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Urban Coyotes
13 Second Mailing Address
State of the City AT THE NORTH LAS VEGAS STATE OF THE CITY
At the North Las Vegas State of the City address in January Mayor Lee shared the success stories and paths taken that helped the city transition out of a financial shortfall. When he took office in 2013 the city was $17 million in debt with a 15 level bond drop over the previous decade. At his latest address he highlighted the improving economic outlook for North Las Vegas, the city full funded, fully balanced and wholly solvent. The Mayor described how the council took on the mentality that they had to do whatever needed to be done to revitalize the city. They worked with industry leaders in the streamlining of the permitting and licensing processes, including a self-certification initiative that reduced wait times from 18 weeks to four days. He also referenced 16 legislative changes the city and Governor’s Office of Economic Development pushed through related to addressing needs related to the much-touted
“Our success in North Las Vegas has been because we have not been fearful to try something different.”
In a recent inquiry with the city, the Aliante Master Association was informed that in December the Council voted unanimously to officially accept approximately 150 acres of land from the Bureau of Land Management
Apex Industrial Park. With this “Grownomics” mindset they
Future was felt in his speech, “Faraday Future
directly west of the VA Hospital where the
increased the tax base by making land owners
remains kind of a big disappointment and
vision is to transform the area into a medical
and developers begin development on already
frankly it’s a new dirty F word around the
and research campus, a teaching hospital or
purchased land in addition to lowering the
City hall.” But it did not cast a shadow on the
other healthcare training facility, research and
tax base for companies that are considering
positive growth and the potential projects that
development operations for new medical tech-
relocation into North Las Vegas.
are planned for the city.
nologies, etc. The remaining 495 acres sitting
Despite all the positive and financial
The Mayor touted plans to build up
directly north of the 215 beltway owned by
successes, the disappointment of Faraday
infrastructure near the VA medical hospital.
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