City of Las Vegas staff, elected officials and residents agree that communicating and working together -- government with citizens -- is a daunting and difficult but necessary process.

City leaders routinely hold neighborhood and town hall meetings in order to solicit opinions from their constituency, and many openly invite the public to contact them directly. But the most prominent factors in this chain of communication are Planning Commission and City Council meetings, held regularly at Las Vegas City Hall's Council Chambers, 400 Stewart Ave.