| 6/1/2021 |
Clark County Board of Commissioners
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Agenda note: DISCUSSION: Commissioner Tick Segerblom expressed appreciation to the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV), the Culinary Academy of Las Vegas (CALV), and the United Education Institute for their participation in recent food pantry events held at UNLV in conjunction with Commissioner Jim Gibson, where 400 boxes of food and Smith’s Food and Drug (Smith’s) gift certificates were distributed; a food pantry was planned for Thursday, June 3, 2021 at the Hollywood Recreation Center with the first 150 people in attendance shall receive a $10 gift certificate to Smith’s; congratulated the Asian-American Pacific Islanders Community Commission (AAPICC) for holding their first event conference, and thanked AAPICC members, Clark County staff, and representatives from Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) and the State of Nevada Governor’s office for their participation.
Commissioner Jim Gibson shared details of the latest well-attended Movie in the Park held Friday, May 28, 2021, at the Silver Bowl Park which included a pop-up vaccination clinic, and expressed appreciation to the Stop Coalition, LVMPD, Community Ambulance, and Parks and Recreation Department staff for their participation; and that the Sunset Park Pickleball Complex had opened approximately one month ago, and despite the 100-plus degree temperatures, people were enjoying the new facility.
Commissioner Justin Jones commented on the success of the recent Vaccines After Dark event held at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign in conjunction with Commissioner Michael Naft, and expressed appreciation to Congresswoman Dina Titus, representatives of Touro University Nevada, and Elvis for their participation; another Vaccines After Dark event was scheduled for June 14, 2021 would be held at and hosted by Area 15; a vaccination event was also scheduled for Saturday, June 5, 2021 in conjunction with the Las Vegas Aviators at the Las Vegas Ballpark; and a pop-up community food pantry was scheduled for Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at the Desert Breeze Recreation Center, where groceries would be distributed free of charge while supplies lasted.
Commissioner Michael Naft advised that the West Flamingo Senior Center would host a farmers market on June 11, 2021, where locally grown fruits and vegetables, and also handmade craft items, would be available; a pop-up vaccination clinic was scheduled on June 10 through June 12, 2021, and also June 17 through June 20, 2021, at Allegiant Stadium, where both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Johnson & Johnson brands of vaccines would be offered, and that additional information could be found on the snhd.org website; and that Commissioner Jim Gibson and Commissioner Naft would attend the grand opening ribbon cutting of the new Las Vegas Convention Center West Hall expansion, which would provide an additional 1.4 million square feet to the facility and included an expanded lobby, the Lobby Spectacular screen which was described as the largest digital screen in any convention and exhibit space in the country, 600,000 square feet of technologically advanced exhibit space, 328,000 square feet of column-free space, and a 14,000 square foot outdoor terrace.
Commissioner William McCurdy shared details on the June 2, 2021 Fix Your Finances Workshop, a workshop on building wealth held in partnership with Commissioner Marilyn Kirkpatrick, which could be attended either virtually or in person, would include tips from a JPMorgan Chase advisor, and topics such as bankruptcy, credit repair, budgeting, debt collection, investing, and financial planning would be discussed; participated in the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) May Mental Health Townhall last month as the opening remarks speaker at the event; the #GetVaxxedNV Back to Life Road to Reopening festival held in partner with Commissioner Michael Naft in the Clark County Government Center amphitheater, where more than 70 people were vaccinated; thanked the CALV for their partnership with the Immigrant Home Foundation for the recent distribution of food boxes to those in need; and commented on the influx of calls regarding the CARES Housing Assistance Program (CHAP) application status, and reminded that all application forms needed to be complete in order to avoid processing delays.
Commissioner Marilyn Kirkpatrick expressed appreciation to the Government Affairs team in Carson City for their hard work, and in remembrance of Memorial Day thanked past and present service men and women for their sacrifices, and advised that there were over 30,000 service personnel in Clark County; acknowledged the Great American Challenge graduates from Grant Bowler Elementary that completed the challenge independently, shared details on the program requirements, and stated that in honor of their accomplishment the graduates received gift cards for the new Criss Angel restaurant and also Criss Angel magic kits; recognized the installation of the sculpture “Absolute Ceiling”, an aviation-themed art piece by Robert Spencer Davidson, located near the gateway to Nellis Air Force Base; advised that an appreciation barbecue was recently held for Real Property Management (RPM) staff for all their efforts at local parks; reiterated the information shared by Commissioner McCurdy on the Fix Your Finances workshop; stated that the current code regarding Clark County auctions dated back to 1960 and was in need of an update, and Business License staff would be engaged in that effort; shared an update on COVID related statistics, that the rate of positivity rate was at 3.9 percent and hospitals were at 73 percent capacity; and advised that approximately 1.16 million first vaccine doses and almost 800,000 total vaccinations had been distributed. | |
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