We are gonna go ahead and call the Southern Nevada Enterprise Community Board meeting to order.

Madam, Mr.

Secretary, can you please call the role?

Chair Scott, excused Vice Chair Neil.

Here.

Member Horsford, excused Member Monroe Moreno.

Here.

Member McNeil, excuse, Member Garcia Anderson.

Here.

Member McCurdy the second.

Member Steele.

Excuse.

Member Summers Armstrong.

President.

Thank you.

You have a quorum.

Thank you.

So are we in compliance with open meeting law?

Yes, we are.

Okay, thank you.

So we will now move to agenda item number three, which is to open up for any public comment.

Is there anyone here for public comment?

Seeing no one here for public comment, we will close agenda item number three.

And now we will go to agenda item number four for possible action.

You guys should have seen uh the September 15th, 2025 minutes.

These are the final minutes.

Are there um any changes or is everything correct in those minutes?

There are no changes, I move for approval.

Okay.

So I have a first from uh Commissioner McCurdy.

Do you have a second?

Second.

So I have a second from assemblywoman Moreau Moreno.

So all in favor of approving the final minutes from the regular meeting September 15, 2025.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Anyone opposed?

Seeing no opposition, the minutes pass.

So we will now move to agenda item number five.

Uh we have to have a discussion regarding the acceptance of interests to appoint two representatives from the community to the SNCC board, and this includes all wards.

So I'll open that up for discussion from any members.

Do you have any suggested representatives that would come from the wards within the city?

I just have a question.

Um for Brian.

Brian, you send me an application.

Um, I think it's an interest form.

Is there a place where residents interested can access that?

Or how do we go about letting folks know about this?

Uh Brian, the cruise management analyst for the record.

Um, so it will be able to be it'll be posted online.

It's with the agenda right now.

Um, so the whole letter of interest is on there.

My email, that will be the way that folks can um fill it out and send it in.

Uh we'll take the application to the end of February.

But I'll share uh a copy with all the board members after the meeting, um, another copy, and then you all are kind of free to send it out to anybody you think might be interested.

Okay, thank you.

So I guess I mean uh we're I'm gonna recognize councilwoman um Armstrong and then Commissioner McCurdy.

You can pass me.

I just I didn't realize that we still had time.

Um so just for my understanding, we're not recommending today.

We're just recommending uh approving the process.

So the way I understood it, we could also submit if we know that there's someone we're have that we're interested in, that we could also put that name forward today, but we can also put it out and advertise and share the application.

I mean, clearly this is a very uh particular kind of board that has a particular legislative uh mission.

So no, you're okay.

All right, do you have an additional comment?

I don't have any names at the moment, but if there are any, I can send them in to you, Senator or Brian.

I'm not sure what the process is.

Uh you could send it in to me.

My emails becruise at Los Vegas Nevada.gov.

Okay.

Great.

Thank you.

Okay.

Well, um, now that we know that their members uh who have some interested representatives, just make sure that if they submit that they also submit their resume so we can see what community work they've actually done, so we can actually get a sense of um and we I don't know.

I think in the past we just had a general submission, and then when it came down, we can decide.

I mean, typically it wasn't anything where we agendized those candidates and then they came in front of the board.

Um but that I think is a conversation that we might need to have.

I think we had a slate, and then that slate was then narrowed, but we didn't actually have them do a physical presentation in front of the board, and then we select from what I remember.

Yes, I looked back at some of the agendas, and that's how it worked.

There was like this initial posting meeting of the opportunity.

Um the time between that and the following meeting was the gathering of the application stages.

Um I chose the end of February, so there'd be about a two-week buffer for me to send out all the applications uh to the board members before the following meeting so we can agendize based on how many we get, you know, that might influence kind of how it goes, and then to see if we want to do you know a couple minutes of speech or how we want to go about it.

Okay, thank you for that.

Um are there any additional questions on what is has been the prior process um for agenda item number five.

So seeing none, we will go ahead and close that agenda item and then I guess start advertising um for the two potential community members.

Um now we will move to agenda item number six, which is the discussion regarding um alignment and support for existing West Side projects and potential uh revenue ass related to the 2027 legislative session.

Um I know it says all wards, but the SNCC doesn't actually include all wards.

Like the map doesn't include all wards.

Um but I the whole point of a agenda item um number six was from the prior meeting um that I was not in attendance, but I know what happened, which was to discuss uh what the SNCC board is going to do as a unified mission, right?

So it's always been um as under the statute that the SNCC board participate in coming up with an economic development agenda and then going after those um assigned, I guess, plans and issues.

However, the way how it's been going is that we have all individually done something extraordinary, um, but it has not necessarily been under the name of SNCC as a common action, common goal of okay, we're gonna take on this project or we're gonna support this, and we're gonna figure out what the strategy is around it, right?

So we have a historical um list of what's happened.

I believe it what that went back what to 2015 that I sent over, yeah.

And uh of what has been accomplished within the SNEC boundary since it was created, but this conversation is where do we want to go?

How do we get into alignment?

We do have some legislation that we need to bring forward in 2027 to try to clean it up.

Um there was something that was contemplated or considered in 2025, but I wasn't able to move that legislation forward due to some other issues, and so um I will open this up for discussion.

First part is you know, what do you guys believe should be the movement forward to align?

Because there's already work happening in the space.

The question is, what do we want to do?

Assemblywoman Moreno.

Thank you, madam chair.

Can you elaborate or can staff elaborate on what that work is that's ongoing right now to make sure that anything that we add to it does align with it.

So in terms of sort of act active SNEC projects, um right now what we've really had going on on an on and off basis was the involvement in this new SEDS process.

So that sort of paused uh following November 2024 when we had a change uh at least in the election results of the administration and the guidelines that would follow SEDs.

But at that point we were collaborating with RTC, L V G EA on looking at uh proposals for folks for businesses that were what wanting to do the next SEDs.

Um, but then with the result of the election, we paused because we knew that guidelines were gonna change and it was difficult to view all the proposals to do the SEDs through the correct lens at that point.

Um so right now we're trying to get a sense of LBGA's position um and kind of how they're working with the EDA since they're the main um party that's responsible for completing the SEDs.

So we've been in communication with them, but we're really waiting for that movement to kind of catalyze greater involvement from the SNEC board in that input on who's gonna be running the SEDs, how do we need it to look, and kind of what we're gonna weave into the SEDS plan.

So uh Mr.

Cruz McNeely Cruz.

Did you I don't think anybody has that document that I sent to you, which was the more of the historical um no, that was the um I don't think it was shared before the meeting, but it is the biennual legislative report uh that was submitted for the SNCC board early part of now.

In 23.

Uh 20, the very beginning of 25, but covers yes, the three years part of that or the two years part of that.

So I can tell you that generally uh what the each jurisdiction had submitted, so they had submitted individual projects that they have been working on.

So, for example, in the projects, um they had like uh the Rose Garden Um in North Las Vegas, just that's one example, and then I believe also in there um was the movement around um at the time when that report was submitted, was there was some collaboration around the Marble Manor and the Southern Um Regional Housing Authority, and really we don't have a direct role in that was more like a supportive role, and then we also had in that report um how uh the Nevada partners had used COVID money in order to advance particular academic and um educational outreach initiatives within um the like the 2021 22 uh years we had had um I don't think that the West Las Vegas library was included because that was literally a councilman's agenda, uh but um there were just general list of what had happened within the SNCC boundaries presented by each jurisdiction, and it was compiled into the report um after we had got our initial SEDs and then the current state is what are we getting ready to do now, right?

So we have we have the Jackson Street Initiative that's going on, which is under the uh Ward 5.

We have what is what is an individual initiative that's happening under Commissioner McCurdy that's in the SNCC boundaries where he is doing a business slash housing park.

Um, but those are individual acts by um the elected member, right?

That has been on the board, but there hasn't been, okay.

Well, SNCC is gonna get behind um Jackson Street, right?

Which is still budding, right?

It's not completed.

Um, it still needs some infrastructure, it still needs some dollars.

It's a question of whether or not the SNCC board will then get behind whatever the initiative that's happening in Ward 5 to try to manifest what is the true economic development that's gonna happen within the historic West Side.

Um is there something in the North Las Vegas space?

I mean, there's clear uh there's clear still poverty within uh the city of North Las Vegas when you drop below um well, pretty much low C, and then you start going into Yale, Donna, and some other areas where there's economic development.

Typically, we have not partnered.

They have done whatever they chose to do, but those areas are still in deep need of actual concentrated help.

Um, and so we could come up with a combined idea strategy for what fits in those space um of the poorer areas because the census tracts have the SNCC board has been focused on economic development and the rise of communities.

So ideally we would target where there is a great need where there is not spaces where there isn't.

I don't know if that's helpful or not, but I know that um because of the um makeup, you know, folks have just been going it on their own and doing their work.

So this is about alignment.

What do we want to do?

How do we want to get back in repositioning?

Because we have particular census tracks that are dedicated under the SNCC legislation that tells us that as an it's kind of like we're our own economic board that's supposed to try to help spur um cohesion and and economic development within those boundaries because of the historic poverty that has been in those census tracts, which is still there today.

And when Hortsford did this legislation, he was thinking how could the county city and state overlap in our jurisdictions to complete that work because we all have different powers and we all have different abilities in order to move an agenda, and it had started because that agenda was not moving, right?

In 2007, and so we still have some areas where it's still not moving.

So is there any comment, Commissioner McCurdy?

Uh thank you, Chair Neil.

So I think it would behoove us to align under the you know the ward five plan because all land use happens in ward five.

So if we can, you know, from Brian get a list of all the approved projects that are currently going on, uh that would be the first step.

Uh, and then as a board, uh with the legislative ask, we could potentially, you know, see if we want to play a supportive role in terms of supporting small businesses.

I do also know that the city of Las Vegas has uh they've rolled out a grant for business improvements.

I think it's a 25,000 dollar grant, if I'm not mistaken, I could be wrong.

I believe it is currently a matching grant.

Um, one of the issues that I've come to learn uh about is the fact that most businesses within those census tracts, uh, they may not have that matching money.

Uh so if we could potentially go to the legislature and ask for, you know, uh, you know, a certain number of funds.

I mean, I don't know if it's 250,000 or you know, half a million, uh, to provide, you know, the opportunities for business to scale, uh, and that could potentially be in partnership with the city of Las Vegas, being that a lot of the businesses currently don't have uh the matching monies to procure those uh those grants, uh, but also see an opportunity uh to identify if we have the ability to actually develop a project.

I don't know uh within the legislation if we have you know the bonding ability or or so forth to go about developing our own project, and or uh acquiring parcels under the SNEC board to partner with uh to partner with business or aspiring business owners as well.

So that's something I think that we should have clarification around because right now, you know, we we are wear overlay, you know, you have the ward five, then you have you know the the redevelopment uh overland, and now you have the SNEC overlay.

So you know, we have this nice little you know, this three-layer cake, if you will.

Um, but I think it would be helpful for us to know just how we play within you know the city and ward five's plan and what ward five has going on, along with you know the redevelopment plan and as well as seeing how SNEC fits within all those.

Thank you for that.

That's wonderful.

I don't know.

Uh councilwoman Armstrong, and then we'll ask legal.

I don't believe we have the power to acquire, but I believe we have the ability to develop a project because that's what their hold sets.

But councilwoman Armstrong.

Um, I I like what you're uh thank you, madam chair, and I I like some of the ideas that um Commissioner McCurdy is coming up with.

My question is is this meeting the place where we do this?

Should we have like a a sort of um retreat so we can sort of gather as much information as possible, see where we what the law says we can do, um, how we can raise funds, and then look at the maps in detail and really sit down with it, look at the projects, you know, place the projects that are underway on the map, and then see how we can actually be effective uh in that manner.

Because I think that um in the early years of SNEC when I sat on it in 20, I don't know, 18 Lord, long time ago, um, we were looking at uh projects to develop, and there was one in North Las Vegas that we were looking at very seriously at the time.

Um I think now that the board has had a lot of experience and we have new members who have varied experience, um, we might be able to look at that map and identify something where both all three of the agencies that are represented could come together and do something.

Uh thank you for that.

From what my understanding is, you guys are subject to open meeting laws, so the same would apply as far as having agendas and making sure the meetings are in public settings.

Okay.

And then second, on the was I correct on the parcel.

Yes, you're correct.

It looks like the act does not permit the boards to be able to acquire property, however, it does specify you guys can identify projects that may qualify for funding, whether it be federal, city, or state, and then from there you're able to request appropriations for those projects from the various different boards.

Okay.

So that's something we've we have never done, right?

Um because we have all had an individual goals of expanding and moving.

So I think that's something to consider.

I think it's also something to consider that we've never done for the future, is how the SNCC board engages within the jurisdictions when we know there's something on the table that's on an agendized item within our respective um areas, whether it be the city or the county, that may not be in alignment, right, with the SNCC economic development plan or the mission or the goals, because the legislative purpose of the body was to, it was almost like a protective body to try to make sure that the mission and the poverty was resolved, or we were kind of acting like a watchdog per se, one of the roles of watchdog to make sure that there was a movement, right?

That there was an actual change in the census tracts and that poverty was going to be adjusted, right?

And they and those populations would rise up.

I think we've we've never actually gone into other and said, you know, that the SNCC has an actual economic development plan that has been agreed upon by all jurisdictions, and this falls outside of that plan and have a consideration to try to realign it into that plan, right?

And I think that's I think that's worthy of a conversation.

It has elements in the um historic uh the 100 plan, but it has been all it's had its own separate standing because we actually had our original SEDs approved, and then we were going back for a second, bite at the Apple, right?

So that we could have um under the economic development plan of this state be a recognized body again, but you know, that was thwarted.

If I may, yes.

Um, I think if we're talking, if we if we want to also engage on a legislative level, one of the things that we might want to consider is something that I did that I don't know how I got it through, but in 21, we were able to change some of the language in the city of Las Vegas' redevelopment plan.

So that's why they come before you with their when any time they're doing any redevelopment, um any time someone is uh getting any tax uh in incentives or money from the city to do anything within the redevelopment district, they have to come before, but we don't have the same thing for the county, we don't have the same thing for North Las Vegas, and so that might be something to help us do what you're saying, which is sort of insert ourselves into those jurisdictions and say, hey, we are this overlay, um, we have a particular thing that we're trying to do, and that particular project.

Um, did y'all make sure that you were reaching out to the community to make sure there were jobs and opportunities and act as that extra layer of um observation?

So I thank you for that, uh, councilwoman um Armstrong.

It's like a really it's like a really really good point.

Um, because like all the presentations that we've had in this board, right?

So when we have workforce come in front of this board and we have the different um presentations from workforce, the whole idea is to hear, okay, how have you actually impacted the community that actually resides within those boundaries, which is why we want you to come and present to this board to number one, make sure that it's it's it's effective what you're doing, that you're actually targeting and changing the lives of those persons with state dollars or federal dollars that you have been awarded, right?

Or or if the city at some point match those dollars.

Um I do think that there's deeper work.

I think what we can do as an assignment is everybody kind of come up with what are some key top three areas that you would like to tackle um within the 26 cycle, right?

If we had, because I know there's some members' terms that are going to be ending, but if we could do something to impact in 2026, let's come up with the the short term, right?

Because there's some long-term vision that's already out there.

But what could we get involved in in 2026 where the SNCC board would um leverage or use our economic or our our not our economic but our um political power to move something?

Uh to at the end of 2026, what then would be the legislative agenda that you would like to have brought forward, even if it's simply the policy fix or adjustment that may not be dollars, but then also the appropriation ask and what that looks like.

And I think we you know everybody on here is a voting member somewhere, right?

The question is how can we make sure that that agenda is also a part of the combined appropriation ask in the county, in the state, and in the city, right?

Because everybody has spent money the way they wanted to, regardless of whether or not it was gonna change the narrative in of these particular communities or not.

But how about getting on board and just saying, like, well, the appropriation that you're getting ready to do on Donna actually is one of the SNCC parcels, and it doesn't actually meet the need.

So can we can we have a conversation about how that investment truly should work?

Because we have a vision as well for what Donna should look like.

This is a question for legal.

So if we can't um as a board acquire parcels, can we receive parcels?

Deputy City Attorney, Chris Levy Gallagher for the record.

Um, it does look like the acts mentions acceptance of gifts, grants, and donations.

Says the board may accept gifts, grants, or donations for the purpose of preparing, developing and carrying out projects.

Um doesn't specify whether or not that includes parcels, but that may be something that you want to seek um clarity from the legislature for, just to make sure that that's specifically laid out to move forward to receive personal.

Like maybe and yes.

Yeah.

So uh and the reason why I ask is um, you know, just coming into alignment uh with the hundred plan, I think that's gonna be our highest and best, you know, opportunity to be able to you know move the needle on this board.

And um I think a few areas that we can focus on uh where we know we have dollars are around housing.

Uh and that could be new development of multifamily and potentially single family housing.

I know the city does own uh parcels that the county does sign off on, you know, giving the city uh based upon the lack of uh you know taxes being paid on those properties.

So we do have a transfer agreement, and if we were to partner with, you know, an outside agency, whether it be a nonprofit or otherwise, I think that could be a catalyst for you know, some type of momentum to show the community that this board does have an interest and is actively working to revitalize the area.

Um I also think that there is an opportunity where there also is dollars around for the county parks funds uh to take a look at some of our older distressed parks and see how we can come together and put together a plan for uh revitalizing some of those parks, particularly.

I'm thinking, you know, uh Circle Park, I don't remember that the real name of it, but that's been Circle Park all my life.

Uh we have you know the park in the view, I do Vegas Valley View that has had some, you know, some renovations done there.

I do see some opportunities to add some more amenities there.

And also uh I think it would be another opportunity for us to actually own the love on Jackson Street as opposed to it being like an annual thing.

I think that this board could potentially have that be uh a monthly or bi-monthly uh night market.

I think that's some untapped potential there.

Uh I know it is within Ward 5.

I know that it is something that the city currently does, but if there was to be potentially some allocation of dollars towards the SNEC board, and also we have to see what the flow and chain of custody of the money looks like.

Uh is that money go like if there is a uh uh allocation, does that money go like if it's from the county, does that money go to the city and then from the city to the SNEC board, or does that money go directly to the SNEC board uh and then is able to be distributed based upon action of the board?

Uh I I think we might need some clarification on uh the chain of custody of dollars and how they're deployed so that we can better understand how we can come together.

It doesn't have to be answered now, but something that we should definitely look into.

Um I would like to do something sooner than later if we are able to have dollars and as a board decide where we want to focus at, you know, and be able to, you know, bring on architects and designers to be able to help us plan um what we're looking to do based upon what we collectively decide is gonna be our initial target area.

Uh thank you for that, uh Commissioner McCurdy.

I know we do have an account we can accept.

Um I know Chair Scott, um, that was one of the things that he was trying to get off the ground was identify donors.

Um we um we had identified some donors before um the administration switch, and I think because everybody was just kind of you know on fire every day, uh it got lost, right, in the conversation.

Um but I think donor uh chair Scott had like some very clear ideas around how we could beef up that account and then add in because there were some people who wanted to support, but they wanted to make sure that it was actually gonna be a true benefit, like of the community, Madam Chair.

Yeah, I think this really um gives more credence to the necessity for a retreat because um the city of Las Vegas has recently come into a benefit from the Brownfield people that already includes some ideas about um development and it comes with architectural plans.

Um and so we don't want to um we don't want to duplicate effort, right?

So we should be jumping off from what we already have.

So if we've got stuff, we need to share it.

If you have information, um we should share it and then make sure that we're um my knowledge base is only Ward 5, right?

But there are there are uh census tracks in North Las Vegas that I don't know about, and so um can we find a way to extend some of this information into North Las Vegas so that we're getting the maximum benefit.

And I think if we sort of assign our public works and neighborhood services people to help us gather this data and we sit down and look at it, uh we might find that we're further ahead than we think we are.

Thank you for that.

All right, so here's what will happen.

Everybody come up with their top three.

Um then we will uh uh our next meeting that will be the form of a retreat because it has to be public.

I have, I know I do.

I literally have the a binder of SNCC historically from 2007 to whatever every map that's been created.

Um, I believe I know we did an overlay map because it was asked for.

Um, so I will dig all of these items up and scan what I have because I have been I wish I was a digital pack rat, but it's in a box, but I have it, and I've and I know I have it because I wouldn't throw it away.

Um so and I will just scan all that stuff in to you, and so you can at least have the file, and then we can kind of work from that historical um documents because there's several maps.

Um I think there's like four or five maps where we try to do some overlay so we can get a sense of what's what um so it'll be helpful either way, right?

Um I forgot who we asked to do it, but um I will definitely submit that.

And so what we can do for um to close this item out is pretty much to move into we'll close out uh agenda item six saying we'll schedule a retreat, folks will come back with their top three for 2026, also considering what would be the 2027 um legislative need or ask, which could be appropriation policy or policy fix um to make uh assist in a combined uh movement there, and then um we will uh have a further discussion at the next meeting with some additional documentation so everybody kind of has a a kit to kind of work from to think through of what has already been done and kind of uh a visual aids uh to assist in uh evaluating where we are.

Um with that, we can uh close agenda item number six, which kind of speaks to agenda item number seven, which was discussion for uh future agenda items.

So unless there's anything else that you would like to add for future agenda items other than what we said on number six, this will be the time to just add what do you think you would like to put in for future agenda item?

Or I think the retreat is probably enough.

I think the retreat is probably enough.

Okay, all right.

So with that, we will go ahead and close agenda item number seven.

And now we are moved uh back to citizen participation.

Is there anyone here um for public comment under agenda item number eight?

Seeing none, we will close agenda item number eight, which is citizen participation, and then we will go to agenda item number nine, which is adjournment.

All in favor of adjourning say aye.

Is there anyone that doesn't want to adjourn?

Say nay.

All right, so we are adjourned.