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County unveils five‑year capital facilities plan; lists animal shelter, behavioral health campus and Truckee Library among priorities

Nevada County Board of Supervisors · January 30, 2026

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Summary

Staff presented a reorganized Capital Facilities Master Plan to prioritize projects, forecast funding and improve life‑cycle maintenance; supervisors directed staff to add a facilities inventory and to pursue a site/space study and potential $200,000 grant‑match set‑aside.

County staff presented a reorganized five‑year Capital Facilities Master Plan intended to centralize project lists, match funds to priorities and make maintenance planning proactive. Erin Mettler and facilities staff said the plan reorients resources to align funding, staff capacity and project prioritization.

Facilities staff outlined life‑cycle maintenance projections: "Over the next 5 years in totality, expectation is to invest $14,400,000 in life cycle maintenance projects and 3 and a half million in planned projects, this next fiscal year," staff said. The presentation highlighted a new capital project initiation process to bring grant‑funded opportunities and department requests into a single, prioritized pipeline.

Top capital projects named in the packet include a new animal shelter (design underway, potential construction in 2027), a behavioral health treatment campus with state grant funding noted as "fully funded," the county community resiliency center (veterans building upgrades grant hurdles noted), and the Truckee Library project. On Truckee Library, staff said the county is a JPA member and has not committed additional capital beyond the board’s earlier $1,000,000 shovel‑ready authorization; staff reported about $470,000 of that remains.

Supervisors supported advancing a site and space master‑planning study and asked for a publicly accessible property inventory. Staff also reported plans to issue an RFP for a facilities site/space consultant (budgeted roughly $200,000 for the study) and to return construction timing and funding options to the Board for decisions.

Next steps: staff will share the county facilities inventory, finalize an RFP for space planning, and bring prioritized project charters and budget implications to the budget subcommittee for review.