February 25, 1965 (16 pages)

Servin, the communities-of Nevada Ci field, umbug, Relief Hill, Washington, , Grass Ve flue Tent, edar Ridge, Union Hill, Volume 39 Number 8 10 Cents A Copy Recreation Ordinance Is Drafted Nevada County Supervisors next week will consider an ordinance to create a recreation commission for the county. A draft ordinance was presented atthe meeting of the supervisors on Feb. 16, but action was held up until enabling code sections could be further checked out. At that time it was suggested that the supervisors come to the March 1 meeting ready to suggest names for the recreation commission which will be set up by the new ordinance, The proposalto create a recreation district has been discussed forsome time in the county, but the actualsteps tocreate a recreation commission have only come in the last few weeks. The matter was first presented to the supervisors on Feb. 1. Board Chairman GeneRicker and Supervisor Neil Hennessy both urged creation of the district. Hennessy reported on his appearance before the Nevada County Conservation Council and the discussion by Nevada Irrigation District Manager Edwin Koster and others on theneed for such a district in the county. At that time it was suggested that the supervisors, state, federal and private agencies make a feasibility study of creating such a district and report back. The draft ordinance to be considered for passage by the supervisors at their March 1 meeting calls forcreation of a five member commission to be known as the Recreation and Parks Commission. Members are to be appointed by the supervisors from each of the five districts. Ex-officio members may be appointed to serve without vote and may include one or more of the following--a member of the board of supervisors, County superintendent of schools, county planning director or a member of the planning commission, county ‘health officer or any county officer the supervisors choose, Under the proposed ordinance the commission will have the following powers: 1--To act in an advisory capacity to the supervisors in pro-~ moting, aiding, encouraging and conducting public recreation, including the development of recreation and park facilities and programs. 2--Actin an advisory capacity to the supervisors in the planning, maintenance, development and operation of all recreation areas and facilities owned, controlled or leased’ by the county. (Continued on Page 2) Peardale, Summit City Published’ Thursdays, Nevada City Tea 4 Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee,: iM eonay Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French Corral, Rough and R » C ‘alloupa, G: Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Hill, Gold Flat, So; ile, Gold B , Lowell Hill, B "Schasopel Cr Remington Hill, Aatheny fi House; Delirium T re it, . ‘ourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Bracks Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridge; Se Se sceciniinanaica emt Hi , Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty February 25, ALAN DAVIS, owner of the Golden Eagle Antique Shop on Commercial Street in Nevada City got his new hand carved sign installed just in time last Friday tobe ready for the rush of tourists to the town during the three day weekend. The city's antique row, hotel, eating places and bars did a booming business during the long holiday. The Nevada Irrigation District and the Nevada County Health Department have become involved in a running debate over the relative merits of potable water and recreation. ' The NID wants the recreation because over $4 million in state grant funds will become available tothe district for proposed recreational facilities at four of its reservoirs. County Health Officer Dr. C. Jackson Rayburn wants fully treated water forthecity and suburban areas served by the NID because he, feels the present water being delivered is unsafe. The debate is not a new one, but it has been more or less dor~ mant for several months, It was tevived late last week when NID Manager Edwin Koster told the board of directors that pressure was being brought to bear to force the district to build a complete water treatment plant or have restrictions placed on its Davis-Grunsky Act recreation grant. The question was first raised several months ago when the Crowds Jam Nevada City To Enjoy Long Holiday Weekend By Don Hoagland Nevada County's mid-winter summer plus a long weekend were combined to turn Nevada City into a boom town last weekend. While Sacramento had the traffic jams, Nevada City had the tourists, They jammed the streets and shops. Some came to. look and some came to buy. A spot check of some of the shops discovered the following reactions. Dick Worth of the National Hotel--"Excellent, a busy weekend," ~ Alan Dayis of the Golden Eagle Antique shop-~'Real good weekend, “ Bob West of the Custom House Antique Shop--"Great weekend, The people were standing several deep atthe counter waiting to be waited on.” Mike Haley of the National It isn't world-shaking news and it isn 't gossip. It's interesting and ° amusing and it can be important. It's TOWN TALK, the new Nugget feature that tells what people are thinking about and talking about in Nevada County, You can start eavesdropping on-Page 11 of this week's Nugget. Antique.Shop--"Pretty good. ' Bob Gilberg of the Nevada City Art Association said there was a steady stream of people to the Gallery on Commercial Street during the weekend. “We didn't sell much,“ Gilberg said, “but there were a lot of people. " There seemed to be two views on selling things during the big weekend. Some people apparently did well and some did not do so well, Bob West said Commercial Street was jammed with traffic and people during the weekend. Davis, whose shop is right up the street, agreed with this. Haley, whose shop is around the corer on Main Street, said he also saw a lot of people in his shop--700 or 800 during the course of the weekend, but few of them bought anything. He said the city is building a reputation for its antique shops and people come here to have an outing. They make the rounds of the antique shops, have something to eat or drink, buy some gas and head for home. Haley contended that it was the antique shops that brought the crowds, but the antique shops received the smallest proportion of the business. This could easily be true, but the appearance and the historic character of the town also helped to draw in the tourists. Those who did not share in the tourist dollar were consoled somewhat with the thought that whether it was a battered miner's lunch pail, a bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich, a bottle of beer, ahotel bed or a tank full of gas, part of every tourist dollar spent here will stay here in tax money to be used here after the tourists are gone, Rayburn Puts mest On Recreation Plans, ‘Demands Pure Water county health department wrote letters to several state agencies which were reviewing the NID's grant application. The letters urged that water contact sports on the new reservoirs be banned to avoid further contamination of the water, It was suggested that this ban be kept in force until the district built facilities to serve fully treated water to the cities and surrounding areas, Shortly after this the NID called a meeting between Rayburn, state health officials and the NID directors, At that session Rayburn reiterated his position of holding out for complete water treatment or restrictions on the recreation use on the district's reservoirs. It was his opinion that the crowd of people that would swarm to the newly created district recreation facilities wouldcreate further danger of contamination of the domestic water supply unless the district provided complete water treatment facilities. TheNID a few weeks later ordered that a feasibility study be made of a proposal to create a master treatment ~— to serve both cities. The féasibility study was completed and put into the hands of the NID late last month, but the board of directors has taken no further action on the matter. According to Koster the financing of such a plant and alternate ways of constructing the treatment system are now being studied. Koster told the directors at their meeting Friday that he had been receiving alarming reports of health department pressure being applied to the Department of Water Resources, Water Resources is now studying the district's Davis-Grunsky grant application and Koster said he understood the department had been asked to ban (Continued on Page 16) Nevada City To Lose PG&E Office? ‘The possible closing of the Nevada City office of Pacific Gas and Electric Company was rumored last week in town. The matter of closing the office in Nevada City, birthplace of the giant utility, was discussed at a meeting of the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce. A company representative attending the meeting said he knew nothing about the story. This week L.R. Farrell, District Manager of P,G. &E, in Grass Valley issued the following statement on the rumored closing of the Nevada City office. "LR. Farrell, P.G.&E. District Manager at Grass Valley, announced that a routine study of operations at the Nevada City P.G.&E, office has been forwardedto the company's general office. This study, which does not contemplate changes in the company facilities in Nevada City, has been made for the sole purpose of determining whether new methods may be applied which will improve service to P,G, aE. customers. "6 ogueuesses £aeagyt 0384S ° 3419 uot4oes BL BOT POT sed *3F180

Servin, the communities-of Nevada Ci field, umbug, Relief Hill, Washington, , Grass Ve flue Tent, edar Ridge, Union Hill, Volume 39 Number 8 10 Cents A Copy Recreation Ordinance Is Drafted Nevada County Supervisors next week will consider an ordinance to create a recreation commission for the county. A draft ordinance was presented atthe meeting of the supervisors on Feb. 16, but action was held up until enabling code sections could be further checked out. At that time it was suggested that the supervisors come to the March 1 meeting ready to suggest names for the recreation commission which will be set up by the new ordinance, The proposalto create a recreation district has been discussed forsome time in the county, but the actualsteps tocreate a recreation commission have only come in the last few weeks. The matter was first presented to the supervisors on Feb. 1. Board Chairman GeneRicker and Supervisor Neil Hennessy both urged creation of the district. Hennessy reported on his appearance before the Nevada County Conservation Council and the discussion by Nevada Irrigation District Manager Edwin Koster and others on theneed for such a district in the county. At that time it was suggested that the supervisors, state, federal and private agencies make a feasibility study of creating such a district and report back. The draft ordinance to be considered for passage by the supervisors at their March 1 meeting calls forcreation of a five member commission to be known as the Recreation and Parks Commission. Members are to be appointed by the supervisors from each of the five districts. Ex-officio members may be appointed to serve without vote and may include one or more of the following--a member of the board of supervisors, County superintendent of schools, county planning director or a member of the planning commission, county ‘health officer or any county officer the supervisors choose, Under the proposed ordinance the commission will have the following powers: 1--To act in an advisory capacity to the supervisors in pro-~ moting, aiding, encouraging and conducting public recreation, including the development of recreation and park facilities and programs. 2--Actin an advisory capacity to the supervisors in the planning, maintenance, development and operation of all recreation areas and facilities owned, controlled or leased’ by the county. (Continued on Page 2) Peardale, Summit City Published’ Thursdays, Nevada City Tea 4 Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee,: iM eonay Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French Corral, Rough and R » C ‘alloupa, G: Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Hill, Gold Flat, So; ile, Gold B , Lowell Hill, B "Schasopel Cr Remington Hill, Aatheny fi House; Delirium T re it, . ‘ourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Bracks Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridge; Se Se sceciniinanaica emt Hi , Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty February 25, ALAN DAVIS, owner of the Golden Eagle Antique Shop on Commercial Street in Nevada City got his new hand carved sign installed just in time last Friday tobe ready for the rush of tourists to the town during the three day weekend. The city's antique row, hotel, eating places and bars did a booming business during the long holiday. The Nevada Irrigation District and the Nevada County Health Department have become involved in a running debate over the relative merits of potable water and recreation. ' The NID wants the recreation because over $4 million in state grant funds will become available tothe district for proposed recreational facilities at four of its reservoirs. County Health Officer Dr. C. Jackson Rayburn wants fully treated water forthecity and suburban areas served by the NID because he, feels the present water being delivered is unsafe. The debate is not a new one, but it has been more or less dor~ mant for several months, It was tevived late last week when NID Manager Edwin Koster told the board of directors that pressure was being brought to bear to force the district to build a complete water treatment plant or have restrictions placed on its Davis-Grunsky Act recreation grant. The question was first raised several months ago when the Crowds Jam Nevada City To Enjoy Long Holiday Weekend By Don Hoagland Nevada County's mid-winter summer plus a long weekend were combined to turn Nevada City into a boom town last weekend. While Sacramento had the traffic jams, Nevada City had the tourists, They jammed the streets and shops. Some came to. look and some came to buy. A spot check of some of the shops discovered the following reactions. Dick Worth of the National Hotel--"Excellent, a busy weekend," ~ Alan Dayis of the Golden Eagle Antique shop-~'Real good weekend, “ Bob West of the Custom House Antique Shop--"Great weekend, The people were standing several deep atthe counter waiting to be waited on.” Mike Haley of the National It isn't world-shaking news and it isn 't gossip. It's interesting and ° amusing and it can be important.

It's TOWN TALK, the new Nugget feature that tells what people are thinking about and talking about in Nevada County, You can start eavesdropping on-Page 11 of this week's Nugget. Antique.Shop--"Pretty good. ' Bob Gilberg of the Nevada City Art Association said there was a steady stream of people to the Gallery on Commercial Street during the weekend. “We didn't sell much,“ Gilberg said, “but there were a lot of people. " There seemed to be two views on selling things during the big weekend. Some people apparently did well and some did not do so well, Bob West said Commercial Street was jammed with traffic and people during the weekend. Davis, whose shop is right up the street, agreed with this. Haley, whose shop is around the corer on Main Street, said he also saw a lot of people in his shop--700 or 800 during the course of the weekend, but few of them bought anything. He said the city is building a reputation for its antique shops and people come here to have an outing. They make the rounds of the antique shops, have something to eat or drink, buy some gas and head for home. Haley contended that it was the antique shops that brought the crowds, but the antique shops received the smallest proportion of the business. This could easily be true, but the appearance and the historic character of the town also helped to draw in the tourists. Those who did not share in the tourist dollar were consoled somewhat with the thought that whether it was a battered miner's lunch pail, a bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich, a bottle of beer, ahotel bed or a tank full of gas, part of every tourist dollar spent here will stay here in tax money to be used here after the tourists are gone, Rayburn Puts mest On Recreation Plans, ‘Demands Pure Water county health department wrote letters to several state agencies which were reviewing the NID's grant application. The letters urged that water contact sports on the new reservoirs be banned to avoid further contamination of the water, It was suggested that this ban be kept in force until the district built facilities to serve fully treated water to the cities and surrounding areas, Shortly after this the NID called a meeting between Rayburn, state health officials and the NID directors, At that session Rayburn reiterated his position of holding out for complete water treatment or restrictions on the recreation use on the district's reservoirs. It was his opinion that the crowd of people that would swarm to the newly created district recreation facilities wouldcreate further danger of contamination of the domestic water supply unless the district provided complete water treatment facilities. TheNID a few weeks later ordered that a feasibility study be made of a proposal to create a master treatment ~— to serve both cities. The féasibility study was completed and put into the hands of the NID late last month, but the board of directors has taken no further action on the matter. According to Koster the financing of such a plant and alternate ways of constructing the treatment system are now being studied. Koster told the directors at their meeting Friday that he had been receiving alarming reports of health department pressure being applied to the Department of Water Resources, Water Resources is now studying the district's Davis-Grunsky grant application and Koster said he understood the department had been asked to ban (Continued on Page 16) Nevada City To Lose PG&E Office? ‘The possible closing of the Nevada City office of Pacific Gas and Electric Company was rumored last week in town. The matter of closing the office in Nevada City, birthplace of the giant utility, was discussed at a meeting of the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce. A company representative attending the meeting said he knew nothing about the story. This week L.R. Farrell, District Manager of P,G. &E, in Grass Valley issued the following statement on the rumored closing of the Nevada City office. "LR. Farrell, P.G.&E. District Manager at Grass Valley, announced that a routine study of operations at the Nevada City P.G.&E, office has been forwardedto the company's general office. This study, which does not contemplate changes in the company facilities in Nevada City, has been made for the sole purpose of determining whether new methods may be applied which will improve service to P,G, aE. customers. "6 ogueuesses £aeagyt 0384S ° 3419 uot4oes BL BOT POT sed *3F180