Trail gets boost in North Las Vegas

Purchase earmarks land for outdoor recreation

The North Las Vegas City Council on Oct. 20 approved purchasing 13,320 square feet of land west of Camino Al Norte and south of Lone Mountain Road to use as part of the Las Vegas Wash trail project, a 2.6-mile, 10-foot-wide multi-use cement pathway for walkers, roller-bladers and bicyclists.

When completed, the pathway will serve as a small portion of a regional trail system linking North Las Vegas to the Las Vegas Wetlands Park and Lake Mead National Recreation Area in the east, and Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area in the west.

The city purchased the land for $33,000 from Joseph and Melinda Kennedy.

"At $3 or so a square foot, we'll take all we can get," Mayor Michael Montandon said.

In other business, the council:

• Approved a $102,384 memorandum of understanding between WestCare Nevada, Southern Nevada Hospitals, North Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Henderson, Boulder City and Clark County to pay for operational costs of the WestCare Community Triage Center through June 30.

• Adopted an ordinance to reclassify 11 acres from open land to single-family residential at the southwest corner of Roaring Surf Drive and Ann Road, where KB Home Nevada plans to build 45 homes.

• Adopted an ordinance to reclassify 4 acres in Aliante from master-planned community to master-planned/single-family residential district soNorth Valley Enterprises can proceed with building 25 single-family homes at the southeast corner of Lintwhite and Fruit Dove streets.

• Adopted an ordinance to reclassify 4 acres from ranch estates to planned unit development at the northwest corner of Commerce Street and Tropical Parkway, where R.L. Homes plans to build 22 detached single-family homes.

• Approved a five-year lease agreement with City Centre Plaza for office space at 2225 Civic Center Drive, Suite 220, for the Community Development Code Enforcement Division, with rent for 2004-05 totaling $36,315.


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