Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, February 17, 1954 to September 21, 1955, lvc000009-79

A LIEN; PRESCRIBING THE METHOD OF PAYING SAID ASSESSMENTS AND THE INTEREST THEREON; PROVIDING FOR THE DISPOSITION OF SAID ASSESSMENTS; DIRECTING THE NOTIFICATION BY MAIL WHEN AND WHERE SAID ASSESSMENT IS DUE AND PAYABLE; RATIFYING, APPROVING AND CONFIRM­ING ALL ACTION HERETOFORE TAKEN TOWARD IMPROVING THAT CERTAIN STREET IN SAID DISTRICT, TOWARDS ITS CREATION AND TOWARD LEVYING AND EFFECTING SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS; PROVIDING OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERETO; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas in the County of Clark and State of Nevada, deems it expedient and for the best interests of said City to improve a certain street, hereinafter particularly described, by installing thereon a complete Street Lighting System; and WHEREAS, said Board deems it expedient and desirable to create Street Improvement Assessment District No. 100-25 for the purpose of making said improvements, and to defray the entire cost and expense thereof by special assessments made according to frontage against the owners and the assessable lots, premises and property specially benefited by such improvements and included within said district; and WHEREAS, there is included within said district some public or other property against which a valid special assessment cannot be levied by said City, but which the proportionate amounts of assessments will be paid in cash by said property owners, or from the City's general funds; and WHEREAS, the remaining portion of the lands included within said district may be levied against by said City by a valid special assessment; and WHEREAS, in no case does the estimated amount of any special assessment upon any lot or premises for said improvements exceed fifty percent of the value of such lot or premises as shown upon the latest tax list or assessment roll for state and county taxation; and WHEREAS, in the judgment of the Board of Commissioners of said City of Las Vegas, it is fair and equitable that no portion of said cost and expense be borne by the City from its general funds except as herein provided; and WHEREAS, said Board by Emergency Ordinance No. 597 passed, adopted and approved the 31st day of March, 1954, declared its determination to make certain public improvements as herein provided, to create Street Improvement Assessment District No. 100-25 for the purpose of making said improvements, to defray the entire cost and expense thereof by special assess­ments made according to frontage, and fixed a time in which protests against the proposed improvements or the creation of such District might be heard and considered by said Board, and directed notice thereof to be given; and WHEREAS, said Board determined that said notice was given in the manner prescribed by Section 7 of said Emergency Ordinance No. 597 and by Section 57, Chapter 2, Charter of the City of Las Vegas; and WHEREAS, the owners of more than one-half of the frontage to be assessed have not filed written objections concerning the making of said improvements, the creation of said District, or the defraying of the entire cost and expense by special assessments; and WHEREAS, objections, suggestions, comments and questions were made or raised at said protest hearing as follows: The Las Vegas Land and Water Company submitted written objections 1) That the plans were not filed with the City Clerk on March 31, 1954; 2) That their land to its full depth would not be benefited by the proposed improvement; 3) That the passage of the proposed ordinance is not necessary for the immediate preservation of public peace, health and safety; 4) That Ordinance No. 597 be rescinded or that the property of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company be excluded from said district. WHEREAS, said Board has done all things necessary and preliminary to the creation of said Street Improvement Assessment District No. 100-25, and now desires to create said district; NOW, THEREFORE, THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. There shall be and there hereby is created a special assessment district in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, to be called and designated Street Improvement Assessment District No. 100-25, which shall include all the lots, premises and property to their full depth, fronting, adjoining and abutting upon the following street within the City of Las Vegas: FIFTH STREET from a point approximately 730 feet North of the intersection of South Fifth and South Main, to the North City Limits. Section 2. That the street, hereinabove described, shall be improved by constructing thereon street lighting facilities which include concrete bases, aluminum standards, mercury vapor luminaires and underground and single overhead wire and series lighting system, together with such appurtenances as may be required, as more particularly shown by the plats, diagrams and plans of the work and locality to be improved now on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Las Vegas. Section 3. That the entire cost and expense of making said improvements, including all incidental expenses which may be legally included in the sums assessed, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the cost of surveys, plans, assessments, the costs of construction, and the fees and compensations properly charged in the work of making special assessments, shall be defrayed by special assessments made according to frontage against the owners and the assessable lots, premises and property specially benefited by such improvements and included within said District. The entire cost and expense of making said improvements are deemed to be $212,620.00 and the total of the special assessments so levied shall be in that amount.