Henderson City Council briefs

Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 | 10:04 p.m.

Flashing lights for school zones OK'd

The Henderson City Council unanimously authorized a request Tuesday to put flashing school beacons at two intersections near Henderson schools.

The two intersections are Pecos Road at Robindale Road, near Cox Elementary, and Warm Springs Road at Valle Verde Drive, near McDoniel Elementary.

The request came from the city's Public Works Department. The beacons will be designed and installed by department employees using a budget of $45,000 that will be taken from the contributions that the city requires of developers for traffic improvements.

Construction of new trail approved

A three-quarter mile trail segment will soon be built to connect existing city and county trail systems along Eastern Avenue.

The Cactus Wren Trail will begin at Eastern Avenue just north of Jeffreys Street and run north alongside a recently improved wash until it joins with Clark County's Interstate 215 trail.

The City Council unanimously voted to award the $736,000 construction contract to Gothic Landscaping. The project is funded by the Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act, which allows Clark County and cities in the Las Vegas Valley to nominate nearby federal lands held by the Bureau of Land Management for public auction, then use proceeds for parks and trails development.

Repair job for Downs 5 Trail awarded

A flood-ravaged trail near Racetrack Road and Newport Drive that has been fenced off since it was destroyed in 2005 will soon be repaired.

The Downs 5 Trail is less than a half mile long but has been targeted by Henderson park planners as an important cog in the city's trail system because of the connection it provides among several park facilities, primarily from Saguaro Park to the under-construction Heritage Park.

Plans for the restoration were approved more than a year ago. The City Council awarded the $829,000 construction contract Oct. 7 to Southwest Iron Works. The project is funded through the Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act.

Anthem East Trail to be constructed

The City Council approved the Anthem East Trail, a 10-mile trail system built east of Sun City Anthem in the McCullough Mountains.

Henderson has obtained $925,000 through the Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act to pay for the city's six-mile portion of the trail. The other four miles has already been built by Sun City developer Pulte Homes, which also paid for the planning of Anthem East, park planner Patricia Ayala said. The trail travels through undeveloped Bureau of Land Management land in the McCullough Mountain range, she said.

American Asphalt and Grading Company won the bid to do the city's share of the work.

More information about the Anthem East Trail and other parks and trails projects funded by the lands management act is available online at www.hendersonparksandtrails.com.

State senior nutrition grant awarded

The City Council accepted a $224,000 grant from the Nevada Division of Aging Services that will fund Henderson's senior nutrition program for the next year.

Combined with the $48,000 in matching salary that the grants required of the city, the program will have $272,000 for the year from Oct. 1, 2008, to Sept. 30, 2009.

Henderson's program provides senior meals at the Black Mountain Recreation Center and a meal delivery service for seniors Monday through Friday. Seniors are asked to donate $1.50 per meal. People under 60 are asked to donate $3.

— Compiled by Jeremy Twitchell