Las Vegas City Council briefs for December 7, 2000

Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000 | 10:46 a.m.

Spending

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

To Korte-Bellew & Assoc. for construction of the Stewart Avenue parking garage.

To Richardson Construction, Inc. for expansion of Bunker Park.

To Leader Industries for four road rescue medic units.

To HCA Architects for the design of the West Service Center's permit center at Ronemus and Peak Drive.

To Ninyo & Moore to provide special inspections and testing for the Stewart Avenue parking garage.

For design agreement with WLB Group Inc. for engineering and landscaping planning for Redwood Oakey Park.

To Chapman's Las Vegas Dodge for four animal control trucks.

Facility planned in northwest LV

Another municipal golf course will be built thanks to a decision Wednesday by the Las Vegas City Council to finance the project.

The council unanimously approved a resolution directing the Clark County Debt Management Commission to issue $12 million in general obligation bonds to build a golf course.

The city plans to build a municipal course at Cheyenne Avenue and Durango Drive. The city currently owns a course at Decatur Boulevard and Washington Avenue.

Martin reappointed to committee

Nevada State Bank chief executive William Martin was reappointed Wednesday to another term on the city's Audit Oversight Committee.

Martin has already served one term on the committee and acted as chairman for two years. He was appointed to the unexpired seat of former City Councilman Scott Higginson four months ago.

The audit committee discusses reports from the city's internal auditor and from outside auditing firms and also makes policy recommendations to the council about the city's audit functions.

Public hearing scheduled Dec. 18

The city of Las Vegas took the first formal step Wednesday to annex 661 acres of northwest land from Clark County.

The area in question -- west of Hualapai Way and north of Grand Teton Road -- is currently undeveloped. The Bureau of Land Management and 27 private residents own some portion of the property.

The annexation will be the subject of a public hearing Dec. 18 at 4 p.m. in the eighth-floor conference room at City Hall, and must go before the full council in January for final approval, before taking place Jan. 12.

Plan would limit placement

Developers won't just be able to plop signs haphazardly throughout commercial centers under a proposal introduced Wednesday by Councilman Larry Brown.

Brown is sponsoring a bill to revise the onsite sign requirements for nonresidential developments that have a significant impact on surrounding areas.

Any proposed development that meets certain threshold requirements would be required to submit a master sign plan to the Planning Commission and City Council for approval.

Brown said the proposal will encourage integration and centralization of signage and help reduce visual blight and clutter.

A public hearing on the proposal will take place Dec. 18 at 4 p.m. in the eighth-floor conference room at City Hall.

Rezoning sought in northwest

Just weeks after voters approved a fire bond to fund new stations in Las Vegas, the city took steps Wednesday to build a station in the northwest.

The City Council unanimously approved a rezoning and a general plan amendment to allow a fire station to be built on the northwest corner of Torrey Pines Drive and Smoke Ranch Road.

The 2.5-acre parcel was previously zoned for residence estates and was listed under the general plan as medium-low residential. Now the site is listed as a public facility and is zoned for a civic use.

Council approves development plan

Construction will begin shortly on a proposed Andre Agassi Charter School in West Las Vegas after the City Council on Wednesday approved a site development plan.

The school will be built on nearly eight acres on the southwest corner of Lake Mead Boulevard and J Street.

The Andre Agassi Foundation plans to open the facility as a middle school, with possible expansion to other grades in the future.