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Apply for Boards and Commissions

How To Get Appointed: Send a letter and resume along with a completed interest form to the City Clerk. Based on the submittal, citizens will be considered by the City Council when a vacancy occurs on the board in which they have an interest or particular expertise. Information will be kept on file for a period of six months. City residency may be required.

Alternate Municipal Court Judges

Animal Advisory Committee

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<LI>Relates to the total cultural well-being of the city in matters related to the arts. </LI>
<LI>Meets every 3rd Thursday of the month at 5:30 p.m. </LI>
<LI>For information, call the Las Vegas Arts Commission at (702) 229-6844 or Visual Arts Specialist at (702) 229-4631. </LI>
<LI><A href="/files/Arts_Commission.pdf" target=_blank>Current membership listing</A>.<IMG src="/images/icons/icoAcrobatPDF.gif"> </LI></UL>
Committees and Programs
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<LI>The Art in Public Places Committee develops new art projects, conducts site selection and evaluates submitted proposals for art projects. </LI>
<LI>The Public/Private Liaison Committee works with the private sector to encourage the inclusion of art into projects and advises on artist selection. </LI>
<LI>The Education Committee develops community forums and outreach programs and also provides speakers for organizations, community and school groups interested in learning more about public art. </LI>
<LI>Arts Commission programs include Request for Proposals for Public Art Projects, Local and National Artist Registries, Special Local and National Projects, Speakers Bureau and City Department Collaborative Projects.</LI></UL>

Arts Commission

Audit Oversight Committee

Board of Civil Service Trustees

Building and Safety Enterprise Fund Advisory Committee

Bus Bench/Shelter Construction and Maintenance Advisory Committee

Child Care Licensing Board

Citizen Review Board

Citizens Priority Advisory Committee (CPAC)

Community Development Recommending Board

Conservation District of Southern Nevada

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<LI>Oversees preservation activities in the city for buildings, structures and places of historical and architectural significance </LI>
<LI>Reviews historic designation applications to National Register of Historic Places and city of Las Vegas Historic Property Register </LI>
<LI>Meets every 4th Wednesday of the month at noon </LI>
<LI><A title="Historic Preservation Commission listing" href="/files/Historic_Preservation_Commission.pdf" target=_blank>Current membership listing</A><IMG src="/images/icons/icoAcrobatPDF.gif"> </LI>
<LI><A href="/files/Chapter1906090.pdf" target=_blank>Historic Designation Ordinance</A><IMG src="/images/icons/icoAcrobatPDF.gif"> </LI>
<LI><A href="/files/NRvsLOCAL.pdf" target=_blank>Differences between National Register and Local Historic Districts</A><IMG src="/images/icons/icoAcrobatPDF.gif"> </LI>
<LI><A href="/files/PreservationFunding.pdf" target=_blank>Preservation Funding</A><IMG src="/images/icons/icoAcrobatPDF.gif"> </LI>
<LI><A href="/files/HPC_JohnSPark.pdf" target=_blank>John S. Park Neighborhood Historic District Design Guidelines</A><IMG src="/images/icons/icoAcrobatPDF.gif"> </LI>
<LI><A href="/files/HistoricProperties_PreservationElement.pdf" target=_blank>Historic Properties Preservation Plan Element</A><IMG src="/images/icons/icoAcrobatPDF.gif"> </LI>
<LI><A href="/files/AppForCertificateOfAppropriateness.pdf" target=_blank>Application for Certificate of Appropriateness</A> for properties designated on the city of Las Vegas Historic Property Register (see <A href="/files/LV_Historic_Places.pdf" target=_blank>Map of Historic Locations</A>)<IMG src="/images/icons/icoAcrobatPDF.gif"> </LI>
<LI><A href="/files/2008_HPC_Calendar.pdf" target=_blank>2008 Historic Preservation Commission Meeting Schedule</A><IMG src="/images/icons/icoAcrobatPDF.gif"> </LI>
<LI><A href="/files/HPC_Events_Jan_Apr08.pdf" target=_blank>2008 Events Calendar</A><IMG src="/images/icons/icoAcrobatPDF.gif"></LI></UL>
Making History

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<TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>City Designates Woodlawn Cemetery To Historic Landmarks Register
The Las Vegas City Council designated the Woodlawn Cemetery, located at 1500 Las Vegas Blvd. North, as a city historic landmark on August 6, 2008. The Historic Preservation Commission nominated the cemetery because it meets the city’s historic landmark designation requirements; it is older than 50 years, it reflects the city’s cultural, social, political and economic past and it is an established visual feature within the city. This designation meets many of city’s historic preservation goals listed in the Las Vegas 2020 Master Plan and its Historic Properties Preservation Element including the preservation, maintenance and protection of districts of historic interest and to promote and encourage the stability of designated landmarks by preserving their historical and architectural integrity.
The cemetery continues to operate today more than 90 years since it opened in 1915. Woodlawn Cemetery is basically 40 acres created from three phases of development. This first section is extremely important in design and content as those who are buried in this section are a finite number of original pioneers that were responsible for the creation and survival of the community.  According to the nomination report for the National Register of Historic Places, the cemetery includes “…members of nearly every pioneer family that lived in the Las Vegas Valley during the formative years.” The former sexton's or caretaker’s residence and one of Las Vegas' first well sites remain in this first section.
The first section, which borders Las Vegas Boulevard on the western edge, was designed and dated July 22, 1914, by surveyor J.T. McWilliams. McWilliams was a master of his trade and was responsible for nearly every major civic civil engineering project in the early historic period of the formation of the community of Las Vegas. He surveyed all of the original land purchases for the San Pedro Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad and designed the first official townsite in Las Vegas. City records from 1914 -1916 confirm the cemetery’s function as the community’s cemetery with an appointed Board of Trustees, the hiring of the sexton, and the construction of a tool house (later the sexton’s residence) and the well.
There isn’t any other existing example of a Las Vegas location where all members of the pioneering community gathered. The early pioneers interred at Woodlawn represent the general demographic of early Las Vegas and the broad spectrum of groups that built the city. The cemetery broke the barriers of inclusion such as class, race and gender in death that existed in life. Woodlawn Cemetery became the indicator of a cohesive society that made a long-term commitment to the future of Las Vegas.

Historic Preservation Commission

Las Vegas Centennial Commission

Las Vegas Housing Authority

Las Vegas-Clark County Library District Board of Trustees

Neighborhood Partners Fund Board

Neon Museum Board

Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission

Planning Commission

Visit the <A href="http://lvrda.org/" target=_blank>Las Vegas Redevelopment Agency Web site</A>.
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The goal of redevelopment activity is to work in concert with the community and private sector to reverse the physical, economic and social blight within its designated boundaries. Under the guidance of the director of the Office of Business Development, the Redevelopment Agency is responsible for the day-to-day tasks of the agency. It also ensures that the policy directives of the agency board and executive director are executed.
The redevelopment area encompasses 3,079 acres. The area consists of downtown Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard to Sahara Avenue. Other commercial districts include the Owens Avenue, Martin Luther King Boulevard and Eastern Avenue corridors.
Participation in the downtown redevelopment process requires interested parties to demonstrate how their project complements the redevelopment strategy. An applicant must also demonstrate the financial and managerial capacity to undertake and successfully complete the project, the needs for the agency’s assistance, and the benefit of the completed project to downtown Las Vegas.
While the Redevelopment Agency does participate financially in certain projects, it is not designed to function as a primary source of funds or as a management consultant. It is incumbent upon a developer to possess both the financial resources and management experience to construct, rehabilitate, or reconstruct a project and ensure its successful operation after completion.
The Redevelopment Agency is comprised of the current mayor and City Council.
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Redevelopment Agency

Regional Flood Control District Citizens Advisory Committee

Senior Citizen Law Project Advisory Board

Senior Citizens Advisory Board

Traffic and Parking Commission

Youth Neighborhood Association Partnership Program Grant Review Board (YNAPP)