Wednesday, April 22, 1998 | 10:06 a.m.
* REGIONAL PLANNING-- The County Commission has given its support to the creation of the Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition. The board Tuesday also told staff to meet with the other jurisdictions involved and negotiate an interlocal agreement to convert the government efficiency committee into the new board. Local officials came up with the plan in response to public pressure do something now to address growth issues, rather than wait until 1999 for the Southern Nevada Strategic Planning Authority to bring its recommendations to the Legislature. The local planning coalition will include a subcommittee to review proposed federal land exchanges.
* PARKING WRONGS-- Don't pay those airport parking tickets and you may be taking a cab on your next trip to McCarran International Airport. The County Commission Tuesday adopted a new ordinance to block people from renewing their vehicle registration if they have outstanding airport parking fines. The ordinance takes effect in two weeks, but enforcement won't begin until the airport develops software to reconvert its data in a format the Department of Motor Vehicles can read and an interlocal agreement is signed.
* WONG CHOICE-- Local businessman Lawrence "Tim" Wong has been appointed to replace Earl Hawkes on the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District Board of Trustees. Wong is president and chief executive officer of Arcata Associates, a locally based high-technology company that provides engineering services and systems manufacturing to government and commercial clients. Hawkes resigned after moving out of the library district last month. The County Commission approved Wong on Tuesday.
* AFFIRMATIVE REACTION-- The county's affirmative action office has been moved under the human resources department, despite some concerns that it could diminish the department's effectiveness. Director George Cotton said the transfer changes reporting requirements that could cause conflicts when human resources employees file complaints. But County Manager Dale Askew, whom Cotton used to report to directly, said the move was just an administrative housekeeping change.
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