Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, January 7, 1947 to October 26, 1949, lvc000006-194

174 WHEREAS, all applications for loans to finance major housing construction projects in the State of Nevada must first be filed with said branch Office at the City of Reno for preliminary consideration and then forwarded by said office to the main area office in San Francisco, California, for further and final consideration and disposition, thereby entailing an ex­panded period of time before such loans may be consumated and necessarily resulting in the delay of essential construction, now, therefore, be it RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas at a recessed regular meeting thereof held on the 8th day of December, 1947, that it respectfully urge upon the Federal Housing Administration the imperative need of the City of Las Vegas for the expeditious determination of applications for loans on building construction in the City of Las Vegas, and as a means of equating such result to establish in the state of Nevada a main area office where such applications may be acted upon and disposed of with finality, and be it further RESOLVED that the City Clerk be and she is hereby ordered and directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the federal Housing Administration in Washington D. C. and to the members of the congressional delegation of the State of Nevada. Attest: Helen Scott Reed /s/ E. W. Cragin /s/ City Clerk Mayor Commissioner Clark moved that the foregoing resolution be adopted and a copy forwarded to our representatives in Washington D. C. Motion seconded by Commissioner Whipple and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Baskin, Clark, Whipple and His Honor voting aye. Noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Moore. RESOLUTION NO. 1ll The following resolution was presented to the Board for their consideration: Re: aid to Indians RESOLUTION NO. 1ll WHEREAS, the American Indian is a ward of the United States, and his welfare, and well-being is a responsibility of the Government of the United States, and WHEREAS, the Indians on the Navajo Reservations have for some time past and are at present in destitute condition and suffering acutely for want of food, clothing, medicine and medical care, and WHEREAS, every humanitarian instinct and every sense of governmental responsibility dictates the need for immediate aid to the Navajo Indians who face cold and hunger this winter, now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas at a regular meeting thereof held on the 8th day of December, 1947, that it respectfully urge the members of the congressional delegation of the State of Nevada to take every advisable step to procure the adoption by the Government of the United States of all measures deemed necessary to bring immediate aid to the Navajo Indians to alleviate their present distress and generally ameliorate their economic condition, and be it further RESOLVED that the City Clerk be and she is hereby directed to send a copy to the Congressional Delegation of the State of Nevada. ATTEST: /s/ Helen Scott Reed E. W. Cragin /s/ city Clerk Mayor Thereafter Commissioner Clark moved that the foregoing resolution be approved and adopted. Motion seconded by Commissioner Baskin and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Baskin, Clark, Whipple and His Honor voting aye. Noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Moore. There being no further business to come before the meeting at this time, Commissioner Baskin moved that this meeting adjourn until December 22 at the hour of 2:00 p.m. Motion seconded by Commissioner Whipple and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Baskin, Clark, Whipple and His Honor voting aye. Noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Moore. Attest: Approved: city clerk Mayor Las Vegas, Nevada December 15, 1947 CALL OF SPECIAL MEETING TO: HELEN SCOTT REED, City Clerk Las Vegas, Nevada A Special