Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, February 17, 1937 to August 4, 1942, lvc000004-354

Voting aye: Commissioners Ronnow Gilbert, Corradetti, and Mr. Krause the Mayor Pro tem. Voting no; None Absent and not voting, Mayor Russell. The matter of dedicating ground adjacent to the access road from Highway 91 to the Las Vegas Municipal Airport for beautification purposes was considered at this time the following Resolution was introduced and adopted: R.E.S.O.L U T I O N WHEREAS the City of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, has recently acquired certain lands in Sections three (3) and four (4) in Township twenty (20) South Range sixty-two (62) East, M.D.B. & M. for the purpose of the acquisition and development of the Las Vegas Municipal Airport , and, WHEREAS it is necessary and essentia 1 that a highway be constructed into said airport from State highway Route #6, Section D2, which is a part of U.S. Highway #91, over said lands now owned by the said City of Las Vegas, and, WHEREAS A map and plat of said proposed access highway has been submitted to and filed with the City Clerk of the said City of Las Vegas by the Department of Highways of the State of Nevada, and, WHEREAS a description, by metes and bounds, of said proposed access highway has been furnished to the said City of Las Vegas by the said Department of highways of the said State of Nevada, and, WHEREAS said map and plat shows, in blue color, certain lands contiguous to said access highway which are desired to be used for park or beautification areas, and, WHEREAS a description by metes and bounds, of said proposed park and beautification areas has been furnished to the said City of Las Vegas by said Department of Highways of the State of Nevada, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the following described lands be and the same are hereby dedicated to the public for park and beautification areas, and the exclusive use thereof, for park and beautification areas is hereby reserved to the public, to wit: That piece or parcel of land bounded on the east by the east boundary line of said Section four (4), on the South by the South boundary of the Northeast one-quarter (NE¼) of the Northeast; one-quarter (NE¼) of said Section four (4), on the southwest side by the northeast, fifty foot right of way line of the Airport Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, and on the northeast side by the southeasterly, seventy-five foot, highway right of way line, exclusive of that two hundred (200) foot public highway established by the City of Las Vegas which is a part of the Airport Access Road. Said above described lands shall be used only for the park purposes and beautification areas and whenever the same shall cease to be used for said purposes, then the full title to the same shall revert to and be vested in the said City of Las Vegas. Commissioner Gilbert proposed the adoption of the above and foregoing resolution and the same Was seconded by Commissioner Ronnow and upon being put to a vote, the same was passed and adopted by the following vote: Voting aye: Commissioners Ronnow , Gilbert, Corradetti ,and Mayor Pro tem Krause. Voting no: None Absent and not voting, Mayor Russell . On motion of Commissioner Gilbert seconded by Commissioner Corradetti it was moved and carried that the Mayor Pro Tem Mr. Krause and City Clerk sign the form of agreement filed with the Board from the Department of Highways, State of Nevada governing the size of signs or bill hoards on ground owned by the City near the airport. Vote Commissioners Ronnow, Gilbert, Corradetti and Mayor Pro Tem Krause voting aye. Noes none. It was brought to the attention of the Board the necessity of purchasing four (4) fire hydrants to be installed by the Las V gas Land & Water Co. while installing new water mains on streets in the City of Las Vegas. This appearing as an emergency it was on motion of Commissioner Gilbert seconded by Commissioner Corradetti moved and carried that the City purchase four (4) Mueller Fire Hydrants at the cost of $76.00 each. Vote commissioners Ronnow, Gilbert, Corradetti and Mayor Pro Tem Krause voting aye. Noes, none. No further business appearing before the Board at this time on motion of Commissioner Ronnow seconded by Commissioner Gilbert it was moved and carried that this meeting recess until Monday May 12th at the hour of ten o'clock A.M. on said day. Vote Commissioners Ronnow, Gilbert, Corradetti and Mayor Pro Tem Krause voting aye. Noes, none. There upon said meeting recessed, until Monday May 12th, 1940 at 10 o'clock A.M.