HOTELS: ‘There’s a demand here’
The Mehmet Noyan Co., which has local roots, worked with the city on the parcel for the last seven years, and has plans to build the hotel, according to Appeal-democrat archives.
The company purchased the land for $1 last summer; though the land could be valued between $1.5 million and $2 million, but the cost of the necessary environmental remediation is estimated to be about the same, according to archives.
Past uses of the site included rail lines and a train station, a match plant and lumber company, a marine
TODAY EVENTS
Military Kids Appreciation Day hosted by Millenium Family Entertainment Center. Free with military ID or dependent ID. Enjoy laser tag, a climbing wall, Virtual Reality, and prizes. 4-8 p.m.,901 Spiva Ave., Yuba City.
DVD lecture series “Victorian Britain” at 2 p.m. at the St. Andrew Presbyterian Church’s community room, 1390 Franklin Road, Yuba City. Presented through the Yuba Sutter Arts Council. Topics include Crimean War; the Indian mutiny. Free admission.
CLUB MEETINGS
Yuba City Duplicate Bridge Club games at 12:30 p.m. at the Moose Lodge, 205 S. Walton Ave., Yuba City. For more information, call 755-0116.
Good Vibrations beginner square dance class from 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Center, 211 17th St., Marysville. Dance partner not necessary. Call 916-616-5450.
GOVERNMENT MEETINGS
Sutter County Agriculture, Public Protection and General Government Committee meeting at 3:30 p.m. Board of Supervisor’s Meeting Room, 1160 Civic Center Blvd., Yuba City. boat service, electronic container storage, independent electric plant boiler, in-ground salt water tank, coal piles, and charcoal storage, according to archives.
The hotel will sit on 1.5 acres of the 7.5-acres parcel, and will include around 93 rooms. Gale said the developer is finalizing the sale, which will hopefully close by June.
The city has gone through the process and finalized the remediation action plan, and within 90 days of closing the purchase, the developer will begin remediation of the site, Gale said.
Both projects have been approved by the Planning Commission, and
Yuba County Board of Supervisors will host its regular session at 9 a.m., 915 Eighth St., Marysville.
Sutter County Board of Supervisors will host its regular session meeting at 3 p.m. Hall of the next step is the building permit process. The last hotel to be built in Yuba City was the Hampton Inn on Sunsweet Boulevard, which started construction in 2006, according to Gale.
He said officials have gotten feedback from business travelers that many times Yuba City rooms are sold out and they have to stay in Colusa or Natomas.
“The development of a hotel is many millions of dollars... that’s a huge investment into the community,” Gale said. “All these developers have done analysis of our region and understand there’s a demand here for rooms.”
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