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A
Senator
krasner,
chair
Flores
president,
please
let
the
record
reflect
all
members.
Our
President,
we
have
a
quorum
I
want
to
remind
everybody
to
please
sign
into
your
cell
phones.
I
am
doing
that
with
my
own
now.
A
As
you
all
know,
everything
that
you
see
up
on
the
screens
we
have
in
front
of
us
on
a
laptop.
Please
don't
take
it
as
a
sign
of
disrespect.
As
you
see
us
typing
away.
Also,
I
want
to
remind
folk
that
if
you
intend
to
testify
support
opposition
neutral
and
or
presenting,
if
you
could,
please
provide
your
card
with
your
information
to
our
staff.
It
makes
it
easier
for
purposes
of
minutes.
Should
you
wish
to
provide
your
testimony
in
writing.
C
Thank
you,
Mr
chair
Joe,
Hardy,
mayor
of
Boulder
City
for
the
record
presentation
of
Boulder
City
I'm,
the
brand
new
mayor
of
about
two
months
and
grateful
to
be
here
in
Europe.
There.
C
So
what
makes
Boulder
City
attractive
or
unique?
It's
not
just
the
attractions,
but
we
talk
about
them
anyway.
Hoover
Dam
and
Lake
Mead
and
museums,
historic
wild
sheep
in
the
park,
solar
Fields,
the
vistas,
the
events
on
the
4th
of
July,
the
spring
Jamber
wreath,
the
full
the
far
and
the
fall
and
the
winter
and
the
bike
paths
and
the
schools
where
we
waved
to
the
cars
because
that
we
know
who's
driving
them
and
Safe
Streets.
C
It's
the
people,
it's
the
people
who
care
and
the
people
who
share
and
the
people
who
serve
and
volunteer
in
many
different
ways.
Emergency
aid
lend
a
hand:
events,
Veterans,
Home,
the
cemetery,
the
veterans,
cemetery,
youth,
coaching,
the
senior
center
pro
bono,
Wills
being
done
by
attorneys
breaking
the
cycle
to
help
people
with
mental
health
and
drug
issues,
the
senior
all-night
party.
We
have
police
volunteers
and
wait
for
it.
We
even
have
horses
volunteer
for
the
police
mounted
Patrol.
C
D
D
Boulder
City
is
historically
significant
to
the
development
of
our
state.
The
Boulder
Canyon
project
act
authorizing
construction
of
Hoover
Dam
was
signed
by
President
Coolidge
in
1928,
just
as
the
Great
Depression
was
beginning,
construction
was
set
to
start
in
1931
and
5
000
families
came
to
work
on
the
project.
Boulder
City
was
built
to
house
the
workers,
the
Bureau
of
Reclamation
held
title
to
all
the
land
and
the
federal
government
essentially
owned
Boulder
City.
D
At
the
time,
construction
was
completed
in
1936
almost
two
years
ahead
of
schedule
and
in
1958
the
federal
government
transferred
ownership
of
Boulder
City's
government.
Our
city
was
incorporated
in
January
of
1960
and
at
the
time
the
city
covered
approximately
33
square
miles
about
1
6
of
its
size.
Today,
Boulder
City's
unique
compared
to
the
rest
of
Nevada.
D
Various
Charter
amendments
keep
the
city
much
like
it
was
in
the
early
days
since
incorporation
gambling
has
been
prohibited.
So
Boulder
City
is
one
of
only
two
jurisdictions
in
Nevada
that
prohibit
gambling,
meaning
that
we
don't
receive
any
Gaming
revenue
with
in
Boulder.
City.
Voters
also
adopted
a
ballot
initiative
in
1979
for
growth
control,
which
has
kept
our
growth
limited
even
negative.
At
times.
In
the
past
40
years,
while
Boulder
City
acquired
167
square
miles
of
former
federal
land
in
1995,
our
voters
in
1997
restricted
how
city
land
can
be
sold.
D
So
it
has
to
go
to
the
voters
if
we
want
to
sell
over
an
acre
of
land.
So
while
we
have
the
largest
square
mileage
of
land
in
Nevada,
most
of
it
does
remain
undeveloped
as
open
open
space.
Boulder
City
also
has
a
limit
on
City
debt
obligation.
Making
us
a
pay-as-you-go
community,
and
our
city
code
requires
voter
approval
on
any
debt
over
a
million
dollars.
D
Boulder
City
established
a
strategic
plan
in
2018
and
we're
Incredibly
Close
to
achieving
the
five
goals
achieve
prudent
Financial
stewardship,
invest
in
infrastructure,
manage
growth
and
development,
promote
historic
preservation
and
sustain
a
high
level
of
Public
Safety
Services.
Some
examples
of
the
strategies
within
those
include
diversifying
revenue
for
a
greater
use
of
Grants,
developing
historic
preservation
plan
and
mission
statement
and
supporting
non-profit
volunteer
groups.
City
staff
plans
to
seek
direction
from
the
city
council
to
determine
determine
steps
for
a
new
plan
this
spring
as
we're
about
98
percent
complete.
D
Here's
a
look
at
our
general
fund,
Revenue
sources,
intergovernmental
Revenue
accounts
for
more
than
a
third
of
our
revenue,
and
most
of
that
comes
from
the
Consolidated
tax
or
C
tax
rents
and
royalties
is
another
large
third
third
piece
of
our
Revenue,
which
is
mostly
from
our
land
leases
from
Solar
Development
Financial
year.
23
revenue
is
estimated
about
42.7
million
dollars
and
we
have
a
total
budget
of
about
134
million
dollars
across
all
funds,
including
of
our
Enterprise
funds.
D
Unlike
our
neighbors
Boulder,
City
has
only
10
departments
that
employ
355
employees.
Most
of
our
buildings
were
given
to
the
city
in
1960
and
are
still
in
use
today,
while
historic
in
value.
We
do
have
a
number
of
challenges
with
our
facilities.
We
have
accessibility
issues
in
some
buildings,
such
as
City
Hall,
seen
here
on
this
slide.
D
It
was
built
in
1931
and
our
police
department
has
walls
of
poured
concrete,
which
came
from
the
same
concrete
that
was
used
to
build
the
dam,
so
it
was
a
very
it's
very
difficult
to
renovate
the
facilities
and
because
of
our
limited
Staffing,
our
staff
does
do
multiple
jobs,
for
example
our
Utility
Billing
supervisors.
Also,
our
director
of
business
licensing,
our
staffing
does
include
eight
collective
bargaining
units
which
we're
all
up
for
renewal
last
year
and
we're
home
to
17
Parks
one
swimming
pool
and
two
city-owned
golf
courses.
D
Boulder
City
employs
37
sworn
officers
and
more
than
a
dozen
support
staff,
we
have
our
own
9-1-1
Dispatch
Center,
that
handles
all
the
calls
for
police
and
fire
response,
and
we
should
note
that
the
police
department
has
sustained
critical
Staffing
levels
thanks
to
our
strong,
recruiting
and
retention
efforts.
At
a
time
when
other
agencies
are
struggling
to
recruit,
the
city
also
maintains
a
low
crime
rate
and
it's
a
recognition
that
we
celebrate
year
after
year.
D
D
We
did
recently
launch
a
business
Community
AED
CPR
program,
so
we
were
able
to
utilize
some
arpa
funding
to
place
aeds
and
a
lot
of
our
local
businesses
across
our
downtown,
so
that
we
have
coverage
where
it's
needed
and
we
also
have
plans
in
the
works
to
build
a
small
substation
in
order
to
serve
about
35
percent
of
our
community
over
on
the
lake
side.
That's
outside
our
nationally
accepted
standard
for
response
time.
So
we're
we're
really
excited
to
improve
those
response
times.
D
A
little
bit
about
our
schools,
we
have
four
schools
in
Boulder,
City
and
diversities
at
an
all-time
high
in
Boulder
City
Schools,
nearly
a
quarter
of
the
students
identify
their
race
as
something
other
than
white,
and
nearly
27
percent
of
our
children
fall
below
the
federal
guidelines
that
would
qualify
them
to
receive
free
and
reduced
cost
meals,
which
this
year
is
actually
available.
District-Wide
through
the
community
eligibility
provision.
D
While
our
city
holds
that
small
old-fashioned
charm,
it's
also
important
to
note
that
our
residents
also
skew
older.
Since
this
data
gives
a
really
good
look
at
our
population.
We
have
15
000
residents
compared
to
Clark
County's
2.2
million,
and
our
median
age
of
Boulder
City
residents
is
52.7
years
old
compared
to
Clark
counties
at
37.5.
D
It
is
important
to
note
that
nearly
11
percent
of
our
residents
have
been
in
the
armed
forces,
and
why
are
these
numbers
important
with
more
than
a
third
of
our
residents
living
on
fixed
incomes?
We
have
several
agencies
that
that
provide
support
agencies
like
emergency
at
a
Boulder,
City,
lend
a
hand
and
the
senior
center
of
Boulder
City.
D
D
And
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
people
experiencing
homelessness,
Boulder
City
has
a
representative
on
the
Continuum
of
Care
board
that
promotes
a
county-wide
commitment
to
homeless
services,
including
securing
federal
dollars
for
local
homeless
service
providers.
D
We
also
provide
annual
funding,
along
with
the
other
jurisdictions
for
annual
homeless
census,
the
homeless
management
information
system,
software
system
that
collects
information
on
Services
provided
to
homeless
and
emergency
shelter
funding.
Our
staff
and
local
volunteers
also
participate
in
the
annual
Census
count
organized
by
Clark
County
Social
Services,
and
we
provide
individuals
with
a
homeless,
Services
resource
guide,
listing
of
all
of
the
services
in
Clark
County,
and
also
work
with
emergency,
aidable
or
City
to
secure
housing
for
those
individuals
and
often
we're
asked
by
local
business
owners
or
other
people.
D
D
All
the
grant
requests
are
solicited
by
various
departments
and
then
coordinated
through
the
grant
manager
evaluating
evaluated
by
a
grants,
working
group
and
the
process
for
submission
so
that
we
we
have
a
coordinated
effort.
The
grants
manager
is
certified
in
federal
grants,
management
procedures
and
has
access
to
all
applicable
Grant
Management
websites
and
accounts.
D
D
D
D
And
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
our
response
to
the
drought,
Boulder
City
was
one
of
the
first
cities
in
southern
Nevada
to
adopt
the
Southern
Nevada
water,
Authority's
latest
water
conservation
measures
and
we're
currently
in
talks
with
snwa
to
return
our
Wastewater
back
to
Lake
Mead.
The
city
is
currently
in
the
process
of
converting
up
to
2
million
square
feet
of
turf
and
our
golf
courses
and
parks
to
water,
smart
landscape
and
the
city
did
recently
authorize
rebates
for
smart
irrigation
controllers
with
rain
sensors.
D
D
A
very
exciting
project
that
is
coming
to
fruition
into
Nevada
state
Railroad
Museum
will
be
expanding
and
it
will
remain
located
at
601,
Yucca
Street
in
Boulder
City,
and
it's
a
35
million
dollar
investment.
The
first
phase
of
the
Expansion
Project
will
construct
a
new
Visitor
Center
at
the
corner
of
Boulder
City
Parkway
and
Buchanan
Boulevard.
D
Another
project
that
that
we're
also
excited
for
is
the
adventure
Hub.
It's
a
an
Adventure
Center
that
the
U.S
Department
of
Commerce
awarded
a
grant.
It's
a
2.2
million
dollar
capital
investment,
and
this
will
be
co-located
with
our
Chamber
of
Commerce
at
100
Nevada
way
overlooking
the
lake.
The
proposed
layout
of
the
Boulder
City
Adventure
Center
will
allow
tourism
companies
to
develop
operations
at
this
centralized
Hub
so
that
visitors
can
schedule
various
activities
and
experiences
in
one
location.
D
One
of
the
coolest
perks
to
living
in
Boulder
City
is
seeing
daily
visits
from
the
Nevada
state
animal,
the
bighorn
sheep,
with
the
help
of
Clark
County
Commissioner
Jim
Gibson,
the
county
gave
the
city
a
175
thousand
dollar
grant
for
improvements
to
the
Hemingway
Valley
Park
to
benefit
visitors,
two-legged
and
four-legged
alike.
Improvements
include
a
walking
trail
benches,
educational,
signage,
irrigation
and
watering
holes.
D
A
Thank
you
both
for
the
presentation
members.
Just
so
you
know,
I,
don't
think
I've
had
an
opportunity
to
discuss
it
with
everyone.
The
intent
is
for
us
to
have
presentations
from
any
jurisdiction
to
be
attached
to
the
same
day
that
we're
having
a
bill
hearing
for
efficiency
purposes.
I
know
sometimes
we'll
have
a
bunch
of
hearings
on
presentations.
Better
said,
we'll
have
a
bunch
of
presentations
and
then
a
couple
weeks
down
the
road
have
the
actual
bill
and
we
forgot
everything
we
heard.
A
The
other
thing
I'm
asking
from
the
local
jurisdictions
is
for
us
to
understand,
what's
happening
with
affordable
housing,
what
what
are
we
doing
to
attract
federal
dollars
and
and
just
working
with
our
homeless
population,
so
that
we
have
a
better
understanding?
A
I
think
this
is
a
session
where
a
lot
of
that
we're
hoping
to
be
able
to
address
one
way
or
another,
which
is
why
those
slides
were
included
with
that
I'll
make
an
Ask
rather
than
a
question
both
going
back
to
affordable
housing
and
her
homeless
populations
and
federal
grants
and
I
know
we're
not
the
money
committee
but
I
think.
A
What
specifically,
what
parameters
do
they
have
right?
You
have
to
use
XYZ,
were
they
matching
grants
just
so
we
have
a
better
understanding
of
what
those
are
and
then
data
on
your
homeless
populations.
A
I
I
know
that
you
mentioned
working
with
the
census
data
and
participating
on
the
counts,
but
specifically,
how
many
folk
have
you
identified,
wrap
around
services
that
you're
providing
for
them
I
understand
that
your
jurisdiction,
unlike
others,
are
probably
very
different,
but
I
just
so
we
have
a.
We
can
see
that
in
in
numbers,
I
think
that'd
be
very
helpful.
You
can
send
it
to
all
the
members
please
and
with
that
members,
we'll
open
it
up
to
questions.
E
Chair,
please
thank
you
very
much,
chair
Flores
and
thank
you
to
the
mayor
and
the
city
manager.
My
question
Boulder
City,
has
always
been
known,
at
least
in
my
mind,
for
you
know
very
limited,
controlled
growth.
Do
you
think
that's
going
to
continue
or
do
you
think
that
growth
in
housing
and
Business
Industrial
will
outpace
what
we've
seen
in
the
last
few
decades
in
terms
of
controlled
growth,
limited
growth.
D
Foreign
for
the
record,
Taylor
Tedder
through
through
chairman
Flores
Senator
orenshaw.
Thank
you.
So
it's
really
interesting.
I've
looked
back
through
the
last
decade
on
our
housing
permits,
and
so
we
do
have
that
120
homes
per
year
controlled
growth
ordinance.
However,
we
have
not
hit
that
really.
D
It
averages
out
to
about
38
a
year
one
year
we
did
come
close,
but
it
has
not
approached
that
120
number,
the
interesting
thing
we
just
have
a
limited
amount
of
privately
owned
land,
so
the
city
has
to
take
a
question
to
the
voters
whether
we
sell
a
plot
of
land
for
development.
So
right
now
we
do
have
a
plot
of
land
track.
350
that
the
developer
is
is
looking
at
building
homes.
That
was
selected
through
an
RFP
process,
but
it
hasn't
come
to
fruition
yet
with
the
market
uncertainty.
D
So
they
are
looking
to
come
back
to
the
city
in
the
spring
to
to
discuss
that
there
is
a
new
neighborhood
in
Boulder
City
that
was
just
completed.
It
was
about
115
homes
built
by
storybook.
So
so
we
do
have
a
good,
constant
flow
of
some
homes,
but
I
I
don't
see
the
data
showing
that
we'll
be
exploding
anytime
soon,
especially
with
our
growth
control.
A
Thank
you,
members,
any
additional
questions,
seeing
none.
Thank
you
for
the
presentation
and
welcome
back
as
I
mentioned,
and
we
look
forward
to
working
alongside
of
all
of
you
as
session
moves
forward,
please
whatever
we
can
help
with.
Please
let
us
know,
and
with
that
we'll
go
ahead
and
close
out
the
presentation
for
Boulder
City
and
next
we'd
like
to
open
up
the
hearing
on
Senate
bill
23.,
whenever
you're
ready,
welcome.
F
Good
afternoon,
chair
members
of
the
government,
Affairs
committee
I'm
here
to
present
Brittany
Walker
City
attorney
for
Boulder
City
for
the
record
here
to
present
Senate
Bill
23..
We
have
worked
on
a
Amendment
to
the
bill
that
helps
clarify
the
intent
and
address
any
concerns
that
that
existed
with
the
language.
So
the
the
mock-up
was
emailed
to
you
and
that's
the
version
we'll
be
going
off
of.
F
So
in
general,
like
many
jurisdictions,
Boulder
City
has
a
Redevelopment
agency.
We
established
our
Redevelopment
agency
and
Redevelopment
area
in
1999..
This
specified
an
area
and
plan
to
redevelop
our
blighted
properties
and
it
included
vacant
land
of
city-owned,
land,
west
and
south
of
Boulder
City
Parkway
to
the
2017
legislative
session.
Redevelopment
agencies
were
permitted
to
amend
Redevelopment
plans
to
add
or
remove
properties
from
a
Redevelopment
area.
F
However,
this
limits
the
Redevelopment
agencies,
from
removing
residential
property
and
for
new
residential
property.
That's
not
blighted
like
we
have
in
Boulder
City
that
property
tax
revenue
is
really
more
important,
more
appropriate
for
traditional
property
tax
purposes
like
Public
Safety
and
schools,
and
so
SB
23
would
amend
NRS
279
to
allow
a
Redevelopment
agency
to
remove
land
from
a
Redevelopment
area
in
one
limited
circumstance,
and
that's
if
the
use
of
the
land
is
primarily
residential
and
the
city
council
makes
a
finding
that
that
revenue
is
better
suited
for
traditional
property
tax
purposes.
F
As
Taylor
mentioned,
we
have
a
new
development
Storybook
Homes,
which
is
about
115
homes.
This
is
in
the
Redevelopment
area,
and
the
property
tax
has
been
contributing
to
our
Redevelopment
fund
and
we,
we
believe
as
a
city,
that
that
Revenue
would
be
better
suited
for
our
Public
Safety
services
that
provide
service
to
those
homes
and
for
our
schools
that
educate
children
in
those
homes.
So
with
that,
I
will
open
up
for
any
questions.
G
And
not
necessarily
question
just
little
history
back
on
on
some
of
that
stuff,
so
you're,
right,
ab80
in
2017,
brought
by
the
City
of
Reno,
went
through
a
lot
of
amendments
and
various
things,
and
one
of
them
was
to
put
in
a
Prohibition
from
Redevelopment
agencies,
removing
property
from
the
area.
G
A
couple
of
reasons
for
that
could
affect
the
bonds
but
partially
to
make
sure
that
they
weren't
pulling
areas
out
sending
it
back
over
to
the
city
and
which
then
the
city
could
sell
a
lesson
for
a
market
value
and
do
a
bunch
of
other
things.
The
Redevelopment
agency
couldn't
and
we
saw
those
problems.
So
that's
what
I
was
trying
to
fix.
So
with
this
amendment
and
I
worked
with
you
guys
on
this,
you
have
to
make
three
findings,
which
is
I,
think
on
the
page
three
of
the
mock-up.
G
G
So
I
don't
think
that
there'll
be
some
of
the
abuses
that
we
saw.
While
we
originally
put
that
in
there
it
is
very
narrow
and
most
of
the
other
Redevelopment
areas
that
I've
seen
they're
not
trying
to
do
a
lot
of
residential
construction
anyway.
G
So
were
you
guys
removing
it
completely
to
get
in
on
the
tax
roll
I,
don't
think,
goes
against
the
principle
that
I
was
trying
to
fix
back
in
2017..
You
know
good
luck
and
hopefully
you'll
hit
that
120
one
of
these
days.
A
And
I
don't
think
we
have
any
other
questions
from
the
committee.
I
wanted
to
make
sure
seeing
none.
Thank
you
again
for
the
presentation.
If
I
could
just
have
you
sit
back
and
at
this
point
I'd
like
to
invite
forward
either
in
Carson
City
or
Las
Vegas,
anybody
wishing
to
testify
in
support
of
Senate
bill
23.,
seeing
none
BPS.
If
we
could
please
go
to
the
phones,
anybody
wishing
to
testify
in
support
of
Senate
bill
23.
A
A
You
and
with
that
any
closing
remarks
you
may
have
on
Senate
bill
23..
You
don't
have
to
have
any
if
you
have
them.
That
typically
only
happens
when
folk
come
up
and
testify
in
opposition,
and
then
you
want
to
counter
that
point.
So
with
that
we'll
go
ahead
and
close
the
hearing
on
Senate
Bill
23.
Thank
you
again
for
the
presentation
and
last
on
the
agenda.
We
have
public
comment.
Anybody
wishing
to
join
us
for
public
comment,
seeing
none
in
Carson,
City
or
Las
Vegas.
Do
we
have
anybody
over
the
phone
VPS.
A
You
and
with
that
before
we
adjourn
the
meeting
I
want
to
give
everybody
a
lay
of
the
land
for
the
week.
We'll
have
some
hearings
on
Wednesday,
but
it
is
again
our
intent
to
not
have
a
meeting
on
Friday.
I
say
that
mostly
for
those
of
you
all
that
who
have
families
and
are
trying
to
coordinate
your
day
and
make
it
work
with
your
kids
or
the
million
other
things
you
have
going
on
outside
this
building.