Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, January 7, 1947 to October 26, 1949, lvc000006-535

505 RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the Harlem Club is located immediately adjacent to the City Limits of Las Vegas, and WHEREAS, said Harlem Club 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 AND 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 license and gaming licence under which the Harlem Club is now operating in the County of Clark, State of Nevada. /s/ A. F. Smith, Sr.____________ Mayor pro tem ATTEST: /s/ Helen Scott Reed (Adopted February 21, 1944) City Clerk --oo(O)oo— 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 teen 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 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 FURTHER 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 RESOLVED 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 Built- more 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 —ooOoo— RESOLUTION WHEREAS the United States Federal Health Service has called to the Attention of the City of Las Vegas and the County of Clark that the venereal disease rate has greatly increased in this area, and WHEREAS the City of Las Vegas and the County of Clark, as political subdivisions, are anxious to aid the United States Health service in curbing the spread of said venereal sickness, and