[0:21] I'd like to call the Lion County Board
of County Commissioners to order. Today
[0:24] is Wednesday, May 13th, 2026,
9:00 a.m. This is a special meeting
[0:30] hearing on the service plan for the
proposed
[0:33] North Lion Power General Improvement
District.
[0:38] All commissioners are in chambers except
for Commissioner Cassinelli, who is
[0:41] online.
[0:46] Please join us with the Pledge of
Allegiance.
[0:48] Commissioner
Hendrix.
[0:53] » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America, and to the
[0:57] republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[1:03] justice for all.
[1:09] » Okay, this brings us to public
participation. No action will be taken
[1:13] on any item until it is properly
agendized. It is anticipated that public
[1:17] participation will be held at this time,
though it may be returned to it anytime
[1:21] during the agenda.
Citizens wishing to speak during public
[1:24] participation are asked to state their
name for the record and will be limited
[1:27] to 3 minutes.
The board will conduct public comment
[1:30] after discussion on each agenda item,
but before the board takes any action.
[1:34] Do we have any
public comment in the room?
[2:11] » Go ahead.
[2:17] » Robin Biggs for the record, citizen of
Yerington, Nevada.
[2:23] I'd like to bring to attention that the
BLM
[2:28] uh
in Carson City,
[2:31] um
[2:36] has been short three people for years.
And now they're uh recently have hired
[2:44] um
[2:47] I I'll
butcher the name. Um Matthew E.
[2:50] McGellity.
He's the field manager, and we haven't
[2:55] had that, and there is uh Lisa Ross,
public affairs specialist
[3:01] at the Carson City office, as well.
And um
[3:05] so uh Kimberly Dow, also known as Kim
Dow, she she uh was the um district
[3:12] manager, but she was working alone.
So, a lot of this BLM land that was sold
[3:19] um and things that are going on are
really uh in ja- it it it's it's a shame
[3:27] with the mega solar panels and
everything that's happened it um
[3:33] within um
Kimberly Dow's
[3:37] uh area of
[3:40] of being able to, you know,
to sell this land and do things um
[3:46] is
way out of line because these other
[3:50] individuals were not on staff.
And we also didn't have a
[3:55] uh
Nevada uh uh
[4:01] Sorry.
[4:08] The the the the general uh
the Nevada well
[4:25] engineer, the state engineer.
Um and then the uh
[4:31] we didn't have we and we didn't have the
other uh individuals that I mentioned uh
[4:37] yesterday uh
that were uh um in and out and were
[4:42] temporary and um that's uh vis-
Vision
[4:46] Gunderson Cruz and um he's with the
natural resource conservation
[4:52] uh
and he's the executive director also for
[4:56] the Nevada Association of Counties.
Um
[5:01] and uh we didn't have uh
[5:09] We didn't We didn't have Joe Capacero
Capacero the state engineer was also
[5:18] um vacant and interim people that were
um not
[5:23] up to speed on what was going on. So, we
were kind in a lull and Governor
[5:28] Lombardo had fired the one fella.
>> Okay, thank you. Your
[5:32] time is up.
Thank you.
[5:37] Is there any other public comment in the
room?
[5:41] Is there any online?
[5:45] Seeing none, I'll bring you back to the
board.
[5:48] Number four, for possible action, review
and adoption of the agenda.
[5:55] Do we have any public comment on the
agenda?
[6:00] Seeing none, bring back for motion.
>> Make a motion to approve the agenda as
[6:03] presented.
>> Second.
[6:05] » Motion by Commissioner Jacobson, second
by Commissioner Hendricks. Those in
[6:09] favor say I.
>> I.
[6:10] » I.
>> Motion passes 5-0.
[6:14] Bring this to uh the county manager.
5A, time certain 9:00 a.m. for possible
[6:20] action, public hearing on the service
plan for the proposed North Linn
[6:24] Power General Improvement District.
The public hearing will include a
[6:27] presentation on the service plan, public
hearing comment, and the board may
[6:31] approve, conditionally approve, or deny
the service plan for the proposed
[6:35] district.
County Manager Andrew Askin.
[6:38] » Good morning. Andrew Askin, Linn County
Manager, for the record. Um if just a
[6:43] second, we'll get the um
get the PowerPoint up. Just to start
[6:47] off, uh um
I I didn't include a lot of the
[6:50] background information in the
presentation just because this board has
[6:53] heard uh
all of this and been a part of this
[6:56] process for the last year, um and so I
didn't feel that we needed to do that,
[7:02] but if there are any questions about the
process or how we got there, I'd be
[7:05] happy to um
happy to explain it. Next slide, please.
[7:09] So, um this is just kind of following up
Actually, I meant to take this slide
[7:14] out, too. But,
on May 15th of last year, the board
[7:18] approved a resolution to initiate the
formation of the North Linn Power um
[7:23] General Improvement District.
Um and we have been conducting due
[7:27] diligence ever since. The next step in
that process is to approve the service
[7:31] plan.
Um and so
[7:37] there are a few requirements
um in laid out in ORS 308 that uh
[7:44] um the service plan must have it must
have a financial survey and a
[7:47] preliminary engineering architectural
survey showing how the proposed services
[7:51] are to be provided and financed.
A map of the proposed district
[7:55] boundaries, an estimate of the
population and assessed valuation of the
[7:59] proposed district, description of the
facilities to be constructed and the
[8:03] standards of such construction,
description of the services to be
[8:06] provided by the district and an estimate
of the cost including the cost of
[8:10] acquiring land, engineering services,
legal services, proposed indebtedness,
[8:14] and any other proposed bonds and any
other securities to be issued, annual
[8:18] operation and maintenance expenses, and
other major expenses related to the
[8:23] formation and operation of the district.
Um,
[8:25] um,
all of those elements have been included
[8:29] in the service plan that is presented
before you today and and was included as
[8:34] backup in the packet.
[8:38] Um,
so, approval of the service plan, as I
[8:41] mentioned before, is required before the
formation of the district. The service
[8:45] plan is incorporated by reference in the
organizing ordinance. Uh,
[8:49] um,
the facility services and financial
[8:53] arrangements of the district's district
has to conform to the approved service
[8:58] plan. So,
um,
[9:01] the district cannot deviate
substantially from what is in the
[9:04] service plan, which means that at some
point it probably will have to be
[9:07] modified um, you know, as this project
gets further down the road, but uh um,
[9:13] for now we feel that the service plan
that is presented today is a good
[9:16] starting point and will um, help kick
things off.
[9:25] Just wanted to touch a little bit on the
process for the service plan. It's been
[9:29] uh kind of a long road.
Uh,
[9:31] we uh worked with the developer to draft
the service plan. Actually, I think they
[9:35] did the heavy lift on the first draft
and then we went through it as staff and
[9:39] uh um,
made some edits and changed some stuff
[9:42] in the service plan to conform with
state law.
[9:45] Um
and then we began this process. So
[9:50] the service plan was filed with the
clerk 10 days prior to a Board of County
[9:54] Commissioners meeting which we
then agendized for the Board of County
[9:58] Commissioners meeting to set this
hearing today.
[10:01] Um
that had to be done within 30 days. So
[10:05] we had to do written and legal notice
and provide notice to the public. That
[10:09] was completed.
We had to put it in three separate
[10:12] newspapers three different times
in order to to do legal notice on this.
[10:19] Um
the service plan had to be delivered to
[10:22] the planning commission. I made a
presentation to the planning commission
[10:25] yesterday and they appointed me as the
representative to make a recommendation
[10:29] to you this morning.
Um and then from here
[10:34] depending on the outcome of this
hearing, there's a
[10:38] 20-day period we'll have to notice the
interested parties of the action and
[10:44] then
there's a three-week process after that.
[10:48] A three-week period after that.
So next I'm just going to touch on some
[10:52] of the highlights within the service
plan.
[10:55] Um these are
following kind of those requirements
[10:58] that are
supposed to be in a service plan. Those
[11:01] required areas that are supposed to be
in a service plan. The first is the
[11:05] statutory authority.
It's being created under NRS 308 and
[11:08] 318.
The district boundaries include all of
[11:12] Northern Nevada Industrial Center. You
can see on the map that
[11:16] is included as part of the exhibits.
Northern Nevada Industrial Center is
[11:20] just south of the city of Fernley
city of Fernley.
[11:25] Their city limits up USA Parkway
north of Silver Springs, so.
[11:33] Um the financial survey all
infrastructure uh build out and
[11:37] construction activities will be fully
funded and securitized through private
[11:40] development commitments. The district
will not finance any development
[11:44] activity within the district boundaries,
so.
[11:49] Uh the district's creation meets the
public convenience and necessity
[11:53] requirements of NRS 318.055
subsection 4C1.
[12:01] Uh currently there is no electric
service in in an IC and the district
[12:05] will provide an avenue for such electric
service because creation of the district
[12:09] is anticipated to allow for electric
energy service on a timeline years ahead
[12:14] of any commercially reasonable
alternative creation of the district
[12:17] will serve the public convenience and
necessity.
[12:22] I apologize that this is so small and
the backup it it's a it's a fairly big
[12:27] sheet
but this is the preliminary engineering
[12:30] and architectural survey. The district
is not proposed to own um
[12:37] and operate most of the facilities. So
it's a it's a little bit of a a
[12:41] different scenario that the NRS didn't
necessarily contemplate.
[12:46] Um typically if you were building a
power plant for example, you would have
[12:50] all those engineering reports and
everything but since the district itself
[12:54] is not doing that and contracting that
out there's no need for for those types
[12:58] of plans in the service plan.
Um
[13:02] So this is just kind of a preliminary
layout of of the different facilities.
[13:08] Um again they may change at some point
and we'll bring back a an updated
[13:12] service plan when things are a little
bit more final and stuff like that.
[13:18] Uh population and assessed valuation,
currently there's no residents within
[13:22] the district and the assessed valuation
at the moment is about 1.6 million
[13:28] dollars.
It's projected to be 279 million by
[13:31] 2031.
Obviously, that is dependent on
[13:36] attracting some development in the area.
But, that is the the current projection.
[13:44] The economic soundness and feasibility,
the proposed district is economically
[13:48] sound and financially feasible based
upon demand for electric service, the
[13:52] proposed privately financed service
model secured and executed through
[13:56] enforceable contractual arrangements
sufficient to support the development,
[14:01] operation, and maintenance of the
proposed facilities.
[14:04] So,
electric infrastructure will be
[14:07] constructed only when required and
financed by the beneficial user of that
[14:13] infrastructure through long-term energy
supply agreements. So, the district is
[14:17] not going to pre-act proactively build
this. They'll have to have um
[14:22] agreements in place prior to
construction of any any facilities. And
[14:27] when I say the district,
I am also talking in in those terms as a
[14:33] part of that third-party uh
provider. So, the contractor for the the
[14:40] power generation,
um they're they're not going to build
[14:43] anything until after
uh agreements are in place as well.
[14:48] Um
the beneficial users of infrastructure
[14:52] will be evaluated for creditworthiness
prior to execution of any such agreement
[14:56] and may be required to post financial
security instruments to cover all the
[15:00] costs.
[15:03] And the district's facilities and
operations will be financed I've already
[15:06] covered this, but will be financed
entirely through private capital
[15:09] provided by primary generation partners
and other development partners. No ad
[15:14] valorem taxes, general obligation debt,
or financial support from Line County or
[15:18] any other governmental entity will be
required.
[15:23] This next slide is the findings for
service plan
[15:27] and NRS it's written a little bit
different in that these are the findings
[15:30] for denial of the service plan and so
you have kind of have to think about
[15:34] them backwards a little bit.
But it says each
[15:37] Board of County Commissioners may
disapprove the service plan of a
[15:41] proposed special district upon
satisfactory evidence that A, there is
[15:45] insufficient existing and projected need
for the organized service in the area to
[15:50] be serviced by the proposed district. B,
the existing service in the area to be
[15:54] served by the proposed district is
adequate for present and projected
[15:58] needs.
C, adequate service is or will be
[16:01] available to the area through municipal
annexation by other existing municipal
[16:07] or quasi municipal corporations within a
reasonable time and on a comparable
[16:12] basis.
D, the proposed special district is
[16:16] incapable of providing economic and
sufficient service to the area within
[16:21] its proposed boundaries. E, the area to
be included in the proposed district
[16:25] does not have or will not have the
financial ability to discharge the
[16:29] proposed indebtedness, other securities,
or other obligations to be incurred or
[16:35] on a reasonable basis.
F, the facility is
[16:41] facility and service standards of the
proposed district are incompatible with
[16:45] the facility and service standards of
adjacent municipalities and special
[16:49] districts or G, the proposed district is
being formed for the primary purpose of
[16:54] financing the cost of developing private
property.
[16:57] Um
each of these is covered at some point
[17:00] in that service plan.
I do want to also point out that that
[17:06] yesterday the Board of the Planning
Commission
[17:09] um
voted
[17:11] to unanimous unanimously there are two
vacancies so it was a 5-0 vote
[17:16] to recommend approval
to the board.
[17:20] I'm I'm happy to answer any questions. I
went through that really fast, but uh
[17:24] » I have one question.
>> Sure. Go ahead, Commissioner Hendrix.
[17:28] » Um
there's a two different maps. Why are
[17:31] they different?
[17:36] » Let me
>> This one's the legal description.
[17:40] And this is
>> Where
[17:45] » Page 24 and 45.
>> This is the areas.
[17:48] » Well, this says district boundary
service territory. That's I'm just
[17:52] wondering why there's a difference.
>> So, I believe I unintentionally
[17:57] included a different version.
>> Okay.
[17:59] » Um which was that So, that larger one
that must have been included with the
[18:04] resolution.
>> No, it's in
[18:08] page 25 of
[18:23] Exhibit A.
[18:36] » Oh, it's not the
It's not the territory.
[18:40] » Okay.
>> This one shows the one in the back
[18:44] in the pamphlet shows them
all their property they own
[18:48] and not just not the service territory,
which is just the Bob's core.
[18:52] » So, I apologize. This is the correct
one. Um the one in my presentation is is
[18:58] not the correct one. Uh I used the wrong
wrong version.
[19:04] » So, the city
>> that is in the filed service plan is the
[19:07] correct correct version.
>> So, it includes the city of Friendly.
[19:10] » There There is a piece of it that would
be within city limits, yes.
[19:19] Yeah, and
just so the board is aware the city of
[19:23] Fernley voted unanimously to approve a
resolution approving
[19:27] the creation of the district. If it's
within
[19:32] 7 miles of
of the city or within the boundaries of
[19:36] the city limits, they have to have to
approve that as well.
[19:42] Any other questions? Commissioner
Jackson.
[19:46] Thanks, chair. Um
[19:49] I think everybody knows my stance on
insurance.
[19:54] I'm not a huge fan of it.
Not that I don't think you should have
[19:58] it, but
in the insurance section on page 16
[20:04] to maintain commercial commercially
reasonable insurance coverage
[20:09] appropriate to their activities.
Commercially reasonable insurance
[20:15] what does that mean? What is uh
[20:20] What are the guidelines on that or
>> Yeah, good morning, Commissioner Bob
[20:24] Sweeten, counsel for the project.
Commissioner, good question.
[20:29] The reason we use the term commercially
reasonable is that the insurance
[20:33] on these types of projects that would
obviously have to have to not only cover
[20:37] potential harm and loss like a typical
policy would, but there could be
[20:40] components related to the way the
projects are financed so that the county
[20:45] doesn't assume any fiscal liability at
all. There could be forms of performance
[20:49] bonds.
I would say the market for these types
[20:53] of large infrastructure facilities are
dynamic including within the energy. So,
[20:58] the forms in which
then the the financial instruments that
[21:02] might be used to cover
build out, but also to restore and
[21:06] protect the county could come from a
variety mechanisms.
[21:10] Uh commercially reasonable in all cases
would mean that the county is in uh
[21:15] completely indemnified from any harm.
And and that is in the another part of
[21:20] the service plan.
>> Okay.
[21:23] Thank you.
I'm sorry.
[21:26] Okay.
Dry
[21:28] bloody nose season.
>> I agree with that.
[21:32] » So, I need some insurance from another
company.
[21:34] » Um
So, with that
[21:37] I I can only imagine that insurance
companies are absolutely dying to get
[21:42] their claws into something like this.
Monitors or
[21:48] besides what is commercially reasonable,
I guess. Is that you as the developer of
[21:54] the
project, is that the county's
[21:56] responsibility?
>> No, yeah. That that would be through the
[21:59] the oversight of the district board,
which at this point it's proposed that
[22:03] that would be the the VCC, which would
be the board. Yeah. So, you would the
[22:08] board would have insight into what those
agreements are and whether or not it is
[22:11] commercially reasonable.
>> Gotcha. All right. Thank you.
[22:18] » Commissioner Akridge.
>> I'm not sure if this is going to be
[22:21] discussed a little later, but on page 36
you have uh very top of the page uh cash
[22:27] investments, accounts receivable net of
allowance for doubtful accounts.
[22:33] I don't know if that was I'm not quite
sure if
[22:37] what are the doubtful
allowance or doubtful account
[22:41] possibilities. Non-payment of
bills, non-payment of
[22:47] » Yeah, that's a county
issue.
[22:58] Yeah, it would be it would be for for
uh, non-payment of
[23:01] » Okay.
[23:05] » Do we have any other questions from the
board?
[23:11] Do we have any public comment?
[23:21] Is there anything added that the
uh, applicants would like to
[23:26] add to it or is it all covered?
>> Uh,
[23:29] No, I gave it back to the record. Thank
you. And uh, your county manager did a
[23:33] excellent job of explaining the
district. Thank you very much.
[23:38] » Okay, bring it back to the board for a
motion.
[23:43] » Oh, I I do have one more thing to add
actually. Um,
[23:48] So, NRS requires that it it be approved
by resolution. So, I did include a
[23:53] resolution
um, as laid back up in your materials.
[23:57] You should have that
um, and
[24:01] it is available for the public.
>> All those resolutions should always be
[24:05] read into the record. Since you
presented it, we'll allow you to read
[24:09] it.
[24:12] » You know,
>> All right, then.
[24:13] I can do that now.
It says,
[24:17] a resolution to approve the service plan
for the North Lyon County Power General
[24:21] Improvement District.
Whereas, the Board of County
[24:24] Commissioners of Lyon County is
authorized and empowered by NRS 318.050
[24:29] and 318.055
to initiate the formation of a district
[24:34] having the
purposes,
[24:38] powers, rights, privileges, and
immunities provided under NRS Chapter
[24:42] 318, which district will serve a public
use and will promote the health, safety,
[24:48] prosperity, security, and general
welfare of the inhabitants of Lyon
[24:52] County and of the state of Nevada.
Whereas, the creation of the North Lyon
[24:57] County Power District and
will allow for the timely development of
[25:01] critical infrastructure, industrial
infrastructure, and job creation serving
[25:05] the broader public interest of Lyon
County and the state of Nevada.
[25:10] Whereas on May 15th, 2025, the Board of
County Commissioners BOCC approved the
[25:15] resolution to initiate the formation of
the North Lyon Power General Improvement
[25:19] District and directed staff to draft a
service plan for the General Improvement
[25:24] District. Whereas the service plan for
the North Lyon County Power District has
[25:28] been attached as an appendix to this
resolution as exhibit A and incorporated
[25:33] herein by reference. And whereas the
Lyon County Planning Commission reviewed
[25:37] the service plan at their May 12th, 2026
meeting and voted to recommend approval
[25:42] of the service plan to the Board of
County Commissioners and appointed the
[25:45] County Manager as their representative
to make a presentation to the Board of
[25:48] County Commissioners. And whereas
the Board of County Commissioners
[25:53] pursuant to NRS 308 has set May 13th,
2026 as the hearing date to review the
[25:59] service plan for the North Lyon Power
General Improvement District. Now,
[26:03] therefore, be it resolved
by the Lyon County Board of
[26:06] Commissioners that the service plan for
the North Lyon County Power District
[26:11] meets the requirements set forth in NRS
308 and is hereby approved.
[26:16] » Um
Commissioner Guysch
[26:18] » Mr. Chair, whereas Chair, it says May
15th.
[26:23] Is it supposed to be May 13th?
>> This was last year.
[26:27] » Oh, gotcha. Okay.
[26:30] So, you're looking for a motion to
approve the
[26:33] » resolution.
>> the resolution.
[26:36] » Yes.
[26:40] » Do we have a motion?
>> I'll do it. Move to approve the
[26:43] resolution to approve the service plan
for the North Lyon County Power General
[26:48] Improvement District as read into the
record.
[26:51] » Second. Motion by Commissioner
Hendricks, second by Commissioner
[26:55] Jacobson.
I already uh called for public comment,
[26:58] but I don't know if you heard this.
So, I'm going to say it one more time
[27:04] before we go to a vote.
[27:13] I went back to public comment for a
second.
[27:16] Cuz I went from
then I asked the presenters to
[27:20] if they had anything, so.
[27:23] Public comment.
>> Robin Diggs for the record.
[27:29] Um
with
[27:31] going back aways, I don't know if this
is appropriate. I think it is talked
[27:35] about the public meeting, everything had
to be done. I'm wondering how many
[27:39] attended that 2025 public meeting and
where it was held.
[27:44] Um
and I understand it can't be answered
[27:47] now, but I'd like to have an answer to
where I would today.
[27:50] It would be held in the same place
this year.
[27:54] Um
unless it can be answered now, I'll wait
[27:58] till after the meeting you can tell me
how many in attendance there were.
[28:06] This
I think that
[28:09] would be important that I would have
been in here.
[28:13] Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[28:17] And is there any public comment online?
[28:23] Okay, let's go to the vote. Those in
favor say I.
[28:26] » I.
[28:29] » I saw John's mouth move, so I'm going to
say 5-0.
[28:35] Motion passed 5-0.
Possible 5B for possible action
[28:39] proposing ordinance initiating the
creation of North Line
[28:42] our general improvement district.
County Manager Andrew Haskins.
[28:47] » Andrew Haskins, Lyon County Manager. So
the process to create a general
[28:50] improvement district is kind of
complicated. It's regulated by two
[28:53] different chapters in the NRS. So you
got chapter 308 and 318. They both work
[28:57] together but they have different
information in them.
[29:01] And so and and honestly we debated on
whether or not there was two ordinances
[29:06] required or not but in reading the
the law it's pretty clear that
[29:11] that there is. And so this is the
initiating ordinance there will be a
[29:16] organizing ordinance or creation
ordinance
[29:19] at a later date. The initiating
ordinance essentially sets the hearing
[29:23] date for the organizing ordinance.
But it also lays out what what the
[29:29] boundaries of the district are, what the
name of the district will be and
[29:35] and
what the what the considerations will be
[29:41] by the board as laid out in the NRS.
I'll read those considerations really
[29:45] quick.
This by the way I so today is it's like
[29:50] a standard ordinance where
today we would be looking for a proposal
[29:54] and then I would be bringing it back for
adoption
[29:57] after we notice it in the newspaper and
all of that.
[30:02] There will
I I already know there's going to have
[30:05] to be one change because as Commissioner
Hendricks pointed out this this is the
[30:08] one that has the wrong map in it. I
apologize I grabbed the wrong map when I
[30:12] did it.
And so the map that was in the service
[30:15] plan
is the correct one so
[30:18] I would ask that if the board chooses to
propose this today that that be part of
[30:23] that that we propose it with that change
with the correct map. And I will double
[30:28] check the legal boundary as well or the
legal description. I believe the legal
[30:31] description matches the map in the
service plan but we will double check on
[30:36] it.
[30:39] So this basically sets the hearing date
for the
[30:43] um
organizing ordinance or the creation
[30:46] ordinance for July 2nd, uh
2026 at 9:00 a.m. here in the commission
[30:51] chambers.
And um
[30:55] it provides information so any person
who owns property which is located
[30:58] within the district may on or before the
date of the hearing listed above protest
[31:03] against the the establishment of the
district in writing.
[31:06] Um
And it provides some information there.
[31:10] And then
um
[31:14] that's it.
[31:17] » Are there any
[31:20] Is there any uh comments from the board?
Is there any public comment?
[31:28] » Chair Keller,
uh Casonelli here. I just had one quick
[31:32] question here, clarification.
Can you hear me?
[31:36] » Yes, go ahead.
>> Um
[31:40] I know we had talked about this um
at one point. I
[31:44] just need a clarification on if at some
point the
[31:49] uh industrial
park
[31:52] expands or uh obtains additional
parcels,
[31:57] what is the process at that point to uh
expand the GID and um
[32:04] I I'm not sure. It I don't see that
addressed in here. I know it just says
[32:10] uh that it it's everything within the
footprint basically of the
[32:14] industrial park, but uh can the
industrial park expand and what's the
[32:19] process on that?
>> An excellent question, Andrew Haskins,
[32:23] Lane County Manager. So, this being just
the initiating ordinance doesn't have to
[32:27] lay out all of that. Actually, I don't
think it's laid out in um the creation
[32:31] ordinance either. It's in NRS. So, it's
like any other district um where the
[32:35] dis- district can vote to um expand
territory.
[32:41] » Okay.
So, going on that, it would be more like
[32:44] a does it have to go to
uh another agency to to be approved?
[32:50] Like on the sewer and the water, we have
to
[32:52] allow people on PUC. Is anything cuz
this isn't this is power.
[32:58] So,
>> You know, I I haven't been through that
[33:01] process um specific to
uh
[33:05] to power district. I don't I don't know
whether anybody has. Um,
[33:09] this is kind of a
new idea within the state. And so,
[33:13] um I'd have to do some research and get
get you an answer. I'm not sure who it
[33:18] would be going to.
>> But again, it doesn't have anything to
[33:20] do with this, right?
>> Sorry. Thank you, Andrew. Uh
[33:25] Commissioner Bob Sweet for the record.
Uh Commissioner, uh very good question.
[33:29] This will not because it is a GID, it
will not be regulated by the PUC and so
[33:33] any expansion, just like this process, I
mean, we we did go to the PUC and
[33:38] discuss it with them to make sure that,
you know, there were no issues or
[33:42] concerns. But there weren't. So, if
there is an expansion, it would be done
[33:47] just like we're creating the district
today. There would be a similar process
[33:52] that as Andrew uh stated is laid out in
statute. We would just come back before
[33:56] the board sitting as the county
commission to
[33:59] get that expansion approved.
>> The only place that I can
[34:02] » The service plan would be amended in
that case. And they just mentioned to
[34:06] me, too. That that would be part of that
process.
[34:09] » Thank you. That answered my question.
Any other questions from the board?
[34:15] Okay. Uh I have public comment, so
we'll go ahead with
[34:19] public comment in the room.
[34:24] » Robin Biggs for the record.
[34:28] I missed the date of when it is. July's
I don't know whether it's was 2nd or
[34:33] 22nd, um and the fact that there's a
discrepancy with the maps, I don't think
[34:39] this should uh
move forward because
[34:43] and and the fact that they amendment
that he wrote into the records, there's
[34:48] a big old stack of them out there,
wasn't uh
[34:52] available to the public and that should
have been read very first and we should
[34:55] have known what this was all about is
really remiss and
[35:01] to me looks like it could be a violation
of uh
[35:07] open meeting law.
[35:10] Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[35:13] The
maps are in there
[35:16] packet. It was just identifying which
one is correct.
[35:20] » Andrew Ruskin, Lone Tree Manor for the
record. Also, the the board is not
[35:24] approving this ordinance today, just to
be clear. It would it just be to propose
[35:27] it and similar to other ordinances in
the past, um changes can be made between
[35:33] uh
the proposal and the adoption if uh if
[35:38] the board requests changes, so we will
just update the map.
[35:43] » Okay, I'll bring it back to the board.
Does anyone want to
[35:46] propose that ordinance?
>> I propose an ordinance initiating the
[35:49] creation of the North Lion Powered
General Improvement District and with
[35:53] the
to be updated with the revised correct
[35:56] maps.
>> I'll second.
[36:00] It's just a proposal, so we don't follow
up that draft or not on it. So, motion
[36:04] has been proposed by uh Commissioner
Hendricks.
[36:07] That brings us to number six,
Commissioner comments. I'll go ahead and
[36:10] start with
Commissioner Hockaday.
[36:13] » No comment.
>> Commissioner Hendricks.
[36:16] » No comment.
>> Commissioner Glantz.
[36:18] » Um yeah, just uh
obviously when we did this
[36:22] year ago or a hundred of them,
um visited the site and then I I go back
[36:28] um just the other day
um
[36:31] and I think it's in a great location.
Doesn't affect any homes.
[36:37] Um so, I think this is a good fit and uh
want to thank our county staff for all
[36:43] the work that I know has gone into this.
Um hours and hours and so, I just want
[36:49] to recognize them for their time and and
energy.
[36:54] » Commissioner Cassinello.
[36:57] » Yeah, I'd just like to echo Commissioner
Jacobson. Uh when we initially talked
[37:01] about this, I I was apprehensive, but um
all the information that's been provided
[37:07] along the way, uh I I I think they
really they did a very good job putting
[37:12] this all together. I just want to thank
everyone that was involved in that
[37:15] process.
[37:20] » And I too is thank staff and thank the
applicants for taking your time and and
[37:25] coming before us.
Looking forward to the
[37:29] the project.
This brings us to our last public uh
[37:32] participation.
Public participation, is there any?
[37:38] » Uh Commissioner Clay Brown for the
record. I just want to thank staff
[37:42] again. Echoing what Commissioner said,
they worked hard on this. We've been
[37:45] working on it since February 2025 with
staff. So, we appreciate all the time
[37:49] put in this into this and then we
appreciate the commissioners listening
[37:53] to us and and uh helping us figure out
something that hasn't been done in over
[37:57] 50 years in the valley. So, we
appreciate you very much. Thank you.
[38:03] » Still on the public comment.
[38:09] » Robin Biggs for the record.
[38:18] I I
I I that there had to be something put
[38:22] in the newspaper for 3 weeks and three
different newspapers for 3 weeks.
[38:30] And
and was that to address the meeting that
[38:34] would be done in Ju- July uh
Well, I guess it will
[38:39] that will be enough time. I'm sorry. I
wasn't I didn't
[38:45] Yeah.
Like it was
[38:50] So, that
there was another item that Oh, yeah.
[39:00] Anyway, I I I I do think that they they
are the um the map of what NV Energy do
[39:06] is doing. It's been asked for them to
have a
[39:10] artificial, you know, map a you know,
satellite map of where all this is
[39:15] going.
What what everything they're doing is
[39:18] going. It's been asked for in here and
they've
[39:22] I've heard it say don't come back till
you have that.
[39:25] And it show everything that's going on
in Fernley, Dayton,
[39:29] you know, you know,
uh
[39:32] city Yerington and Mineral County, all
those solar panels, everything that's
[39:37] going on. We want to see it. We want to
see where that is.
[39:43] Because it is this not being uh
[39:48] It's not being forthcoming. I I They
they keep changing the names of these
[39:52] things. People are so confused. They all
argue there's only one lever going in
[39:57] north of Yerington, but there's that
other one and then we It's all about the
[40:01] water.
Too, you know, it's
[40:04] and they've been told
to provide that by the next meeting and
[40:09] it's not being provided.
People want to see where this is
[40:14] by their product, by their ranches.
Like Henry Morita and different people
[40:20] are wanting to know where this is
happening at.
[40:24] Thank you.
[40:27] » Is there any other public comment in the
room?
[40:31] Any public comment online?
Seeing none, it's 9:40 and we're
[40:35] adjourned.