Clark County Board of Commissioners - Regular Meeting

I'm Michael Knaft, your Clark County Commissioner for District A. On June 10th, I was thrilled to officially open the new 3.1 mile multi-use trail system at James Regional Sports Complex, a project that will enhance safety, connectivity, and recreation opportunities for residents. This exciting addition to one of Clark County's premier sports destinations features a continuous trail loop for walkers, runners, cyclists, and families, along with two underground tunnels that allow users to safely travel throughout the park without crossing major roadways. The project is an example of Clark County's commitment to investing in infrastructure that improves quality of life while making our public spaces safer and more accessible. Thank you to the many departments who helped bring this trail to life from RPM to Public Works and Parks and Recreation, as well as Girls on the Run for helping me officially open the trail and Deputy County Manager Lisa Kramer for speaking at the event and for all of her help throughout the process. Looking ahead, I'm hosting Coffee and Conversation with Clark County Fire Station 38, happening at Grouchy John's on July 25th. I hope to see many neighbors there to talk all things Clark County and enjoy a meet and greet with District A first responders. Be sure you're staying up to date on all things happening in District A and across Clark County. Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and X at CommishNAFT. Until next time, I look forward to seeing you all around A. Well, good morning. Welcome to the June 16th meeting of the Clark County Commission. I'll call this meeting to order. We will begin today with the invocation led by Reverend Will Rucker to be immediately followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Good morning.

Let us pray. Spirit of grace, source of wisdom, compassion, and hope, we pause for a moment of reflection and gratitude and to acknowledge that the responsibility before us is greater than any one of us can carry on our own. We ask for guidance, wisdom, and grace for each of us and all of us, whether our faith is in a higher power or simply in the collective power of humanity. Today, we recognize the rich diversity that makes Clark County strong. We are a community shaped by many cultures, many traditions, many faiths, and we are strengthened not despite our differences, but because of them. As we gather during a season where we celebrate the dignity and contributions of our LGBTQ neighbors, and as we prepare to commemorate Juneteenth, may we remember a truth found across so many of the world's traditions that every person possesses inherent worth and deserves to be treated with dignity and humanity. Grant wisdom to those entrusted with leadership today. We are grateful for their service. Help them see beyond individual interests and toward the common good. Grant clarity where challenges are complex, courage where decisions are difficult, and humility when listening is needed most. Fill their cups, bless their families, and may the work here reflect the highest ideals of public service and contribute to the well-being of all those who call Clark County home. In the name of all that is sacred, all that is divine, all that is human, in the name of all that is love, amen.

Good morning, Michelle.

Good morning, Mr. Chair, commissioners. Your first item on your agenda today is to recognize Juneteenth as a celebration of liberation, resilience and enduring contributions of African Americans to the history and progress of our nation.

Thank you, and as I'm turning this over to Vice Chair McCurdy, I just want to acknowledge in the back we have some guests of Commissioner Sagerbloom here today, the UNLV Native College Camp. We're glad you're here. Welcome to the Clark County Government Center, and we hope you enjoy and learn from today's meeting. Thanks for being here.

Thank you, Mr. Chair, and welcome. Can we play the video? Each year on June 19th, we observe Juneteenth, a day that marks a defining moment in our American history. It commemorates the day in 1865 when the last enslaved African Americans in the United States were finally informed of their freedom, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation had been issued. Juneteenth is more than a celebration of freedom. It is an opportunity to reflect on our nation's history, honor the resilience of those who endured slavery, and recognize the continuing pursuit of equality and opportunity for all. Its story is deeply connected to the history of our nation and, in many ways, the history of Nevada itself. In 1861, the Civil War began over the issue of slavery. Two years later, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring enslaved people to be free. Yet for many, freedom remained out of reach while the war continued. When the Civil War ended in 1865, news of the emancipation had still not reached many enslaved African Americans in Texas. That changed on June 19, 1865, when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas and informed enslaved African Americans that they were free. The celebrations that followed became the foundation of what we now know as Juneteenth. While Juneteenth began in Texas, its impact reaches far beyond a single place or moment in history. And here in Nevada, our story is also connected to the broader struggle for freedom, equality, and opportunity. Yet while Nevada entered the nation as a state where slavery was not legal, equality was not guaranteed. Las Vegas once carried the troubling reputation of being the Mississippi of the West. Discrimination and segregation affected where people could live, work, and build communities. Here in Southern Nevada, those challenges shaped neighborhoods like the historic Westside. a community that remains an important part of our region's history and cultural heritage. Today, Clark County reflects the contributions and dedications of generations who have helped shape our community. Juneteenth gives us an opportunity to celebrate that progress, honor those who have come before us, and recognize that the pursuit of equality and opportunity continues. Juneteenth reminds us that understanding our history helps us build a stronger future. By honoring the past, respecting one another, and creating opportunities for future generations, we can continue building a stronger community as we move forward together for better. Thank you and good morning. As we commemorate Juneteenth, I want to invite our community to join us for several events this week celebrating freedom, culture, faith, and the ongoing pursuit of equality. First, on Wednesday, June 17th at 5 p.m., we will gather at our Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign for our annual Juneteenth sign lighting ceremony. Later this week on Friday, June 19th, from 6 to 9.30 p.m., I encourage residents to attend the Faith Freedom Festival 2026 at Craig Ranch Regional Park. This event will bring together community organizations, live entertainment, and families for an ongoing event focused on unity, reflection, and celebration. And then on Saturday, June 20th, from 4 to 9 p.m., the community is invited to join the Juneteenth Freedom Festival at Symphony Park right here in downtown Las Vegas. This family-friendly celebration will feature live music, cultural performances, food vendors, educational exhibits, and activities that honor the legacy and spirit of Juneteenth. Juneteenth is more than a celebration of history. It is an opportunity to reflect on how far we have come and recommit ourselves to building a more inclusive and equitable future for all. I hope everyone will join us as we celebrate this important holiday and the enduring values of freedom, opportunity, and community. Thank you.

Your next item is to recognize Clark County employees who have been selected as Clark County Value Champions.

Hi, my name is Nate Jaramillo. I'm a supervisor with Clark County Parks and Recreation. I want to thank Karis Clark for his Value Champion Award. Karis was first on the scene of a bad accident involving a teenager, and when he saw no one was jumping in to administer first aid, he quickly responded, jumped in, and administered first aid until the first responders were there. Karis played a vital role in doing all that he could to ensure that that person had the best chance of living. Thank you once again, Karis, for all that you have done and all that you continue to do for Clark County.

My name is Jamie Leary, and I'm with the Department of Real Property Management. And on behalf of the property management acquisition team, I would like to recognize Asana Taylor as an excellent value champion for all of the work that she does for our department and our division. Most people probably don't spend much time thinking about historical records until they need them. But when questions come up about past decisions, agreements, properties, or projects and actions, she's the person who helps us find the answers. No matter how complex or obscure the request may be, she is always able to locate exactly what we need with incredible accuracy and attention to detail. She is consistently responsive, dependable, and thorough. The record she maintains allows us to make informed decisions, preserve institutional knowledge, and remain accountable to the community we serve. As someone who relies on her work regularly, I can honestly say my team would not be as half as effective at our jobs without her expertise and support. Asano exemplifies excellence through the consistency, professionalism, and care she brings to her work every single day. Her attention to detail and reliability make a tremendous difference in our day-to-day work. We are incredibly fortunate to work with her, and today we'd like to recognize and thank her for everything she does. Once again, congratulations Asana. We're really, really grateful for you.

Hi, my name is Vladimir Friedman. I'm an operations administrator with Clark County IT. I'm happy to nominate Anthony Vidal as a value champion. Anthony is an outstanding contributor on data analytics and reporting team he constantly goes above and beyond picking up new systems and services and become the go-to expert and a lead administrator on several of them Anthony is dependable engaged and brings positive attitude and strong sense of ownership to everything he does just want to congratulate him and say Thank you for everything you do, Anthony.

Well, I'm pitch hitting for the county manager today, and he always says, how about those Clark County employees? Let's hear it for them. Congratulations, you guys. This is always a great opportunity to point out the folks who kind of are doing the work out in the community who might not get the recognition that they deserve. So we really appreciate all the work that you do serving the community and, you know, maybe doing the things that we don't actually physically get to see. So thank you so much for all of your work and effort. So thank you. All right.

Thank you, Leslie. And on behalf of the board, I want to extend our thanks to you. It is an awfully high bar in Clark County when it comes to service, serving our community. And the three of you are here today because you have risen above that bar. You are the best of the best here in this county. And that really says something coming from a group of us who benefit from your hard work, your labor and your talents every single day. On behalf of this board, but also your extended Clark County family, we thank you for your service, for your time, your energy, and your talent. And would you all join me one more time in recognizing this week's honorees?

All right, you may now start your first public comment section.

Thank you. Good morning. This is the first time set aside for public comment. Those who are wishing to speak on items on section four or later can come forward at this time. That would be beginning on item number four. Please come forward at this time. Seeing no one, I'll close this first time set aside for public comment.

All right, we may now move on to your section four. Your first item on that section is the approval of the minutes of the regular meeting on May 19th, 2026.

I move approval of our meeting minutes for May 19th, 2026. Thank you.

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

Your next item is the approval of the agenda with the inclusion of any emergency items and the deletion of any items. For the record, there's a correction that needs to be read on item 54 under the business item section. This item recommendation should read, Set a public hearing on July 7th, 2026 at 10 a.m. to approve, adopt, and authorize submission of the 2015 Ozone NAAQS Attainment Plan for the Las Vegas Valley Serious Non-Attainment Area, Clark County, Nevada, to the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for review and approval as a revision of the Nevada State Implementation Plan.

With the changes read into the record, I move approval of the agenda.

Thank you. Please cast your votes. Motion passes.

You may now move to your consent agenda. I would just like to point out that for clarification on item nine, the contract amount that's listed on that item represents the total of all of the annual renewals and each annual renewal is for $550,000 for each year of the renewal.

I move approve our consent agenda item 6241. Thank you. Please cast your vote.

The motion passes.

All right, it's not 10 a.m., so we may move to your introduction of ordinances. Item 48 is an ordinance to amend Clark County Title II, Chapter 2.70, Clark County Office of Sports and Special Events by removing farmers markets and holiday events from the definition of special events by providing an exemption from certain special events requirements for common interest communities, by eliminating special events fees, and providing for other matters properly related thereto, and set a public hearing.

Thank you. I'll introduce the ordinance and set the public hearing for Tuesday, July 7, 2026 at 10 a.m.

Your next section of the agenda is section nine. Your first item is 49, identify emerging issues to be addressed by staff or by the board at future meetings. Receive updates on the activities of the various regional boards and commissions and direct staff accordingly.

Thank you. Commissioner Kirkpatrick.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So I have a couple items. So first, let me start with one that I would like to see us implement. So and maybe some discussion from the board. So I've been getting a lot of calls from different people that our process is slow. This doesn't work. And that takes so long to get a date, all of these things. And so when I go back and do the homework, it's not us. It turns out that maybe the engineer hasn't responded for nine months, maybe it didn't get put in place. So what I would like to do and what I have encouraged owners to do, I think we should mandate that the owners have to be on the application so they can go look for themselves and see what's going on. Because at the end of the day, Staff works very hard to try and move things, but we can't move anything if we don't have our answers. And then to remind people that the calendar is very much on the front and you can specifically see. So for instance, one of my constituents called and said, oh my gosh, we submitted this in 2024 and we haven't gotten anything. Well, when I started doing the homework, we actually didn't get it until 2025. in the middle of 2025. And then the next, because I don't know that people realize every time we touch a piece of paper, we document it. And then it was nine months before we got an answer. And I said, hey, not for nothing. Can't do anything. But then on another, and then another one, someone called and said, Oh, my gosh, the county is not even taking applications. It's going to be nine months before I can get in. What's the process? And I said, what are you talking about? Give me the application. Oh, I don't have an application number. OK, well, let me show you what the calendar looks like. So I just it was always the intent. that the owner could be on it but i think now we have to somewhat mandate it so that they can go and look for it because they don't always what i discovered the own not all the owners actually have all the information to go and look themselves so that's that's one So at NACO this week, we had a presentation on housing and different things that are going on across the valley, across the state, and across the feds. And one of the things that we had a very lengthy presentation on were opportunity zones. And I don't know, maybe Commissioner Gibson was here, but the last time this happened in 2017, we were given like three hours notice at 10 o'clock at night to come up with opportunity zones. And I'm not sure what the maps even look like today, but those are expiring soon. But then there's this whole nother process so that you can do opportunity zones and it can be for more than just It can be for infrastructure, it can be for housing, it can be for industrial, it can be for all these different things. And what the state said is they're not required to ask our input. However, they're happy to have our input and there's approximately 141 census tracts that qualify for opportunity zones. And I think that could be good for Clark County. So at least maybe if we could start working with planning and zoning to figure out what that looks like, then we could give them a list of what that looks like. Because at the end of the day, there's only 39 that totally will be approved by the state. But we want to make sure we can look at that. And then lastly, I sit on the Patient Protection Board, which is a state board which talks about different issues in healthcare that are at the top of everybody's mind. So the Patient Protection Board is looking at prenatal opportunities this time. So there are a couple of pieces of legislation that the county could benefit from, I think. So we did a report, I don't know, Abby, how long did we do that report? A couple years ago. I used that for inputs, but I do think there's gonna be an opportunity for some real prenatal care. How do we get to all those people if we can get it through the legislature? So those are my updates.

Thank you. Commissioner Jones.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Last November, the board received an update presentation regarding child-haven population and foster care recruitment. At the time, senior management was to identify possible strategies for addressing concerns that were raised at the time with falling recruiting. Since then, unfortunately, with no marketing budgeted for this issue, the numbers of those that are signing up for information sessions and actually attending information sessions has dropped precipitously by 50% compared to 2023. So I'm gonna ask that our new director, Stacey Dastrup, with support from senior management, return to this board for presentation within 30 days. with possible solutions and action items. And then also, on behalf of the RTC Board, there is, you may have seen some reports about fair, possible fair increases. There is a opportunity, if you go to the RTC website, to present any public comment that you'd like with regards to the proposed fair increases. and no fare increases would begin until at least early next year. So just be aware of that and to your constituents. Also the RTC working with other stakeholders will be updating the transportation investment business plan and we'll be meeting with members of senior management and this board over the next couple of months to talk about high level, what type of investments we should be making in transportation, particularly in the resort quarter.

Thank you. Anyone else? I would just, I'll avoid deliberating, but some comments I would make. One, to Commissioner Jones' point, that would bring us to July 21st. I agree that seems an appropriate time to circle the calendar to have that presentation to the board. hopefully with some detail related to foster care recruitment. And then to Commissioner Kirkpatrick's point, I experience a lot of this. Between Commissioner Jones and my district, we've got like 80% of land use applications in the state. The miscommunication between the owners, owner's rep, and the users of our system is real, and I think if we can help with that, we ought to. I would just also point out that we do, I agree, staff is working really hard. We've got some new people who are starting to get trained up really effectively, but We also have some process challenges that I do think could be cleaned up and worked through. So happy to continue to work with you and everybody else on it. And we can speak with Lisa Kramer when she's back, who will work with our new leadership at that department. If there is no one else, we'll wrap up emerging issues.

The next item is to appoint Deanne O'Rear Cameron to the Las Vegas JC Senior Citizens Mobile Home Community Corporation Board of Directors pursuant to NRS 461A.215 for a four-year term ending June 30th, 2030.

I move approval. If there's a motion, please cast your vote. The motion passes.

Your next item is to appoint up to eight qualified people to serve on the Clark County Rural Alliance Advisory Committee for a two-year term ending June 18th, 2028 from the following list of applicants. Lex Anderson, Alejandro Galindo, Tommy Lopresti, William Penny, Varen Robinson, James Scroggins, Bridget Solvey, and Kristen Stout.

I move approval of the eight individuals written to the record. Thank you.

May I ask a question for clarification? But which commissioner doesn't have one? So Vernon Robinson. This, and I think it was probably not advertised right to begin with because it's meant for the urban, the rural areas within the urban. So there's eight people. So I have Kristen Stout, who's District B, but I also know that Vernon Robinson is in District B, and he's in Moata. So is there a commissioner who doesn't have representation on here before we go with this list? Does anybody know? Well, I could maybe do a little bit here. So Lex is the person for NARA. So Alejandro is Commissioner Sagerblooms, right? Tommy is Jones. William Penny, I'm not sure who that is. Does anybody know? And I'm gonna just hold Vernon out just for a second. Brian Scroggins, NAFT, right? Bridget is Commissioner Becker's, right? And then Kristen is mine. So Gibson, maybe you don't have a position. Maybe you don't have someone on there.

Maybe your person changed.

I'm just, we can't unwind it once we do it. So I would maybe make the motion to approve the ones we know because then District B would have two, right? And I'm not trying to be greedy. so and william penny is commissioner gibson so uh commissioner mccarty do you have some is one of these yours checking now a good note commissioner naft and i met with the rural advisory committee and i think we had some good dialogue and i think we'll be seeing some stuff from them So maybe we just don't appoint Vernon because it's apples and oranges. This is for urban rural person is the way the rack is set up.

I'll move to approve everyone except Vernon at this time.

Thank you.

Okay, there's a motion recognizing that we can come back to fill that eighth seat when necessary. Please cast your vote. The motion passes.

Okay, your next item is to appoint three qualified individuals to serve on the Clark County Department of Juvenile Justice Services Citizen Advisory Committee for a three-year term commencing on July 1st, 2026 through June 30th, 2029 from the following list of applicants. Dave Doyle, Clarence Holman, Jody Lupo-Mastin, Amy Miller, Tiffany Murdock, and Nicole Robinson.

I'm happy to make a motion, everyone. I move to appoint Dave Doyle, Jody Lupo-Masden, and Amy Miller. There's a motion for approval. Please cast your vote.

The motion passes.

The next item is to select at least two nominees to be submitted to the governor's office for appointment to the Nevada Clean Energy Fund Board of Directors from the list of the following individuals. The incumbent is Les Lazarek. New applicants are Bedford Jackson III, Haley Johnson, Christopher Lee, and Steven Lewis.

Commissioner Segerblum? Yes. I move to appoint Les Lazarek and Christopher Lee. Thank you. There's a motion. Please cast your vote.

Mr. Chair, before we make that motion, could we at least say that they have to come back before us a couple times a year and tell us what's going on? There was some significant dollars... put in that this fund would that this group would oversee and i couldn't figure out who to call so i would support that as long as they came back before us and i'll amend my motion they have to come back here after we approve them that motion passes

Your next item is 54, and reading it as corrected, set a public hearing on July 7th, 2026 at 10 a.m. to approve, adopt, and authorize the submission of the 2015 Ozone NAAQS Attainment Plan for the Las Vegas Valley Serious Non-Attainment Area, Clark County, Nevada, to the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for review and approval as a revision to the Nevada State Implementation Plan.

Good morning. My name is Ted Lendes, Planning Manager for the Department of Environment and Sustainability. Today's agenda item is to set a public hearing on July the 7th for our state implementation plan. for the 2015 ozone standard. At that hearing, our department will seek the board's approval to adopt the plan into the Nevada state implementation plan and to approve submittal to the EPA for their review. Please note that that submittal will mark the final step of our obligation to submit a complete plan to the EPA under the current classification. I'll be happy to answer any questions.

Thank you. Are there any questions from the board? If not, we'll entertain a motion. There's a motion for approval. Please cast your vote. That motion passes.

Thank you.

Your next item is to approve, adopt, and authorize the chair to sign a resolution of intent proposing the issuance of and authorizing the publication of notices relating to the general obligation, limited tax, transportation improvement bonds, additionally secured by pledged revenues in the maximum principal amount of 101,190,000 for the purposes of financing transportation projects beltway, authorizing the chief financial officer or in such officer's absence the county manager to arrange for the sale of the bonds, providing other matters properly related thereto, and providing the effective date.

Thank you. Is there any discussion on this item?

Seeing none, I move approval.

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

Your next item is to approve, adopt, and authorize the chair to sign a resolution of intent proposing the issuance of and authorizing the publication of notices relating to the general obligation, limited tax, transportation improvement bonds, additionally secured by pledged revenues, and the maximum principal amount of $101,190,000 for the purposes of financing transportation projects on the Strip Resort corridor, authorizing the chief financial officer or in such officer's absence, the county manager to arrange for the sale of the bonds, providing other matters properly related thereto and providing the effective date.

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

Next item is to approve, adopt, and authorize the chair to sign the ordinance authorizing the issuance by the county of its Clark County, Nevada general obligation limited tax bond bank refunding bonds, additionally secured by SNWA pledged revenues series 2026 in the maximum principal amount of $170,140,000 for the purpose of refunding securities issued by the county on behalf of the Southern Nevada Water Authority as if an emergency exists, providing the forms, terms, and conditions of the bonds and other details in connection therewith and providing other matters related thereto.

Move approval. Thank you. There's a motion for approval. Please cast your vote. The motion is inclusive of as if an emergency exists. That motion passes.

Item 58 is to receive a presentation from the Clark County Department of Aviation to provide updates regarding the Clark County Airport systems, including Harry Reid International Airports, Modernization Plan, and Southern Nevada Supplemental Airport.

Good morning. Good morning Mr. Chair and Commissioners. I'm Jim Chrisley, the Director of Aviation for the record, but I really do appreciate the opportunity to come before you to present where we're at. I mean, we last came to you in December with an update on our modernization planning and we've done a lot, been working very hard, and we just wanted to give you an update on where we're at in that process and what the schedule is as we move forward. So with that, been a lot of activity going on in the news lately, so I just wanted to catch you up on some of the great things that have happened recently and where we're at as we move forward. These current things that are done and how we've been in the news lately. Two of our biggest accomplishments are the Chase Sapphire Lounge in Seagates, bringing our first lounge experience to Seagates. Very popular, the day it opened back in December, there was lines the next day. Obviously, Southwest is a very busy carrier in Seagates, and this lounge is providing that service. And the other one we recently opened is the Sidecar Lounge by Amex. That's in D-Gates. It's a small 33-person lounge that sits up in the corner of D-Gates on the second floor and is really popular as well, bringing a lot of local flair to include James Beard award-winning chefs. It's the only airport with this concept, so we're really proud to have a Sidecar Lounge. Additionally, we were able to open a Mob Museum store. Thank you, Commissioner Gibson, for being at that ribbon cutting. A new candy cove in E-Gates, supporting a longstanding local business and expanding their business. A brand new Panda Express in D-Gates. Once again, a great add to our concessions fan and a very, very popular to date. And then a Kate Spade in D-Gates as well, providing that ability to buy their products within the airport. Another real-time new international air service. Back in April, the middle of April, we launched direct service to Paris three times a week. That was on April 15th. Been a great add to our European market and able to fly that service directly to Charles de Gaulle in Paris. Southwest just last week launched international service for the first time to Mexico to include Los Cabos, Puerto Vallarta, Cancun, and then in October we're looking forward to them launching service to Costa Rica. So going well so far, but we'll see how well that does here out of Las Vegas. We're excited to have that additional international service. And then Qantas, one of our most popular or most proud of moments is to, you know, in working with our Convention and Visitors Authority brethren and partners, we were able to land direct service from Sydney starting in December of 26th. This was a result of a partnership over the past three years with the national rugby tournament that's held in Vegas and it really proved very popular and so much so that they've decided to add a regular service to and from Sydney. And a couple of new amenities we've added. With the shutdown, TSA wait times became a hot topic throughout the country. And what we were able to do is launch real-time wait times, both on our website and in our FID screens, or our flight information screens within the airport, providing that customer service and awareness. And the other program we recently launched was the Sunflower Program. This program supports individuals that are traveling with hidden disabilities. So they wear a specific sunflower lanyard. And our frontline airport workers are trained to recognize that lanyard. and may know that they may need a little extra assistance while they navigate the busy airport environment. So a lot of great things that have happened recently, and as we continue with the modernization, there's also, as we've spoken, we've been very deliberate in our modernization planning and execution. The planning continues. Brian Holt here is gonna give us an update on where we're at in the major planning efforts further, but all the work we've been working on is still all part of modernization and is going to help enable those larger scale projects when we get to those in the right timeline. This is kind of an overview of our campus at Harry Reid. Terminal one, as you can see, this is showing all the areas that modernization is gonna touch in the coming years and what we need to improve. It includes rehabilitation of terminal one, terminal three improvements, roadway improvements, southern multimodal, north multimodal, as well as a lot of accessory projects throughout the campus itself that will help to support as we go forth with trying to rebuild terminal one. As you can imagine, D-Gates, we built that basically greenfield outside of the operational area. Terminal 3, the same. We built it outside of the operational area, which resulted in construction having minimal impacts on the operations. However, when we go to remodel Terminal 3 as well as reconstruct Terminal 1 in the future, that's going to be right on top of ourselves as we're trying to operate. during some of the busiest event times of our, you know, of Las Vegas, we'll be trying to rebuild and reconstruct Terminal 1. And so we have to be very deliberate and ensure we have all the right pieces in place to be able to do that successfully. So as we hop around, I'll show you some of the enabling projects that are ongoing right now. First one is our new warehouse facilities. This replaced an aging old cargo building that we use for all our centralized distribution. This opened earlier this year, and that's phase one of a larger project, which is going to demolish the old warehouse as well as consolidate our maintenance function. So what this does, currently all our Department of Aviation maintenance folks are spread throughout the airport in little holes and corners of Terminal 1 under D gates in areas that are could be used for operations, but more importantly, they need to be vacated for the future renovation of Terminal 1. So when this project is completed and coming up in the near future, the middle of next year, this is gonna allow us to consolidate all our folks out of those operational maintenance areas into this facility, freeing up that space for the Terminal 1. Moving on, the Westside Customs Facility. So we're expecting this to open next July. So this is gonna bring a premiere experience to our business jet and FBO customers on the Westside that are traveling international. In the past, we had a very small and dingy, I'd say, customs facility. That was torn down and is now being replaced with this brand new state-of-the-art facility. This is immediately adjacent to our charter ramp along the strip just north of Signature. And adjacent to this in the same facility is also a charter processing facility. So as we get the large charters with boosters or sports teams for the stadium, for Allegiant, for the A stadium, for hockey games, they'll be able to process through this charter facility, do their security, and then enter onto the ramp and get on their aircraft and get out. Moving on. Now as we look at our building additions, these have been ongoing for the last year or so, but A-Gates is adding new concession opportunities at the Y to expand those services at a very underserved area. And then the building addition at C-Gates is about 15,000 square feet. That's a picture of it in the middle there. It's quite a stunning addition to the facility. That's gonna offer new food and beverage offerings, a new Starbucks, a pizza concept, a full service bar. And finally, a Chick-fil-A for anyone interested. We've been talking about a Chick-fil-A for many, many years, so we are gonna get a Chick-fil-A in this new building addition. And one of the more, and even more importantly than Chick-fil-A is this addition comes with 40 additional restroom stalls. So that's actually gonna increase our restroom capacity in Seagates by about 30%. So much needed, much desired by our customers, and we do receive a lot of feedback on our restrooms, so this will be very helpful in that. But we expect this to open in the middle of 27, in the spring of 27. The other project, anyone that's been to the airport, was in the heart of Terminal 1 at baggage claim. this is our vertical circulation project so what this project's going to do is increase our circulation of our pedestrians to and from the garage to the terminal currently everyone exits out of the the baggage claim doors crosses the taxi line to get to the garage so what this project's going to do is provide two escalators out of baggage claim up to the up to the ramp to walk to the garage and then there'll be two escalators straight down to passenger pickup and The result of this is a de-confliction of pedestrians and vehicle traffic. So this will improve our efficiency of both the ground transportation operations, as well as the safety and security of our passengers getting to and from the garage. And even better, this is going to help enable our next project that's underway, which is our ground transportation reorganization. So what we're doing currently, we have currently an RFP out, but we're looking to relocate the per capita, that's the for hire limousine and shuttle buses that are within or to the west side of baggage claim. Those are gonna be relocated to the north side where the Harry Reid sign is. So that'll free up their curb, which will allow us to relocate taxis from the current side to the opposite side of baggage claim to go where the per capita is, west side. And then what that does for us in the end is that allows the rideshare, the TNC, the Ubers, the Lyfts, we'll be able to relocate those folks out of the garage onto the current taxi curb. And not only is that gonna improve the traffic flow to and from the garage, because right now, all the TNCs bog up traffic as they go into the garage to get to that pickup area. So by relocating to that taxi curb, it's gonna redirect all that traffic a different way in, which will free up that flow for all our customers getting into T1 long-term parking and valet and all the other parking services. And the added benefit to all this is once the TNCs are relocated, that's also going to free up 330-ish parking spots within the T1 garage to help alleviate some of the parking congestion we've had as well. On the busy weekends, we'll fill up the garage, which is very frustrating to all our customers. So this is going to help in that matter as well. But the biggest benefit is gonna be the traffic flow in and out of Terminal 1. And as we get ready for the modernization of Terminal 1, it's very important that we get all the efficiencies we can out of our roadways, out of our pickup areas, and our ground transportation functions. Next up, the other one that's underway, which we hope to get started, these are replacing our tram cars. Our tram cars are very, you know, over 10 years old, have nearly 2 million miles on them, so they're currently on order, being produced in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and we expect delivery to start at the end of this year into next year. So we'll be able to replace all six of the D-gate trams as well as all four of the C-gate trams. ensuring the reliability of those services because when those trams go down it causes havoc trying to get passengers from terminal one over to d gates we end up having to bus so having a reliable consistent uh transportation mode which these these trams have proved invaluable in providing that service over the years but it's time for them to be replaced and we look forward to that project as well to ensure that that connectivity between terminal one and d gates And finally, another project in procurement right now, which we should be bringing back to the board for approval, it's been out to bid, but we're reconstructing our ARF station out in the middle of the airfield, so that station was over 40 years old, When we rebuild this, this is a rendering of what it's going to look like. It's going to be completely rebuilt and the old station will be torn down, but it's going to provide the most modern living quarters for our airport rescue and firefighting firefighters, as well as additional bays to expand and to handle the new trucks that we received last year as well. Looking really forward to that starting later this year and finishing up in probably the year, the end of next year or in 28. one of the other enabling projects we're working on as a planning and designs this isn't quite far enough along but we plan to start design but this is on the northeast side of the airfield so this is where the old economy parking is this is where that detention base on the airfield is so as we finish our as public works finishes the tension based in the the teardrop between Paradise and University, we're going to be able to tie all our drainage in from that north side of the airfield into that new basin. That allows us to fill in our basin, which is right under the pavement here. And that'll allow us to build this new pavement. And then we can build on the old Terminal 2 site. And right now, Terminal 2 site is used for aircraft parking, which is invaluable to the operations of the airlines. So before we can start taking those parking spots away, we need to replace it. And this is the ideal location to do that. But that design will be kicking off here in the near future to get that going. And finally, the last piece that we've been working on in the last six months and moved along, we've got a planning document, but we're proposing and have approval from the airlines to construct a new administration building. So this will allow us to consolidate all the CCDOA administrative functions from spread out across the campus, currently in Terminal 1, which as we look to the future, that we expect those spaces to be demolished, so we need to relocate those functions. And we also have a leased administrative building, so We look to start this design in the near future, which will allow us to consolidate all of our administrative functions into a single facility, co-located with the new maintenance and consolidated maintenance and operations facility, finishing next year. With that, I'd like to turn it over to Bryant Holt to talk a little bit about our master plan.

Director Chrisley, can I just ask before we leave that section, I know many of those projects are federally reimbursable. Could you follow up with us with a list of the percentage that they're, I think it's up to 75%, but what we actually anticipate being federally reimbursed versus what's coming out of other sources of revenue?

Absolutely, Mr. Chair, we'll do that for sure. We have that list ready available, so we'll get that to you.

Thank you. Hi.

Can I ask you a question before we? Where's Terminal 2? Excuse me? Where's Terminal 2?

The old Terminal 2 site? That was a rhetorical question. Very good. But I never want to have to answer that again, so Brian's going to help me provide the where's Terminal 2 as we move forward.

Wow. Thanks, Jim.

You're welcome, Brian.

As you can see, we've been busy and to Jim's point, all of these enabling projects have been going on behind the scenes as we prepare ourselves for the ultimate modernization plan. We've been embarking on working on building a business plan to help drive our priorities and help us really kind of figure out what's going to be the overall business opportunities. And it really starts with Henry, I'm sorry, Henderson Executive Airport. We think about our whole airport system and so our maximization, connection and expansion project really is an integrated process about the entire airport system. So let's give a little bit of a sample of what's happening at Henderson Executive Airport. We did receive a $2.2 million grant to help with the terminal remodel. That terminal remodel is going to provide some great amenities, new catering facilities, as well as a welcoming atrium for our guests. So as you can see here at Henderson, this complete remodel is going to change the game in terms of really bringing in a very world-class facility at the Henderson Executive Terminal. In addition, we just completed our airfield safety enhancement study. I shouldn't say completed. We're nearing completion. The FAA has been very favorable in helping us to expedite this process. Once we complete the airfield safety enhancement study, it's really going to pave the way for us to bring the airport up to standard, the FAA design standard for those type of business just that currently fly in there. It's also going to give us an opportunity to look at new opportunities. So you saw with the Ribeiro hangars, it would be more of those kind of developments that would be facilitated by this runway extension, which we're going to extend the runway from its currently 6,500 feet to 7,500 feet. So that's going to improve safety, efficiency, as well as allow aircraft to do the long hauls without having to refuel. So it's going to be very, very beneficial to our airport system. Do you have a question, Commissioner?

Okay, good.

Also, looking at the North Las Vegas modernization, we recently just completed the North Las Vegas master plan. It was also recently approved by the FAA. One of the things that the North Las Vegas airport is going to afford us is the opportunity to not only look at improving the safety of the airfield, the business plan that we're working on is going to help us look at how to ensure that we provide kind of a quality placing for our current hangar owners as well as look at new growth for new business just to enter into that space. So North Las Vegas is going to be on the rise. We feel very confident about the status of where we are with the airport, and we hope to continue to make progress. Shifting gears to Jim's point, I won't belabor this because we're... Go ahead.

Can we just give an opportunity before you leave that section if there is anything on North Las Vegas or Henderson? I just wanted to point out on Henderson, you may know I was there on Friday. Bruce showed me around some of the construction. I think that project is going to be really important for the users of that airport. I'm glad... to finally see it underway. Grateful to Congresswoman Titus and the delegation who helped secure, I think, $2.5 million for that work and federal dollars to happen. I would just also point out, I met with some of the users of that airport too, and I want to make sure that as we go into our long-term planning, for Henderson Executive that everybody is included in that discussion. I think we owe it to our longtime users there to ensure that the master plan is inclusive of everybody who needs to utilize that space and just really be sure that we're doubling down on communication with the users there.

Yeah, that's a good point. In fact, one of the things that Jim and I were talking about is taking the opportunity to actually meet with each of the board of commissioners and talk in more detail in working sessions about what the business plan looks like for each of the airport. I think that's a great idea. And that's going to bring you up to speed because we are absolutely laser focused on making sure we're including all the tenants. I mean, our mission has changed under Jim's reset is to focus on those areas, so. Thank you.

I think it's vastly important that you guys are all aware. So when you get those questions, you're able to communicate what our plan or what our collective plan is. So thank you.

So again, I'm not going to belabor the larger monetization plan. Jim covered some of the enabling projects. What we do want to do is let you know that our design and planning team has been nearly finalizing our 15% design. We're going to complete a planning design document at the end of the year. We're working in concert with the airlines technical representatives who are helping us shape and frame what the scope of the terminals are going to look like. So that's going to be very important as we go out and start developing what that ultimate cost and timeline is going to be like. So it's important that we get the airlines, our signatory airlines on board and helping us to accelerate what that agreement is going to look like in the long term.

Mr. Chair. Question. Commissioner Jones. Thank you, Mr. Hall. Can I just get a clarification? So I totally appreciate the need for a strong partnership with the airline technical representatives they're not the only users of the airport, obviously. So what efforts are we making to make sure that the user experience, the traveler, the locals who are getting in and out of the airport into a future Terminal 1 are considered in the design?

Yeah, we are, we're working parallel internally with our team to look at engagement on how we're going to go out and seek those engagements from the passengers real time. And so part of that is going to help inform us on some of the phasing and what they're going to experience due to construction. We're also including in our executive team an executive planning management group to help us sort of figure out how we're going to ultimately engage all the stakeholders. Not just the internal stakeholders, but external stakeholders. So, I mean... We're in the infancy, we're planning for that, we're anticipating that, so it's not gonna go, you know, unwarranted.

No, and let me add, we're also working on a master communication plan for all of this. How do we do the reach from beginning to end, how we're gonna communicate? I mean, I remember when they did drop a can of that very structured communication plan on how they communicated what was going on throughout that project was very effective. Ours is much more complicated than that, but we wanna do something very similar to ensure we're communicating from the beginning through the end of what's going on so all our users will know what to expect.

They even add on to that, Commissioner Jones, I anticipated this question, and we are going to be, as part of our plan, is to present that sort of PR plan to you as part of our package when we talk about the overall deliverable. What is the... the sort of airport vision, and that goes along with the communication plan that's associated with it. That's vital.

And also, when it comes to A and B gates, because at least according to the plan that you've presented, that's sort of first on the chopping block, the implosion block. The implosion block. I know that there's been investments and totally understand it. At what point do we stop investing in

modernization improvements to a and b gates what's the date by which we're not doing that anymore yeah that's beautiful tequila bar i wish we could just shut down a gates today and start rebuilding but we can't we have to continue to operate so we're going to do what it takes to keep those facilities open and operating and we've already you know starting a year ago we've already been everything that we, every bit of money that we want to invest in aid, aid aid specifically because it's first, is it worthwhile? Do we have to do it now or should we do it at all? And we're doing those calculations as we speak. To say we're not gonna invest, I mean, if the power goes out next week, we're gonna have to fix the power, right?

I mean. Exactly.

Toilets, restrooms, concessions, all that. So we're gonna have to keep the lights on as we move forward. But yes, any major infrastructure investments, it's time to really think hard about those before we move forward, and we are. Thank you. A couple more questions.

Commissioner Sagerblum and then Commissioner Gibson.

And going to Justin's point about taking care of the locals, it's my understanding you're going to transfer some of the use of Terminal 1 to currently Terminal 3, which was going to become Terminal 2. Correct. So there will be more of a, there will be less impact on Terminal 1.

Exactly, and that's our goal as we work through the schedule and the planning efforts that Brian and our consultant team are working on is how do we get things out of the way to make all this easier?

Yeah, somebody else.

Yes, thank you. How long before we actually see some design of what will replace what is currently there? How long?

I think at the end of the year, again, once we are locked in on what we think the relative rough quarter magnitude costs, we can start seeing. We're going to budget for the design next fiscal year, so it will come in the first or second quarter.

The reason I ask that question is that, Not only do I get those questions from everyone I know that flies, because the problem is they're flying into beautiful terminals around the country. And they're complaining about what, you know, the first thing that a visitor sees when they arrive here. And then I fly occasionally, and we flew this weekend to San Diego. What a beautiful facility they have there, right? I just came from there. I think it'll be really important that you make an effort to put that material out when you get it to a place where you're not making a commitment to the public so that the public can actually see that we intend that this airport will reflect everything about this community. Today it doesn't. And the longer it takes for us to get that out there, people are talking, they don't have a clue what's really coming. that things might be happening. I say whatever it is that I can recall that I can say to them. But in the end, it's gonna be really important because what's gonna happen naturally is as you begin to lay out design and you make public where we are when it comes to this design, outreach isn't gonna be necessary. You're gonna begin to hear from people. We'll begin to hear from people. It's important for the community to engage. And this will be an opportunity to really get an airport that we can all feel like we watched come along, we had the opportunity to provide input, and it was reflective of what we expect for ourselves in Las Vegas.

I mean, part of this was to appease you a little bit by giving you some nuggets of what we're doing. And then hopefully by the end of the year, we're going to wow you with what we believe is going to represent exactly reflect what you just said. It's important for us though. We are working on our facility condition. We're assessing on how much we should invest so that we're not doing a lot of throwaway money. But we have to maintain a level of service. Otherwise, we're going to get phone calls from you saying, why is such, such? And that's what we don't want to hear. We have to maintain a certain level of service throughout this whole process.

We know there will be interruptions. I mean, there's no way to avoid that altogether. do everything that is possible, and then we can say, but wait until you see what this is going to be.

No, and that's going to be part of our communication. How do we advertise that, put it on the walls, go to the press, the media, the websites, every avenue we can where we can communicate where we're going. So when they do come to face those interruptions, they know something bigger and better is coming, and it's something that's going to be worthwhile. worth the trouble they're experiencing today. So thank you, Commissioner.

So much of what we've talked about has been about the maximization and connection. And then there's also the expansion. And so I just want to just give you a brief update to let you know that the SNSA EIS is still working while we're doing this project. that's our team was heavily invested in doing the environmental impact statement and as of today this project is on schedule so we'll continue to keep you informed um hopefully uh we'll we'll get to our record of decision to still slate it for some time next uh year or may 20 20 28. jim with that i'll turn it back over to you

Thanks, and I've hit on this a little bit.

Mr. Chair, can I just ask a quick question on that? Can you just give me a sense for, in terms of resources within your planning department, how much of your time is being spent on modernization of T1 and T3 versus SNSA?

We have our entire planning group, which is composed of my team, 100% is focused on, I should say 90% of that is focused on the modernization. We have a smaller group that's 10% that's focused on the SMSA. It's a very, it's actually led by the Joint Lead Agency, and we are a resource to them.

So once we issued that notice of intent, the majority of that work, the planning work we were doing, went to the federal agencies to complete the EIS. So that's where the work is happening and we're here to support. But modernization is certainly our priority as we speak. And I just wanna, as I mentioned earlier, but we're trying to do all this while this community continues to transform itself into something new, the sports and entertainment capital of the world. I mean, with CES, T-Mobile, Allegiant, all those events that are already happening all the time, and then we're starting to add new things, professional women's hockey, the 2027 College Football Championship, the A Stadium opening in the spring of 28 following the first Final Four hosted at Allegiant Stadium for men's basketball, getting that record of decision of NBA basketball team in this fall of 28 potentially and of course another Super Bowl in 29 and that's the current outlook and as you look from 29 out you know there's going to be more events because this town can do it like no other place and but for owner in those gray boxes is basically when we look to be starting modernization the major efforts. So how do we do that? And that's why we're being so deliberate in our planning and what we're sharing is how do we continue to support this airport system, support those events while we try to rebuild ourselves on top of ourselves? And that's gonna be the challenge and that's where the focus is always gonna be, keep the operations going while we do this modernization work. So with that, we'd be happy to take any more questions if you have any.

Thank you. Are there any more questions? Seeing none, thank you for the thorough presentation. We look forward to seeing you back before the end of the year with some more detail. Thank you.

We will be in December at the latest. Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We need to return to item 57 for a couple of procedural issues. If I could ask that you introduce the ordinance, please.

Thank you. I'll introduce the ordinance and ask the clerk to read the ordinance by title.

An ordinance authorizing the issuance by the county of its Clark County, Nevada general obligation limited tax bond bank refunding bonds additionally secured by SNWA pledged revenues series 2026 in the maximum principal amount of 100,077,140,000 for the purpose of refunding securities issued by the county on behalf of the Southern Nevada Water Authority. providing the form, terms, and conditions of the bonds and other details in connection therewith, providing other matters related thereto.

I move for adoption of the ordinance as if an emergency exists. Thank you.

There's a motion. Please cast your vote. The motion passes.

All right, and let's finish out our business items for today. Number 59 is to discuss amending Clark County Code Chapter 8.20.020.405, Tourist Club, to allow for the licensing of businesses whose primary operation is providing immersive entertainment, food, and alcohol, and direct staff accordingly.

Welcome. Mr. Chair, I ask that this item be calendared. We have been contacted by an important tenant at the Boulevard development on Las Vegas Boulevard. Netflix offers an immersive entertainment, food and alcohol experience. We don't have a category, apparently, in our code that enables the licensing of this kind of an activity. This is a first of its kind for us, and this will be an extraordinary addition to everything that we have in this valley. And it feels as though there is an opportunity under the tourist club code to authorize these kinds of activities and fill a gap so that immersive entertainment venues become licensable and the activities that occur there, which is the immersive entertainment itself, along with food and alcohol. And Vince, do you have anything that you can add to that?

Yes, good morning, Commissioners. Vince Chiano, Director of Business License. Yes, staff would recommend an amendment to the Tourist Club Code. It'll create opportunities, licensing opportunities for businesses whose primary operation is providing entertainment, food, and alcohol to the tourism market on the entertainment corridor, which is Las Vegas Boulevard directly east and west from Sahara to Russell.

So I would hope that we could direct staff to undertake that change and get that addition back in as quickly as possible. And that's something you're prepared to support. Thank you.

Thank you, Commissioner. We can now move to your public hearing section. The first item on your agenda for public hearing is conduct a public hearing on the district's delinquent accounts, adopt the delinquent accounts report with any changes deemed appropriate by the board, and place these delinquent accounts on the Clark County tax roll for collection or take other actions as appropriate.

Thank you. For the record, we're on item 42. Good morning.

Mr. Chair, members of the board, good morning. Tom Minwigan with the Clark County Water Reclamation District. Commissioners, this is our annual process for placing delinquent accounts on the tax roll. We have a number of customer service representatives with us this morning, and they can meet with any customer that is here with any questions about their account. As the board is aware, this process is essential to our operation as it enables us to collect all the billed sewer service charges and fees. These revenues fall under daily operations and maintenance, as well as the capital expenses of maintaining the wastewater sewer infrastructure. Commissioner, at this time, I know there's a public hearing file on this, but I'll be glad to entertain any questions you may have.

Thank you, Mr. Minwigan. At this time, I'll open the public hearing. Anyone wishing to speak on item 42, please come forward at this time. Seeing no one, I'll close the public comment period. If there is any discussion or a motion, Commissioner Sagerblum.

I would move to go forward with the action, place the delinquent accounts on the tax rolls.

Thank you, there's a motion. Please cast your vote. The motion passes. Thank you.

Thank you, members of the board.

Your next item is item 43, to conduct a public hearing to approve, adopt, and authorize the chair to sign an ordinance to amend Title III of the Clark County Code Chapter 3.68 to modify the makeup of the Community Development Advisory Committee, CDAC, and all provisions related thereto and providing for any other matters properly relating thereto.

Thank you. I don't believe a presentation is necessary, as we've heard on this item before. at the previous meeting, so I'll open the public hearing. Anyone wishing to speak, please come forward at this time. Seeing no one, I'll close the public comment period and turn over to the board.

Mr. Chair, if I could offer a comment. While I recognize that sometimes it's very difficult, maybe every time it's very difficult to take a committee or a board that is comprised of dozens of people and corral them and come out with processes that work and that are efficient, I have members of the CDAC committee that live in my district who are concerned that we're inviting less community participation, less public participation in the activities associated with CDAC and the things, the monies that it spends, the projects that it approves. A few years ago, we It was recommended to us that we do something a little bit more, I'd call it intrusive, but dramatic. This is a more modest way of dealing with it. I have not supported movement away from the larger group. I've thought maybe what we need to do is appoint people who commit to and then live to their commitment and then remove the ones who do not participate actively. It's been hard for me to get to a place where I can support this. What I would hope is that as we go forward, I'll support it. But my hope is that as we go forward, the emphasis will be on ensuring that we get the kind of public support from the people who are on that committee that is meaningful and that they all participate. And if there are any who ought to be participating who are not, that we'll be advised immediately so that we can either remedy that by encouraging them and getting a commitment or by replacing them. I think it's especially important in today's world that the community is a part of everything we can make them a part of. I understand the difficulty of hurting lots of folks. So this is one that has concerned me and I would hope that maybe within the next six months we could have a report in our public meeting on the activities of CDAC after the change. Thank you, Commissioner.

Commissioner Jones?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just want to note that our CDAC Chair, Eric Jang, had wanted to be here, but he is currently 192 miles into a 200-mile ultramarathon in Tahoe, so he sent his regards.

He didn't want to call in? Thank you. We're thinking of them. I was just going to say to Commissioner Gibson's point, and I appreciate the point very much, I would just remind everybody who's paying attention to this that this is still, even with this amendment, is still the most transparent process across the entire country, an in-depth process related to how these funds are allocated and utilized.

agree with you we need to continue to have that public input um recognizing that this is still an incredibly transparent process uh commissioner kirkpatrick thank you um mr chair and um so here i i think we as a board gotta set a standard that when we appoint people to boards they gotta someone's gotta come back and tell us what's going on because the only time we hear from folks is when The makeup of the board is changing or somebody wants to be reappointed, but I do think this gives us an opportunity for some of these groups sit because you know think about many of us that have rural areas we were appointing five people and Four of them weren't ever able to make it so hopefully we could set some guidance and some structure in place so they kind of know what the expectation is and then we can have an opportunity to you know, bring in subcommittees for other things or do different things to get more input. But I do think that we have to narrow it down so that we don't have a situation where 70% of the people that are on there are not voting for the end of the projects and that we're also not It's hard to say no, right? There's a great book on how to say no nicely, but when you try to appease all of the applications and you give everybody a little bit, just enough to do nothing with is not also helpful. So I do think we have to guide them and this is a start to how we can do it and keep the public input we want. There's a lot of people that have been on this for a very long time and I think they bring some value at it.

I agree, and I would, to that point, request that staff continue to, most of the years I've been here, either the chair or the vice chair has presented at this board meeting. I think that is important, especially now that it's a condensed board, to make sure that we understand the process that brought them to the final outcome. If there is no further discussion, I'll move for approval of item 43. The motion passes.

Item 44 is to conduct a public hearing to review the request for a waiver for a package liquor store for XO Liquor, Las Vegas, located at 10540 Las Vegas Boulevard, South Suite B, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89183, in accordance with Clark County Code 8.20.450, location restrictions.

Good morning, Director Keano.

Morning again, Mr. Chair, members of the commission, Vince Chiano, Director of Business License. The liquor store, the proposed liquor store is within 1,500 feet from John C. Bass Elementary School, located at 10377 Rancho Testino Road, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89183. It's approximately 1,250 feet from the school. The school was noticed on July 10, 2026. Thank you.

Thank you. This is a public hearing. Anyone wishing to speak on this item can come forward at this time.

Very brief, David Brown, 520 South 4th Street on behalf of the applicant. While this location we are asking for the waiver is 1,250 feet, in actuality, the main entrance is 1,687 feet. There's a major street that divides this proposed business from the school, which is Cactus. The business is already in that same shopping center. There's already a liquor store. This is an experienced operator that's never had any issues with Clark County business licensing and happy to answer any questions.

questions thank you mr. Brown anyone else wishing to speak on this item please come forward at this time seeing no one I will close the public hearing this is in my district I've spoken with the representative of the applicant and I am very familiar with this so I appreciate director Keanu you getting this on an agenda quickly and the applicant bringing it to us and for being here and I'm ready to move for approval of item 44 please cast your vote That motion passes. Thank you.

Item 45 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 or taxable 501c3 revenue bonds in an amount not to exceed $65 million in order to A, assist in financing the cost of the acquisition of charter school facilities consisting of approximately 127,258 square feet of middle and high school facilities located on an approximately 5.49 acre site located at 1095 Fielder Street, Henderson, Nevada 89011 for use by SLAM Academy of Nevada. B, fund a debt service reserve fund for the bonds. C, pay capitalized interest with respect to the bonds. And D, pay certain costs of issuance of the bonds. Commissioner.

Thank you. This is a public hearing on item 45. I'll open the public hearing at this time. Seeing no one, I will close the public hearing. Ms. Colvin.

Just for the record, commissioners, this is a requirement of the Internal Revenue Code, and they are not obligations of the county.

Thank you very much. I'll turn it over to the board.

Mr. Chair, I move approval of the item.

Thank you, Commissioner Gibson. Moves for approval, please cast your vote. That motion passes.

Item 46 is to conduct a public hearing and approve and authorize the chair to sign the collective bargain agreement between Clark County and the Clark County Prosecutors Association effective July 1, 2026 through June 30th, 2028 and extend the same salary and benefit changes to non-union employees not covered by the CCPA collective bargaining agreement. Good morning.

Good morning, Commissioners. Christina Ramos, Deputy Director of Human Resources, for the record. The item before you is a full contract between Clark County and the Clark County Prosecutors Association for a two-year term from July 1 of 2026 through June 30th of 2028. The cost is $1,672,077. Of the agreement, we amended five articles and one letter of agreement. We added a new article and deleted an existing MLU. And there are 171 impacted positions. With that, I respectfully request your approval of this item.

Thank you very much. At this time, I'll open the public hearing on item 46. Anyone wishing to speak, please come forward. Seeing no one, I will close the public hearing. Commissioner Gibson? Okay, thank you.

I move to the approval of the collective bargaining agreement between Clark County and the Prosecutors Association.

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

Item 47 is to conduct a public hearing and approve and authorize the Chair to sign the Airport K-9 Handlers Letter of Agreement between the Clark County and SEIU Service International Union Local 1107 for both the supervisory and non-supervisory units effective upon approval.

I'm not sure if I have to repeat it, but Christina Ramos, deputy director of HR for the record, this item includes two letters of agreement with SEIU Local 1107 to provide appropriate compensation for the DOA canine supervisor and the DOA canine handlers, classification for time spent caring for the canines outside of their work hours. We have an existing letter of agreement that was updated to bring it in line with some comparable positions in our other bargaining units. The total cost is $51,364, and there's six impacted airport positions. If you have any questions, we do have the airport here that can answer any specifics. But with that, I respectfully request your approval of the two letters of agreement.

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. Commissioner Gibson.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. First of all, It wasn't that long ago that I learned that we even had such positions and animals. And I'm pleased to be able to move approval of the airport canine handler letter of agreement.

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

Mr. Chair, that concludes your agendized items.

Thank you so much. As we head into the final time set aside for public comment, I just want to acknowledge it's settled, but there was a rotation of students in the back, so I want to again welcome the UNLV Native College campus here to the Clark County Government Center. Guests of Commissioner Sagerbloom, we're glad you're here. Thank you for participating in the second part of our county commission meeting today. This is the second time set aside for public comment. Anyone wishing to speak, please come forward at this time. Please state your name for the record. and speak for up to three minutes. Good morning.

Good morning. My name is Shoshana. I'm a resident, and I'm urging the commission to support the separation of church and state and stop praying at these public meetings. But I want to mention, though, because it's Juneteenth, here's your handbook for slavery. It's the Bible. I've read it. It is abhorrent, and it actually tells you many ways of treating slaves. For example, slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and trembling as you obey Christ. Slaves should honor their masters to avoid dishonoring God. Slaves, obey your masters with respect, not only the kind and gentle masters, but also the harsh ones. God is pleased when someone endures unfair suffering because they are conscious of him. If a man rapes a slave woman, they shall not be put to death, but he shall bring a ram as a guilt offering to God, and he will be forgiven. So you can rape slaves in the Bible. Slaves, obey your earthly masters with deep respect and fear. Serve them sincerely as you would serve Christ. And masters, do the same to them. Stop threatening your slaves. You know that both of you have the same Lord in heaven. You can get out of slavery. Actually, there's a couple of ways. If your slave owner smashes your eye and destroys it, you will be a free person. You can leave slavery. And if he knocks out a tooth, you also get a pass to not be a slave anymore, according to the Bible. Anyone who beats their male or female slave with a rod must be punished if the slave dies as a direct result. But they don't have to be punished if the slave recovers after a day or two since the slave is their property. This is everything you want to know about slavery. This was used in the South. This was used in Texas. They would go to these plantations and tell them how great God is. But you have to be a slave, and it's wonderful to be a slave. according to the Bible, and that's how they controlled Africans, innocent African people who were tortured, murdered, and enslaved. It's just disgusting. I'm just so emotional over it because it's disgusting. If a man sells his daughter as a slave, she's not to go free as male slaves do. There's also a price sheet. It tells you how much slaves are worth, starting from being a baby to five years. There's different prices for that. Males go for a lot more money. They're very valuable as slaves. Women go for much less money, of course, because women are property in this book. Again, please stop the praying and holding public religious services in this government building. Stop endorsing slavery by bringing the very religion that encouraged it, that tells you how to have a slave. It's the manual for slavery. I urge you to honor the separation of church and state and to retire the invocations at these meetings. Since 70% of cities and counties in Nevada do not pray at their meetings, they don't bring religion there, there's many places to go, believe whatever religion you want, thousands of churches everywhere. It's time to end the invocations. Thank you.

Thank you. Anyone else wishing to speak, please come forward at this time. Good morning.

Jerry Frills, I'd like to get this on the record.

If you could just speak into one of those microphones.

My name is Jerry Frills, for the record, F-R-E-E-L-S. If I could get this on the record for you guys.

OK, if you leave it there, the clerk will grab it in just a moment.

Thank you for your time. I arrived in Las Vegas in 1983. For over 40 years, I have watched this valley grow and beat every challenge in its way. But today, our city is facing an unreal reality. With Lake Mead's water levels dropping and federal cuts tightening, our water infrastructure and our power grid are under massive, understandable strain. At the same time, we are losing the historical soul that built this city. Alongside my partner and mentor, Fred Domeney, we are bringing forward a private solution to both of these problems, Project The Great Wall of Las Vegas. This is a 7.3 structure running from Manilay Bay all the way down to Fremont Street, designed at a precise traffic neutral 55 feet wide. It preserves our existing roadways while transforming its top level into a sweeping, climate-controlled pedestrian walkway. But we're not doing this alone. We have set this up so that MGM, Caesars, and Wynn will own 40% shares of this project. We're not asking this county for a single dollar. This project is privately funded and is projected to bring in $1.8 billion in new non-gaming revenue every single year. Let's talk about our water. Right now, our major resorts are facing incredible pressure to reduce their cooling and operational loads. The Great Wall of Las Vegas gives them an immediate relief valve. To ensure this integrates perfectly with the strip, I am in direct talks with Virginia Valentine and the NRA. Our network of three and a half story towers will take great water and run it directly through an advanced internal optimization loop, a ISA cooling vault. Inside our secure 37-foot utility lane, gravity drops this water to spin power turbines and clean, feed clean bio-turbines, batteries. We are taking this costly cooling and treatment problem from the resorts and turning it into clean, localized power. This system will save the Clark County 42.5 million every single year in operational costs alone in energy grids, easily qualifying this project for Nevada's green infrastructure tax breaks. But this structure is not just a utility machine. It has a soul. Today, we are asking to formally begin the process of creating Las Vegas Boulevard's historical district. And since the wall will run from Nantale Bay to downtown, we have been in contact with the mayor and the EUD. I want to be clear, this does not compete with the resorts. It is a safety net from the desert heat that keeps people moving safely, built with a strong strain field wrapped in classic brick and 44% of transparent digital screens. It will become a global bucket list attraction. As people walk our 40 foot wide public path on the second level, the engineering legacy of the Great Wall of China and the legacy of old Vegas will appear on the natural bricks. Thank you guys for your time.

Thank you very much.

Good morning. Good morning. David Gomez, for the record, Nevada Peace Alliance president, former president of Wake Up with Marzette Lewis and the West Side Action Alliance Corp. Worked with Ruby Duncan, no Ms. Toland since a very long time. I moved to the east side and I live on the east side and I like living over there. I'm very disappointed. God help me. You know, Listen to some of the people that talk about invocation, things like that. I didn't appreciate what happened last time. Those who believe in God should have got up and walked out. Those who didn't, obviously, you know what's gonna happen. That's not a slave issue, that's a choice. A white person can't tell me what it is to be a brown person. I'm sorry. You haven't lived in my shoes, you haven't walked my way, and you haven't. Not to be offensive to Caucasian people, because I'm part Caucasian as myself. but being the clark county school district bridge commissioner i always look out for what's best for children because i have seven of them my oldest is 30 years old second is 25 the other one is 23 who ran against mr mccurdy here he knows about that and you know what we have an area It's located between Charleston, Sunrise Avenue, 28th Street, and Eastern. That area is terrible. We had coffee with commissioners there. Still, we're having a problem there. I brought this up in a public safety meeting that Tick Segerboom attended at East Las Vegas Center. And we talked about these problems because we still have a, I don't know, a RV sitting there for almost a year with a tag on it from January. We have cars with broken windows. We have kids that walk through this area that have to look at this and this is what we're telling them. This is what you amount to. Now we have a brand new building across the street on 28th and Sunrise that 221 units developed by the Southern Housing, whatever, the Housing Authority and the city of Las Vegas. They got to come out of this dilapidated area that looks like garbage and trash with makeshift everything, gang tagging everywhere, Crips and 28th Street. Why? Because we don't have enough code enforcement? Go contract with the city of Las Vegas like you guys were talking about. Get them to do it. Get someone to do it. I don't understand why we tell children, you can aspire to be somebody. I remember TV shows back in the days. What was his name? Mr. T saying, you are somebody. We don't tell children that no more. We said, this is what you are. Because I live in Henderson, Green Valley, Southwest, Northwest. I don't care about your problem. No, you have to, because they are our future commissioners and everyone else. And you're gonna make a disgruntled child to feel some kind of way towards everyone if you do not make changes. And it's your responsibility to make sure that this code enforcement things get done in that area. Thank you.

Thank you. Anyone else wishing to speak, please come forward at this time. Good morning.

Good morning, Chairman, Commissioners, honored leaders. My name is Eric King. I've been here a long time, 20 plus years in town, served on boards, served in all kinds of ways, 30,000 plus hours of my life, volunteered to help the community. It's almost Father's Day. Many of you are fathers or know fathers, and they're probably good ones. My dad was a good one. Thankfully, he served in the Air Force 20-plus years, a little bit at Pease, other places. And I... I met him after a week-long business trip many years ago. He was in an acute facility having had his second catastrophic stroke. Both of those strokes were in hospitals here in the Valley. Unfortunately, the man I knew as my father stopped being that person along that journey. Unfortunately, there was no other family that stepped in to help him, and I found him lying in his own filth 23 hours a day for the three days that I spent with him in that center. I spent countless nights sleeping in chairs in hospitals, with him through many years of sojourn. I learned an awful lot about what health care is and how it's practiced for people that suffer with those kind of challenges. I've helped other veterans with their health as well. And on the third day, of holding my dad's hand for hours talking to him in what had been a dark room and a man head to toe body rash from his conditions and having cleaned and bathed him and seeing a little bit of light come back in his eye, I asked him, And I knew I was going to do this, whether or not he said yes or no. I said, do you want to live? Because he had given up on his life and pretty much everybody else had given up on him that he knew at that time. And so I said, great. And I helped him. And it was the hardest thing I've ever done in my life. I was told by people who have been doing it 20 years, coming to homes and helping people once they make it out of such facilities, you're saving this person's life. You're saving his life. And why did I say all this? Well, I care a lot about veterans. I've shown that throughout my life. And I appeal to all of you and your humaneness and your humanity that we can together help prevent heat-related deaths even this summer. And I'd be thrilled to help you guys do it. And I really hope the channels I've been working through will provide scheduled time to do that. So thank you very much for your time.

Thank you. Anyone else wishing to speak? This is your final opportunity. Seeing no one, I will close the public hearing and recess this meeting until tomorrow morning at 9am. Thank you.