Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, August 11, 1942 to December 30, 1946, lvc000005-447

PRESENT: Louis Cohen T. A. Wells Frank Dio Dato FRANK MCNAMEE, representing Lois Craig Horace Goldenberg Edith Woodard F. W. Backer A. F. Winter Jessie M. Hunt La Dorna B. Lake Emily L. Hunt C. E. Caramon Jean Pace Isadore Teacher Francis C. Hayes A. H. Werner James F. Schuylem Elmer D. Campbell Marian T. Campbell Thomas A. Campbell Stanley D. Stuart Letea Kerns E. J. Kerns B. L. Doches Louis E. Walton Jeannie M. Walton Burton A. Miller Helen R. Miller John F. Morgan, Jr. Anna May Weller Sam Farkas John Hughes Mary B. Hughes E. Ranch Village, Inc. Theodore R. Couch Melba K. Couch Edward Steam Joe Schramm Dlia Stearns W. J. Moore Harold Hind Ballard Barron M. D. Close W. W. Cole Nate Mack Murray W. Wollman Jerome D. Mack Louis Mack Nevada Broadcasting Harry Mack McKesson Welch Company Marion B. Hicks Clifford A. Jones L. A. Woitishek M. M. Sweeney J. H. Gates Ed Cantley, Jr. F. L. Morledge L. R. Harris Hotel El Rancho,Inc. Lillian Nelson R. A. Kaufman Pacific States Theatre, Ridgeview States, Vegas Valley Develop- Inc. Ltd. men Co., Ltd. MR. FRANK MCNAMEE: These have all signed formal petitions of protest which we will present before the meeting is over. COMMISSIONER CLARK; Are all the signers property owners there? MR. MCNAMEE: I have a list of all the property owners, and the list shows those who have signed and those who have not signed. Here's a list -- it shows everyone who owns property on that strip. A check before the name shows who signed. Some were not contacted. THE MAYOR: Are any other parties present not represented by counsel who have not been named by Mr. McNamee? MR. MORRIS ROSE responds. MR. MCNAMEE: Gentlemen, on behalf of the names I read, I would like to read a petition in protest that was signed by them. (Mr. McNamee read the petition, the original of which is on file In the City Clerk’s Office.) Gentlemen, in support of the protest, I wish to call to your attention to the ordinance which requires the consent of the freeholders of the part to be annexed. It is the 1943 Amendment, which reads: (Mr. McNamme reads Ordinance Section 2. The Annexation of Adjacent Territory Manner of Procedure of. Am. by Ch. 122 1937; Ch. 155, 1939; Ch. 179, 1943.) We submit all these protests, asking that they be filed, and claiming that they represent the protests of a majority of the freeholders residing therein, and our contention that the City has no further jurisdiction to proceed in the matter. MR. LOUIS COHEN: I wish at this time to protest to this annexation, and to subscribe to all of the grounds mentioned by Mr. McNamee as reasons therefor, and I wish that a notation be made that I own a l/6th interest in the following: N½ of the SW¼ and the SE¼ of the SW¼ and the E½ of the SW¼ of the SW¼ all in Sec. 21, Tep. 21S, R. 61 E, MDB and M. THE MAYOR: Is there any one present who has not signed the petition who wishes to make a statement? MR. WILLIAM J. MORRE, JR.: I would like to make a statement in addition to the things already brought out. As far as the average business in the territory is concerned, it has its own sewerage disposal, its own water system, its own street lighting (if they have any); Its own paving, and the only thing that Is supplied from the outside in any way is electricity. We have sizable Investments in these facilities just named, which investments would be duplicated were the City to come into the territory with these facilities, and for that reason, we can see no reason for the City coming In. MR. R. A. KAUFMAN: It occurs to me that probably one important point here is missing. If I understand that ordinance right, it says, "the majority of the freeholders.” Now, whether that would mean the amount of acreage represented or the number of people, or both, I think It would be a good idea if somebody would figure out the exact percentage of the acreage, and also of the number of signers, because a majority necessarily is determined by over 50%. THE MAYOR: In behalf of this Board, it didn't have any Idea of going out there and annexing the strip in order to do something disagreeable to you. We are faced with a problem in Las Vegas that you are all familiar with, and I would like to read some of the notes we already prepared at our meeting. We realized that you people would come in and protest. It’s natural. We would probably protest too if we were out there but you can’t blame us for trying.