Nevada State Journal from Reno, Nevada • 10

Nevada State Journal Wednesday April 13 1966 Urban Renewal: Negotiations Will Decide Price of Land The Reno Urban Renewal Agency Board of Commissioners yesterday adopted a sale policy for its lands based on negotia tions William Griswold agency director expects sale advertise ments to start in about 60 days The ads will run in Reno and San rancisco newspapers and perhaps national publications Griswold noted that if the commissioners had decided on a fixed price basis they would have had to sell the land parcels to the "highest bidders And they (the winning bidders) could have put whatever tlT ey wanted on the The policy adopted he explained "is based on negotia tions other than fixed prices "This means they are going to sell at the minimum appraised value to the redevelopcr whose proposal affords the most in the way of tax returns to the community compatibility to ad joining uses and number of new employes required addition they give consideration to those businesses displaced by the freeway or other governmental activities "The agency also will recognize the priority of any of the former owners in the project area who were displaced and now have proposals for developments in accordance with the urban renewal Guidelines Griswold said there are many guidelines In the sale policy Two of these follow (1) Negotiated disposal under open competitive conditions These are negotiations concluded openly (public meetings of commissioners) by issuing an invitation for proposals The invitations for proposals must establish a cutoff date and time for the submission of written proposals and a date time and place for publicly announcing the name of each bidder and lhe amount of his bid (2) ixed price with bidding on other than price basis This in effect means that the sale price must be above mini mum fair market value determined by appraisal and meet the improvement requirements set by the commissioners Tlie agency currently has acquired all but 16 of the 95 par cels within tlie urban renewal area The entire site is 45 acres The site is bounded generally by Wells Avenue Sage Street and East Sixth and East ourth streets The area is being rearranged into larger lots that are required for industry A change in the original plot plans for the area has been necessitated by tlie proposed Wells Avenue overpass Tlie northern end of the overpass will enter the urban renewal site The change will be presented to the Reno City Council and then aired at a public hearing before being finally approved by tlv commissioners Jack Horgan commission chairman observed "We want blessing before we change it (the Griswold hopes the city will complete the work on streets in the area during its 1966 projects He expects this will add to the area's attractiveness as a site for Industries Graham Erskine commission member commented "I think the streets in that area will be given number one priority I know the council is dying to get the thing Erskine also asked that representatives of the Downtown Merchants Association attend the next commissioners meeting lie said they should be made aware that the urban renewal are agan play an Important role in the proposed revitalization of downtown Reno "They (downtown merchants) can have the sources of supply at tbeir Erskine said Erskine an architect further Indicated that urban renewal sites could serve as a means of encouraging park areas In the downtown area and elimination of delapidated structures from the heart of the city Example Erskine used the following example: The city as part of its park program would buy an old building and demolish it In return the former owner would use the money (paid for tlie property by the city) to relocate his business (with a new building) in the urban renewal area Erskine said "Here we are in the middle of a desert build ing up a high density (downtown Reno) This make any more sense than a man growing two He claimed that something should be done to "reduce the density of He said "tax also might be a means to more open areas in the down town Erskine said that if something such as his suggestions is not done high rise structures will crowd themselves into down town "And with a high density downtown the traffic problems are never he said Ally Gen Dickerson To Run for Third Term ten years and was president of the Nevada State Bar in 1954 His father Denver Dicker son was governor of Nevada from 1908 to 1910 Gray Asks Right To Attend Session LAS VEGAS (UPI) The at torney office was asked Monday to determine if Assemblyman Guild Gray Clark County could attend the special legislative session next month Gray a former educator ac cepted a post with Clark Coun ty last January as federal proj ects coordinator The attorney office was asked to decide whether there would be a conflict of interest if Gray attended the session Atty Gen Harvey Dickerson announced Tuesday he would seek a third term on the Demo cratic ticket Dickerson 60 said he would continue to interpret the law impartially and not allow po litical expendiency or public pressure to interfere Dickerson who served as city attorney in Las Vegas North Las Vegas and Henderson was first elected attorney general in 1954 In 1958 he ran for gover nor but was defeated in the pri mary by the present incumbent Grant Sawyer Dickerson then won relelec tion to a second term in 1962 beating Republican Camcron Batjer by more than 20000 votes He served on the board of governors of the State Bar for ATTENTION ELKS REGULAR MEETING THURSDAY 8 PM PRECEDED BY 00 AMILY STYLE DINNER (STAG) 6:30 PM Signed: Mac Mathewa Exalted Ruler Message to The City of Sparks took its troubles right to the top Tues day afternoon The mayor accompanied by four of the five council men the city manager clerk accountant fire chief and po lice chief all marched on the office to present their grievance Their problem it seems is a lack of money The city officials feel that their difficulties may be allevi ated at least to the tune of about $186095 if the state would pay its share of police and fire protection for the Ne vada State Hospital Mayor Christensen explained that prior to 1962 the state hos pital budget provided a $30000 annual payment to the city of Sparks for the special fire and police services which the city provides at the state mental treatment facility which is lo cated in Sparks The $30000 dropped out of the budget in 1962 but Sparks has continued to provide Its services to the hospital Councilman Art Pryor said that in calculating services ren dered the past four years and projected through fiscal 1966 67 the annual services to the hos pital are costing the city $37219 Armed with this thesis the delegation from Sparks arrived at the door to Gov of fice only to be told that the chief executive had business elsewhere at the moment According to Mayor Christen sen the group was however graciously received by State Budget Director Howard Barrett Councilman Henry Swart commenting later said "We had a good long discussion and it is our hope that Mr Barrett will recommend to the governor that our appeal for these funds is brought before the special session of the Swart said the services pro vided by Sparks cost the state nothing at the moment but that if they were paid by State: the state "it would still be considerably less than it would cost to provide it them Councilman Pryor suggested privately that "If we were sim ply to withdraw our fire and police services maybe the offi cials involved might more clearly understand the situation Personally I think they might even decide to pay up the Mayor Christensen summing up the outing said that he felt that "we were warmly re ceived at the Capitol (and) I expect that Mr Barrett un derstands our problem and will present it to the governor with Help! a recommendation that it be put before the special legisla tive session next The mayor concluded by say Ing that while all cities are faced with certain fiscal prob lems Sparks has been hit hard recently by a fire which wiped out further use city jail facility and by a de mand from the State Highway Department that Sparks aban don its garabe at Street and Stanford Way qS The garage is to be razed to make room for the Interstate 5 80 freeway Relocation and re 1 building of a city garage fa cility is going to cost a consid erable amount of money th mayor said Some Teachers May Wind Up In Lower Grades Some high school teachers in Washoe County may have to drop to the junior high level if they wish to teach here during the next school year School Supt Procter Hug Sr said Tuesday the district will "have to play it by until the end of the school year when the number of teachers needed will be known However due to the phaseout at Stead Air orce Base no growth is predicted for the Washoe County schools for the next year "There is a good chance lour normal turnover will take care of the positions We have about 50 resignations and be tween now and the end of the year probably get "There is a possibility that some might have to drop to the junior high level if we have more (high school teachers) than we need We have to re duce the number of he said He added however that no teachers would have to drop to the elementary level (Certifica tion requirements are different for the secondary and elemen tary levels) Hug said it is also a possi bility that the district will have to hire some new teachers if the turnover is greater than an ticipated No definite figures will be known however until all teach ing contracts and resignations for the next year are tabulated McComb City Held Liable for Victim's Injuries Reno ire Marshal Edward (Bud) McComb and the City of Reno co defendants in a $35000 personal injury suit Tuesday morning were held lia ble to Mrs Roxie Rice 74 of 2295 South Virginia St Washoe Dist Judge John Ga brieli! granted a motion for a directed verdict of liability on uncontradicted testimony that the plaintiff was in the cross walk when struck by a city car driven by McComb The ac cident happened on Nov 17 1964 at the intersection of South Virginia and Arroyo streets The Jury will now determine only the amount of damages to be paid Mrs Rice Testimony in the trial ended Lemmon Valley Pair Charged With Murder Dennis Nolte 23 and Peter Wells 22 both of Lem mon Valley appeared before Washoe Dist Judge John Bar rett Tuesday for the reading of a grand jury indictment charg ing them with murder The two men are accused of stabbing Lonny Johnson 19 of Sparks on March 17 on a down town Reno street Judge Barrett appointed Rayner Kjeldsen to defend Nolte and David Hagen as attorney The pair was given until 1:15 pm on April 20 to enter a plea COAT TOOLS STOLEN Tyler Hall of 11 Plaza St reported to police Tuesday that someone broke into his parked automobile and stole a suede coat valued at $40 and a com plete set of automotive tools valued at $540 Tuesday afternoon and final arguments will be heard today Witnesses who appeared Tuesday included Dr Carl Wat son who has practiced chiro practic in Reno for more than 30 years Dr Watson said he had treated Mrs Rice for the last 17 months and that she would require further treatment Also testifying were a neigh bor and a fellow employe who told of her physical condition before and after the accieent The defense produced only one witness Dr John Becker a medical doctor who exam ined Mrs Rice after the ac cident Dr Becker testified that he thought she might not have been hit as hard as claimed According to state ments she had given him about her medical history she had had trouble for some time he said Under cross examination Dr Becker said that he had no quarrel with the treatment given Mrs Rice by Dr Watson and would probably order the same treatment himself ire Calls ire fighters In the Reno Soarks Carson City area responded to the following alarms during the 24 hour period ending at 10 o'clock last night RENO 2:07 am Wrondell and Marion ways rags burning in gutter no damage 9:15 am 10 Reservation Road scrap lunber and trash no damage 9:46 am 2161 Patton Drive pan of grease on stove no damage 5:30 pm 685 Margrave Ave fence set afire by child minor damage 6:18 pm 1298 riendship Lane flooded oil furnace no damage SPARKS pm 21st Street and railroad tracks hobo's warming fire no damage 7:41 am 1939 Prater Way Handy Hobby Shop interior and contents major damage cause under investigation pm 380 Edison Way over heated incinerator caused sprinkler sys tem to opeate no damage 12:51 pm Windy Hill on Lakeside Drive brush and grass no damage 6:49 pm Emery Drive wrecker's torch set old car body afire no damage CARSON CITY 5:00 pm 2649 Mayflower St inhala tor run yfi Is Your Home HAUNTED by Outdated Wiring? 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PricesGood only with copy of this ad brought or mailed to our office Send for free Hearing Aid Battery Carrying Case (No Obligation) S41 150 S76 160 675 140 S13 140 401 70 312 110 We Mail Batteries Anywhere McCUSKEY HEARING SERVICE 240 California Ave Reno 329 6988 OER EXPIRES MAY 1 Sun Valley Water Bonds Win Easily Sun Valley residents gave overwhelming appro val Tuesday to a $500000 bond issue for water facili ties The vote was 325 to 43 according to Jim Gordon president of the Sun Valley Water and Sanitation Dis trict "Property values will soar Gordon predicted "We hope to turn on the taps in The vote will allow the wat er district to sell bonds to fi nance a water distribution sys tem for the community which now depends upon individual wells District directors already have signed a contract with Sierra Pacific Power Co to supply the water Gordon noted that the dead line for free connections to the system is April 20 At that time final engineering will be gin with plans based on the number of homes to be served Construction bids are ex pected to be in by July 1 and awarded by July 31 Gordon said the water system will be a boon to the area lo cated north of Sparks About 2200 persons live in the com munity Lander Voters Approve Bonds AUSTIN A $450000 bond Is sue for an intermediate school at Battle Mountain was ap proved by Lander County voters Tuesday The election drew a 50 per cent turnout The bond issue passed by a total of 150 votes Property owners voted 182 to 112 for the issue and non prop erty owners voted 112 to 32 in favor The school which will include grades six through eight will take care of the influx of stu dents caused by the Duvall Cor mining operation Soft Touch Hard Bite Phillepho TabaraccI 49 of 3 Water St reported to police Tuesday that he was a victim of both a soft touch and a hard bite He said that while walking along Second Street near Cen ter Street he was approached by two women who had certain plans in mind One of the women carressed him briefly and in the process extracted a $5 bill from his coat pocket Tabaracci said When he tried to grab his money back the lady bit his thumb hard enough to cause it to bleed he told officers The women vanished along with the $5 biU Washoe Schools Ask $11 Million! The Washoe County School Board Tuesday night approved a $1182000 request for presen tation to the special session of the Nevada Legislature School Supt Procter Hug Sr said $382000 is needed to make up for a shortage in the anti cipated balance for the 1966 67 school budget He estimates $449000 will be needed for a salary schedule for certified personnel compara ble to that in Clark County which was put into effect this year without legislative funds If granted the funding will raise Washoe County starting salaries to $5500 com pared to the present $5300 It would also raise yearly in crements to 5 per cent or $275 a year instead of $252 He also said about $279000 is needed to restore to the 1966 67 budget need miscellaneous outlays which previously were chopped out Hug said the need for funds is based largely on the unantici pated phaseout of Stead Air orce Base and the flu epidemic which hit the schools in ebru ary Last year the district esti mated a growth rate of 8 per cent in both students and per sonnel In March it had de creased to 14 per cent As a result Hug said the dis trict hired more teachers than the state entitled Stead and flu reduced the average daily atten dance on which state funds are based At present he is requesting State Supt of Public Instruc tion Byron Stetler to restore entitlements totaling 2 $225000 since the Stead phase out and the flu were beyond the control If the state department re stores the $255000 Hug said it would be subtracted from the $382000 requested fpom the spe4 cial session to make up shortage in the anticipated bal ance Howard Barrett state budget director told the trustees that "money is available in the gen eral fund though the amount is not known yet The should be able to pass on funds to education for the public schools and the John ant district financial director told Barrett that "if tha coming year is like this be in the Those Houses at Stead Too Interested No one seemed very eager yesterday to take over the Capehart Housing at Stead Air orce Base The key objection raised dur ing a Stead Study Committee meeting was $7 million plus in mortgages outstanding against the 645 units "The federal government is not going to sell them at less than the mortgage said Col George Kelley Jr of Washington DC assistant director Economic Adjustment Division Department of De fense Officials of the University of Nevada and the United States International University (Cal Western) did express some in terest in the 257 officers homes Bill Walts Heads Jaycees in Elko Special to the Journal ELKO Bill Walts labora tory director at Elko General Hospital has been elected pres ident of the Elko Jaycees Dan Pogginoe was elected In ternal vice president and Don Hunsacker external vice presi dent The Rev Don Ledbetter is the new secretary and Lester Madsen treasurer Ron Jonson will serve as director for one year and Gus Vogeler Jr is holdover director But In both cases the plans were subject to the universi ties also acquiring title to ad joining land for proposed school facilities If their terms were met of ficials of both universities said they could the 257 homes They expressed? no interest in the remaining 388 units used now by enlisted personnel Neil Humphrey vice presi dent of finance at the of claimed it is for to take over the homes now because of the "present Existing mortgages require payments of $78 per month per unit However Humphrey claimed that this cost is hiked considerably when expenses are added for utilities maintenance and insurance In his study he estimated that the 257 homes used by officers would have to be rented for from $110 to $160 per month These homes vary from two to four bedroom He said it is possible that and "some would be able to meet these rental fees Reno housing officials agreed that the homes are not so de sirable because they are 9 to 11 miles from downtown Reno Donald Bradford of Wash ington DC director Economic Adjustment Division Depart ment of Defense expressed sur prise at this He pointed out Capehart Housing is near a golf course 4 and swimming pool and said "Who drive nine miles? to downtown? You all spoiled out Charles Armstrong president of the of had this all want to go home fori lunch around Representative of the Renaf Housing Authority and the ed eral Housing Authority said they would not be interested in back ing the homes financially irst they said "we must have fi I' Reno Sidewalk i Plan Approved A 1965 sidewalk improvement plan estimated at a cost of $325000 has been approved by 4 the Reno City Council The project calls for Install ing 27 miles of sidewalk before the end of the year All th i sidewalks are proposed within one quarter mile from schools' Adjacent property owners wilt pay almost the entire cost! through a proposed special as sessment district ormation of this district requires a public hearing before the council City Engineer Warren Meach 1 am said the hearing should ba held in about one month Renoj councilmen have yet to set tha exact time and date for''thep hearing Walts was raised in Reno and moved to Elko last year He is a past national director of the Jaycees and in 1963 was one of four outstanding jaycees in the nation He also is a past state vice president We faithfully maintain one high standard i 7 The price of the casket determines the cost of the funeral and our firm resolve determines that there shall be only one standard of service for all the finest You can rely on us with confidence RAY ITZ HENRY MANAGING DIRECTOR ORIN ALEXANDER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (Pyramid funeral (Jfonte Conveniently Located 1538 STREET SPARKS NEVADA TELEPHONE 359'0440 DAY or NIGHT zn Bpi.