At the opening ceremonies of Silverado Ranch Little League.

It was a wonderful morning celebrating their start of another season for their players, families, coaches, and volunteers who make this league such an important part of the Silverado Ranch community and beyond.

The following morning, I joined the Walk for Friendship, hosted annually by the Friendship Circle.

This event brings together the community each year to celebrate inclusion, friendship, and support for individuals with special needs.

Thank you to the organizers, participants, and volunteers who made the day meaningful and successful.

My office, along with the incredible parks and recreation teams in Laughlin and Searchlight, hosted two movie in the park events, first at the Spirit Mountain Activity Center, and the following week at the Searchlight Senior Center.

I want to thank everybody who joined us and helped make these events so special.

Looking ahead, I'll be kicking off the Great Chef Run at James Regional Sports Complex on Saturday, March 21st, hosted by the Nevada Hotel and Lodging Association.

This annual event raises funds to support hospitality students across Nevada.

It's a great way to enjoy a fun run while investing in the next generation of hospitality professionals.

Then, on Saturday, April 4th from 11 a.m.

to 1 p.m., I'll be hosting my annual Echo Trail Park Day of Play.

Join us at our beloved District A Park for a fun-filled day of games, music, food, and park cleanup in partnership with Get Outdoors Nevada, and learn more about the coming soon Echo Trail Community Center at that park.

To stay up to date on all things happening in District A and across Clark County, connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, X, and LinkedIn at Commission Aft.

Until next time, I look forward to seeing you all around Authority.

Good morning.

Welcome to the March 17th meeting of the Clark County Commission.

We'll begin today's meeting with the invocation led by Reverend Will Rucker of the Intersection Spiritual Community.

Good morning, Reverend.

Please stand if you're able.

Good morning.

And let us pray.

Spirit of Grace, source of wisdom, compassion, and truth, we ask that you lead us today.

We pause in this moment out of reverence for the responsibility carried in this room and for the lives beyond these walls that will be shaped by what happens here today.

We invite your presence among us in every thought, every word, every decision.

Grant us clarity where there is complexity.

Grant us courage where there is hesitation.

Grant us kindness where there is contention, and grant us humility to listen deeply, especially when it's hardest.

Remind us today that leadership is not about being right, but about being in right relationship with one another and with the community that we are called to serve.

Help us to set aside ego, assumption, and self-interest, and to center the well-being of us all.

May we lead with compassion, decide with integrity, and act with a deep awareness that what we do here today matters.

And may we leave today not only having made decisions, but having strengthened trust.

So it is.

Okay.

Normally we move all the chairs out of the way for pictures, but it's a smaller group today.

Um I just wanted to say good morning to everyone.

Uh today we are proud to recognize Beth Mulleny for her remarkable contributions to education, the arts, and cultural enrichment in our community.

Beth has dedicated her professional life to shaping young minds as a third grade teacher with the Clark County School District.

Inspiring students and helping them build strong foundations for the future.

Educators like Beth play a vital role in our community, and her commitment to her students reflects the very best of public service.

Beyond the classroom, Beth has also been a featured performer in Las Vegas since nineteen ninety-four, sharing her passion for music and the arts with audiences throughout the valley for m more than three decades.

Her dedication to the arts has helped enrich the cultural life of Southern Nevada.

Beth is also a founding member of the musical group Killian's Angels, where she has helped preserve and celebrate Celtic music while introducing diverse musical traditions to audiences across our region.

Through her performances, original compositions, and community engagement, Beth has worked to expand access to music education and meaningful cultural experiences for people of all ages.

Perhaps most inspiring is the way Beth has bridged the worlds of education and the performing arts.

Showing students and community members alike how music can serve as a powerful tool for learning, cultural understanding, and creative expression.

Her ongoing dedication to both education and cultural preservation embodies the spirit of service, creativity, and community that helps make Clark County such a vibrant and inspiring place to live.

Today, we are proud to recognize Beth Mulleny for her outstanding contributions and to thank her for the many ways she continues to inspire students, audiences, and our entire community.

Congratulations, Beth, and thank you for everything you do.

And before we get to present you with that, we are just honored to recognize and listen to a performance from Killian's Angels today.

Thank you so much.

That's called Cats Got the Measles.

Okay.

Oh no, you don't need to.

You can stand, sit, lay, whatever.

We have a long night.

We're getting ready to play from six to nine at Fremont Street.

Speaking of wonderful things in Las Vegas, come join us.

As some of you may know, Irish music has been around for many, many years, and you cannot keep the Irish from singing and dancing.

Even though there was a time in history when dancing and musical instruments was not allowed.

So there's a workaround for that if you're Irish.

Nothing will keep them from singing, us from singing and dancing.

And so a couple things happened.

One is Irish step dancing, which last year you saw right here, with the arms are not moving and the heads are staying straight, but guess what?

Waist down, we're dancing, right?

I say weird, not me.

Don't that's not me.

But that is what happened because people wanted to dance, and they wanted to be able to dance freely in their houses, and they wanted to be able to make music in their houses, but instruments were also not allowed for religious reasons.

So does that stop the Irish?

No.

We have a way to deal with that as well, and it's called mouth music or shano singing.

It's a traditional Irish frame drum.

And here's a little reel called the Dunmore Lassies.

And if you make it as far as the little area where the avatars are throwing things in a New York City pub, that song, the Celtic High Step, otherwise known as the High Reels, is us playing.

Now we're not the actual avatars.

And then to take it a step further, if you do go to see the first episode of Elementary on CBS, we're also on that song, but the people playing it are not us.

Thank you so thank you so much.

Thank you so much, and happy Saint Patrick's Day, everybody.

So that was awesome.

I just want to thank all of you here for being here today to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day in the Irish American culture that has contributed so much to our community.

Also, before you leave, make sure you pick up four leaf clover.

You just plant this, and you can bring the luck of the Irish home with you today.

So come on up here, Beth, Killian's Angels.

So this is for Beth Mulleny and Killian's Angels, and thank you for everything you do.

Okay, so I it's me again.

And I just want to say how impressed I am.

They got to quiz us.

They all sat up here to learn a little bit more about this this level of government.

And you know, these are smart women.

And this is the future for our community.

When I have the opportunity to talk with our youth, and they ask the questions that they do.

I know that they are on point, and we're going to be okay as we go forward because the wisdom that kids this age have now is just so impressive.

So these are yours.

These are mine.

So today I'm proud to join Commissioner Naft in recognizing Grassroot Girls, an organization dedicated to empowering young girls to advocate for healthier lives, stronger communities, and a more sustainable planet.

Grassroot girls creates opportunities for young women to share their experiences directly with policymakers and connect with other nonprofit organizations and community leaders.

Through these efforts, the organization ensures that the youth voices are included in conversations that shape our communities.

By introducing girls to advocacy and the policy making process at an early age, grassroot girls helps participants understand the importance of civic engagement and the role they can play in shaping the future.

Through this work, the organization builds confidence, leadership skills, and civic awareness, helping to cultivate the next generation of community leaders.

We are proud to recognize Grassroot Girls for their dedication to empowering youth and strengthening our community.

Congratulations and thank you for the important work you do and how you are inspiring the next generation of leaders.

They had a lot of good answers too to the problems, which I think is so important.

But that's why I feel comfortable putting any of them on the spot to say a few words.

They weren't shy the other night.

Hi, we're grassroot girls.

We're very happy to be here.

And yeah, it's been very, very wonderful.

It's been a wonderful experience for me.

And does anybody else want to speak?

You did great.

And I know Commissioner Kirkpatrick will appreciate this.

All of the ladies can explain the difference between cities and unincorporated counties.

Rebecca, thank you for your leadership and one more time for these wonderful, exceptional talented ladies.

Commissioners, our next item is to recognize Clark County employees who have been selected as our Clark County value champions.

Hi, I'm Crystal Simon.

I am an employment records technician with the onboarding team.

I am nominating Carla Benjamin as a value champion.

Carla goes above and beyond to get the best results.

I enjoy working with Carla because she inspires me every day to put my best foot forward.

She's a great asset to good team and a great community.

Congratulations, Kyla.

Hi, I'm TJ Moore.

I'm a management analyst with Park County Social Services.

I would like to elevate Jennifer because she embodied service in that she elevates others and is totally willing to do the unglamorous work without needing the credit.

She is malleable and puts others first.

And when she shows up, she's completely consistent and all the way there for everybody she's serving in our community.

Hi, I'm Rachel Glaze, and I am a commission analyst for Commissioner Michael Matt.

I have nominated Jennifer Brustel with social services to be a value champion.

I work with Jennifer regularly.

Jennifer is not afraid to get into the weeds when it comes to helping people and be very detail-oriented about what that means.

Multiple occasions, she has gone to somebody's house, she has met people on site that we've been working with, and she really takes the time to learn their story and really make sure they understand the process they need to take to get the assistance.

Today I'm I'm nominating Vincent Kelly for value champion for his excellence.

Always going above and beyond.

Congratulations, Vince.

How about a hand for these Clark County employees?

We just had our uh Clark County Gala for our value champions just recently, so we got to honor all those that became our value champions and are such representatives of everything we do every day.

Um when I look at these departments of some fun facts.

I want to talk about the assessor a second.

Uh in addition to developing that program, which I'm sure they utilize regularly, they have to assess and manage 850,000 parcels across the county.

Uh, you go to the comp troler.

I think they do are responsible for doing over 700,000 transactions annually.

That's your paychecks, that's everything we deal with every day, and all the money that's coming and going, and then in social service, always dear to my heart.

Um, I know a little bit about this one.

Uh our chairman had called me.

She was working hard on a case trying to get an individual who was essentially homeless and went through every effort known to man to do that.

And in social services, they're putting out services upwards of almost half a billion dollars a year to serve our residents every day, which is so needed and even more needed now.

So with that, I'll hand it over to Commissioner Now.

Thank you, Kevin.

I want to add my thanks on behalf of the board to each of you for being so reflective of the best of this county, which is the best uh of this country.

The three of you are exemplary uh members of this team.

Uh, as Kevin indicated, each in different areas, you are each expert in your fields, and that's something that I think is so exceptional about this county, the wide swath of departments and agencies that we work with and run, really uh improve, have the potential of improving people's life every single day.

Uh, and the three of you do that.

So, on behalf of the board, we thank you so much uh for what you do to make uh the work of local government function so well.

Thank you and join me in congratulating our value champions.

Now that everyone's so quiet, we're we're gonna take a five minute recess to reset some of the uh equipment that's in front of us, but it'll be a brief one.

Thank you.

All right, good afternoon, thank you very much.

Uh we can now move on to the first time set aside for public comment.

Anyone wishing to speak on items on today's agenda, can please come forward at this time, speak for up to three minutes and state your first and last name for the record, along with the item on the agenda to which you're speaking.

Morning, my name is Rashana.

I'm a resident.

I just want to comment on the uh St.

Patrick's Day performers.

It was fantastic to see.

And it was interesting that Beth Mulaney mentioned that there were restrictions for dancing because of religious religious religious religious religious reasons, which I would like to address.

Um, first of all, I'll support agenda item forty-seven, and I strongly oppose praying and any form of religion that is continually on this agenda.

I ask that you please eliminate the invocations.

And let's stop pretending this is appropriate because it is not.

It is not a church service.

It is not a house of worship, and it has no business being treated like one.

I'm not asking, I'm insisting that this commission put an end to prayer in these meetings.

70% of cities and counties in Nevada are smarter than us here.

They don't have invocations because they know it doesn't belong in government.

They understand that mixing religion with government is completely unnecessary and improper.

When you open meetings with prayer, you send a message, whether you admit it or not, that this government is endorsing religion.

People can believe whatever they want.

Doesn't matter, but it shouldn't be in this building.

That message that we endorse religion excludes people.

It tells anyone who doesn't share these beliefs that they are outsiders in their own community, and that is unacceptable.

And let's be honest, you do not need prayer to do your jobs.

Your duty is to serve the public, not to perform religious rituals.

So end it.

Stop bringing religion into this chamber.

Stop using government proceedings to endorse personal religious beliefs.

The government body should be neutral, it should be inclusive, and it should be accountable to everyone, not just people who believe in this Bible.

The most gruesome book I have ever read, and I encourage you to read it.

It's online for free.

The obsession this God has over virgin girls, similar to the Abstein files, the amount of incest, the rape, the murder, boiling, mauling, and eating of children, the mass murders, the mass drownings, polygamy, slavery, torture, burning of women, ripping open pregnant women, gang raping a woman and cutting her up into 12 pieces, cutting off a woman's hand, and and so on.

Not a shout out to Women's History Month, is it, which is currently what it is.

This is the worship you are bringing into this forum, and it needs to stop now.

We the people support the absolute separation of church and state, and I urge you to stop invocations and to stick to government business.

Thank you very much.

Have a great day.

Thank you very much.

Um just as a reminder to everybody, the agenda begins on section four.

Uh we've extended some courtesy, but in the future, uh anyone wishing to speak on the first public comment period would be section four and later.

Uh next speaker, please.

Good morning.

Good morning.

My name is Miguel Canales.

I currently reside at 5940 uh 46 Hand of Field Court in Las Vegas, Nevada.

I'm here to come in at item 19 with the airport expansion at the Harry Reid International Airport.

We also have a couple of co-work uh workers that want to do an update in DB negotiations, and they're also in uh speaking in comment in item 19.

Good morning, gun commissioners.

My name is Adrian Cosby.

I currently reside at 3950, Mountain Vista, and I work at Harry Ree Airport at SB specialties as a barista.

And today I want to talk to you about the fact that I cannot afford basic necessities, such as groceries and rent, and with the what current wages at SB specialties, and I have to pick up multiple jobs.

That's to be able to afford my basic necessities.

And we want the DBE companies to be to provide livable wages for their workers.

Thank you for your time.

Hello, my name is uh Jacob Ramos.

I live at 2312 North Arin Valley Parkway, Unit 3113.

Uh I worked for the day one group Mo's for over five years now as a fast food attendant.

I spoke to you previously about how the last wage increase we received was in 2022, and that now uh many coworkers, including me, are uh struggling to survive in today's economy.

Um yeah, I recently found out that um the average worker at HMS host, who the average fast food worker at HMS Host, who does roughly the same job as us, who works in close proximity to our stores, uh makes more now than you know the company is willing to give us with yearly raises for the next three years.

Um a lot of people I work with have you know two to three jobs just to support themselves, let alone their families.

Um that's my belief that one job should be enough.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Morning Commissioners, Brian Ayala, 4149 Wagon Trail have uh Las Vegas, Nevada, 89118 uh on 19 always.

I uh also um with the representing all the nine DBE companies.

What I wanted to say is that we have always been 100% responsive 100% of the time.

Uh we're gonna continue to do so.

Hopefully we're able to find a scenario where small business can continue to preserve union workers and union representation.

We don't view this as acrimonious at all.

And fortunately, after uh all the requests that we've had, uh we we do have a negotiation scheduled for next Tuesday, March 25th, 4th.

So I also wanted to put into the record uh Mr.

Schiller, the uh letters that we have sent up to this point.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Morning, Commissioners.

For the record, my name is Andrew Powell, 240 South Water Street in Henderson, and I serve as the planning manager in the community development department for the city of Henderson.

I'm here today to express my support for item 62 on your agenda.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Kimberly and Marcy and the entire team from DCP that put a significant effort into advancing the avoidance and mitigation measures to this stage.

Um as a member of the AMM working group, I want to voice my support for the adoption of the final AMMs, including the continued inclusion of the brewing owl as a covered species.

Well, I recognize that this inclusion can present challenges, particularly given the species' prevalence here in Southern Nevada.

I believe that those challenges are outweighed by the regulatory uncertainty and potential for grade and burdens in the future if it were not to be included.

So again, thank you for your time this morning.

I respectfully encourage your approval of the AMM so that we can continue working collaboratively collaboratively to ensure a smooth and effective implementation.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you for being here.

Anyone else wishing to speak?

Uh this is the final call for the first public comment period.

Seeing none, good morning, manager Schiller.

Can I move to your agenda?

Your next item is approval of the minutes of the regular meeting on February 17th, 2026.

Mr.

Chairman.

I move approval of the February 17 meeting minutes.

Thank you.

There's a motion for approval.

Please cast your vote.

The motion passes.

Commissioner is your next item.

I'm sorry, Manager Schiller, just for the clerk's record.

Uh Commissioner McCurdy is excused absent today.

Commissioner's gonna move to your next item, which is approval of the agenda with the inclusion of any emergency items and deletion of any items.

Staff is requesting that item number seven under the consent agenda be deleted from your agenda.

Staff is also requesting that item 19 under your consent agenda be taken separately.

If there are no other changes, Mr.

Chair, I move approval of the agenda as noted.

There's a motion for approval.

Please cast your vote.

Motion carries.

Commissioners will now move to the approval of your consent adjust agenda consisting of items number seven through 49.

As a reminder, item seven has been deleted and number 19 will be taken separately.

Mr.

Chair, if there are no questions or comments, so I move approval of the consent agenda with item number seven deleted, number 19 to be heard separately.

Thank you.

Please cast your vote.

Motion passes.

Commissioners now move to item 19.

Item 19 is to authorize the director of aviation to sign the second amendment to the contract between Clark County and Landroman Brown Incorporated to prepare an environmental impact statement.

EIS for the Southern Nevada Supplemental Airport or take other action as appropriate.

Morning.

And then following that, we'll enter phase three, which will be the next portion of this contract where we will respond to those comments as well as publish that final environmental impact statement.

Thank you.

Absolutely.

So yes, with phase 2B and this phase, we plan on requesting uh federal aviation funds in the amount of 75%.

Okay, great.

Thank you.

And then I just wanted to make clear while we all understand the importance of moving this project forward.

Uh it continues to be, I think, our priority, my priority.

I know yours too, that LAS uh continues to move forward with modernization.

We've heard it loud and clear from the community and stakeholders and the airlines.

Uh, and so I believe that'll be a priority for DOA to continue to move uh that modernization forward on LAS.

Yes, yes, Mr.

Chair, absolutely.

And uh as you know, we have a consultant on board.

We're working through the planning uh phases of that project, but certainly anyone that's been to the airport recently has seen monetization has started, either with construction walls or lanes blocked.

We are pursuing those preliminary projects, but the larger program is uh moving forward.

We do have a meeting with our airline partners in April, where we plan to uh present our efforts to date as well as get some approvals, and then we'll be back here in hopefully June to present to the board on our status and where we're at and the planning.

We're expecting, you know, we are rushing, you know, we are as a priority.

We're expecting that planning to finish this fall.

Great.

Thank you very much.

Uh Commissioner Jones.

Thank you.

And I just wanted to emphasize it as part of this EIS.

Um, the consultant is required to consult with both the Regional Transportation Commission and NDOT uh with regards to access to the supplemental airport on I-15 and other corridors, and to consider any traffic mitigation and environmental negation, which would include uh transit alternatives.

Is that accurate?

Uh yes, yes, Commissioner Jones, that is accurate.

Okay, and I just want to reemphasize, and we talked about this four or five years now that transit is the priority uh for this board for access to the supplemental airport, not just cars driving on I 15.

Absolutely, and uh, you know, we have worked with our community partners, and we will continue through this process to uh come up with that solution.

So thank you.

Thank you.

Any other questions or comments or motion on item 19?

If there isn't anything more, I move that we authorize the director of aviation to sign the second amendment to the contract.

Thank you.

There's a motion for approval.

Please cast your vote.

The motion passes.

Great.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Commissioners, it's not yet 10 a.m.

So we will move to introduction of ordinances.

ID item 57 is an ordinance to amend Clark County Code Title 8, Chapter 8.20 to modify the requirement for a structural barrier separating miners from bar and lounge areas and restaurants and taverns by allowing in lieu of such barrier written security plan approved by the department director that effectively prevents miners from entering the bar area and providing for other matters properly related there too, and set a public hearing.

Thank you.

I'll introduce the ordinance and set the public hearing for Tuesday, April 7th, 2026 at 10 a.m.

Your next item is to 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.

Commissioner Kirkpatrick.

Sure, I can come up with something.

Uh so um I just want to bring a couple of things.

So one uh on the health district, Commissioner Becker and I serve as everybody should know that the septic regulations went away, and I hope not to see them in my lifetime ever again.

And I'm sure Commissioner Becker agrees.

Uh and then secondly, it would be irresponsible if we, as the health district representatives didn't remind people that this week we're going into an unprecedented heat wave.

And um, with that heat wave, our body is not quite acclimated to it.

We're still thinking it's spring.

Um so I just encourage people it is spring break on top of it that even if your kids are outdoors, they do need to drink plenty of water no matter what.

If there's they're already swimming, they're in the splash areas, they still need to stay hydrated.

So this is uh a hard time on our older um population as well.

So we want to ensure that they are getting all the nutrients.

So I just ask um that people stop and check on their neighbors to make sure.

Um, you know, we know that many of them won't be turning on the air conditioning.

Um in it's too soon really for any of us to turn on the air conditioning, but we need to make sure our neighbors are doing well.

And then lastly, um, I just want to say um thank you for the safety fair.

I had a good time myself and thank all the staff that came out.

So I appreciate everybody.

Thanks.

Mr.

Chairman, thank you.

Um, Commissioner Sagerblum and I uh sponsored our spring job fair Friday the 13th.

And it was a lucky day.

Uh we had over 6500 job seekers show up at the convention center.

And uh interview in many cases for a job on the spot, and many were offered jobs.

Others will be uh backgrounded and interviewed over the course of the coming weeks, and we'll surely be hired.

The by all accounts, as we polled folks who were leaving the uh West Hall, they were happy with the offering.

133 employers, I think was the number, wasn't it, Commissioner Segerblum?

Uh with lots of jobs.

Want to thank the LVCBA for making the hall available to us.

Uh making the loop uh transportation system available to us because parking is always an issue, particularly when you have 6500 people who tend to come one per car.

Uh the monorail was available.

People could buy two uh one-way tickets for a dollar each if they were a Nevada resident.

We appreciate that accommodation.

Our staffs worked uh overtime to get the thing done, and they deserve a lot of credit for the success that we had.

And of course, working with theater is always a good experience because they know so well what the jobs are that are in demand.

We had 16 healthcare companies that were hiring and filling many uh incredibly fun and exciting, challenging uh opportunities in health care.

It was a very successful day, our lucky day, right, Commissioner Segerblow.

And if I can just follow up, uh thanks also to Pink Box who gave us their parking spaces and Fountain Blue who allowed us people to park there.

I just want to say um we had a great turnout, but the truth is it's the job market is very nervous right now, so we all need to hold our breath and make sure we're we're pushing forward.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And I I would just add my thanks, Commissioner Kirkpatrick, and congratulations to you on on the safety fair you held.

Um my family had a great time and learned something new at it.

And uh, Commissioners Sager Bloom and Gibson, that uh job fair has I think become a real tradition for this community and something that uh clearly there's a need for.

So I thank you for uh leading on that.

And both of those events I know required significant uh input uh from county management and and all departments.

I think all of both of those events really showcased so many departments in the county.

So add my thanks to uh Kevin, you and uh the entire teams who made that happen.

If I might, Mr.

Chair.

We shouldn't have neglected this.

A couple of years ago, um our manager showed up at the job, the spring job fair, and we had a couple of tables and we're handing out pamphlets, and uh he saw that uh at a time when we really needed to be more aggressive and the last couple of years, but especially this year, it was a an incredible turnout.

The county had I don't know how many departments did you take account, Dick?

Yeah, a bunch, as many fingers as we have were represented, and they were busy the entire day uh explaining to people what the job opportunities were and what uh that might mean to each of them individually.

Uh so thank you very much, Kevin, and to everyone who works with you, Jen and others who were responsible for getting that all together.

Good.

Commissioners, your next item is to appoint one qualified individual, Daniel Bartlett, to the Air Pollution Control Hearing Board as the licensed professional engineer member for a three-year term commencing on March 17th, 2026 and continuing through March 16th, 2029.

I move the appointment of Daniel Bartlett to the Air Pollution Control Hearing Board for the three-year term as noted.

Thank you, please cast your vote.

Appointment passes.

Mr.

Chair, uh sorry, can we go back to emerging issues?

Because I forgot to bring something up.

Sorry.

Okay.

Uh you know that we started the Rule Alliance uh committee that we have out there, and so we off to uh it was off to a slow start because we couldn't get enough people to participate.

Now we have a steady group.

Um, but the Rule Alliance was given a couple tasks.

One as rural communities, talk about what the planning around you need to look like, what kind of amenities that you want so that you we can ensure that they can stay rural because in in many cases they were there first.

Um to go into identify neighborhoods, which are rule, because you wouldn't necessarily know that if you stay on the main stretches, but there might be a pocket of role some somewhere back.

So they did that, and they were supposed to meet with commissioners to determine if those names were what they wanted, or how do you delineate them?

Because I think as a county as a whole, um, what used to be all rule is not uh many areas that's surrounded by the cities, but they've been getting some uh pushback.

So they did that and they were supposed to meet with commissioners to determine if those names were what they wanted or how do you delineate them because I think as a county as a whole what used to be all rule is not many areas is surrounded by the cities but they've been getting some uh pushback so I'm just trying to figure if this is something that we need to because we need to go out and recruit for a couple more seats um because people have stepped off for whatever reason like most boards but is it something that we want to keep going or we just want to take their basic map that they gave us I feel like they haven't gotten as far as I would have liked them to get because we've approved you know 500 zoning applications since they started and some of that rule component has been lost um and so I just I need I need to know from the board is it something that I should continue to beat the drum at or is it just a law start and stick to it in my district and I don't have to have an answer today but I do have to tell um for recruitment purposes if we want to um they need to start that the first of April so I just need to know whether or not we go that so if somebody could let me know so sorry.

Thank you last second yeah did we have a vote on the last item we didn't we did yeah okay um commissioners your next item is to approve and authorize the chair to appoint one additional member including one at large member to the community development advisory committee otherwise known as CDAC for a two-year term from the list of the following nominees Dancany Dan Nancy Deekman Matheny I move the appointment of Nancy Deakin Methini to the uh CDAC there's a motion for approval please cast your vote the motion carries commissioners your next item is to approve adopt and authorize the chair to sign district resolution 26-002 making a finding that no increase in abylorum taxes anticipated for the payment of the Clark County Water Reclamation District Nevada General Obligation Limited Tax Refunding Bonds additionally secured by pledge revenues series 2026 the bonds 2026 bonds and the maximum principal amount of 19625 thousand for the term thereof and requesting the debt management commission convene to approve the finding or take other action as appropriate.

Good morning Mr.

Chair members of the board good morning Tom Minwigan with the Clark County Water Reclamation District the district is advancing the process as well as the schedule to refund the amount that Mr Schiller just stated 196 million five hundred and twenty five thousand dollars of our existing debt and if we consider today's market conditions we are hoping and anticipated savings of about 10 million dollars on that refunding of those conditions.

Thank you Commissioner Segerblow I would move for approval also put out I've looked at this very closely and I know Marilyn will look at it very closely on the debt management committee.

Thank you.

There's a motion for approval please need to hold the public hearing we do need a public hearing this is a public hearing anyone wishing to speak on item 61 please come forward at this time seeing none I'll close the public hearing and there is a motion still I believe from Commissioner.

Sorry that was my fault you didn't need a public hearing on that one.

Never hurts to have it every please cast your vote a motion carries thank you members of the board.

Thank you.

Commissioners your next item is to receive a presentation on the avoidance and minimization measures AMM work group process for the multiple species habitat conservation plan amendment approve final AMMs including retention of the Boring Owl as a covered species and direct staff accordingly commissioners Kimberly Goodwin principal environmental specialist for the desert conservation program within the Department of Environment and sustainability.

Multiple interviews were taking place the meetings consisted of representatives from all of the local jurisdictions within Clark County major home builder associations commercial and industrial development representatives and several utility companies key outcomes from that work group process included achieving consensus on all of the proposed avoidance minimization measures as refined except for one that measure um is for clearance surveys regarding burrowing owls and thus uh the question uh that I bring to you today is whether or not we should continue to include burrowing owl as a proposed covered species in the application package.

That measure is for clearance surveys regarding burrowing owls, and thus the question that I bring to you today is whether or not we should continue to include burrowing owls as a proposed covered species in the application package.

The work group identified several avoidance and minimization measures that require supplemental implementation documents, such as specific design guidelines or code change language, best management practices, et cetera.

And these would be developed collaboratively with jurisdictions and developers in a subsequent process.

And importantly, the process strengthened relationships between desert conservation program jurisdictions and the developers and helped bring about a greater understanding of why these measures need to be included in the application package.

So on the matter of the burrowing owl decision, the question at hand is should the burrowing owl be retained as a proposed covered species in the MSHCP amendment.

One work group member suggested removing the burrowing owl due to the prevalence in the plan area that may potentially cause project delays and increased costs.

The avoidance minimization measures related to the burrowing owls, specifically require for clearance surveys to occur before development activities begin on a parcel.

And also additional rationale included uncertainty about future federal protective measures.

So the burrowing owl is currently not included as a list of species under the endangered species act, but it is protected by another law called the Migratory Bird Treaty Act that has undergone interpretation changes over the last decade or so.

So most other work group members that were participated in the process preferred retaining coverage for the burrowing owl to avoid potential delays for construction and costs to the program and thus development processes should the species need to be added later on if a federal listing does occur or if migratory bird treaty act interpretations change again.

However, they did stress that they would prefer some flexibility in the survey timing to help prevent potential project delays.

So some of the rationale for continuing to retain the burrowing owl includes that it will help us provide regulatory certainty to the development community.

Again, migratory bird treaty act interpretations have changed multiple times in recent years, and without coverage under the multiple species habitat conservation plan, developers would bear full compliance burden should interpretations shift again to prohibit incidental take.

And there is a risk that burrowing owl could be listed under the endangered species act in the future.

So the U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service currently lists the burrowing owl as a bird of conservation concern.

And the Nevada Department of Wildlife has identified it as the species of greatest conservation need in the most recent state wildlife action plan.

So the species has also experienced 30 to 50% population declines over the Western U.S.

over in recent years.

And so if it becomes federally listed and we don't have coverage under the MSHCP for it, development would halt in areas where burrowing owl potentially occur until either an emergency amendment can be implemented to the MSHCP or developers can obtain their own individual permits by working with the Fish and Wildlife Service.

And amending our MSHCP would put both the county and the permitties at risk for potential litigation.

We believe the cost-benefit ratio of retaining the burrowing owl is favorable.

Survey requirements are relatively modest compared to the risk of an endangered species act listing that would disrupt development activities.

And in most cases, borrowing owl surveys would occur concurrent with desert tortoise clearance surveys, which are also included measures with the application package.

And it would also demonstrate proactive conservation to the U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service.

So should the species be petitioned for future listing, the service would take into consideration what the county is doing proactively for the burrowing owl and would be less likely to become listed in the future as a result.

There is, however, a counter-argument to be made.

Burrowing owl is prevalent within the plan area.

They are common, especially around the perimeter of the Las Vegas Valley.

And that could lead to some development delays if there is nesting activity discovered on a parcel.

There are some survey timing challenges.

We've worked in close coordination with developers and jurisdictions to come up with a notification process to try and reduce this potential.

Um then there's also current uncertainty about the federal protection status.

Again, interpretations continue to change, and we don't know where whether a potential future listing could or could not occur.

And there is the option to add it later through an amendment, but again, that puts the county and the permitties at litigation risk by opening up the permit.

Um so staff has some recommendations for the board's consideration today.

Um staff recommendation number one is to retain the burrowing owl as a covered species under the application package to maintain regulatory stability, reduce potential long-term risk to development activities and the county, and to strengthen our conservation credibility under the MSHCP.

Um we recommend approval of the final avoidance and minimization measures, which was included as a report attached to this agenda item for our submission to the U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service later this year.

And um recommend directing the desert conservation program to continue working with jurisdictions and developers to develop those supplemental uh implementation documents that were developed during the work group process.

Thank you.

And any questions?

Thank you very much.

We appreciate your presentation and the work that went into it, uh, including the collaborative effort that you went through.

Um there any discussion, Commissioner Gibson.

This was probably as good a report as we've ever seen because we understand exactly what the risks are, we understand what the delays could mean, we understand the challenges that we might all face as we go forward, and it it makes it so that it is easy for me to follow the recommendation of the staff, even understanding the concerns that have been expressed.

So if there are no other concerns to be expressed.

Can I just ask one question?

And I probably shouldn't ask a question that I don't know the answer to, so bear with me.

And if you don't have the answer, that's fine too.

Um so when it comes to development costs, right?

We hear that a lot these days, but don't we set the fee on what it is for the burrowing owl, um, much like the tortoise, right?

And can't we because we have to just justify that we can provide the right habitat for them and do all those things, right?

So we we as the commission set can set that fee, and it doesn't have to be crazy, right?

Because we know yes, correct.

So um part of the process that we are proposing is that um desert conservation program will handle all of the clearance survey work and that will be covered under the per acre fee that developers paid by their permit coverage, essentially.

Um so that will be included in the fee, the process to go out and do the clearance surveys.

It won't be something that developers have to secure and pay for on their own.

Um, and yes, you are correct.

The commissioners will um when the time comes, receive a report on an on an analysis of what that will cost to implement, and we'll vote on what that per acre fee should be.

Okay, so we do have so if development costs become an issue, we can our judgment we can figure out what that looks like.

Okay, thank you.

Anything else, Commissioner Becker?

Um, what are the protections under the migratory bird act for this species?

Um the migratory bird treaty act uh prohibits take, which is uh essentially the same definition of take under the endangered species act, um, which is to harm, harass, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound trap, kill, capture, collect, or attempt to engage in any such activity.

Um, the interpretation that continues to change is whether or not incidental incidental take is prohibited or not.

Um so under the Endangered Species Act, you can get a permit for incidental take.

That's what this permit application will be doing.

Under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, there is no such permit process at the time.

Um so you cannot get a permit for incidental take.

Um so the current administration has said that their legal interpretation is that incidental take is not prohibited.

Um previous administrations and going all the way back to 1918 when the uh act was enacted, um, have all interpreted that incidental take is prohibited.

So would that mean that by including this species it would actually provide more more protection for the builders because they wouldn't be subject to incidental taking, they would be covered by that.

It provides protection by allowing us to get on site before development activities to remove owls so that there is no incidental take occurring.

Thank you very much.

Well, so I I just one thing.

We've been through this.

It was a learning curve when the desert tortoise protections became a real important piece of the approvals that we do and all of the other work that we do in site exploration and preparation.

We figured it out.

And I think we'll figure this out too.

And I appreciate the questions that have been asked because in reality, it isn't worth having an unknown risk out there for anybody who is in business, but in particular, as we have a housing shortage and we have an affordability issue that we face right now.

We don't need to expose people to something that is really undefinable right now.

And that's that's principally why I've come to the conclusion that we need to follow the recommendation of the staff.

And so my motion is to do that.

I I guess I'm uncomfortable going forward with this without hearing from the other people that have a stake in this.

Um for me, I haven't heard anything about this until yesterday.

So I would prefer to hear from NAOP, from the you know, home builders, and just get their take on this and and exactly what the cost might be because it's more than just permitting, it's slowing down development, it's slowing down their work sites, it's slowing down, you know, who you know, it puts everything on hold.

So to me, I would just prefer to hear from everyone before I make that type of decision.

I think if if I might, Mr.

Chair.

I I understand that.

I appreciate that.

I guess from reading all of the material, I thought that uh NAOP and the home builders had been intimately involved in all of these discussions.

Do we not have a fair representation of their position?

I haven't heard and I've heard from one person.

Uh but I haven't heard from the typical people who call us when they're uh really concerned about something.

So help us understand how deeply involved um those developers have been.

Yes, NAOP was represented in the avoidance and minimization measures work group, and in fact, that is the one representative that buried this concern.

Um they were uh the home builders groups supported continued inclusion.

Um and all of the work group participants were notified that this meeting would be taking place today and that they were um that there was an opportunity to provide comment if they so wished Yeah.

Uh I don't know that I guess Commissioner Becker's asking if anyone's here.

This isn't a public comment period.

Um if someone wanted to identify themselves from the industry, I'd be happy to extend a public comment period to them.

So I will open a public comment period if anyone's wishing to speak on this item.

Seeing none, I'll close that public comment period.

And I I guess I would just echo those comments that the I I think this has been a really extensive process with industry.

I I believe that.

I think the documentation backs that up.

Uh so I'm comfortable moving forward with the recommendation.

Um is there anything else that we should know about that process?

Um, I don't think so at this time.

Um, in terms of how the process went or next step.

Just the stakeholder involvement.

I think it was pretty sufficiently noticed.

Today's meeting was we made every effort to reach out to a diverse group of representation from the development community and through all the local jurisdictions that would be responsible for implementing um some of these measures.

Okay.

Anything further for discussion?

Yeah, I would just ask how common is this species here in Clark County?

It is relatively common.

That's the reason for the concern having been brought up.

So when you say there's anything, in particular around the fringes of the of the urban valley, um, especially in the north, um, there are documented occurrences around the valley.

So when you say there's a 30 to 50 percent decline, it it is that not occurring here in Clark County, is that in other areas?

No, it it it is occurring as development continues to encroach on the habitat um and other impacts uh occur as well.

And if we're gonna go forward with this, what was the determination for just some of these groups?

If you could just tell me so that you know you mentioned uh home builders, NAPO, uh what were there?

Uh every other group that was represented either expressed strong support to fairly neutral support for inclusion.

Nobody else expressed desire to see their borrowing owl removed.

When you say removed, what does that mean?

Um removed as a proposed covered species from our application package.

So everyone wanted it included.

Yes, okay.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

I believe there's a motion for approval.

Uh the approval would be with staff's recommendations inclusive of the three recommendations, including the borough owl owls as covered species.

Please cast your vote.

Thank you very much.

The motion passes.

Commissioners, it's now 10 a.m.

So we can now move to the public hearing of your agenda.

Public hearing section of your agenda.

Item 50 is to conduct a public hearing to review the request for waiver for a package liquor store for Latino liquor located at 2885 East Charleston Boulevard, suite 100, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89104.

In accordance with Clark County Code 8.20.450 location restrictions.

Good morning.

Morning, Mr.

Chair, members of the commission, Vince Keanu, Director of Business License.

On February 3rd, 2026, Latino Liquor submitted a request to waive the 1,500 foot distance restriction from a church.

The proposed business is approximately 1,100 193 feet away from the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses Church, located at 1335 South Mojave Road, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89104.

And the church was notified of Latino Liquor on February 26, 2026.

Thank you.

All right.

Let's fight over who's gonna speak.

The fight was over.

Who speaks second?

Hi, my name is Al Rojas.

I'm a resident of Sunrise Manor, and I'm very active in the safety of the community.

We've been involved in uh trying to keep the community clean and uh control the homeless problem than the crime that's associated with it.

Um there's an ordinance, like you said, that uh we're asking the commissioners to uphold the ordinance and not give the slicker store the right to um uh uh just put liquor on the on the on the area there.

That's a high homeless area.

The statistics say that 38 percent of the homeless people are are suffering from alcohol abuse, and there are two liquor stores already there, or two seven elevenths.

There's a market which can sell heavy liquor, and I went down there to that uh uh uh Latino liquor.

First of all, I'm Latino, they don't even have any Latino liquor in there.

Okay.

Um uh for those of you who know what Rompope is, there's no Rompope there, so I don't know how you can call yourself a Latino liquor store, and all they're doing is selling uh liquor and potato chips.

Okay, and we don't and there's a bunch of homeless people over there.

So I'm asking that you know one of the problems that we're having here on the east site is too many of these uh liquor stores congregated in these high crime, high homeless areas.

I'm asking that you uphold the ordinance and reject their license.

Thank you very much.

Next morning.

Uh he mentioned about the other two liquor stores, they are far apart.

Can you just state your name for the record?

Oh, Joe Maine.

From Latino Liquor.

Um so he was mentioning about the other two liquor stores, I believe.

Um they're very far apart, and we are we are also far from them.

If he has an issue with his store, I think something from his 7-Eleven or other other things.

We are brand new.

We don't see any issues.

We can have a market in the same plaza, which is called Latino Marcado.

We have a meat market, we have a grocery store in there.

It's 4,000 almost a 4,000 square feet store, with of course beer and wine, tobacco, and gaming.

So and that's been there for over 15 years, that store location.

I don't feel that's the uh homeless in the issue is from our stores.

This is my belief.

I believe it helps the community and it could get more jobs and tax pay.

Thank you much.

Anyone else wishing to speak?

See no one, I'll close the public hearing.

And Vince, what isn't this like 1200 feet away from a church, which is no requirements 1500 feet?

Vinceano for the record.

Yes, it's approximately 1,193 feet.

So the board may wave down to 500 feet.

And that's why it's on this item because we're we can wave it down to 500.

So anyway, I've looked at the store, I know the area well, and I support the the application, so I would move for approval.

Motion for approval, please cast your vote.

Motion passes.

Commissioners, your next item is to conduct a public hearing and approve, adopt, and authorize the chair to sign an ordinance to amend Clark County Air Quality Regulations, Section 12.0 applicability and general requirements for permitting stationary sources to remove applicability language and edit formatting to create a new section 131.

VOC emissions control for emulsified asphalt as a contingency measure for the 2015 ozone standards to regulate owners or operators that may cause or contribute to the emissions of volatile organic compounds by implementing VOC content limits, container labeling, registration, record keeping and compliance requirements and providing for other matters properly related there too, and to authorize the control officer to compile and submit the approved ordinance and all related documentation, including the technical support document to the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection for the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency approval into the Nevada State Implementation Plan.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Today's public hearing is for two separate rulemakings.

The first one is involves a revision to air quality regulation 12.0, uh intended generally to update some applicability language that's addressed in subsequent um regulations.

And secondly, we are uh promulgating a new regulation, air quality regulations, section 131.

This is to satisfy um cleaner act obligations regarding our state implementation plan for the 2015 um ozone standard.

Um the air quality regulation 131 is a contingency measure to be triggered if uh our area do does not achieve certain milestones.

Uh primarily uh whether we attain the ozone standard by August of 2027.

Um both of these regulations underwent public participation.

Uh additionally, we held a workshop with industry to address uh the requirements in section 131.

I do not have a presentation for you today, but I'm happy to address any questions that you may have.

Thank you very much.

This is a uh period for public comment.

Anyone wishing to speak, please come forward at this time.

Seeing none, I'll close the public hearing.

Uh are there any questions or comments from the commission?

If there are none, excuse me.

I move approval, which would include the revision to Reg 12.0 and the creation of a new air quality section 131.

Thank you.

There's a motion for approval.

Please cast your vote.

Motion passes.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Commissioners, your next item is to conduct a public hearing on the amendment to Clark County's FY 2022 2023 annual action plan to the U.S.

Department of Housing and Urban Development in order to reprogram $900,000 of community development block grant funds to the Southern Nevada Children's Advocacy Center, approve and authorize the community housing administrator or her designees submit the amendment to head, approve and authorize the county manager or his designee to sign any necessary documents related there too.

Thank you.

Is there a presentation on this item?

Good morning.

Morning, Mr.

Chair, Commissioners.

Uh Dagney Stapleton, Community Housing Administrator.

Excuse me, this is a public hearing to um uh accept a change to our HUD annual action plan from a few years ago to reallocate or reprogram funds uh to the county for tenant improvements to the Southern Nevada Children's Advocacy Center.

I'd be happy to answer any questions.

Thank you very much.

Uh this is a public comment period.

Anyone wishing to speak can come forward at this time.

We're on item 52.

Seeing none, I'll close the public comment period.

Open it up for discussion.

If there is no other discussion, I move uh the the approval of the reallocation.

Thank you.

There's a motion for approval.

Please cast your vote.

That motion passes.

Commissioners, your next items to conduct a public hearing, approve and adopt and authorize the chair to sign a resolution to augment the fiscal year 2026 general fund.

Thank you.

Is there a presentation?

Commissioners, um, this represents FY fiscal year 25 budgetary savings that are recommended to go to capital for pay-go funding.

Excellent.

This is a uh public hearing.

Anyone wishing to speak, please come forward at this time.

Seeing no one, I'll close the public period on item 53.

I move approval.

Take that motion for approval.

Please cast your vote.

Your next item is to conduct a public hearing to receive objections from the public concerning the granting of an amendment to the telecommunications franchise agreement to Metro Fiber Net LLC, TBA Betronet, Metronet to provide for telecommunication services in certain uncorporated areas of Clark County, and to approve and authorize the chair to sign a First Amendment to the telecommunications franchise agreement between Clark County and Metro Fibonet to expand Metronet service area to provide subscription service in certain unincorporated areas of Clark County, Nevada, and for proprieting for other matters properly related there too.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Uh good morning, Chair, Commissioners.

Mike Harwell for business license.

Uh Metronet was issued or is granted a franchise agreement for telecom services last year, last April for the Spring Valley area.

They've since uh requested to expand that area to uh sunrise manor.

That's what this uh first amendment is doing.

And pursuant to NRS uh 709, we had to go through the process of posting or publishing the notice in the our the local newspaper and publish and posting it in the uh town that's being affected uh for any comments or complaints that m is anyone might want to register.

We received none as far as I know.

And uh this is ready for your uh uh approval and I have I'm here for any questions.

Thank you very much.

This is a public hearing.

Anyone wishing to speak, please come forward at this time.

If you could just state your name for the record, Jill Cortis, and I am with Metronet Fiber Optics.

Good morning, uh Chairman and Commission.

I would be able to answer any questions if you have them.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Uh seeing no one else wishing to speak, I'll close the public hearing.

Turn it over to the board.

May I ask one question?

So uh I and maybe this is for the applicant.

So uh you're moving into Sunrise Manor, so we do have an internet issue.

Um, anywhere, Commissioner Sagerblum will agree with me, right?

Anywhere east of Hollywood, and I see in your map you're going to cover that area.

Is that where where is that on the plan?

Because we've been trying for years and years and years, and I'd rather see you start there and work to the inside of town.

So right now we are in the permit process with Clark County and working to obtain our first permits, and the map is is designated today, but we are able to work in real time and make um moves or um shift where we start or where we end if needed.

So should this pass?

I guess maybe Commissioner Sager Bloom and I would like to like to sit down with you because it's a public safety uh runs into a situation between the unconformity and the training center and you know, so um should this pass and you get expanded.

We'd like the opportunity to maybe sit down with you and kind of make a because uh what happens is people want to start where there's uh the most people around, and I would bet you're gonna start uh Boulder Highway and Pecos area, but we need more of the service in the Far East.

Yes, we would absolutely sit down and and chat with you and and work on the maps and show you exactly our intentions and like I said, we can make moves in real time to accommodate.

Okay, perfect.

Thank you very much.

Uh any more discussion from the board.

Mr.

Chair, I would note that we did not receive any objections, and I would move approval of the expansion.

Thank you very much.

There's a motion for approval.

Please cast your vote.

Commissioners, your next item is to conduct a public hearing and approve, adopt, and authorize the chair to sign an ordinance to amend Clark County Code Title 7 by adding chapter 7.220.

I'm sorry, Minister Schiller.

We were gonna uh advance the following item if we could, uh, which would be item 5 uh 6.

Okay.

Item 56.

Uh commissioners conduct a public hearing to approve or deny a special event preliminary approval application from Insomniac Holding to LLC to hold a special event on May 14th, 2026 at 2880 South Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89109, and providing for other matters properly related there too.

Thank you, good morning.

Good morning again, Mr.

Chair, members of the commission, Vince Keanu, interim director of uh Clark County Sports and Special Events.

So this special event is an outdoor music festival featuring a parade along Las Vegas Boulevard.

The estimated attendance is approximately 30,000.

The parade's gonna commence at the Las Vegas Fairgrounds, head south on Las Vegas Boulevard, make a U-turn on Genting by Resorts World, head north on Las Vegas Boulevard, and conclude at the festival grounds.

In attendance, we also we have the representatives of the fire department, comprehensive planning, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Public Works, and RTC.

We also have Insomniac.

We have Alexander Bear uh sitting down, uh Nathan Armstrong, we have Zach Galperin and uh Vanessa Anthis, and now I'll turn it over to them for their presentation.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good morning, if you could just state your names again for the record.

Okay, fantastic.

Okay.

Good morning, Chairman and board members.

My name is Zach Alper and I'm with Insomniac.

Good morning.

My name is Vanessa Anthees with Insomniac.

Um I'm gonna start this with just going in a little background on the idea behind this.

So EDC, an event that you guys know very well, um, it's represent having its 30-year anniversary for this upcoming event.

And we couldn't be more excited by commemorating that 30 anniversary here in the area that embraced us when we moved that event in 2011.

And it's with the support of the county that we've been able to grow this event into being the largest music festival in the world.

And we thank you very much for welcoming us and continuing to allow us to grow our experiences here.

Throughout our time in the county, we have started with a festival.

We have moved it into an EDC week experience.

We have added camp EDC to accentuate the experience, and we also are doing a hotel EDC experience over at the Virgin Hotel.

And in this year, we have worked on the idea of doing a parade for a long time.

Our CEO is a huge fan of Disney, and the electrical parade has always been an inspiration for many of the things that we have done.

And so as we looked into this 30-year moment, we wanted to come up with something that would really put a flag down here so all eyes would be on Las Vegas for our 30-year anniversary.

And so what we're looking to do with this event is when we first well, actually, let me back up.

We came out here to solicit ideas and feedback on what that might mean and what would be valuable here for the county.

And there are two pillars that we are really trying to prop up with this event.

The first being community engagement.

So what's really unique about this event, our event is free and open to the public and meant to be family friendly, this parade.

It's also unique in and of itself.

It's not a fourth day of EDC, it's actually a world party parade, which is gonna have its own identity, its own look and feel, and its own acceptance.

And we hope that will invite everyone within the community who has an interest in coming down to experience the celebration of this event to be able to come down here.

And the idea is to be able to make this fully uh engaging for everyone.

The other one is for us to do uh community impact, and we're looking at that on the form of tourism.

And as you guys know, most of our activity, we do have everyone staying throughout the properties and the hotels all throughout the county and the city, but we're also doing a lot of our frequency of foot traffic and everything is happening during the festival hours over at the speedway.

Here, by doing a parade within the strip, we're able to do additional foot traffic, which we're hoping that will uh naturally transition to having engagement in hospitality and gaming and food, all the wonderful things that the strip has to offer, but also with adding the extra day on the front end, have an increase of heads and beds for the hotel so that way we're having additional ways for the all the properties and everyone else to have economic benefit from our event.

So um just a little bit of uh high level, which way do I go?

Right?

Right.

I'm sorry.

How do I do that?

Could we advance that for him?

Maybe sorry about that.

Thank you very much, Vince.

All right.

So just at a high level, what we're looking to do here is the event will take place on Thursday in the latter part of the evening.

It will start at 6 p.m.

And as I said before, it's going to be a free event.

It's going to work its way down, and Vanessa will tell you about the route in a little bit more specificity, but it will terminate in the Las Vegas Festival grounds in an area which will have a culminating celebration that will last for a few hours.

The festival grounds capacity in and of itself is approximately 65,000.

But as Vince had mentioned before, our anticipated attendance for this event is going to be about 30,000.

The parade and the exact particulars are still being worked on to its like final um specs, but we're loosely looking at around 15 floats that'll be in different groups that will have performers and various other types of activities that you would see.

Think of, like I said, the Disney electrical parade mashed up with kind of the Rose Ball.

Um let's see here.

We think the parade for its termination is going to go for about one mile an hour and about last about two and a half hours before it pulls into the festival grounds.

Um as I mentioned, it's gonna take place in the festival grounds.

It's going to be in front of these properties, all of which we have spoken to, and we are in the process or have already submitted all the required permits as we're going through to get final approval.

This is just representative of just kind of the imagery and this look and feel for those of you who haven't been to EDC of what we're hoping to be able to deliver to all the everyone who comes and the families and the friends.

And then with that, I'll turn it over to Vanessa to kind of walk you through what the parade route will look like.

Thank you.

Mr.

Chairman and Commissioners, so as noted, the parade will be approximately two and a half hours in length.

It will start at the RV and transportation lot of the festival grounds.

It will then pull out onto the boulevard at 6 p.m., head southbound, you turn on Genting, head back northbound, you turn on Sahara, and then pull back into the festival grounds.

With that, once the parade pulls into the festival grounds, as noted, the art cars will link up and have different pods.

So those cars, those will serve as the stages.

There will not be a separate stage that was is going to be built.

All the music will emanate from those cars where areas will have different types of music.

As the headliners move back into the festival grounds, that is where they will go through an open gate security screening, as well as we will be able to then monitor capacity within that lot since it is a free event.

We are in the process of continuing our small group working sessions with various public agencies and entities to ensure all of our permitting and safety items are addressed and issued accordingly.

We have our next planning session with those various groups tomorrow.

And those have been ongoing meetings up until this point.

With that, we will also be working with Pat G and other agencies to do the closures for this area who is familiar with closing different entities from other large events that happen in the resort corridor.

With that, if there are any questions, we are happy to answer and address any items that the board may wish to discuss.

Thank you very much.

Yep, I'm gonna go ahead and open the public hearing on this item.

Anyone wishing to speak, please come forward at this time.

And some people don't even know about that.

They have this every year during Christmas season.

And this would be a great opportunity for the people who never got to see it to see it.

And it's a great family event.

I totally support this.

It appears to be well managed, it's safety.

It shows how to run a proper event, not like these people that are just going out there and doing all kinds of crazy stuff, putting everybody at risk.

So I totally support this.

And if you haven't seen the electrical event over at the um Las Vegas Speedway, I recommend everybody go over there and take your family every Christmas.

It's a fantastic event.

Thank you very much.

Thank you very much.

Anyone else wishing to speak?

Please come forward at this time.

We're on item 56.

Good morning.

Morning.

Um is Brian Mills, B-R-I-A-N.

I'm uh here today.

Uh I'm the president of the Vegas Wedding Chamber of Commerce, as many of you know.

Uh also I have a uh in addition to working at one of the wedding chapels here.

I also work with different uh sporting events and music festivals to put weddings at their events.

And I've worked with uh Formula One, we do all the weddings for them, NASCAR, the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Convention, and since 2013, I've been in charge of uh putting on all of the weddings at the Electric Daisy Carnival.

I can personally tell you that when they plan something, it's it is very thorough.

We uh put everything together for the wedding chapels in 2013, and now we've grown it so much that uh we're doing 150 weddings over three days.

And the fact that they come here and continually look for ways to give back to our community is an amazing thing.

I know every year with Commissioner Kirkpatrick, you organize all of the trees and the uh the lot of the greenery that's out there to get donated, and uh we have a chapel of nature out there.

We're my wife and I are so excited to see every year when you donate those trees.

Uh also the Insomniacs are very uh kind and generous to let us have access to their key art with our work with the marriage bureau, and when we do the commemorative marriage certificates, we actually put the the uh artwork from that year's EDC on there, and then they gather the uh every year when they have kids come for bring your child to work day, they will have the kids get together in a conference room and they make these little candy bracelets, and we give these out uh to our wedding couples, and we tell them it's from the children of Clark County, and they're so excited every year that they post them on social media, and that's another great idea too, because I know uh those of us that were at that LVCBA board meeting the other day, they're they're investing a lot of money to try to get people from especially Canada to come back.

And I work with them a lot to give them content about how we can promote Las Vegas as a world destination for the weddings.

We have the wedding capital of the world, and so uh the fact that they give us such a platform, uh this event would provide an amazing amount of free publicity for Las Vegas to be promoted to all over the world.

And so as we become the entertainment with the entertainment capital of the world, the wedding capital of the world, by the time this thing is over, we're probably gonna be the parade capital of the world.

So uh just wanted to express my support and say thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Anyone else wishing to speak during public comment?

Please come forward at this time.

Seeing no one, I'll close the public hearing.

Commissioner Sagerbloom.

Oh, yeah, I think we can ask those questions of Director Keanu if you'd like.

Um Director Keanu, maybe you could just uh remind us this is a preliminary approval for uh the closures on the boulevard.

Um maybe you can also advise us on the continued collaboration with the Metropolitan Police Department and with the Clark County Fire Department and what their role will be moving forward and any necessary permits that we'll need moving forward.

Fence Keanu for the record.

Yes, so we've been working with uh Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department along with the other safety agencies.

So we we generally pre-screen all of these events prior to coming to the board for the pre-approval uh to move forward.

And I do have all the representatives of the public safety agencies here if you want a more detailed answer on specific questions.

Thank you.

We'll go ahead and open for discussion, Commissioner Jones.

Yeah, I was just excited.

This is just the parade, so any permits that are necessary for the the festival and all that, that's gonna go through the normal process.

Correct, Mr.

Channel.

That's correct, Commissioner.

And so I was just gonna say uh there's a couple of things, so and I appreciate you recognizing because those plants give me gray hair, I think sometimes.

But 600 people from around the valley love it, and we have a good time doing it.

Um but this is the so the reason that they're here today is because of the special events department that we created, and one of the triggers is if they should close uh any portion of our um roadways, then we want to be able to see to ensure that everybody is working all on the same page, is why the true reason that we haven't seen them in the past, but this is why we're here today is because it's a new it's a new process that we put in place.

Um, just so that commissioners used to read about it in the paper or on Twitter or wherever, and we would have tons of questions.

Um I for one am supportive of this because I know that the one thing uh the one thing that I know about EDC and I uh I was probably you know uh not on the same side as them when we were in the legislature, but we've worked over the years to do great things, but I know that safety is a top-notch uh piece.

They never cut corners on safety, and in fact, I like to use them in my district as what everybody else should be like because they go that extra step.

So whether it's uh the wind that happens, almost every other EDC that they can you know uh navigate real quickly and they can uh make it work.

And I'm assuming that if with the parade, we always know that's a crazy weekend that there might be some wind, and I'm sure you guys are uh taking into consideration some extra weight in those um floats uh that you're having and uh I know that we've also talked about we've revised more than once the parade route um because we want to ensure that end of the strip is typically um a little less busy, especially on a Thursday night, so it makes sense to help those businesses try and have something, but for me, the the one thing that I I really appreciate giving back to our community because the east side will tell you, and really this is how Bayer and I started, they get the brunt of the buses that come and them and the music, and when we um said we asked you all how can the east side feel a little more loved uh doing that, the plants, and who would have ever known that it takes off like it does, right?

So last year we had people waiting five hours for one plant.

It was a crazy thing.

But uh, so I appreciate that the families it get to be part of it.

I also appreciate that you guys have reached out to the school district for not only a workforce component for the kids to see what it takes to put on this electrical staff, uh, but at the same time to have them participate in it.

So it it means a lot to me when the community gets involved because what happens so many times people come here and make their money and split and we don't see them until they come back.

But you guys have truly been a long-term uh Clark County partner, right?

So our staff from the health district from Metro, they it's so turnkey, everything that you do because you're not asking for waivers and you're not changing this, and you're not you if our staff says, you know, it's has to be this, you guys are just like, okay, uh let's let's do it that way.

So I appreciate the collaboration.

So for me, I've been following this for a little bit of time.

Uh I know that uh Lieutenant Bell has been very involved in it, and really he's always the first because if he can't accommodate the closure on the st wherever, it's probably a no-go for everybody, right?

So and he does not um he pushes back because that's that's why we have him, right?

So if he's comfortable, our fire department seems very comfortable on on what uh this could be our business licensing.

I I feel like uh this could be a good thing for families.

Uh I want to make sure that when we talk about when we at some point, and I know you guys will because you um always do, when you turn around.

So I think my initial conversations were oof, that's a long time.

That's a slow parade, and I think you guys have addressed that, but when they turn around and go back into the festival garden, the festival grounds, I just want to make sure we have a really good safety plan there and we know who's coming in there, who's staying in there.

Because I do think for many families, um, if you try to go to the neon uh museum, it's very expensive, and here you're opening up your doors free.

I do think you're gonna get a lot of community that wants to see that.

Uh so I want to make sure that we can control the flow and and I'm comfortable based on what I've seen and heard that I think that you're already way ahead of me in working on that, and I I you know think this is good for our community, bottom line.

So I just wanted to remind you the festival ground has a notice requirement to residents.

I'm not sure if you've done that or not, but we can work with you to make sure you do that.

And other than that, I just want to say this is fantastic for the north end of the strip.

You know, we do parades on the south end of the strip, but this is gonna be the first up here, so and I call this uh Burning Man does Disney on Las Vegas Strip.

Thank you so much.

I'm sure oh, Commissioner Becker.

I I just wanted to see if Metro had anything to add uh regarding safety precautions, what morning ma'am.

Uh Sergeant Frederick from Las Vegas Metro special events.

Um no, we don't.

Um the parade route, we can we can make that closure.

Uh we've done it before for festivals for egress.

Um and as far as safety and security within the festival grounds itself, um, to your point.

Um we have had had many festivals over there.

Um the ingress and egress plan um is is sufficient.

Uh security with open gate screening is sufficient.

We'll be able to staff enough police officers from Metro.

Uh, we use Henderson as partners as well.

Um, and we have a long-standing working relationship with Insomniac.

It's a very great partnership.

Um, we work very well together.

So we have no issues there, ma'am.

Thank you.

Yeah, we'll extend the invitation to Clark County Fire Department as well.

Um, Chief DePew, uh Steve DePew, Clark County Fire Department, Deputy Fire Chief.

Uh no, we don't have any concurrent concerns.

Uh, the first thing that we were gonna address with Insomniac was the attendance issue that Commissioner Kirkpatrick came up with.

Uh, they informed us today that they're gonna do um the uh install, you know, a process to make sure that we're tracking that.

And then additionally, we're working on the floats themselves.

Um, we are in great communication with them.

Obviously, we've had a long-standing relationship, know exactly who to talk to.

Uh, we have put together an extensive uh questionnaire, and they're in great collaboration to make sure that those safes are uh those floats are safe to go up and down the boulevard.

So nothing from the Clark County Fire Department.

Thank you very much.

Uh then I'll just I I guess I'm I'm just confused because I didn't know that EDC was considered a family event.

It's the world party parade, which is a new piece of it, and it is the electrical parade for the families.

So they won't be doing half of the other stuff they do at EDC.

We'll we'll invite we'll invite the applicant to speak.

I will just caution this is a separate standalone event that we're talking about.

Correct.

Yeah, sorry I didn't make that clearer earlier.

This is the Thursday event is its own experience.

It's called the World Party Parade.

It's just leveraging EDC as an anchor so that way we can rely on the fans we call headliners coming to come a day earlier to help on the economic side.

But the other idea behind this all was to make this family friendly.

There's a lot of people in Las Vegas who either don't know about it or really really know about it and want to experience it, but maybe don't want to deal with crowds or have to go to the speedway or any other kind of reasons.

So for this purpose, we were trying to create an experience that everyone can come to.

It's free.

Um, to your point, this is a non-rev, it's actually the opposite of a revenue driver.

We're gonna be losing a lot of money on this, but for us it's an investment in the community and our partnership.

And I have to say I'm really humbled by all the kind words for everyone to come up from the board and from the people behind here.

It makes us very appreciative of continuing to be here.

Any other questions or discussion?

Uh like a motion of motion for approval, and just want to say this is very close to commercial center, so feel free to use that area too.

Okay.

There's a motion for approval.

Please cast your vote.

That motion passes.

Commissioners, we can now move back to item 55, which is to conduct a public hearing, approve and adopt the authorized chair assigned an ordinance to amend Clark County Code, Title VII by adding chapter 7.220 to establish regulations governing the retail sale of hemp and hemp derived products, including findings, license application requirements, fees, operational regulations, investigation and inspection penalties and enforcement and to amend Clark County Code 6.10020 to make conforming changes regarding work identification card requirements and providing for other matters properly related there too.

Um before you open the public hearing, I do need to read in some changes from staff related to the proposed ordinance.

Uh in section one of the proposed ordinance, subsection 7.220.310 subsection F is deleted in its entirety, and the remaining subsections G through K shall be re-lettered accordingly.

And in section five of the proposed ordinance is amended by replacing 90 days with 120 days.

Um there are also available copies for this with the public as well.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Vince Keanu, Director of Business License.

I did bring up our deputy director, Jennifer Wilford, to help me answer some questions.

So the retail sale of hemp and hemp derived products in the unincorporated areas of Clark County has expanded rapidly following changes to federal law.

Hemp products, including items containing cannabinoids, can pose health risks if contaminated, inaccurately dosed, misrepresented, or sold without safeguards.

Many hemp products are currently sold without rigorous third-party testing or uniform compliance standards.

So the health, safety, and welfare of the public, including, but not limited to inaccurate labeling and potency, contamination, youth access, and consistent business practices.

So I'm just going over some of the highlights of the ordinance.

This ordinance creates a license category called hemp retail store, which will require businesses selling hemp andor and or hemp products to obtain a business license for this activity.

The license fee will be a semi-annual gross revenue license.

If approved, the ordinance will go into effect in 120 days.

The ordinance will require the following lab testing for potency, microbials, pesticides, and heavy metals.

Prohibition on CBD and food products, and the requirement for customers to be at least 21 years old.

Additionally, the ordinance will require the following.3% and 0.4 milligrams per package.

The requirement that neither advertising nor labeling may be rep may represent that the business sells cannabis products are intoxicating or provide medical benefits.

Employees will be required to have a valid work card from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

All hemp and hemp derived products must be kept in their original unopened container or packaging and must clearly identify all THC concentrations on the label.

That concludes our presentation.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

This is a public hearing.

Uh so we're going to begin with that at this time.

There are two microphones, so we're going to ask you to line up and take turns rotating between microphones.

Please, when you come forward, state your full name for the record.

And you may speak for up to three minutes.

Good morning.

Good morning and happy St.

Patrick's Day.

My name's Patrick Conlaug with PX International.

I'm here, I'm here today, uh, opposed to the language in this bill.

I'm glad I got to sit in on this meeting today because I saw a lot of important things in regards to the protection of the burrowing owl and the willingness to extend that license to Latino liquor.

It shows a concern, uh a deep concern for the nuances of subtle issues and the willingness to really support business here in Nevada.

My company has been here for almost 10 years.

We specialize in manufacturing CBD products.

We have never been a THC company.

I think a lot of you guys know that the problem here that we're discussing is THCA and bad actors that are selling THC disguised as CBD.

And that's the real problem.

You're gonna see a lot of people here today.

This is a very passionate, controversial topic.

And uh I just want to go over real quickly a few things that just don't work.

Uh I'm a guy who's devoted his entire life to this plant.

I understand it very deeply from the chemical level, the scientific level, and the mathematical level.

I like to see the 0.3% because that aligns with what exists right now at the federal level.

But when you put 0.4 milligrams per package, it just doesn't work from a mathematical standpoint.

If we take one gram of CBD flour, which we've had conversations and we can agree that CBD flour is not the problem here, but if you take one gram of CBD flour at 0.3%, that's three milligrams of THC in that one gram of CBD flour.

That CBD flour is C BD dominant, it has 15 to 20% CBD.

But even at 0.3%, it still contains three milligrams of THC.

So if that if this language were to pass and we were to be limited at 0.4 milligrams per package, we would not be able to sell CBD flour itself.

And that really encompasses the problem of this language.

It just doesn't take into account the real scientific mathematical equations that go with this plant.

You know, we we talk about cannabis.

Marijuana is cannabis.

Hemp is cannabis.

So when we talk about advertising, not you not being able to use a picture of the leaf, the cannabis plant.

It's also a little bit of an oxymoron.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Good morning, Chairman Knapp, Commissioners.

My name is Lori Rogish.

I am a Nevada State Senator for District 11, which is in the southwest portion of the valley.

And I'm also a regulatory compliance lawyer.

I've represented Deep Roots Harvest since 2014.

Thank you for your leadership in taking on this ordinance and for being willing to confront this loophole that has existed in Clark County for far too long.

I got involved in the cannabis space because of my daughter Jessica's death.

She was 30 years old when, after unknowingly consuming an illegal cannabis product laced with a deadly narcotic, she experienced a sudden terrifying psychotic break.

In that state of mind, she committed suicide.

Jessica left behind a little boy, my grandson, whom my husband and I have adopted and raised.

So when I talk about unregulated intoxicating products, I am not speaking only as a policymaker.

I am also speaking as a mom and as a grandmother who has lived with the intense pain of losing a child.

I used to spend my time laughing and talking with my daughter Jessica.

Now instead of meeting her for lunch or dinner, I visit her grave in a cemetery on Eastern Avenue.

That is the human cost of an unregulated, dangerous market.

We are facing the same kind of danger today, untaste untested, unlabeled, intoxicating products sold outside any real regulatory program.

Intoxicating hemp products have created an unregulated market that hides behind the word hemp and exploits the gaps in the law for profit.

Because of what happened to my daughter, I turned my family's grief into a voice and a fight to make sure intoxicating products are tested, labeled, and regulated to protect other families.

That commitment is what led me into the cannabis industry and why I ran in good part for the state senate.

Last session I brought a bill to close this intoxicating hemp loophole state on a statewide basis, but the Senate committee chair refused to let it go to vote.

Your action here at the county level matters so much.

This ordinance is not about banning hemp.

There is a place for safe, non-intoxicating hemp products.

This ordinance draws a bright line.

Safe, non-intoxicating hemp products remain in the general market.

Intoxicating cannabinoids like Delta 8 and Delta 10 belong only in our licensed cannabis system when products are tested, labeled, age-restricted, and subject to real enforcement.

You will hear from some in the hemp industry that this goes too far.

But what this ordinance really does is protect people.

It protects our kids, our grandkids, the workers who power our resort economy, our first responders, and the millions of tourists who visit Clark County every year.

It also protects the legitimate tax-paying cannabis businesses.

Those businesses have invested in Nevada's strict regulatory framework and the tax base that funds our schools and public safety.

So thank you again for bringing this ordinance forward and for putting the safety of our families, our workers, and our visitors ahead of unregulated profit.

Thank you, Senator Rogic.

Good morning.

Good morning, Chair Knaft, members of the Commission, Chelsea Kapooro here on behalf of the Nevada Cannabis Association.

And we are here in support of the proposed ordinance to amend Clark County Code Title VII to establish regulations governing the retail sale of hemp.

The proposed ordinance brings clarity by establishing reasonable guardrails around intoxicating hemp products.

The ordinance is aligned with the federal hemp definitions and packaging requirements signed into law in November of 2025 that go into effect this November 2026.

As you know, the purpose of this ordinance is not to punish legitimate Nevada businesses, but rather to regulate the expanding marketplace of intoxicating hemp products that currently operates with far fewer safeguards than the legal cannabis industry.

Licensed cannabis businesses operate under a comprehensive regulatory framework at both the state and local levels.

They must obtain state and local licenses, undergo extensive background checks, comply with strict testing requirements, track all products through a seal seed-to-sale system, and pay significant excise taxes, sales taxes, and fees that support Nevada schools and local governments.

In contrast, many hemp retailers sell products that closely resemble regulated cannabis products while avoiding these same requirements, including testing standards, labeling rules, and other consumer protections.

This is also a consumer protection industry or issue.

Tourists on the strip encounter storefronts resembling licensed dispensaries and products packaged to look nearly identical to regulated cannabis products.

Without clear guardrails, consumers often have no way to distinguish between products that are subject to strict state and local oversight and those that are not.

It is also also worth noting that while intoxicating temp products intoxicating hemp products displace regulated cannabis sales, Nevada loses significant tax revenue that funds education.

The licensed cannabis industry has sent more than 800 million dollars in excise tax revenue directly to the state education fund for K-12 education.

However, excise tax revenue generated by legal cannabis sales has declined year over year, in part because of the proliferation of unregulated and untaxed intoxicating hemp products.

For these reasons, we support the county's efforts to establish clear rules governing intoxicating hemp products and to address misleading marketing practices that create confusion for consumers.

Thank you for addressing this issue, and we urge your support.

Thank you very much.

Hi.

Good morning, Chair and members of the committee.

My name is Desre Harmon.

I am a Nevada hemp manufacturer.

I have been operating in Nevada for nine years, complying with the with both state and federal regulations.

I appreciate the committee's interest in ensuring consumer safety and responsible oversight of hemp products.

Responsible operators like myself share that goal.

What I would like to highlight is that Nevada already has a comprehensive regulatory framework in place for hemp.

For example, the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services requires laboratory testing of hemp products, including cannabinoid testing and safety standards.

These testing requirements are equivalent to the laboratory testing standards applied to cannabis products, ensuring strong consumer protection.

Under Nevada revised statute Title 40, public health and state safety, chapter 439, hemp products must also meet testing and labeling requirements, ensuring transparency for consumers.

The law requires that hemp products be labeled in a manner that is not false or misleading, consistent with the applicable provisions of NRS, Chapter 446 and 585.

The legislator has also addressed advertising and marketing through assembly bill 504, which regulates hemp signage and advertising.

In addition, the Nevada Department of Agriculture administers the hemp licensing program, which requires federal and state background checks, regulatory oversight, and licensing fees for operators.

Nevada has also taken an important step by prohibiting synthetic cannabinoids under Chapter 557, ensuring that hemp products remain derived from the natural hemp plant.

Taken together, Nevada already regulates hemp through licensing and background checks, laboratory testing equivalent to cannabis standards, product labeling requirements, advertising and signage regulation, prohibit synthetic cannabinoids.

As someone who has operated in Nevada for nearly a decade, I can say responsible businesses are already complying within this regulatory framework.

My request today is please recognize the regulatory system Nevada already has in place and ensure that responsible operators can continue to operate within it.

Thank you for your time.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Good morning, Mr.

Chair and Commissioners.

My name is Ally Manjean and I operate a hemp manufacturing business here in Clark County.

I oversee compliance in daily operations, so I'm very familiar with what it takes to stay within Nevada's regulatory framework.

Every day, our team coordinates lab testing, maintains documentation, reviews labeling, and makes sure our products meet the standards required under state law.

This is not an unregulated space.

Responsible operators invest significant time, money, and effort into compliance.

We also understand the concern about bad actors in this industry.

We support strong enforcement against synthetic or chemically converted cannabinoids and against businesses that are not following the rules.

Nevada already has a regulatory framework in place.

Products are required to be tested, labeled, and produced under state standards.

Our concern is that adding new layers of local regulation could unintentionally burden businesses that are already compliant, while those who ignore the law may continue operating outside the system if existing rules are not consistently enforced.

When regulations are clear and consistently enforced, responsible businesses can operate safely and transparently.

We respectfully ask that county policy focus on enforcing existing standards and targeting non-compliant operators while remaining aligned with Nevada's current regulatory framework.

Thank you for your time.

Thank you.

Hi.

Morning, Chairman, Commissioners.

My name's Stephen Smith.

I represent a Nevada Wellness Center and Nevada Wellness Center West dispensaries.

Right now in Clark County, we have intoxicating products being sold all over the valley.

Gummies, drinks, vapes, they all look like marijuana.

They're being sold outside the system designed to protect the public.

They're often not tested to cannabis standards, not tracked, not sold in licensed dispensaries, and sometimes sold in places that confuse tourists and expose the youth.

Here is the issue.

It's not about it's about intoxication.

If a product gets you high, impairs judgment or affects public safety, it should follow the same rules as cannabis, period.

The ordinance does not ban hemp.

CBD fiber and non-intoxicating products remain legal.

What it does is very simple.

If it intoxicates, it must be tested like cannabis, be tracked like cannabis, be labeled like cannabis, and be sold through licensed dispensaries.

That protects our residents, our visitors, and your first responders.

It also restores fairness.

Licensed cannabis to businesses follow strict regulations, pay significant taxes, and operate under federal tax penalties.

Meanwhile, some hemp operators are selling similar intoxicating products without those same requirements.

That is not a level playing field.

And more importantly, it's not safe.

This ordinance fixes that.

It creates one clear rule.

Same product, same rules.

If it intoxicates, it follows cannabis law.

I urge you to support this ordinance.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Morning.

Good morning.

My name is Edwin Frymov, and I represent uh retail group.

Mr.

Chair, Commissioners, and members of the public.

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak today.

I'm here to address Agenda 55.

For more than six years, my business has operated here in Clark County.

During that time, we have employed hundreds of residents of the county and contributed millions of dollars to the state and federal government.

Throughout these years, we have worked very hard to demonstrate what a compliant and responsible hemp retiller looks like.

All of our products are tested at labs approved by the cannabis compliance board.

And all of our products are manufactured at GMP certified facilities right here in Clark County, and we're very proud to support local manufacturing and local jobs.

I also want to make something very clear for the record.

My company does not sell synthetic marijuana products such as Delta 8, HHC, THCA, or similar compounds that have raised concerns in the marketplace.

The ordinance being proposed today would effectively eliminate the entire hemp industry in Clark County.

The consequences of this decision would be severe.

Small businesses will be closing, thousands of jobs will be lost, and many families who depend on these jobs will face serious financial hardships.

Many of us have invested millions of dollars into our businesses under the understanding that we're operating legally and responsibly under existing lows.

I fully respect the responsibility of this commission to protect the public health and safety.

If there are problematic products being sold in the market, those concerns absolutely deserve attention.

However, the real problem comes off often comes from unregulated black market and online sellers.

The cheap products into Clark County without any oversight.

Responsible local businesses that follow the rules should not be punished for actions of bad actors.

I would also respectfully point out that many of the hemp businesses, probably all in this community did not have the opportunity to meaningfully participate in the development of this ordinance.

Many business owners only recently became aware of the full impact it would have on their livelihoods.

For that reason, I respectfully ask the commission to consider a reasonable and constructive alternative.

The federal government is expected to release updated regulations regarding hemp products in November.

These regulations will likely provide clear guidance for state and local governments on how to how these products should be regulated moving forward.

Given that those federal rules are only a few months away, it would make sense for Clark County to wait for that guidance before taking action that would permanently eliminate an entire local industry.

Thank you.

Hi, Mr.

Chair, members of the board.

Um my name is Caitlin Katurrier.

I'm here with the retail group.

I've been with them for six years, and I'm their director of operations.

A large portion of my job is with regulatory compliance, and Nevada does already have a pretty rigid framework for the regulation of C BD and hemp products.

All of our products specifically are tested in labs that are approved by the cannabis compliance board.

All of our products have the full list of ingredients on the back.

We also have either a QR code or a batch sticker on every single one of our products that can have the customer linked directly to the testing information so that they can see exactly how their product was tested and what it's compiled of.

We test for pesticides, heavy metals, we make sure that our products are safe and that they are hemp C BD products and that they meet federal standards.

Now, this bill will effectively eliminate non-intoxicating hemp products other than isolate CBD.

So it is pretty much impossible.

I would like to echo what Patrick said to have one gram of hemp flour in a package, one gram that is below 0.4 milligrams of THC.

That is very, very close to impossible.

It is possible to have it below 0.3% of THC, which is why the mechanism is percentage and not milligram measured.

So the changing of that mechanism and adding that 0.4 milligram cap would eliminate flour, broad spectrum oils, full spectrum oils, lots of lotions and tinctures, a lot of non-intoxicating products that were not meant to be affected by this this ordinance.

I understand there is a large issue in the industry with THCA, Delta 8, and intoxicating cannabinoids.

But there are a lot of businesses in Clark County that are not selling those products that will be eliminated by this ordinance.

You will have jobs lost, you will have tax revenue lost.

You will have people put out of business, and you will also have consumers that won't be able to get the products that they have been relying on.

Pure CBD non-intoxicating products that they will no longer be able to consume.

And they might look for more dangerous alternatives if they aren't able to get CBD, which is non-intoxicating.

So with that, I ask you to hold off on this vote to um wait until federal regulations come out to give more guidance on how we should move forward with this industry.

Thank you for your time.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Good morning, commissioners.

Good morning, Chair.

My name is John Abel.

I'm the government affairs director for the LVPPA.

We are the union that represents all the metro officers in town.

We support this ordinance.

It's about safety, community safety, and officer safety.

Our officers come in contact with people every single day that are on these types of drugs who have these types of bad chemicals in them.

And unfortunately, sometimes we have to use force against them as well.

So this ordinance would help keep our officers safe and the community safe and provide tools for our detectives to keep bad actors from selling these products.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Ryan Beaman representing the professional firefighters in Nevada.

We appreciate the county's effort to bring the order to an unregulated market that impacts our community and our first responders.

From the public safety standpoint, this ordinance strengthens our consumer protections and helps prevent avoidable emergencies.

At the end of the day, the ordinance strengthens public safety and reduces preventable emergencies.

Firefighters are committed to protecting the community, and these safeguards do exactly that.

We appreciate your leadership on this issue.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Morning, commissioners.

My name is Virginia Valentine.

I'm here on behalf of the Nevada Resort Association in support of this ordinance.

I want to thank you all for bringing this ordinance forward.

I could probably make a lot of comparisons to illegal gambling and illegal cannabis products.

But instead, I just want to say that I fully support the comments made by Senator Rogich, also Chelsea Kapuro with the Nevada Cannabis Association, the Metropolitan Police Department and the Fire Department.

I think chief among the reasons we support this ordinance that it is about a lot about consumer protections and level playing field, and those, of course, are very important, not just to our visitors, but also our residents.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good morning.

My name is John Aquel, and I run a cultivation facility in North Las Vegas with about 16, 17 employees, not including myself.

In the last year and a half to two years, about uh third to a quarter of the licensed cultivation facilities in the state have gone under.

They've closed.

That's a lot of jobs, a lot of tax revenue.

Some of it is hemp as a result of hemp.

Just to kind of give a real world example, yesterday I had a meeting at the um at the resorts world, and um I walked up the street to a uh vape shop that was across the street from cookies, which is a licensed dispensary.

I went in and I said, Oh, do you have any uh sativa uh pre-rolls, which is uh which is a type of uh cannabis, uh and they said no, um, but you can go across the street to cookies.

Uh but then I said, Oh, but I could really use it right now.

So they took me, they brought me to the front and opened up the cabinets behind the behind the register.

It was a kid, only one kid in there.

And he shows me a um like uh he brings out a little uh plastic container that that are full of these.

Now, I don't know exactly what this is, but it looks just like a pre-roll.

I wouldn't smoke this, I wouldn't recommend anyone else smokes it because we don't really know what's in it.

And we've heard already what happens sometimes when you smoke something that isn't tested.

But that's just how easy it is.

That I mean, it's it's just that easy.

Um, the other thing um I asked for was uh vapen, and this is very interesting because um this is actually branded cookies, which is across the street from where I was.

Now, I I don't know if this is really cookies or not, but his first um kind of sale on it was this is five grams uh for 40 dollars.

Uh, and that's um you get one or two grams across the street for 40 dollars.

Uh so um again, I wouldn't I wouldn't I wouldn't uh it recommend anyone have this, but interestingly again on the back of this, it says it's intoxicating.

It says it, it says don't drive.

Um, but we don't really know what's in it.

Um I think that this has to be prevented, it's unsafe.

On top of that, we have the issue of um cultivation just being um not being able to make it.

Uh I I'm very much in support of this.

I appreciate your time this morning uh for uh for having this hearing, and uh, if there's any questions, I'm always available and open to answer them.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Good morning, Harrison Bond from Brownstein representing Deep Roots Harvest.

We're here in support of item 55, and I want to say it's essential for both our residents and our visitors.

And I also want to note the timing is important here.

The legislature, as Senator Rogic noted, did not pass anything at the last session.

We've got to wait until 2027 for the next session.

The federal landscape is also very unknown.

If you think you can guarantee anything that's going on with our federal government, you really can't.

But I want to discuss what's going on here and why this is important for us.

Uh, first off, it's the disclosure packaging for the packaging and the entrances.

We need to have people understand what they're buying and where they're going to buy these products.

The current confusion isn't good.

And if we are meant to be a leader in hospitality and welcoming people to our city, we have a lot of visitors who don't understand the structure.

Those disclosures are important for them to understand what they're buying.

And second, here, as many people have mentioned, is really just a safety aspect that is just so key.

Consumers should feel confident in what they're ingesting and be able to reference the that packaging to understand what's going on.

And the testing is also raising the floor on these products, and it helps level the playing field for everyone here in Nevada.

And third, here is just the enforcement.

If we have these provisions, they're clearly written out.

It allows every single operator to know the rules, play by them, and then when people are acting out, then we can come in with a strong hand to get everyone in order.

So, in some, we we really support this measure.

We want you guys to also vote on this today.

Thank you so much for your time.

Thank you.

Good morning, Chair and the rest of the committee members.

My name is Pale Delacruz, and I'm the operations manager for Green Planet and Bloomstem CBD.

Thank you for your time today.

I want to start with a quote here.

The CBD Edibles is a godsend for my wife and her chronic pain.

You have a lifelong customer.

This is just one out of a thousand reviews that we receive monthly at our stores.

We understand that CBD has existed in a legal gray area for many years because of federal regulation has not been clarified.

We also recognize that everyone here is trying to approach this carefully and responsibly.

But uncertainty should not lead us toward clear, should lead us towards clear and consistent regulation, not the removal of bonus products that many people in our community rely on.

Our CBD products are non-psychoactive and widely used to support issues such as pain, anxiety, and sleep.

Across the country, many states, including Utah, Florida, Oregon, have addressed this by creating regulatory frameworks for hemp-derived edible products.

These systems allow the products while requiring strong safety measures like third-party lab testing, THC limits, proper labeling, and responsible retail practices, all items that we strongly already abide by.

I share this simply to highlight that there are existing regulatory models that prioritize consumer safety while still allowing access to these products.

So rather than relying only on the current interpretation that treats CBD as an unapproved additive, Nevada may have an opportunity to opportunity here to look at approaches that other states have already implemented while still maintaining the strong consumer protections that are very important to all of us.

We appreciate your consideration on this matter.

Thank you.

Good morning, commissioners.

Thank you for the opportunity to speak today.

My name is Domir Gluska.

I am the owner of the two CBD retail chains here in Clark County, Green Planet and Bloomstem.

I stand these, I I started this business because of my own personal experience with CBD, and I wanted to bring it to my own community.

Our companies employs more than a hundred people here in Clark County, supporting many local families.

First, I want to thank the commute the commissioners for removing section F.

I appreciate you listening to the responsible businesses.

Today I want to speak about Section E.

People in our community are dealing with serious health problems like cancer and chronic pain.

Treatment like chemotherapy can cause nausea, and some patients struggle just to get to the date.

For many of them, edible products are the only way they can take C B D.

Section E will bend those product completely.

That means people in our community will lose one of the only ways they can use CBD, and more than a hundred local jobs could be at risk.

We support safety and responsible regulations.

Our products are tested and clearly labeled.

That's help that helps keep consumers safe.

The goal of this rule is to stop bad actors, and I support that.

These show that a safe regulatory framework is possible.

I respectfully ask the commissioners to revise Section E so those products can continue to be sold safely and with clear rules.

Thank you for your time.

Thank you.

Hello.

Hello, my name is Thomas Jones.

Welcome.

Good morning, Commissioners.

I'm representing on behalf of Bloomstem CBD brand family owned company.

I'm a retail manager.

If Section E is not amended, uh no edible forms of CBD will be legal to sell.

And one that can cause major disruption to the business itself.

The business might not survive if we're not able to sell any any form of CBD that is edible.

With testing and regulation, we think that CBD can be safe.

We do support the regulation on the CBD industry here in Nevada.

But we want to make sure that products like a pure CBD gummy would still be available for sale.

Also, CBD tinctures are a very important part of the benefits of CBD.

Also, that that low .4 milligram limit on a federal limit of 0.3% THC in the product, which full spectrum has its benefits too.

But we just want to see that Section E is amended and considered that this could be very debilitating for the business as a whole.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Hi.

Good morning, Chair and Commissioners.

My name is Darlene Skinner, and I am the managing director of Euphoria Wellness LLC.

Euphoria wellness has been operating in Clark County for over 10 years.

Euphoria holds cannabis business licenses in manufacturing, cultivation, distribution, and dispensary.

Our business is always operated with compliance as our top priority, and we take our responsibility to follow regulations very seriously.

I appreciate the opportunity to speak today regarding the ordinance to amend Title VII establishing regulations surrounding hemp retail sales.

I fully support this ordinance as written.

This ordinance is extremely important for consumer protection.

Many of the hemp products that are currently on the market are highly intoxicating and largely unregulated, which creates real safety concerns for our consumers.

In many cases, these intoxicating hemp products are also being marketed and sold in ways that make them easily accessible to young people.

Clear rules that limit THC to a non-intoxicating level with clear labeling and basic safety standards brings hemp products sold in general retail environment in line with the original intent of the federal hemp law and the federal changes coming in 2026.

Establishing language surrounding responsible marketing helps protect consumers and youth.

Effective enforcement is essential.

This ordinance creates meaningful penalties and real enforcement tools that will help ensure the businesses operate responsibly and in full compliance.

Thank you.

Good morning, Chair and Commissioners.

My name is John Marshall, Chief Operating Officer of Deep Roots Harvest and the Source, and president of the Nevada Cannabis Association.

I'm here with a dozen members of our organization to support this amendment to counting code Title VII.

I've been in the industry for 12 years, 11 of those in Nevada, and have been deeply involved with the regulatory and rulemaking process since its inception here.

We all signed up for a limited license framework with strict licensing criteria and consumer protections in industry processes.

Over the last several years, an estimated 200 hemp shops have opened in the valley, and there's no stopping perpetual expansion as they exploit this loophole.

Lack of zoning or distance separation from schools and community centers, limited compliance, lack of security and cameras, testing, labeling, manifesting, advertising, essentially a free-for-all.

The difference between hemp and cannabis is indiscernible from a consumer or or even a regulator.

A couple of real world examples recently at the at the champs uh trade show.

Recently, there were there were buckets like drywall buckets full of hemp, you know, direct to your door, and they could ship these products.

Um, no test results, you know, interstate commerce, and it was everywhere.

Nobody knows what it is.

It's half of its cannabis, half of its hemp.

Um, another example is at one of our stores recently, a head shop is in the strip mall just two doors down, and the proprietor of the head shop is actually smoking a join out in front of his store while we have security hammering on our customers in front of our store for doing the same.

Um, you know, another thing to touch on here is the declining market economics of cannabis.

You know, we were a billion-dollar industry a few years ago.

We're down to you know, approximately 700 million.

And as John Ackle mentioned, over 40 operators have closed their doors over the last couple of years.

Um, just like to, you know, thank you for your consideration and and thank you for your time today.

Thank you.

Hello.

I'm here on behalf of Thrive.

I'll keep it short.

We're here to express our support for the MMA uh Clark County Title 7.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Hi.

Morning, everybody.

I'm Philip Higgins.

I represent Vegas Marketing.

So I'm a retail store that actually sells the products.

So they're talking about all these regulations.

For us to stay in compliance, we already have to be.03% under two years ago.

It has to be lab tested.

A year ago, they went to be, it has to be only lab tested in Nevada.

So for us to be legal, we already have to have lab testing.

We have to have the QR codes.

We have to have the medical sheets on hand when they come in.

Business license, visit us twice, access to take all of our products down.

They do a great job at regulating it already.

And as our retail store in Clark County, we can't sell gummies, we can't sell drinks, so we don't even sell any of that product except flour and smoke.

So it's regularly already regulated from the health department from Clark County.

So all I'm asking is just let Clark County to continue to do what they're already doing with it, because they're doing a good job at regulating it.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Morning.

Hi, yeah.

Excuse me.

Uh good morning, everyone.

Uh, chairman commissioners, um, Larry Scheffler, co-founder and co-CEO of Planet 13.

I know there's been a lot of talk here on uh uh the CBD uh hemp loophole intoxicating stores uh that they only sell uh regulated products, they don't sell intoxicating.

Well, of course, we know that's not the case.

We don't mind competition.

The problem is we want fair competition.

We want to go on by the same taxes we have to pay.

We want to go by the same rules and regulations that the CBD puts upon us.

We went for our license.

A few facts said we pay, I mean, the uh uh cannabis uh license operators pay about 12 million dollars annually for the cannabis license fee to Clark County.

We also pay a cultivation tax, 15% of uh of um um market value.

Uh hemp stores do not uh pay that.

We pay a retail cannabis tax.

We pay about $300,000 a month ourselves alone.

We pay testing fees, uh we pay for inspections from CCB and audits.

Uh about 20 million dollars in sales per month is lost to the hemp stores.

So you can imagine the amount of taxes that are lost to the county and the state of in the state of Nevada.

Uh with the top six dispensaries that really service most of the tourism industry close to the strip.

Uh we probably represent 25% of those six dispensaries that is lost.

Uh we estimate our all loss alone is about three and a half million dollars monthly to sales to the unlicensed uh hemp stores.

Um 2021 to 2025, uh we've had a layoff over 300 people because we usually sales from the uh competition of the hemp stores unlicensed and and uh not paying taxes, being fair with us.

Um course, nobody checks on the IDs when we went to a store here uh just last week.

Uh, if you want to buy any anything intoxicating, uh we went uh I know there's a a letter that went to the county commissioners talking about uh the green planet.

Uh they wrote that uh they fully uh support removing synthetic compounds intoxicating cabinoids.

Uh really that could be further from the truth.

We just bought four or five different products that says THC on it, which is double the strength and double the volume that we're allowed to sell as we're a licensed operator.

Yet nothing is done on any of this.

Um there is no, of course, no standard testing.

Uh we had a group out of Texas trying to get us to carry the hemp products also.

We said there's no way we'll get involved.

They left samples to us.

We sent them to our state licensed text testing labs.

If we have one failure out of 10 tests, we have to destroy the cannabis.

They failed on every test there was that we gave them on all 10 tests.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

If there is anyone else wishing to speak, if you could please come forward and line up behind that gentleman.

Otherwise, he'll be our last speaker.

Hi, Greg Gollens.

It's not lucky to be you guys when you have to make this kind of decision.

I'm a long-term resident here in Las Vegas, and I was very supportive of the marijuana act that allowed us to open dispensaries because great many myself or a great many of my friends suffer from PTSD from our service to our country.

And I felt that this was something that was really good for being able to do it legally and get and not lose your job.

Well, I would like to add one perspective to you.

I never went to a smoke shop in order to get medicine for PTSD.

I think the idea of a smoke shop is something separate than going, like these people say, they go to get their medicines to help themselves.

When do you go to a smoke shop to get medicines to help yourself?

We have a regulated environment that allows people to go in.

If there was such a demand for these hemp products that it's going to put everybody out of work, why aren't they sold in dispensaries?

Those people want to make money too and sell all related products, but they're not in their dispensary because the demand for that is not there.

It is clearly a sham that this is an excuse and a way to sell tourist and unsuspecting people, untested products.

I asked for that bit of common sense to take place because there are regulated businesses that can offer these products of consumer demand is there for them.

I would like to just finish with one quick thing.

I took those 10 products that I got here in a smoke shop.

Uh this is many years ago.

Took it, got it for the smoke shop and found out that it had large amounts of mold in it, and that's what infected her lungs.

So this really is a health problem.

This really is something that even simple mold ingested into the lungs can create such health havoc that these folk stops do not follow those same regulations.

I ask you guys to do the right thing.

And if it creates some undue hardships on some people, then let's work on that issue after we stop the cartridge.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Hi.

Hi, Sharon Bullock.

Um, I fully support this ordinance, and what I've been hearing today uh from a lot of people is that you're gonna put a whole lot of people out of work.

And if you uh if you uh approve this ordinance, um, this ordinance does not ban hemp or CBD fiber hemp.

It bans the intoxicating hemp.

And they didn't go into business to sell the intoxicated hemp.

So I I support this ordinance and uh thank you.

Thank you.

Good morning, Chairman and uh commissioners.

I also fully support this ordinance.

My name is Chris O'Ferrell and I've been working in the cannabis industry for over 10 years as well, and just wanted to add some uh more consumer safety notes.

Ultimately, when intoxicating cannabis products are sold outside of the regulated system, consumers lose protections that Nevada designed, it's programmed to provide, and compliant businesses are placed at a competitive disadvantage.

Ensuring that intoxicating cannabis products move through regulated channels helps protect both public health and the integrity of Nevada's cannabis markets.

I also have some analytics I wanted to provide for you guys to chew on.

Arizona State Research researchers and various other outlets found that there's about nine million uh illicit cannabis pounds exported from California each year, which amounts to about 24,000 pounds leaving the regulated market each day.

A lot of those products end up making it on shelves here in Nevada and abroad, which as this gentleman before me spoke on.

Most of those have very high failure detection rates for pesticides, yeast and mold contamination, bacterial contamination, and mycotoxins.

The amounts found uh through the Arizona State researcher studies that were conducted had about 90 percent failing for pesticides, 73 percent failing for yeast and mold contamination, 55 percent for bacterial contamination, and about 12 percent for mycotoxins, all which pose a very severe health risk for anybody who has the ability to purchase those products.

Thank you for your time.

Thank you.

Welcome to Nevada.

Good morning.

Hello, my name is Al Rojas.

Um I'm a sufferer of arthritis, and I want to read something, not only to the commissioners, but to the people in the cannabis industry.

This is from the arthritis foundation.

It has to do with inflammation.

Animal studies and some small human studies have suggested that CBD and pain has pain relieving and anti-inflammatory product uh properties.

But these effects need to be validated in a larger, higher quality studies in humans.

Many people with arthritis have tried CBD, but the anecdotal evidence they report is mixed.

Some people report noticeable pain relief, sleep improvement, and/or anxiety reduction, while others do not.

As any med uh medication for arthritis, some people do not report any symptom improvements by taking CBD.

One of the things that I think it that we ought to be looking at is how CBD products can help reduce the opioid opioid crisis.

There's a lot of people suffering from pain.

I personally at one time I don't involve myself with uh uh hemp or um uh cannabis products anymore because of the fentanyl um threat that's out there, you don't know what you're getting.

But I did at one time uh to try to confirm the inflammation that if there's reduce inflammation, I gave I would give people um uh uh indica uh cannabis to try to see if it would reduce their knee inflammation from what I read, the knee joint is the biggest joint that has the largest inflammation, and they reported that they were able to wear pants because most of them were wearing sweats because they couldn't extend their arm, uh their leg out.

So my uh suggestion is that the commissioners see if it can reduce opioid on people that are going to opioids instead of cannabis, and that for the cannabis industry to do more studies on inflammation and how it affects it because I think it can help reduce this homeless problem, which I'm personally trying to fight here in Clark County.

And you know what?

I'd rather have a hemp product out there than a liquor store.

I want to throw that out there too.

Thank you very much.

Bye.

Thank you.

If there is anyone else wishing to speak, this is your final call.

Otherwise, you'll be our last speaker.

Good afternoon, Lindsay Clements Natural Medicine Green Cannabis Co.

We want to make it clear that hemp companies do not pay the same taxes, do not have the same testing requirements, and are accessible to children in many ways.

In fact, we did send some of our employees in to several hemp shops across the valley, and not one of them was carted.

We do support this ordinance.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Seeing no one else, we will close the public hearing on item 55.

Uh, Commissioner Kirkpatrick, I'll turn over to you to begin.

Uh thank you, Mr.

Chair.

And uh just for there's some new faces in here.

Uh I started having this conversation two and a half years ago, right?

When Delta 8 was first coming in when I walked the strip and I seen all the marijuana leaves on the doors, um, because that's not what I voted for.

That's not on this board as far as regulating uh the product.

It was very clear on advertising and and putting all those things on.

And I uh went to some legislators and asked them to address it.

And yeah, yeah, we're going to.

I was actually in the building last year when they killed this very bill, um, and it didn't move forward, asking them to please do something because it's uh a bigger issue.

I sit on the health district, and I um we've seen I've said to Commissioner Sagerbloom that we're the studies that are coming back are not good for many of our middle school kids in particular, and some of our seniors are seeing adverse um problems with buying something that's really not what they thought it was, right?

So because there are so many different things out there.

So at the last meeting when we introduced the uh bill, I had met with some folks, and I tried to be reasonable and tried to answer their questions, and I did take F out because it was never intended to um impact the lotions and the oils and those things, right?

So I I did take that out.

I did extend it to 120 days as opposed to 90.

In the last couple of days, I've met with more people who said, Oh my gosh, I'm gonna shut down businesses, put everybody out of business.

Uh I'm so wrong.

So I called the Nevada State Department of Agriculture, I called the Federal Department of Agriculture, I called NACO National Um Department that deals with agriculture.

Uh I sent my ordinance to all of those people, and here's what came back.

You are factually correct.

This is federal law, and this is a good start.

So I called the FDA.

So I called the FDA and I said, show me where it says that you can ever put this into a product, a food product.

I sit on the health district.

Health district says no, it's not Washoe County.

Does orders cease and desist?

I called the state again.

I called all of these agencies.

So it's not like I didn't hear what people are saying.

It's not like I don't participate in the product either way, whether it's a lotion, a joint or whatever people call it.

I don't participate, but at the same time, I have a responsibility to make sure that consumers are getting what they say they're gonna get.

So working through all those agencies, reading the farm bill from 2018, reading the farm bill from 2023, reading the farm bill from 2025.

It talks about hemp seed all the way through the entire bill.

It never talks about the flower, it talks about the seed.

And I called the FDA back, and I said, please help me understand this because I'm not a participant.

And they said it's always meant to use the seat.

So in section E, I am not prohibiting hemp.

I am prohibiting I am saying that you have to use the seat and you have to use oil and you can do those other things, but you it's never been okay to put it into the product.

So I also asked where we headed on the um bill for the feds to take over.

They said, well, it's moving, there's nobody really wants to, it's a nationwide problem, it's a statewide problem.

We don't have any appetite to move it.

So I asked my legal attorney, okay.

I get maybe the one case that people made to me is that maybe the packaging is the manufacturers can't uh move that quick on changing the the manufacturing.

If everybody nationwide is doing it, that was the most reasonable because I come from the food industry where that that's a thing, right?

Because you gotta usually change machines, you gotta do all those other things.

So I at least said to Commissioner Naft, I would be willing to keep it to the point three as long as when the federal bill takes effect in November that it's an automatic, that we don't have to go back through this again.

And for the people that tell me that the state is doing all these great things, I I agree they have some regulations, but it also they need not one of you stood up in the hearing asking to give them 80 positions to actually enforce all this stuff.

So I have the ability on the local level to to enforce it.

I have the ability to put an ordinance in place so that I can do that.

So and I don't want the advertising on the door.

I I did it to myself yesterday.

I went on the internet to said, please tell me how I can buy um these hemp gummies with THC in it.

And the putthra places came up right here in the valley, right?

So then I went a step further because I wanted to see people are not walking by the door, they're looking, they're on their phones, they're looking, and that's what they're seeing.

So Mr.

Chairman, I have spent because I'm ridiculous, way more time on this than I thought I would.

Um, but I was trying to hear all sides.

I even have the regulations from the FDA that say that this product is never meant to be in food.

However, the hemp seed oil and all of those can as stated in the 2018 farm bill.

I went through the regulations because people wanted to tell me that they're following all the rules, and now we just have some consistency in my mind and legal, please tell me if I'm off base, but I don't think so.

I've spent a lot of time on this.

Um I understand if people have been doing it for 10 years, doesn't make it right.

Show me where it's legal to put this into, and nobody could show me where it's legal.

Not even the FDA could show me where it was legal, not even the National Department of Agriculture or the state.

So show me where it's legal.

And I have a uh I'm upholding the law and it's illegal today.

So this is why I'm having it.

That doesn't mean that if the feds do something different, we can't revisit it, but the FDA specifically in every single farm bill gave uh they were given the uh opportunity to make allowances to ensure that it was safe.

So that's my speech.

I'm I know I'm not reasonable on other things that people want, but um I I'm willing to if legal tells me that if this becomes feduled a point for whatever we can do automatic without going back out through the process.

Um but I'm happy to hear what my colleagues have to say otherwise.

Thank you, Commissioner.

Just while we're on it, um, and by the way, I don't think anyone would call you unreasonable.

Uh Ms.

Logston, um do you have some suggested language to reflect the amendment that Commissioner Patrick just spoke to?

Yes, I believe we're talking about section uh seven 200 uh dot 310 subsection B.

Um so it would be the language the products must contain no greater than 0.4 milligrams of the potential total THC package, and so that would be changed to the product, you know, something similar to the products must contain no greater than uh the the THC or the potential total THC as allowed by federal law, so it'd be consistent so that way it would be the federal law is the standard.

So should there be any changes then changes codified in federal law that it that would be automatically reflected in county code?

Correct.

Thank you.

Uh Commissioner Singerblum.

I'm not sure you want to make that change right now because that that could be very intoxicating, depending on how it's uh it's concentrated.

So I I think stick with what you have now.

I will say that as far as the gummies go, uh to the extent that they are tested and there's no THC in them.

I think we you want to put C B D in a gummy, that ought to be legal.

And so to the extent we can I I want to pass this bill today, but we have 120 days to work on making sure that those products are would be allowed.

I'll work with Commissioner Kirkpatrick, but under federal law, the intoxicating the beverages that they have in other states are intoxicating.

So we gotta be very cautious about that.

Well, I guess we should be here from everybody else.

Okay.

I'm not opposed to leaving it the way it is, but I did say I would try and be reasonable.

But I what here's what I don't want to do is I I don't want to go back through this again because we are slow to begin with, and it takes us months to make a change, right?

So it maybe the win is a hundred and forty days or something.

I mean, that's a long time for people, so I don't know.

I'm I'm sorry, 140 days for for implementation or something.

I mean, I I I don't I don't know what the pleasure of the board is.

I've spoken my piece and I'm not movable on number E on page 11.

That's not okay with me.

Um I I don't know what that and maybe so school me, Commissioner Sigreman.

What does that mean that it may be more that's what we're seeing today?

But I do think that if it does come back, we can pull their license right away because of the testing.

Is that not?

I I guess I would ask, is that a way?

I I think the testing is gonna put people out of business, quite frankly, because they're selling.

We've already done some testing and seeing that they're off the charts.

Maybe Jennifer can speak to what we've been seeing out there.

Hello, Jennifer Willover from Business License.

Can I have that question again, please?

Question is what we've done some testing of some of that product out there, and it has more THC in it.

Is there you do you can you give us any what we're seeing out there?

Absolutely.

We do um we have tested products that have less than the 0.3% production products, not the flour production products, and they will have less than the 0.3% that have a lot of THC in them, 100 milligrams we see sometimes, which is quite a bit.

In the state of Nevada, a milligram a serving size for THC that you get a dispensary is 10 milligrams.

So for these products to have 100 milligrams in it, it's 10 serving sizes from what would be at a dispensary in the state.

So, Commissioner Sagerbloom to your point that in maybe Commissioner Knapp, if she is saying that on one hand it it meets the point three, but when they concentrate it, put it all together, it's triple what everything else should be.

Is that what you said?

It can be very concentrated.

So maybe there's different kind of language, but I think that through the license through the testing, we're gonna get get some folks.

Well, federal laws just says that the plant itself has to be 0.3% or less uh THC.

But what's happening in other states is they take that plant and then they concentrate it, so it ends up with the drinks that they're selling all around the country, you know, are equivalent to a marijuana drink.

So that's why I'm saying saying we've got to focus on the percentage of THC in the products they're selling as opposed to the plant.

And if you just refer to federal law, that doesn't deal with with the product, it just deals with the with the plant.

So you're anyway, that's why I think the current language is good, but I I am concerned that somehow or other we're gonna prevent get gummies that are just C B D alone, and the so I would be willing to work with industry on that to obviously that would take time, but but the main thing is we're really addressing a real problem here with respect to unregulated, unlicensed, and and all kinds of things out there, and I think we want to support our industry.

If any of these products can be, you can go to dispensary and buy today, so it's not like we're depriving the citizens of Las Vegas from these products.

They may be more expensive, but it's because they've been tested and proven and they're paying the tax.

So that being said, I think we need to support this bill today.

Um go forward with 120 days before it's implemented, so you have time to work on it.

So can may I ask this question and um Lisa, and maybe I don't know, I don't know who the right person is.

And um, but I mean, how is it um why can't there be language that the concentrate the total which is what I think we were trying to get at is the total concentrate can't be more than this per package, right?

Could we not put that kind of language back in to say or because to Commissioner Sagrablum's point, the feds that's the problem, right?

2018, 2023, 2025, and the truth is hemp seed is what people should be working on, not anything else.

But then to the chairman's point, um we don't we're not trying, but 120 days is a long time, and a manufacturer usually can do something.

But what what is how do you get to that balance of the concentrate?

Because that's really what the issue is today.

And and if you're a regular THC, you have to actually stay put and not even drive or do anything else for what is our ordinance say, three, four hours?

Yeah, no, I mean again, if you if you if you say the product has to have a percentage of of whatever, then at least you know what you're getting, because a gummy would have a whatever.

But the truth is if you just refer to federal law, that doesn't deal with with what's actually in the product.

Commissioner Kirkpatrick.

Um I believe we tie the federal law to the definition of potential total THC as it's defined in the code, that gives you that percentage.

So it would be um the THC then permitted by um contains no greater uh the total potential total THC and then refer to the definition of that under federal law, so that it's federal law and the percentage.

But I mean I'll defer to Jennifer if if that's an incorrect.

This is also not um my expertise area uh either.

Anything to add from business licensing?

Oh, this is Vince Chiano for the record.

So I think there's two different uh topics that we're discussing.

So one is the THC limitation, which now we're gonna refer to federal law, and if that changes, then our code would reflect that.

But then I think Commissioner Sergeum is a drip wants to address the CBD, because under section subsection E, we just don't allow, we wouldn't allow C B D and food products or as a food additive at all.

But I think what you want is maybe to allow CBD but have that limitation on the THC.

Right, there shouldn't be any THC in that, and that can be tested.

Every gummy could be tested, or the just like the the dispensary association does.

So that wouldn't be a problem.

The the question is as far as if we want to make make it clear that the point three or point four deals with the entire product, not just um as a percent, but it's it that that gets more complicated, but but um you know we could put that there and and and basically it's gonna mean that you can't have any THC in anything that's gonna be sold.

Well, well, here's what I'm not doing.

I'm not holding the ordinance, so we might be here a minute to try and figure out the language because that's exactly what people want.

And we this has been long overdue.

So well, but again, the you're changing the definition right now.

That's why I'm that's what so maybe we could kind of walk there's two portions.

So on page 10, uh, Lisa, and maybe people could follow along.

So number B is where you're saying that you're adding you're adding the addition of the federal language to already what we're saying, right?

So they can't be more than this, so that it's not an open loophole as they have today.

But we also don't have to come back should the feds change it, right?

We're we're adding A and B to get a total product, correct?

So line one, two, three, four, five.

Yeah, the sentence starting with the products must contain no greater.

And so what it would be the products must contain no greater um.

The products must contain no greater potential total THC other than permitted by federal law.

So to that that's as long as we're clear that it's an kind of either or so it's it's it's point three or point four of that package as opposed to just using the federal definition, which right.

So you have to add that packaging piece in, correct?

At the end, right?

Okay.

So then if you go to page 11, I marked up on my notes, and you go from the bottom up two, three, four, five, six, seven, and you go to line seven, which is number E, which it says a retail, which this is what people are asking us to put back in, which no one can show me where it's legal.

I have every department of ag every federal thing, every health district, every state thing.

Show me where that's allowed, regardless.

We're just reinforcing what the current law is.

But Commissioner Shager Vloom, you're saying what on that section on page 11 number E.

Well, I I would take it out as far as just saying that a gummy cannot have C BD in it.

That that to me is one of the major products they sell.

And as long as there's no THC, just CBD alone is non-psychoactive.

There's no, it's just good for your joints and well-being.

But if you want to leave that in for now, and we can try to tweak that as we go forward.

I'm happy to do that too.

I'd prefer to leave it in, and I'm gonna tell you why, because it's currently nobody in the country, and I've reached out to a lot of people can tell me where it's currently legal today.

And I think that someone has 120 days to show me where it's legal, but it's not through the FDA, not through any public health, not through the state, not through anybody.

So I I would prefer to leave it in, and then if we can always do an amendment to add a testing component of that, but it's not it's currently not allowed today.

It's not in any of the hemp bills, it but it also says that you can use the farm bill says you can use hemp seed or hemp oil, so but that's not what's happening today, correct?

I mean, so I'm I'm what they do is they they take the plant and they make hemp oil and then they add it to different products, and that's why the key is is use that hemp oil, make sure the hemp oil doesn't have any C B D in it.

I mean it doesn't have any THC in it, and that's where we can, but anyway, let's just go with this for now, and then we can talk talk to the industry and and see if we can change if we there's some modification, but I don't I don't think it's worth fighting over today.

Well, I appreciate that.

Okay.

And honestly, this is the first thing on marijuana that we have worked together on, so that's pretty amazing.

So well, I I appreciate that, Commissioner.

So I'm happy to make a motion if no one else has anything.

So I make a motion to approve the ordinance with the language read in our attorney on section B on page uh currently on page 10.

Is that correct?

And the in the two changes read at the beginning as well.

Yeah, right from last week.

Okay.

There's a motion on the table.

Please go ahead and cast your vote.

Motion carries.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Uh just for uh organization's sake, we have one more time set aside for public comment, and then we will take a short 10-minute recess before our next public hearing on the uh budget.

This is the final time set aside for public comment.

Anyone wishing to speak, please come forward at this time, state your name.

You have up to three minutes.

Welcome back.

Hi there.

Hi, my name is Shashana.

I'm a resident, and I wanted to provide if you just want to we'll hold your clock for just a minute.

If everybody could leave quietly, we have a lot of business left ahead of us.

Okay, go ahead.

Thank you.

Uh my name is Shoshana.

I'm a resident, and as you know, I'm against prayer at the uh county commission meetings.

Um, but I also wanted to offer a solution for people who have been immersed in a religion, um, whether it be as a child or as an adult or whether it's been in your family for years.

Um, I actually talked to people who have suffered from uh religious indoctrination um since childhood, and the stories they told me are horrific.

I feel it's terrible for them.

Um I was not immersed in religion the way they were.

But there's an organization called Recovering from Religion, and they are uh local actually.

They're in different states, there's a few locations around the country in different countries, but recovering from religion is a resource for people who are questioning religious faith.

Um questions like, what will my parents think if I tell them I don't believe anymore?

Will my spouse leave me?

Will leaving my church affect my job.

You could talk to people about this, and there are actual therapists who can give advice.

Um, they can share their stories too, because a lot of the therapists have also suffered from their religious upbringings.

Um, there's a website, seculartherapy.org, where you could find a therapist through this organization, which is also a nonprofit.

Um they also have monthly meetings here in Las Vegas, which I went to was really informative.

They're really nice people, and you can sign up for that as well.

But recovering from religion is a good resource for people who are finally realizing that this is not something they need to be believing in anymore.

They've questioned the content of the Bible, which I have read several times.

I read it all the time.

It's horrific, it's terrible.

What's done to women, what's done to little girls, what's done to men as well.

It's really gruesome.

It's too much going on in here.

And I hope people would actually read it.

You can read it online for free.

But again, recovering from religion is a great resource for people who finally want to make the decision to be free of religious indoctrination.

And again, I'd like to say I please encourage you to consider removing invocations from our agenda.

There are thousands of places around Las Vegas and Clark County to worship whatever religion you want, which is totally fine.

I would just would encourage you to remove it from these city government meetings.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Good afternoon.

And Edwin Fry Mov, I just wanted to make uh quick uh comment in regards to the discussion you guys had earlier.

Um I I hope everyone understands that marijuana and hemp are two different things, right?

As you could see, the the interest behind this ordinance definitely comes from marijuana industry, which is a federally illegal industry, right?

Now, that industry is in a way regulating a federally legal industry.

So uh if the issue is uh IDs or taxes or whatever, you know, we can raise that by just saying hemp is not good because it's taken business from cannabis, the argument on its own is in my view an illegitimate argument.

And we can also check and see, you know, who supports this bill, who pushes this ordinance, um, and see what the interests are within the marijuana and cannabis industry.

To be fair, you know, there's businesses just like uh Senator Rogic has a daughter, I have a two and a half-year-old daughter and a son, and I have to provide to them.

And I've been building a business to support my family.

I have security checks, I've I have product testing, I have everything that is required.

Now, just because dispensaries are not doing so well, it doesn't mean you're gonna go and put me out of business.

Me and thousands of others.

That's not fair.

That's not the way to do things.

We're here to create smart regulations, not to destroy businesses.

If the issue is of the product itself being bad quality, sure, let's test it.

Let's make sure we have security.

Let's show me we have scanners, IDs.

Nobody can buy those products illegally.

Why do you put these products uh uh outlawing pretty much them instead of enforcing some additional helpful regulations, like I said, security, ID, testing, and all of those things are being done.

The main issue here is not that.

The main issue here is that the dispensaries are not doing well, and we understand that, but it's not because of us.

They're not doing well because they spent a lot of money.

They thought they were gonna be made billions, and it was too much competition, too much regulations.

The good stuff is hemp.

Marijuana is a federally illegal product, and that's the dangerous drug.

You don't want to push people by in marijuana from dispensary.

You rather than buy hemp at our shops.

Thank you so much.

It was a very important matter for me.

That's why I thought it was important for me to make those comments.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

My name is Al Rojas Sunrise Manor.

Uh very quickly, uh brief uh very quickly.

I want to thank um our commissioner for bringing in the grassroots girls.

Uh you know, our sheriff said that he's been in the he's been in the he's been in law enforcement for over 35 years.

He said that when he was young, he was arresting a lot of people, and he thought he was doing the right thing.

And 25 years later, he was arresting the children of the people that he was arresting.

And he felt an investing in the community was the long term solution.

And investing in young people, getting young people involved in the future of our county is part of the solution.

The other thing that I want to talk about is our new ordinance.

I want to happily report that we tried to work with this one person that we trespassed about 10 times in our area, and we finally had them arrested under the new ordinance, which was subject to building an encampment.

Thanks to this new ordinance, we have two ways of removing people from our public and private property.

One of them is if they're trespassed on private property, the other is if they're building repeat encampments.

This ordinance has been out for a year.

I've been involved in over uh removing 50 encampments.

This one person that we finally had arrested after trying so many times to give them services, we had them arrested for building encampments.

So I want to make the community know and our commissioners know that this is not only this is a great law, I'm really thinking that we should have a town hall in our community to address the ex all the other people that we have that we are just kind of moving around.

Okay.

Now, the other town hall that we had, the police officer, the the captain said that when they go into when they get arrested, they're getting services to go talk to them, and hopefully it will break the sloop of these guys that are going around and get some new people in their life.

So I'm uh asking that, you know, and that's what it takes.

It takes everybody getting involved.

People talk about, you know what, that you gotta have a um uh uh build a village.

Well, this is really what they're talking about.

That the law enforcement is supported by um uh elected officials and the community, and uh having a this ordinance and having a um uh town hall will bring everybody together so everybody can do their part.

So I um uh want to thank um our commissioners for creating this fantastic ordinance, and I want to bring it to the attention to the people that if you have somebody in your organ in your neighborhood who is repeatedly building encampments in different spots now, you can have him arrested and hopefully get some better services for him under this new ordinance.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Anyone else wishing to speak, please come forward at this time.

Seeing none, I'll close the public hearing and we will adjourn until tomorrow morning uh with the exception of our preliminary budget hearing, which was scheduled at 11 a.m.

We'll begin in about 10 minutes.