Grass Valley public meetings in 2020
5 substantive meetings from 2020, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Regular Nevada City Planning Commission Meeting
The Nevada City Planning Commission is meeting to handle routine business, including approving prior meeting minutes, swearing in a new commissioner, and selecting a chair and vice chair. The main substantive items are discussions on the Cottage Dwelling Development Ordinance and its CEQA review scope, a discrepancy between chapters 15 and 17 of the municipal code, and potential future agenda items. No public hearings, sign applications, tree removals, or architectural reviews are scheduled.
- Swearing in of new Planning Commissioner Thomas Nigh
- Selection of Chair and Vice Chair for remainder of fiscal year 2020-2021
- Discussion on Cottage Dwelling Development Ordinance - Scope for CEQA Review
- Discussion on discrepancy between Chapters 15 and 17
- Staff approvals: reroofs at 437 Sacramento and 101 Perseverance Mine, tree removal at 464 Searls, solar at 339 Sacramento
Nevada City Council Meeting
The Nevada City Council will consider several COVID-19-related items, including a business self-certification safety program, outdoor dining regulations, and urgency ordinances for face covering enforcement and declaring violations of emergency orders as public nuisances. They will also vote on a $151,155 contract for the Mill Street Retaining Wall Improvement, a $500,000 transfer of Rule 20A credits from Nevada County, and other routine consent items. The meeting includes a closed session on pending litigation.
- Award contract to PSCE for $151,155 plus $12,000 contingencies for Mill Street Retaining Wall Improvement
- Approve 'Nevada City Safe' business self-certification safety program for COVID-19
- Decide on outdoor dining regulations: rescind permits or allow with take-out only
- Adopt urgency ordinances for face covering enforcement and public nuisance violations
- Transfer $500,000 in Rule 20A credits from Nevada County
Nevada City Special Meeting
The Nevada City Council is holding a special meeting to certify the results of the November 3, 2020 municipal election and to install a new council member. The council will also enter closed session to discuss potential litigation and a pending court case. Public comment is limited to agenda items only.
- Resolution declaring results of November 3, 2020 municipal election
- Installation of one new Council Member
- Closed session: potential litigation initiated by the City
- Closed session: pending litigation in County of Nevada and City of Nevada City vs. Darren Engstrom (Case No. CU20-084887)
Regular Nevada City Planning Commission Meeting
The Nevada City Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on a variance request at 627 West Broad Street and consider an amendment to add cannabis processing to a business at 138 New Mohawk Road. The agenda also includes several tree removal requests, architectural reviews, and reroofing permits.
- 627 West Broad Street – Variance from building setbacks
- 138 New Mohawk Road – Rough and Ready Goods – Amendment to add Cannabis Processing Category
- 523 Sacramento Street – Tree Removal at Piety Hill Cottages
- 518 Silva Avenue – Reroof from metal to composition shingle
- 233 Broad Street – Reroof from composition shingle to metal
Nevada City Council Meeting
The Nevada City Council will consider reinstating two full-time police officer positions that were frozen during the COVID-19 shutdown, along with several other routine items. The agenda includes consent items such as awarding a contract for Cross Street drainage improvements and approving a trail maintenance contract with Bear Yuba Land Trust. A public hearing will establish a fee for stationary generator proposals requiring a conditional use permit. The meeting is largely procedural, with no major policy changes expected.
- Reinstatement of two full-time Police Officer positions frozen during COVID-19
- Award contract to C&D Construction for $20,880 plus $3,000 contingencies for Cross Street Drainage Improvement
- Approve 2021 Trail Maintenance Contract with Bear Yuba Land Trust (BYLT)
- Adopt Joint Powers Agreement for California Intergovernmental Risk Authority (CIRA) merger
- Establish fee for stationary generator proposals requiring a conditional use permit