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Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, November 20, 1957 to December 2, 1959, lvc000011-73

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    FREEWAY ALIGNMENT Mayor Baker announced that the recommendation from the Urban Renewal Advisory Committee, endorsed by the City Planning Commission, suggesting an adjustment to the proposed freeway alignment through the Westside area so that it will take in the Westside School and the recreation area, will be filed unless there are any objections. No objections were raised. SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT The Commission considered the request of John A. Carollo for payment of Proposed Enlargement $6,350.00 for the preparation of plans and specifications for the enlargement to the Sewage Treatment Plant. Commissioner Whipple moved this request be approved and payment of $6,350.00 to John A. Carollo authorized. Motion seconded by Commissioner Bunker and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Bunker, Fountain, Whipple and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Sharp. STREET REPAIR CONTRACT Works Engineer Uehling presented a request from the Engineering Department that an additional amount of $6,000 be allotted to continue contract payments for the Street repair work. Commissioner Fountain moved this request be approved and that $6,000.00 be allotted for the continuance of street repair work. Motion seconded by Commissioner Whipple and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Bunker, Fountain, Whipple and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Sharp. REMODELING OF CITY Consideration was given to the request of the Engineering Department for the HALL acceptance and final payment on the Remodeling of the City Hall. Field Engineer Acceptance and Final Hansen stated that the work was completed on January 15, 1958 and the Notice of Payment Completion recorded on January 30, 1958. He recommended that the construction be accepted, the Performance Bond released and payment of $3,071.57 authorized. Commissioner Bunker moved the construction of the Remodeling of City Hall be accepted, the Performance Bond of P & C Construction Co. released and payment of the retention of $3,071.57 authorized. Motion seconded by Commissioner Whipple and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Bunker, Fountain, Whipple and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Sharp. LIONS CLUB PARK Mr. Hansen requested that the construction of the restrooms at Lions Club Park RESTROOMS be accepted, the Performance Bond released and the payment of the retention of Acceptance and Final Payment $509.65 approved. He stated that the work was completed December 31, 1957 and the Notice of Completion filed on January 23, 1958. Commissioner Whipple moved the construction of the restrooms at Lions Club Park be accepted, the Performance Bond released and payment of the retention to P and C Construction Co. in the amount of $509.65 authorized. Motion seconded by Commissioner Fountain and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Bunker, Fountain, Whipple and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Sharp. RESOLUTION ACCEPTING Consideration was given to the quitclaim deed from Ira and Rossie Lawson for a R/W DEED portion of Cunningham Drive. Cunningham Drive On motion of Commissioner Bunker, duly seconded by Commissioner Whipple and carried unanimously, the following resolution is adopted and order made: RESOLUTION OF ACCEPTANCE OF QUITCLAIM DEED On motion of Commissioner Wendell Bunker, duly seconded by Commissioner Reed Whipple, and carried unanimously, the following Resolution is adopted, and order made: BE IT RESOLVED, this 5 day of March, 1958, by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, County of Clark, State of Nevada, that the deed, dated the 17 day of February, 1958, executed by Ira Lawson and Rossie Lawson, husband and wife to the City of Las Vegas, County of Clark, State of Nevada, and that the real property described therein be, and is hereby accepted, for the purposes of street; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this Resolution be attached to said deed, and that the same be recorded in the Office of the County Recorder of the County of Clark, State of Nevada, and this resolution be filed in the records of this Board. CHARITABLE SOLICITATION Commissioner Whipple moved the following applications for charitable solicitations PERMITS permits be approved, as recommended by the Solicitations Review Board, and the Supervisor of License and Revenue authorized to issue the permits: Frontier Girl Scouts Council Disabled American Veterans Rose De Lima Hospital Auxiliary Soroptomist Club Mesquite Club St. Theresa's Guild, St. Christopher's Episcopal Church Rancho High School PTA American Cancer Society Nevada Society for Crippled Children St. Ann's Catholic Church Altar Society 3-5-58