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PLAN ELEMENTSINTRODUCTIONThe overall goal of this planning initiative is to develop an action plan to revitalize West LasVegas by:• Providing the opportunity for citizen empowerment so as to effectuate change in the community• Improving the quality of life for all residents• Improving the physical conditions and overall image of the area• Encouraging reinvestment in housing and commercial areas• Promoting diverse employment opportunities for all area residents. . . Ensure that theplanning is done with theresidents rather than forthe residents . . .This section discusses the existing conditions for each of the following Elements of the Plan andthe various issues raised as a result of the input from the West Las Vegas NeighborhoodAdvisory Board, public meetings with West Las Vegas residents, and Community Planning’s staffresearch of existing conditions. Goals, objectives, and recommendations are also outlined foreach of the following Elements.• Socio-Economic• Land Use• Housing• Community Facilities• Circulation• Business Activity• Urban Design/Visual ImageCitizen ParticipationGoal: Ensure that planning for West Las Vegas is done with the residents rather thanfor the residents.Critical to the revitalization of West Las Vegas is citizen participation. This is important becausethe community needs to be involved in the decisions that affect its future and it also provides themeans for strengthening neighborhood identity while improving the effectiveness of local government.There is also a need to begin building capacity in the neighborhood so that theresidents can begin to solve the problems in their community with the support of the City.From the outset of this planning process, the residents of West Las Vegas stated their desire forthe City to plan with them rather than for them. To ensure that the community participates in19
future decisions about their community, the citizen participation program (West Las Vegas NeighborhoodAdvisory Board), now in place, should be enhanced.The City was awarded a $260,000 Technical Assistant (T.A.) grant from the U.S. Department ofHousing and Urban Development to assist in the empowerment of residents in West Las Vegasin October 1992. The money is being used to develop a permanent citzen participationprocess which includes the further development of the West Las Vegas Neighborhood AdvisoryBoard into a representative board of each of the residential districts (neighborhoods) in WestLas Vegas and to function as an ongoing advisory body to the City Council, Planning Commission,and other appropriate, authorized commissions and boards on all matters affecting theneighborhood.Objective: Develop a citizen participation program for West Las Vegas which will:• Help establish a collaborative relationship with City government• Improve communication between City government and the neighborhoods• Establish a neighborhood-based planning process• Build capacity in the neighborhoods to develop neighborhood-based organizations thatwill address the needs identified by that neighborhood2. Develop a training program for the NAs and theWLVNAB in:• Basic community planning• Developing neighborhood plans• Organization and operation of local government• Community organizing• Fund-raising• Identification of economic development opportunities• Financial management• Leadership skills3. Include the West Las Vegas Neighborhood AdvisoryBoard, in an advisory capacity, in the development/redevelopment,rezoning and conditionaluse variance processes prior to formal review onthe agendas of the Board of Zoning Adjustment,Planning Commission, and City Council.Recommendations1. Using the individual residential districts of the overall West Las Vegas area identified in theExisting Conditions of the Housing Section of the Plan (Map H-A) as a framework in conjunctionwith the HUD T.A. grant, begin to organize residents and business owners intoworking Neighborhood Associations (NA). A representative from the Las Vegas HousingAuthority Resident’s Councils should also be included in this effort. The purpose of a NA isto identify key issues of their specific neighborhood, to organize and promote self-helpprojects, and to identify and cultivate leadership. Each NA will provide a representative toa reorganized West Las Vegas Neighborhood Advisory Board. The relationship of the NAsto the West Las Vegas Neighborhood Advisory Board is shown in Figure 1.Figure 1:WLVNABNANANA NA NA NA NANA20
Page 1 and 2: W EST LASVEGASPLAN
Page 3 and 4: Cover ArtworkMary Greer Mudiku is b
Page 5 and 6: WEST LAS VEGAS PLANTABLE OF CONTENT
Page 7 and 8: SECTION I:INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND
Page 9: 6 IntroductionMAP 1-A
Page 12 and 13: Socio-Economic Goal andObjectivesGo
Page 14 and 15: BACKGROUNDREGIONAL CONTEXTLand uses
Page 16 and 17: This settlement quickly became an i
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Page 22 and 23: SOCIO-ECONOMICELEMENTThis element d
Page 24 and 25: Age CompositionFigure SE-4:Househol
Page 26 and 27: Income, Poverty andUnemploymentFigu
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Page 30 and 31: LAND USE ELEMENTThe purpose of the
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Page 34 and 35: • Rebuilding and expansion of the
Page 36 and 37: 2. Improve the physical appearance
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Page 44 and 45: Objective 7: Eliminate the variable
Page 46 and 47: Map H-A46 Housing
Page 48 and 49: Multi-family housing includes roomi
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Page 52 and 53: Property MaintenanceAn important ga
Page 54 and 55: Objective 2: Provide Affordable Hou
Page 56 and 57: comparing these rents to the median
Page 58 and 59: Other Public Facilities:• City of
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70 Circulation
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Street ImprovementsThere are numero
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Objective 3: Provide for opportunit
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The locational map of these busines
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Local EconomyPrior to the 1960’s
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Recommendations:The objective is to
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URBAN DESIGN/VISUAL IMAGEELEMENTUrb
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Gragson Highway and the Interstate-
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Urban Design 89
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Recommendations:1. Adopt a policy t
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Urban Design 93
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Urban Design 95
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This urban design concept by UNLV A
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W ESTRecommend Recommendation Summa
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Recommend Recommendation Summary Re
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