APRIL 8, 1999 IN ATTENDANCE:
Commissioner Bruce Woodbury, Chairman, Clark County
Councilwoman Amanda Cyphers, Vice Chair, City of Henderson
Councilman Larry Brown, City of Las Vegas
Commissioner Erin Kenny, Clark County
Councilwoman Stephanie Smith, City of North Las Vegas
ABSENT:
Councilman Arnie Adamsen, City of Las Vegas
Mayor Jim Gibson, City of Henderson
Councilwoman Paula Brown, City of North Las Vegas
Councilman Bryan Nix, Boulder City
The special meeting of the Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition was called to order by Commissioner Bruce Woodbury, Chairman, at 4:08 p.m. Thursday, April 8, 1999, in the Joshua Conference Room, 6th Floor, at the Clark County Government Center, 500 South Grand Central Parkway, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89106.
The Agenda for the April 8, 1999, meeting was duly posted in compliance with the Open Meeting Law.
A motion was made to approve the April 8, 1999 Agenda with item XI removed. This motion was approved unanimously.
The minutes for the March 25, 1999 meeting were not available. It was agreed that this item would be held until the next meeting.
Mr. Phil Speight informed the members that the Technical Committee met prior to their meeting and were in conference with some of the Lobbyists to discuss some of the issues that will be reported to them today.
Mr. Speight further stated that staff is prepared to explain the process regarding Agenda Item VII (Receive a status report from staff working group regarding Public Lands Management Act; take any necessary action) and will need to receive a vote on this issue. However, due to the number of legislative issues to review, Mr. Speight suggested to hold all other agenda items listed until the Board's next meeting scheduled for April 22, 1999.
A two- paged summary of the SNRPC Legislative Summary Tracking Report was distributed to each member. (Exhibit A).
Beginning with Assembly Bill 424, Mr. Phil Rosenquist informed the members the lobbyists did not take a position on this bill because the majority of the bill applies to the regional agency in Washoe County only. There are some provisions that apply to all the jurisdictions, but are more of an enabling nature in terms of clarification of what is required on capital improvement plans. Also, changes to the impact fee statutes that would allow impact fees, if they were used, to also be used to mitigate environmental impact, and also be able to use impact fees to cover operations and maintance expenses.
None of the Southern Nevada jurisdictions presently use any of these impact fee statutes.
Commissioner Woodbury made a motion that the Board be neutral on this bill. This motion was accepted unanimously.
Mr. Rosenquist continued, stating that the next few could be considered as a group. They are Assembly Bills 563, 565, and 566. These are all bills which concerns master planning sections of the Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS).
The Lobbyists position on these bills were to oppose AB 563 and 565, and to support 566. The reason
AB 566 is being supported is that this bill enabling, whereas AB 563 and 565 are prescriptive.Commissioner Woodbury made a motion that the Board follow the recommendation of the Lobbyists on these bills. This motion was accepted unanimously.
Mr. Rosenquist explained that Assembly Bill 568 requires local jurisdictions, at the request of the School Board, to establish mechanisms to pay for infrastructure that is extended to a new school.
Councilwoman Smith made a motion that the Board not support this bill. This motion was accepted unanimously.
Mr. Rosenquist continued with AB 569. This bill requires express written consent of certain owners of land to certain amendments to zoning ordinances, regulations, classifications, restrictions or boundaries.
He informed the members that the lobbyists recommendation on this bill was to oppose.Commissioner Woodbury made a motion oppose AB 569. This motion was accepted unanimously.
Assembly Bill 571: Increases tax on revenues from rental of transient lodging and allocates increase for park and recreation capital construction.
Assembly Bill 572: Revises apportionment of current tax on revenues from rental of transient lodging.
These two bills were addressed together due to their similarities.
Commissioner Woodbury made a motion that the Board be neutral on AB 571 and 572. This motion was accepted unanimously.
Assembly Bill 640: Revises annexation requirements.
Mr. Rosenquist informed the members that the requirements on this bill pertains to 40 acres or less. He further stated that the Lobbyist did not take a position on this bill.
A motion was made to remain neutral on AB 640. This motion was accepted unanimously.
Senate Bill 191: Establishes requirements relating to projects of significant impact in the Las Vegas urban growth area.
Mr. Rosenquist informed the members that Mr. Speight indicated earlier that the bill has been amended and copies were available. With the amendments, this bill had already passed out of the Senate Floor and is now in the House.
Commissioner Kenny expressed questions in regard to SB 191 requiring professional assistance, additional costs, and the potential to spend a lot more time in court. She further stated, the intent and impact of the bill is unknown and although no one necessarily opposes it, she does not feel they can support it. Therefore, Commissioner Kenny made a motion to remain neutral on SB 191, with a slant to oppose while these questions are unresolved.
Commissioner Woodbury asked what was the position of the development community?
Mr. Rosenquist responded that Irene Porter, from the Homebuilders Association, declined to testify at the Committee hearing but did request him to enter information on the record on their behalf that would express concern.
Commissioner Kenny's motion to take a neutral position on SB191, subject to review, was accepted unanimously.
Senate Bill 323: Makes various changes regarding manufactured homes.
Mr. Rosenquist informed the members, that this bill has been amended, and amendments are not yet available.
Commissioner Woodbury made a motion to oppose SB 323 as written. This motion was accepted unanimously.
Senate Bill 391: Establishes provisions to preserve the rural character and density of certain annexed territories.
Mr. Rosenquist informed the members this Bill has also been amended and staff does not have the amendments yet. However, the amendments were supported by the local jurisdictions.
Commissioner Woodbury made a motion to support SB 391 as amended. This motion was accepted unanimously.
Mr. Rosenquist informed the members that the next several bills listed on the summary, were addressed at the last meeting. To his knowledge there have not been any changes to the bills that would warrant readdressing them.
Mr. Rosenquist updated the members on SB 394. The Board has suggested amendments and the author of this bill has indicated that she is amenable to the amendments. In addition, SB 436, Senator Porter indicated that he would also be amenable to the recommendations of the Board regarding this bill.
Mr. Rosenquist stated the last series of bills listed on the summary, are Senator Porter's bills that came out of the Southern Nevada Strategic Planning Authority (SNSPA). These bills are SB 432, 433, 435, and 437. SB 434 has been withdrawn.
Commissioner Woodbury noted that the SNSPA supports these bills.
Mr. John Rinaldi, Jr., distributed copies of a draft "Joint Selection Process" flowchart (Exhibit B) and explained the proposed process to the Board members.
A motion was made to approve the draft Joint Selection Process. This motion was approved unanimously.
Mr. Speight informed the members that the Technical Committee has designated a representative from each entity to work with Mr. Segerbloom from the City of Las Vegas on this issue.
Mr. Speight informed the members that Dale Askew asked the Clark County District Attorney's Office to be the legal counsel for the Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition and they have consented to do so.
Commissioner Woodbury made a motion to accept the Clark County District Attorney Designee to be the legal counsel for the SNRPC. This motion was accepted unanimously.
Mr. Speight informed the members that the By-laws Committee which consists of a representative from Clark County and the City of Henderson is working with Mr. Bob Marshall on drafting by-laws for the SNRPC.
Commissioner Woodbury asked if there was anything in the current agreement on how to amend the agreement or would this be addressed in the by-laws?
The members were informed that to amend the agreement each participating individual jurisdiction would have agree.
Mr. Speight informed the members that this item will be scheduled on a future agenda for the Boards review.
Copies of the SNRPC website proposal were distributed (Exhibit C).
Mr. Rosenquist informed the members that the Technical Committee has concurred with the proposal from Clark County to use the existing SNSPA website and convert it into the SNRPC website. Mr. Rosenquist explained that this process could be done inexpensively for a registration fee for the new site name and Clark County would be willing to pay the fee.
It was noted that a domain name has not been decided.
Commissioner Woodbury made a motion that the Board accept the recommendation of the Technical Committee on this item. This motion was accepted unanimously.
Mr. Speight distributed a proposed meeting schedule which lists the schedule for the SNRPC Technical Committee and Board meetings each month (Exhibit D). The Board had previously agreed to hold their meeting on the fourth Thursday of each month at 3:30 p.m, with the location scheduled to rotate sites among each participating entity.
Commissioner Woodbury stated, for the months of November and December the Board will decide on the meeting dates for those months because of the holidays.
Commissioner Woodbury made a motion that the Board accept the recommendation of the Technical Committee on this item. This motion was accepted unanimously.
It was further noted, by Mr. Speight, that the City of North Las Vegas would not be able to host the next meeting as listed on the schedule. Therefore, he offered to hold the meeting in the City of Henderson on April 22, 1999.
Mr. Knight Allen, a private citizen, stated that he is most encouraged about not adding non-elected citizens to the SNRPC Board. He further stated that his only request would be for the members to continue to follow up on this issue. He also proposed that the Board let the bill die in committee.
Meeting was adjourned at 5:10 p.m.