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Sep. 01, 2006
By MARK WAITEKennels, Focus Group to face commission scrutinyPVT
The renewal of not only the New Leash on Life temporary kennel permit, but four other Pahrump kennel permits, will be up for approval when the Nye County Commission meets at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday in Tonopah. Pahrump residents who don't want to make the 165-mile trip can participate in the meeting by video-conference from the Pahrump Community Center. Extensions to permits for Henseler and Henseler Veterinary Associates, K-9 Kastle Bed and Bone, the Pahrump Humane Society and Sean Fischer are also being considered. Another hot topic will be an 11:30 a.m. timed item on a bill for adopting a development agreement for the Gateway Master Planned Community proposed by the Focus Group at Highway 160 and Manse Road. Commissioners will also consider bids on the paving of the parking lot at the Amargosa Valley Community Center at 1:30 p.m. The county budgeted $300,000 toward that project among a list to be funded out of Payment Equal Taxes paid by the U.S. Department of Energy for the land value of Yucca Mountain. A list of all the PETT projects for the 2006-07 fiscal year is also up for approval. A bill adopting a development agreement with William Lyon Homes Inc. for the Mountain Falls North subdivision is to be discussed at 2 p.m. In addition, attorney Mark White, who has been hired to negotiate development agreements, has requested a $75,000 increase to his contract. Commissioners will consider either prohibiting the import of solid waste from outside the state or increasing fees for accepting that waste. An environmental review form for the proposed Amargosa Valley swimming pool, a project which was approved for a federal Community Development Block Grant, is up for approval. Bob Gamble and Nye County District I Commissioner Roberta "Midge" Carver would be authorized to attend a fact-finding tour of nuclear waste processing facilities in Japan if commissioners approve. In other Yucca Mountain items, commissioners will consider authorizing BEC Environmental Inc. to complete a public safety cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy. A contract up for approval with the Nevada Environmental Research and Monitoring Institute would authorize NERMI to negotiate a partnership agreement with the DOE. Auto repair facilities could be added to the permitted uses in the light industrial zoning district in Pahrump under a planning item. A resolution modifying fees for planning applications will also be considered. An application to the Nevada Commission on Economic Development for a $500,000 infrastructure grant in Pahrump is up for approval. Commissioners will vote on applying for a Nevada Economic Development Fund grant for a town of Tonopah master plan. An interlocal agreement with Esmeralda County for the Economic Development Authority of Esmeralda and Nye Counties (EDEN) is up for approval. Commissioners will vote on approving a $40,000 Nye County downtown economic development grant to the town of Gabbs. U.S. Bureau of Land Management grants to rural fire departments are up for approval. A date will be set for a public hearing on a bill regulating swimming pools, spas and hot tubs in the Pahrump Regional Planning District. |
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