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Council adopts heat‑mitigation plan to amend the city master plan under AB 96
Summary
Acting under state law AB 96, the council adopted a heat‑mitigation element for the 2050 Master Plan to map cooling centers and drinking‑water access, promote cool building practices and expand urban tree canopy, prioritizing hotter neighborhoods including East Las Vegas.
City planners presented a heat‑mitigation plan to comply with Nevada Assembly Bill 96, which requires jurisdictions in Clark and Washoe counties to incorporate cooling‑center access, public drinking water, cool building practices and shade for paved surfaces into their master plans.
Rachel Lewison summarized existing city efforts — library cooling centers, the Courtyard Homeless Resource Center, an urban forestry management plan adopted in late 2025, and a USDA‑funded pilot to plant drought‑tolerant trees on private property in select zip codes — and described mapping that shows East Las Vegas among the city’s hottest neighborhoods. The plan recommends expanding public drinking fountains, adding shade structures and incentivizing cool building practices such as rooftop solar and lighter building colors, and continuing a goal to plant 60,000 trees by 2050 across public and private property.
Councilmembers from wards covering hotter areas expressed strong support, asked for ward‑level coordination of planting efforts and for implementation steps tied to right‑of‑way and public‑works projects. The council voted to adopt the amendment and directed staff to proceed with implementation planning and future ordinance work (for example, a proposed tree ordinance that would add specific requirements for projects).
