closer — to takeover of DeWitt AUBURN — A contract by which Placer county would take over DeWitt State Hospital may be signed in April if the state produces a per patient payment _ schedule that meets the county's needs, The state has announced it will phase out DeWitt by mid.1972 and the county hopes to take it over to keep the $7

million annual payroll here and provide for mental hospital needs of rural Northern California counties, including Nevada. -A note of cautious optimism was injected into the takeover ‘chore this week by Supervisor Raymond S, Thompson of Apburn and Assistant County Executive Officer R, E. Warren, They said negotiations have been going so smoothly that they are looking forward to signing a contract with the state sometime. in early April — but only after the State comes up with a per patient payment schedule that meets the county's needs, Thompson and Warren were among several county officials who presented .a progress report to more than 100 persons, most of them hospital employes. Warren said the state now wants the county to assume con-: trol of the hospital as a 700-bed facility on July 1 of this year or as soon thereafter as possible. Other major items still to be negotiated are the proper DO ALL YOUR BANKING AT MLB! THE MOTHER LODE AREA’S ONLY INDEPENDENT, HOME-OWNED AND OPERATED, FULL-SERVICE BANK KAA K KAA KK KKK KKHK Morurr Lope Bak “== GRASS VALLEY ¢ NEVADA CITY licensing for the hospital, the transfer of employees from state to local service, the depreciation of property, and the waiving of the federal government's right to take over the facility in case of a national emergency. DeWitt originally was an Army hospital during World War I; Thompson explained that the state is willing to turn over the hospital to the county for $1 and guarantee a patient load of 700 mentally ill and retarded --¢asés for at least three years. Thereafter, the county, having established a hospital district, would operate the facility on its own. If that is found to be unfeasible, the county would use the facility for some other purpose. DeWitt has about 700 patients at present and nearly that many employes, It was indicated that about 60 workers will be transferred to other state mental hygiene facilities. “The most important thing to remember is that we've got to run the hospital efficiently," Thompson said. "If we can do this to the satisfaction of the state, we'll be in the ballpark. If the state thinks we're operating it inefficiently, we're in trouble." Once the takeover agreement is reached, state mental health officials will visit the 15 counties in the hospital district's catchment area and urge them to continue sending their mentally ill and retarded patients to DeWitt, Thompson said. MEMBER F.D.I.C. PLACERVILLE « SONORA e FOLSOM ROSEVILLE. ¢ TWAIN HARTE e ALTAVILLE should be obtained to present to the voters with the expenditure of $4,000. A preliminary engineering report could be prepared within 30 days, he added, with enough data so the voters could visualize the water treatment plant and other rebuilt facilities and know the exact costs. Mayor John Rankin told the councilmen: that the city should _ have word from the state on a grant to rebuild the sewer sys“tem within a month, Both re-ports should be before the council by March 8 and a date for the bond election could be set at that time, the mayor added. On the same general subject Robinson reported on a meeting he and city attorney William Wetherall had Monday afternoon with Bureau of Land Management representatives. Most of the BLM property on Canada Hill does not have a clear title, ‘ Robinson said. The portion the city needs for a treatment plant "is virtually clear," Wetherall said the BLM men reported. The BLM men also said the land is clear for well digging by the city but exact title data would have to be obtained when the well sites are determined. A map of where the gaslights would be placed came to the city from John Zehms, representative of Western Gaslight Co. who demonstrated the gaslights to the councilmen and public twice within the past month. The lightswould be’ placed about 90 feet apart on one side of the street but staggered so that no light is more than 50 feet from one across the street. The council authorized the purchase of 30 gaslights, 26 for Broad Street and four across the Broad Street bridge. Bids will be advertised later with the specifications to include the requirement that the glass sides be removable for easy cleaning. The council voted to have gaslights on Broad Street at the Feb, 2 meeting. The: council agreed that the middle of August ig Hae the best time for Broad eet to be torn up for the placement of underground facilities. "The merchants would like to have June and July for the tourist season," Robinson said. The councilmen approved a resolution agreeing to rent a portion of the Nevada City library to the county for the county library demonstration office. Interest Paid on Savings at the Highest Legal Rate e Deposits Insured by F.D.1.C. up to $20,000 e No Monthly Service Charge on Regular Personal Checking Accounts Maintaining a Minimum Balance of $300 or More. Night Depository e Safe Deposit Boxes Master Charge Member