January 4, 2022

Commissioner Cox

and Sheriff Wehrly were not present at this time.

Commissioner Blundo

talked about the interest in affordable housing and he felt it was an opportunity to bring affordable housing to other parts of the County. He had been approached by a couple different organizations about it. He then advised one of Heidi Fleiss’ macaws was attacked and she was offering a reward for any information.

Commissioner Carbone

said she believed the macaw was attacked by a bobcat. He then advised DAV Chapter 15 would have a veterans extravaganza in March and numerous organizations would be there to assist the veterans.

Mr. Lewis

thought combining with Clark County may result in grants and support from them.

Commissioner Strickland

directed staff to get with the well owners association through Helene Williams and get it going with the American Rescue Plan money.

Commissioner Jabbour

made a motion to nominate Commissioner Carbone; seconded by Commissioner Blundo; 5 yeas. January 4, 2022

Commissioner Carbone

made a motion to appoint Commissioner Blundo as the Vice Chair; seconded by Commissioner Jabbour; 5 yeas.

Commissioner Carbone

assumed the Chair of the Board of County Commissioners.

Commissioner Carbone

said he would like to shorten this agenda item to remove the other boards since the Commission was the governing body of all of the entities listed anyway.

Commissioner Strickland

made a motion to approve, seconded by Commissioner Blundo; 5 yeas. SITTING AS THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TIMED ITEMS

Commissioner Jabbour

said on page 3 of the Treasurer’s report there was a miscellaneous category with a balance of $581 ,690.48. He understood miscellaneous in accounting referred to the general ledger in which small or infrequent transaction amounts were recorded and it could be used as a last resort. He asked for clarification on that because of the very significant amount.

Mr. Prudhont

explained multiple categories were broken down based on different accounts. If a certain amount did not fall under a particular bank account then it was not listed as an adjustment. Each one was broken out by the department or bank account as to adjustments that were trailing entries or money in that needed to be posted to the prior month. Miscellaneous had been a catch all for items used to balance the bank accounts to the financial system.

Commissioner Jabbour

asked Mr. Prudhont to generate a report of what exactly was in the miscellaneous category for the Commissioners.

Commissioner Blundo

asked how much was being put in the sweep account on a monthly basis and if not monthly was a daily sweep being done.

Mr. Prudhont

said they were still using the sweep account and money was swept in or out at the end of each day. Tim Bohannon said he liked the change to align with the NRS. He had been analyzing changes versus average balances and noticed bond proceeds was decreasing. He asked if those balances would be replaced at some point or if it would be a run off. The grants were the same way.

Commissioner Blundo

made a motion to adopt Nye County Bill No. 2021-12 with an effective date of January 24, 2022; seconded by Commissioner Jabbour.

Commissioner Blundo

asked that the exhibits to be attached to the bill. January 4, 2022 11. 10:00 a.m. For Possible Action Public Hearing, discussion and deliberation to adopt, amend and adopt, or reject Nye County Bill No. 2021-12-Cont’d. Sam Merlino said she would attach the exhibits to the ordinance, but she was not sure about those when it was codified. Lorina Dellinger explained new districts and development agreements were not codified since there was no chapter for them.

Commissioner Carbone

said it appeared that somehow procedures were not completely followed to get everything done properly.

Mr. Ostrander

said they retained CivilWise, who was handling all of that. They were working with the Sheriff’s Office on the camera system, which they had inspected twice for security. They were doing everything that they were being told to do by CivilWise. January 4, 2022 12. 10:00 a.m. For Possible Action — — Public Hearing, discussion and deliberation on ETSU-21-84-Cont’d.

Mr. Waggoner

said the only thing he was aware of was they had been in contact with the Sheriff’s Office on the security plan, which he did not think had been finalized yet as not everything had been installed. Once they made application for the license Planning would not accept or present that for a new license to the Board until everything was brought into compliance.

Commissioner Strickland

asked Mr. Ostrander if he had read pages 4 and 5 which talked about the mandatory conditions of approval and was willing to meet those conditions.

Commissioner Carbone

opened the public hearing. Koreen Cordon, CEO of Capella Mortgage Corporation and the managing member of Capella Opportunity Fund, LLC, stated her opposition to the special use permit. She explained her property was one-half of this property. There were two parcels and Terry Fisher owned both parcels for a total of 80 acres. In October, 2019, May Jun Liu and Mr. Fisher entered into an agreement to split the 80 acres down the middle and hired CivilWise to do a lot line adjustment. They were also to split the water rights for a period of 10 years. Ms. Cordon said she ended up foreclosing on the property because Mr. Fisher left to handle some family matters and stopped making payments. She was now the owner of 40 acres owned by Mr. Fisher. Ms. Lui offered to go into business with Ms. Cordon if she was able to obtain a marijuana license. Ms. Corden did her due diligence on Ms. Liu which resulted in the information contained in the back-up. The due diligence revealed Ms. Liu used different names, allegedly operated numerous pump and dump stock schemes, drug trafficking, organized crime ties, and mistreatment of employees.

Commissioner Carbone

said there was none of the back-up being alluded to and asked

Ms. Cordon

to send it to the Commissioners. Pat Minshall said she would like to see the business come in as it meant more money and employees, but she thought it should be tabled until everything was done properly. John Bosta advised the town board approved the project to move forward with the use permit. He thought the items needing correction should be listed by the Planning Director and once those were met by the applicant then the Board should consider the project as a new project.

Commissioner Carbone

closed the public hearing.

Commissioner Blundo

said the last time this applicant was before the Board it was denied and the applicant was given a checklist. One of the things important to him was that the applicant had a State license. Commissioner Blundo said he appreciated the January 4, 2022 12. 10:00 a.m. For Possible Action — — Public Hearing, discussion and deliberation on ETSU-21-84-Cont’d. comments from Ms. Cordon, but that was public comment and not necessarily something that should be part of the back-up. It was a civil issue, not a Commission issue, and a new application was to be considered right now.

Commissioner Carbone

wondered if this was even ready to be in front of the Commission.

Mr. Waggoner

said this was kind of unique as this was an existing structure with a lot of money invested into it. As it was an SUP application, he felt it was his job to provide the Board with information to help them make an educated decision, which was why he gave the history.

Commissioner Blundo

asked Mr. Ostrander if he also acknowledged the special conditions of approval, to which Mr. Ostrander replied yes.

Commissioner Jabbour

said he toured the facility and there was a considerable amount of work that needed to be done. He asked who owned Assessor’s parcel number 049- 041-18.

Mr. Ostrander

said May Jun Liu did. He explained there were hard feelings because Capella was a hard lending company that loaned Terry Fisher money and did not do their due diligence.

Commissioner Strickland

asked if it was apparent that the parcel number read by

Commissioner Jabbour

was in fact in clear title. David Richards from CivilWise Engineering stated that was not a question for him but rather for the title company.

Commissioner Strickland

asked Mr. Richards if he was aware of any other disputes on this property, to which Mr. Richards responded no.

Mr. Waggoner

said in looking at the boundary line adjustment he would be very surprised if this went through the County as the parcel created was completely landlocked with no access to it.

Mr. Ostrander

advised the property had its own distinct address as well as an entrance off of Mahogany.

Commissioner Cox

said she did not understand why the County was requesting someone who owned property in Amargosa, an area outside of the PRPD, to fall within any of the building or zoning requirements that were strictly for the purpose of the PRPD. She felt something was wrong with this and Title 17 needed to be looked at. January 4, 2022 12. 10:00 a.m. For Possible Action — — Public Hearing, discussion and deliberation on ETSU-21-84-Cont’d.

Mr. Waggoner

explained Title 17.06 was a County-wide code specific to marijuana establishments and SUP requirements. It did not matter if it was in or out of the PRPD.

Commissioner Cox

believed the applicant was entitled to have an SUP before he was forced to do anything Mr. Waggoner said should have been done in the past. As to the fire permits and inspections, she asked if the County or the State would do them.

Mr. Waggoner

advised those inspections would be done by the County through the Building Department.

Commissioner Cox

thought the Board legally had no choice but to approve this.

Commissioner Blundo

made a motion to approve ETSU-21-84; seconded by

Commissioner Strickland

; 5 yeas.

Commissioner Carbone

opened and closed the public hearing.

Commissioner Strickland

made a motion to approve conditioned on approval from the Arena Committee at a later date; seconded by Commissioner Blundo.

Commissioner Carbone

asked when the next Arena Committee meeting was.

Commissioner Strickland

said this Thursday at 7:00 p.m., but she did not see that this would be a problem as she had discussed it with the chair.

Commissioner Cox

had concerns about safety. She said a lot of accidents happened at these events and asked if there was fencing at the arena.

Commissioner Strickland

said those fences were meant to keep bulls out. They tried to stay to the center of the arena and the Arena Committee did a good job.

Commissioner Blundo

said one of the pleasurable experiences he had was a trip to Area 5 to see how the low level waste was being maintained.

Commissioner Jabbour

said he sat on the NSSAB as a voting member and

Commissioner Blundo

was the liaison representing Nye County. He told the people listening this was a perfect opportunity for those who had the time, wisdom, knowledge and experience to send an application.

Commissioner Jabbour

asked if she found someone worthy of the position in Pahrump.

Ms. Allen

advised three interviews were scheduled for this week and they all looked like exceptional candidates. SITTING AS THE NYE COUNTY BOARD OF HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS

Commissioner Blundo

assumed the Chair of the Board of Highway Commissioners. January 4, 2022

Commissioner Carbone

made a motion to appoint Commissioner Blundo; seconded by

Commissioner Jabbour

; 5 yeas.

Commissioner Carbone

made a motion to appoint Commissioner Jabbour as the Vice Chair; seconded by Commissioner Strickland; 5 yeas.

Commissioner Cox

asked if the dip in the road further down Deerskin she mentioned had been checked out.

Mr. Boiling

said it was looked at. There was a small sinking and he did not know why. He was still investigating that and once figured out they would address the problem and repair it.

Commissioner Cox

asked if the fence on Roadrunner had been looked into because more burros had been hit.

Mr. Boiling

said they had not addressed it, but they would.

Commissioner Cox

said the cattleguard on Highway 160 and Roadrunner was filled with gravel and needed to be turned over to the highway department unless Public Works wanted to clean it up. She had a request from someone to fix the potholes on Gregory and Unicorn. The street light on the corner of Gamebird and Highway 160 was out and

Commissioner Cox

suggested putting a better light in it also since it was so dark in that area. She then asked if there was a plan for the area on Pahrump Valley between Gamebird and Calvada where the patching was being done to totally repave it because the patching was terrible and made the road rougher. January 4, 2022 18. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation regarding General Road Report by Public Works Director on General Road Maintenance, Gravel Road Maintenance, Asphalt Patching, Weed Mowing and direction regarding public work pro iects-Cont’d.

Mr. Boiling

said there was no plan. They were just discussing it at this point to see what they were going to do.

Commissioner Jabbour

asked if the snow plows were down, to which Mr. Boiling responded yes.

Commissioner Jabbour

said while it was unusual to receive that much snow, it was imperative that all equipment, including snow plows, were fixed. The north was disabled because of all of the snow and due to the lack of equipment it took almost two weeks to get the roads clear. He then mentioned the Tonopah complex and the separation and cracks on both sides of the handicap ramps. Anyone with a wheelchair, crutches or a walker would be very upset because the parking lot was horrible. Pat Minshall said there had been a request for a speed limit on Farm Road between Valley View and Tamarack in Amargosa Valley, but all she saw was cars being counted. The last time it was checked there was speed equipment in two different spots and she was not sure information would be obtained from counting cars going by. Also, the last 400 to 500 feet of Farm Road to the west was down to gravel and Ms. Minshall wondered if it could be chip sealed. Tim Bohannon said the turn off at Manse and Highway 160 needed attention. He thought the arena in Carvers should be graded and maybe a touch of lighting when it got dusk or dark.

Commissioner Carbone

assumed the Chair of the Board of County Commissioners. The Board was in recess until 2:10 p.m. SITTING AS THE NYE COUNTY LICENSING AND LIQUOR BOARD

Sheriff Wehrly

was present and assumed the Chair of the Licensing and Liquor Board.

Sheriff Wehrly

said in the last year a licensing manual was put together interpreting the tasks in the ordinance as well as a policy to document past Board decisions and past practices. She thanked the staff for all of their work.

Commissioner Strickland

made a motion that the Sheriff stay as the Chair to the Licensing and Liquor Board; seconded by Commissioner Carbone; 6 yeas. January 4, 2022

Commissioner Blundo

made a motion to nominate Commissioner Jabbour as the Vice Chair of Licensing and Liquor Board; seconded by Commissioner Cox; 6 yeas.

Commissioner Carbone

assumed the Chair of the Board of County Commissioner. SITTING AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF UNINCORPORATED TOWN OF PAHRUMP

Commissioner Strickland

made a motion to appoint all four to the terms expiring January, 2024; seconded by Commissioner Blundo; 5 yeas. SITTING AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF UNINCORPORATED TOWNS OF BEATTY, GABBS, MANHATTAN, AND RAILROAD VALLEY BEATTY

Commissioner Jabbour

made a motion to accept the State of Nevada Division of Tourism Travel Nevada grant award for the Town of Beatty in the amount of $7,497.00 for the purpose of the Beatty Town Social Media Campaign with a match of $7,497.00, and 2) fund $7,497.00 from 10340 Grants and fund the match amount of $7,497.00 from 24101 Beatty General Fund; seconded by Commissioner Carbone; 5 yeas. January 4, 2022 SITTING AS THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS These are items that Staff recommends for approval. The Board reserves the right to move any consent agenda item to the regular segment of the agenda should issues arise that need to be addressed. Discussion of any item from the Consent Agenda Items that needs review before a decision is made.

Commissioner Blundo

made a motion to approve; seconded by Strickland; 5 yeas. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Commissioner Strickland

directed the Commissioners to the drawing in the back-up, which showed a multitude of parking bumpers. She thought it could be a well used area that was not being used because of those. She talked to Public Works Director Tim DahI in the past about the impact to take them out. She thought a second entrance and exit would be a good idea, but the Town of Pahrump may want to keep that at just one since it was the shooter’s site. Jimmy Martinez advised there were two entrances and exits at the site.

Commissioner Blundo

wondered if Public Works be able to help. He said he had been to the shooter site and Mr. Martinez and his crew did a phenomenal job. Tom Boiling advised there was no easy way to remove those, but he could lend Mr. Martinez a few of the Public Works guys so it got done faster. He mentioned it would also need to be restriped more often if they were allowed to use it.

Commissioner Blundo

suggested the motion state remove the concrete and the rebar with the assistance of Public Works and allow the riders group access to spray the temporary paint. Bill Cams clarified it was permanent paint in little dots which would not stand out.

Commissioner Blundo

also wanted the motion to include a continued liability policy from the VFW riders.

Commissioner Carbone

asked what the proposed schedule was.

Mr. Cams

said they did not have one yet, but they would want to do something quarterly and then ramp up from there. John Prudhont spoke in favor of the Board voting yes on this item. January 4, 2022 30. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to consider a request to permanently modify the Town of Pahrump Fireworks Launch Site parking lot to accommodate the Veterans of Foreign Wars Rider Group (VFWRG) motorcycle training practices by removing approximately 220 affixed cement parking blocks, removing approximately 440 pieces of rebar the parking blocks are connected to, changing the ingress and egress flow of traffic, and painting the asphalt for training purposes as proposed by Bill Cams with the VFWRG-Cont’d. Assessor Sheree Stringer said the group talked about offering training at a future time and she assumed they were talking not just veterans but everyday people too. She asked about the cost involved for the training and if it would be facilitated through the VFW riders group. She was not crazy about moving the blocks because it was done with taxpayer money and would be removed with taxpayer money. If there was a charge Mrs. Stringer asked where that money would go. Bill Cams said at this point they did not anticipate having a charge. If they did it would go toward recouping costs, but they were not looking for any profit. If they hired someone to come up and do some advanced training they would ask for donations. They wanted to avoid getting into commerce and they were still operating as a 501 (c)3. Lorina Dellinger said one more item for the Board to consider was the request from the County’s insurance carrier to enter into an agreement with the group for additional insured status as well as a waiver and hold harmless in favor of the Town of Pahrump.

Commissioner Strickland

made a motion to direct staff to permanently modify the launch site parking lot to accommodate the VFWRG by removing approximately 220 affixed parking blocks and 440 pieces of rebar, and allow the VFWRG to spot mark paint the areas needed to stage; seconded by Commissioner Blundo.

Commissioner Cox

asked why they needed additional insurance if a hold harmless agreement was going to be done.

Commissioner Strickland

explained they wanted to offer the liability insurance.

Mr. Aguiar

, post commander for VFW as well as president of the VFW Riders Group, said the group was already covered under the VFW Riders policy up to $2 million and to add the Town of Pahrump to that would not be a problem.

Mrs. Dellinger

added it would only be required for the dates of their events.

Commissioner Strickland

made a motion to ratify the acceptance of the HAVA grant and fund $677.00 from 10340 Grants Fund; seconded by Commissioner Cox.

Commissioner Blundo

stated election integrity was a critical piece of the equation and he had concerns because it was Dominion.

Mrs. Merlino

said this was not a Dominion issue. This came from the State of Nevada to help everyone have a little more confidence in the system. They worked with Dominion to come up with something to help with the audit.

Commissioner Jabbour

made a motion to appoint Dorothy Bloom to the Railroad Valley Advisory Board to the term expiring January, 2024; seconded by Commissioner Blundo; 5 yeas. January 4, 2022 JUSTICE(S) OF THE PEACE

Commissioner Strickland

made a motion to approve, accept, execute the agreement, fund $40,585.00 from 10340 Grants and $37,356.52 from 10401 Capital Projects; seconded by Commissioner Blundo; 5 yeas.

Commissioner Jabbour

made a motion to ratify County Manager Tim Sutton’s acceptance of the FY22 Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) “Other Federal Assistance” (grant award) through the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) in the amount of $1 999.00 to provide funding for the ZOOM annual license in Pahrump Justice Court with no match required, and 2) fund $1,999.00 from 10340 Grants; seconded by

Commissioner Blundo

; 5 yeas. DISTRICT COURT

Commissioner Blundo

asked if there was a contract previously and if so why this was not taken care of back in 2019. Purchasing and Contracts Administrator Honey Strozzi believed there was a previous contract, but it had not been in place since 2019 because both parties had issues with verbiage and just recently came to an agreement on the terms.

Commissioner Blundo

made a motion to approve, execute and fund $1,307,660.80 from 10340 Grants; seconded by Commissioner Strickland. January 4, 2022 35. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to: 1) Approve, amend and approve, or reject a Professional Services Agreement between Westcare Nevada Inc. and Nye County to provide counseling services, adult drug court team participation, and evaluation of the program; 2) Execute the Agreement; and 3) Fund $1,307660.80 from 10340 Grants-Cont’d.

Commissioner Cox

asked if there were any complaints about this company and Mrs. Strozzi was not aware of any.

Commissioner Blundo

said his concern was only why it took so long for this to come to the Board. He suggested the County Manager set up a time for the Commissioners to look at the facilities.

Commissioner Strickland

made a motion to approve, execute and fund from 10230 Juvenile Probation; seconded by Commissioner Jabbour.

Commissioner Cox

said this had been going on for years and she hated seeing juveniles taken to Clark County since it separated them from their families sometimes for quite a while. She pointed out Clark would make $1,800.00 a day for six juveniles and she thought money could be saved by finding a place to house them in Nye County. She also thought there might be a place in the jail for them after some alterations and would like that considered over the next year.

Commissioner Blundo

was also challenged by incarcerating children in Clark and the burden it put on the family. On the other hand, a change of scenery might help with the rehabilitation. He was concerned about spending a lot of money detaining the juvenile compared to what the County received from the ICE inmate contract, which was almost triple, and he asked if there was a reason for that like an increase in services or specialization since they were minors. Thaddeus Rucker, Chief Parole and Probation Officer, explained the rate of $300.00 per day per juvenile was what it cost Clark County to house for Nye County. There was a contract with Churchill County as well which was also $300.00 per day per kid. The problem with Nye having its own detention center was going to be the cost because up January 4, 2022 36. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to: 1) Approve, amend and approve, or reject an Interlocal Agreement between Clark County on behalf of Department of Juvenile Justice Service (DJJS) and Nye County on behalf of Nye County Juvenile Probation Department to house and detain iuveniles in the amount of $300.00 per day for each juvenile; 2) Execute the Agreement; and 3) Fund from 10230 Juvenile Probation-Cont’d. to a couple weeks ago no beds were being used, but now two were being used. As far as the Nye County Detention Center, the youth had to be within no sight/no sound range of any adult offenders. Since the population varied Mr. Rucker was not sure that would be a viable and consistent option, but he would be willing to explore it. Mr. Rucker said if this contract was not approved and the population in the local detention center not could support the juvenile beds, then they would have no other option as to where the take them and some were unfit to remain in the community. Mr. Rucker then advised for future reference that per statute once the population reached 100,000 the County would be required to have a juvenile detention center.

Commissioner Strickland

made a motion to adopt and deposit the funds into 10607; seconded by Commissioner Blundo. John Prudhont said he did not discuss this with the Comptroller’s Department prior to it becoming a resolution. The agenda item talked about the money from closing the current account with Nevada State Bank being moved to fund 10607, however, the actual resolution discussed putting it there and opening a brand new flexible spending account somewhere else, which he did not understand since Nevada State Bank should work fine. He received an e-mail stating the new provider had their own bank relationship, but he said that should not affect Nye County. Savannah Rucker explained the prior FSA vendor had the County create the bank account and fund with employee contributions and they managed the account. The new FSA provider managed it for the County and the County just sent them the check, which was a lot less work. This was moving the money into the County deposit account. January 4, 2022 37. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to: 1) Adopt, amend and adopt, or reiect Nyc County Resolution No. 2022-01-Cont’d.

Mr. Prudhont

encouraged the Commissioners to have him close the account to keep the banking functions separate from the accounting functions.

Commissioner Carbone

directed Mr. Prudhont to close the account.

Commissioner Jabbour

made a motion to adopt budget transfer of appropriations between functions in the Gabbs Town General Fund 23101; seconded by Commissioner Biundo; 5 yeas. PUBLIC WORKS

Commissioner Strickland

disclosed she had done work for Wulfenstein and they had worked for her, but she had no pecuniary interest in this item. Tom Boiling said the guardrail was designed to meet MUTCD standards to go around the corner coming off of Mount Charleston going onto Dandelion. Bids were sent out to four different companies and two of them responded. Bids were also received from those companies to supply the material for Public Works to do it, which totaled $40,324.07. The lowest most responsible bidder was Wuifenstein in the amount of $29,765.42. Mr. Boiling referred to paragraph 2 in the complete description of corrective actions. Table 2.5 of the Federal Highway Administration barrier guide for low volume and low speed roads indicated this roadside ditch was classified as group one low severity. Due to the existing slope, per section 2.4.3 of the barrier guide the appropriate strategy for group January 4, 2022 39. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to: 1) Discuss the responses received from the solicitation of quotes for the Mount Charleston and Dandelion Guardrail Project; 2) Award the project to Nevada Barricade and Sign Co. Inc. in the amount of $32,866.25 or Wulfenstein Construction in the amount of $29,765.42; 3) Fund from 10205 Road; or 4) Reject bids and direct Public works to construct the guardrail in the amount of $40,324.07-Cont’d. one was accepting the risk and leaving the hazard. Placing these conditions in a clear zone should be avoided and simple, low-cost corrective actions should be done if possible. Mr. Boiling stated the ditch did not meet any MUTCD or Federal Highway Administration standards for a barrier rail.

Commissioner Strickland

confirmed with Mr. Boiling this was not a necessity or a requirement.

Commissioner Blundo

said there had been a substantial amount of complaints there, and

Commissioner Cox

had brought it up several times. There were a lot of safety issues in the area and he did not think the cost was too high.

Commissioner Cox

stated it was obvious Public Works did not want to do the job because they came in at the highest bid and wanted to charge the County to use their trucks. She thought money would be saved by doing it in-house, not that they would charge more. If this was the way they were running all of their projects then someone was putting a lot of money somewhere they should not be. Additionally, none of these were bids, just quotes, and they were very vague. For instance, one quote said the quote was good for five days, which passed a long time ago. The other quote gave 60 days. Also, the rail was extremely long and she just wanted people protected from the corner. As to safety, just a few hundred feet from this about two months ago there was somebody coming around the curve late at night who did not make the curve, rolled their vehicle and was killed, so there was a public issue there. Commissioner Cox’s suggestion was to fill it with rocks, which would still allow for drainage and protect the public. She was also worried about them coming back for change orders considering the list of exclusions in the bids.

Mr. BoIling

did not think that would happen based on what he read.

Commissioner Blundo

made a motion to award the project to Wulfenstein Construction for $29,765.42 and fund from 10205 Roads; seconded by Commissioner Jabbour.

Commissioner Cox

thought the motion should include that no change orders would be allowed.

Commissioner Carbone

pointed out the County might want a change and would need to do a change order so that would lock the County out as well.

Commissioner Cox

said it could be limited to the contractor. January 4, 2022 39. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to: 1) Discuss the responses received from the solicitation of quotes for the Mount Charleston and Dandelion Guardrail Prolect; 2) Award the project to Nevada Barricade and Sign Co. Inc. in the amount of $32,866.25 or Wulfenstein Construction in the amount of $29,765.42; 3) Fund from 10205 Road; or 4) Reject bids and direct Public works to construct the guardrail in the amount of $40,324.07-Cont’d Sam Merlino was not present.

Commissioner Blundo

made a motion to approve, execute the Memorandum of Agreement Modification No. 001 and fund $1.79 million from 10205 Roads; seconded by

Commissioner Strickland

. Tim Bohannon stated his support of the item provided due diligence was completed.

Commissioner Blundo

made a motion to accept the offer of dedication and dedicate as a general County road on the property located at 4031 West Bell Vista Avenue, Pahrump, Nevada; seconded by Commissioner Strickland; 5 yeas. January 4, 2022

Commissioner Blundo

pointed out the item said to reject the maintenance on one portion, but he thought in the future someone would have an issue that would come to the Board. Tom BoIling explained the problem with accepting it was the road had not been developed at all. The standard was if it was not built to the County standards it was not accepted for maintenance, but it was up to the Board.

Commissioner Blundo

made a motion to accept the offer of dedication for road rig ht-of way on North Leslie Street for the property at 1971 West Robin Street, Pahrump, Nevada, dedicating Leslie as a general County road accepting the maintenance, and designating West Robin Street as a minor County road rejecting the maintenance at this time; seconded by Commissioner Strickland; 5 yeas.

Commissioner Blundo

told Tim Sutton he wanted to do some letters from the Board to those individuals who helped with the NFLAP project.

Mr. Sutton

said he should be able to get those done in a week.

Commissioner Jabbour

reminded the electeds that on or before January 15, 2022, they needed to file with the Secretary of State’s Office. He also reminded everyone to spay and neuter their pets. ___________ ___________ ___________ _day_ January 4, 2022

Commissioner Carbone

adjourned the meeting. APPROVED this ATTEST: Of ,2022.

Chair Ny

7Couty Clerk I Deputy Proposal to Conduct a 5-Year Cloud Seeding Program Targeting the Spring Mountains During Winter Submitted to: Private Well Owners Association (a 501c(3) non-profit) P.O. Box 2073 Pahrump, NV 89041 By Desert Research Institute (DRI) Division of Atmospheric Sciences 2215 Raggio Parkway Reno, NV 89512 September 15, 2021 Project Manager: Frank McDonough Phone: (775) 674-7140 E-mail: Frank.McDonough@dri.edu Background ATTACHMENT 1 Cloud seeding is a technology to coax additional precipitation from winter clouds crossing mountainous regions. The goal of cloud seeding is to enhance snowfall and subsequent runoff across the targeted areas. The Desert Research Institute (DRI) has conducted cloud seeding research and operations over high terrain across Nevada and the Sierra Nevada for the past five decades. Detailed evaluations of cloud seeding projects across the West have shown yearly snowfall increases of about 5%-15% over what would have fallen in the absence of cloud seeding. During the very stormy winter of 2018-2019 a cloud seeding program was designed and conducted targeting the Spring Mountains. The analysis from this project showed nearly every storm had periods of cloud seeding conditions and suggested a significant positive effect (increased snowfall) from cloud seeding. A second project was conducted during the below average snowfall winter of 2020-2021, with the seeding operations targeting the only the western slopes of the Spring Mountains (Basin 162). Although the 2020-2021 winter was below normal in terms of snowfall, most of the storms crossing the area had seeding conditions. The estimated increase in snow water equivalent from the Manse Road generator was 3,360 acre-ft. The results of the program compared to the control areas, were more difficult to demonstrate since the entire snowpack melted to bare ground and remained snow free into late December. In addition, there are no snow gauges on the higher elevation locations on west slopes of the Spring Mountain Divide. Nye County Spring Mountains Project The Desert Research Institute’s (DRI) Cloud Seeding Program will operate two remote high- output cloud seeding generators targeting favorable storms impacting Basin 162 within the Spring Mountains during the next S winters. One generator is currently in place at the Manse Road site at the base of the southwestern slopes of the Mountains. A second generator will be sited and installed within Trout Canyon. The Manse Road generator has been shown to successfully target the snowfall regions of the higher terrain. It is estimated that the two generators of this type can produce 6,000 8,000 acre-ft of snow water equivalent (SWE) during a normal southern Nevada winter. A map of the project area is shown in Figure 1. Figure 1. The Spring Mountains seedable terrain shaded light blue-green. The green dots identify locations of project cloud seeding generators. The red arrows show the plume trajectories from the generators, winds from the south through west. Southwest winds are the favored winds direction for Spring Mountain precipitation. Only the western portion of target area (basin 162) will be seeded during this Nye County project. Statement of Work Task 1. Maintenance of the generators Prior to the start of the first year seeding winter, the DRI team will work with Nye County to obtain a new generator site in in Trout Canyon. The program manager and Nyc County personnel will travel to the Trout Canyon area to give a briefing on the project and answer all questions from the local residents. Prior to November 15, 2021 the DRI cloud seeding program’s technicians will make the Manse Road generator fully operational and deliver and install the Trout Canyon generator (Figure 2). The Manse Road generator will be refilled with cloud seeding solution and the Trout Canyon generator will be fully supplied with 70 gallons of cloud seeding solution, nitrogen and arrangements for delivery of propane will be made. The wireless communications accounts will be established, and the generators will be made fully functional with a weather station at the Trout Canyon generator transmitting observations back to DRI hourly. The observations will be available on the DRI Cloud Seeding webpage in real time. This preseason maintenance trip will be repeated for each year of the project. Figure 2 Maintaining the Manse Road DRI cloud seeding generator, Oct 2020. Task 2. Operational Project Starting on November 15 of each year 24/7 weather forecasting and cloud seeding operations will begin. The weather will be monitored, and when favorable cloud seeding conditions move into the area the generators will be remotely started. Notification will be sent to Nye County staff and interested stakeholders when seeding is conducted. The software to operate the equipment can be run from any remote computer. Seeding will be continued until the favorable clouds exit the area. Although the DRI equipment is quite reliable, the generator operations will be regularly monitored with weekly testing during the operational season and any repairs quickly completed. Daily weather monitoring and operations will be continued until the end of the season on March 31 or later if storms are in the forecast. In addition, during the operational period the equipment will be tested weekly and repairs quickly done if necessary. One mid-winter maintenance trip is included in the budget for each year. fully During the mid-season maintenance trip on the first year of the project the DRI team will climb into the target area and collect snow samples. These samples will be analyzed for silver content to confirm that the cloud seeding plume is reaching the target area. Task 3. Post-season analysis and report Following the end of the project the seeding operations, weather and snowfall will be reviewed and a final project presentation will be completed by July 31 of each year. Spring and aquifer observations will be included in the yearly presentation. The project summary will be presented in person to the Nye County Water District at a meeting. Budget The budget for the year one project is presented in Table 1. The total costs for year 1 ($65,000) are larger than the other years due to the travel for the public meeting at Trout Canyon, the installation of the generator, and the snow sampling work. Task 1 is priced at $25,000 and will be completed in November. The majority of the project is Task 2, which lasts 4.5 months and is $30,000. A post season analysis and final project summary will be constructed and presented a District meeting during summer 2022 ($10,000). Two invoices each for $32,500 will be submitted on the dates listed in the Table 1. Each of the following winters will be similar to The costs for each of the five years are presented in Table 2. The cost savings of the final 4 years over year 1 are from the Trout Canyon generator already being in place, and the lack of snow sampling. Invoices will be sent on Jan 1 and April 1 of each year. Table 1. Cost summary the Winter 2021-2022 Spring Mountains Cloud Seeding project Services Work Dates Total Costs Invoice Date Task 1) Preseason Setup: November 2021 $25,000 January 1, 2021 Deliver Trout canyon generator. Establish communication Accounts, Fill generators. Travel to area and present cloud seeding project to residents at Trout canyon. complete any Required Repairs and make generators Operational Task 2) 24/7 Forecasting, November 15, 2021 $30,000 Operations and Equipment thru March 31, 2022 April 1, 2022 Maintenance, travel to generator for repairs and to collect snow samples for silver analysis Task 3) Project Evaluation, June-July 2022 $10,000 chemical analysis of snowfall. and Reporting Total $65,000 Table 2. The yearly cost summary the two generator 5-year Spring Mountains Cloud Seeding project. Year Total Costs Winter 2021-2022 $65,000 Winter 202 2-2023 $55,000 Winter 2023-2024 $55,000 Winter 2024-2025 $55,000 Winter 2025-2026 $55,000 Total $285,000