Thom Reilly, Vice Chair, Clark County
Phil Speight, City of Henderson
Doug Selby, City of Las Vegas
Kurt Fritsch, City of North Las Vegas
John Hoole, Chair, City of Boulder City
Thom Reilly, Chairman, called to order the meeting of the Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition Technical Committee at 4:05 p.m., on Thursday, April 10, 2003, in Mead Conference Room #2, at the Las Vegas Valley Water District, 1001 South Valley View, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89153.
The Agenda for the April 10, 2003, meeting was duly posted in compliance with the Open Meeting Law.
A motion was made to approve the agenda for April 10, 2003, agenda. The motion was approved unanimously.
A motion was made to approve the minutes. The motion was approved unanimously.
Mary Kay Peck, City of Henderson, informed the members that the consultants are preparing for the second and third Growth Summit workshops. The workshops are scheduled for April 28th and 29th, 2003, at the Clark County Government Center in the Pueblo Conference Room. The workshops will be help from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. with hope of greater attendance from the elected officials. The focus and discussion on the April 28th are cross boundary impacts and open space. The focus and discussion on April 29th will be implementation.
A motion was made to accept the report and forward the report to the Coalition Board. The motion was approved unanimously.
Each member received a copy of a document outlining the SNRPC accomplishments since the last legislative briefing (Exhibit A). The SNRPC has achieved multiple accomplishments since the last legislative briefings.
A portion of these accomplishments include adopting the Regional Policy Plan, signing binding conformity agreements with its member jurisdictions, and establishing an annual review process to review local and agency plans for conformity. Additionally, the SNRPC has received the American Planning Association Excellence Planning Award and Certification of Appreciation from the United States Census Bureau.
A motion was made to accept the report and forward the report to the Coalition Board. The motion was approved unanimously.
Each member received a copy of Clark County’s nominations for the May 2004 BLM Land Sale (Exhibit B), and the City of Las Vegas’ nomination for the May 2004 BLM Land Sale (Exhibit C). Local governments are reviewing nominations through the Joint Selection Process for the May 2004 BLM land sale. Although Clark County has already reviewed all BLM parcels through the Joint Selection Process, as a courtesy, the County is providing notification of nominations through the Technical Committee and the Federal Lands Disposal Subcommittee. Attached is information from the entities relating to these nominations. Once reviewed by the RPC Technical Committee, nominations will be forwarded to the Federal Lands Disposal Subcommittee of the Regional Planning Coalition for their review at their next meeting on April 30, 2003.
A motion was made to accept the report and forward the nominations to the Federal Lands Disposal Subcommittee. The motion was approved unanimously.
Each member received a copy of the Enterprise and Lone Mountain Secondary Trails Plans Self-Assessment Report (Exhibit D). Jon Wardlaw, Clark County, informed the members that the purpose of these plans is to locate trail systems within the unicorportated towns of Enterprise and Lone Mountain. The Plans provide policies and procedures that ensure the trail systems remain an intergral part in maintaining their community’s charcter and rural life-style. These plans are an addendum to the Clark County Parks and Recreation Master Plan 2000-2020.
A motion was made to receive the Enterprise and Lone Mountain Secondary Trails Plans and self-assessment report and forward them to the Coalition Board. The motion was approved unanimously.
Each member received a copy of Las Vegas Valley Water District Pipeline Oversizing Policy Self-Assessment Report (Exhibit E). Mr. Wardlaw introduced Mr. Nick Braybrooke the Director of Resources for the Las Vegas Valley Water District. Mr. Braybrooke informed the members that the Las Vegas Valley Water District (LVVWD) Oversizing Policy requires developers to “oversize” pipelines to serve future development. All developer-required pipelines (oversized or not) are funded entirely by the development community through a combination of direct payments by developers and payments from the oversizing Fund (which is funded by oversizing charges collected from developers). There are three oversizing areas (Areas I, II, and III). Since Oversizing Area I is already developed, there are no requirements to oversize. In Oversizing Area II, the developer is refunded the remaining cost of the oversized pipeline from the Oversizing Fund. In Oversizing Area III, the developer is required to pay 100% of the cost of oversizing without any refund from the Oversizing Fund. Oversizing charges are collected only in Oversizing Area II, not in Area III. The LVVWD plans to replace Oversizing Area III with an expanded Oversizing Area II through a Service Rules change.
A motion was made to receive the Las Vegas Valley Water District Pipeline Oversizing Policy and self-assessment report and forward them tot he Coalition Board. The motion was approved unanimously.
Each member received a copy of the SNRPC Work Program FY 2003-2004 (Exhibit F), the SNRPC proposed Budget FY 2003-2004 (Exhibit G), and a copy of the Actions to Achieve Conformity with the Southern Nevada Regional Policy Plan (Exhibit H). Debra Soule, City of Boulder City, informed the members that as per the SNRPC by-laws, the Board must approve a work program and budget each year. The preliminary budget for FY 2003-04 was presented to the Board in January 2003. At that time it was noted that the Planning Directors were still developing the Work Program for FY-2003 –2004 and that the salary level for the SNRPC planning position had yet to be determined. The Board has now decided upon the salary range for the SNRPC Planning position and the work program has been completed. The FY 2003 –2004 Work Program has been developed to address actions that are required to achieve conformity with the SNRPC Regional Policy Plan. The Work Program identifies a total of ten initiatives, eight of which are currently being undertaken internally by staff from SNRPC jurisdictions or agencies. The Work Program also includes two initiatives that cannot be completed with internal staff resources: 1) Infill Study Recommendations. The SNRPC Infill Study, which was funded and completed under the 2002-2003 budget, resulted in Regional Infill Plan Recommendations pertaining to Transit Oriented Development (TOD). The Infill Study recommendations are in keeping with the actions required to achieve conformity with the SNRPC Regional Policy Plan. The Planning Directors consider TOD to be a high priority that should be addressed during the 2003 –2004 fiscal year. SNRPC representatives who participated in the March, 2003 SNRPC Growth Summit, also identified transit Oriented Development as an important strategy in addressing future growth. 2) Land Use, Transportation and Air Quality (LUTAQ) Systems Model - Develop a system dynamics model to integrate regional transportation, air quality, and land use planning in Southern Nevada, currently being proposed by UNLV under the direction of Dr. Stave, of the Department of Environmental Studies. This modeling tool will enable the virtual creation of future development scenarios and the assessment and comparison of the implications of alternative courses of action. It will be a valuable tool that will help to produce a coordinated and integrated regional transportation and air quality plan to reflect and guide local land use plans. Investment in the LUTAQ systems model will produce a tool that will address five separate actions (Actions 9,10,11,12 and 18) that are needed to achieve conformity with the SNRPC Regional Policy Plan. The total FY 2003 – 2004 budget is $342,190.57, however due to the estimated carry over of the staff position allocation of $53,520.00 the actual amount to be contributed to the budget is $288,670.00.
Motion was made to accept the preliminary budget and forward to the Coalition Board. The motion was accepted unanimously.
The agenda items to be heard at the April 24, 2003, SNRPC Board agenda are as follows:
• Agenda item IV.
• Agenda item V.
• Agenda item VI.
• Agenda item VII.
• Agenda item VIII.
• Agenda item IX.
The Technical Committee’s meeting date, time and location was confirmed.
There was no public comment.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:23 p.m.