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Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, November 20, 1957 to December 2, 1959, lvc000011-574

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    Motion seconded by Commissioner Fountain and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Elwell, Fountain, Whipple and His Honor Mayor Gragson voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Sharp. VACATION; VIEW This being the time heretofore set for public hearing regarding the vacation of LAKE & 26TH STREETS View, Lake and 26th streets and alleys, Vacation Petition (V-3-59) received from Clark County School District, His Honor Mayor Gragson asked if there were any Public Hearing objections to this vacation and none were voiced or filed. Order Adopted Commissioner Fountain moved the following Order of Vacation be adopted and copy of order filed with the County Recorder of Clark County: ORDER OF VACATION A Petition, dated the 28th day of May, 1959, signed by the Clark County School District, by its president and Clerk, and three (3) freeholders residing in the area affected, having been filed with the Clerk of this Board, petitioning for the vacation of a portion of certain streets and alleys wholly within Sunrise Tract No. 1, hereinafter described, and said petition having been by order of this Board referred to the City Planning Commission for its recommendation in the premises, and said Planning Commission having filed its report, dated August 13, 1959; with this Board approving and recommending such vacation; And this Board, by an order made at its regular meeting held on the 19th day of August, 1959; set the 7th day of October, 1959, at the hour of 7:30 P.M. in the Council Chambers of the City Hall, 400 Stewart Street, in the City of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, as the time and place for a public hearing on said petition and recommendation, and ordered the City Clerk to cause the aforesaid streets and alleys and parts thereof proposed to be vacated to be posted with a notice setting forth the time and place of the public hearing and the extent of the proposed vacation; And it appearing from the affidavit of Dwight Engebregson filed with the Clerk of this Board, that the notice provided for in said order, a copy of which notice is attached to said affidavit, was posted on the 28th day of August, 1959; in the manner prescribed by said order; And this being the time fixed for the hearing on said petition for vacation and the recommendation of the City Planning Commission thereof, and this Board having heard evidence in support of and there being no opposition to said petition and recommendation; And it appearing to the satisfaction of this Board that the portions of the streets and alleys proposed to be vacated is no longer required for the public use and convenience, and that said vacation will enure to the benefit of the City of Las Vegas, and that neither the public nor any person will be materially injured thereby; IT IS HEREBY ORDERED That the following described portions of certain streets and alleys wholly within Sunrise Tract No. 1 as shown in Book 2 of Plats, Page 2, recorded in the Office of the County Recorder, Clark County, Nevada, lying within the West One-half of the Southwest One-Quarter of Section 36, Township 20 South, Range 61 East, M.D.B.&M., being more particularly described as follows, to wit: PARCEL 1: The South One-half of Lake Street and the 20 foot alley as shown in Block 5, Sunrise Park, Tract 1, aforementioned. PARCEL 2: The South One-half of View Street, North One-half of Lake Street, and the 20 foot alley as shown in Block 6, Sunrise Park Tract 1 above mentioned. Reserving therefrom an easement along, under and across said 20 foot alley for utility purposes. PARCEL 3: The East 10 feet of 26th Street, more particularly described as follows, to wit: Commencing at the Northwest corner of Sunrise Acres as shown by map thereof in Book 2 of Plats, Page 23, in the Office of the County Recorder, Clark County, Nevada, said point also being a point on the East right-of-way line of 26th Street (formerly 2nd Street) as shown by map of Sunrise Park, Tract 1, above mentioned, thence North 0° 27' 30" East along said East right-of-way line of 26th Street a distance of 60.01 feet to the True Point of Beginning, said point being a point on the North right-of-way line of Sunrise Avenue as now established by the Office of the City Engineering Department, shown by drawing thereof in File 107V-366, thence North 0° 27' 30" East along said East right-of-way a distance of 391 feet more or less to the Northwest corner of the Clark County School District Variety School, as amended, thence North 88° 00' West a distance of 10 feet, thence South 0° 27' 30" West a distance of 391 feet more or less to a point on the North right-of-way line of Sunrise Avenue aforementioned, thence South 88° 44' East along said North right-of-way line a distance of 10 feet to the True Point of Beginning; be and the same are hereby vacated, subject to the following conditions: 1. That the alley between Lake and View Streets be retained due to the existence of a water line. 2. The retention of the westerly 20' of 26th St. due to a sewer line. 10-7-59