Wednesday, March 03, 2004
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Commissioners approve 17 for growth task force

Panel will look at water, transportation, other development issues

Clark County commissioners Tuesday approved the appointment of 17 people to the county's new Community Growth Task Force.

The committee will spend the next year studying growth issues as a whole rather than look separately at concerns such as water, transportation and development. The county received more than 200 applications from those interested in serving on the committee.

"I'm surprised by the amount of interest expressed by the community," Commissioner Rory Reid said.

The committee is composed of members of the general public and experts in the environment, development, business, social services and labor and education and includes:

• Leonard E. Goodall, former president of UNLV and professor emeritus of management and public administration at the university. Goodall will be chairman.

• Sue Allen, president of the citizens group South West Action Network.

• Gabriel Lither, president of Summerlin Residents for Responsible Growth.

• Ann Zorn, long-time community activist who pushed for stronger flood control measures and was on the Air Pollution Hearing Board.

• Jane Feldman, conservation chairwoman of the Southern Nevada Group of the Sierra Club.

• Alan O'Neill, executive director of the Outside Las Vegas Foundation, a nonprofit group that protects and restores natural and archaeological resources.

• Jay Bingham, former Clark County commissioner, developer and vice chairman of the Colorado River Commission

• John Kilduff, president of American Nevada Corp.

• Daniel Van Epp, outgoing president of The Howard Hughes Corp.

• Bill Bible, president of the Nevada Resort Association.

• Steven D. Hill, president of Silver State Materials Corp., a company that produces and sells concrete, sand and gravel.

• Merlinda R. Gallegos, program director for the Chung Ying Tang Foundation, a private organization that focuses on education, public health and civic engagement.

• Frank Richo, director of residential services for Catholic Charities

• Danny Thompson, executive secretary-treasurer of the Nevada State AFL-CIO.

• Guy Hobbs, president of Hobbs, Ong & Associates, which specializes in financial strategies and debt management.

• Ngai Pindell, who earned his law degree from Harvard University and has taught community development clinics.

• Hal Rothman, professor and chairman of UNLV's Department of History.