July 7, 1971 (8 pages)

E The Nevada County Nugget, Weds hy é 1971 Supervisors preliminary b at $7,899, 894 The Nevada County 191172 headst association would makea preliminary budget has been set salary survey. for the next fiscal at $7,899,894, $4,109 less than year prior to March 31, 1971. last year's budget of$7,904,003. The board was reminded on Supervisors Tuesday tentaJan, 19, 1971, of the agreement tively adopted the Lgbomgon td and asked to ‘arrange to implefigure and set Aug. 3 as thedate ment the program of surveys, to go into final budget hearings. the letter said. John Trauner, fiscal diIn a series of. meetings, after _ rector, urged that the boardJan. 29, committees from the conclude negotiations with counemployes. and department heads ty employes and determine the and the board discussed : this cost of the Solid Waste Promatter. Several methods were gram so that these figures can considered with "apparent conpre unique but Tucker's plan wi Y Stee mobile hor ‘Alfred F. Tucker of San Mateo is planning a new mobile home park five miles south of Grass Valley on Highway 49, but that's only part of the story, ~Mobile home ‘parks are ni include terminal stabilization, ponds to handle sewage disposal, This system creates no effluent ; é that needs to be dumped into streams or other areas; all the effluent is either evaporated or percolated. ; The system Tucker wants to use was devised by William J, Oswald, a University of California at Berkeley professor of sanitary engineering. Oswald has designed most of the algae-using open pond treatment facilities in Northern California with more than 2,200 acres of water in better than a dozen communities owing their configbe reflected in the final budget. : A solid waste study was set for 8:30 a.m, July 13. fusion as to the route to take," the letter ‘said, Early in March at an open board meeting the board decided urations, and often their exist‘ance, to this consultation on their construction, The. algae-producing system The board andemployesassoto go with the cost of living ciation have been negotiatingfor approach, Taylor said this some time concerning anacross method of salary adjustment was the board cost of living increase acceptable to the employes and and ’ sick leave and vacation department heads; Subsequently benefits, At one time it appearagreements were reached on -ed ‘that the negotiations had changes in vacation. reached an impasse and the "Since then we have had nummatter would go to arbitration, erous meetings and there have Supervisors yesterday, as been discussions to disregard they have done a number of the cost of living theory and times recently discussed negocompare salaries with the localtiations and a letter from the community," the letter charged, association in executive ses. The employes claim that other _ Sion, local organizations and:governThe, letter dated June 24, ment agencies have received signed by Harold V. Taylor, from 5 to 16% cost of living president of the employes assoadjustments, They feel that they ciation, read in part: have acted in a "very conserva"We feel that the board has tive manner", but perhaps should not kept faith with the emhave come in with "additional ployes, The board's offer of a requests which are going on 3% cost of living increase is around us," The letter said that not acceptable to the employes, others have received 15% salary It is felt the very minimum we adjustment and "time and a half can accept is 5% cost of living for overtime (already granted to adjustment to be effective July some county employes).” 1, proposed a vacation schedule as also including dental plan, which they believed was "in the automatic cost of living interest of economy." increase, cost of living adjusted The letter outlined discusto current rates, binding arbisions with the board dating back tration, health insurance for to Aug. 4, 1970, when it claimed family and unemployment insupervisors had agreed that the surance, association and department ; prone ruea. Dan Higgins is : district chairman of Lions Club PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO, 301 Broad Street Dan Higgins of the Auburn Nevada City, Ca. Lions Club was installed gov95959 .ernor of Lions District 4C5 Telephone 265-2471 at an installation ceremony held Sunday at Carmichael, ‘Three Grass Valley Lions _ were installed as district officers: Ralph Greenwell, deputy district governor; Bob Bennette, white cane-committee chairman poi Joe Arens as zone chairSecond class postage paid at Nevada City, California, Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court , Juce 3, 1960. DecreeNo, 12, 406, Subscription Rates: one year, $3.00; two Union” : lait : try : for lek Results 1971." The employes also The cited benefits for others — produces a tremendous.amount of free oxygen, more per acre than any other natural source which is another boon to the system. What happens in the terminal method of treatment is most of the noxious waste is broken down by bacteria in an initial deep pond, Subsequent ponds occupying sufficient area allow water to either percolate into the ground or be evaporated. The water that results is of high enough quality that it could be used for either recreation use or wildlife refuge or both, Because of oxygen producing algae layer oder on the surface is_ minimal, according to experts, The other method of ponding, reduction reclamation, involves creating an effluent sufficiently pure to be dumped into -lakes, streams, or the drinking supply. The key to this is the removal of the algae at one stage of the process, The algae, about half protein, would be a valuable byproduct of the process, This process would be a great: help to the San Francisco Bay delta reTHE ENTRANCE to the mobile home site that Tucker envisions will be this old’stone arch. The road will lead directlv to the site, THE WATER from the upper pond will drain into the lower gions, where the effluent could pond through is drainage pipe which is near the bottom of be used to offset the enormous e ravine. drain of the area's fresh water nia os: 38 , _ oe supply destined to be created # et feed rae ' . tar oe by the California Water Project, @ Initially, Tucker: plans 110 units over 15 acres, This would eventually grow to 250 units, The idea is to be a completely _self-sufficient community with its own shopping center. The park is not going to be used for transient trailers, but rath. er a permanent mobile home site, Tucker estimates that there will be 27,000 square feet of ponds for the 110 units, Tucker has flown over agreat deal of Northern and Central California to see how other communities have set up their ponds, He wants*to take the best of each one to make this the best'possible system. —_. The state has laws governing what a mobile home park must have in the way of services and safety. Tucker says that his plans exceed most laws governlig fire prevention, sewage, water, and roadways, The site is already zoned . commercial and Tucker has begun the process: of applying for building permits and arranging plans to be shown, x THOUGH THE upper pond is now empty, this gives one a pretty good idea of the land area, The bank on £ far side is about 20 feet high, Eventually there will be about 27,000 vor feet of ponding area for the mobile mane site, :

E The Nevada County Nugget, Weds hy é 1971 Supervisors preliminary b at $7,899, 894 The Nevada County 191172 headst association would makea preliminary budget has been set salary survey. for the next fiscal at $7,899,894, $4,109 less than year prior to March 31, 1971. last year's budget of$7,904,003. The board was reminded on Supervisors Tuesday tentaJan, 19, 1971, of the agreement tively adopted the Lgbomgon td and asked to ‘arrange to implefigure and set Aug. 3 as thedate ment the program of surveys, to go into final budget hearings. the letter said. John Trauner, fiscal diIn a series of. meetings, after _ rector, urged that the boardJan. 29, committees from the conclude negotiations with counemployes. and department heads ty employes and determine the and the board discussed : this cost of the Solid Waste Promatter. Several methods were gram so that these figures can considered with "apparent conpre unique but Tucker's plan wi Y Stee mobile hor ‘Alfred F. Tucker of San Mateo is planning a new mobile home park five miles south of Grass Valley on Highway 49, but that's only part of the story, ~Mobile home ‘parks are ni include terminal stabilization, ponds to handle sewage disposal, This system creates no effluent ; é that needs to be dumped into streams or other areas; all the effluent is either evaporated or percolated. ; The system Tucker wants to use was devised by William J, Oswald, a University of California at Berkeley professor of sanitary engineering. Oswald has designed most of the algae-using open pond treatment facilities in Northern California with more than 2,200 acres of water in better than a dozen communities owing their configbe reflected in the final budget. : A solid waste study was set for 8:30 a.m, July 13. fusion as to the route to take," the letter ‘said, Early in March at an open board meeting the board decided urations, and often their exist‘ance, to this consultation on their construction, The. algae-producing system The board andemployesassoto go with the cost of living ciation have been negotiatingfor approach, Taylor said this some time concerning anacross method of salary adjustment was the board cost of living increase acceptable to the employes and and ’ sick leave and vacation department heads; Subsequently benefits, At one time it appearagreements were reached on -ed ‘that the negotiations had changes in vacation. reached an impasse and the "Since then we have had nummatter would go to arbitration, erous meetings and there have Supervisors yesterday, as been discussions to disregard they have done a number of the cost of living theory and times recently discussed negocompare salaries with the localtiations and a letter from the community," the letter charged, association in executive ses. The employes claim that other _ Sion, local organizations and:governThe, letter dated June 24, ment agencies have received signed by Harold V. Taylor, from 5 to 16% cost of living president of the employes assoadjustments, They feel that they ciation, read in part: have acted in a "very conserva"We feel that the board has tive manner", but perhaps should not kept faith with the emhave come in with "additional ployes, The board's offer of a requests which are going on 3% cost of living increase is around us," The letter said that not acceptable to the employes, others have received 15% salary It is felt the very minimum we adjustment and "time and a half can accept is 5% cost of living for overtime (already granted to adjustment to be effective July some county employes).” 1, proposed a vacation schedule as also including dental plan, which they believed was "in the automatic cost of living interest of economy." increase, cost of living adjusted The letter outlined discusto current rates, binding arbisions with the board dating back tration, health insurance for to Aug. 4, 1970, when it claimed family and unemployment insupervisors had agreed that the surance, association and department ; prone ruea. Dan Higgins is : district chairman of Lions Club PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO, 301 Broad Street Dan Higgins of the Auburn Nevada City, Ca. Lions Club was installed gov95959 .ernor of Lions District 4C5 Telephone 265-2471 at an installation ceremony held

Sunday at Carmichael, ‘Three Grass Valley Lions _ were installed as district officers: Ralph Greenwell, deputy district governor; Bob Bennette, white cane-committee chairman poi Joe Arens as zone chairSecond class postage paid at Nevada City, California, Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court , Juce 3, 1960. DecreeNo, 12, 406, Subscription Rates: one year, $3.00; two Union” : lait : try : for lek Results 1971." The employes also The cited benefits for others — produces a tremendous.amount of free oxygen, more per acre than any other natural source which is another boon to the system. What happens in the terminal method of treatment is most of the noxious waste is broken down by bacteria in an initial deep pond, Subsequent ponds occupying sufficient area allow water to either percolate into the ground or be evaporated. The water that results is of high enough quality that it could be used for either recreation use or wildlife refuge or both, Because of oxygen producing algae layer oder on the surface is_ minimal, according to experts, The other method of ponding, reduction reclamation, involves creating an effluent sufficiently pure to be dumped into -lakes, streams, or the drinking supply. The key to this is the removal of the algae at one stage of the process, The algae, about half protein, would be a valuable byproduct of the process, This process would be a great: help to the San Francisco Bay delta reTHE ENTRANCE to the mobile home site that Tucker envisions will be this old’stone arch. The road will lead directlv to the site, THE WATER from the upper pond will drain into the lower gions, where the effluent could pond through is drainage pipe which is near the bottom of be used to offset the enormous e ravine. drain of the area's fresh water nia os: 38 , _ oe supply destined to be created # et feed rae ' . tar oe by the California Water Project, @ Initially, Tucker: plans 110 units over 15 acres, This would eventually grow to 250 units, The idea is to be a completely _self-sufficient community with its own shopping center. The park is not going to be used for transient trailers, but rath. er a permanent mobile home site, Tucker estimates that there will be 27,000 square feet of ponds for the 110 units, Tucker has flown over agreat deal of Northern and Central California to see how other communities have set up their ponds, He wants*to take the best of each one to make this the best'possible system. —_. The state has laws governing what a mobile home park must have in the way of services and safety. Tucker says that his plans exceed most laws governlig fire prevention, sewage, water, and roadways, The site is already zoned . commercial and Tucker has begun the process: of applying for building permits and arranging plans to be shown, x THOUGH THE upper pond is now empty, this gives one a pretty good idea of the land area, The bank on £ far side is about 20 feet high, Eventually there will be about 27,000 vor feet of ponding area for the mobile mane site, :