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Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, February 17, 1937 to August 4, 1942, lvc000004-86

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RESOLUTION BE IT RESOLVED BY the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, that said City of Las Vegas convey by deed to the United states of America, The Northwest Quarter (N.W.¼) of the Northwest quarter (N.W.¼) and the West Half (W½) of the Northeast Quarter (N.E.½) of the Northwest Quarter (N.W.¼) of Section Thirty (30) Township Twenty (20) South, Range Sixty-One (61) East, Mount Diablo Base, and Meridian, subject however to a right of way for County highway thirty feet in width along the North and West boundaries of said tract of land; Water Permit Number 9940 from the State Engineer of the State of Nevada, approving the appropriation by the said City of Las Vegas of Water from the Las Vegas Artesian Basin, Such conveyance of land, end water permit to contain a provision that in the event that the fish hatchery project of the Bureau of Fisheries of the United States, for which said purpose such convenance is to be made, shall be abandoned as a fish hatchery for any six months period of time, or not continuously maintained as a fish hatchery for any given period of six month, title to said land and to said water permit shall then revert to said City of Las Vegas. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That the City Attorney be and he hereby is instructed to draw the nec­essary deed of conveyance to carry out the purpose of this resolution and that when such deed of conveyance is so prepared, the same be executed and signed on behalf of said City by the Mayor, and City Clerk, and the seal of the City of Las Vegas affixed thereto, and that thereafter such deed be delivered to the United States of America, through its bureau of Fisheries. he adoption of the foregoing resolution was proposed by Commissioner Joe Ronnow, and was seconded by Commissioner Herk Krause and upon being put to vote was carried by the following vote: Voting aye, Commissioners Ronnow, H.P. Marble, and Herb Kruase, and His Honor the Mayor L.L. Arnett. Voting No, none. Absent Commissioner H.L. Perry. Mr. Gilbert Ross State Direct WPA with James Glynn Chief Engineer and Mr. Wright, assist­ant appeared before the Board with Mr. Claude Mackey, Local Mgr. WPA and discussed with the Board the four (4) WPA projects now about to be sponsored by the City. Final signing of applications by the Mayor, City Clerk and City Engineer were had at this time. No further business appearing before the Board at this time the meeting recessed and ad­journed until Wednesday the 22nd day of December, 1937 at the hour of seven o'clock P.M. CALL OF SPECIAL MEETING TO— VIOLA BURNS, CITY CLERK CITY OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. A special meeting of the Board of commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, is hereby called to be held in the Board of Commissioners Room in the City Clerk's office Monday the 20th day of December, 1937, at the hour of seven o'clock P.M. on said day to consider and act upon the following: 1. To authorize the execution of a proposed agreement between the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, as party of the first part, and Transcontinental & Western Air Inc; a Deleware corporation, as party of the second part, dated December 16th, 1937 wherein and whereby the City of Las Vegas is to undertake to devise a plan for the acquisition of sufficient property and funds for the constructing of a municipal airport at a location approximately midway between the City of Boulder City, Nevada, and Las Vegas, Nevada, and whereby the said Transcontinental and Western Air Inc; agrees to lease the privilege of the use of such airport upon certain conditions in said proposed contract outlined, if such shall be built by said City. Dated this 20th day of December, 1937. L.L. Arnett Mayor of the City of Las Vegas. NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING TO-- L.L. ARNETT, MAYOR AND TO H.H. KRAUSE, H.P. MARBLE, H.L. PERRY AND JOE S. RONNOW, COMMISSIONERS: YOU AND EACH OF YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE; That pursuant to a call this day issued by the Mayor of the City of Las Vegas, a Special Meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas will be held in the Board of Commissioners Room in the City Clerk's Office, on Monday the 20th day of December, 1937, at the hour of seven o'clock P.M. on said day to consider and act upon the following: 1. To authorize the execution of a proposed agreement between the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, as party of the first part, and Transcontinental and Western Air Inc; a Deleware Corporation, as party of the second part, dated December 16th, 1937 wherein and whereby the City of Las Vegas is to under take to devise a plan for the acquisition of sufficient property and funds for the construction of a municipal airport at a location approximately midway between the City of Las Vegas, Nevada and Boulder City, Nevada, and thereby the said Transcontinental end Western Air Lines Inc; agrees to lease the privilege of the use of such airport upon certain con­ditions in said proposed contract outlined, if such field shall be built by said City. You will govern yourselves accordingly. Viola Burns City Clerk City Seal.