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NOTES T A K E N ® A HEARING IN THE C H A M B E R ® THE CITY COMMISSION-i t ERS OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS, WITH PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF LAS VEGAS LAND AND WATER CO. 9:10 / A.M. July 31, 1950. Present: All Commissioners, City Manager, and Stenog. Mr. Williams of State Public Service Commission Folger-Bennett-Adamson for Water Company. Water District Manager present, with O.K. from S. Butterfield The Mayor first asked Mr. Williams to make a statement as to his findings but Williams preferred to go back a year and tell of then ^hen hp mp4- w ith the local Fire Chief, studied the reports of the Board of. Fire Underwriters as to a better and satisfactory distribution system, which later he found, had been executed by the Company, and the Fire Chief *was now satisfied with the fire pressure Referred to new U n e s - w S l S L ^ i t S d ^ e T i d not S o w c o n S l i o S a f S loday! Argues'with llnS* FOLGER then remarked that he had no control west tracks so that let him out. That the underground basin was being exhausted, but thatA DAtMhSeO Nn,e w fopri pet hme aWiants erh adC o.b,e ewno nldaeidr.e d what amount of _w_a+t_e_r^he^ City could consume- apparently the only answer is t g previous Any additional wells in the underground basin simply xob all previous w e U Y q u better sell and Set out if you are not going to^do ~jmvthing * The Water District will not help the water situation j.n Tas Vegas because they have 5 MGD allocated for the Air Base for the Striu—'’O 1 MGD is a pittance for Las Vegas who will have t pay taxes ? "We cannot find a market for #50,000 improvement bonds How can District sell #5,000,000 issue. We get 41 cents on the tax le y. We cannot give that to water District I " -JL*, A t lie wj_th PECC0LE: There is inadequate storage ]? fauli ^ e * How Jtihgp Distribution system. The District is moving at a snail pace . n o w thev raidemoney ? General obligation bonds or revenue bonas? The i e Vegas will not want to pay for the bonds in taxes. So ^ S ? a g e I s ' t L ^ S w e r t ^ proved o u f t L t a 55 M ™ r v o i r ^ a s nec­essary to hold S days storage- far too expensive,(so^“after^droppea of more reservoirs). Wasted one year now, and City ^ waste another. Too many new Subdivisions- one every ^ y - ^ i d g e this water coming from? Could not get enough for a shave in Huntndge t ra°rningi00Rr ET: A MQM • r.rP ‘hpW»i*rlPl ii aem sr\,0 wWSh/ytG Ia* reto fill BXiY &G.CLXtlOHS.1 SuOr3.g6» FOLGER* We keep the pumps on until midnight, then slack off and accumulate a little water for next day. We are not asleep on storage problems. (Some one said the storage was where nature provided lt-dpmands lumped 2 MGD over previous year. The present storage nas Histif^iofS53years- previously*only if MG storage.