Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, November 20, 1957 to December 2, 1959, lvc000011-209

BO PEEP CHILD NURSERY The Commission received a report from the Child Welfare Board requesting that the owners Notice to Show Cause of the Bo Peep Nursery, 104 Baltimore he cited to show cause why their license should not be revoked for the following reasons: 1. Failure to bring the premises up to required Health and Safety requirements. 2. Care of children in excess of the 9 authorized under the license. 3. Failure to comply with written and verbal notice of corrections to be made regarding the above. Commissioner. Fountain moved that John and Helen Buetner, owners of the Bo Peep Nursery, 104 Baltimore be notified to appear at the next regular meeting on September 17, 1958 to show cause why their license should not be revoked. Motion seconded by Commissioner Sharp and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Fountain, Sharp, Whipple and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Bunker. MERITORIOUS SALARY City Manager Kennedy presented the meritorious salary increases for September, as approved INCREASES by the Civil Service Board, and recommended they be approved. Commissioner Whipple moved the meritorious salary increases be approved: NAME DEPARTMENT STEP SCHEDULE DOLLARS Laverne Davis Finance - Treas. 3-4 18 295-308 James Arlin Police 2-3 27 427-447 Robert V. Lewis " 1-2 27 407-427 John D. McCarthy " 1-2 27 407-427 Lena Norried Public Works-Bldg. Insp. 2-3 17 258-269 Victor Uehling " " -Eng. 3-4 37 715-750 Keith J. Crawford " " - " 3-4 32 563-591 Thomas E. Lawhorn " " -Street 1-2 18 269-282 Motion seconded by Commissioner Fountain and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Fountain, Sharp, Whipple and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Bunker. RESOLUTION City Manager Kennedy presented a resolution to the Water District concerning the Water District distribution system and planning for additional water within the City limits. He stated that this resolution requests that information and plans be furnished the Commission as to how they intend to adequately provide water service for future growth and development within the City. Commissioner Fountain moved the following resolution be adopted: RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the creation of the Las Vegas Valley Water District was authorized by Chapter 167, Laws of Nevada, 1947, to provide for the procurement, storage, distribution and sale of water and rights in the use thereof from Lake Mead for industrial, irrigation, municipal and domestic uses and was given the power and authority to carry out the provisions of said Act; and WHEREAS, an election was held under the provisions of said Act and the establishment of said District was overwhelmingly approved by the qualified electors within the boundaries of said District; and WHEREAS, the said District operates under a Board of Directors elected by the qualified electors within the boundaries of said District and the said Board in its conduct of the affairs of the District is governed solely by the terms of Chapter 167, Laws of Nevada, 1947, as amended, without any control of its affairs except as by the Act provided; and by the Legislature of Nevada; and WHEREAS, the objects and purposes of the Act to be attained place the responsibility therefore "to complete, extend, add to, repair or otherwise improve any works or improvements or property acquired" solely and squarely upon the Board of Directors, making it their duty and responsibility to service new areas with a sufficient, close, supply of water with sufficient pressure to meet the needs of the public; and WHEREAS, the Director of Planning received a communication dated August 22, 1958, signed by the Chief Engineer and General Manager of the Water District that a water supply is not available to service Greater Las Vegas Addition No. 3 "since there is no capacity remaining after present commitments in either the 12-inch line on 25th Street or the 12-inch line on Foremaster. The nearest point at which an adequate supply is available is at the intersection of 25th and Charleston"; and WHEREAS, since the date of August 22, 1958, the newspapers have carried stories that the District now may have a plan which will guarantee water service to Greater Las Vegas No. 3; and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas is greatly concerned as to whether the District has adequately planned for the prospective development of the City of Las Vegas as a whole; and WHEREAS, in the opinion of the Board of Commissioners it is essential that plans must be made immediately for the expansion of water distribution facilities to adequately provide for the development and expansion of the City of Las Vegas; and WHEREAS, if such plans are not adopted with all possible speed it would be a drastic blow to the development and expansion of the City not only by curtailing the construction of badly needed housing, but also by preventing the employment of many citizens of the City in the home construction industry; and WHEREAS, if the City of Las Vegas is to continue to grow, adequate water service to all areas within its boundaries is a necessity; and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners, in the interest of the welfare of the citizens of the City of Las Vegas, feels that it should be advised of the plans of the 9-3-58