City to take look at golf course land swap

Erin Neff

Tuesday, Aug. 31, 1999 | 11:05 a.m.

The city of Las Vegas isn't so sure Silver Creek Golf Inc. is making an offer too good to refuse.

In fact, the council's Real Estate Committee on Monday killed the proposed exchange of 1.4 acres of city land to help Silver Creek increase access to its golf course.

"I believe it would affect us financially, and I would like to get more information," said David Roark, the city's manager of Real Estate and Assets.

Robert D. Martin, president of Silver Creek Golf, wrote to the city July 6 about the access to his company's 196-acre parcel directly south of 37.16 acres owned by the city. The golf course property is generally located on Desert Inn Road, south of the city's Waste Water Treatment Plant.

In the letter Martin says his company had been negotiating with city Public Works Director Richard Goecke for months. Goecke rejected a Silver Creek request to sell the acreage in question, Martin wrote.

Martin requested that the city exchange 50 feet on the western edge of the property in exchange for land Silver Creek owns at the southern end of the city's acre parcel.

Roark said he was concerned about the potential costs of public improvements that may be required of the city by Clark County if the exchange were approved.

"I can certainly appreciate that," said Councilman Gary Reese, agreeing to Roark's request to strike the item.

The city's Public Works department will now meet with counterparts from Clark County to discuss public improvement and right-of-way issues before the land exchange is again considered.

In other business, the Real Estate Committee forwarded two park-related items to the full City Council for consideration Wednesday.

One is a request to authorize staff to apply for a Bureau of Land Management lease for 105 acres of land at the southwest corner of Jensen Street and Alexander Road.

The other is a request to apply for a BLM lease of 80 acres at the northwest corner of Hualapai Way and Alexander Road.

Both leases, if approved by the BLM, would allow the city to construct a master-planned park in that area.