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February 14, 1962 (10 pages)

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* . . PROTESTS TO THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF . THE TERRITORY HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED TO THE CIT Y OF GRASS VALLEY, A MUNICIPAL CORPORA‘TION, AND DESIGNATING SAID TERRITORY AS "GRASS VALLEY ANNEXAATION DISTRICT NO, 18." WHEREAS, the city counCil of the City of Grass Valley, did, on the 8th day of January, 1962 receive a written petition asking that Certain newterritory described in said petition be annexed to the City of Grass Valley; and WHEREAS, said territory $0 proposed to be annexed to said City of Grass Valley is situate in the County of Nevada, State of California, and is contiguous to said City of Grass Valley, and said petijt ion contains a description } Of said territory in words and figures as hereinafter in this . resolution described; and WHEREAS, said petition is signed by the owners of more than one-fourth of the area of the land in said territory and representing more than one-fourth of the assessed value of such territory according tothe last preceding equalized assessment roll of the County of Nevada; and WHEREAS, said territory mam) SO proposed to be annexed to B. said City of Grass Valley does not form part of any municipal corporation and it appears that said territory is is uninhabited within the meaning of the Annexation of Uninhabited Territory Act of 1939, as amended; and WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission had approved the annexation of said territory and the city coun#. cil. had given its consent to the said petitioners to pro= ceed with said annexation; . and THE ROME POWER HOUSE.. .Built in 1894 on the South Yuba River just above the Excelsior Ditch 4miles above where the ditch crossed the Downieville Highway. This was one of the first hydro-electric plants in the Sierras. It had two penstocks; one at the end of the ditch below Lake Vera and the other at the lower end of a flume 7 miles long that headed above the Purdon Grade Crossing. From the Herb Nile Collection... Truckee Chamber Plans Economic Survey Of Area TRUCKEE---At a well attended Wednesday luncheon meeting at Smart's Cafeteria, the Truckee Chamber of Commerce initiated a program leading toa “Doit y ourself" inventory of the economic resources of the Fifth SupervisorialDistrict. Richard Higgins, president of the Truckee chamber, turned the meeting over to CecilEdmunds, chairman of the Nevada County Planning Commission, who has been appointed to prepare an outline on procedure for the program. The’meeting was a follow-up on.the Nevada County Economic Development Conference in August at the Gold Center Club, Grass Valley. Edmunds introduced the guest speaker, George Sawyer, manager of the Sacramento Valley Council, California State Chamber of Commerce, Sawyer, who was the installing officer at the 52nd annual meeting of the Grass Valley Chamber Saturday stressed the importance of a resources inventory asa basis for the future economic growth of the 5th District. Sawyer said it is the responsibility of the chamber of-commerce to research and analyze the economic resources of the area and provide the leadership in public determination of what the area could and should become and to then set up a program for action, He offered the services of the State Chamber of Commerce Research and Analysis Department to assist in obtaining research information, In answer to a question from the audience, Sawyer said a potential investor in the area will accept the information prepared by a local group provided the data has a proper foundation, The community w ould receive greater value through the public participation program as opposed to hiring a professional consultant, Nevada County Planning Director Bill Roberts said his experience was that the success of any research program depends entirely on public participation, Public underStanding, interest and support are necessary for the inventory todo any good once it is prepared, Roberts said there are many local experts in the fields of forestry, recreation, public utilities, etc., who could make a valuable contribution in the-inventory, “After all, who knows local conditions better than the people living in the area?” Roberts said he has already done some on assembling available inf ormation for the county and would assist the Truckee Chamber in any way possible, Several representatives of local business and industry and of state and federal agencies attended the meeting. Other county officials attending the meeting included HenryG, Loehr, chairman of the Board of Supervisors representing the 5th District, and Charles R, Kitts, Nevada County Assessor, who offered the continued assistance of his office in promoting economic development of the county. Sawyer complimented Edwards on his excellent work in preparing the outline of organization andap_proach to preparing the resources inventory. St. Peter's Basilica inRome is Europe's largest church, a ¢ RENT A LANE Saturday, Monday, Tuesday Thursday & Friday After 11:30 p.m Sunday & Wednesday After 9.30 p.m. 2” for 1 hour GOLD BOW _NOW 115 Bank St., Grass Valley @ Phone 273-9901 OPEN DAILY O am. — Za.m. (Weekdays Until 5 p.m.) 3 lines NOTICE $1.00 --ALL BOWLERS Tickets Given To.. For Saturday Nights Drawings LADIES for scores of 165 or better .--MEN for scores of 180 or better (MERC HANDISE PRIZES) WHEREAS, the Boundary Commission of the County of Nevada has heretofore approved the boundaries of said territory in accordance with the provisions of Section 35002 of the Government . Code, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCILOF THE CITY OF GRASS VALLEY: 1, That notice be and the same is hereby given that Tuesday, the 13th day of March, 1962, at 8 o’clock P,M. of saidday at the City Council Chambers, City Hall Building, in the city of Grass Valley, County of Nevada, State of California, are hereby fixed as the time and place when and where the city council will hear written protests against the annexation madeby any person owning real property within the territory so proposed to be annexed and hereinafter described, The protest shall state the name of the owner of the property affected and the Street address or other description of the property sufficient to be identified on the last equalized assessment roll, 2. That theterritory hereinabove referred to and proposed to be annexed to the City of Grass Valley shall be, andthe same is, hereby designated as "GRASS VALLEY ANNEXATION DISTRICT NO, 18," and is particularly described as follows, to-wit: All that certain real property situate in the County of Nevada, State of Califorhia, and more particularly described as follows, to-wit: GRASS VALLEY ANNEXATION No, 18 A portion of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 27, Township 16 North, Range 8 “\Bast, M.D.B, & My and and Lot 5, Block B, ALTA ‘VISTA PARK as made by Carlos McGuire in the year 1936, and being on file in the office of the County Recorder of the County of Nevada, State of California, and being more particularly described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at the most Easterly corner of Lot ll, identical with the most Southerly corner of Lot 10, Block A, said ALTA VISTA PARK; thence from said point of beginning with TRUE BEARINGS following the Southeasterly lines of Lots ll, 12 and18, Block A, said ALTA VISTA PARK, South 22 31° West 131, 28 feet to the Southeasterly corner of the said Lot 13; thence leaving the said Southeasterly line and running South 2°55" West 6. 29 feet to the most Northerly corner of that.certain parcel of land now or formetly owned by Russell Payne, et ux; thence along the Northeasterly lines of the said Payne property, the following five successive courses and distance, to-wit: South 71°02" East 31,11 feet, South 7°46" East 51,58 feet, South 14°25 * East 98, 06 feet, South 29°01" East 40, 94 feet, South 5°04" East 38,58 feet to a point on the North line of the GRASS VALLEY TOWNSITE asdesignated upon the official map thereof as made by Samuel Bethel in the year 1872, and being on file in the office of the County Recorder of the County of Nevada, State of
California, thence leaving the Northeasterly line of the Payne property and following the North line of the said GRASS VALLEY TOWNSITE South 89 04° West 361, 15 feet toa point on a Southwesterly line of Alta Street; thence leaving the said North line and following a Southwesterly line of Alta Street extended North 13°43" West 238,62 feet; thence leaving the said Southwesterly line and running North 81 15*East along the Northwesterly line and the Northwesterly line extended of Alta Vista Drive a distance of 151.94 feet to the most Southerly corner of Lot 5, Block B, said ALTA VISTA PARK; thence leaving the said Northwesterly line and following the Southwesterly ‘line of Lot 5, said Block B, . North 21°35" West 85, 00 feet to the most Westerly corner of Lot 5, identical witha corner of Lot 6, said Block B; thence leaving the said Southwesterly line and following the Northwesterly line of Lot 5, identical with the Southeasterly lines of Lots 4 and 6, Block B, said ALTA VISTA PARK North 81915" East 125,53 feet to the most Northerly corner of Lot 5, identical withthe Southeast corner of Lot 4, Block B, said ALTA VISTA PARK; thence leaving the said Northwesterly line and running North 67°15" 22" East 44,83 feet to the most Northerly corner ofLot ll, identical with the Southweserly corner of Lot 10, Block A, said ALTA VISTA PARK; thence along the Northeasterly line of Lot 11, identical with the Southwesterly line of Lot 10, said Block A, South 86°15" East 100. 10 feet to the place of beginning. 3, That the city clerk be andhe is hereby directed to cause a copy of this resolution to be published at least twice, but not oftener than once a week, in The Union, a newspaper of general circulation published in said City of Grass Valley, and also in the Nevada County Nugget, a newspaper of general circulation published outside of said city of Grass EXPERIENCED COUNSEL IN YOUR TIME OF NEED We offer you friendly,. sympathetic help with attention to the details that mean so much. 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Paul Bergemann ( Formerly Holmes Funeral Home ) 246 Saeramento’St., Nevada City Dial 265-2421 24-Hour Ambulance Service aan Valley, but in said ted the territory so proposed to be annexed, and said publicationsto be completed at least twenty (20) days prior to the date hereinabove set for the hearing of protests, 4, That the city clerk be, and he is hereby directed, in additionto causing the publication of this resolution asset forth in the preceding paragraph, to also cause written notice of the said proposed annexation to be mailed to each person to whom land within the territory so proposed to be annexed, is assessed in the last equalized assessment roll of the County of Nevada, at the address shown on said assessment roll or as known to said city clerk, and to any person who has filed his name and address and the designation of any lands in which he has any interest, either legal or equitable, with said city clerk. Said city clerk is also directed to mail a similar notice to the Board of Supervisors of the County of Nevada. The notices referred to in this paragraph shall be given not less than twenty (20) days prior to the date set for the hearing on the said proposed annexation, Adopted as a resolution of the city council of the city of Grass Valley at a regular meeting thereof on the 23rd day ofJanuary, 1962, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmen Thorsen, Heather, Prisk& Brust NOES: Councilmen None ABSENT: Councilmen Hodge ARNOLD S, THORSEN Asst. Mayor ATTEST: J.A. SIMMONS City Clerk Publish: Feb. 7, 14, of Nevada in which is loca. , MODIFY NATURAL PRECIPITATION BY ARTIFICIAL / MEANS i TO WHOMIT MAY CONCERN: Notice is’ hereb giventhat it is the intent W ater Resources DevelopmentC orporation of 460 South Broadway, Denver 9, Colorado which holds License No, 5. of the State of California to engage in operations to modify natural precipitation by artificial means, for and on behalf of the Placer County Farm. Labot. C ative of Loomis, California, “c/o Loomis Fruit Growers Association. The object of the above program will be to conduct a program of weather modification designed to suppress hail as follows: 1, The area tobe affected and adjacent areas which may be affected are described as being within the Counties of Mariposa, Stanislaus, Santa Clara, Alameda, Marin, Sonoma, Lake, Glenn, Butte, Calaveras, San Joaquin, Contra Costa, Solano, Napa, Yolo, Colusa, Sutter, Yuba, Nevada, Placer, El Dorado,. Amador, Sacramento, Tuolumne and Sierra, State of California, 2. The operation will be conducted from no earlier than 1 March 1962 to no later than 30 June 1962 through the use of silver iodide ground generators located within the above listed Counties, WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION by Charles Dieterle, Weather Engineer, DATED: January 31, 1962 Publish: Jan,3l, Feb. 7,14, Except for small grants of titelands area, the Presidio of San Francisco has always been within the public domain of the U.S. LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF UNALLOTT ED LAND WITHIN TOWNSITE OF CITY OF NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA at 8:00 P.M, of said day, trustees, intend to sell, at property will not be sold for the same will be sold at the Nevada City, made by H, the extension thereof to Junel9, 1951, recordedJune Records, at page79, NOTICEIS HEREBY GIVEN that on February 13, 1962, at the chambers of the City Council, City Hall, 317 Broad Street, Nevada City, California, the Councilmen of the City of Nevada City, as public sale, pursuant to the provisions of the Act of the California Legislature approved March 24, 1868 (Chapter 401, California Statutes of 1867-1868), all oftheir right, title and interest in and tothe parcel of land hereinafter described, being unallotted land within the townsite of the City of Nevada City; that persons desiring to purchase said parcel may file their written bids therefor with the City Clerk of said City at or prior to the aforesaid time of sale; that such bids shall be accompanied by a deposit, in cash or its equivalent, equal to 10% of the bid price; that said a price less than the sum of $700.00: that the full purchase price for said property shall be payable in cash at the aforesaid time and place of sale; that if two or more persons bid for said parcel, aforesaid time and place of sale by auction to the highest bidder; that said Councilmen reserve the right toreject any an all bids or to postpone said sale; that said sale will be made without covenant or warranty regarding title, possession or encumbrances; that any examination of title and any title insurance shall be at the expense of buyer; that said parcel to be sold is situated in the City of Nevada City, County of Nevada, State of California, and is described as follows: All that certain unallotted portion of Block 27, af said block is designated upon the official map of said City of S. Bradley in the year 1869, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of a Northeasterly line of Lot 14, said Block 27 with the Northwesterly line of Conley Street as designated upon Said official map of the City of Nevada City, thence Northeasterly along a line parallel to the Southeasterly line of Conley Street and a point 40,00 feet from and measured at right angles to the Southwesterly line described asSouth 38° 26° East 106,26 feet, in deed dated 19, 1951 in Book 164 Official ile No, 2162, Nevada County Records, executed by Franklin E, White and Lucille H,. White, his wife, andR.W. Peterson and Florence H, Peterson, his wife, to Henry F, Fischer and Edna M, Fischer, his wife, as joint tenants, thence Northwesterly along a line parallel to and 40,00 feet distant, measured at right angles, tosaid Southwesterly line and the Southwesterly lines and extension thereof described as South 22° 48" East 95,35 feet and South 32° 12" East 22. 60 feet in deed dated June 9, 1958, Book "247" Official Records, at page 9, File No. 2395, Nevada County Records, executed by Trustees ofthe City recorded June 18, 1958, in of Nevada To Maxwell Williams, to a point inthe Northerly line of said City of Nevada City as designated upon said official mapthereof; thence Westerly along said City line to the intersection with a Northeasterly line of Lot 15, saidBlock 27; thence Southeasterly along the Northeasterly lines of Lot 15, said Block 27, thence Southeasterly along the Northeasterly line of Lot 13, said Block 27, thence Easterly, Southeasterly, Southwesterly and Southeasterly along the Northerly, Northeasterly, Southeasterly and Northeasterly lines, ‘respectively, .of Lot 14, said Block 27, to the point of beginning. SUBJECT TO any and all mining rights and claims pursuant to the Gold Tunnel Location as shown on said official map. DATED: January 22, 1962 City Council of the-City of Nevada City ATTEST; Sam Hooper * City Clerk By Robert E, Carr. Mayor Publish: Jan, 24, 31, Feb, 7