September 24, 1969 (12 pages)

5 Ed Board refuses to reduce two subdivision assessment rates. Nevada county supervisors sitting as a board of equalization to hear tax protests, this week continued to study taxpayers' problems during the second week of protest hearings. They put over for one week a decision for Dale Morris, who believed his subdivision should be assessed as bare land. Morris referred to his 43 lots on 10 acres, known as the Kingvale Subdivision No. 2, as a "paper subdivision."' He described it as "looking pretty good" on the map, but said it is in difficult terrain and has no streets, Morris offered to sell for $22,000 "the whole bundle" which — had been appraised at $67,400, He said he paid $4,000 for it in 1965. An appraiser explained that the existing subdivision legally cannot be assessed as "bare land.'' Dep. County Counsel Brian Bishop confirmed the statement: Acting chairman Dean Lawrence noted that ''we have had some pretty poor subdivisions,” Supervisor William Thomas asked the fair market value of the acreage versus lot valuation He. said he had heard.nothing to convince. him. that yit is a subdivision. His colleague Willie Curran, is “sympathetic withevery taxpayer,’! but contended a subdivision must be appraised as such, However, the board denied an decuenaat to Kathryn Remier, who said, she had and “identical case" on property adjoining that owned by Morris. The 18 lots on five and one half acres were assessed at $28,000, and she claimed the value is $4,000. Three of her lots are on the river and the others have a river view. Mrs. Lawrence was the only supervisor to vote no on denying Mrs. Remier's appeal. Results of other appeals are as follows: —The value of land plus a road improvement bond owned by Anna and Dusan Cipcich was reduced from $5,600 to $4,600, as recommended by the assessor's office, However, Mrs. Cipcich continued to object to being taxed on the improvement bond, Several supervisors explained that the improved road is comparable to other improvement made on her property. The final figure for assessment was divided as land value $2,500 and road improvement, $2, 140, _The ‘most complicated assessment appeal yet this year came Tué¢sdayafternoon, and the board concluded by reducing the property's appraised vaiue $60,800. The assessor's office had placed the value of the land, some 640 acres along McCourtney Road near Clear Creek School, at a total of $214,400 or $335 an acre, The owner, Frank. Garcia, wanted it set at $192.50 an acre, Garcia was represented by ‘appraiser Don Newton who argued that the highest and best use of the land at present is cattle grazing, although admitting that at some future time the best use might be residential, perhaps 40 acres per parcel. Newton contended the value of the property for a subdivision has been damaged right now because brush has been burned off, Harrison Slawson, representing the assessor's office, countered that many properties in that area are dividing, making it a transitional area, which is changing from agriculture to residential. Finally, the board set the per acre value at $240-which was $48 more’ than Newton wanted ahd $95 less than Slawson wanted, Supervisor William Thomas suggested the $240 standard, )Saying it was close to per acre prices of two large pieces sold in that vicinity recently. Setting that value put the appraisa of the acreage at 7153, 6 assessment purless than estabcotal lis shed iy ! . —The board denied the assessment protest of Hugo Gisske because he primarily argued against the tax rate and not the assessment. Wednesday, September 24, 1969 The Nevada County Nugget 2 Giant sunflowers in Nevada City KANSAS, THE SUNFLOWER state, should approve of these giant beauties blossoming in Eva Paxton's yard on Commercial Street in Nevada City. Mrs, Paxton, right, shows the blossoms to her grand niece, Mary Jane Prewitt, 8, Bakersfield. She said her son, George Irvine, planted the seeds and that she tends the garden. She claims the plants are 10 and 12 feet high, and one is so heavy it requires support. Parents can get guidance at sessions here Parents of Grass. Valley School District students. may take part in an expanded guidance program classes to be held Wednesday mornings and conducted by psychologist Clark Lane, Lane, the guidance consultant on loan one day a week to the Grass Valley schools, is attached to the Placer Connty Office of Education. He. will conduct the guidance education group from ‘9: 30 until: 10:30 a.m. beginning Wednes rue gar meeting ne is the Bel Hill s Scho in the room ext li and ex +} -* ill i l¢ , ent-parent relationships and school problems of children, Parents planning to attendare ‘asked to notify the special service secretary, 273-6122, by attending Veterans have up to 20 years for home loans The Veterans Administration reminded returning veterans today they are eligible for home loans for 12 to 20 years after they get out of service. Gordon R, Elliott, VA's Northern California regional office manager, explained that eligible veterans who served after Jan. 31, 1955, will have a maximum of 20 years from the date of their discharge or until. March 3, 1976, whichever is later, to take advantage oftheir G.L home loan benefit. To determine the expiration date of his own eligibility, each veteran who served after Jan. 31, 1955, can assume that he has 10 years after his discharge from active duty plus one year for each three months of military service, Elliott explained. Thus, he said, a Vietnam era veteran with two years service would have 18 years after discharge to use his G.I. Bill loan guaranty entitlement. Nationally, 254,383 applications for VA loan guarantees were received for the 12-month period ending June 30, Elliott said, adding that 17,670 applications were received at the VA Regional Office in Sen Francisco. These national totals for 1968 and 1969 were the highest since 1957. The growing volume of applications in 1969 is attributed pri-marily to the increasingnumber of young Vietnam era veterans, Elliott said. He noted the G.L interest maximum was upped 7 1/2 per cent in January 1969 to increase the availability of credit for veterans destrons of owning their own homes, ; Elliott said that “while activity last year was’ good, ‘it could have been much better if more mortgage funds had been available for G.L loans," He added that a continued shortage of mortgage funds could hamper G.L toan activity next year, Help your a Safety = — 7 Z Potro! led a or t Winner. GD TRAFFIC SAFETY POSTER CONTEST Complete Supply OF BUILDING MATERIALS PABCOPAINT fier . YUBA RIVER . LUMBER CO. . TOWN TALK, GRASS VALLEY 265-4521 DOWNIEVILLE YARD 289-335}

5 Ed Board refuses to reduce two subdivision assessment rates. Nevada county supervisors sitting as a board of equalization to hear tax protests, this week continued to study taxpayers' problems during the second week of protest hearings. They put over for one week a decision for Dale Morris, who believed his subdivision should be assessed as bare land. Morris referred to his 43 lots on 10 acres, known as the Kingvale Subdivision No. 2, as a "paper subdivision."' He described it as "looking pretty good" on the map, but said it is in difficult terrain and has no streets, Morris offered to sell for $22,000 "the whole bundle" which — had been appraised at $67,400, He said he paid $4,000 for it in 1965. An appraiser explained that the existing subdivision legally cannot be assessed as "bare land.'' Dep. County Counsel Brian Bishop confirmed the statement: Acting chairman Dean Lawrence noted that ''we have had some pretty poor subdivisions,” Supervisor William Thomas asked the fair market value of the acreage versus lot valuation He. said he had heard.nothing to convince. him. that yit is a subdivision. His colleague Willie Curran, is “sympathetic withevery taxpayer,’! but contended a subdivision must be appraised as such, However, the board denied an decuenaat to Kathryn Remier, who said, she had and “identical case" on property adjoining that owned by Morris. The 18 lots on five and one half acres were assessed at $28,000, and she claimed the value is $4,000. Three of her lots are on the river and the others have a river view. Mrs. Lawrence was the only supervisor to vote no on denying Mrs. Remier's appeal. Results of other appeals are as follows: —The value of land plus a road improvement bond owned by Anna and Dusan Cipcich was reduced from $5,600 to $4,600, as recommended by the assessor's office, However, Mrs. Cipcich continued to object to being taxed on the improvement bond, Several supervisors explained that the improved road is comparable to other improvement made on her property. The final figure for assessment was divided as land value $2,500 and road improvement, $2, 140, _The ‘most complicated assessment appeal yet this year came Tué¢sdayafternoon, and the board concluded by reducing the property's appraised vaiue $60,800. The assessor's office had placed the value of the land, some 640 acres along McCourtney Road near Clear Creek School, at a total of $214,400 or $335 an acre, The owner, Frank. Garcia, wanted it set at $192.50 an acre, Garcia was represented by ‘appraiser Don Newton who argued that the highest and best use of the land at present is cattle grazing, although admitting that at some future time the best use might be residential, perhaps 40 acres per parcel. Newton contended the value of the property for a subdivision has been damaged right now because brush has been burned off, Harrison Slawson, representing the assessor's office, countered that many properties in that area are dividing, making it a transitional area, which is changing from agriculture to residential. Finally, the board set the per acre value at $240-which was $48 more’ than Newton wanted ahd $95 less than Slawson wanted, Supervisor William Thomas suggested the $240 standard, )Saying it was close to per acre prices of two large pieces sold in that vicinity recently. Setting that value put the appraisa of the acreage at 7153, 6 assessment purless than estabcotal lis shed iy ! . —The board denied the assessment protest of Hugo Gisske because he primarily argued against the tax rate and not the assessment. Wednesday, September 24, 1969 The Nevada County Nugget 2 Giant sunflowers in Nevada City

KANSAS, THE SUNFLOWER state, should approve of these giant beauties blossoming in Eva Paxton's yard on Commercial Street in Nevada City. Mrs, Paxton, right, shows the blossoms to her grand niece, Mary Jane Prewitt, 8, Bakersfield. She said her son, George Irvine, planted the seeds and that she tends the garden. She claims the plants are 10 and 12 feet high, and one is so heavy it requires support. Parents can get guidance at sessions here Parents of Grass. Valley School District students. may take part in an expanded guidance program classes to be held Wednesday mornings and conducted by psychologist Clark Lane, Lane, the guidance consultant on loan one day a week to the Grass Valley schools, is attached to the Placer Connty Office of Education. He. will conduct the guidance education group from ‘9: 30 until: 10:30 a.m. beginning Wednes rue gar meeting ne is the Bel Hill s Scho in the room ext li and ex +} -* ill i l¢ , ent-parent relationships and school problems of children, Parents planning to attendare ‘asked to notify the special service secretary, 273-6122, by attending Veterans have up to 20 years for home loans The Veterans Administration reminded returning veterans today they are eligible for home loans for 12 to 20 years after they get out of service. Gordon R, Elliott, VA's Northern California regional office manager, explained that eligible veterans who served after Jan. 31, 1955, will have a maximum of 20 years from the date of their discharge or until. March 3, 1976, whichever is later, to take advantage oftheir G.L home loan benefit. To determine the expiration date of his own eligibility, each veteran who served after Jan. 31, 1955, can assume that he has 10 years after his discharge from active duty plus one year for each three months of military service, Elliott explained. Thus, he said, a Vietnam era veteran with two years service would have 18 years after discharge to use his G.I. Bill loan guaranty entitlement. Nationally, 254,383 applications for VA loan guarantees were received for the 12-month period ending June 30, Elliott said, adding that 17,670 applications were received at the VA Regional Office in Sen Francisco. These national totals for 1968 and 1969 were the highest since 1957. The growing volume of applications in 1969 is attributed pri-marily to the increasingnumber of young Vietnam era veterans, Elliott said. He noted the G.L interest maximum was upped 7 1/2 per cent in January 1969 to increase the availability of credit for veterans destrons of owning their own homes, ; Elliott said that “while activity last year was’ good, ‘it could have been much better if more mortgage funds had been available for G.L loans," He added that a continued shortage of mortgage funds could hamper G.L toan activity next year, Help your a Safety = — 7 Z Potro! led a or t Winner. GD TRAFFIC SAFETY POSTER CONTEST Complete Supply OF BUILDING MATERIALS PABCOPAINT fier . YUBA RIVER . LUMBER CO. . TOWN TALK, GRASS VALLEY 265-4521 DOWNIEVILLE YARD 289-335}