Clark County Board of Commissioners - Regular Meeting

Good morning. I'll call to order the June 2nd meeting of the Clark County Commission. We will begin today's meeting with the invocation led by Rabbi Levi Harlig.

Almighty God, we ask that you bless our communities and all those who are commissioners and all those who serve our county with wisdom, strength, and compassion. May they lead with integrity, listen with understanding, and work for the well-being of every individual and family throughout Clark County. As we enter the summer season, a time when families gather, where children grow, and communities come alive, may we remember those who may feel isolated, vulnerable, or overlooked. Help us build the community where every person feels valued, included, and cared for. Through my work at Friendship Circle, we strive to bring together individuals of all abilities through friendship, volunteerism, and acts of kindness, helping create a more compassionate and inclusive Southern Nevada. In just over two weeks, the Jewish community will mark Gimel Tamas, the third day of the Hebrew month of Tamas, a day connected to the life and legacy of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, the leader of the worldwide Chabad Movement, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of blessed memory, whose teachings continue to inspire millions around the world. The Rebbe taught that every person has the ability and responsibility to bring light, goodness, and purpose into the lives of others, and that even one small act of kindness can change an entire world. May we all be inspired to see the dignity and divine spark within every human being, regardless of background, age, or ability. We pray for peace and safety in our community, around our country, and throughout the entire world. And in the words of the priestly blessing, may God bless you and protect you. May God shine his face upon you and be gracious to you. May God lift his face towards you and grant you peace. May this session and the work done here today bring blessing, unity, and hope to all residents of Clark County. Let us say amen.

Please join us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

I pledge allegiance.

Before we move on to our commissioners and county manager recognition, I just wanted to take a moment to recognize someone who we lost this week. Mrs. Deloise Hale passed away on May 31st. She worked here in Clark County in administrative services for 14 years. She helped make meetings like this run efficiently and well and was somebody who has touched, even though she has left Clark County a number of years ago, Her impact is still felt today by so many in this building. So I wanted to pay tribute to her and thank her family, who I believe is here today, Jill and Micaiah, for being here in honor and memory of your mother and for lending her and her service to all of Clark County. Thank you so much. And Michelle, we can move on to the next item.

Thank you, Chair and Commissioners. Good morning. Our first item on your agenda today is to present a proclamation and recognize artists from the Save a Life Win a MacBook Pedestrian Safety Art Contest.

Thank you. And if I could ask our students that are here to come join us up here. It looks like you're on that side. If you want to come this way by Commissioner Jones. Each year at this time, in fact, for 17 years now, we have participated in Save a Life Win a Back Book Art Contest, which has been led by our friend and colleague Erin Breen, who is here as well and ought to be making her way up here to join us. Erin has led this effort in an attempt to curb the lumber of fatalities and serious injuries that we have on our roadways. She has inspired the young people in our community to step up and to use both their voice and their creative abilities in an effort to communicate to their peers and to those around us. And I want to extend my thanks One, to the students, for your families who we got to meet at breakfast this morning, to Erin and her organization for committing herself to our most vulnerable road users, and to the RTC who has helped participate and sponsor this project along with NDOT, who will make sure that the talented artists here today will have their works displayed both in a calendar distributed throughout the community, but also on bus shelters throughout the Valley. So if you'll join me in thanking and recognizing the participants in this year's Save a Life, Win a MacBook competition. They were a little quiet this morning at breakfast. I thought it was because it was just early, but you probably, you spoke enough in your art. So we're gonna invite Aaron to come down and speak on behalf of this contest. Thank you, Aaron.

Good morning, everybody. It took a little minute to get through security today. So I'm Erin Breen. I run a program called PedSafe Vegas in the Transportation Research Center at UNLV. And this contest, this is our 17th year, is all about saving pedestrian lives. So we have the top 35 pieces on display right outside to your left. You can see them all. And these are some of the top 35 artists from throughout Clark County, private schools, charter schools, Clark County School District. This is Jennifer Grube from Safe Routes to School, who's our great partner on this. And of course, the county commissioner now recognizes the students every year. If you don't know, 418 kids were hit on their way to and from school this year. This is an incredibly important program. The message is incredibly important, and we can't thank the county enough for all they do for pedestrian safety and to try to help us bring those numbers down. So thanks so much.

All right, everybody. On Michelle in one, two, and three. Thank you, everybody.

Commissioners, your next item is to recognize the community partners and volunteers involved in successfully breaking the Guinness World Record for the largest blanket fort on May 16th, 2026, which directly supported foster care youth and organizations in Clark County.

Thank you. On May 16th, Clark County made history at Desert Breeze Community Center by officially becoming the Guinness World Record holder for the largest blanket fort, measuring 14,103 square feet and surpassing the previous record at 12,291 square feet. This record was built by the community for the community. More than 110 students, volunteers, businesses, nonprofit organizations, sponsors, and community members came together with one shared goal, demonstrating the power of collaboration and community spirit. The record-breaking fort was designed by the talented students at West Career and Tech Academy, whose creativity, engineering skill, and leadership transformed an ambitious idea into a world record achievement. We have Principal Amy Rosar and Michael Davalos and many of the students here. If I could have all of the participants go ahead and come on down, appreciate it. Building the largest blanket fort in the world was no small task. Over the course of two days and approximately 12 hours of construction, volunteers transformed two gyms at Desert Breeze using more than 20 easy-ups, pole tents, 500 sheets, hundreds of yards of rope, count rolls of duct tape. hundreds of zip ties, binder clips to create a structure large enough to earn a Guinness World Record history. We want to thank so many of the people who made this possible. We couldn't have done it without Clark County Family Services, Child Haven, Foster Kinship was our partner in this whole endeavor. Thank you to the A's. Stomper came out and hung out with the kids. Clark County Fire Department, fire trucks, and LVMPD brought their vehicles so the kids could experience that. LVGP, Atlas Crane, Caesars Entertainment, Foster Kinship, Vegas Valley Law, Diamondback Land Surveying, who had to be out there to qualify for the Guinness Organization to make sure that it was the exact square footage and create a 3D model. And so many others. Our partners was instrumental in assembling everyone to make this possible. Definitely our Desert Breeze staff. I see Richard and many of the team here. They were the ones who provided the activities for all of the kids who showed up, and we really appreciate that. Childhaven staff who brought over kids for a wonderful experience there. And thank you to Glendo Media and Robert Edward Photography for capturing the event. So with that, I'm going to go ahead and ask that we play the official video. Hi, I'm Clark County Commissioner Justin Jones coming to you from Desert Breeze Community Center. This is the site of our attempt to break a Guinness World Record for world's largest blanket fort. It was a crazy idea, something that we wanted to do to make a special evening for families who are in foster care or kinship care. The prior record for world's largest blanket fort was just over 12,000 square feet. We didn't want to just break it, we wanted to smash it. And so between the two gyms here at Desert Breeze, Really set the standard for the future that no one will ever be able to break. Gonna take a lot of hands to make sure that this thing gets built.

Hi, I'm Amy Rosar, the proud principal of West Career and Technical Academy here in Las Vegas. My engineering students, who are amazing, designed the structure for the world's largest blanket fort in collaboration with Clark County Family Services and Foster Kinship.

I'm Allie Caliendo, the founder of Foster Kinship, and we are currently inside the world's greatest blanket fort, or what will be later today.

After we get done building the fort here today and have our Guinness judge the attempt out here today, we're going to have a special afternoon in which our Parks and Rec team are going to have fun games and activities. We're really excited for the tremendous number of partners and volunteers that are out here. Thank you to West Current Tech Academy engineering students. They're the ones who engineered this whole design that we had to submit to Guinness.

Hey, we're the West Tech engineering team, and we're here to break the world record for the largest blanket fort.

We are here helping hopefully set a Guinness World Record for the largest blanket fort. We're doing it because we're all about integrity and community.

I think this idea blossomed from the commissioner's office and we're just so excited to bring awareness to the needs of children in kinship and foster care through this outstanding activity. And so many of us get to participate in breaking a world record

I'm Richard the clerk, this is Jozelle and Mia and we work at Clark County Parks and Recreation at Desert Breeze Recreation Center. We were lucky enough to work with Foster Kinship and all of our community partners in the commissioner's office to go ahead and program and run activities inside that port at the conclusion of the attempt for over 150 foster children throughout the valley. It really shows how it takes an entire community to do something like this.

My name is Sarah Kasson and I'm an official adjudicator with Guinness World Records. I'm here today in Las Vegas for this official attempt for the largest blanket force.

And now I can confirm the official results. Today, this blanket board had a final measurement of 14,103 points.

We again want to thank all of our many sponsors for this super fun event, and particularly for Foster Kinship and Family Services for supporting this. It was a great event for all the kids. And I'm going to turn the microphone over to Michael Davalos, who was the brainchild behind the design here.

Hello. What do you want me to say? Sorry, sorry. So pretty much working on this whole project throughout the whole time frame, the few months that we had to work on it, it was very fun. It took a lot of time to get the design done and had to use a lot of skills I learned throughout school and other skills such as I had to use the architecture software, Revit, I had to use Onshape for custom models, and from there I had to put everything together. I wish I had the papers on me, forgot to bring them. But in the end, we had about seven pages of plans we had to follow. And from there, there were a lot of things that we had to change, unfortunately, throughout the process. But we had to work on the go pretty much from there. But we did have a finalized design. Originally we were going to do maybe like 16,000 square feet but unfortunately due to constraints we did have to bring it down to 14. What was it? 14.1 thousand square feet so the whole process had a lot of ups and downs. There were times where it was a lot of work to actually We thought that we had a chance of not breaking it, but those doubts eventually didn't actually matter because we actually got the world record. So, you know, in the end, good go, team. Thank you to everyone.

Thank you. Thank you, everybody.

And just shout out to Christina Badikian from my team, who is the, wouldn't have happened without implementation of my crazy idea.

We can now move on to your first public comment section.

Thank you, Michelle. This is the first time set aside for public comment. Anyone wishing to speak on items that are on today's agenda, that would be section four of today's meeting and later, can come forward at this time. If you're here to speak on something outside of section four and beyond, you can speak at the second time set aside for public comment. Good morning.

Good morning. I'd like to know why I heard your voice at jail. Talking to cabinet members about my Facebook account.

Is there an item on today's agenda you're here to speak on?

It's not on the agenda.

You'll have to have a seat and wait until the second time. I'd like an answer. Set aside for public comment.

I don't think so. I'd like an answer.

This is the Times- Do you have an answer? On today's agenda.

I'm out of the agenda. Do you have an answer?

No, but you're welcome to sit and come back at the second time. Okay. Thank you. Anyone else wishing to speak on items on today's agenda, section four or later, please come forward. Good morning.

Good morning. I'm hoping that it is somehow relevant. There's item 20 on here for public works, and I don't know all the details about the Ranch Homeowners Association, but I do have a designer's mindset, and I just wanted to offer to...

I'm sorry, if you could state your name for the record.

Oh, forgive me. My name is Eric King, a longtime resident here. So on behalf of ranches here in the valley and all of the water that they fortunately have wells to access and so forth, and given that we have some reclamation folks here today, I just wanted to offer from a designer's mindset who loves the desert, loves Las Vegas, and certainly loves our residents having quality of life enhanced with, as I mentioned before, the urban heat island, I would really appreciate any consideration the county could give to how to better manifest quality of life enhancement with urban heat island effects that are increasing and our deep concerns and very valid ones for water use here in the valley and how we mitigate that with more trees that will make all of our lives better in a harmonious way. I just wanted to do a little plug there. Thank you for taking a moment with me.

Thank you. Anyone else wishing to speak on items on today's agenda, please come forward at this time. Seeing no one, I will close the public hearing. And Michelle, we can begin the agenda.

Thank you. Your next item on the agenda is the approval of minutes from the regular meeting on May 5, 2026.

Mr. Chair, I move approval of our May 5, 2026 meeting minutes. Thank you. There's a motion for approval. Please cast your vote.

I vote aye.

Commissioner Gibson votes aye, and someone could help fix the screen. That motion passes.

Your next item is the approval of the agenda with the inclusion of any emergency items and the deletion of any items. I have a couple of corrections to read into the record. On item number 17, under the consent section, under the recommendation, the change should be from FY2026 to FY2027. Also for item number 22, there's additional supporting materials that were supplied to the board this morning. Copies have been made available to the public. Item number 39, there are multiple corrections on that item. The citations to sections 122.13.1a and b are corrected to read sections 122.12.1a and b in paragraphs 122.12.2 and 122.12.2 . Also the citations to sections 122.5.1 and are corrected to sections 122.12.1 and in paragraphs 122.12.2a2 and 122.12.2a3. The citations to paragraphs b1 and b3 are corrected to paragraphs a1 and a3 in paragraphs 122.12.2a1 Citations to paragraphs B3 is corrected to paragraphs A3 in paragraphs 122.12.2A4. And the citations to sections 122.13.1C is corrected to section 122.12.1C in paragraphs 122.12.3A. And finally the citation to sections 122.13.2B is corrected to sections 122.12.2B in paragraphs 122.12.3b. Also, items number 10 and 16 have been asked to be taken separately.

With the changes written to the record, I move approval with the agenda. Thank you.

There's a motion for approval. Please cast your vote.

Mr. Chair, I vote aye. And I need someone to come down from the booth and help me with this. The system isn't working on my.

Is there anyone from IT in the audience to assist Commissioner Gibson? Oh, in the back.

The motion passes.

You may now move on to your consent agenda, which is comprised of items six through 33, with items 10 and 16 being taken separately.

Mr. Chair, I move approve our consent agenda, item 6233.

There's a motion for approval. Please cast your vote.

Aye.

That motion passes.

Items being taken separately from your consent agenda. The first item is item 10, which is to ratify an amendment to the contract with Hope Link of Southern Nevada for CBA number 606134-22 for emergency shelter program and authorize the chief financial officer or her designee to sign the amendment or take other action as appropriate.

Thank you. Commissioner Kirkpatrick.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And I ask that this be taken off because I wanted to have staff kind of really talk about this because we hear so often that we don't partner with the other folks out there and especially for the legislators to know what we're doing. So if you could talk about not only the amount of the original contract but the additional that we're giving.

Yeah, absolutely. Good morning, commissioners. So we initially went into contract with Hope Link in January 1st, 2022. The award at that time was a little over 892,000. They're providing emergency shelter services. So think of it in gaps for the non-congregate shelters. The families aren't able to be placed there due to safety concerns. It's kind of a scattered site non-congregate shelter program. And then in January of 2023, and that was for a one year contract, we amended that contract for an additional four one year renewals, which hit just shy of 4.5 million, about 4.49. to be able to continue that ongoingly without losing that service. Fast forward, so we had an opportunity, DCM Frierson made Clark County Social Services aware of families seeking resources at the City of Las Vegas courtyard. So Social Services worked in collaboration to kind of build a partnership with the city. We brought in Clark County Family Services that we now meet biweekly to discuss the families that are seeking resources there to make sure that they're receiving and are able to be placed in more appropriate shelter settings as we know the courtyard is not a shelter um and so we want to make sure that those families receive everything that they can and hope link has been our partner to step up and kind of fill that gap for us okay and so i want to give a little bit of history because this goes all the way back to hurricane hillary when um uh

Deputy County Manager Frierson were on the phone talking about why is there 119 families at the courtyard? We should, no child should ever be at that courtyard for more than a minute, in my opinion, right? So then, so we started working through that. We do work with the state, so some of this money comes down from the state so that we can provide that rental assistance and that wraparound, is that correct? Or is this all coming out of our general fund, this one?

I believe this is all of our county general fund.

Okay, even more important to point it out because there was a legislative hearing recently where this partner in particular let legislators know that there was, that we weren't doing our fair share. So it's even more important to point this out that this is coming out of, this is in addition to what the rental assistance amount is, correct?

Correct. And they had reached out to us when we were trying to identify resolution for the families at the courtyard and support the city and making sure those families were safe. We did reach out to them. They initially began taking referrals from us and then found that they didn't have the capacity and requested additional funds. So that's where we're at today to increase that and continue that gap.

Well, I just want to start talking about this because it's frustrating to me. when our partners are going around us and telling a different story, right? So I get it. I go back to the days where $30 million on rental assistance and all these other things. But in this specific instance, I went with both you and Jamie to talk about the safe sleep to ensure that the babies in particular were not sleeping on the ground, that they had the crib, they had the portable stuff. I just wanna point out for the rest of the commission that we really, and even for Joanna during the legislative session, we have to point some of this stuff out of what we're doing on a regular basis. Because this is in addition to the state money for one, so that means our general fund is paying for some of these things. And I've been meeting with a lot of potential legislators or potential, and their question is, oh my gosh, where's this money in the budget? And I'm like, well, here, let me show you exactly where this money is. And it's our general fund dollars that we set aside to ensure people have the resources that they need. So sorry to come all the way down here, Brenda, because I know you do yeoman's work and you've never not responded to me at 11 o'clock at night if we have someone who's trying to get the services. But I do think that... we as the county have to start pulling some of these things off of the consent agenda and say we are engaged, we are participating, we are working, some of our general fund has to go to some of these things. Because it's never enough, right?

And I appreciate that. So many times people ask us to jump and we say how high and we figure it out. And so thank you for that.

Okay, with that, Mr. Chair, I'd make a motion for approval.

Thank you very much. There's a motion for approval. Please cast your vote. And motion passes.

Your second item taken separately from the consent agenda is 16, which is to approve and authorize the submission of a grant application to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Southern Nevada Continuum of Care Planning Project by Clark County Social Services and in the amount of 1.4 million to provide planning activities towards implementation of the Homeless Emergency and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009. and authorize the county manager or his designee to accept any grant funds as awarded.

Okay, this is my second item because the continuum of care has a lot of people that sit on that committee, that board from all jurisdictions and also the new Campus for Hope and there's a whole bunch of people. There is constant talk always about, you know, Clark County shouldn't have a seat at the table, and Commissioner Knapp, you'll know this, I think we need more seats at the table because we are the great funder, right, out of our general fund again. So I want you to kind of talk about, one, what happens if we don't give this match, And two, what is the benefit to the entire region by us giving this match? Because I have a bigger issue I want to bring up during the merging issue. I've thought about this for a couple of weeks. It's frosted me a little bit. So I'm going to start bringing some of this stuff to light.

Again, thank you. The COC is required.

Okay, Brenda, this time I have to make you say your name. Oh, I'm sorry.

Just for the record. Brenda Barnes, Clark County Social Services. Yeah, so HUD requires a COC within a community in order to apply for their HUD dollars. It is a compilation of multiple nonprofit community providers across Southern Nevada. We are required to submit a 25% match for the planning grant dollars that are awarded based on our total annual renewal demand. For us, that's about $350,000 that Clark County pulls out of pocket. We do this because we are also the collaborative applicant, which is responsible for pulling that competition together, making sure the whole community is highlighted in every way that HUD wants to see it highlighted, and ensure that we're responding to their priorities. With that being said, yes, we have continually been managing this project for the last 11 years. It continues to increase. The amount we pull out of our pocket continues to increase. If Clark County was not the collaborative applicant and did not do this out of the goodness of our hearts to make sure that the community received the funding, the community would have to figure out how to... get donations and come up with that money out of their own pocket. So right now we're taking that burden off of the providers that do this work for us and in partnership with us. And so this is kind of another big lift in showing all the things that we're doing for them.

So the other piece of this is, and look, So I say sometimes, you know what, let someone else have it, right? If you think you can do a better job, more power to you, but bring your money when you come, right? So we do ask hard questions and there is, we are responsible once we get that grant to make sure that it meets all of those criteria, which is why a lot of times we're so vocal, right? Not only are we having to put the money up to guarantee that we could get this full amount, but if we didn't put anything up, this would likely be a couple hundred thousand dollars, right?

Correct. This amount, this $350,000 match, that's cash match, it doesn't include about eight staff that help carry the lift for the community. And then we also are, with those funds, most COCs use those funds to pay for staffing. So it's kind of another, it's not, this isn't just on paper what we contribute to this work. And so without having to contribute all of that to staffing, we're able to provide another HUD requirement, which means a lived experience team to provide consultation and have that voice at the table, as well as our Youth Action Board, which also brings the youth voice to the table. And so we're able to employ those as well as carry the monitoring, the evaluations, the technical assistance support is what those funds cover.

Okay, I just think that it's important that the county start, I mean, listen, I know I'm the history channel at Clark County, but I think for everybody else, people gotta know how it works. It's not as simple as just putting it on the agenda. It's when we do our budget, setting aside all these additional dollars to ensure we can get the most, being for our buck, to provide the right services that we need. So thank you, Brenda, for coming down, and with that, Mr. Chair, I'd make a motion for approval.

Thank you very much. There's a motion for approval. Please cast your vote. The motion passes.

Since it is not yet 10 a.m., we can move on to Section 8, which is the introduction of ordinances. Item 43 is an ordinance to amend Title III of the Clark County Code by amending Chapter 3.68 to modify the makeup of the Community Development Advisory Committee and all provisions related thereto, providing for any other matters properly relating thereto and to set a public hearing.

Thank you, I'll introduce the ordinance and set the public hearing for Tuesday, June 16, 2026 at 10 a.m.

Let me now move on to your business items. Your first item is to identify emerging issues to be addressed by staff or by the board at future meetings, receive updates on the activities of various regional boards and commissions, and direct staff accordingly.

Thank you. Commissioner Kirkpatrick.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And I want to ask Ms. Colvin, since she's our finance person, you know what I think would be good for us as commissioners to have? I think that there's a lot of match money that we do, right? From Medicaid match, which we do, I don't know, is it 49% or 51%? I can't remember what it is voluntarily.

It varies, but it can be up to 50% for a Medicaid match.

And the entire state benefits from that, right? So we covered the smaller counties are required by statute to pay a portion in, and it's becoming a big issue. And so when I meet with everybody and they want to talk about expanding the Medicaid program, uh reimbursement we we gotta pay for the bulk of it so what i would like to see um miss colvin is a presentation from you or your department that talks about all of these matches we do by department right social services i want the housing in there because we have done a little over 300 million dollars on a lot of these housing projects i want to start showing The general public, it's nice to say that we're broke or that we have an $11 billion budget, but we do so much for the entire state on a lot of issues, but at the same time, here's where our dollars are going, and I think that... If it turns out the way that I think it will, it should be part of our budget going forward for the long term to kind of say, this is why we have to set aside these amount of dollars, because this is what we're getting for it, right? I think we do a good job. I think that I drive you guys crazy on every penny that's out there. But I also think that maybe not everybody understands that. So I think our budget is pretty set in stone. So is that a presentation you can do for us in July?

Yes, we can put that together and then we can add it to our budget presentation for next year.

Okay, so then my second thing is... So, and maybe Commissioner Jones or Commissioner McCurdy could talk about the council government. Okay. So, but, and Commissioner Gibson, maybe you could talk about the housing working group that we did for a long time and where we're at with that. And I think it's important for people to know that we've been trying to address this attainable housing issue. We have a working document. We've met with a lot of groups, so I'm hoping that Commissioner Jones and Commissioner Gibson could talk about that as well so that everybody kind of knows what we've been working on. But I think we've done some good yeoman's work. I think we've met with different groups. I am meeting with the new BLM acting state director. So I'd be grateful if you guys brought that up.

Thank you. Commissioner Jones.

Thank you. As this board is aware, the Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition went through a lot of turmoil over years. This board expressed interest in having the SNRPC have the ability to go deal with regional issues. Earlier this year, after a lot of back and forth, we rebranded as the Southern Nevada Council of Governments. The city of Las Vegas, the county had taken on the responsibility of administrative burden for quite a while on SNRPC, but the city of Las Vegas has stepped up for this time around to take on the administration for the Council of Governments. We wanted to make sure that as we went forward, we could take on one issue particularly to be effective and try to get an early win. And so after a lot of discussion, we chose to take on group homes. That was something that all the jurisdictions said was an issue. They're regulated by the state, subject to federal HUD guidelines. They're constant thorn in the side of many of our districts. the legal teams are always afraid of him because it's federal law and lawsuits from 20 years ago. So we had a briefing that Commissioner Kilpatrick was there for last week and had some good proposals that were pitched by staff after a lot of consultation amongst the different jurisdictions. And so at our next meeting, They'll be coming forward with both suggestions for the local governments to, in a unified way, make some changes to their own codes, but also collaborate with the state and with the legislature on potential BDRs for the next legislative session. So I'll update on that. Commissioner McCurdy obviously can update on that. what the COG is working on. And then Commissioner Kirkpatrick and Marcy Henson, Director Henson, were there also to request that the COG be the landing place for the lands committee that Commissioner Kirkpatrick, Commissioner Gibson, and the governor's office and many others participated in over the last year so that it would have an official house for the recommendations that came out of that. And the COG has agreed to take that on. And I am optimistic that it will help move some of the issues that we have with public lands forward. But I'll turn it over to Commissioner Gibson to talk about the work that we were doing.

so maybe sorry uh maybe commissioner jones talk about because i think it'll be important for not only um other electeds but the home builders and everybody to know that your the repository will have what kind of information

Yes, so one of the first things that we talked about was setting up a website. That was one of the recommendations that came out of the committee, and so working closely with City of Las Vegas and other jurisdictions, we're going to figure out how to, in an efficient and cost-effective manner, get that website for a lot of the documentation and GIS studies that all of the stakeholders had identified as a challenge throughout the process with the BLM to get that set up in the next, hopefully, two months.

Thank you. Commissioner Gibson.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Over the course of several months, but not an eternal process, we worked to identify stakeholders, everyone who had a need or understood well what the challenges are in terms of the development of land or the acquisition of land. We did an assessment of what is really available to us and made some recommendations in terms of the development of those lands. I say that because one of the things that has been, that hasn't happened yet is that the disposal boundary hasn't moved, and we have a limited number of acres, but some of that land is developable, and some of it will work for commercial development, some of it will work for housing, and we needed to lay out some parameters around which the private sector could understand what we would nominate and what might be developable. We also worked on some issues that were related to the BLM decisions. There were what are called fragmented parcels that had gone through the process of nomination and development but were left over from and remained undeveloped, we made an effort to determine whether or not all of the encumbrances that are in place, that have been placed upon land for public development, and we continue to work on it, are all relevant and still necessary so that if there is land that can be developed in other ways that we don't need to claim as public land, then it needs to be identified and that can be developed appropriately. There are a whole lot of things that remain yet to do. One of the things that you hear out in the community, and we had some discussion about, is the effective spread of growth and development. We've worked very hard as a county, I think the cities have done a good job, to avoid the kind of development that does not include all of the things that neighborhoods need. And so what you'll see very often in Clark County is we're changing zoning to bring some commercial development a little closer to residential development because neighborhoods need commercial, but we recognize that there are a lot of barriers out there that still have to be the subject of discussion and broken down so that we can all be working together and we're not just angering everyone who's affected. All in all, the suggestions that came out of the working group were really positive. I think when we went in, there were a lot of folks who believed that there was no solution unless the federal government gave us more land. I still think that we believe that there needs to be an expansion of the disposal boundary in due course, but there's also a commitment internally, I think, to do the kinds of development that you can do that are infill related, and there's a priority that needs to be underscored, and we need to convince ourselves that infill development can be really important in meeting needs that are out there. We could go on and on and on, but I think the bottom line is that we were exhaustive in terms of the effort. We tried to reach out and hear everyone's input and reflect that in the document that we produced. The document is available, and we're excited to see the Council of Governments help

move now some of these things that were really findings or recommendations into reality thank you mr chair thank you that's wonderful anything else for emerging issues it was good it was a lot uh if not uh i i if i could just take a moment um we've got a special guest here today who i'm going to give my seat to in just a second Mr. Elijah Cruz is the 2526 Youth Council Member of the Year. And just for a moment, we're gonna change that to Youth Commissioner for a year. I got special permission, Elijah. Would you just take this seat, introduce yourself, maybe let them know what school you go to? You gotta say your name for the record into that microphone before you go to school.

Hi, I'm Elijah Cruz, and I go to Pinecrest Academy Slim Canyon.

Very good. Anything you want to say about yourself or your time here? Is this your first Clark County government meeting?

Yes.

Okay, we hope it's not your last. Maybe you want to introduce your mother who's sitting over there? What's her name?

My mom's name is Nicole.

Very good. Well, Nicole, thank you very much for bringing Elijah today. Thank you both for participating in the process and Congratulations on your work as a youth council member. Would you join me in recognizing him?

Leslie, we'll proceed with the meeting.

All right, your next item is to ratify the appointment of Dodie Nance to the position of Director of Human Resources. And I'm sorry, Miss Nance, that you have to follow that.

Good morning and welcome. Before we invite you to say a few words, perhaps it might be appropriate for us to take some action. So I don't know, we're glad to welcome you here. Is there a motion?

Yes, sir. I move to ratify the appointment of Dodie Nance to the position of Director of Human Resources.

Thank you so much. There's a motion for appointment. Please cast your vote. That motion carries. Welcome. Now the hard work. Introduce yourself and tell us a little bit about your goals here for HR.

Hello, I'm Dodie Nance. I am excited about the opportunity to serve Clark County and work with the employees and a direction that continues to keep positive peace.

Thank you, Director Nance. We're glad you're here. Thank you.

Your next item is to ratify the appointment of Stacey Dashtrup Roberson to the position of Director of Family Services.

Mr. Chair, I move to ratify the appointment of Stacey Dashtrup Roberson to the position of Director of Family Services.

Thank you, there's a motion for appointment. Please cast your vote. Congratulations, thank you. You could just introduce yourself.

Stacy Dastrup Roberson. Thank you, County Commissioners. Thank you, Kevin Schiller. He's not here, but wherever he is, thank you. Thank you, Deputy County Manager Abby Frierson. I appreciate the trust in this great opportunity. I have been serving the community for 18 years, and I'm honored that I get to continue that service in this role. I look forward to moving forward with the job and making positive changes with the dedicated team at Family Services.

Thank you so much, glad you're here.

All right, your next item is the appointment of one qualified individual to serve on the Upper and Lower Kyle Canyon Citizen Advisory Council for the remainder of a two-year term ending January 6, 2027 from the following list of applicants. Rebecca Kroll.

Thank you so much, Commissioner Becker. This is your appointment.

Yes, and Rebecca Kroll couldn't be here today because she lives kind of far away. So I'm excited to have her. And with that, I would move to approve.

Thank you. There's a motion for approval of the appointment. Please cast your vote. That motion passes.

Item 48 is to appoint Jillian Black and Nicholas Cote to serve on the Boulder City Library District Board of Trustees for four-year terms ending June 2nd, 2030. Applications were received from the following, Jillian Black, Catherine Roshida, and Nicholas Cote.

Thank you, Commissioner Gibson.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move the appointment of Jillian Black and Nicholas Cote.

Thank you. There's a motion for appointment. Please cast your vote. That motion passes.

Item 49 is to appoint a qualified individual to serve on the Airport Hazard Areas Board of Adjustment for a three-year term ending June 2nd, 2029. Staff recommends that Jennifer Ammerman, acting director of Clark County Comprehensive Planning be appointed as a board member or take other actions as appropriate.

Mr. Chair, I move to appoint Jennifer Ammerman to the Airport Hazard Areas Board of Adjustment for a three-year term ending in June 2nd, 2029.

Thank you. There's a motion for appointment. Please cast your vote. That motion passes.

Item 50 is to approve the allocation of $64,785,477 from the County Capital Project Fund 4370 $18,310,892 from the Capital Acquisition and Modernization Fund, 4,375, $57,757,639 from the IT Capital Projects Fund, 4,380, and $9,105,328 from the Eighth Judicial District Court Capital Fund, 4,760, to fund countywide capital projects. Also approve the allocation of $126,367,487 from the Opioid Settlement Fund 2780 to fully fund the Opioid Treatment Center Project RP.B0123067.

Thank you, Commissioner Kirkpatrick.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Before I make a motion for approval, I just want to highlight the Opiate Treatment Center. So each jurisdiction, I worked on that on Nevada NACO. Each jurisdiction got a portion of opiate dollars. A lot of people ask, where's the opiate dollars? This is where our opiate dollars are into building a treatment center, a long-term facility with different types of beds. so that people can get the care that they need for not only the short term, but the long term, and get back on track. So I'm excited to do this. I hope we can ribbon cut it. That might be one I go to before the end of my time, but I'm grateful that it's fully funded, so thank you. So that's my motion for approval.

Thank you, that's a big step. There's a motion for approval. Please cast your vote. That motion passes.

Item 51 is to authorize the creation of 15 general fund, 35 non-general fund positions for fiscal year 2027. Mr.

Chair, I move approval. There's a motion for approval.

Please cast your vote. The motion passes.

Item 52 is to approve, adopt, and authorize the chair to sign a resolution concerning the financing of transportation projects, Strip Resort Corridor, directing the county clerk to notify the Clark County Debt Management Commission of a proposal to issue Clark County, Nevada general obligation, limited tax transportation improvement bonds, additionally secured by pledged revenues, in the maximum aggregate principal amount of $101,190,000, providing certain details and connection therewith, and providing the effective date.

Move approval.

Motion for approval, please cast your vote. The motion passes.

Item 53 is to approve, adopt, and authorize the chair to sign a resolution concerning the financing of transportation projects, Beltway, directing the county clerk to notify the Clark County Debt Management Commission of a proposal to issue Clark County, Nevada general obligation, limited tax transportation improvement bonds, additionally secured by pledged revenues, in the maximum aggregate principal amount of $101,190,000, providing certain details and connection therewith, and providing the effective date.

Move for approval. There is a motion for approval. Please cast your vote. The motion passes.

Item 54 is to approve, adopt, and authorize the chair to sign Resolution 26-004, authorizing the district to issue its Clark County Water Reclamation District Nevada General Obligation Limited Tax Water Reclamation Refunding Bonds, additionally secured by pledged revenue, series 2026, in the maximum principal amount of $196,525,000, sitting as the Clark County Water Reclamation District Board of Trustees.

Good morning, Mr. Mayor. Can you hear this?

Okay. This item represents the final board action in a multi-stage approval process that allows us to advance the proposed refunding opportunity for a portion of the district's existing debt. The proposed transaction has also received prior approval from the Clark County Debt Management Commission. Rating agency presentations with Standard Supporters and Moody's were completed on May 18th, with the final bond rating reports anticipated by June 10th. Based on the current market conditions, the refunding is projected to generate approximately $7.5 million in net present value savings. With the board's approval of this item, all necessary authorizations will be in place to provide us the flexibility to go to the bond market for sale, hopefully under whatever the best market conditions would permit themselves to be. Commissioners, this is the last part of the process of this formal activity in action.

With approval from Commissioner Kirkpatrick, I would move for approval.

Well, I just wanted to put on the record that at Debt Management now, because the process takes so long, we've been asking, so if other commissioners wanted that they come back, that they send a letter to Debt Management of when they actually went out and what the savings would be for future.

And we understand and we'll do that. Commissioner, thank you. Motion to...

The motion passes.

Thank you.

Seems like we're about 30 seconds shy of 10 a.m. Is it okay to move on to public hearing? Sure. All right. Our first item on public hearing is item 34, which is to conduct a public hearing and approve, adopt, and authorize the chair to sign an ordinance levying assessments for Special Improvement District number 97B, Las Vegas Boulevard, beautification maintenance between Sahara Avenue and Mandalay Bay Road.

You read too fast, I think. Okay, go. I will open the public hearing on item 34. Anyone wishing to speak, please come forward at this time on item 34. Is this directly related to item 34?

There it is, okay. I won't take three minutes, but I would like to also make a plug for trees to be an enhanced inclusion item and element in this said beautification maintenance work. I understand it's maintenance, but I also understand that the more trees we have in places like that, not only the healthier we all be and the longer we will live, but the more we will attract other people who care about living long and well and quite a few of them probably earning a very large paycheck and more tax dollars for the county and so forth so i would love to see that more happen and if i could somehow catalyze that i would be thrilled to talk with you all about that thank you for your time thank you anyone else wishing to be heard on the ordinance levying assessments please come forward

Seeing no one, I'll close the public hearing and move that the bill be introduced at the May 19, 2026 meeting be finally adopted as an ordinance. Please cast your vote. The ordinance will be numbered and published twice by title.

Item 35 is to conduct a public hearing and approve, adopt, and authorize the chair to sign an ordinance levying assessments for Special Improvement District Number 114B, Las Vegas Boulevard South Strip Maintenance between Mandalay Bay Road and Russell Road.

Thank you, I'll open the public hearing. Anyone wishing to speak, please come forward. Seeing no one, I will close the public hearing and move that the bill be introduced on the May 19, 2026 meeting be finally adopted as an ordinance. Please cast your vote. The ordinance will be numbered and published twice by title.

Item number 36 is to conduct a public hearing and approve, adopt, and authorize the chair to sign an ordinance levying assessments for Special Improvement District number 126B, Boulder Highway Strip Maintenance along Boulder Highway from Interstate 515 to the intersection of Desert Inn Road and Lamb Boulevard and along Boulder Highway from Flamingo Road to approximately 900 feet south of East Sun Valley Drive.

Thank you, I'll open the public hearing. Is there anyone present wishing to be heard on the ordinance levying assessments? Seeing no one, I'll close the public hearing and move that the bill be introduced at the May 19, 2026 meeting be finally adopted as an ordinance. Please cast your vote. The ordinance will be numbered and published twice by title.

Item number 37 is to conduct a public hearing and approve, adopt, and authorize the chair to sign an ordinance levying assessments for special improvement district number 162B, Laughlin Lagoon Waterfront Maintenance Project in the unincorporated township of Laughlin, Nevada.

Thank you. I'll open the public hearing. Anyone wishing to be heard on the ordinance levying assessment, please come forward. Seeing no one, I will close the public hearing and move that the bill be introduced at the May 19, 2026 meeting be finally adopted as an ordinance. Please cast your vote. The ordinance will be numbered and published twice by title.

Item 38 is to conduct a public hearing and approve, adopt, and authorize the chair to sign an ordinance to create a new Clark County Air Quality Regulations Section 108 VOC emissions control for paper, film, foil, fabric, or vinyl coating operations to regulate sources that may cause or contribute to volatile organic compound emissions within the 2015 ozone non-attainment boundary by implementing emission standards work practices permitting or registration requirements, and record keeping and reporting requirements, and providing for other matters properly related thereto, and to authorize the control officer to compile and submit the approved ordinance and all related documentation, including the technical support document to the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approval into the Nevada State Implementation Plan.

Good morning. Maybe, is the hand held there? Now, yep. It's working now.

Oh, it is working, okay. Marcy Hinson, Director of the Department of Environment and Sustainability. You have in front of here today what is leaning towards the culmination of the rule sets we've been bringing forward to be included in the 2015 serious non-attainment SIP. We did public outreach on this item and did not receive any comments. You have a technical support document in the backup for the agenda item, and we believe it's ready for adoption today.

Thank you. Then I'll open the public hearing. Anyone wishing to speak, please come forward. Ms. Henson, could you pass that?

Thank you. Eric King. Again, on behalf of trees and our biosymbiotic relationship for probably millions of years, if not longer, I'd like to advocate for them having some kind of language articulated with these health standards in a, I guess you could say, a more holistic approach to how we evaluate air quality and quality of life. Thank you for listening to me.

Thank you. Anyone else wishing to speak, please come forward. Seeing no one, I'll close the public hearing. Is there a discussion or a motion? There's a motion for approval. Please cast your vote. The motion passes.

Your next item is item number 39, to conduct a public hearing and approve, adopt, and authorize the chair to sign an ordinance to create a new Clark County air quality regulation section 122, reasonably available control technology for major sources in HA212, to codify the reasonably available control technology determinations for certain major stationary sources that may cause or contribute to emissions of nitrogen oxides or volatile organic compounds within the ozone non-attainable boundary. Repeal section 121, reasonably available control technology determinations for specific major stationary sources in the 2015 eight-hour ozone NAAQS moderate non-attainment area HA212. and providing for other matters properly related thereto, and authorize the control officer to compile and submit the approved ordinance and all related documentation, including the technical support document to the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approval into the Nevada State Implementation Plan.

Good morning, commissioners. Marcy Henson, director of the Department of Environment and Sustainability. This rule repeals an existing rule and is updated to be included in our 2015 series on entertainment SIPP. We've done some extensive public outreach on this proposed rule. We started in January earlier this year. We did receive a good set of comments and we believe we reconciled those to the extent that we can. We have a technical support document in the backup for your agenda item, and we believe that the item is ready to be considered this morning. Thank you.

Thank you. I'll open the public hearing. Anyone wishing to speak on item 39, please come forward. Seeing no one, I'll close the public hearing. Move approval. There is a motion for approval. Please cast your vote. The motion passes. Thank you.

Item 40 is to conduct a public hearing to approve, adopt, and authorize the chair to sign an ordinance amending Title 20 of the Clark County Code, Chapter 20.10, Section 20.10.010, Rentals, Fees, and Charges, Harry Reed International Airport. Provide for other matters properly related thereto or take other actions as appropriate.

Thank you, good morning.

Good morning, commissioners. For the record, Joe Borkowski, airport chief financial officer. So I have a short presentation here to go over our rates and charges for fiscal year 2027. All right, this first chart here is just showing our in-plane passengers. So this is, the blue bars are the historical in-plane passengers from looking back to fiscal year 18 through 2025. As you can see with the pandemic, our passenger numbers dropped dramatically, but then we, increased pretty quickly, and in 2023 we set a new record, 24 we beat that record, 25 was our second highest year on record, and then this year the green bar is estimating our 26 in-plane passengers, which is down about six or seven percent as a result of the contraction on the ultra-low cost carriers, but that has been offset partially by growth with some of the other carriers, so we're hopeful that we'll recover a lot of that growth with the spare bankruptcy and all that. And then the yellow bar there shows our budgeted fiscal year 27 numbers for this budget. This chart here is showing our cost per in-plane passenger. So this is kind of how we measure ourselves up to other airports. It's averaging out the cost per passenger that's in planes at the airport. So this is looking at the top 10 origination and destination airports. Our estimated CPE in this budget is, as you'll see there on the is $9.13. It's up a little bit, about 5% from the prior year. And as you look, we're on the lower end here of the top 10 OND airports, but that gets us in a good position as we go into modernization. And you can see in some of these other airports, their CP is rising because they're in modernization plans currently. So we're well positioned to be in that as we go through the modernization. And then this chart here is showing a little history of the rates and charges. So the ordinance here that we're proposing is adopting the new rates. They're based on a formula that's outlined in our use and lease agreement. So you can see in the far right in yellow, that's the fiscal year 17 rates adjustments. Most of them are relatively flat with the exception as the landing fee is going up slightly at $1.78 and then the gate use fee is going down slightly But overall, those revenues will equate to the $9.13 CPE. So we had our budget meeting with the airlines. There's 11 signatory airlines that are listed here. They unanimously approved our budget and these rates. And you can see there on the right is the support letter from our chair from Southwest Airlines approving the rates for this fiscal year. So with that, I... respectfully request the approval of these rates, and if I'm here to answer any questions, you may have.

Thank you very much. This is a public hearing. Anyone wishing to speak, please come forward. Seeing no one, I will close the public hearing.

Move approval.

There is a motion for approval. Please cast your vote.

Oh, I'm sorry, Commissioner. Commissioner Gibson had his microphone on.

Oh, excuse me.

Well, I think it's important, you noted that the modernization work that you're planning now is something that is coming and this positions us to be able to do something that will require a lot of us. And I think that the way that we've held costs down will allow us to really do something incredible out there as we modernize the airport. The plan is, it's painstaking, right? I mean, honestly, it just takes forever to get to the end of it, but we encourage you to keep plowing forward and come back and give us reports on a regular basis as to the things that you have in mind And over time, it'll be important for you to keep us aware of what may need to happen to some of these rates, fees, and charges in order to pay for the work that we're doing, even before you take it to the airlines, just so that we have an understanding of what is happening to them. But good job. It's not something that the public often sees. and we're holding those costs down and it's really critical to us to do that because the ticket into Las Vegas is not a $50 additional charge like it is in Los Angeles. So thank you, good job.

Commissioner Jones.

And I'll just echo Commissioner Gibson's comments and my comments from the last meeting that I know that the plans for renovations at terminal one are in process and they're going to be coming back to this board for further guidance and just hope that we can advance those as quick as possible. Because again, we are the airport is the gateway to Las Vegas and we can do better.

And we're anticipating receiving an update to this board in two weeks, is that correct?

Yes, Mr. Chair, Jim Chrisley, Director of Aviation for the record. But yes, we plan on coming back with an update in two weeks and hopefully provide you where we're at and where we're going. So looking forward to it.

Very good. Thank you. There's a motion for approval. Please cast your vote. That motion passes. Thank you.

Item 41 is to conduct a public hearing and approve, adopt, and authorize the chair to sign a resolution approving the issuance solely for the purpose of section 147F of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended by the Arizona Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, in one or more series of tax-exempt or taxable 501 revenue bonds The amount not to exceed $34 million and use of not more than $19,160,000 of the proceeds of the bonds in order to finance and or refinance the acquisition of an improvement to, among other things, charter educational facilities located at 1780 Betty Lane, Las Vegas, Nevada 89156 for use by Academy of Mathematics and Science Inc. and its affiliates, including AMS Schools Nevada Inc., fund a debt service reserve fund for the bonds and pay certain costs of issuance of the bonds.

Good morning.

Good morning, Anna Dancha, Comptroller. This is a requirement, the hearing's a requirement from the Internal Revenue Code. not obligations of the county, and we do have representatives from the applicant here if you have any questions.

Thank you so much. In that case, I'll open the public comment period. If there is any comments, including from the applicant, please come forward at this time. Seeing none, I'll close the public hearing. Come forward if you'd like to introduce yourself.

Hi, I'm Robert Biggs with the Academies of Math and Science, and we're excited to open the school at the site of the former Nevada Prep Charter School, and we plan on serving 600K through eight students in a 48,000 square foot building there. We intend to provide high quality education for all the students.

Very good, thank you. Commissioner Sagerbloom, I believe it's in your district. Yes, I would move for approval. That motion passes. I'm sorry, there's a motion on the floor. Please cast your vote.

Of course it passed.

It did pass, I was right. All right, the motion passes.

Your next item is to conduct a public hearing and approve, adopt, and authorize the chair to sign a resolution approving the issuance solely for the purpose of section 147F of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended by the Public Finance Authority of Wisconsin in one or more series of tax-exempt 501c3 revenue bonds in the amount not to exceed 137 million in order to finance, refinance, and or reimburse the cost of acquisition, construction, expansion, improvement, renovation, furnishing, and equipping of certain educational facilities located at 411 and 14B Sunset Way and an adjacent parcel located on Whitney Mesa Drive, Henderson, Nevada 89041, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $6 million. One breakthrough way and 1053 Discovery Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 89135, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $130 million and 3755 Breakthrough Way, Las Vegas, Nevada 89135 in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $1 million for the use by Roseman University of Health Sciences to fund a debt service reserve fund for the bonds, fund interest on the bonds and pay certain costs of issuance of bonds.

Thank you, good morning.

Good morning, again, this is a requirement of the Internal Revenue Code. They're not obligations to the county, and we do have representatives here from the applicant if you have any questions.

Thank you very much. I'll open the public hearing. Anyone wishing to speak, please come forward. I'll close the public hearing. Commissioner Gibson.

Thank you. Rosamond has done a remarkable job of stepping up and doing things that the community at large needs, and I'm proud to move approval.

Thank you. There's a motion for approval. Please cast your vote. That motion passes.

And that concludes your agenda items, Mr. Chair.

Very good. This is the final time set aside for public comment. Anyone wishing to speak on issues before this board can please come forward at this time. Could you please state your name for the record and direct your comments at the full board?

I'm sorry?

I just said direct your comments at the full board, please.

Well, you're a waste of my time, but I'd like the help from anybody.

We're all listening.

I was hoping Marilyn would maybe help me. I need somebody to come with me over to St. Rose de Lima Hospital to access my medical records, which proved what happened to me at that jail, Michael. Who in this board is willing to accompany me to that hospital that has trespassed me from accessing my medical records? Michael, will you?

Members of the board aren't allowed to engage in discussion at this time.

Then what is this? Who am I talking to if you're not going to answer? Sir, will you?

Ma'am, please speak into the microphone and direct your comments towards the full board.

Ma'am, please direct your comments towards the board. What would you like to know, Michael, that you don't know from my Facebook account, which is now shut down? I guess you know it all. Why aren't you doing anything about it, Michael? Who in here would like to accompany me to St. Rose's in the hospital?

If you'd like to face the full board and use the remaining time, however you'd wish.

I can face whoever I want to face, Michael. You're not worth my time. Is there anybody willing to come to St. Rose to Lima Hospital with me to access my medical records? They have a new police chief at Henderson Jail. Coincidentally, around the time I was jailed, the same guy is running unopposed.

Mr. Chairman, maybe our council could have a brief conversation with this lady.

No, it'll be public.

We have made that attempt before.

Answer my question. We can't do that. Nobody here is willing to come with me to get medical records. When I go to St. Rose to Lima Hospital, they have security there escorting me out, trespassing me. All I want are my medical records. I have rights to them. Unless you're hiding something, Michael.

This board does not have the ability to obtain her medical records for her. I do. Or provide. I just need an escort to get past security. Or provide an escort either.

I know you don't, but you should. Will you is the question. All you have to do is, I'll drive. You don't even have to waste gas. William? You're not gonna answer? Thank you very much.

Your time has expired. We'd like to invite the next speaker to come forward at this time.

Hello, my name is Shoshana. I'm a resident, and I am for the absolute separation of church and state. I would like us to consider not having prayer anymore in these chambers. I also want to address Commissioner Becker's post on Facebook that she went after the Satanic Temple two weeks ago. And I didn't know that she walked out of the chambers out of complete disrespect having a meltdown when the representative from the Satanic Temple was here to give his invocation prayer. I find it despicable that she did that, very disrespectful. She didn't get what she wanted because it wasn't her religion. And that's just what happens when other people have their own beliefs. You have to respect them in these chambers because you allow a religion here. I hope this is not the precedent for commissioners as representatives of the community to do this because it sends the message that only your religion shall be agreed upon and respected. Suggesting also that prayer involves needing more conservatives in government, that is divisive as well. Clark County is home to people of varying political beliefs, faiths, and people who don't need religion at all, especially for those like me who've read the most gruesome book I've ever read, the Bible. It is inhumane. It talks about raping women, incest, torture, slavery, and mass murders, and so on. but suggesting that prayer is exclusive to conservative implies only, again, that certain residents are represented. Her actions further solidify the need to separate religion from these chambers. This is not a house of worship. This is a government building where you do government business. There are over 1,000 tax-free churches nearby for the public to choose from. For those who want religion, it's available to them. Furthermore, 70% of cities and counties in Nevada do not pray at their meetings, their government meetings. It's time to wake up and smell the reality, the truth, the facts. Omit praying at these meetings. It's completely unnecessary. And because your religion is keeping us divided, the separation of church and state is the solution provided. Thank you very much.

Thank you. Good morning. No, but if you'd like, a copy can be distributed for the record. I thought this was displayed.

Tim Ross, 2537 Dayspring Street, Las Vegas, Nevada. AOPA representative for North Las Vegas Airport. Speaking about hangar leases, hangar land leases at North Las Vegas. Commissioners, we're very reasonable people. We disagreed with some items in your Title 20 amendment, but agreed to allow it to be adopted because the Clark County Department of Aviation said they would work with us to reissue our 30-year leases. Jim Chrisley told us he had no intention of moving or removing our aircraft hangars. Now, nine months later, we still do not have hangar land leases. He told Jeff Lustig once again on Tuesday, May 19th, that he will be providing land leases, but we have nothing at this time. Many of our members are veterans and are economically harmed by these delays. One of our members and one of our friends, Larry Joslin, is an example. Larry is a Vietnam veteran. He's losing his vision due to a medical condition. Larry would like to sell his hangar so someone can buy it that can use the hangar, but it can't be sold at this time because of the lack of a land lease. This is causing economic harm to Larry and his family, as it is other veterans. I'm hoping we get these land leases completed by July 31st. Otherwise, I'll ask AOPA's 400,000 members to start writing and calling the county commission. I'll also ask veterans groups to start writing the commissioners on behalf of the veterans and calling them also because this is a veterans issue. We plan to take other actions as needed to bring awareness to our hangar lease issue in Clark County if needed. including actions to acquire widespread media attention. This is an election year and this is an election issue. Voters want to know where you stand on this issue. I provided a questionnaire for each of the commissioners. We recently had a meeting and other candidates were present during our meeting. They will be given the questionnaire also. Voters want to know if you support us in this issue, they wanna know where you stand on this important issue. Results of the questionnaire will be posted on our website to assist voters in making a selection about whom to vote for. Fill out the survey even if your election is not this year. I'd like to mention one more thing, that it would be a shame if this commission could accommodate the Satanic Temple but not U.S. veterans. Thank you.

Thank you. If you could just pass those documents to Ms. Gooden on your right.

Good morning. I guess the green light's not on yet. Well, there we go. I'm Wilhelm Percival, 8425 Telescope Peak Court, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89145. I'm also speaking about the hangar land lease issues at North Las Vegas Airport. I am a veteran, and I'm proud of my service to this country. I retired as a colonel, a two-time wing commander, and served 28 years. I've flown the B-52 and B-2 bomber. I led the B-2 pilots who went on to bomb Serbia in the 1999's Operation Allied Force, and I developed the tactics B-2 pilots used recently in Iran. As an Air Force captain, I built my own aircraft in my garage on base. Otherwise, owning and enjoying a personal aircraft would have been unaffordable for me. It seems the county plans to use a federal grant to make North Las Vegas another jet port for Gulf Streams like Henderson. I'm worried that part of this plan is to get rid of private hangar ownership by non-renewing or reverting the leases. Like many veterans who own hangars at North Las Vegas Airport, I used a large chunk of my personal retirement savings to get a hangar. I think this use of a federal grant causing economic harm to veterans is unspeakable. Why would the county even consider not renewing the leases? Is it that they want to take the veterans' hangers and then use them for their own rental operations? As a retiree, there's no way I could afford their rent. Ben Suzuki told us in a meeting where he kicked out the press the buildings are amortized He said we'd had 30 years to get the value out. So when the lease is up out we go well, that makes no sense Do you pay for your home over 30 years and then toss out the title and abandon it? These hangers are assets that gain value over time not lose value the county assessor must agree because my hangar taxes have only gone up and Many of us depend on selling and using the money at some point during our retirement to live on. Do you condone the use of a federal grant to evict veterans? These days, my mission is to inspire the next generation of aviators. I lead the Young Eagles program in North Las Vegas. Most of the pilots who volunteer in this program own or rent hangars at the airport. We provide kids with an aviation orientation and a free airplane ride. And for most of them, it's their first ride in a small airplane. One day, some of these kids will be flying the airliner that you're riding in. So the land leases have a much further reach than you might think. The county verbally agreed to reissue hangar land leases. That was months ago and still no leases. Now we hear DOA's consultant vows to include reversion language in the lease. This is a foul. No consultants are needed and delays are causing economic harm. Who's going to buy my hangar with this going on? Please require issue of these land leases before July 31st and fill out the airport issue questionnaire. that Tim just gave so that we know who supports us and who to vote for in the next election. Thank you. Thank you.

Good morning.

Good morning. How y'all doing? My name is Todd Graves. I'm at 9745 Mount Cupertino Street, and that's 89178. I'd also like to speak about the lack of hangar lease renewals today. I've been a pilot since I was in high school. I built a small airplane to enjoy flying on my days off. I own a hangar at the North Las Vegas Airport. I had a choice between North Las Vegas and Boulder City. I chose to invest in North Las Vegas, not just my hangar, but the airport and the community that supports it. There's a lot of anger and anxiety up at the airport about the future of these hangars. This is not what we elected you folks to do. The Clark County Department of Aviation manages the airport, but you guys manage the Department of Aviation. So it's not just their failure to support the local community, it's your failure also. As far as the delays in issuing the land lease, they are causing value to the hangars to plummet. Much of our personal assets is included in these hangars. We have made many sacrifices in order to buy these hangars, our aircraft, and to maintain our certifications required to enjoy aviation. Can't imagine a county commission that would allow this to be done to any other taxpayer, much less veterans who serve their country. About a third of the hangar owners in North Las Vegas are veterans. Others are retired or active military or airline pilots like myself. In my case, I'm recently unemployed senior captain with Spirit Airlines, and I expect a severe pay and cut as I go to the bottom of another airline when I start over. On top of that, if I'm forced to relocate to another part of the country with a new job, The county's taking of my hanger is a major hit to my personal investments and that just kind of adds insult to injury. We just need somebody to sit down and talk with us and simply work out a lease. Even the existing language, lease language will be okay. It's been in use for 30 years and it's already been approved by the Department of Aviation. We don't need a consultant. That's just a waste of taxpayer dollars. We need a common sense management to sit down with the hangar owners with good faith and just reissue the leases. We need you to stop causing economic damage to the hangar owners. Each of the hangar owners are taxpayers and we are also voters. Many of my airport neighbors are also veterans. described the land leases as if the hangars were of no value. These hangars have gained values over the years. Our hangars are part of our net worth and we've made sacrifices to own and maintain them. The CCDOA obtained a $200 million grant and acts as if we're simply expendable. Does the federal government know that the CCDOA would like to violate its FAA Grant Assurance 22 about economic discrimination? Does the federal government know about how this deeply hurts veterans? We hope the CCDOA gets the leases signed and delivered before July 31st. If not, we are prepared to picket at Harry Reid and engage in the veterans groups and other aviation groups to protest if needed. Thank you for your time.

Thank you. Good morning. Good morning. Good afternoon. Kevin King, 10697 West Centennial Parkway, 89166. I am a current active duty service member, and I will be separating from the Air Force soon after five years of service. My intent is to stay in Las Vegas and continue providing my money and my expertise to the Las Vegas community by... gaining my pilot's license and working in the career field. However, in order to do that, the most cost-effective way in my budget is actually to build and own my own aircraft. To do that, I need hangar space, which I do not have, and I cannot buy as a result of the current lease stoppage. And what that does is essentially it gives me an incentive to take my money after I get out of the Air Force and move it elsewhere. Because if I'm not being... given an opportunity to own property in this city and i'm not being given an opportunity to further my flight time and my skills with the small aircraft that are stored at these hangars then i can't get that time on private jets that are leased by someone else who's flying in to watch an F-1 race for the weekend and then completely leaving with their money and giving nothing else to the city and as such i would like to add on to the EAA's line of people here who are going to be talking and say that I as well as a soon-to-be veteran and as a current active duty service member need this lease issue to be taken care of. That is all I have.

Thank you.

Good morning. My name is William Rode. I live at 3544 Prairie Meadow Street, Las Vegas, 89129. And I'm also here to talk about the hangar leases situation. A quick background for me. After I graduated from the Air Force Academy, I served 12 years active duty, three years in active reserve, and then I became a professional pilot. Before retiring, I moved here with the thought of buying a little airplane, a little hangar, and retiring here. The problem is, of course, that these hangar leases are not renewed then the hangar which although it's a small price it's the largest single asset i own it now becomes more of a liability there's nothing i can do with it the money is essentially gone uh... and uh... as we mentioned before a lot of us are veterans here a lot of us are in the exact same situation we're not necessarily millionaires just rolling in dough uh... what i'm asking this commission today to do is to make sure that the county's plans do not cause undue economic hardship to veterans and active duty military like me. And actually, this is not a future problem because it's already happening, as some people mentioned. Imagine that you're an airman at Nellis or Creech and you get an assignment in another state, another country. You need to sell your hangar. No one's going to pay you good money for it. They'll be lucky to get pennies on the dollar. And woe to you if you borrowed money to buy that, which you thought was a good, safe asset based on decades of assurances from the county. Suddenly, a stroke of a pen, the county can render it almost worthless. This is not fair. It's not right. We're trying to negotiate. We've put... ideas forward. We're willing to compromise, but we're getting these delays and different answers, and now they've hired a consultant. When I was a military officer, I would not tolerate an underling saying, oh, I can't make a decision. Let me hire somebody else to do the research for me and come up with some ideas. That's what I hired you for. Weren't these people on the board, weren't they hired because of their leadership on their resume? Can they not make a decision? One more thing, I am the president of the Experimental Aircraft Association. We have a chapter here, this chapter here at North Las Vegas. We do a lot of community outreach. We do STEM tutoring, we do classes, we do hands-on modeling, and of course we give the free flights to young kids. Usually they've never flown before. We're very proud, the EAA National is very proud of the fact that many of these kids write testimonials later. That first flight led me to a career in aviation, pilots, dispatchers, mechanics, all kinds of things like that. This outreach converts neighbors of the airport into friends of the airport. And I can tell you right now as president of the chapter that we start losing hangers because people can't get them renewed. This chapter is toast. It's not going to be able to survive. And then you're going to have neighbors of the airport become no longer friends of the airport. Instead, they'll be complaining about the giant jets that you have coming in all the time. My final point then, my final for this commission, please direct the airport officials and negotiate with us in good faith and in a timely manner. Stand up and show a little backbone. Make decisions if necessary. Compromise if necessary. We're willing to compromise. We want to get this done. Thank you for your time.

Thank you.

There you go, good morning My name is David Barber I reside at 9303 Gilchrist Avenue unit 1057 and I'm speaking on behalf of the VGT as a 75 year old veteran I am proud of my service to the country for 24 years as a flying warrant officer in the United States Army I have owned a hangar at VGT and sold it because of the continuing uncertainty of the lease for the future I Recently I purchased a Vietnam era Warbird and once again wished to own a hangar at VGT. VGT has a strong general aviation community. I currently belong to the EAA and the Warbird arm of the organization. Before the Nevada wing of the CAF closed at VGT, I was an active member and held positions within the organization. Their departure after many years located at VGT was most assuredly affected by the restrictions placed on the businesses at VGT by CCDOA. There is a strong general aviation community having lunches, fly outs, and interactions supporting general aviation. The CCDOA inaction on hangar leases has placed dark clouds over future operations that affect those lives on a daily basis. Disrespect for general aviation and the many veterans who own hangers here. We have contributed to the community, paid our taxes, and obviously served to protect our country. Now the CCDOA acts as if they would like to toss us out as if we do not exist. I want to buy a hanger, but I have to be assured it will have a working ground lease to exist on. The CCDOA is playing a game that is causing disruption, anger, economic stress, and possible financial loss. We don't need a consultant at the airport. We need someone who supports general aviation, not hate it, to manage the general aviation airports. We need some common sense leadership to provide veterans, retirees, active duty service members, and youth to provide affordable land leases for hangers. The CCDOA is acting like the airports are their own personal property, where they seem to appear to desire longer runways for the support of larger aircraft with less priority on general aviation. As a veteran and general aviation member, I ask myself why I'm having to spend this time speaking to the county commission. We elected you folks to oversee operations at the airports to assure everyone with interest in all areas are serviced fairly. We pay lease fees and county property taxes on hangars. We pay federal taxes that appear to now be used directly against us, the general aviation public. A 30-year renewable lease for hangar owners is what should be approved.

Thank you. Thank you very much. Good morning. One second. There you go. Sorry.

My name is Kimmy. I'm here because of the invocation last meeting. It's not lost on me at all that that was a political activist who was invited here. He's not actually from here, Mr. Aaron. But this gentleman came in a sacred moment, this solemn prayer, which is just what unifies us, and it's been a tradition of ours in the country and in our state since 1860. That was used as a platform for political activism, which even in his own public statements afterwards was made very known. That bothers me, but here's my request to you. I would like if we maybe adhere to our guidelines more strictly, because that was incredibly divisive. That was incredibly horrible for the faith community. have to hear and no one really called that out mr naff i was hoping that someone would stop that behavior because 40 of clark county residents are members of a faith community then this activist just came in and crapped on everybody and nobody stopped it or offered an apology but i do understand that there are ways that we can prevent this from happening in the future adhere to the policies more strictly, not invite the guy back, which I don't even know who applied for this gentleman to come since he lives in either Texas or Arizona. So if we can, I don't want to, we weren't going to get baited into an invocation. That was just ridiculous. But our invocation is wonderful. It's a wide variety of beliefs that we hold in Clark County, and that's what that moment is supposed to protect and include. It's not supposed to divide. It's supposed to include all of us. I'm for the invocation. It's pretty awesome sauce. I'm against inviting political activists to take advantage of this time and embarrass us as a community, especially a stranger who's not even from here, who doesn't know us. But that's all I got for you guys. Thank you, and God bless, and I pray for you guys' wisdom and whatever you guys do.

Thank you very much.

Good morning. The president of the Hangar Owner Group and I formed the Hangar Owner Group about four years ago. I approached Commissioner McCurdy and he within a week had us meeting with the DOA. And it looked like things were going to go very positive. I don't need to elaborate on the issues because you've heard them. But I just want to let you know that the hangar owner group is not an adversarial group. It's trying to be an advisory group so we can bring up issues from the hangar owners and when we see something that could improve airport operations, we want to participate in bringing these to the management's attention. And so I just want to assure you that we're trying to work with the airport on this. But, you know, from four years ago when Commissioner McCurdy put us together with the DOA, I think four years is a little bit too long of a time to generate a document for the hangar owner leases. And so that's why you're getting all of this static today. But our main mission is cooperation with the airport to try to improve things at the airport. Thank you.

thank you if there is anyone else wishing to speak please come forward at this time

Thank you, Commissioner. My name is Jeffrey Lustick. I'm the attorney for the Hangar Owners Group. My address is 200 Hoover in Las Vegas. I am, like many of the speakers, a United States Air Force veteran. I've served for 12 years in the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General Corps. I've also served in the federal government as a federal prosecutor and a federal public defender. I began flying when I was 14 years old, got my license when I was 17, got my driver's license when I was 19. Just like the speakers before you, flying is not just a casual activity or a hobby, but it does contribute to the community in many ways that you may not realize. When we started this process as the VGT Hangar Owners Group, we were very pleased to have Commissioner McCurdy and County Manager Kevin Schiller participate, along with the director of the CCDOA, Jim Chrisley. There are some issues and some bumps in the road, and I think it's important that you understand why we're here today. Last week we received emails. We had three emails come from Mr. Scott Ketchline, who was challenging us and saying, because we had made posts on Facebook and had been vocal in the community, that he felt that he could no longer see us as having good faith. You all know the power of redressing government activities and having a voice, and we want a voice in what's happening at the airport because not only are economic futures tied to that, but we also believe that our community safety, our community resource, which aviation is, is at stake uh... we just received word today that commissioner or that uh... i think commissioner curtis attend our meeting at on the twenty fourth i believe that's the case uh... we're also going to have the uh... director uh... common addresses in our session where we will have about three hundred persons present to listen to him speak and to give us the assurances that he's already given me that there will be leases But in the meantime, we do have the issue of the consultant. There was a decision to hire a consultant. The process was not particularly transparent. We did meet with a consultant that they ended up hiring. We objected to this consultant because we felt that the consultant would not work with General Aviation. We objected because the consultant's comments and activities were geared around hanger reversion. And hanger reversion means that at the end of the lease, the county owns our hangers. They take our hangers. For the director to be correct and consistent, we need to talk about whether there should be a consultant. $80,000 has been spent on a consultant from California, a consultant that we as a hanger owners group feel should not have been hired, and we don't feel the consultant is going to do anything but delay and confuse the issues. So if there's any way for this commission to look into this consultant and perhaps cancel the contract, We need about 16 pages on a sheet. That's what a lease is. And I've already submitted three draft leases to the county. They have not responded with revisions or red lines. We are capable of writing a lease. We're capable of getting this job done. We're able to do it. Anytime they want to meet with us, we can provide leases and we can move forward as an aviation community. Thank you so much for your interest in this matter.

Thank you very much. This will be the last call for public comment. Anyone wishing to speak, please come forward.

Again, Eric King, longtime resident here. Every day here in Las Vegas Valley and Nevada and around the country and the world, actually, with expats wherever they are, veterans of varying ages, seniors, some of them, they're laying in bed. They wake up and they say, who am I? What does the world speak about me and my brethren, sisters, brothers? And what is the quality of life? That's an introspective question they don't usually ask that I could improve today here in the valley. There's a whole bunch of gaps along with all of the amazing things efforts, operations, endeavors, and successes that you find folks help oversee here in Clark County and beyond regarding veterans and seniors in particular veterans, whether they are waking up in a bed that sees the stars above because they don't have a roof over their head or they have their own home or a family's home that they might be in. A lot of them in the coming heat are going to have greater distress because our city, our county is experiencing a stronger urban heat island effect. than any other city, any other major city in America and nearly the world is my understanding. So hopefully this won't be one of the hottest summers on record but I would like to cast my hat into the discussion of how we could better design for how to tell these veterans that through neglect in various ways whether all of their loved ones are gone, or they're disavowed from those relationships, they believe it really doesn't matter that I strive to make my life improved every day from here on forward. They might not say that to themselves, They might not say that to others, but you see it time and again. When I look into the eyes of folks that look like they've given up, and I come to learn that they are veterans and have served and have injuries and issues that most of us are quite alien to understanding in any full detail. And so I'd like to open a dialogue further with you fine folks and your staff as to how we could better design for a holistic wellness approach to address those folks who are part of an unknown number.

Thank you very much. This concludes the final time set aside for public comment. We will recess this meeting until 9 a.m. tomorrow morning and enter into closed door session.