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Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, November 20, 1957 to December 2, 1959, lvc000011-539

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    consisting of more than 60 acres adjacent and contiguous to the limits of the City of Las Vegas, and located in the Unincorporated Town of Winchester, all as provided by N.R.S. 269.020, the Charter of the City of Las Vegas, and County Ordinance No. 97. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas at a regular meeting thereof held on the 5th day of August, 1959, that the Board of County Commissioners be and they hereby are notified that a petition to annex the hereinafter described property to the City of Las Vegas has been received and accepted by the City of Las Vegas. That the said property sought to be annexed is located in the Unincorporated Town of Winchester, Clark County, Nevada; consists of approximately 120 acres; is adjacent and contiguous to the boundaries of the City of Las Vegas; and it is particularly described as follows: That portion of the Northeast Quarter (NE¼) of Section 8, Township 21 South, Range 61 East, M.D.B. & M., Clark County, Nevada, more particularly described as follows: COMMENCING at the Northeast comer of said Section 8, said point being the true point of beginning, thence North 89° 26' 29" West along the north line of said Section a distance of 2609.32 feet to a point; said point being the North 1/4 comer of said section, thence South 03° 51' 05" East along the west line of the said Northeast Quarter (NE¼) of Section 8 a distance of 2610.93 feet to a point, said point being the center of said Section 8, thence South 88° 53' 16" East along the south line of the said Northeast Quarter (NE¼) of Section 8 a distance of 1037.25 feet to a point on the west right-of-way line of the proposed freeway, thence North 35° 31' 49" East along the west right-of-way line of said freeway a distance of 2395.26 feet to a point on the east line of said Section 8, thence North 0° 25' 21" East along the east line of said Section 8, a distance of 650.46 feet to a point, said point being the true point of beginning. The area of said parcel is 119.52 acres more or less. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Resolution be forwarded immediately to the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners of Clark County, Nevada. PASSED, ADOPTED, AND APPROVED this 5th day of August, 1959. /s/ Oran K. Gragson__________ Mayor ATTEST: /s/ Marjorie Holtschlag______ Acting City Clerk Motion seconded by Commissioner Whipple and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Fountain, Sharp, Whipple and His Honor Mayor Gragson voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Elwell. BID NO. 59.51 Commissioner Fountain moved that Bid No. 59.51 for Gasoline for the fiscal year 1959-1960 GASOLINE be awarded to the Union Oil Company of California on the basis of low bid in the amount of $.2402 per gallon. Award - Union Oil Co. Motion seconded by Commissioner Sharp and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Fountain, Sharp, Whipple and His Honor Mayor Gragson voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Elwell. SIDEWALKS - FIRST STREET Commissioner Whipple moved the request of the Public Works Department to go to bid Hoover to Boulder for the installation of sidewalks on First Street from Hoover to Boulder Avenue, bids to be opened August 19, 1959, be approved. (This is a bid for work to be done on a Authorized to go cash assessment district in the amount of $1,232.20). to Bid 8-19-59 Motion seconded by Commissioner Fountain and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Fountain, Sharp, Whipple and His Honor Mayor Gragson voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Elwell. STREET PAVING Commissioner Sharp moved the request of the Public Works Department to go to bid for Bracken Avenue between paving, curb and gutter on Bracken Avenue between 6th and 7th Streets, bid to be 6th and 7th Streets opened August 19, 1959, be approved. (This bid is for a cash assessment district for which the four property owners involved have signified their intentions to deposit Authorized to go the money with the City prior to award of contract; estimated cost in the amount of to Bid 8-19-59 $3,103.54). Motion seconded by Commissioner Fountain and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Fountain, Sharp, Whipple and His Honor Mayor Gragson voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Elwell. TRAFFIC SIGNALS Commissioner Fountain moved the request of the Public Works Department to go to bid Highland Drive for the installation of traffic signals at the intersection of Highland and Bonanza at a total estimated cost of $12,185.00, and at the intersection of Highland and Authorized to go West Charleston, at a total estimated cost of $6,272.00, bid to be opened September to Bid 9-2-59 2, 1959, be approved. Motion seconded by Commissioner Whipple and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Fountain, Sharp, Whipple and His Honor Mayor Gragson voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Elwell. 8-5-59