Council approves creating park blueprint for future needs

Erin Neff

Thursday, Sept. 16, 1999 | 10:10 a.m.

Here is how the Las Vegas City Council voted Wednesday to spend taxpayer money:

To Underground Inc. for Harris Avenue storm drain project.

To Las Vegas Paving Corp. for Summerlin Parkway/Town Center Drive to the Las Vegas Beltway work.

To Haworth Inc. for modular furniture.

To Pluto Technologies International Inc. for a playback server to be used to transmit programs over cable television.

To the state Department of Motor Vehicles and Public Safety for a monthly record of individuals with outstanding parking tickets so the DMV can deny vehicle registration.

To A.C. Houston Lumber Co. for plasterboard insulation.

For professional services contract approved for Talbot Insurance and Financial Services of Nevada Inc.

The Las Vegas City Council Wednesday approved the development of a master plan for parks and trails that will anticipate the next 20 years of growth.

The master plan, which will be developed through city staff efforts, committees and public input, will be a uniform parks and trails vision when completed.

"This is an effort at prioritizing our future improvements for parks and trails," city planner Chris Knight said.

Councilman Larry Brown spoke to the urgency of meeting this need.

"Just keep going as fast as we can," Brown advised planning staff.

Councilwoman Lynette Boggs McDonald asked if the city had determined a set acreage of parks per 1,000 residents as a goal.

"That's what we will try to do as part of this process," Planning Director Tim Chow said.

In addition to the master plan concept, the City Council also did some specific parks planning Wednesday by authorizing staff to apply for a land lease.

The city will relinquish a previous application to the Bureau of Land Management for 37.5 acres near Lone Mountain Road and Durango Drive to allow Clark County to apply for the lease.

The county plans to build a park at the site.

But the city will retain about 2.5 acres of the land for construction of a fire station.

Under terms of the deal, the county will agree to relinquish the lease if it decides not to build the park.

"The county has made no bones about its commitment to build a park there," Brown said, added he wanted the relinquishment language added to the agreement for the city's protection in the event the county is somehow unable to build the park.