Existing law requires Carson City, Douglas County, Lyon County, Storey County and Washoe County, in consultation with any cities within each such county, to each prepare a report for submission to each Legislator who represents any portion of one of these counties at the end of each calendar year between July 1, 2019, and December 31, 2022. Each report must identify certain issues relating to the orderly management of growth in those counties and make recommendations regarding such issues. (Chapter 144, Statutes of Nevada 2019, at page 798) This bill extends the meeting and reporting requirements through calendar year 2026 and revises the meeting and reporting requirements.
Specifically, this bill requires, on or before December 1 of each calendar year during the period between July 1, 2023, and December 1, 2026, Carson City, Douglas County, Lyon County, Storey County and Washoe County, in consultation with any cities within each such county, to meet to discuss and identify the positive and negative issues relating to growth in the region that are impacting any such county and prepare a joint report that: (1) identifies certain issues relating to growth in the region; and (2) addresses, without limitation, the areas of conservation, population, land use and development, transportation, and public facilities and services. Each joint report must set forth recommendations that are intended to resolve any negative impact on such issues which have been identified in the joint report.
Additionally, this bill requires during the period between January 1, 2024, and January 1, 2027, certain Legislators and other representatives of each county and city in the region to meet jointly at least twice during each calendar year during the period to identify and discuss the positive and negative issues relating to the orderly management of growth in the region. On or before December 31 of each calendar year during the period, county managers or certain other designees are required to prepare a joint regional report of the issues identified. The joint regional report must also address comprehensively all of the issues identified and recommendations made in the reports prepared by the counties and cities.