Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, January 7, 1947 to October 26, 1949, lvc000006-531

501 RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the Harlem Club is located immediately adjacent to the City Limits of Las Vegas, and WHEREAS, said Harlem Blue has now been designated as out-of-bounds by the United States Army as a result of said investigations conducted by that body, and WHEREAS, the City Police Department and the various administrative heads, through investigation, have determined that a great amount of our policing difficulties on the West Side of Las Vegas have arisen by reason of the operation of said Club, and WHEREAS, we are unable to effectually control the same because the Club is outside of the City limits. NOW, THEREFORE, be it Resolved that we the City Commission of the City of Las Vegas acting by virtue of the aforesaid premises do hereby request that the Board of County Com­missioners acting by and through the Director Control Board do revoke the liquor and gambling licenses under which the Harlem Club is now operating in the COUNTY of Clark, State of Nevada. ATTEST: Helen Scott Reed_____ A. F. Smith. Sr.._____________ City Clerk Mayor Pro Tem (SEAL) Approved and adopted: February 21, 1944. ----oOo---- RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the population of the City of Las Vegas has increased from 8,400 to approximately 19,500 in the last three years, and WHEREAS, the City of Las Vegas has public recreational facilities which are barely ade­quate to provide normal recreation for a peace-time population of 8,400, and WHEREAS, approximately 70% of the present population of the City of Las Vegas are directly connected with defense projects in this area, to wit: Las Vegas Army Air base; Basic Magnesium, Inc; Manganese Ores; and the Union Pacific Railroad, a vital war arterial, and WHEREAS, the effectiveness of these war projects has been impaired as a result of labor turnover, partially due to inadequate public recreational facilities, now therefore BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of City Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, County of Clark, State of Nevada, that application be made to the Federal Government through the Federal Works Agency for financial assistance to construct adequate facilities to provide re­creation for the personnel of the above-mentioned defense projects, and BE IT RESOLVED that all necessary information, reports, maps and preliminary drafts necessary for said application be prepared in order that a fully adequate and complete re­port may be submitted to the Federal Government by and through the Federal Works Agency, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLED that that portion of Block 14, Valley View Addition as shown on Page 50, Book 1 of plats in the office of the Recorder, County of Clark, State of Nevada, which is not occupied by the U.S.O. Building, and all of that portion of the City Park lying North of Mesquite Avenue, East of Second Street, West of 5th Street and South of the Biltmore Annex # 2 be and is hereby set aside for the construction of the proposed recreational facilities. Dated this 22nd day of May, 1944. /s/ E. W. Cragin, Mayor Attest: /s/ Helen Scott Reed City Clerk