Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition

Technical Committee

MEETING MINUTES

December 16, 1999

In attendance:

Phil Speight, Vice Chairman, City of Henderson
Richard Holmes, alternate, Clark County
Pat Importuna, City of North Las Vegas
John Sullard, Boulder City
Virginia Valentine, City of Las Vegas

Agenda Item I. Call to order, notice of agenda conformance with the Open Meeting Law

The Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition Technical Committee meeting was called to order by
Phil Speight, Vice Chairman, at 1:05 p.m., on Thursday, December 16, 1999, in the Pueblo Conference Room, 1st Floor, at the Clark County Government Center, 500 South Grand Central Parkway, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89106.

The Agenda for the December 16, 1999, meeting was duly posted in compliance with the Open Meeting Law.

Agenda Item II. Approval of the Agenda

A motion was made to approve the December 16, 1999, Agenda. This motion was approved unanimously.

Agenda Item III. Approval of the Minutes

A motion was made to approve the October 14, 1999, meeting minutes. This motion was approved unanimously.

Agenda Item VI. Discuss revised SNRPC Interlocal Agreement; take any necessary action.

Marta Golding-Brown provided the members with a copy of the latest revision of the SNRPC Interlocal Agreement (Exhibit A), which was approved by each participating jurisdiction's attorney, with the exception of Clark County's attorney. Clark County's attorney is reviewing Section 9 to ensure it is in conformance with Senate Bill 436.

No action was taken on this item. The members agreed to hold this item in abeyance.

Agenda Item V. Consider items pertaining to potential SNRPC Consultant:

A.	Receive a report on consultant RFP responses
B.	Conduct consultant presentation and interviews
C.	Discuss consultant contract expense allocation

Mr. Speight informed the members that item C will be completed after all of the presentations from the consultants were heard.
Mary Kay Peck, City of Henderson, informed the members that after receiving the approval from the Coalition to do so, the planning directors from each participating jurisdiction formulated a Request For Proposal (RFP). The RFP expressed the need to complete the mandates that are required by the legislature and the deadline by which the mandates are to be completed. In addition, the planning directors made sure that the work that has already been completed by the Southern Nevada Planning Authority (SNSPA) was clearly communicated in the RFP. The RFP was sent to fifteen firms, five responded, and three were selected to give a presentation today. Each member was provided with a set of draft questions (Exhibit B) and a ranking sheet (Exhibit C) to use during each presentation if they chose. The Consulting firms presented as follows:

-Parsons Harland Bartholomew & Associates, Sacramento, California (Exhibit D)
-Sedway Consulting, San Francisco, California
-Clarion Associates, LLC, Chicago, Illinois (Exhibit E)
(Note: All references of each consulting firm were checked and confirmed by Tom Perrigo, City of Las Vegas)

After the Consulting Firms completed their presentations and the members completed their questioning, Mr. Speight suggested that the Technical Committeemembers use the rating sheet (Exhibit C) to score the strengths and weaknesses of each firm. Each member would then discuss openly their rating. After hearing all, the Committee would then nominate which firm to recommend to the Coalition. Phil Rosenquist, Clark County, was directed to collect the rating sheets for coordination purposes after the firm was selected.

After discussion, a motion was made to select Clarion Associates as the consulting firm to recommend to the Coalition. This motion was approved with Rick Holmes opposed.

Agenda Item VI. Review other items for December 16, Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition Agenda:

A.	Senate Bill 323 and manufactured housing standards status report.
B.	Census 2000 status report.
C.	Safe Places to Live, Learn, and Play.
D.	Film Industry Coordination.
E.	Performing Arts Center.

There was no discussion on items A-E. Mr. Rosenquist informed the members that it had been requested that item C, Safe Places to Live, Learn, and Play, be held until their next meeting.

Agenda Item VII. Discuss year 2000 meeting schedule and locations; take any necessary action.

A new SNRPC draft meeting schedule for the year 2000 with a revision date of December 14, 1999, located at the bottom left corner was distributed to the members (Exhibit F). The new schedule reflects a change indicating that the first three meetings of the Technical Committee will be held at Clark County.

Agenda Item VIII. Set next meeting date and location.

The next meeting of the Technical Committee will be held at 4:00 p.m., on January 13, 2000, at Clark County.

Agenda Item IX. Public Comment.

There were no public comments.

Mr. Speight will lead in the drafting of the contract negotiations with Clarion Associates after the Technical Committee receives direction from the Coalition.

Agenda Item X. Adjournment.

The meeting was adjourned at 3:54 p.m.