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Steps to City Hall are again concrete
The steps into City Hall Aug. 8 were returned to how they originally looked when the building served as the town’s school starting 1932.
The stairs were lopsided and didn’t meet code, so the orange tiles were replaced with new concrete, matching the original pathway from the sidewalk to the building.
City Engineer Jim Keane last month presented plans to the Historic Preservation Committee for a slick, pressed concrete entrance, which was rejected for plain concrete. City Manager Vicki Mayes adopted the committee’s proposal.
Keane said the new steps cost $22,466, about $5,000 less than the colored, stamped concrete would have cost.
UNLV project given six more months
The city extended by six months the deadline for Nevada Test Site Development Corp. to solidify plans for a 33-acre solar energy research center in the city Energy Zone in the Eldorado Valley.
Since 2001, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Research Foundation project has paid $1 a year to reserve the land and has until Feb. 28 next year to present the city a final plan. The Nevada Test Site Development Corp. is an economic development arm of the UNLV Research Foundation.
Loni Benard, contract officer for UNLV Research Foundation, told the City Council that the Nevada Test Site group has $750,000 to construct the building for UNLV students and visitors and is waiting on an environmental impact study of the land required by the Department of Energy.
The UNLV Center for Energy Research will conduct solar research at the center, and tours for the public.
City to donate old computers, TVs
The city plans to donate about 50 computers along with old cables, broken televisions and calculators to the Blind Center of Nevada in Las Vegas.
Maureen Walsh, the city’s information technology manager, said most of the equipment is usable but not for city business. She said the equipment has been collected for several years, and she expects within a few weeks to drop the items off in Las Vegas.
“It helps us out a great deal that we’re disposing of things properly, and it’s a good deed to return them to somebody who might possibly use them,” she said.
Walsh said the center will recycle the items for money.
The Blind Center of Nevada provides a community center, courses and employment for blind or disabled people.
Process for advisory boards changed
For those interested in volunteering on city advisory committees, the City Council will now conduct interviews only for appointments to the Planning Commission.
Other appointments will be made based on volunteer data sheet applications obtained in the City Clerk’s office.
The City Council appointed Russ Gard to the Planning Commission following Karen Knisley’s three unexcused absences in a year— the City Code does not allow any committee or board members more than two missed meetings. Gard’s term will finish in 2011.
The Planning Commission meets monthly to conduct public hearings and make recommendations to the City Council about planning and zoning issues.
The council reappointed Susan McIntyre and Alan Bowman to the Historic Preservation Committee. The two will serve until 2011. Sabina Duke replaced George Rhee, who missed three meetings, and she will serve the remainder of that term, until 2010.
The council also appointed Dick Bravo to represent Boulder City at Community Development Advisory Committee meetings in Las Vegas. Harold Begley left the position after three years.
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