Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, January 7, 1947 to October 26, 1949, lvc000006-550

520 meeting thereof held on the 8th day of December, 1947, that it respectfully urge upon the Federal Housing Administration the imperative need of the City of Las Vegas for the expeditious determination of applications for loans on building construction in the City of Las Vegas, and as a means of effectuating such result to establish in the State of Nevada a main area office where such applications may be acted upon and disposed of with finality, and be it further RESOLVED that the City Clerk be and she is hereby ordered and directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the Federal Housing Administration in Washington, D. C. and to the members of the congressional delegation of the State of Nevada. ATTEST: Helen Scott Reed__________ E. W. Cragin__________ City Clerk Mayor —--oOo----- RESOLUTION NO. 111 WHEREAS, the American Indian is a ward of the United States, and his welfare and well-being is a responsibility of the Government of the United States, and WHEREAS, the Indians on the Navajo Reservations have for some time past and are at present in destitute condition and suffering acutely for want of food, clothing, medicine and medical care, and WHEREAS, every humanitarian instinct and every sense of governmental responsibility dictates the need for immediate aid to the Navajo Indians, who face cold and hunger this winter, now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas at a regular meeting thereof held on the 8th day of December, 1947, that it respectfully urge the members of the congressional delegation of the State of Nevada to take every advisable step to procure the adoption by the Government of the United States of all measures deemed necessary to bring immediate aid to the Navajo Indians to alleviate their present distress and generally ameliorate their economic condition, and be it further RESOLVED that the City Clerk be and she is hereby directed to send a copy of this Resolution to each member of the congressional delegation of the State of Nevada. ATTEST: Helen Scott Reed E. W Cragin City clerk -----oOo----- RESOLUTION NO. 112 WHEREAS, the City of Las Vegas has caused to be made various engineering studies and surveys leading to the construction of a sewage treatment plant and various other projects pertaining to sewage or drainage works in said city, and WHEREAS, Ralph W. O'Neill, consulting engineer, conducted said studies and surveys on behalf of the City of Las Vegas, and, on the basis of his findings therein, prepared plans for the construction of a sewage treatment plant and the necessary approach outfall sewer pertaining thereto, and WHEREAS, the design and specifications of said sewage treatment plant and approach outfall sewer, as delineated upon said plans, represent a civic betterment for the City of Las Vegas, now, therefore, be it RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 20th day of February, 1948, that the aforesaid plans, prepared by Ralph W. O'Neill, consulting engineer, and on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Las Vegas, entitled "PLANS FOR THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT. 1948. INCLUDING APPROACH OUTFALL SEWER," and consisting of 20 sheets enumerated under the heading of "INDEX OF DRAWINGS" as shown on said plans, be and the same are hereby accepted, approved and adopted for the design and specifications of the proposed sewage treatment plant and approach outfall sewer pertaining thereto for the City of Las Vegas. E. W. Cragin Mayor ATTEST: Helen Scott Reed________ city Clerk ——oOo——- RESOLUTION NO. 113 WHEREAS, there was presented to the Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas a form of agree­ment between the CITY OP LAS VEGAS, a municipal corporation of the State of Nevada, and the LAS VEGAS LAND AND WATER COMPANY, a corporation of the State of Nevada, covering an easement over a certain strip of land for roadway purposes, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the form of agreement between the City of Las Vegas, a municipal corporation of the State of Nevada, and the Las Vegas Land and Water Company, a corporation