Las Vegas City Council briefs for November 2, 2000

Thursday, Nov. 2, 2000 | 11:31 a.m.

Spending

How the Las Vegas City Council decided to spend taxpayer dollars:

To cover cost overruns at the Gowan South Detention Basin Park project.

To various suppliers for pipe, fittings, valves, cleaners and primers to be used at the Water Pollution Control Facility.

To Seepex Inc. for 11 grinders to prevent buildup of debris in sludge pumps, lines and meters.

To Comsource for Motorola radios.

To Broadbent & Assoc. to isolate contaminated soil at Fire Station #1.

Development gains approval

A massive commercial development planned along the border of Summerlin once included a hotel, a six-story office tower and an amphitheater.

But when the second phase of Boca Park was approved by the Las Vegas City Council on Wednesday, it had a decidedly different look and nearly no opposition.

The 723,150-square-foot retail and office development approved Wednesday for 41 acres at Charleston and Rampart boulevards won accolades from politicians, developers and residents alike.

"We really have gone through many evolutions," Councilwoman Lynette Boggs McDonald said. "I really think that the plan before us really has taken into account the neighbors' concerns."

The planned six-story office building will now be three stories and the hotel and amphitheater are gone from the second phase of Boca Park's development. The first phase included a Vons grocery store and Target Greatland.

Residents now will get the city's first Great Indoors store, a large home decor and home design center, and a Fashion Village with stores like Victoria's Secret and The Gap.

The Great Indoors store is planning to open in late 2001 for the holiday shopping season.

Plan would expand Order Out Corridor

Las Vegas City Attorney Brad Jerbic wants to expand the city's so-called Order Out Corridor in quick fashion.

Jerbic proposed an ordinance that expands the area from which people convicted of certain prostitution or drug-related offenses can have their offenses suspended by agreeing to stay away.

The Order Out Corridor presently includes Las Vegas Boulevard from Charleston Boulevard to Sahara Avenue and the area bounded by Main Street, Charleston Boulevard, Eastern Avenue and Washington Avenue.

Jerbic's proposal, introduced Wednesday, would expand the corridor to the areas between I-15 and Main Street from Bonneville Avenue to Charleston and the area between I-15 and Las Vegas Boulevard from Charleston to Sahara.

The proposed expansion would also include the area east of Atlantic Avenue, north of Sahara and south and west of Fremont Street and Boulder Highway.

Jerbic asked the council to fast-track the item so it is ready for approval at either the Nov. 15 or Dec. 6 meeting. The proposal is subject to a public hearing Nov. 6 at 4 p.m. in the conference room at City Hall.

Lease agreement gets unanimous OK

The Las Vegas City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved a lease agreement to provide land for the planned Agassi Charter School in West Las Vegas.

The 49-year lease allows Charter School Development Foundation to build the charter school on 7.5 acres of vacant land currently owned by the city at Lake Mead Boulevard and J Street.

The $3.1 million school will serve students in grades five through eight initially and may expand to elementary and high-school aged students in additional phases

Councilwoman Lynette Boggs McDonald abstained from the vote because she is active in a church whose property is near the school site.

51-unit family project approved

Downtown redevelopment efforts got another boost Wednesday as the Las Vegas City Council unanimously approved a 51-unit multi-family residential development on Las Vegas Boulevard.

L'Octaine, which is being developed by the Tom Hom Group of San Diego, will be on the corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Gass Avenue.

The four-story project includes a parking garage and 3,260 feet of retail space on the ground floor.

L'Octaine will have a combination of studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments with a affordable and market rate units.

The Tom Hom Group has already built Campaige Place, a single-room occupancy project on Stewart Avenue at Ninth Street, and is planning loft-style apartments on Las Vegas Boulevard at Hoover Avenue.