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December 16, 2005
COMMISSIONERS MEETINGS TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY Senior center on agenda
By PHILLIP GOMEZ
The board convenes at 8:30 a.m. at the Bob Ruud Community Center Tuesday and Wednesday. Wednesday's meeting is given over to planning and zoning issues coming before the board. Timed agenda items scheduled for Tuesday include: • At 10:30 a.m., a public hearing to adopt water conservation standards for the Pahrump Valley. The hearing on the proposed ordinance is carried over from the board's Nov. 16 meeting. • At 11 a.m., a public hearing to add an account in the county's general fund for the acquisition of technology for the county assessor's office, as required by Nevada law. • At 1:30 p.m., a progress report on the nuisance abatement progress by property owners at 2420 W. McMurray Dr. in Pahrump. Previously the board granted a 60-day cleanup period before ordering the county to do the job and attaching a lien to the property for the cost. • At 2 p.m., discussion and possible approval for entering into a contract with Psomas to develop a geographic information system (GIS) program, database and software system for the county. Consent agenda items include the granting of a number of temporary licenses and kennel permits to animal care groups, including the Pahrump Humane Society, Friends of Animals, K-9 Kastle Bed & Bone and Animal Care Center of Pahrump. Commissioners are to discuss and possibly decide on the level of its commitment to developing an ultra-broadband fiber optic ring project with U.S. MetroNets for Pahrump, authorizing the commission chairwoman to draft and sign letters in bringing the project to fruition. The county's month-to-month contract with Ann Barron as director of the county's economic development initiatives is up for review. Barron is currently paid $7,000 per month for her services. Another contract, with Wilbur Smith Associates, also comes before the commission to conduct an evaluation of the socio-economic and engineering impacts of construction of the Caliente Railroad between Caliente and the proposed Yucca Mountain Repository. The recommended funding is $75,000 for the three-month study. In support of the county's oversight program of the Yucca Mountain project, an $18,000 contract with Walt Kuver for three months is up for discussion and possible approval. Timed agenda items for Wednesday's meeting include a developer's dozen projects for warehouses and mixed-use commercial and residential developments. Most of these relate to conforming zone changes for development of several four-plex apartments in the Calvada neighborhood. One zone change request to the Mixed-Use District calls for 242 condominiums to be built on 17 acres between Sloan Street and Simkins Road on Blagg Road. Another zone change request to the General Commercial District, if approved, would allow for the construction of an advertising billboard at 4061 S. Frontage Road, south of Gamebird Road in the Calvada area. Still another conforming zone change application for 80 acres requests a change to the Rural Residential Estates District, one-acre minimum. On property master-planned as low-density residential, between Warren and Corbin streets, south of Adkisson Street, the owner wants to develop 46 one-acre lots as the High Peaks Subdivision. The subdivision would have 12 lots designated as open space. In a re-hearing of a conforming zone change of approximately one acre to the Mixed Use District, located on Mesquite Avenue near its intersection with Jill Avenue, the owner would be enabled to construct a variety of commercial, single-family and multi-family residential projects, if approved. Finally, a public hearing is scheduled on a bill to remove the distance requirements for liquor sales in the General Commercial District and amending said requirement to 200 feet, as well as other matters pertaining to voting procedures on master plan amendments. |
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