Clark County Board of Commissioners - Regular Meeting

Good morning. I'm going to call to order the August 4th meeting of the Clark County Commission. The first item on our agenda is Commissioner County Manager's recognition. We'll begin by recognizing Clark County Department for winning three 2026 National Association of Counties Achievement Awards and we'll turn the microphone over to Commissioner Kirkpatrick.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And I'm going to go ahead and read all three because they're all pretty unique and they're really cutting edge for the rest of the country on what we do. So as my board knows, I sit on Nevada NACO as well as National NACO and National NACO. The last meeting I talked about IT and some of the things that they've done, but it comprised of a little more than 3,260 counties from around the country, and they all get together on a regular basis. We have meetings, a lot of Zoom meetings. We've learned they're just as efficient, but they just wrapped up their conference that they had last week, And at the conference, Clark County was super excited and proud to be recognized for three very unique things that we've done in our county. And it really shows that we're constantly moving the needle so much that National NACO will be here in October because there are things that we are doing today that other counties can learn from. The first one is, many of you know, the Clark County Office of Sports and Special Events. As you know, we started talking about this in 2019, long before we had to make it work, but now we have a very exciting and robust special events department. Right here in Clark County, through responsive service, efficient coordination, strong partnership, the program helps to deliver safe world-class events that enhance community engagement, economic vitality, and overall event experience that defines Clark County. But we couldn't do all of that without our staff, who's dedicated to fostering a vibrant and dynamic community by supporting a diverse range. And it's always funny when... I talk to other counties across the country, and they're like, oh, my gosh, we're getting ready for this big event. And I'm like, so how many people? They're like 9,000. It's taking all of our staff. And I'm like, 9,000? We got 300,000 coming just for New Year's Eve. And we're constantly 38 departments are engaged and involved in all of that. But now we have a system in place that makes it very – You can do it if your job is to do it at midnight. You can do it at midnight, and you can get through the process. We can start working through it, but we couldn't have done all of that without the folks in business licensing, and I know they got tired of hearing from me, so they really deserve this award, but so Vince Chiano, who is our director of business licensing, Jennifer Wilfred, deputy director of business licensing, Andrew Renter, program administrator, Adriana Adrian Durante, Management Analyst. Elena Marchand, Management Analyst. Gemma Avello, Management Analyst. Micah Mesa, Management Analyst. Sandra Pena, Administrative Specialist. Heather Simmons, Administrative Specialist. So if we could give all of them a round of applause. And I'm going to bring all the groups up at once because it really is a picture's worth a thousand words. And to see all the employees that have done three small projects, imagine the 10,000 employees that we have that can do so much more. Okay, our next one that we were recognized for was Clark County Eviction Diversion Program. The eviction diversion program is designed to support vulnerable residents of Clark County, particularly the elderly and persons with disability who are at risk of eviction. The program connects tenants to critical resources, including rental assistance, legal aid, individual case management, with the primary goal of promoting housing stability and preventing displacement. by addressing the underlying programs of eviction this helps reduce homelessness it supports community well-being and improves the outcomes recently expanded beyond the las vegas court to north las vegas and henderson court and i can tell you that a one-stop shop ensuring that people get the access a lot of times we're now getting in front of the eviction so that we can have a safe place for them to go. But really, it's a real partnership with our Justice Court. So I want to thank them because it's made a difference in so many lives. So if we could recognize the employees at the court system, so Las Vegas Justice Court, Melissa De La Garza, Charles Mapp, Senior Court Administrator, William Jimenez, Assistant Court Administrator, Mirad Napolitano, I'm chopping that name up, I'm very sorry. Division Administrator Desiree Perez, Court Program Administrator Jamie Sorenson, Director of Clark County Social Services. Randy Reynoso, Deputy Director of Clark County Social Services. Serena Moore, Manager of Social Services. Susie McLaughlin, North Las Vegas Justice Court, Jackie Mattaliano, North Las Vegas Justice Court, and Tony Cristiani, North Las Vegas Justice Court, in a special recognition to Jonathan Norman of legal aid for being the glue that holds it all together. So if we could also give them a round of applause. Thank you. And lastly, this one is a unique program that we started here in Clark County, and we're the first in, I believe, Nevada to actually do this, and it really is saving lives. So it doesn't get a lot of attention, but know that nationwide people recognize what we're doing, and this is the whole blood pilot program. So really this means that the delivery of whole blood by EMS providers in the field closes the gap between life threatening hemorrhaging and hospital intervention. So really what does that mean? That means that we're providing you blood on the scene to ensure that we can do everything possible to save your life. That really is huge for what we see today in our valley. The whole blood pilot program targets patients who experience severe bleeding as a result of traumatic injury. National data supports an increase in survivability of patients who suffer major blood loss and receive rapid administration of blood products. if you all don't know and if you've ever needed blood and to have that on the bus or the rig or whatever you want to call it right then and there is a phenomenal cutting edge of what clark county is doing to ensure that our folks we can do everything that we are saving them But we couldn't have done that without a lot of people. So I do want to recognize the employees, Chief Billy Samuels, Deputy Chief Sean Collins, Assistant Fire Chief Daylon Woolbridge, Michael Holtz, Jason Polmutter. Ryan Tyler, Justin Pack, Alina Johnson, Justin Pearson, Matthew Hishman, Rebecca Carmody, Jason Montenegro, and Lance Howard, Christian Ross, and Chris Thorpe. And then hopefully Jen Wyatt's here because she's retired senior deputy chief, but she kind of spearheaded this. But if we could also give them a round of applause. So before I invite them all up because I want the general public to see the amazing employees that we have that are constantly keeping our community going in so many different ways from public safety to efficiency, moving through our system and making sure that the vulnerable. We have 38 departments and we're responsible for two 0.3 million people, but these programs today are programs that change lives forever. And without the employees getting in front of it, thinking of new ideas, being on the cutting edge, we wouldn't have some of that. And for National NACO to recognize them, it's a really big deal because they get well over 15,000 entries. And to get these entries means that this is going to be in other counties and it's going to save lives. So thank you what you do. One big round of applause and then all please come up. Thank you.

Let's give the sports event people here first. They can come out behind because we'll shoot with the five commissioner. Okay, we got everybody. I'll squeeze in real quickly. And we'll have the eviction diversion people come in for an individual shot. You're going to stay for a group shot, so you can just step off to the side for a second. We'll have the eviction diversion people come in. How many do we have? The shorter people step up and just step up a little. Some of you are going to have to go. Step up in front, yeah. There you go. A few of the shorter people step up in front for me, please. Go ahead. Okay. We can have everybody squeeze in. Chairman Knapp, if you could squeeze in. Thank you. Now, if you guys step off this, don't go far. And we'll have the whole blood team come down now. So about half of you can come down in front of the diaries.

All people can go to the back. You guys will paint right there for me. They're all called. Yeah, they're all called.

Perfect. There you go. Perfect. That looks good. All right. Have we all got a window? Can all see the camera? Down to three and one. Let's have all the fire people up to the, all the people with the blood program can come behind the diets and stand behind Commissioner Becker. And then we have the addiction diversion program come over here with me. to the left side of the sign, this side of the sign, the left side of the sign. Everybody's gonna have to squeeze in a lot more, so. Go ahead, you're gonna walk. Keep going, yeah. Four short people are gonna come up, the short ones are gonna come up to the front. Yeah, you're all gonna come to the, I mean, these are all gonna come to the left side. Go ahead, go down, all to the left side. And then Vince, you'll bring your team in. A couple of members of your team. Come to the front, yeah. Perfect. A couple more. A couple more. You guys can move up. A few of the taller firefighters can stand behind a couple of the commissioners because I'm going to need to squeeze a couple. I got everybody in. Does everybody have a window? Everybody can see the show? All right. Here we go, everybody. On the count of three in one, two, three. I was trying to get a shot.

All right, good morning, Manager Schiller. We can advance to the first time set aside for public comment. Anyone wishing to speak on items that are on today's agenda, please come forward at this time. You may state your name for the record and speak for up to three minutes. All right, come forward. This is your time to speak on items on today's agenda. Items 5 through 41 are scheduled for the consent agenda and will not receive a separate hearing. Good morning.

FOR THE GREATER LAS VEGAS SHORT-TERM RENTAL ASSOCIATION, SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION OF ITEM 42. INSTEAD OF IMPOSING NEW SHORT-TERM RENTAL RESTRICTIONS, THIS BOARD AND THE COUNTY STAFF SHOULD FOCUS ON CORRECTING THE LONG-STANDING problems in the licensing system and addressing the constitutional concerns that remain unresolved. Remove the barriers that prevent residents from obtaining the licenses you require them to hold. It has been 1,434 days, nearly 47 months. This September will mark four years since the licensing system was last opened. For four years, applicants have waited for their applications to be processed. During that same period, Clark County has successfully hosted four Formula One events and is preparing for a fifth. Yet residents in our communities continue to be told that they must wait for a basic business license. The current process creates an uneven playing field. Ordinary residents face a complex regulatory path that often results in long delays or denials, while large commercial interests move through the system more quickly and with fewer obstacles. We are not opposed to efficient processing for major projects. projects or corporations. Efficiency is good governance. What we ask is that the same efficiency and fairness be extended to average residents who simply want to operate within the rules. During the election season, many of you speak about the challenges facing working families. The regulations before you today MAKE IT HARDER, NOT EASIER FOR THOSE SAME FAMILIES TO USE THEIR PROPERTY TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES. PROPERTY RIGHTS, DUE PROCESS AND EQUAL TREATMENT UNDER THE LAW ARE NOT OPTIONAL. THEY ARE FUNDAMENTAL. I URGE THIS COMMISSION TO SET ASIDE ITEM 42, DIRECT STAFF TO REOPEN AND REPAIR THE LICENSING PROCESS, PROCESS THE BACKLOCK OF APPLICATIONS AND ENSURE THE SYSTEM TREATS RESIDENTS WITH THE SAME SERIOUSNESS GIVEN TO THE LARGE COMMERCIAL INTEREST. THAT IS THE RESPONSIBLE AND LAWFUL PATH FORWARD. THANK YOU.

Thank you very much. Next speaker, please.

Hi, I'm Randy Gao. I'm a local realtor and also a short-term rental investor. I own a couple properties myself, and I just wanted to speak on the opposition for item number 42. I'm not completely opposed to it. I'm not completely supportive of it, but I do agree that there needs to be some regulations in place. There are some bad actors right now that are making the public opinion of short-term rentals very bad because they're not operating the correct way. So I think with some sort of regulations, people can know how to operate the correct way. I do think Airbnb's short-term rentals are good for the local economy though, because it spreads the economics of people spending money towards your communities. It also creates a lot of jobs. I personally employ three different cleaning teams, handyman, electricians, HVAC people. The list goes on and on. So short-term rents, I believe, it's still really powerful for a city. And regulations that are attainable for people to get the regulations will be great for the city. You'll get more taxes. I didn't prepare anything, but it'll be a win-win for everyone. And for you guys, I think you're looking out for your people in your neighborhoods, right? So you want to make sure that they're protected. They're also, the economy is good, but people are operating the correct way. So I think when the licenses come out and it's more attainable, but the right way is stated, right, then it could be a win-win for everyone. So I think that would be good for the rest of the city.

Thank you very much. Good morning.

My name is Teresa Lopez and I also am being here for item 42. I did the process from the very beginning. I got drawn. and did the whole process and then was denied because I had a septic tank. So when the court ruled that it was unconstitutional, I went back to the county and they go, we don't know what we're doing with all this yet. I am still trying to do Airbnb. I don't rent as much as I used to. Code enforcement was a living terror with guests to where I didn't realize I could call law enforcement when they were trying to open my gate, when they were trying to jump over the fence, when they were threatening my guests. And I did report it, and I did put a complaint. But for you trying to do something legal, and I do Airbnbs in Oregon, Washington, California, And now I've been trying to do it here. We can't, you know, because I have $30,000 in fine and they've leaned my house. You know, so I have this $30,000 over my head that in a minute, I don't know what's going to happen with that lien. I know the judge has kind of stopped everything right now from accumulating any more fines or liens, but $30,000 is a lot of money for just trying... to make some money and give back to the community. Because when we ran, you got Ubers, you got the markets. And we're not even in town. We're way over on Jones and Decatur. So I feel like we were targeted, that you guys never really intended to give licenses. And everybody that turned into license, those were the people that code enforcement were going after in the beginning. I would call the office and I'd go, hey, my family's going to be here. This is their name. This is the car they're driving. Don't bother them. And I was constantly doing that. And then my family says, you don't need to do that. So I stopped doing it. But I was trying to be lawful with them. But here we are four years later, no license, $30,000 in fine. I don't know what's going to happen with this lien. you know, but I think if people are trying to do it legally, I mean, look at other states. I mean, look at Henderson. They do it. It's money that you're going to generate because you're going to get a fee from every rental and every weekend, every day. You get part of that. Thank you.

Thank you very much. If you could just step aside, Mr. Harrison, if you could grab her address for us. Thank you. Next speaker.

Hi, how's it going this morning? My name is Mike Hoffman, HOFFMAN, for the record, a concerned neighbor. I'm also here to talk on item number 42. Thank you for the consideration of item number 42 on today's agenda. For eight months or so, this STR injunction has allowed for an unlicensed short-term rental in my neighborhood to continue to disturb the peace, leave out trash, drive excessively fast at all times of the day, and park numerous cars on the street and create parking violations. This issue has gone on for more than four years in my neighborhood. The county has a right to mitigate this issue for the residents. This injunction has exponentially grown the problem of neighborhood nuisance for residents in unincorporated Clark County. STR owners and residents have rights. The county also has rights and obligations. We can't let neighborhoods and residents suffer. Thank you.

Thank you very much. Good morning.

Good morning, sirs, ma'ams. My name is Melissa Cassidy, C-A-S-S-I-D-Y. I am speaking on item number 42. Good morning, commissioners. My name is Melissa Cassidy. I am not an investor or a commercial operator. I live in my home, and I rent two bedrooms to help afford the rising costs of living in Clark County. Years ago, the Nevada legislature directed counties to create a legal path for short-term rentals. Unfortunately, Clark County has made that path extremely difficult, especially for home share hosts like me, who are treated the same as whole home rental operators despite living on the property. I must pay the same licensing fee as a whole home, STR, while making a small fraction of the profits. I feel completely unrepresented by this regulation and my commissioners who rigorously defend the resort industry's interests over the everyday taxpayer. Now the county is considering requiring booking platforms to block reservations for any property that cannot be verified as licensed. That sounds reasonable on the surface, but there's a serious problem. Clark County does not currently have a reliable real-time verification system to support this requirement. Even more concerning, the county has stopped accepting new short-term rental license applications and has not provided a date for when applications will reopen. This means responsible homeowners who want to follow the rules have no way to obtain a license, yet they can still be prevented from accepting future booking through no fault of their own. This proposal could also harm currently licensed hosts if errors or delays in the county's verification process cause legitimate listings to be blocked. The burden of an incomplete county system should not fall on law-abiding residents or on the booking platforms. I respectfully ask you to delay or amend this requirement until Clark County has a dependable real-time verification system in place and has reopened the licensing process so eligible homeowners have a fair opportunity to comply with the law. Thanks for your time and consideration.

Thank you very much.

Good morning. Good morning, commissioners. My name is Travis Scher. I'm speaking in opposition to agenda item 42. I respectfully ask you to reconsider these proposed amendments to the short-term rental ordinance. Responsible short-term rental owners who follow the rules provide valuable accommodations for visitors, support local businesses, create jobs, and generate millions of dollars in tax revenue for Clark County. At the same time, the current ordinance remains the subject of ongoing litigation and a court injunction. I urge the board to allow that legal process to run its course before imposing additional requirements on property owners and booking platforms. We ask that you work with stakeholders to create a fair, balanced regulations that target the bad actors without placing unnecessary burdens on responsible operators. Thank you.

Thank you.

Good morning. My name is Jason D'Souza, and good morning, April, William, Michael, Marilyn, and Justin. My number one goal and dream is just to be a dad. I haven't seen my son in seven years. I've been fighting in family court for 11 and a half years.

I'm sorry to interrupt. Could you state the item you're here to speak on today?

Yes, just about the STR, basically.

Item 42.

So yes, and what I'm basically going with that is my goal and dream is to be a dad. And without STR, I'm super grateful for Airbnb, because without that, there's no way I could pursue to be a father to my son. I've been fighting in family court for so long, and it's impossible to be a father. Everybody views you as Darth Vader. I've never been violent, never threatened violence, never done drugs, all positive reviews. That's my passion. If it weren't for Airbnb, there's no way I could continue that fight. It's impossible. That's pretty much everything. So I'm very grateful for what you guys have allowed. It might not seem like much to a lot of us, but for me, it's the world because that's all I want is just to be a dad. So thank you very much.

Thank you. Anyone else wishing to speak on items on today's agenda, please come forward. State the agenda item you're here to speak on.

good morning eric king long time resident this is item 44 in regards to appointment of mr all slang and i'm probably saying his name wrong but he is being appointed to the state land use planning advisory council thank goodness we have one and i would like to request publicly that there be greater consideration on such council for storm water before it becomes a nuisance This may seem way off topic, but we're probably missing more than a million trees that would be existing right now in our valley if we had attended to that many years ago. And I have cordially and courteously brought it up to a number of officials, government officials over the years. I've currently refocused some of my efforts on behalf of those trees that don't exist and that could. And on behalf of the ones that are dying or maybe dead soon because of some policies I know that we're changing in regards to grass and trees that don't do too well when they don't have moist soil on them. But these are discussions I would think that could be attended to more fully and more broadly in solutions-oriented approaches so that such trees 10, 20, 30 years from now do exist, maybe a million or more of them, with great design, great discussion, and very informed, caring people who have some weight behind whatever decisions they make for those trees to exist and for, really, lives of humans and other wildlife to exist because of those trees. they don't exist right now i wish they had i wish they were here and again i would like to note that i don't hug trees but i do value them greatly and um and i thank them on occasion for my life so i cherish that you all uh would consider what i'm describing as a maybe a additional uh... inclusion of more wisdom of how we attend to the life here in our valley that is ever each year more stressed with more threats seemingly to it though we've gotten the violent crime down thankfully uh... but i'm talking about the council and considerations that they would have possibly by direction by leadership because you all saw value which i'm sure you do to some degree and i'm a champion for in particular the trees that could exist because of how we treat the storm water before it becomes a nuisance and meets with many million dollar budget items that thankfully have approved to protect the citizenry but which mostly involve channelizing the water and let's let's talk about things we could do with that water before it gets to that point or even when it's in transit in those points thank you mr king next speaker please good morning my name is amy graff i am here for the str article 42 as well if you could just lift that back up thank you

I find this proposal very unfair. I don't think that the way the current licensing process has been put together is going to be put together enough for the Airbnb or for the other platforms to guarantee that when they contact the commission or the county to see what is actually on file, what is current, what is not current. We don't have anything right now that even shows that. You know, the only thing that we see are like really old records that have not been updated. And you're going to ask these platforms to verify a business for us that takes You know, it's not like people just say, hey, I'm gonna come and stay in an STR. It takes usually like two months for people to plan this out. They don't just impulsively come in. We have to actually, you know, have our months open for long periods of time in order to ensure we have bookings. And that's the only way we get money from that. You know, we don't, you know, we do our best to get consistent bookings so that we're always having income come in. But if you're going to have the platform shut us down because they can't verify a license in a timely manner, that means our business now is stuck like six months out. So I just find it very unfair. I think that if Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas, if they were able to get their act together and figure out how to do a license process, then Clark County should do that as well. We are unincorporated, but we have our own rights here too. And I would really appreciate if you would just reconsider this and just allow us to have a business within this county. Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Morning. My name is Cheryl Woods. I'm a owner of a short-term rental, eight years now. I've been to a few of the meetings here. I recognize faces here. Please stop persecuting us and allow us to earn a living. I'm concerned what will happen if you put the injunction in place. This is where my living has been for the last eight years. You're gonna take this away? I pay my taxes, I do the right thing, I maintain the property, I make sure my guests are well screened. If this injunction goes into place, I may lose all that I've worked for for the last eight years. I've worked so hard over the last eight years to maintain the rules that you guys have set in place by not having a party house uh... making sure my guests are well taken care of i can show you statements from guests previous guests repeat guests uh... and they do support the economy around the area i'm in I'm a little foggy. If you guys could please explain what this injunction will do. I mean, I'm licensed, and you're going to stop me from the people I have on my books for the rest of the year? Or can you please let me know how this process is going to work and how this will affect me? Thank you.

Thank you very much. We're not allowed to discuss right now. Item 42 will come up after the consent agenda.

Thank you for your consideration.

Thank you. Anyone else wishing to speak on items on today's agenda, please come forward. Seeing no one, I'll close the public hearing. Turn over to Manager Schiller.

Good morning, Commissioners. Your first item is approval of the minutes of the regular meeting on July 7th, 2026.

Mr. Chairman, we'll approve the July 7, 2026 meeting minutes.

Thank you. There's a motion by Commissioner McCurdy. Please cast your vote. That motion passes.

Your next item is approval of the agenda with the inclusion of any emergency items and deletion of any items. Staff has no recommendations related to the agenda.

Mr. Chair, I'd like to ask that agenda item number 34 be heard separately.

Thank you, you want to go ahead and make a motion with oh, yeah, sorry to motion to approve the agenda There's a motion to approve the agenda with a request for item 34 to be heard separately Please cast your vote That motion passes Commissioners next is your approval of the consent agenda consisting of items number 5 through 41 I'm gonna approve the items 5 through 41.

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And just to clarify your motion, it will also be taking 34 separately. And 34 will be taken separately.

Thank you. There's a motion for approval of the consent agenda 5 through 41 with item 34 being heard separately. Please cast your vote. That motion passes.

Commissioners, we can now move to item 34, which is to ratify the transmittal of Clark County's FY2027 through 2031 capital improvement program to the Clark County Clerk and the State Department of Taxation made in advance of Board approval to meet the statutory filing deadline and approve and adopt the FY2027 through 2031 capital improvement program.

Commissioner Jones. Thank you very much. Can I get clarification on, given that this has already been transmitted to the state, if a ratification needs to occur today or if it can be held to another date?

Since it is a ratification, if you guys want to hold this item, it could be held.

All right, given that this is a proposal to ratify the proposed capital improvement program, totaling nearly $5.4 billion, I think it would benefit the Board to hear some additional discussion. In the CIP, it describes the rating system that went into these recommendations. I don't know that that's really been discussed much with the Board as to how those were Those projects were scored. And quite frankly, it feels like we deliberate more over $500 than we do over $5 billion sometimes. And I think it would behoove the board to receive a presentation about what went into the capital improvement program. And given that this board's input and role is to set the policy and budget for the county, I think that'd be beneficial. So I'd make a motion to hold it for two weeks.

Thank you. There's a motion that item 34 be held until Tuesday, August 18th. Please cast your vote. That motion passes. Thank you, Commissioner Jones, Manager Schiller.

Commissioners, we can now move to introduction of ordinances. Item 42 is an ordinance to amend Title VII, Chapter 7.110 of the Clark County Code by requesting that licenses abide by the duties set forth in the chapter as a condition of licensure or renewal of a license, clarifying the basis of calculation of the annual business license fee, prohibiting licenses from accepting or facilitating the payment of compensation for the rental of a short-term rental unit, STR, unless it has verified that the STR is properly licensed and requiring that verification be by means of an electronic verification system. If such a system is established and maintained requiring licenses to include certain information on STR listings authored by the licensee requiring licenses to deactivate an STR, listing when the STR is not properly licensed by the county, clarifying that licenses may only collect transient lodging taxes for an STR, requiring the retention of records by licensees relating to the submission of transient lodging taxes in lieu of monthly reporting requirements, revising the procedures governing the service of subpoenas, clarifying the procedures and basis for revocation, suspension, condition, limitation, or non-renewal of licenses, providing for the issuance of notices of violation and civil penalties for violations of section 7.110.030, 7.110.080, and 7.110.090 of this chapter, repealing provisions governing enforcement actions which are duplicative of Title I of this code and providing for other matters properly related thereto and set a public hearing.

Thank you, Manager Schiller. I just want, since we got some public input on this item, I just want to be clear. The only action before us today is for me to set the public hearing and to introduce the ordinance. That's been read into the record. It would come back for August 18th. Ms. Logsdon, is that accurate?

That is correct. On August 18th, there'll be an opportunity for a public hearing on the item.

Very good. So at this time, I will simply introduce the ordinance and set the public hearing for Tuesday, August 18, 2026 at 10 a.m., where there will be that public hearing and opportunity to speak again. Thank you.

Commissioners, we can now move to the business section of your agenda. Your next item is 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. Are there any emerging issues or updates from the board? Seeing none, we can move to item 44.

Our next item is to nominate Jason Alswang to serve a three-year term on the State Land Use Planning Advisory Council.

Mr. Chair, I nominate Jason Oswing to serve on a three-year term on the State Land Use Planning Advisory Council.

Thank you, Commissioner McCurdy. There is a motion. Please cast your vote. The motion passes.

Commissioners, your next item is to consider and approve the business impact statement pursuant to NRS Chapter 237 for the proposed amendments to Title VII, Chapter 7.110 of the Clark County Code by requiring that licenses abide by the duties set forth in this chapter as a condition of licensure or renewal of a license, clarifying the basis of calculation of the annual license fee, prohibiting licenses from accepting or facilitating the payment of compensation for the rental of a short-term rental unit, STR,

I'm sorry, Manager Schiller, just to interrupt, I see there's some people leaving who commented on STRs. You might want to stick around just one more minute just to hear from Mr. Harwell on the item that's being read in right now.

Sorry, Manager Schiller. Okay. Unless it has been verified that the STR is properly licensed and requiring that verification be by means of an electronic verification system, If such a system is established and maintained, requiring licenses to include certain information on STR listings authored by the licensee, requiring licensees to deactivate an STR listing when the STR is not properly licensed by the county, clarifying that licenses may only collect transient lodging taxes for an STR requiring the retention of records by licensees relating to the submission of transient lodging taxes in lieu of monthly reporting requirements, revising the procedures governing the service of subpoenas clarifying the procedures and the basis for revocation suspension condition limitation or non-renewable licenses providing for the issuance of notices of violation and civil penalties for violations of sections 7.110.030 7.110.080 and 7.110.090 of this chapter REPEALING PROVISIONS GOVERNING ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS WHICH ARE DUPLICATE OF TITLE I OF THIS CODE AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS PROPERLY RELATED THERETO. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, MR. HARWELL.

GOOD MORNING, CHAIR, COMMISSIONERS, MIKE HARWELL FOR BUSINESS LICENSE. THE NOTIFICATION FOR THIS ORDINANCE WAS SENT OUT TO ALL THE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, TRADE ASSOCIATIONS AND ALL THE ACCOMMODATION FACILITATORS BOTH LICENSED AND SOME THAT HAVE NOT BEEN LICENSED YET. We received 90 comments, none from any of the combination facilitators, but all from individual people. Of the 90, 53 were in opposition. Their main issues were that we do not have a reliable verification process to verify the licensure of an STR. The second one was many of the SCR owners that have applied for a license in 2022 are still waiting for a final opinion on their status of the license application. And the third is the fact that we have not reopened the application process. The consensus of the opposition was that we postpone adopting this ordinance until those things have been accomplished. There were 35 other comments that were received that didn't really directly address the issue of the ordinance, but were more supportive of the industry, probably from STR owners that expressed their support for the industry itself, but not really related to the ordinance, that they rely on that for income or whatever. So I'm here for any other questions you might have. Thank you very much.

Are there questions from the board? Seeing none, thank you. We can take action on this item. I approve the business impact statement. Thank you. There's a motion. Please cast your vote. That motion passes. And for the audience, I believe that is the last STR-related item on today's agenda.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Commissioners, your next item is to receive a report from Clark County's non-voting member on the Clark County School District Board of Trustees.

Thank you very much. We'll give Trustee Sattori a moment to make her way down. Good morning, trustee. Thank you for being back with us.

Good morning, Chair Knaff, members of the commission, Lisa Satori for the record, appointed trustee representing unincorporated Clark County. Today's update focuses on readiness for the upcoming 26-27 school year. We're all excited and getting ready for back to school. We're going to look at measurable progress in areas where continued county district coordination matters most.

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All right, we'll begin with the standing priorities established by the commission, then share current staffing and safety data, supports for students, graduation outcomes, engagement work, and keyboard actions. And these remain the priorities guiding my work as the county appointing trustee. The updates that follow align most directly with teacher vacancies, student safety and support, transparent reporting, school choice, and authentic community engagement. We'll start off with an open schools, open doors update because we've been discussing that a lot over the past. So I had been asking for a meeting to take place. I was updated that on July 9th, CCSD Government Relations was able to meet with Commissioner Jones. So I was pleased to hear that took place. The discussion centered on public access, safety, shared costs, and feasibility. The county expressed openness to shared cost. Patrick Almeida will work with Brandon McLaughlin and CCSD facilities to identify approximately 10 schools in areas with the greatest access need and estimate custodial wear and tear and related costs. The parties are using the 2019 agreement as the starting point and CCSD has sent it to the county for revision. So I know it is under revisions currently. but once finalized it can serve as a template for other local municipalities so i want to ask if there was any input there from thank you commissioner jones for taking part in that Destination district, and I do have these handouts for you as well. I'm providing printed copies of CCSD's 2026 to 2031 strategic plan today. The plan defines the destination district through three priorities, academic excellence, career connected learning and durable skills, and safe and supportive schools. By 2031, the district is targeting substantial growth in literacy and mathematics, marketable assets for every graduate, and strong student reported safety and connection. The website on the slide provides the full plan, and it's also available on our website in English and Spanish, and supporting materials for families, students, educators, and community partners. So this is a document that we've been working on for some time, but it does lay out very specifically. It has some very lofty goals, but definitely Superintendent Ebert thinks that they are very achievable in that time frame. This is a big highlight. License vacancies are at a 10-year low. It's one of the clearest indicators of readiness for the school year, and so this is really putting us in a good place to start the year. Good positive momentum, good climate as well, having licensed teachers in the building. Licensed classroom vacancies have fallen from 1,371 on the first day of 2022-23 school year. to 324 on the first day of the 25-26 school year and as of July 17th it was approximately 160 positions for this school year but I know last I heard it was 152 and probably lower by this point so we're looking to get it into the double digits. This is the lowest vacancy level at this point in the year in more than a decade. And we did a lot of surveying last year. It was definitely the year of the survey, trying to get a lot of feedback during community engagement sessions as well. The district-wide survey showed overall gains in both safety and connection for our students, with especially strong improvement at the middle and high school level. So that was really key to see it there. There's been a lot of focus on safety at those secondary levels. Operational data reinforces that trend. Weapons-related infractions fell 29%, fighting fell 17%, and threats fell 9% compared with the prior year. The district is expanding our student town halls. We have many of those student town halls going on throughout the district, and we are expanding those to be able to get more student voice. Superintendent Ebert is very big on student voice and reaching out to students and getting their impact, particularly on the area of safety. And continuing school justice collaboration with school police, metro, juvenile justice services, and the district attorney's office. And we are very thankful to the commission for all of your hard work, as well as for our student safety, and all of the back to school initiatives, student supplies and helmets and all of those things. We really appreciate your support there. Stronger literacy and foster care supports. We talked a lot about the needs in foster care and how we can better support those families. CCSD and Legal Aid of Southern Nevada reached an agreement that strengthens foster care services and literacy supports district-wide. The agreement adds coordination and oversight without impacting the general fund, requires an audit of academic plans for students in foster care, and strengthens dyslexia and IEP procedures. Separately, Project RISE provides screening, diagnostic assessment, intervention, and family progress reporting for students with persistent foundational reading difficulties. And good news, the class of 2026 reported more than $380 million in scholarships. And we were busy in graduation season celebrating all of those students. 281 million in merit aid and 98 million in millennium scholarships. So this total reflects the scale of opportunity created across comprehensive, rural, magnet, career and technical, and college high school programs. And this has been a big marketing campaign as well, expanding just the awareness in the community of what your local school has to offer. The marketing in the past probably has not really been highlighting what is right in your own backyard. With our open enrollment now, what other options do you have just down the road a little ways or to bus to? So it's really expanding options for families and educating them more and marketing for more of what our schools have to offer. So it's extending its outreach beyond the traditional magnet. We've always advertised the magnet schools and marketed those, but now it's every school. The current phase uses English and Spanish language digital, social media, radio, and billboard advertising, including 25 billboard locations and an estimated 600,000 digital impressions. The campaign uses existing resources identified through reorganization and will be monitored for return on investment. In our community engagement updates, we really enjoyed doing those last year and look forward to continuing those and hearing in our community. We reviewed attendance and operational lessons from the first year of holding these meetings. Hybrid meetings generated the strongest participation, averaging 116 participants, 26 in person and 90 online views. Virtual only meetings averaged 22 participants. while in-person only meetings average 20. And I did a couple of both of those, but the virtual was a very, we kind of enjoyed doing that platform. It was nice to be able to, I said, I think if we do it more often too, we can get more response to it as well. But the hybrid meetings are a great option. That way there's option to attend in person or to get it online. For the upcoming year, the 26-27 school year, we're looking at moving to one meeting per month, giving each trustee one dedicated meeting, allows an in-person or virtual format, and ensures every meeting is recorded and posted online the following day. The Clark County representative meeting is scheduled for February of 27. The board unanimously adopted the fiscal year 27 final budget with an $8.56 billion in net authorized spending across all funds. An independent educational and operational efficiency study identified opportunities for up to $80 million in recurring annual general fund savings compared with a $1.4 million one-time study cost to make that happen. Those are identified opportunities, not yet realized savings. Implementation and follow through will be essential to actually see that $80 million into action. The board approved the superintendent evaluation process for the 26-27 school year. The focus targets will be selected at a future meeting, followed by a mid-year review, progress review, and summative evaluation. They will, however, be focused on these priorities in the strategic plan and very specific to those. The board is also developing legislative priorities for the 27th session, and bill draft requests are to be submitted by September 1st with a full legislative platform anticipated later this year. Like I said, we're gearing up for the school year. It's an exciting time, and teachers are coming back tomorrow. We couldn't be more excited, and lots of back-to-school events. And we start on Monday, so I entertain any questions.

Thank you, Trustee Commissioner Kirkpatrick.

And thank you, Mr. Tory, and I can't thank you enough for all the extra work that you've done. And you always, you know, know more about what our students are doing today than we've ever known. And so I attribute that to you. So can I ask this question? You know, I'm pretty connected in the community, but I've never seen my school board trustee. So imagine if I haven't. How many other people in my district haven't? Is there not a way, and I meet with principals, we have a, in our district, We have a group, we meet with the Northwest principals, and we meet with the Northeast principals, and we meet with the principals in the Far East, so we kind of always know what their needs are, right? So it's that wraparound. Where can we help you? Where can we connect you? But is there a way, and I get it, everybody has other jobs and other things to do, but is there a way that maybe we could meet with our trustees? Could you arrange that? I'm happy to call you, but I feel like you work for all seven of us and you do yeoman's work if they could just give me an idea of what they're trying to do um it would be helpful because then maybe we can move move mountains even more absolutely i'm happy to meet with with any of you anytime but yeah i will definitely pass that along that there's interest to connect with the trustees for each of your districts as well well it was because of you and the superintendent that helped me get the principals to the table right because they were meeting with all the other entities but not with clark county and so you've already moved some mountains i think there's other people that have the responsibility to move some mountains too So thank you for what you do, and I'm excited for this year. I will tell you that both of my grandkids are back in public school, so we're trying this, it's our choice thing, and we're trying different, and it's nice to see that every neighborhood has a Wazoo opportunity for every kid, and I think that's what's been missing for the longest time. If you were a chosen one for the magnet school, you did great, but the other neighborhoods... But I have not seen any middle schools that don't have something unique and different that kids have choices now. So I'll be your biggest advocate or your biggest thorn in your side, but I'll tell you the truth.

Thank you. Commissioner Jones. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just want to say thank you for the follow-up on Open Doors, Open Schools, but also thank you for coming to Child Haven, taking a tour, and really trying to problem-solve some of the issues that we have over there. We know in DFS it's a challenge and we appreciate the work that you're doing to try and find solutions so we can serve those kids that are in a situation they don't really wanna be in. So thank you.

And I'll end with one more thank you, which is the work and the partnership that the school district has done with our Office of Traffic Safety gearing up to the school year. Nothing like that has ever happened historically in Southern Nevada. It's a big deal. And thank you for the role that you've played in that and the superintendent. It's a huge priority of ours on this board, and I know that we're carrying that through with some action right literally as we speak. So thank you, and tonight I believe you all will be hearing the presentation that we received recently related to the working group's conclusion and their report. So thank you for that. If there is nothing further, thank you for being here. Good luck in the coming days.

Commissioners, your next item is to receive a report regarding the conditions of confinement at county jail facilities to include the deaths of any inmates in custody or take other action as appropriate.

Thank you. We'll give Deputy Chief a moment to join us. Good morning.

Greetings, Chair Knapp and all commissioners. I'm sorry. So I am deputy chief Sheree page. And I am deputy chief over the detention services division with with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. I oversee operations for the Clark County Detention Center, North Valley Complex and the Tucker holding facility. So today I am presenting the biannual report for the conditions of confinement to include in custody deaths for the reporting period of January 1, 2026 to June 9, 2026. So our vision at the Detention Services Division is to be the safest jail in America. Our mission is to set the standard for American jails, and our department-wide values is the acronym ICARE, which stands for Integrity, Courage, Accountability, Respect, Excellence. The numbers, the data given for our capacities is the total bed capacity for each facility. Our Clark County Detention Center has a capacity of over 3,000 inmates. Our North Valley Complex has capacity for over 1,000 inmates. Our Tucker Holding Facility has a capacity of 40. And our electronic monitoring program has a capacity of 950 inmates. The data being presented to you for our booking and housing numbers represent a reporting period from June of 2025 to May of 2026. Our total bookings were just over 51,000. Our total releases were also over 51,000. Our average length of stay is about 20 days and our average daily population was about 2,600. During this current reporting period, we had a total of four in custody deaths. All four decedents were male, and each death occurred in the hospital. The causes of death for three of the four cases are still pending the medical examiner's report. The first case, the decedent experienced a medical episode, was transported to the hospital, and remained hospitalized until his death. You will also note there that there was one inmate that was absentia, which means that he, upon his arrest, he had medical, needed medical attention and was taken directly to the hospital. He never entered into the facility. Our South Tower renovation is still ongoing. We are currently in phase three. We have completed floors five and six. The fourth floor has been taken completely out of service and the picture that depicts here is of our lobby area. This area serves as the primary public entrance into the facility and the redesign of this space enhances our safety and security and efficiently allows us to screen all individuals coming into the facility. And this concludes my presentation.

Thank you, Chief. Are there any questions from the board? If there's not, I'll just add my thanks to you since you've been in this role. Within moments, you've allowed me to come see you at the county jail to get my questions answered. Vice versa, you've come over here very quickly. You've called after nearly every incident, cleared up any questions that I've had, and I thank you for that. Really glad you're in this role.

You are so very welcome, and I am happy to serve.

Thank you.

Thank you. Have a great day.

You too. All right, this brings us to our final item of the day. Is that correct?

That is correct. Your next item is to receive a report on proposals for bill draft requests, BDRs for the 2027 Nevada State Legislative Session. Determine the final BDRs to be included in the county bill package. Direct staff to transmit the BDRs to the Legislative Council Bureau and take any action as deemed appropriate. Thank you. Good morning.

Good morning, Chair. Good morning, Commissioners. Joanna Jacob, Government Director for Clark County. Here, it is that time of the year to talk about our bill draft requests before the 27 legislative session. As a reminder, just for the audience, we get four, Clark County can introduce four sponsored bills, and we must file them with the LCB by September 1st. So I'm going to present staff recommendation for your consideration, really covering a wide spectrum of issues related to workforce, consumer protection, the Las Vegas Strip conditions, and proposed changes to the structure operation of our public administrator's office. So I'm gonna go through the four proposals, Chair, and then I'll pause and see for discussion. After the four proposals, I do have a brief update on bills that we've submitted to the interim legislative process committees, if you would like to hear that. So starting with the first one, the workforce bill is really for our coroner's office. This is going to be a bill proposal to allow a treating physician or provider to sign a death certificate if someone passed away from the condition that they were treated for. It is modeled after laws like this in other states. It will help to address the workforce issues in our coroner's office. She's a very busy woman. I think that the intent here, just to make it very clear, is to cover deaths that occur outside of the hospital setting. And we would exempt, this would not apply in emergency or urgent care situations, and is intended to still maintain the coroner's authority to conduct a post-mortem exam when needed, such as in occurrences of violence or suspicious deaths. The second one is what I see as a consumer protection issue that has come up in emerging issues over the year, especially because of the leadership of Commissioner Kirkpatrick, and this is addressing utility charges for in leases, I guess, at this point, and passing through property tax to tenants. The bill proposal would be intended to address quasi-public utilities that are not otherwise regulated, and we could model existing protections in other statutes that the legislature has already enacted to protect residents in mobile home parks. The intent here is transparency, for our community, the large number of our constituents who rent and have been subject to excessive fees, and that we would provide for the actual cost of the utilities. And that is, I'm sure Commissioner Krabatryk may have some additional comments when we go to discussion. The third item is the strip proposal is intended to address illegal mobile billboards operating largely on the Las Vegas strip. And the bill would be to allow or authorize Metro to tow someone who was operating in violation of our ordinance and was not complying with our ordinance. And the last one that I would like to submit for your review does make updates as I mentioned to the operation of the public administrator's office would not apply to the current public administrator but to the future the future holder of that office. The proposal would enable the county to pass an ordinance really to require sharing of data and regular reporting to the Board upon request and authorize the Board to take action on that information. This is intended to allow greater collaboration with other county departments, for example, our DA. We intend to also try to include something, again, for our coroner, that there would be the authority for the Board to adopt a de minimis property value that the coroner could then take the disposition of that property and it wouldn't have to go through our public administrator office, which can cause delays. So that is the four staff recommendations. Chair, I'll pause there and see if there's any direction or discussion from the board.

Thank you. We'll go ahead and open up discussion on the four items that have been presented. Okay, so if there is no further discussion, we will take as direction for proposals that have been brought to us one related to workforce in the coroner's office, the second consumer protections three mobile billboard towing for updates to the oversight of the PA office.

thank you chair um i can i do have a brief update for the interim committees if you would like to hear that just to let you know um we we get the four bills but we also have been monitoring our interim committee structure that has been going on over the past year just wanted to make you aware that there are several bills that have been submitted for possible consideration by those legislative committees one of which I don't know if Trustee Sattori is still here, but we will keep her informed. I did let her know that we had submitted the proposal from the school traffic safety report recently given to the board for e-bikes and e-scooters. And then we also have a number of bills that we submitted to Interim Health for possible consideration in the space of child welfare. And I I will report back, I guess, on that. That is for possible action next week on August 11th and is intended to address some of the issues for our Clark County departments in the operation of services for child welfare. So I will stop there. And I think I've received accurate direction. I thank you for hearing this item.

Before you thank us, Commissioner Kirkpatrick.

I think, Joanna, so maybe you could also give the commissioners the five BDRs that NACO is doing, because I think those are pretty important to us, whether it be the Medicaid dollars, whether it be, so all those things we've worked on.

Yeah, there's, NACO is, thank you, I DON'T HAVE THE TOTAL LIST SO HOPEFULLY YOU WILL HELP ME ON THERE BUT I DO KNOW THAT NACO DOES GET UP TO FIVE BILLS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO SUBMIT. TWO OF THOSE ARE BILLS THAT ARE IMPORTANT ONES FOR CLARK COUNTY OPERATIONS. ONE IS TO ADDRESS It's come up through the years that Clark County provides a substantial form of the non-federal payment for Medicaid for the state of Nevada as a whole. And one of the issues is on pharmacy rebates that we are working with the state and NACO on how that is apportioned for the portion of Clark County's contribution. The second one has to do with emergency management funding that's important to our Clark County Department of Emergency Management. It is intended to address and propose some local funding that could be used for emergency management. This is a field that has been, it's made national news. Some of the funding has been delayed and our Clark County Department, handles quite, I know that they do a lot, and emergency management for regional services for our community, and so this would be an apportionment, the proposals and apportionment funding for counties across the state, and Clark County would benefit from that.

chair i don't know if commissioner mccormick if there's other the other bills who would like me to talk about those two are of particular importance to clark county no those two are the most important in my book um but i'll make sure that when uh i think naco is coming next at the end of august that'll make sure that uh the new executive director

Yeah, thank you for the reminder. NACO is actually scheduled to come and give an update to the board in an upcoming meeting, and we will work with them and make sure that they present those bills to you.

Seeing nothing further, thank you very much. You've got direction. We appreciate you streamlining so many good and important ideas. Thank you.

Thank you, Chair.

At this time, we can move to our final opportunity for public comment on items that come before the Clark County Commission. Please come forward, state your name for the record. You may speak for up to three minutes.

Eric King, longtime resident, thank you esteemed leaders for all that you do to help the community. I take none of it for granted. I'd like to expound upon some comments I made earlier today and days before in a more detailed way, actually a constructive manner about how The ambitious goal that I've described, a million plus trees, other cities have such goals. I've spoken with at least one of the commissioners about that city and those goals. A million plus trees is a large number. for adding to what we have already planned and budgeted or intended to be budgeted. And I made a comment. How do we get there? We all want more trees. We all know we need more trees. How do we how to make that work? One way that we could help make that work, as I've described, was treating stormwater is more than a nuisance waiting to be channelized and rushed out of our town. and our valley into the lake where it unfortunately evaporates at around 12 percent loss i understand annually which is a large loss enormous certainly more than the water that falls on our valley here our watersheds is lost in lake mead's evaporation so how could we protect that water each year and actually make it a plus to our water table and so forth well constructing well-known and well-designed and well-implemented all around the world for a thousand plus years in places like Petra of Indiana Jones fame and all kinds of other places that are really hot, dry rocks where people try to live and not die. experiencing droughts for all those times that before our city began we could on a micro project by micro project basis below even a hundred thousand dollars let alone the millions of dollars we spent to channelize water on each project that we do that for We could take that rain, soak it into the ground, higher up on the slope, let it infuse into the groundwater in a plume, and each time it rains, whatever trees we plant below it before it gets to the channel, if they're desert-designed trees, cacti, things like that, all of which would cool the area around them, shade the ground, further cooling it. We could do that. for pennies on the dollar of what we're spending right now to grow, expand, and channelize water. And I propose that an administrative letter of some sort be coming to the works with citizen advisory to make that work. Cheers.

Thank you. Good morning.

Good morning, Commissioner. Stephanie Phillips, Political Affairs Director with Veterans in Politics. More than one-third of the airplane hangar owners at the North Las Vegas Airport are veterans. Some have reached an age when they can no longer fly and want to sell their hangers so another aviation enthusiast can purchase and enjoy them. For most of these owners, their hangers represent a substantial personal investment and a significant portion of their assets. They are not multimillionaires. They are ordinary people who have devoted much of their lives to aviation. Many served our country as fighter or bomber pilots in the United States Air Force. Unfortunately, they cannot reasonably sell their hangars because the Clark County Department of Aviation has not made long-term land leases available to buyers. Without long-term leases, buyers cannot protect their investment. This uncertainty has severely reduced the value and marketability of these hangers, causing real economic harm to veterans and other taxpayers. The CCDOA has also failed to negotiate in good faith with the hanger owners. Instead of working toward a fair and reasonable solution, it is now considering a reversion clause that could cause owners to lose the entire value of hangers they purchased, constructed, and maintained with their own money. North Las Vegas Airport encompasses approximately 930 acres, while these hangars occupy only about 30 acres. Federal funding for airport improvements should not be used as a reason to displace small general aviation operators in favor of more profitable jet operations. FAA Grant Assurance 22 requires federally obligated airports to remain available on reasonable terms and without unjust discrimination among aeronautical users please direct the ccdoa to negotiate fairly and promptly renew or reissue reasonable long-term leases protect the airport while allowing hangar owners to preserve and transfer their investments please stand with clark county's veterans taxpayers and general aviation community by providing the fairness and certainty they deserve thank you

Thank you very much. Good morning.

Good morning. Chair and Commissioners, Steve Sands, the President of Veterans and Politics. I wanted to say happy birthday to Commissioner Thicke Sigelblum, wherever he is. I'm here today on behalf of many hangar owners at the North Las Vegas Airport, including a large number of veterans. Imagine spending decades investing your own money to build and maintain a hangar on leased airport land. You pay every bill, you maintain the property, you improve it. then when your lease expires, you're told that the government may simply take ownership of your hangar through a reversion clause with no meaningful compensation. Most Americans would never accept that happening to their homes or business, yet that is exactly the concern facing many hangar owners today. More than one-third of these hangers are owned by veterans, men and women who served this nation, defended our Constitution, and sacrificed to protect the very property rights we all enjoy. They should not have to fight their own local government to protect the investment they have spent a lifetime building. The North Las Vegas Airport encompasses approximately 930 acres. These privately financed hangars occupied only a small fraction of that property. This is not about a shortage of land. It is about fairness, certainty, and respect for the people who invest in this airport. The uncertainty surrounding these renewals is already causing real economic harm. Owners who wish to retire or sell cannot do so because buyers are reluctant to purchase improvements without long-term lease security. PROPERTY VALUES DECLINE, RETIREMENT PLANS ARE DISRUPTED, YEARS OF INVESTMENT ARE PLACED AT RISK. THIS SITUATION DID NOT ARISE OVERNIGHT. THESE LEASE RENEWS SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED YEARS AGO. HANGER OWNERS SHOULD NOT bear the financial burden of government delays or changing policies. Clark County has also recognized the growing challenges facing veterans. Recent reports show veteran homelessness increasing at an alarming rate. Government policies should strengthen financial stability for veterans, not create additional uncertainty by placing significant personal investment at risk. Commissioners, This issue is longer larger than airport policy. It is about whether Clark County honors fairness protects legitimate investments back except expected expectations and threats veterans and taxpayers and treat veterans and taxpayers with the respect they have earned. Thank you so much for your time.

Thank you very much. Good morning.

Tim Ross, 2537 Dayspring Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, speaking out about the North Las Vegas hangar leases. I'm also the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association representative for North Las Vegas Airport. Commissioners, there are some cornerstones of good faith negotiations. Jim Chrisley has violated all of these cornerstones. Although hiring a consultant we felt was a waste of time and money, Jim Chrisley insisted that they hire a consultant for $106,000. He agreed to allow us to help vet the selection of the consultant so we could find one acceptable to the CCDOA and us. After agreeing to this, Chrisley hired the consultant that we said was unacceptable to us. Now any information presented by this consultant should be considered invalid. And any meetings with this consultant should be in this chamber so that it meets the open meetings requirements, not in private because they create policy behind closed doors. The Hangar Owners Group lawyer, Jeff Lustig, let Mr. Chrisley know any reversion clause is unacceptable to us and would not be signed. Not only did Mr. Chrisley hire the consultant that was unacceptable to us, he hired them to create a reversion clause, which is also unacceptable to us. Number three, Mr. Chrisley has repeatedly said he does not want to own our hangers. However, he hired a consultant to create this reversion clause, and the reversion clause negates the statement about not owning our hangers because a reversion clause, according to the FAA, is a clause that states that personal property will revert to the airport ownership at the end of the lease without any further compensation. So Mr. Chrisley says he doesn't want our hangers, and at the same time, he's hiring someone to create a clause to take the hangers. Ben Szczewski previously told us that the FAA required a reversion clause. This is not true. There's a case named Clark v. Alamogordo that clearly explains that the FAA does not require a reversion clause. Mr. Chrisley is apparently unable to tell the truth and negotiate in good faith. I've created a petition to have Mr. Chrisley terminated if we do not get this lease by the end of August, and the hangar owners and the aviation community are happily signing it. That is, except for some. Some are still so intimidated by Ben Suzuki in the past that they are afraid to stand up for themselves and sign a petition. Imagine a person who is supposed to be a public servant intimidating tenants, which are customers, so much that they're afraid to sign a petition because Ben might find out. Ben Suzuki. That should tell you something about the airport management in itself. I removed myself from the hangar owner group negotiating team because I cannot sit with the CCDOA liars to negotiate. I hope the CCDOA finalizes a lease with the hangar owners group before the end of August 31st so I do not have to present a petition to terminate Mr. Chrisley's employment. Thank you.

Thank you. Good morning.

Good afternoon. I'm Shoshana. I'm a resident. I'm here to urge the commission again to end invocations, the praying at these government meetings, because this is not a church. But since you continue to advertise religion, let's talk about how gruesome it is. I have the Bible. I've read it. And how this government body protects sexual abusers of children. Stay with me. In recent news, Arizona passed a law that gives immunity to child rapists, abusers, and murderers to talk about their heinous crimes without legal consequence as long as that monster confesses his crimes to a church leader. That stays a secret. Imagine that. In Arizona, six Mormon children were sexually abused by their father for years, and bishops from the Mormon church knew about it and did nothing. And the abuse continued. The Mormon church was thrilled when Arizona passed this law. Mormons are also known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Religion protects child abusers. That's not just Arizona. That's in Nevada. Guess what? Here in Clark County, the whole state, you protect child abusers, rapists, murderers, and pedophiles, and the clergymen and the clergywomen that know about it. and keep it a secret. That's in Nevada Revised Statutes 432B.220. It even outlies the abuse. What can these monsters do to children under state law that it can be kept a secret with the clergy? The incest, physical mental injury, sexual exploitation, mutilating their genitals, sadomasochistic abuse, and human trafficking, pornography, burning, cutting, biting, causing internal bleeding, fracturing their bones and skull, and so on. That's in the state law. Let's go through the list of the clergy you bring in here who can keep those secrets. You bring in Reverend Will Rucker, Stacey Hilton, Chaplain Brian Scroggins, Pastor Adrian Dahl, Rabbi Cantor Jessica Hutchins.

Ma'am, that's where we're going to draw the line, all right? You can go ahead with your comments. You don't have to name names of people who have been before us before. They say their names when they come here. And that's good for them to do. I can say their names too. You can proceed with your public comment without slandering people.

These are the people you bring in that are on the agenda. I'm reciting what's on the agenda. Pastor Rosita Lee, Reverend Christine Marsh, Rabbi Brad Techtiel, Rabbi Levi Harlig, Deacon Tomas Garcia, to name a few. Your Bible and the clergy you bring in here protect those who do these horrible things to children. It's time to face the facts. Face yourselves and face your own children. Tell them what happened in this meeting. Tell them what the law allows to protect these monsters. I urge you to stop bringing prayer, religion, and the clergy in these chambers, who by law can keep these secrets, and don't have to report them to the police. These are the most innocent, the babies, the toddlers, the children of this community. Honor the separation of church and state. There are plenty of churches around here. People can go and believe this crap, and they can go do it there. There are 70% of Nevada church municipalities and counties that don't bring prayer into these meetings. They respect and honor the separation of church and state. I urge you to do so and stop treating this as a house of worship. Thank you.

Good morning. Good morning. Jeff Meyers, 4890 North Cimarron Road, Las Vegas. I'm here to talk about or ask about the lack of lease at the airport at North Las Vegas. I know you folks, you appointed a heck of a good guy, Mr. Chrisley. He's a very good person. He's knowledgeable about his job. But unfortunately, the airport is not going to be a jet airport for airline type jets. It's too small. And if you do have a problem, it's going to look bad for all of you. So the problem I have asked, you're a very intelligent group. You have a very intelligent gentleman under you. Two years now, this lease has been in the air. Can something be done? I mean, in other words, he is down below you. He can't make the decision. It comes back. So are you folks willing to sit down and negotiate a lease? That's my question. When we had the airport during 9-11, one calendar year, we could not use the airport. Hang a rent, everything went on. So the point is that we should have the lease. It should be extended. This reversion clause would be like making your last house payment and giving me the title. I don't think that'd go over very well, because I think you'd all stand up and disagree with that. Is that right, Mr. McCurdy? WOULD THAT BE RIGHT?

WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO BACK AND FORTH.

I JUST NOTICED HE WASN'T PAYING ANY ATTENTION. THE POINT IS, IF I TOOK THE TITLE OF YOUR HOUSE UPON THE LAST PAYMENT, WOULD YOU BE HAPPY? I DON'T THINK SO. AND THIS IS ALL I'VE GOT TO SAY ABOUT IT. THANK YOU.

I WAS CONFIRMING, VICE CHAIR McCURDY HAS PERSONALLY ATTENDED THESE MEETINGS, NOT TO SPEAK FOR YOU, VICE CHAIRMAN. Good morning.

Good morning. My name is William Rode. I live in the Prairie Meadow Street in the west part of town. Ms. April is my representative, and yes, I voted for you the last few elections. I'm also here to talk about the hangers, unfortunately. I have to apologize. I don't want to be here. I wish I wasn't here. but things have gotten worse since the last time I spoke with you guys. I asked you the same things everybody's asking. We're not demanding things. We're saying, please come to the negotiation table in good faith and tell the truth. We're not getting that, and that's why we're all here today very angry. You know Jeff Lustig, he has submitted proposals, very common sense proposals, some compromises, yes. He hasn't even had the courtesy of getting a red line report back. They're treating us like our opinions don't matter at all, and I think that's a mistake. Let's start with something good. Director Chrisley did come to a hangar meeting about a month or so ago, and it was a hostile audience. The anger was palpable, and he took it. He took it hard. We've been told that the leases would be renewed. This is one of their main defenses is, well, you signed a lease with an expiration date. But we were told for decades, literally more than 10 years, don't worry, the leases will be renewed. The price may go up with inflation, but the releases will be renewed. Now, as you've heard from everybody else, once these things are not renewed, we're all kind of screwed badly. There's some options here. There are some millionaires on the field, no question about it. Some of those planes cost a million. Okay, they can probably have the resources to hire lawyers. We could tangle this thing up probably for years. Nobody wants that because we're in limbo. We don't know what's going on. For the rest of us, it's just a financial thing, but we have other options. There are things that can be done, and this is why it's important to you guys. The airport uses federal funding for part of their funding. And Director Chrisley is an Air Force Academy graduate. He probably knows people who have been stationed at the Pentagon. I certainly do. And some of them are retired now, but many of them stayed in the area. They work as analysts. They work as consultants for the military, yes, but also for NGOs, for lobbyists. A lot of them have direct access to politicians. I'd like you guys to think about this very carefully. In this day and age of headlines about fraud, sweeping, and misuse of federal funds, Would you like to hear some federal scrutiny on how this little airport is screwing the very people they're supposed to be supporting using federal funds? That's not a good optic for you. Kind of like the way that the Department of Airports always cancels meetings if they see the press there. Also a bad optic. I'm not sure what they're thinking, why they do that. The other thing that's basically, as someone else just mentioned, you guys are responsible for them, okay? We have a leash law here. You guys are supposed to control the Department of Air Force, airports. If we are forced to take other actions, I'm talking about local media, national media, social media, maybe even some informational picketing somewhere, someplace, sometime, it's going to reflect badly. We can drag the DOA through the mud and we get their attention. It's going to look bad for you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good morning. Good morning. My name is Kevin King, 10697 West Centennial Parkway, retired U.S. Air Force. I'm speaking alongside the North Las Vegas Airport Hangar Owners Group. Scott Kickline, employee of the Clark County DOA, and Director Jim Chrisley, also of CCDOA, have been abysmal for the small aircraft owners and renters of North Las Vegas. Jim Chrisley, despite stating otherwise, is attempting to take hangars away from the lease-paying owners through reversion clauses. which take property, which has already been paid for, away from the taxpayers and the rent payers at the end of the lease term. Our legal team has tried to negotiate, but Mr. Kickline has refused to work with our lawyer because said lawyer posted in complaint on some social media site about the airport gas prices, and quite frankly, I can't think of any tradition more American than complaining about the gas prices, but if that's enough to stop the county from negotiating with us, it certainly smells of an impending First Amendment conflict. Hangers were purchased. We've paid the lease for years. We've improved those hangers with our money. And if your intentions are truly not to steal our properties, please tell the people at the CCDOA to put a line into the end of our leases stating the renewal of this lease shall not be unreasonably refused. And then, if you could do us a further favor, please fire Jim Chrisley and Scott Kickline for severe and unfathomable incompetence and lack of integrity. That'll be all.

Good morning.

David Barber, 9303 Gilcrease Avenue. I'm on the other side of this. I'm a veteran. I was a pilot in the military, served for 24 years. I presently own an airplane that's in Ohio. I want to bring it back here because I live here. Been here for many years now. There's a difficulty with that because of the lack of rentals out there for me to be able to come back to this area. Am I going to be forced to go to Pahrump, possibly, out there or other places, you know, and drive quite a distance to be able to put my airplane somewhere? My name is on the list for a shade hanger out here. I'm not told when I'm going to get that, and it could be years. I concur with everything that's been said. I've been attending these meetings as I can, and I see nothing but problems in the future if you folks don't take charge. The litigation is going to be very expensive for everyone that's involved, and it's going to take a lot of time. And in that time, as they've already expounded upon, they can't do anything with their properties. I appeal to you, please, get involved. The things that they've said, I've witnessed a lot of it myself, and I'm not going to repeat it all here again for you all, but it is a serious situation, and I ask you to take action on it as soon as possible. Thank you.

Thank you. Anyone else wishing to speak on items before this board, please come forward. Seeing no one, we will recess until tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. Enjoy the rest of your day.