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ACCEPTANCE OF NOTICE We, the undersigned Mayor, Commissioners, City Manager, Assistant City Manager and City Attorney of the City of Las Vegas do hereby admit due service of the foregoing notice of Special Meeting. C. D. Baker_____________________________________________Rex A. Jarrett__________ Harris P. Sharp________ _____Howard W. Cannon________ Wendell Bunker_________ _____Robert W. Notti_________ Las Vegas, Nevada January 3, 1955 (CALL OF SPECIAL MEETING) A special meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada held this 3rd day of January, 1955 was called to order at the hour of 9:30 A.M. by His Honor Mayor Baker with the following members present: Mayor C. D. Baker Commissioner Wendell Bunker Commissioner Rex A. Jarrett Commissioner Harris P. Sharp Asst. City Mgr. Robert W. Notti City Attorney Howard W. Cannon City Clerk Shirley Ballinger Absent: Commissioner Reed Whipple City Manager George Rounthwaite Commissioner Sharp moved the City having received a resolution from the Chamber of Commerce favoring the acquisition of the Las Vegas Jackey Club property for the public use by the City and County, that the City go on record as favoring a request to the Referee in Bankruptcy that the property not be turned back to the bond holders at the present if possible in order to give the governing bodies concerned time to study the advisability of acquisition for public use. Motion seconded by Commissioner Bunker and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Bunker, Jarrett, Sharp, and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Whipple. Commissioner Jarrett moved since Mr. J. M. Weller was given a contract in July, 1954 for completion of plans for a recreation hall on the Westside, and WHEREAS, no plans have been received or no preliminary proposal having been furnished to the City, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Mr. Weller be instructed to appear before the Board of Commissioners on January 5, 1955 to show cause why the agreement should not be terminated and he be requested to refund to the City the money heretofore advanced. Motion seconded by Commissioner Sharp and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Bunker, Jarrett, Sharp and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Whipple. There being no further business to come before this special meeting Commissioner Bunker moved this meeting adjourn. Motion seconded by Commissioner Sharp and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Bunker, Jarrett, Sharp and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Whipple Las Vegas, Nevada January 5, 1955 A regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, held the 5th day of January 1955, was called to order by His Honor Mayor Baker at the hour of 7:30 P.M., with the following members present: Mayor c. D. Baker Commissioner Wendell Bunker Commissioner Reed Whipple 1-3-55 1-5-55 LAS VEGAS JOCKEY CLUB Acquisition WESTSIDE RECREATION PLANS