February 11, 1965 (20 pages)

NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET @ 5 an a wm ‘Ss oY my YY.) EDITORIALS RECOGNITION OF THE VALUE OF PLANNING DIRECTOR BILL ROBERTS IS LONG OVERDUE ‘The Grass Valley Junior Chamber of Commerce shouldbe praised for choosing County Planning Director Bill Roberts as the Outstanding Young Man of the Year. The choice was good because it reaffirms the Jaycees' concern for and involvement in good local government. More important perhaps is the fact that the Jaycees have been the first local organization to speak for someone who has had so much said against him. No one in our local county government, with the possible exception of our tax assessor, has had such a steady stream of verbal garbage heaped upon him by a small, self-interested, but none-the-less vocal group. The Jaycees cited Roberts as "a man whose activities encompass the entire county--a man primarily responsible for the orderly development. of Nevada County the past few years.” It has been because of this responsibility toward the orderly development of Nevada County that Roberts has been the target of so many violent personal attacks ror when he took his responsibilities for helping to shape the future development of the county seriously he immediately was at odds with others who had their own ideas aboutthe shape of the development of the county. ~ Todo his job properly he must always be at odds with those who favor helterskelter development for today's gain and give no thought for tomorrow. We think he is doing his job properly andis long overdue for the recognition given him by the Jaycees. This might be a good time for the county to recognize the value of the good. man guiding its planning depart4 ment. A good way to do this would be to give him the salary and the staff commensurate with his skill and with the growing demands of his office. While it is nice to receive a plaque, you can't eat it. All of the residents of the county benefit from having a man like Bill Roberts working for them. We are happy that the Jaycees have taken the first step in giving him the recognition he deserves. RECREATION DISTRICT COULD BE A BOON FOR COUNTY’S GROWING TOURIST INDUSTRY The Nevada County Board of Supervisors took a big step forward last week when they actedto set up a study committee to explore the possibilities of forming a county-wide recreation district. Supervisor Neil Hennessy should be commended for getting this much discussed project to the place where it is now in the study stage. With more money becoming available from state and other agencies and our vast recreation potential just beginning to develop, the need for such an agency to plan and administer the recreational activities of the county is self evident. What is not self evident are the means todo it. Even in preliminary discussion, some knotty problems were raised and there will be more before a plan for a workable recreation program for the county is worked out. Nevada Irrigation District Manager Edwin Koster told the Nevada County . Conservation Council recently that while the district intends to construct recreation facilities with its $4 million Davis-Grunsky Grant from the state, the fact is that the district is in the water business and not the recreation business and the directors would be happy to see some other agency take over operation and maintenance of these facilities. : . We all know that the NID is in the water business andare sure they would like to turn over administration of the recreation facilities at their new lakes to someone else, but. when the district applied for the grant which will allow them to build these facilities, they took on certain responsibilities toward recreation. We feelthat before the county jumps intoarecreation district it should look carefully at the entire picture so that what will evolve from the discussion will be a recreation program that is vigorous; long range in its scope and responsible to the entire county. We are sure that the supervisors, the NIDandthe other agencies involved in the current recreation district study will keepall of these aims and responsibilities in mind. IN THE FOOTHILLS VEIN IF DRIVING WAS A DRAG THERE IS A GOOD REASON Do you feel you are losing your grip? Do you feel tired and dragged out after a drive through the country? Do you have that sneaky feeling that age is creeping up on you and perhaps: you-are-dosing the flair and guts that once allowed you to drive with such abandon in days gone by?’ Cheer up, friend. You need neither tonic nor wheel chair. The simple fact is there were 1,384 more vehicles onthe roads of Nevada County last year than there were the year before. Of course it is not all that bad for actually there were only 11,059 automobiles on the county roads compared to 10,552 in 1963. The rest of the 17,229 vehicles are trucks, trailers and motorcycles. For the traveler whose horizons are broader than the Nevada County borders, he can take heart in knowing that statewide vehicle registration jumped 7.2 in 1964, Statewide total vehicle registration in 1964 was 10,707,843 compared to 9,990,626 in 1963, We just thought we would pass this along to help you in planning your Sunday drive this weekend, te tee eeett A NEW SIGN went up in Nevada City Monday and it is a pleasant sight. The sign marks the new headquarters of the Nevada City Ranger District of the-Tahoe National Forest and marksit simply, in keeping with the area and still does the job a sign is supposed to do. ++ +e ttee ett IN THE DEPART MENT of convenient after-thoughts or handy hindsight we find real estate broker Jim Harding. After representing Standard Oil Co, in two sessions before the Nevada City Council and two before the city planning commission in an attempt to obtain a variance to permit erection of a gas station on Coyote Street, finds himself appointed to the planning commission and on a committee to study possible rezoning of all of Coyote Street, After the council reverses its denial of the variance and allows the gas station project to go. ahead, Harding resigns from the Coyote Street zoning study committee, ---Don Hoagland 0 SO6L ‘LL Areniqog***1083nN AiunoD epeAen’

NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET @ 5 an a wm ‘Ss oY my YY.) EDITORIALS RECOGNITION OF THE VALUE OF PLANNING DIRECTOR BILL ROBERTS IS LONG OVERDUE ‘The Grass Valley Junior Chamber of Commerce shouldbe praised for choosing County Planning Director Bill Roberts as the Outstanding Young Man of the Year. The choice was good because it reaffirms the Jaycees' concern for and involvement in good local government. More important perhaps is the fact that the Jaycees have been the first local organization to speak for someone who has had so much said against him. No one in our local county government, with the possible exception of our tax assessor, has had such a steady stream of verbal garbage heaped upon him by a small, self-interested, but none-the-less vocal group. The Jaycees cited Roberts as "a man whose activities encompass the entire county--a man primarily responsible for the orderly development. of Nevada County the past few years.” It has been because of this responsibility toward the orderly development of Nevada County that Roberts has been the target of so many violent personal attacks ror when he took his responsibilities for helping to shape the future development of the county seriously he immediately was at odds with others who had their own ideas aboutthe shape of the development of the county. ~ Todo his job properly he must always be at odds with those who favor helterskelter development for today's gain and give no thought for tomorrow. We think he is doing his job properly andis long overdue for the recognition given him by the Jaycees. This might be a good time for the county to recognize the value of the good. man guiding its planning depart4 ment. A good way to do this would be to give him the salary and the staff commensurate with his skill and with the growing demands of his office. While it is nice to receive a plaque, you can't eat it. All of the residents of the county benefit from having a man like Bill Roberts working for them. We are happy that the Jaycees have taken the first step in giving him the recognition he deserves. RECREATION DISTRICT COULD BE A BOON FOR COUNTY’S GROWING TOURIST INDUSTRY The Nevada County Board of Supervisors took a big step forward last week when they actedto set up a study committee to explore the possibilities of forming a county-wide recreation district. Supervisor Neil Hennessy should be commended for getting this much discussed project to the place where it is now in the study stage. With more money becoming available from state and other agencies and our vast recreation potential just beginning to develop, the need for such an agency to plan and administer the recreational activities of the county is self evident. What is not self evident are the means todo it. Even in preliminary discussion, some knotty problems were raised and there will be more before a plan for a workable recreation program for the county is worked out. Nevada Irrigation District Manager

Edwin Koster told the Nevada County . Conservation Council recently that while the district intends to construct recreation facilities with its $4 million Davis-Grunsky Grant from the state, the fact is that the district is in the water business and not the recreation business and the directors would be happy to see some other agency take over operation and maintenance of these facilities. : . We all know that the NID is in the water business andare sure they would like to turn over administration of the recreation facilities at their new lakes to someone else, but. when the district applied for the grant which will allow them to build these facilities, they took on certain responsibilities toward recreation. We feelthat before the county jumps intoarecreation district it should look carefully at the entire picture so that what will evolve from the discussion will be a recreation program that is vigorous; long range in its scope and responsible to the entire county. We are sure that the supervisors, the NIDandthe other agencies involved in the current recreation district study will keepall of these aims and responsibilities in mind. IN THE FOOTHILLS VEIN IF DRIVING WAS A DRAG THERE IS A GOOD REASON Do you feel you are losing your grip? Do you feel tired and dragged out after a drive through the country? Do you have that sneaky feeling that age is creeping up on you and perhaps: you-are-dosing the flair and guts that once allowed you to drive with such abandon in days gone by?’ Cheer up, friend. You need neither tonic nor wheel chair. The simple fact is there were 1,384 more vehicles onthe roads of Nevada County last year than there were the year before. Of course it is not all that bad for actually there were only 11,059 automobiles on the county roads compared to 10,552 in 1963. The rest of the 17,229 vehicles are trucks, trailers and motorcycles. For the traveler whose horizons are broader than the Nevada County borders, he can take heart in knowing that statewide vehicle registration jumped 7.2 in 1964, Statewide total vehicle registration in 1964 was 10,707,843 compared to 9,990,626 in 1963, We just thought we would pass this along to help you in planning your Sunday drive this weekend, te tee eeett A NEW SIGN went up in Nevada City Monday and it is a pleasant sight. The sign marks the new headquarters of the Nevada City Ranger District of the-Tahoe National Forest and marksit simply, in keeping with the area and still does the job a sign is supposed to do. ++ +e ttee ett IN THE DEPART MENT of convenient after-thoughts or handy hindsight we find real estate broker Jim Harding. After representing Standard Oil Co, in two sessions before the Nevada City Council and two before the city planning commission in an attempt to obtain a variance to permit erection of a gas station on Coyote Street, finds himself appointed to the planning commission and on a committee to study possible rezoning of all of Coyote Street, After the council reverses its denial of the variance and allows the gas station project to go. ahead, Harding resigns from the Coyote Street zoning study committee, ---Don Hoagland 0 SO6L ‘LL Areniqog***1083nN AiunoD epeAen’