In the past quarter, staff accomplished progress on key milestones, including:

Permitting:

• Completed the initial drafts of the affordable housing master plan project, finalized drafts are to be completed in the coming months.
• Reinstated programs that increase access to CDA customers through the Building Outpost at the Nevada County Contractor's Association and the over-the-counter plan review program. The Outstanding Public Service (OPS) Team in collaboration with the CDA Leadership Team

• The As-Built Policy Group Implemented the unpermitted improvements (as-built) policy to improve permitting accessibility and efficiency.

• The Outstanding Public Service (OPS) Team in collaboration with the CDA Leadership Team 

       •Implemented initial updates to the lobby area to improve the customer service experience and is working on additional updates to the look, feel, and functionality of customer transitions. OPS Team lifted. 
      •Finalized draft process workflows for multiple land use processes for customer and employee use to streamline these processes. OPS Team lifted. 

Higgins Area Plan:

• Conducted 5 Check-In meetings with PlaceWorks regarding Community Workshop #3 coordination and Administrative Draft development.
• Met with the South County Municipal Advisory Council (SCMAC) to prepare for the 3rd Community Workshop including coordinating outreach efforts and identifying concept proposals for presentation. 
• Hosted a third public workshop in April to present draft concept proposals incorporating community input received from previous workshops. Input from this workshop will be used to define specific plan goals and policies to achieve the community vision. 
• Attended 2 MAC meetings to better understand and prioritize concept proposals and issue areas throughout the plan area. 
• Received and began an intergovernmental review of the Administrative Draft of the Area Plan. 

North San Juan Fire Suppression

• Started work on the USDA funding application.
• Determined property boundaries and ownership of the prospective tank site.
• The fee study is nearly complete pending final determination of the tank site.
• Tasked the county’s state and federal lobbyists with helping identify a source of funding to fill funding gap.
• Submitted a formal request to Nevada County’s state legislators for state-level earmark funding for this project.
• Identified a water source for the preliminary tank fill. 

Soda Springs Visitor Management: Continued meeting with constituents and participated in meetings with the Donner Summit Association to begin work and share ideas to address this priority. Funded temporary waste management solutions, and staff are working with community partners on identifying permanent restroom locations, as well as promoting Donner Summit area on new Go Nevada County website. 

Penn Valley Community Center: While there has been active engagement in the park, and past efforts at funding next step, there is no progress this quarter. 

With respect to Permitting Process milestone, quarter two next steps include:

• Finalize drafts of affordable housing master plans and review these drafts in coordination with collaborating jurisdictions. 
• Review additional unpermitted and undocumented improvement (as-built) policies associated to plan review and inspection procedures, this is the finalized work of the As-Built Policy Group. 
• Begin the education and outreach process with the community associated with the 2022 CA 

Building Standards Codes that will be adopted and implemented in January 2023.

Soda Springs Visitor Management: Next steps for Soda Springs are to meet with the Donner Summit Association and review the proposed framework, and continue overseeing interim visitor management solutions.

Penn Valley Community Center: Next steps include engaging with project champions and working to secure funding for a business plan. This may be a project identified through the CERF.