[3:20] Yeah, in a minute. Uh, good morning
everybody.
[3:25] The January 21st, 2026 meeting of the
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validation coupon. Before we proceed
[5:54] with the agenda, uh would everyone
please rise for the invocation given by
[6:00] Reverend Wanda Floyd, Love Metropolitan
Community Church, and please remain
[6:05] standing as um the as he Hi, good
morning. Um, as we do the pledge.
[6:13] » Good morning. Let us pray. Gracious God,
we give thanks for those gathered here
[6:17] today called together for such a time as
this. May they be aware of your presence
[6:22] as they speak and listen with intention.
May the work before them promote peace,
[6:27] equity, and the well-being of all who
call this city home. Grant them the
[6:32] grace to listen with open hearts,
respectful spirits, and without
[6:36] judgment. May they remain mindful of the
responsibility entrusted to them,
[6:40] carrying it with humility and care.
Grant clarity of mind, integrity of
[6:44] heart, and a deep commitment to justice
as they deliberate today. May every
[6:50] decision honor the dignity of all who
live in Las Vegas, especially those
[6:54] whose voices are too often unheard.
Let thoughtful dialogue, mutual respect,
[6:59] and a shared commitment to fairness
guide every conversation and choice. May
[7:04] this council's work strengthen our
community and help shape a more just and
[7:08] welcoming city for all. We offer this
prayer in the name of love and all that
[7:13] is holy. Amen.
>> And would you, Reverend lead us in the
[7:17] pledge?
>> Yes.
[7:19] » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
[7:24] republic for which it stands, one
nation,
[7:28] indivisible, liberty and justice for
all.
[7:32] And now I would ask my fellow city
council members to join me for our
[7:36] ceremonials.
[8:22] Good Good morning everybody once again.
Uh this is the ceremonial portion of our
[8:28] council agenda and for our first item I
want to invite our executive director of
[8:33] community development Seth Floyd to join
us
[8:38] Seth.
[applause]
[8:43] Okay. Our employees strive to meet our
values of being kind, committed and
[8:49] smart. and they work to build our
community to make life better. I am so
[8:53] proud to announce that the employee of
the month is Nick Gonzalez. Nick, would
[8:58] you please join us? [applause]
[9:08] Congratulations. [applause]
Nick is a code enforcement officer and
[9:14] he has been with the city since 2016. As
a code enforcement officer, Nick is
[9:20] always out in the community working
closely with the public. Our code
[9:24] enforcement officers are some of the
city employees most in contact with our
[9:29] public. On April 29th, 2025, Nick was
flagged down by a person while on his
[9:37] way to a call. The resident told Nick
that there was an individual nearby who
[9:42] was unconscious. Nick quickly called 911
and then went to check on the individual
[9:47] to see if he could render aid. Nick
found an unconscious individual who was
[9:53] not breathing. Nick immediately began
CPR and was able to revive revive the
[9:59] resident. Las Vegas Fire and Rescue soon
arrived and took over treatment and got
[10:03] the resident to the hospital. Nick
likely saved this individual's life and
[10:08] we want to thank him for his quick
thinking in an emergency situation.
[10:13] » [applause]
[10:19] » Nick, everyone that knows you knows you
maintain a positive attitude and
[10:24] exemplifies our values of kind,
committed, and smart. Nick, thank you
[10:29] for so much for helping a fellow
resident and for being an amazing
[10:34] representative of the city of Las Vegas.
And now I'd like to give Seth an
[10:39] opportunity to say a few words and then
we'll hear from Nick and have a photo.
[10:43] Seth.
>> Thank you, Mayor. Uh Seth Floyd,
[10:46] executive director of community
development. And I see that Nick has a
[10:49] notebook, so I'm assuming he has notes,
so I don't want to steal
[10:55] » We'll see. U But when I first heard this
story, I I'll be I was not surprised
[11:01] that someone in code enforcement would
take the initiative to resolve whatever
[11:05] was in front of them. One thing I
learned when I took over code
[11:07] enforcement is that they're on the front
lines of a lot of things. They see a lot
[11:11] of different issues. They have to go
into people's on people's property. They
[11:15] are the front lines of customer service,
but when there's an emergency, they're
[11:18] also on the front lines of that, too.
And I think what we hope and expect all
[11:22] of our employees to do is that we will
respond and that we'll provide that high
[11:25] level of service like Nick did. Now,
hopefully none of us have to be in that
[11:28] situation very often. Uh, but I'm glad
that Nick responded the way that he did.
[11:31] And like I said, I wasn't surprised. I
want to acknowledge a few people. Would
[11:33] the code enforcement team stand up?
[11:37] » [applause]
[11:42] [applause]
>> and for the council. These are the folks
[11:46] who are out there doing this work uh on
a daily basis. So, I appreciate that.
[11:49] And I know Nick's family is here. Nick
Nick has very good genans, so it's not
[11:53] really a surprise that Nick is in this
role. Nick's mom and dad both were city
[11:56] employees.
>> Awesome.
[11:58] » Uh his dad, what? Public works. Is that
right? Public works. And his mom when I
[12:02] started here was our HR rep for
community development. So, she guided me
[12:05] through my first few uh interviews and
did an outstanding job and retired
[12:09] recently. So, Nick, thank you very much.
Uh you you certainly do embody the the
[12:13] values we have of being kind, committed,
and smart. I know you have a team behind
[12:17] you, but let me turn it over to you and
you can go through your your notebook.
[12:22] » Thank you. [applause] Thank you, Madam
Mayor, and and council.
[12:28] Um, I would just like to start by
thanking God for blessing me with an
[12:32] amazing job where I am able to serve the
community I have called home my entire
[12:36] life. It's been about six and a half
years since I had the honor of standing
[12:40] at this podium to receive this
recognition and I am extremely grateful
[12:44] today to have the opportunity again
because it enables me to share a little
[12:48] bit of what code enforcement does for
the city of Las Vegas.
[12:52] I work alongside a staff of highly
talented individuals who on a daily
[12:56] basis exemplify the city's core values
of being kind, committed, and smart. In
[13:01] these past six and a half years, I have
learned so much. I've built professional
[13:05] relationships internally and externally
across the jurisdiction. And if there is
[13:09] one thing I have found to be constant
and true, it's that code enforcement is
[13:13] a team effort. And without my team, I
can't do my job.
[13:17] Though I was alone that day when someone
needed help, I know that anyone else on
[13:21] my team would have done the same thing.
Because that's what we do at code
[13:24] enforcement. We rise to the occasion. We
adapt. We wear many hats and fill many
[13:29] shoes needed to fulfill the many duties
and obligations we have in order to
[13:33] serve this community. Some days we are a
counselor mediating a civil matter for
[13:39] residents. Some days we are field
inspectors investigating safety hazards
[13:43] and community concerns. and others were
an open ear to listen to a citizen who
[13:47] just wants to share their thoughts and
opinion. And like me that day, we are
[13:51] even emergency medical service for
someone truly in need. I wanted to try
[13:55] and keep this short and so before I
close, I would like to share a quote I
[13:59] came across that continues to resonate
with me every day. This quote is by the
[14:03] famous reformed convict and now
successful actor, philanthropist, and
[14:07] advocate Danny Tjo. Everything good that
has ever happened to me has happened as
[14:12] a direct result of helping someone else.
Thank you to my parents who continue to
[14:16] support and encourage me to grow. Thank
you to the city of Las Vegas for making
[14:20] our home so great. Thank you to my
department of community development.
[14:25] Thank you to my manager, supervisors,
and support staff. And most importantly,
[14:29] thank you to my team of code enforcement
officers. This one's for us. [applause]
[14:35] » Thank you. Could you Where is Oh, why
don't you give it to him?
[14:40] » Okay. Why don't we go up? Oh, okay. Why
don't we come up? Why don't we come and
[14:45] get a picture?
>> Yes. And we want you to have the
[14:48] platform.
[15:22] I used to work at blood pool.
Yeah, we had
[15:28] Would
[15:41] you like to have your home?
[16:07] That's fine. I'll come back here.
[16:16] » Come on over here. We're gonna have to
balance
[16:24] right here.
[16:34] Hey, Nick. Why you got to be so
generous? [laughter]
[16:48] Congratulations.
[applause]
[16:57] Well done.
[17:09] » Okay.
>> Yes.
[17:16] For our final item, it is my pleasure to
recognize a an incredible group that
[17:21] helps so many of our comm community in
our community. Please join me in
[17:26] welcoming the Junior League of Las Vegas
to join us at the podium. [applause]
[17:34] Yeah, give it up. [applause]
The Junior League of Las Vegas together
[17:39] with its with its predecessor, the
Service League of Las Vegas is
[17:44] celebrating 80 years of service to the
Las Vegas community. The organization
[17:50] has been instrumental in founding
numerous nonprofits and in improving the
[17:56] community through the thousands of
volunteer hours contributed by its
[18:01] members. I've known so many Junior
League members and I know how very
[18:06] committed they are to the community and
I'm so very grateful. Junior League of
[18:10] Las Vegas is made up of more than 500
very exciting and diverse women from
[18:16] across the Las Vegas Valley. Some of the
Junior League's many projects include a
[18:20] partnership with the Shannon West
Homeless Youth Center, annual drives for
[18:25] Thanksgiving meals and holiday gifts for
children, and donating thousands of
[18:30] dollars annually to educators through
its education grants program. I want to
[18:36] thank all of you and all of your members
for everything you do for our city, and
[18:41] we'd be very happy to hear a few words.
>> Thank you. Would
[18:48] [applause]
[18:51] you tell everyone?
>> Yes. Thank you so much for having us
[18:55] today. My name is Christina Valardi and
I have the privilege of serving as the
[18:58] president of the Junior League of Las
Vegas. As our wonderful mayor mentioned,
[19:03] we began in 1946 with just a handful of
women and have grown to over 500
[19:08] members, all volunteers. We are an
organization with one part-time employee
[19:13] and everything else that you see happen
is volunteer-driven.
[19:16] Organizations you know and love. Help of
Southern Nevada, Shade Tree Women's
[19:20] Shelter, Ronald McDonald House,
Discovery Children's Museum, all began
[19:24] their lives because somebody in Junior
League saw a problem and decided to do
[19:28] something about it. And we are so
grateful to be continuing that 80-year
[19:32] legacy here in Southern Nevada. So,
thank you so much for having us today.
[19:39] » [applause]
>> I want to thank Miss Levy for reminding
[19:44] me that this is the 80th anniversary.
And it's so
[19:49] impressed by that. I can hardly believe
it. But the reality is I thought after
[19:54] 80 years, you deserve some recognition
from your city council. So, um, at this
[20:00] time, let me give you what do we have to
give them? Nothing.
[20:05] » [laughter]
>> I want I am giving you my grateful
[20:09] appreciation for everything you do. And
if you don't mind joining us at the
[20:13] front of the podium, we'll have a a
wonderful picture to remember this.
[20:22] [laughter]
[20:32] » [laughter]
[20:34] » We're better.
[20:40] [laughter]
[20:49] She got a scooch.
[21:01] » [applause]
[21:08] » our community.
>> I won't be here, but
[21:25] I thought I recognized you.
>> How was your birthday?
[21:29] [laughter]
[21:38] alcohol.
[21:50] This is my last meeting. So
[22:02] » that is pretty amazing.
>> Okay.
[22:14] Oops.
[22:20] » Ah, okay.
[22:31] » We will restart the me reconvene in
about one minute.
[22:38] Are you getting
[22:41] water?
[23:33] Target.
[24:30] quickly go off.
[24:35] » All right.
>> Which would you prefer?
[24:37] » Oh, whatever.
>> Water or room temperature hint. Sweet
[24:40] room temperature. Thank you. Unless you
wanted it.
[24:44] » Okay.
[24:48] Okay.
We are reconvening with agenda item
[24:53] number seven. Public comment during this
portion of the agenda must be limited to
[24:58] matters on the agenda for action. The
amount of time any single speaker is
[25:03] allowed may be limited. All comments
made will be cross reference to those
[25:08] specific items. If anyone submitted a
speaker card or who wishes to speak
[25:13] under this portion of the agenda, please
come to the podium and state your name
[25:17] for the record. This is your opportunity
to address the council, but the council
[25:22] is not able to respond or engage in
dialogue. We will set the time limit at
[25:28] two minutes. Is there anybody wishing to
speak to the city council? Welcome.
[25:37] Hello everybody.
>> Hello.
[25:39] » Happy birthday, Mayor.
>> Thank you.
[25:42] » 75 years young.
>> Hey, you're looking great, young lady.
[25:45] You're looking great.
>> Thank you.
[25:47] » And the great council.
My name is Eric Melzdc, Christ Nimrod.
[25:56] Dr. Martin Luther King had a dream
that his children and all children
[26:05] would be grow up and have um be judged
by the content of their character and
[26:13] not by the color of their skin.
My twin brother Jesus Christ proclaimed
[26:20] in John the 14th chapter the 20th verse
at that day. What day?
[26:29] The day he conquered death and the Roman
cross. Religious people call that day
[26:35] Easter bunny day. I call it victory day.
Christ said, "At that day, you will know
[26:45] that I am in my father, my father in me,
and I in you."
[26:53] As long as religious people do not
worship the God in them,
[27:00] they will continue to judge themselves
by and each other by the color of their
[27:08] skin.
Thank you very much.
[27:11] » Thank you so much. Is there anybody
else? Oh,
[27:15] » go right ahead.
[laughter]
[27:18] » Yeah. Agenda number 22 I'm in pure
agreement with with the construction of
[27:23] the soccer field and the tooth lot and
other amenities.
[27:29] » Save the children.
>> Thank you so much. Is there anybody else
[27:33] that wishes to speak to the council?
Seeing no one, we will move on to item
[27:39] number eight
for possible action. Any items from the
[27:44] 9:30 a.m. session that the council staff
and/or applicant wish to be stricken
[27:49] table, withdrawn, and held in obeyance
to a future meeting may be brought
[27:53] forward and acted upon at this time.
Mayor Prom.
[27:58] Thank you, Mayor. I have several items
to read. Starting now. Number 10.
[28:01] Exercise the first option term to extend
the master services agreement between
[28:04] the city of Las Vegas and the mayor's
fund for life. There's an abance request
[28:08] by uh our deputy city manager newbie
until the February 4th, 2026 city
[28:13] council meeting. Item number 16, parking
lease agreement between KLA Capital
[28:17] Series 7 LLC and the city of Las Vegas,
a 19 space parking lot located at 1127
[28:22] South Casino Boulevard. There's a
request by staff to strike that item.
[28:26] Item number 20, award of contract number
26, MWB149
[28:30] TF, consulting services agreement for
data and evaluation management services
[28:35] recommended to University of Nevada
Reno. There's an obeyance request by the
[28:39] city manager to the February 4th, 2026
city council meeting. Item number
[28:43] 5125-0483
V1 applicant owner is Guadalupe Genoviva
[28:48] Ramirez appeal of the denial by the
planning commission on 0.15 acres at 86
[28:52] Page Street. There's an advance request
to February 18th, 2026 by the applicant
[28:57] and 52A through 52C 25-0335
GPA 1 Z1 SDR1. Applicant is Integrity
[29:04] Concrete LLC. Owner is Coleman Street
LLC on 1.42 acres at southwest corner of
[29:09] Ricky Road and Tom Boulevard. There's a
withdrawal without prejudice request by
[29:13] the applicant. And that will be my
motion.
[29:15] » Thank you so much. Shall we vote on the
motion?
[29:24] Please post.
[29:32] » Is everybody good?
[29:37] » All right. Motion carries. Agenda item
nine for possible action to approve the
[29:43] final minutes by reference of the
December 17, 2025 regular city council
[29:49] meeting. Mayor Pro Cam the Mayor Pro 10.
May I have a motion to approve the
[29:54] minutes?
>> So moved.
[29:55] » Please vote.
[30:04] » Post
[30:14] post.
[30:19] not posting. Are we all uh yays?
>> All right. Motion carries. Thank you so
[30:24] much.
Agenda item number 10.
[30:29] Agenda number items number 10 through 36
are on the consent uh agenda, but items
[30:36] 10 and 20 were held in obeyance to the
February 4th city council meeting and
[30:41] item 16 was stricken. We will also pull
item 36 to be heard with items 37 and
[30:48] 38. The remaining items are considered
to be routine, are recommended for
[30:52] approval by the departments and may be
enacted in one motion. Are there any
[30:57] other items the council wishes to bring
forward?
[31:02] Seeing none, mayor prom. May I have a
motion for the consent agenda for items
[31:07] 11 through 35?
Madame Mayor, move to approve the
[31:12] consent agenda items 11 through 35 with
the exceptions of 10, 16, and 20.
[31:16] » All right, please vote.
Post.
[31:23] Motion carries.
[31:29] Okay.
Agenda item third. Oh, let's see.
[31:36] We will now hear related items 36
through 38 together but act on them
[31:41] separately. Agenda item 36R-6-2026
[31:47] for possible action to approve a
resolution consenting to certain
[31:52] undertakings of the city of Las Vegas
redevelopment agency in connection with
[31:57] the agency reimbursement agreement
between the agency and same page LLC
[32:03] concerning the re reimbursement of the
cost of certain tenant improvements in
[32:09] connection with a retail lease between
the city of Las Vegas and tenant for
[32:14] certain real property located at 70 East
Bonavville Suite 150. It's in the best
[32:20] interest of the public and to be in
compliance with and furtherance of the
[32:24] goals and objectives of the city of Las
Vegas downtown master plan. Agenda item
[32:30] 37, public hearing, regarding the fair
market value lease rate of the city of
[32:36] Las Vegas owned Civic Plaza retail
suites based on a market rent analysis
[32:43] regarding two retail spaces as part of
the downtown Civic Plaza appraisal
[32:49] report November 10th, 2025 conducted by
Southwest Property Consultants, which is
[32:55] in anticipation of leasing the 226
630 square ft located at 70 East
[33:03] Bonavville Avenue, Sweet 150. Agenda
item 38 R-7-2026.
[33:11] Discussion for possible action regarding
a resolution consenting to certain
[33:15] undertakings of the city of Las Vegas in
connection with the retail lease
[33:20] agreement between the city of Las Vegas
and St. Page LLC doing businesses. Boom
[33:26] bang fine food and cocktails concerning
the retail lease located at 70 East
[33:32] Bonavville Avenue, Sweet 150. It's in
the best interest of the public and to
[33:38] be in compliance with in furtherance of
the goals and objectives of the city of
[33:43] Las Vegas downtown master plan. These
items are in the redevelopment area one
[33:48] ward three, Miss Diaz. This is item 37
is a public hearing which I now declare
[33:54] open. Miss Babski.
>> Thank you, mayor, city council members.
[33:57] Dina Babsky, director of economic and
urban development for the city. And with
[34:01] me here today at the podium is Miss
Elliot Abomrad, the current the owner of
[34:05] the original Boom Bang in Henderson.
Welcome.
[34:08] » Thank you.
>> Uh before I go into the presentation,
[34:11] I'm going to read read some of the
accolades that that Miss Abra actually
[34:15] has because it's quite an impressive
list. IA was a finalist on Emmy
[34:20] award-winning series Top Chef. Uh she
was also featured on Top Chef Masters,
[34:25] the Food Network shows 24 and 24, Last
Chef Standing, and Beat Bobby Fle. Very
[34:33] impressive.
>> Congratulations. [laughter]
[34:39] Uh so for your consideration today is a
uh long-term lease with Miss Amabroad
[34:44] for her second location uh Boom Bang
here in downtown Las Vegas.
[34:50] The lease itself is going uh to be for
the retail space in building B, which is
[34:56] our commercial building with our
wonderful tenants like Vegas Chamber,
[34:59] Workforce Connections uh and the
Secretary of State. And so this would be
[35:03] a great addition to the building. The
full the total space is 2,630
[35:08] square feet. Uh it is currently in gray
shell, so there's going to be a lot of
[35:12] tenant improvement buildout required.
The lease term is a 12 12-year lease
[35:17] with two options to renew for five years
each. And the lease value uh overall for
[35:23] the initial 12 years is a little over
$1.5 million. Uh if all approved today,
[35:29] the uh the the construction will start
on the tenant improvements and we would
[35:34] anticipate opening in 2026.
So uh this is the interior floor plan.
[35:40] Um again, this is obviously just
conceptual now, but the the plans uh are
[35:45] already in place and our um Ellia worked
really closely with our public works
[35:50] department. Um I'm going to let her talk
about the actual restaurant.
[35:54] um some of the conceptual uh I guess
visuals for what the place will look
[35:59] like. Uh we're very excited because it's
going to be very upscale uh very warm
[36:04] pallet. Um again, I will let Elliot talk
more about that. This is just for the
[36:08] lease uh consideration itself. And most
importantly, uh what are we going to eat
[36:12] there? Uh there's going to be modern
diner staples, uh classic French bistro
[36:17] cuisine, Mexican cafe culture, but then
again, most importantly, there's going
[36:21] to be a bar there. Uh so they're going
to be wine, beer, uh as well as very
[36:27] exciting bar training program. I would
very much like uh Miss Elliot to talk
[36:31] about that a little bit. Uh and fresh
and sizzly minded crafty cocktails. Um
[36:35] what I wanted to uh go back to is the
reimbur agency reimbursement agreement
[36:40] from the redevelopment meeting. Uh
essentially the redevelopment agency
[36:44] just like we did with all the other
tenants in the building. We are
[36:47] contributing $1 million towards the
construction uh of the tenant
[36:51] improvements. Um, obviously Miss Ellie
is going to be investing a lot more than
[36:55] a million. This is just a portion to
help her uh with some of the costs. Um,
[36:59] and then the $300,000 out of that $1
million is going to be amortized over
[37:05] the lease term and paid back to the
redevelopment agency. I do want to
[37:09] mention that the um the the
reimbursement is what it is. It is. It's
[37:14] reimbursement. So, we're not fronting
the money. Uh, it's going to be as
[37:18] construction costs incur. So with that,
I'm going to back up three slides
[37:22] because it's all about the restaurant
really and let Elliot talk about that.
[37:26] » Okay, welcome.
>> Thank you and thank you so much for
[37:30] considering this project. It is very
exciting for me to be here. It is very
[37:35] exciting for me to have the opportunity
to open here in the city of Las Vegas. I
[37:39] am originally from Mexico City. My
family is Lebanese and I came here years
[37:43] ago an American citizen and I take
religions very seriously. I love being
[37:48] an American and I love this city. I
lived all over the world and there's
[37:51] something about Las Vegas that since I
came 2006 with the chef of the century
[37:56] to open his restaurants at the MGM
Grand, something happened in this city
[38:00] and and it's a city that I feel is to
serve others. That's what that what hit
[38:06] me. We're here to make people happy, to
entertain them. People already come here
[38:11] with an expectation to have fun and here
we are just to be like here it is. So,
[38:16] it's been a pleasure for me as as
[clears throat] a chef to have the
[38:19] opportunity to be a chef in this city.
We have the availability of fish, meat,
[38:25] produce, everything is just so magical
as a chef. Everything's here. And I like
[38:30] to believe that us chefs, we're just the
middle point be between like the raw
[38:35] nature and the dish, right? It's not
about us. First of all, it's about the
[38:39] guest and it's about the product. So,
we're just there to be the middleman to
[38:42] enhance it and to serve you, right?
We're in a position of service and
[38:46] that's the most important thing that I
believe as a chef. We're not
[38:49] celebrities. It's not about us. It's
about you the guest and making us making
[38:52] you happy. So, um I've had other
restaurants, but Boom Bankang, it's been
[38:57] my main uh success. Boom. Fine foods and
cocktails in Henderson, we do very well.
[39:03] We serve our community. It's a I would
like to call it an American brasserie.
[39:08] So, it's not ultra fine dining, but it's
also not a diner, right? Like you can
[39:12] have anything from corn dogs to pizza to
a beautiful short rib caviar. We have it
[39:19] all. And our prices are really avail
it's it's there's a little bit for
[39:24] everyone. We have we're known for our
happy hour. We're in the best happy
[39:29] hours all over. Honestly, we've been
very lucky. We've been in every major
[39:33] [clears throat] publication as top 14
beautiful restaurants, best five chefs
[39:38] in Nevada. It's it's just been a
blessing from God. But I believe it's
[39:42] because me and my team are focused
[clears throat]
[39:45] in serving, right? It's about you, the
guest. So this the the project here in
[39:52] downtown is I like to think of Boom Bang
Henderson like the woman. This will be a
[39:56] male the like, you know, I always like
to feel like the restaurant has to be
[40:00] there's something about it. So it's
going to be a little bit more masculine.
[40:06] Um super welcoming. Big big bar. We have
a craft cocktail program that uh my
[40:11] friend Julian put in place. He's the one
of the top five mixologists in the
[40:16] country. And my bartenders have just
carried on everything they've learned.
[40:20] And like I said, we keep on winning
awards about our cocktails, our service,
[40:24] our happy hour. So, it's going to be a
heavy, beautiful craft cocktail program.
[40:29] We juice everything in house at Boom
Bang. Nothing comes from a bottle. Every
[40:33] single fruit, everything that's used is
juiced. Um, also my food, it's all
[40:38] around um, grass-fed, antibiotic free,
organic, every product, every meat,
[40:44] every protein we serve, it's clean. And
I make sure as a chef that I visit the
[40:50] farm where it comes from. And I make the
trip to I've been to everywhere like
[40:54] River Creek, Iowa, and and I make sure
that it's not just as Logan, but and and
[41:00] some of them don't even have the brand
organic, but they're doing everything.
[41:02] they just can't get the stump because
their fence is missing two inches. So, I
[41:07] do my research as a chef to be
responsible so that I'm supporting the
[41:10] right farmers and the right growers. And
that's what we're serving at Boom
[41:14] Bankang. Everything is made from
scratch. Our bread, our pizza, our
[41:18] sauces, everything's made in house. And
I have had the honor to me, it's really
[41:22] an honor to have the same team that I've
had since day one. I was even audited
[41:27] from the Department of Employment about
it because they say that doesn't exist
[41:30] in the restaurant business. And we do I
have the same team since day one. It's a
[41:34] family. We all work together. And that's
the same thing I want to see here. I
[41:38] wanna I want to build a second family.
So to serve you. Um so like I said,
[41:45] we're going to be open for well I
haven't said this. We're going to be
[41:48] open for lunch and dinner. Um I think my
main goal for now, let's see in the
[41:52] future is lunch because I see all you um
and everything that's around us. So,
[41:58] we'll we'll have different price points,
but I want to have something like I know
[42:02] you guys have an hour to eat. A lot of
people just have 45 minutes. Something
[42:05] like a formula like you get your soup,
mane, and dessert for I don't know $39
[42:10] or maybe less and get it quick in and
out. Thank you. And then maybe
[42:15] » yes, different like price, small menus.
Of course, every other thing will be
[42:20] available. And then like I would like to
open for dinner with a heavier more
[42:26] » masculine
>> decadent [laughter]
[42:29] » decad
>> menu. Um yes. Uh I don't know what else.
[42:34] » No that's plenty. You have really
defined this beautifully and we
[42:38] appreciate it. Is there anybody else
that wishes to speak on this item?
[42:44] Seeing none, I'd like to close the
public meeting. Are there any questions
[42:48] or comments from the council members?
Okay, lovely. Uh, no action is required
[42:55] on item 37. Is there a motion on related
item 36? Councilwoman Diaz.
[43:03] » Thank you, Madame Mayor, and um, welcome
to the city of Las Vegas. We've been
[43:06] hearing through Miss Mapsky about your
exceptional offerings in Henderson and
[43:11] how ecstatic we are that you're bringing
them to the city of Las Vegas. Um, just
[43:16] want to ask you what's the timeline
because, uh, the way you described
[43:21] everything, we could be regulars and
happy hours are going to be so so
[43:26] needed. We just walk across to Civic
Plaza and have our happy hours as a
[43:30] team. But when do you foresee being
fully built out and ready to greet us? I
[43:36] mean, I'm hoping that as soon as it gets
approved and signed, I know there's like
[43:41] a little bit about permits, like for
example, the architect needs to get his
[43:44] stamp, but I I I according to my
contractor, which I've worked with in my
[43:49] other project, so I trust him because
sometimes um I believe we can be done in
[43:54] six to eight months.
>> Okay. So, by the end of the year.
[43:58] » Yes, I'm really hoping that is a great
season to open with a party and New
[44:02] Year's and all that fun stuff. So, but
>> awesome. looking so forward to that and
[44:07] uh hope hoping everything flows. So with
that, I'm going to move to approve
[44:10] agenda item 36.
>> Thank you so much. Please vote.
[44:17] » Post.
Motion carries. Congratulations. We're
[44:22] very excited for you.
>> Excited.
[44:24] » Thank you. Thank you.
>> Item 38 as well, Mayor.
[44:26] » Thank you.
>> Right.
[44:28] » Can I just make the motion?
>> Uh yes. Would you mind making a motion
[44:32] on item 38? to approve agenda item 38.
>> Please vote.
[44:38] Post.
Motion carries.
[44:42] Okay. Thank you so much.
Okay.
[44:48] Agenda item 39
R-
[44:53] 8-2026.
This is a public hearing. The discussion
[44:58] for possible action to approve a
resolution authorizing the issuance of
[45:02] the city's genu general obligation
limited tax various purpose mediumterm
[45:09] bonds series 2026 C not to exceed $10
million that will be used to acquire
[45:16] improve equip operate and maintain
building projects general fund and debt
[45:22] service fund. This affects all wards.
This is a public meeting that I now
[45:26] declare open. Miss Lloyd Leos.
>> Good morning, Mayor and Council. This
[45:32] public hearing is to request the
approval of a resolution author
[45:36] authorizing the issuance of general
obligation medium-term bonds in amount
[45:40] not to exceed $10 million. The purpose
of the bonds is to reimburse the
[45:44] redevelopment agency for their financial
contribution to the Arts District
[45:48] Garage. The Arts District Garage is a
public infrastructure investment with
[45:52] approximately $27.2 2 million
construction is already well underway
[45:58] and once completed the garage will
provide roughly 500 parking spaces along
[46:03] with n over 19,000 square ft of retail
and leasable space to support the
[46:09] growing arts district. Approval of the
resolution will allow the city to
[46:12] proceed with the bond issuance.
Thank you so much. Uh this since this is
[46:18] a public hearing, is there anybody else
wishing to be heard on this item?
[46:24] Seeing none, I will close the public
hearing. Are there any questions or
[46:28] comments from council members?
>> Okay. Is there a motion? Mayor Prom,
[46:36] » move to approve. Thank you.
>> Thank you so much.
[46:39] » Thank you.
>> Please vote.
[46:42] Post.
[46:45] Motion carries.
[46:50] Um, thank you so much. We will now be
pulling forward items 53 through 53B and
[46:57] 58 through 59 C. Before proceeding with
the rest of the agenda,
[47:07] we will now hear items 53 through 54B
and 58 through 59 C together, but act on
[47:15] them separately. Item 53 25-0382
obeyance item on the following land use
[47:24] entitlement project request on 22-77
acres on the northeast corner of
[47:31] Washington Avenue and Las Vegas
Boulevard 53A
[47:36] 25-382-GPA1
[47:40] obeyance item general plan amendment
from PF public facility to H high
[47:46] density City residential 53B
25-3382-
[47:53] Z1 obeyance item reszoning from C-
V Civic to R4 high density residential
[48:02] item 54 25-0383
[48:08] obeyance item on the following land use
entitlement project request on 50.54
[48:14] acres generally bounded by Washington
Avenue, Maryland Parkway, Sagman Street,
[48:20] and Las Vegas Boulevard. Item 54A
25-0383-GPA1
[48:27] obeyance item general plan amendment
from PF public facility to H Highdensity
[48:34] Residential. Item 54B 25-0383-1
[48:41] obeyance item reszoning from CV Civic to
R4 high density residential item 58
[48:49] 25-0539
on the following land use entitlement
[48:54] project request on the 22 uh.77
acres at the northeast corner of
[49:01] Washington Avenue and Las Vegas
Boulevard CV civic zone.
[49:06] 58A25-0539-dir1
[49:11] director's business regarding the
adoption of the Grand Sawyer development
[49:16] agreement between the city of Las Vegas
and Greystone Nevada LLC 58B
[49:23] 25-539-TMP1
[49:27] tenative map Grand Sawyer for a proposed
290 lot single family residential
[49:33] subdivision item 59 25-0540
on the following land use entitlement
[49:40] project request on 50.57
acres generally bounded [clears throat]
[49:45] by Washington Avenue, Maryland Parkway,
Sagman Street and Las Vegas Boulevard CV
[49:51] civic zone
59A 25-0540
[49:57] DIIR1 Director's business regarding the
adoption of the Cachman Development
[50:03] Agreement between the City of Las Vegas
and Greystone Nevada LLC.
[50:08] Agenda item 59B
25-0540-BAC1
[50:16] vacation petition to vacate portions of
the rightway Harris Avenue and Maryland
[50:21] Parkway and 59
C 25-0540-TMP1
[50:30] tenative map cachment for a proposed 781
lot single family detached and attached
[50:36] residential subdivision division. The
applicant is Greystone Nevada LLC. The
[50:42] owner for items 53 and 58 is State of
Nevada, Division of State Lands, and the
[50:48] owner for items 54 and 59 is the city of
Las Vegas. The planning commission and
[50:54] staff recommend approval of all of the
land use entitlement projects. These are
[50:59] in Ward Five, Miss Summers Armstrong,
and our public hearings, which I now
[51:04] declare open. Is the applicant present?
I am. Good morning, mayor, members of
[51:09] council. Stephanie Gronower, 1980
Festival Plaza Drive here on behalf of
[51:13] the applicant, Lenar Homes. We're very
excited to be here today with um what we
[51:18] believe to be a hopefully catalyst
project in the downtown area with over a
[51:24] thousand new forale homes for the
residents in that ward and hopefully
[51:28] people who want to move to the downtown
area. The goal is to make these thousand
[51:33] homes um hopefully the most attainable
homes in our valley or at least some of
[51:38] the most attainable homes price
point-wise in our valley. So, we're
[51:42] really excited to present this. Before I
do that though, though, I do want to say
[51:46] some thank yous. Um the councilwoman, we
really appreciate all of her vision and
[51:51] direction for this project. Um, I know
this is near and dear to her heart and
[51:56] going to very much change her her ward.
So, we appreciate her direction and her
[52:01] working with us. Also, Mike Jansen is
your fearless leader who's phenomenal
[52:06] and this project wouldn't have been here
without his vision. So,
[52:09] » we're going to keep him. [laughter]
>> We appreciate we very much appreciate
[52:13] Mike and his staff. Dina Babsky is
amazing. We're continuing to work with
[52:17] her on um some subsequent applications.
You'll see um also the planning
[52:23] department, Seth, Peter and all of their
team, public works, um Joey, Lucian and
[52:28] their team, the fire department, your
city attorney. It's been a real team
[52:32] effort to get to this point, a little
bit over a year, I believe. And so, I
[52:35] just want to very much thank them for um
their recommendation of approval, but
[52:40] also all the work and energy that went
into this project. So, with that said,
[52:44] um just first I want to orient you to
where we're at because this is a real
[52:48] significant um acreage wise uh project.
So, if I could uh just to direct your
[52:54] attention to the overhead. Hopefully,
you can see both of these.
[52:58] There we go.
Maybe just zoom out a little. There we
[53:02] go. Uh on the south portion, this is
what you all know as the foreman former
[53:07] Cachman baseball field. So, this is a
little over 50 acres of property. You
[53:12] can see in yellow it's on the south side
of Washington Avenue on the east side of
[53:16] Las Vegas Boulevard and then Maryland is
to the to the south side of the pro
[53:21] property. I wanted to show you both
because they're across the street from
[53:25] one another. So this is the former Grant
Sawyer property that was used for state
[53:29] office buildings for years and has sat
vacant for quite some time currently
[53:34] owned by the state of Nevada. This is a
little over 22 acres. Um and that is the
[53:39] other portion. So, we're looking at
about 70 acres of land that will be
[53:43] redeveloped and as I mentioned,
hopefully be a catalyst to everything in
[53:47] this area for future things to come. I'm
going to go a little out of order and
[53:51] start with Cashman. Um, it's just a
little bigger project. So, um, for
[53:55] Cashman, both applications are basically
the same. There's a GPA to change it
[54:01] actually that was reduced from the GPA
to high to a GPA to medium. So, I want
[54:06] to make sure that's on the record. Also,
there's a zone change for both
[54:10] properties to R3 zoning. Um, they both
have development agreements attached to
[54:14] them and mostly it's because we really
do have some really unique urban uh
[54:19] product type that needed some specific
development standards and design
[54:24] guidelines. So, those are attached to
the development agreements for both of
[54:26] those properties. And then we've got
tenative maps. So once if hopefully this
[54:31] is approved today, the maps uh will be
ready and LAR will be able to close on
[54:35] the property and then start development.
There's also a vacation application um
[54:40] that sometimes can be of concerns to
neighbors because they think a street is
[54:44] getting vacated. That's not the case. Um
it's just simply there's excess rightway
[54:49] on this area here at Maryland Parkway
and then Harris Boulevard. Um so it's a
[54:54] it's a kind of a cleanup item that
public works and and us worked on. So I
[54:58] just wanted to make sure everyone
understood that application.
[55:02] So for Cashman, this is the concept. I'm
starting with the fun pictures because I
[55:07] think that's the exciting part. So
Cashman has a typo. This is not
[55:11] Cashman's plural and it will not be the
name of the community. It's a concept.
[55:16] Um but certainly a very very cool
concept. You can see here with sort of a
[55:20] mid-century look to the community. This
will be the main entrance point at
[55:24] Washington Avenue where you have a gated
entry both ingress and egress and then
[55:30] you'll see some kind of entry feature
there that will um I'm sure Lenar will
[55:34] come up with something creative to
capture the history and um and
[55:38] significance of this property. You can
see beautiful fencing and gate gated
[55:42] entry that will be there. Something
similar I will show you for Grant Sawyer
[55:47] which the entryways are right across the
street for each other from each other.
[55:50] So, it'll be a really nice uh visual
along Washington.
[55:55] This is the landscape plan for Cachman.
So, you can see I was just referencing
[55:59] that main entry off of Washington.
There's also another gated ingress and
[56:05] egress off of Maryland Parkway. And then
there's an emergency and an exit only um
[56:11] a little bit further west on Maryland.
And there's already a condition in your
[56:15] um backup that allows for that at exit
point for the residents that will be up
[56:20] here in this area along the south.
You'll see in pink here, this is 2.6
[56:25] acres that's going to be reserved for a
future commercial commercial
[56:30] development. we have to parcel it off
and then we will sell it to a commercial
[56:34] developer or maybe your redevelopment
agency if they're interested for
[56:38] something really unique and hopefully
spectacular along Las Vegas Boulevard in
[56:43] between the natural history museum and
the Neon uh park if if they stay there
[56:49] and again hopefully to service the area
from a commercial standpoint. There's
[56:53] obviously a need down there for these
thousand plus homes that are coming as
[56:57] [clears throat] well as the residents
that exist uh in the area today. So
[57:00] that'll be an an exciting component of
this. Also, when you drive in, you'll
[57:06] see the amenity area right when you
drive in. So there's about an acre of
[57:09] open space on this. Um this will have a
pool with some cabanas, a play structure
[57:15] with tots, a really great trail that's
along this fault line, and significant
[57:20] elevation grade. I know you've all been
out to Cashman Field. There's that huge
[57:24] difference in the parking lots. Um and
so that was contemplated in this site
[57:29] plan you can see which will be quite the
exercise for residents to have that
[57:33] trail. Um there there's um four
different product types along the in the
[57:38] property which makes it a really really
great property. But every single unit
[57:43] homeowners will own a plot of land. So
um there are detached and attached town
[57:48] homes within this project. And I'm going
to just quickly walk you through some of
[57:52] the product types because I do think
that's exciting. This uh colored map
[57:56] shows you the four different product
types in their areas. In yellow, this is
[58:01] the uh excuse [clears throat] me, this
is the detached town homes I was
[58:06] referring to. And I'm going to show you
a picture of them quickly just because I
[58:10] I think the elevation is really quite
spectacular. It's going to be on both
[58:15] properties actually. So it'll be on
Cashman as well as Grant Sawyer. These
[58:19] are forale town homes, but they are
detached. You can see this is an urban
[58:23] concept, so they are tight. Um, but they
do have their own properties without
[58:28] sharing a wall with their neighbors. Um,
the way they live and the way these were
[58:32] designed are phenomenal just because
you've got um an option for a nextgen on
[58:37] the bottom floor, which is super
important in our um economy these days.
[58:41] There are parents that are living with
families or children who can't afford to
[58:44] buy homes that are living with families.
So this um floor plan has an option for
[58:49] either a tandem garage. Um so you could
have a threecar garage here or you can
[58:54] have that nextgen suite on the bottom
floor. So really really special product
[58:58] type. The second floor is your living
space with your kitchen, dining, living
[59:03] area. Also an outdoor deck on the second
floor. And then the third floor has your
[59:07] bedrooms and another deck for outdoor
space as well. So um this is anywhere
[59:12] from 1705 to 1945. And again, that's um
this product type that's in yellow
[59:19] around the property and then also across
the street at Grant Sawyer. The other
[59:23] three colors are all traditional town
homes, but they live very differently
[59:28] and uniquely, so people will have lots
of options in this area. Um these uh
[59:33] pink ones are basically kind of like
condos. They live more like condos. They
[59:37] are threelexes.
And this is a rendering of those
[59:41] threelexes. You can see again, three
stories um with front doors. They have
[59:46] twocar garages. All of these products
have two cars or one cars or tandem.
[59:51] There's a whole bunch of options, but we
have lots of parking on the property as
[59:54] well as for visitors.
These are um forplex units in the uh
[1:00:01] yellow
or excuse me, orange. And these um
[1:00:06] forplexes live slightly differently.
They are rear loaded again with the
[1:00:10] front entry points um and more long in
nature. The you can see that the um pink
[1:00:17] is a little bit more of a square that
lives like a condo. The uh orange live a
[1:00:20] little bit longer in nature. And then up
in the corner um you've got five and 10
[1:00:25] plexes. And the councilwoman did ask us
to um make some slight revisions which
[1:00:30] are part of your backup the
architectural elevations. These will
[1:00:33] live like brownstones which if you've
been back east they're really cool. Um,
[1:00:37] so this will be a nice added um, product
type to the area. And we've added
[1:00:42] basically a rod iron stoop, if you will,
for lack of a better word, in front of
[1:00:46] each one of these front doors so that
you can distinguish between the front
[1:00:50] door of each product type. So, um,
that's in your backup and already has
[1:00:55] been provided to staff showing that, um,
amendment that the counciloman asked of
[1:00:59] us. From a parking standpoint, I did
want to just hit on it quickly because
[1:01:03] we do have quite a few parking spaces.
Um, for Cachman, we have 950 parking
[1:01:12] spaces on this property for the 781
units and 169 of those are visitor
[1:01:18] parking. So, we have a lot of parking.
You can see in gray here, we've provided
[1:01:22] parking areas near the park, extra
visitor parking all throughout this
[1:01:26] north or southern area. And then you can
see the little gray dots are basically
[1:01:31] um excess parking, some on the street.
Um, there will be no parking allowed on
[1:01:36] the driveways. There are some five- foot
driveways. And so, I know Peter has
[1:01:39] added a condition that specifically says
in the CCNRs we would have a provision
[1:01:44] that prohibits parking on those five-
foot driveways. But those are all
[1:01:48] pavered driveways. They're really nice
looking, so it'll make the appearance of
[1:01:52] the front of the homes look very, very
nice.
[1:01:56] This is the um circulation plan. So you
can see lots of walkability through the
[1:02:00] site. Hopefully to the future commercial
at some point as well. Um
[1:02:05] and then again the walls. So I think
that is Cashman. I will move on to Grant
[1:02:11] Sawyer.
[1:02:15] So again Grant Sawyer is just across the
street. Um 22 acres the exact same
[1:02:21] applications
um with the exception of the vacation.
[1:02:25] This is the concept for the entry to
Grant Sawyer. This is not the name. It
[1:02:30] will be some name, but again, this is
just to give you a concept of what it
[1:02:34] will look out like. Again, a gated
entryway that'll be very significant off
[1:02:38] of Washington with the amenity about a
halfacre pool, clubhouse, um, and tot
[1:02:45] lot. When I say clubhouse, I mean
cabanas, um, tot area in the center of
[1:02:50] the site right when you pull in.
And then this is the landscape plan.
[1:02:56] There is a secondary entry on Vision
Park Lane. That's the east portion of
[1:03:00] the property. There will be access to
the existing RTC bus stop on Las Vegas
[1:03:05] Boulevard. Pedestrian access here. Um
this is a this lives a little less dense
[1:03:11] than Cachman. There is a mix of those
detached town homes in the center of the
[1:03:16] property as I mentioned and then around
the perimeter you will have a or
[1:03:20] detached single family homes. So,
they'll be two-story homes. So, you'll
[1:03:24] have a difference in elevation there.
Um, those homes are pretty significant
[1:03:27] in size, about 2,00 to 2400 square ft.
Um, detached homes, and it'll just live
[1:03:34] a little bit differently, a little bit
more like a neighborhood, a little bit
[1:03:37] more intense across the street at
Cachman. Um, again, this this shows you
[1:03:44] the difference in the two product types.
The blue are that beautiful uh detached
[1:03:48] town home I showed you earlier and then
the yellow are the single family
[1:03:52] detached homes. The elevations for those
are here. And again, those are different
[1:03:58] sizes and plenty of different options
and elevations for that product type as
[1:04:03] well. So, with that said, I am happy to
answer any questions. This is um as I
[1:04:09] mentioned, really excited to be here.
exciting project should be a huge
[1:04:13] catalyst to the area and we very much
would appreciate your approval.
[1:04:16] » Thank you so much, Miss Grunau. I think
before we have questions, I'm going to
[1:04:20] ask the staff for their report.
>> Thank you, Madam Mayor. Loenstein for
[1:04:25] the record. Uh please note there are
additional backup materials that include
[1:04:29] the justification letter which addresses
the amended request from uh on the
[1:04:34] general plan and resoning for both
projects as well as tenative map sheets
[1:04:37] and building elevations which cover the
rot iron uh fencing on the stoops. Uh
[1:04:42] the proposed changes support the vision
of the 2045 downtown master plan uh and
[1:04:48] will provide some uh future highdensity
residential development in a key
[1:04:51] redevelopment area. The proposed
development agreement conforms with all
[1:04:55] the NRS 278 requirements. Uh through the
proposed development will be consistent
[1:05:00] and compatible with the surrounding area
and would provide much neededed housing
[1:05:03] stock in the Las Vegas downtown. As
such, staff recommends approval of the
[1:05:07] land use entitlements uh with the
following condition amendments. So,
[1:05:11] we'll have to I'll probably revisit this
when we take the motions, but condition
[1:05:15] number three on 25-0539
TMP1, which is item 58B. and condition
[1:05:22] number six of 25-0540-tmp
[1:05:28] which is item 59C to include the
following sentence at the end of the
[1:05:32] paragraph of those respective
conditions. There shall be specific
[1:05:35] reference to the prohibiting of parking
on 5- foot driveways. With that, thank
[1:05:40] you.
>> Thank you so much. Uh does the applicant
[1:05:44] agree to the conditions?
>> Yes. Right.
[1:05:46] » Is there anyone else wishing to be heard
on this item?
[1:05:51] Seeing none, I will close the public
hearing. Are there any questions or
[1:05:55] comments from the council members? Um,
Miss Summers Armstrong, would you care
[1:06:00] to share with us your thoughts?
[1:06:06] I'm really overwhelmed and excited. um
when we knew that we needed to sell
[1:06:12] cashmen um I had such grand hopes and I
think that they are being fulfilled
[1:06:18] today um with this proposal. Um, we know
that we need housing desperately,
[1:06:24] especially affordable and attainable
housing within our community. And I was
[1:06:30] demanding um as I am because I really
want our community, those folks who uh
[1:06:37] need this type of housing to not get
just any old thing that they when they
[1:06:42] when they make that turn onto Washington
and into their community that they know
[1:06:47] that the city of Las Vegas um cared
about what was going to be there, that
[1:06:53] we um had high standards for the
development of this community that their
[1:07:00] lives and the uh lives of their children
and their families that are going to
[1:07:04] grow and enjoy homes there is important
and I'm really really excited that LAR
[1:07:09] was up to the challenge and I thank you
for that. Um I'm just excited. I I think
[1:07:14] that um this is going to really really
change um the trajectory of that
[1:07:19] community there. And I'm looking forward
to um going out into the community and
[1:07:24] talking um to people about this. Um
letting people know that there are home
[1:07:29] ownership options, that there's support
with grants for teachers and and folks
[1:07:35] who have moderate income to be able to
afford to live in this community. and
[1:07:39] we're going to do our best as a city to
make sure that you are safe, that you
[1:07:43] are happy, um that your nearby parks are
nice and clean and that um this is just
[1:07:50] a great place to live and it's happening
in W five and I'm really excited about
[1:07:55] that. So, thank you, mayor.
>> Before I ask for a motion, is there
[1:07:58] anybody else that would like to say a
few words? Yes, Miss Kelly.
[1:08:04] » Thank you, mayor. I too am excited. Um,
as a native Las Vegas, this is
[1:08:10] phenomenal. Uh, I had a a briefing with
Stephanie yesterday, so I got to see
[1:08:16] this in advance and ask a lot of
questions. Very excited. I know that um
[1:08:22] they worked very closely with you many
iterations of uh you put from how it was
[1:08:28] explained to me your heart and soul into
um the layout which I know there's
[1:08:34] there's a much better word for a project
than that but they were talking about
[1:08:38] sightelines and um just so many elements
um and just the product is beautiful. Uh
[1:08:48] I hope that this is phenomenally
successful and a model for uh what we
[1:08:54] can be doing in the city
uh to help with uh housing that
[1:09:00] everybody can access. Um because I think
no matter where you live um it's a it's
[1:09:07] a big deal. But in this particular area,
boy am I glad to see this this
[1:09:12] happening. and it's terrific that this
land and this property in this space
[1:09:17] uh has worked this way. So,
congratulations on getting to this step.
[1:09:22] Thank you.
>> Thank you so much. Anybody else? Okay,
[1:09:27] Miss Diaz.
>> Thank you, mayor. Um it's truly exciting
[1:09:30] to see the revitalization of these two
sites. Um, you know, obviously we were
[1:09:37] all a little bummed when the state
pulled out of Grant Sawyer and were
[1:09:41] worried about what was going to happen
with under activated spaces. And then
[1:09:47] Cashman, we've been chasing whales for a
while. Um, not being able to land
[1:09:52] anything. And I just think housing is an
awesome opportunity for our community.
[1:09:58] um access to first-time home ownership
and um living in an area of town that I
[1:10:04] think is so awesome because it's so
centric. You can get to every part of
[1:10:10] Southern Nevada pretty quick from there.
It's a hop on the freeway going one way
[1:10:15] or the other. And so I think that
there's a lot of value that this project
[1:10:18] is bringing. And it's really close to
ward three. Um on the other side of
[1:10:24] Bruce, on the other side of Bruce starts
my ward. And so it is kind of a
[1:10:29] corridor. Washington is a corridor that
is shared amongst wards and I think I
[1:10:33] drive this past this site many many
times a week. So I'm going to keep a
[1:10:38] close eye on it. Councilwoman Summers
Armstrong um as it goes vertical, but
[1:10:44] super excited um to see this come to
fruition. And thank you.
[1:10:48] » Oh, thank you so much. Um I I too want
to lend my support to this project. I'm
[1:10:54] so excited about it. And for me, it's
it's a little personal. Uh my father was
[1:10:59] a waiter when I was growing up, and we
never had a whole lot of money, but the
[1:11:03] first time that we purchased a home was
when we moved to Las Vegas a few years
[1:11:09] after, and we'd always been apartment uh
dwellers, and that was perfectly fine,
[1:11:14] but my parents wanted something else for
us. And I can we we bought a home near
[1:11:20] Valley High School because I went to
Valley and it was $33,000
[1:11:25] to purchase. It was one of the old um
party home, cinder block homes in that
[1:11:30] area off of Eastern. And it changed our
family's self-image. We owned something.
[1:11:38] We belonged here. We were property
owners and and were part of this
[1:11:43] community. And it made all the
difference in the world. in my family
[1:11:47] psyche that we were no longer dependent
on others for lodging. We had a place of
[1:11:54] our own and I know that uh that will be
something that hundreds of families are
[1:12:00] going to experience in this area and I
am so excited for the future of this
[1:12:06] project but more importantly the future
of the city of Las Vegas and the impact
[1:12:11] it's going to make. So congratulations
and uh thank you Lenar for being a
[1:12:17] visionary in this area. And now I would
like to ask Miss Summers Armstrong for a
[1:12:22] motion for items 53A and 53B.
Did you want to speak? [laughter]
[1:12:29] » No.
>> Oh. Oh, I'm so sorry, Mayor Prom.
[1:12:33] » I'm It's just a request. Uh, and I
mentioned this to to Stephanie as well,
[1:12:37] Miss Cornau, is if if it's at your
discretion, like if there's a way the
[1:12:42] city and LAR could partner um as Cashman
is coming down. There's a lot of us that
[1:12:46] have memories of Cashman and maybe a way
to to kind of celebrate what Cashman
[1:12:50] meant to this community. And also
because of the accessibility of the
[1:12:53] site, it's also very close to W one. I
just want to point that out. [laughter]
[1:12:57] » Is is there a ward that it's not close
to?
[1:13:01] » And Lar would love to do that, by the
way. [laughter] So happy to
[1:13:05] » I just think that it's hilarious the
sibling uh I won't say rivalry but the
[1:13:10] but the the push and pull this is so
important to all of us right and so
[1:13:15] we're looking at this as the hope for
the future for our city and I'm really
[1:13:19] excited and mayor if I may go ahead
>> you may please make this motion
[1:13:24] » all right so do I have to do them
individually uh legal counsel
[1:13:28] » no just you are oh I'm sorry voting um
you are making a motion for uh 53A and
[1:13:35] 53B at this time.
>> Through you, madame mayor, as amended.
[1:13:40] » Thank you, Madame Mayor. Um I move to
approve 53, 53A, and 53B as amended.
[1:13:48] » Thank you so much. Please vote.
[1:13:52] » Post.
[1:14:00] Thank you very much.
>> Thank you very much. Okay. Are we uh
[1:14:05] There we go. Motion passes. And Miss
Summers Armstrong for items 54A and 54B.
[1:14:13] » Through you, Madame Mayor. As amended.
>> As amended. Thank you, Madame Mayor. I
[1:14:18] move to approve item 54, 54A, and 54B as
amended.
[1:14:24] » Please vote.
[1:14:31] post.
[1:14:37] » Okay, motion carries. It did. Okay,
motion carries. And for items 58A and
[1:14:45] 58B, Miss Summers Armstrong.
>> Thank you, Madame Mayor. I move for
[1:14:49] approval of 58
>> as amended. Wait.
[1:14:54] » Amended condition on 58B,
>> please.
[1:14:57] » I move for approval of 58 A and the
amended
[1:15:02] » amended condition number three on item
58B
[1:15:05] » and the amended condition on 58B.
>> Please vote.
[1:15:11] Post.
[1:15:14] » Okay, motion carries.
And lastly, Miss Summers Armstrong for
[1:15:20] items 59A through 59C
as amended, as changed, as conditioned,
[1:15:27] and anything else that Peter says.
>> Item 59 C.
[1:15:31] » Thank you, Madame Mayor. I approve I
move for approval of 59 59A,
[1:15:37] B, and C as amended.
>> Thank you so much. Please vote.
[1:15:44] Post
>> a I excuse me.
[1:15:50] » Motion carries. Thank you so much, Miss
Grunau.
[1:15:53] » Thank you very much and happy birthday
again.
[1:15:55] » Oh, thank you so much. I've been
celebrating for three days now.
[1:15:58] » I know. I love it.
>> I'm exhausted.
[1:16:00] » It's fun.
>> We will now continue with the remainder
[1:16:04] of the agenda starting with item 40.
Yeah.
[1:16:11] » Item uh agenda item 40 recommending
committee bills eligible for adoption at
[1:16:17] this meeting. Councilman Kenudson, would
you like to have the bill read?
[1:16:21] » Yes, ma'am. Bill number 2025-41, an
ordinance to amend LVMC section 6.4.155
[1:16:27] and 6.69.10 10 to update the definitions
of the business license categories
[1:16:31] transportation network company and
reflexology respectively to align with
[1:16:35] state law and provide for other related
matters.
[1:16:37] » Move to approve.
>> Please vote.
[1:16:46] » Okay. I have um any ne any
>> I
[1:16:50] » Okay, we're all [laughter] right. Motion
passes.
[1:16:55] Agenda item 41, bill number 25 2025-42.
Councilman Kudson, would you like to
[1:17:03] have the bill read?
>> Yes, mayor.
[1:17:05] » Bill number 2025-42, an ordinance to
amend LVMC section 6.2.150 to clarify
[1:17:10] the requirement that separate licenses
or permits are needed for each assumed
[1:17:14] or fictitious business name being
utilized by a business and provide for
[1:17:17] other related matters.
>> Move to approve.
[1:17:19] » All those in favor, please say I. I. Any
naysay? Motion passes.
[1:17:25] Agenda item 42, bill number 2026-1.
Uh, Councilman Kudson, would you like to
[1:17:33] have the bill read?
>> Yes, mayor.
[1:17:34] » Bill number 2026-1, an ordinance to
adopt that certain document entitled
[1:17:38] development agreement for Monument Hills
Master Plan Community, including the
[1:17:41] incorporated Monument Hills development
standards and design guidelines,
[1:17:44] Monument Hills Parks Agreement, and
other incorporated elements, and to
[1:17:47] provide further related matters.
>> Move to approve.
[1:17:50] » All those in favor, please say I.
>> I.
[1:17:52] » I. Any opposed?
>> Oh,
[1:17:56] » we'll do it the oldfashioned way. How
about that?
[1:18:00] » Any opposed?
>> Motion carries.
[1:18:04] Agenda item 43.
New bills. Items 43 and 44. Bills 2026-2
[1:18:14] and 2026-3
will be heard at the recommending
[1:18:18] committee meeting on Monday, February
2nd, 2026. City Attorney, will you read
[1:18:24] the new bills?
>> Yes, ma'am. Bill number 2026-2, an
[1:18:27] ordinance to adopt that certain document
entitled development agreement for
[1:18:30] property, formerly known as Cashman,
including the incorporated Cashman site
[1:18:33] development standards and other
incorporated elements, and to provide
[1:18:35] for other related matters. Bill number
2026-3, an ordinance to adopt that
[1:18:40] certain document entitled development
agreement for property, formerly known
[1:18:42] as Grant Sawyer, including the
incorporated Grant Sawyer site
[1:18:45] development standards and other
incorporated elements, and to provide
[1:18:48] for other related matters.
>> Thank you so much. New bills 2026-2
[1:18:53] and 2026-3
are assigned to the February 2nd, 2026
[1:18:59] recommending committee members
Councilman Kenudson and Councilwoman
[1:19:03] Diaz and Pinski. If any so designated
are unable to attend, the clerk's office
[1:19:09] will coordinate finding substitutes as
necessary at my direction. Thank you so
[1:19:15] much. Now, we'll move to agenda item 45.
Items 45 through 48B are on the consent
[1:19:23] agenda, are considered to be routine,
and are recommended for approval by
[1:19:28] Department of Community Development.
Mayor Prom, may I have a motion to
[1:19:32] approve this consent agenda?
>> Move to approve.
[1:19:36] » Although are we are we back on? Okay.
All those in favor, please say I.
[1:19:41] » Opposed. Motion carries.
Okay.
[1:19:48] Add
Oh, I'm on 49. Um,
[1:19:54] » yep. Items number 49 through 50B appear
on the one motion, one vote agenda and
[1:20:01] may be considered in one motion, one
vote as they are routine items with no
[1:20:06] condition changes. If any person
representing an application or a member
[1:20:10] of the public or member of the council
not in agreement with the conditions and
[1:20:15] all standard conditions for the
applications recommended by staff should
[1:20:20] request to have that item removed from
this portion of the agenda. Item 49,
[1:20:26] 25-0497,
applicant owner Missandra
[1:20:31] uh 6701
Delray Apartments LLC on the following
[1:20:36] land use entitlement project request on
9.42 acres at 6701 Delray Avenue and
[1:20:44] 1750 Santa Margarita Street. Um R-PD18
[1:20:52] planned development 19 units per acre
zone ward 1. Mr. Canudson item
[1:20:58] 49A25-0497-V1
[1:21:03] to allow an existing multifamily
residential development that does not
[1:21:08] conform to approved plot plans Z-0048-80
[1:21:13] and Z-008-88
[1:21:17] for setbacks R-PD18
[1:21:22] residential plan development 18 units
per acre zoned
[1:21:26] 49B 25-0497-VR1
[1:21:32] to allow an existing multif family
residential development that does not
[1:21:36] conform to an approved plot plan Z004291
[1:21:42] for setbacks um R-PD19
residential plan development 19 units
[1:21:49] per acre zone. Uh item 50 25-0501
applicant owner board of regents of the
[1:21:57] Nevada system of higher education on the
following land use entitlement project
[1:22:02] request on 18.59 acres at the northeast
corner of Charleston Boulevard and
[1:22:09] Shadow Lane at T6-UG
uh T6 urban general zone ward 1. Mr.
[1:22:16] Canudson item 50A 25-0501
uh-Vac1
[1:22:23] petition to vacate a portion of the
right of way Wellness Way 50-
[1:22:29] Oh, no. 50B 25-0501
TMP1
[1:22:35] UNLV Shadow Campus for a proposed one
lot commercial subdivision. The planning
[1:22:41] commission and staff recommend approval
of all items. These are public hearings
[1:22:45] that I now declare open. Is there anyone
wishing to be heard on items 49 through
[1:22:51] 50B
hearing and seeing none? I'll close the
[1:22:56] public hearing. Mayor Prom, may I have a
motion for the one motion, one vote
[1:23:01] items 49 through 50B.
>> Yes, mayor. One quick disclosure on item
[1:23:06] 50. I do teach in a doctoral program at
the School of Environmental and Public
[1:23:10] Affairs for UNLV. I do it once a year
and I co-e. I don't think it impedes my
[1:23:14] judgment in any way. So, I will be
voting. And with that, I will move to
[1:23:17] approve items 49 and 50 on the one
motion, one vote.
[1:23:19] » Thank you so much. All those in favor?
>> I
[1:23:22] » I Any opposed? Motion carries.
[1:23:30] Agenda item 51. This item was held in
obeyance to the February 18th, 2026 city
[1:23:38] council meeting. Agenda item 52. Items
52 through 52C were withdrawn without
[1:23:45] prejudice.
Items 53, this item was heard earlier in
[1:23:50] the meeting.
Item 54, this item was also heard
[1:23:56] earlier in the meeting.
Items 55,
[1:24:02] » I beg your pardon.
back to commission.
[1:24:09] » Which one?
>> 55.
[1:24:13] » Oh, so we have to do the action.
>> All righty. Thank you so much. Um, all
[1:24:19] right. Item 55 25-0466
obeyance item on the following land use
[1:24:26] entitlement project request on 0.97
acres at 2747 North Rainbow Boulevard C1
[1:24:35] limited commercial zone 55A 25-0466-V1
[1:24:42] Aance item to allow 39 parking spaces
where 43 are required
[1:24:48] 55B B25-0466-UP1
[1:24:54] obeyance item for a proposed 3800 square
foot alcohol on premises full use. The
[1:25:00] applicant is Rhythm Roast and the owner
is BJH
[1:25:06] Property LLC. The planning commission
recommends approval on the entire land
[1:25:11] use entitlement project. Staff
recommends denial on the entire land use
[1:25:16] entitlement projects. These are in Ward
One. Mr. Kenudson, they are public
[1:25:20] hearings which I now declare open. May I
have a staff report, please?
[1:25:25] » Thank you, Mayor Seth Floyd, for the
record, and I apologize for making you
[1:25:28] read all of that because staff is going
to be requesting that this item be
[1:25:31] remanded back to the February 10th, 2026
planning commission meeting to renotify
[1:25:35] and rehear this item as the applicant
has requested to intensify the use. And
[1:25:40] so, we need to go back through that
process. Thank you.
[1:25:42] » Uh, thank you so much. Is there anyone
else wishing to be heard on this item or
[1:25:46] these items?
Seeing none, I will close the public
[1:25:50] hearing. Are there any questions or
comments from council members?
[1:25:56] Yes. Oh, no. Okay. No waving at me.
Okay. Um, is there a motion, Councilman
[1:26:03] Kudson?
>> Yes, Mayor. My motion is to remand this
[1:26:06] back to the planning commission on
February 2nd, 2026.
[1:26:10] » Okay.
>> Uh, correct. Is that February 10th?
[1:26:12] » Excuse me. February 10th, 2026. Thank
you.
[1:26:14] » All right. Thank you so much. All those
in favor, please say I. I.
[1:26:19] » Any oppose? Motion carries. Agenda item
56.
[1:26:24] 25-0390-
[1:26:27] SDR1 site development plan review.
Applicant Keven Keie Corsed, owner,
[1:26:36] dental training center and digital lab,
Inc. for possible action on a land use
[1:26:41] entitlement project request for a
proposed sixstory
[1:26:46] 70 unit mixeduse development with 2,177
square ft of commercial area with
[1:26:53] waiverss of appendix F interim downtown
Las Vegas development standards area 2
[1:27:00] on 030
acres at the southeast corner of Gas
[1:27:04] Avenue and 7th Street C1 Limited
commercial zone Ward 3, Miss Diaz. The
[1:27:10] planning commission uh recommends
approval. Staff recommends denial. This
[1:27:15] is a public hearing that I now declare
open. Is the applicant present?
[1:27:24] » Welcome.
>> Good morning.
[1:27:27] » Good morning. Would [clears throat] you
state your name?
[1:27:28] » My name is Roberto Pedra, 2140 East
Pebble Road, Sweet 140. We are proposing
[1:27:34] a six-story multiuse um development. The
first floor is going to be retail with
[1:27:42] the residential office. Um the the top
five floors will be all residential
[1:27:50] units.
[1:27:56] We will also have a basement for
additional parking.
[1:28:00] We are requesting waiverss on reduced
parking. We feel that we are providing a
[1:28:06] live work environment which is
consistent with the downtown devel
[1:28:10] redevelopment area. Um
and with that I'll have be happy to
[1:28:16] answer any questions.
>> Thank you so much. Before that uh may I
[1:28:20] have a staff report?
>> Yes, madame mayor. The proposed
[1:28:24] six-story, 88 foot tall development is
out of scale with the surrounding area
[1:28:28] in the Founders District, which
predominantly consists of two and
[1:28:30] three-story developments as demonstrated
by the numerous waiverss pertaining to
[1:28:35] required on-site parking spaces,
landscape buffers, lot coverage, and
[1:28:39] building setbacks that do not conform to
title 19 development standards. Staff
[1:28:43] has determined the subject site as
proposed will be overbuilt. Therefore,
[1:28:47] staff will recommend denial of the
requested site development plan review.
[1:28:50] Thank you.
>> Thank you so much. Is there anyone else
[1:28:53] wishing to be heard on this item?
Seeing none, I'm going to close the
[1:28:58] public hearing. Um, are there any
questions or comments from council
[1:29:02] members?
Miss Diaz.
[1:29:05] » Thank you, Madame Mayor. U Mr. Pedra, I
was hopeful or hoping that you all would
[1:29:12] come back post planning commission to
kind of see where we were with the
[1:29:16] development
um project. I know that I received some
[1:29:21] information about it back in October,
but since then, we as a council have
[1:29:24] received multiple presentations and
multiple
[1:29:28] information that make me rethink a
little bit about how to best move this
[1:29:36] proposed project forward. So, it's my
hope that we can meet and discuss my
[1:29:42] pain points on some of the waiverss that
are being requested and then uh come
[1:29:46] back in a month's time. I really think a
month giving ourselves a month to kind
[1:29:50] of go back and forth and see if uh
you're amunable to some tweaks uh would
[1:29:55] be helpful. So um my recommendation
today is to hold the matter in advance
[1:29:59] until uh a month from now.
>> Are you okay with that?
[1:30:04] » Yeah.
>> Okay. Thank you.
[1:30:06] » So that is going to be my motion. I hold
um agenda item 56 in advance to the
[1:30:11] February 18th meeting.
>> All right.
[1:30:17] I mean, I I've got no. All right, let's
just We'll just do it verbally. Um are
[1:30:21] all uh all those in favor of Miss Yas's
motion to hold us in obeyance for one
[1:30:27] month, please say I.
>> Any opposed?
[1:30:30] » Motion carries. We'll look forward to
seeing you here in a month.
[1:30:33] » Thank you.
>> You're very welcome. Agenda item 57
[1:30:37] 25-0473-UP1
[1:30:41] special use permit. Applicant Jerry
Durr, owner JLC Nucleus LLC, for
[1:30:49] possible action on a land use
entitlement project. Request for a
[1:30:54] proposed 2400 square ft alcohol on
premise full use with a 3400 square ft
[1:31:01] outdoor patio area at 926 West Owens. Uh
C1 limited commercial zone ward 5, Miss
[1:31:09] Summers Armstrong. The planning
commission and staff recommend approval.
[1:31:14] This is a public hearing that I now
declare open. Is the applicant present?
[1:31:20] » Is the applicant present?
>> Yes, I am.
[1:31:22] » Oh, there you are. Okay. Would you like
to tell us about your project?
[1:31:26] » Yes. Uh, this is a U taste of class
lounge and vineyard is basically for our
[1:31:30] seniors so they won't have to go forward
so they have somewhere to go and have
[1:31:34] somewhere to go and plan parties, family
reunions, picnics and all that. But it's
[1:31:39] basically for older people, not for the
young and just for the old. People my
[1:31:45] age 70 and over. Okay.
>> Give them somewhere to go and something
[1:31:48] to do.
>> Thank you so much. Uh may I have a staff
[1:31:53] report, please?
>> Thank you, Mayor Seth Floyd for the
[1:31:55] record. Uh Mayor, the staff recommends
approval of the special use permit
[1:31:59] subject to conditions. Thank you.
>> Thank you so much. Um this is there
[1:32:04] anyone else wishing to be heard on this
item?
[1:32:08] Seeing none, I'll close the public
hearing. Does the applicant agree to all
[1:32:12] of the conditions?
>> Yes, I do.
[1:32:14] » All right. Are there any questions or
comments from council members?
[1:32:18] » Miss Summers Armstrong.
>> Thank you.
[1:32:21] » Before I call on you, let me see. Is
there anybody else wishing to speak? In
[1:32:25] that case, Miss Summers Armstrong. And
at the end of your comments, will you
[1:32:28] make your motion?
>> Thank you, madame mayor, and thank you
[1:32:32] so much, sir, for um coming before us
today. Um I am very concerned about the
[1:32:37] location of the proposed uh outdoor the
the facility which would uh be selling
[1:32:44] alcohol. Um my understanding is that uh
I live in the community.
[1:32:51] Uh although this planning commission is
approving this has said it was all
[1:32:57] right. I'm concerned about the impact on
the on the surrounding community to have
[1:33:02] an alcohol uh facility
in this area. We have uh you know, we
[1:33:09] have some situations in the community
and and I'm just not sure that this is a
[1:33:13] harmonious or compatible use in that
area,
[1:33:18] » but we're going to have securities
everything there.
[1:33:22] » I understand. I also have received
concerns from long-term
[1:33:27] uh businesses that are in the area that
have concerns and that have seen other
[1:33:33] facilities that have been in that area
that have caused issues because of
[1:33:39] selling alcohol outd
and and and so I'm concerned about this
[1:33:46] and and you also did not come to talk to
me about this so that we could sort of
[1:33:51] work through some of the issues. Nobody
told me I had to come and talk to you.
[1:33:55] Nobody tell me nothing. I'm new to this,
too. Nobody tell me anything. Nothing.
[1:34:00] If I had known that, I would have came
and talk to you. Nobody told me
[1:34:04] anything.
>> All right. So, I am inclined
[1:34:08] to offer you an option, and that is to
obey this for 60 days, and let's talk
[1:34:14] about this. Um, and uh, and so because I
do have concerns about having a an
[1:34:22] alcohol facility in this community,
>> but they're going to have the bar right
[1:34:28] across the street, the Spanish bar right
across the street. So, what's the
[1:34:31] difference?
>> Would you be willing to have an abance
[1:34:34] for 60 days?
>> I'm still paying rent for the place for
[1:34:38] nothing. You know, I'm not making
anything on it.
[1:34:42] » Would you agree to an obeyance? because
my other option could be to deny it. So,
[1:34:47] would you like to obey for 60 days?
>> Yes.
[1:34:50] » Okay,
madame mayor, that would be my my
[1:34:55] motion.
>> Okay. And uh you will be uh coming after
[1:34:59] speaking with um the council woman. Um
do you need to do we need 60 days? How
[1:35:06] about we do a 30-day so you can come to
some arrangement and he can move on? Can
[1:35:11] I offer an amendment to your motion?
>> Thank you, Madame Mayor. I would accept
[1:35:16] that amendment. 30 days.
>> Are you comfortable with 30 days?
[1:35:19] » Yes.
>> Then we will look forward to seeing you
[1:35:22] back and I'm looking forward to a robust
conversation between you and the council
[1:35:27] woman so we can uh vote in favor of this
and move forward. So, with that, um, the
[1:35:34] motion is a 30-day obeyance and, um, and
I'm not sure what what
[1:35:41] » February 18th.
>> February, uh, the February 18th meeting.
[1:35:45] Um, and, um, are there any other
questions or comments from members of
[1:35:49] the council? In that case, uh, shall we
vote?
[1:35:54] Let's see if this, uh, technology works.
Please post.
[1:36:01] I
>> I is there anybody opposed? In that
[1:36:06] case, the motion carries. We'll see you
back here in 30 days.
[1:36:09] » All right. Thank you.
>> Thank you so much.
[1:36:13] Agenda item 58. This item was heard
earlier in the meeting. Agenda item 59.
[1:36:19] This item was also heard earlier in the
meeting.
[1:36:25] Agenda item 60. set date on any appeals
filed or required public hearings. I
[1:36:31] would instruct the city clerk to set the
public hearing dates and appeals from
[1:36:36] the city planning commission meetings
and dangerous buildings and nuisance uh
[1:36:41] litter abatements.
>> We'll do. Thank you.
[1:36:43] » All righty.
[1:36:47] Citizen participation. Public comments
during this portion of the agenda must
[1:36:52] be limited to matters within the
jurisdiction of the city council. No
[1:36:56] subject may be acted upon by the city
council unless that subject is on the
[1:37:01] agenda and scheduled for action. If you
wish to be heard, please come to the
[1:37:05] podium. Give your name for the record.
The amount of discussion on any single
[1:37:10] subject as well as the amount of time
any single speaker is allowed may be
[1:37:15] limited. This is your opportunity to
address the council, but the council is
[1:37:20] not able to respond or engage in
dialogue. Are there any members of the
[1:37:24] public who wish to speak under this
portion of the agenda?
[1:37:29] » Welcome. And please state your name for
the record.
[1:37:32] » This is public comment.
>> Yes, indeed.
[1:37:35] » Terrific. Uh my name is Alan Snell. Uh
I'm a bicyclist and journalist here in
[1:37:40] the Las Vegas area and I'm here
[clears throat] to talk about a public
[1:37:44] safety issue and that has to do with uh
our road safety and bicycle safety
[1:37:50] issues that Las Vegas has to deal with.
Um, as you know, uh, the
[1:37:57] bicycle crashes, the road deaths, uh,
have been gaining a lot of attention
[1:38:02] and, um, I have some bad news for Las
Vegas. I actually did some research and
[1:38:09] I was kind of curious about your bicycle
safety plan and I learned that uh a
[1:38:14] national organization called People for
Bikes which ranked all 2,91
[1:38:20] cities that they looked at Las Vegas you
came in at 273rd.
[1:38:26] Uh to do the math uh you're at the 29th
percentile. That's appalling. That's
[1:38:31] that's bad. and I'm here to talk to you
about to see if you guys can start
[1:38:36] re-evaluating your priorities to make uh
our road safety better here in the metro
[1:38:41] area. Uh 20 years ago uh when I worked
at the Tampa Trabune, I actually left
[1:38:47] the newspaper to work on road safety
issues. I actually worked six and a half
[1:38:51] years full-time traffic safety, bicycle
safety. I was so upset that bicyclists
[1:38:57] were getting killed that I actually left
journalism and I said, "I got to walk
[1:39:01] the walk, bike the bike." I worked six
and a half years of my life, created a
[1:39:06] coalition of bike shops. We made safety
on our roads a public policy issue. Not
[1:39:12] just among the other ones, we made it a
top public policy issue.
[1:39:18] I'm here to tell you five ways that you
can do it. Number one, you have to lower
[1:39:23] your speed limits. people go way too
far, lower the speed limits. Number two
[1:39:28] is your engineering of the roads, the
infrastructure. Um, I just passed on a
[1:39:33] photograph to your staff about a utility
pole blocking a sidewalk on industrial
[1:39:38] right by the Chicago corner. I just
couldn't believe it. There's just a
[1:39:42] utility pole just blocking the sidewalk.
These kind of things have to change. You
[1:39:48] have to start building bicycle and
walkability infrastructure.
[1:39:54] Okay. Would you mind finishing up? Yeah.
>> Uh, a third way is to you're going to
[1:39:59] have to start enforcement. You know, one
of the kids there there were four kids
[1:40:02] or four students killed going and
leaving schools. It's an incredible
[1:40:06] number. And one of the one of the girls
who who died was on a bicycle who veered
[1:40:12] around a parked car in a parking lot.
Real cities would send their police to
[1:40:16] every school and get and ticket every
last car parked in the bike lanes. I
[1:40:22] actually bicycled around your city just
the other day.
[1:40:24] » 10 more seconds. So, can you tell us the
rest? You're already overtime,
[1:40:28] » right? I would also um Steve Wolson is
working on punishments and I would u
[1:40:34] again plea plea with you guys to make
road safety a top issue for 2026.
[1:40:41] » Thank you so much.
Agenda item 62. Uh council emer
[1:40:48] Oh, okay.
It's our nimn. Okay.
[1:40:53] » Hello again, mighty [clears throat]
mighty council and birthday girl.
[1:41:00] » Um the uh
>> you have two minutes, Mr. Nimmard.
[1:41:06] » Methusela went to 969 years young.
You're still a baby. [laughter]
[1:41:14] Um you can find my name is Eric Melzdc
Christ Nimrod.
[1:41:20] You can find my twin brother Christ in
the four gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke,
[1:41:25] and John
conquering the crucifixion
[1:41:31] on the Roman [clears throat] cross.
He's alive and he's a winner.
[1:41:38] As long as religious people worship the
death of Christ and not his victory over
[1:41:45] death and the cross,
[1:41:50] cancer, heart attacks, suicide, etc.
homelessness will never be cured
[1:41:58] because the law of attraction is you
attract that which you worship.
[1:42:05] And most religious people worship Jesus
death
[1:42:10] and not his conquering of death.
So I'll say that now. [clears throat]
[1:42:16] I have doubts about public works 24 to
29 since they involve the RTC
[1:42:24] whose buses always run late or don't
come at all.
[1:42:29] Your safety is our top priority is their
slogan.
[1:42:35] getting to your destination on time and
safety should be their top priority
[1:42:42] because RTC is running pathetically.
Thank you.
[1:42:48] » Thank you so much. Agenda item 62,
council emerging issues, discussion
[1:42:55] regarding potential items for future
city council agendas. This affects all
[1:43:00] wards. Any discussion must be limited to
whether or not proposed items shall be
[1:43:05] placed on a future agenda and no
discussion regarding the substance of
[1:43:09] any proposed topic shall occur. No
action shall be taken. Do any members of
[1:43:14] the council have any topics that they
would like to bring forward under this
[1:43:18] item?
>> Yes, madame mayor, if I may.
[1:43:21] » Yes, you may. As we uh undertake the
renegotiation of our franchise
[1:43:25] agreements with our local utility
providers, um I would like to propose
[1:43:30] that we consider including provisions
uh that require regular coordination
[1:43:36] between the city of Las Vegas
departments and staff and those
[1:43:40] utilities um so that we can assess the
current condition and capacity of our
[1:43:45] utility resources in the redevelopment
areas and in our older communities and
[1:43:51] to collaborate relatively developed
strategies to improve service delivery.
[1:43:55] Uh that is especially important uh to me
and others um as redevelopment
[1:44:00] accelerates in these areas and where
existing infrastructure and services are
[1:44:04] often insufficient to meet the current
needs uh let alone support um future
[1:44:10] growth.
>> Thank you so much. Is there any other
[1:44:12] member that wishes to speak under this
agenda item? If not, before we go to
[1:44:18] agenda item 63, I it has come to my
attention that our director of
[1:44:24] communications, who does so much more
than that, Dave Wgleman, this is his
[1:44:29] last meeting with us. Uh he will be
retiring after 26 years. Um he has done
[1:44:36] um uh Yman's job. I was hoping to get a
few more years from him. Um, but I
[1:44:41] certainly understand uh his uh his
reasoning and his enthusiasm about
[1:44:48] retiring at this point. He started our
TV uh station. He built a team that uh
[1:44:55] we currently have. Um I for one have
loved working with you this past year.
[1:45:01] You have helped me in so many different
occasions when I was getting my footing
[1:45:06] as a new mayor. And I would like to open
it up to my council members to see if
[1:45:11] anybody would like to say anything.
>> Yes, Francis.
[1:45:17] » Thank you, Madame Mayor. Um, Mr.
probably having the largest land use
[1:45:24] application in the LDS temple uh in July
of 2024.
[1:45:30] your preparation and guidance uh with
that uh was truly
[1:45:38] remarkable. There was no way that I
could have withtood the pressure or even
[1:45:43] the 5,000 uh people that were here
during that process. Uh a lot of that
[1:45:47] credit goes to you. You were uh
thoughtful. You are a great counselor.
[1:45:53] You are a great um mediator. Uh I'm not
sure what you have planned if you're
[1:45:58] going to do any consulting in the
future, but I would say um executive
[1:46:02] coaching and uh and uh
providing your wisdom and guidance is is
[1:46:10] critical uh or should be critical in
that uh whatever you decide to do in the
[1:46:15] future. It's your it's your superpower.
You got a cape and you got a mask and
[1:46:19] you've protected the city and I thank
you for your service.
[1:46:22] » Thank you so much,
Summers. Miss Summers Armstrong.
[1:46:26] » Thank you, Madame Mayor. I would just
like to say thank you, David. I can
[1:46:30] remember uh watching you on television
before you came to the city. I thought
[1:46:34] you were a superstar, rock star then,
and I I know that you are one now as I
[1:46:39] have gotten to know you. Um, thank you
for putting us in such a great space,
[1:46:44] for creating a team of people who are
professional and dedicated and driven to
[1:46:50] put us in the absolute best light to
help us reach our community in ways that
[1:46:56] we never had before. Um, you guys are on
top of it. They follow your lead. um
[1:47:02] they reflect your principles uh for
professionalism and grace and kindness
[1:47:10] uh to all of us and I wish you the
absolute best on this next leg of your
[1:47:16] journey. I know it's a little shaky.
I've been there. I know how it feels,
[1:47:21] but I'm here to tell you there is life
after the badge. So, congratulations to
[1:47:28] you and Godspeed.
>> Thank you, Mr. Canudson.
[1:47:33] » David, we're like a family. You can
always come back. So, you can come back
[1:47:37] as an elected official [laughter] or
there's a new volunteer program and
[1:47:41] you're more than welcome to come back
and I've made the offer. I expect you to
[1:47:44] be there with a white jacket on because
you're part of a family and this is our
[1:47:48] home. So, thank you for everything. I
appreciate you,
[1:47:51] » Miss Diaz.
>> Thank you, Mr. Gilman. You truly are
[1:47:55] part of the Las Vegas city brand. I
think so many people have u become so
[1:48:00] used to your likeness uh so used to your
charisma um and you're just such a class
[1:48:07] act. So [sighs and gasps] it's with
sadness that we have to part ways. But
[1:48:13] there is going to be happy days ahead of
you because I'm not sad that you're
[1:48:17] going to be connected to your phone 24/7
keeping us apprised of every world
[1:48:22] event. uh anything any mention of Las
Vegas, you got to kind of reach out to
[1:48:26] us and you're going to get your sleep
back. That's what I'm saying. Um but I
[1:48:31] wish you the best. Nothing but the best.
You've been nothing but amazing uh while
[1:48:35] I've been here and I wish you well as a
new uh soon to be grandpa, too. And I
[1:48:41] know that you're going to have lots of
fun um being there for your family and
[1:48:44] your little one.
>> Thank you so much, Miss Rooney.
[1:48:49] » Thank you, Mayor. Like the mayor, Mr.
Dr. Wgleman, I'm sad that we don't have
[1:48:53] more time um together. I really
appreciated the way that you have uh
[1:49:00] sort of taken the new folks on or in and
provided guidance and you know gentle
[1:49:06] hand leading us through different things
and keeping us out of trouble. So I will
[1:49:10] miss your friendly smiling warm face.
Um, I think as my colleagues have
[1:49:16] shared, we know that you are part of the
city team and so I I'm sure you'll be
[1:49:20] back for every state of the city and
some of our big events and I look
[1:49:24] forward to seeing you and your grandbaby
then.
[1:49:28] » Yes, Miss Kelly.
>> Thank you, mayor. Um, I am not sad for
[1:49:32] you. I am I am thrilled for you.
>> I am thrilled for you. You spend a
[1:49:39] you've spent a lifetime in your
profession. uh and a good portion of it,
[1:49:44] half of it maybe
at you know at the city. Um you have had
[1:49:50] to change through administration sort of
um and countless moments that demanded
[1:49:59] steady leadership and communication
uh through all sorts of issues and
[1:50:05] you're expected to do that at your best
every day.
[1:50:09] um you know, you you deserve this and
and I'm so thrilled that you're in a
[1:50:15] part of your career where where you are
going to be celebrating this next uh
[1:50:21] chapter of your life with your family.
Um you have everyone knows you. Um and I
[1:50:29] hope you're not coming to State of the
City. I hope you're watching them. I
[1:50:33] hope you're watching them from home if
you even want to watch it. Yes. or or
[1:50:38] and not or not not even worried that
your vacation happened to be when the
[1:50:41] state of the city was happening. Um you
know your influence is woven into this
[1:50:46] organization
and will continue to guide it well. I
[1:50:51] want to thank you for your dedication,
your judgment. I know um you know we had
[1:50:56] a chance to to visit uh and you know I
everybody has their own individual
[1:51:02] experiences but
[1:51:06] the ability for you to be here today uh
to hear the accolades and have have such
[1:51:14] a long tenure through so many different
elected officials and different bosses
[1:51:19] really speaks to your diplomacy.
your eloquence and your professionalism
[1:51:27] and you're going out on top and enjoy
it. Um maybe um it will take some time
[1:51:35] but you get to you know the the
community is is ready for as as the
[1:51:40] mayor prom said for you to to re-engage
at any time. Of course, you may be
[1:51:45] engaged already in ways. There are bike
issues, for example, uh, and I'm not
[1:51:50] making fun of that, but I will tell you
there is an vacancy in W 2. You're a W 2
[1:51:55] resident. It doesn't cost very much. And
you could you could I don't shake your
[1:52:02] head cuz before, wait a sec. Wait, wait,
wait a second. Wait a second. I was one
[1:52:07] of those people who shook my head. But
what I'm saying is you could throw your
[1:52:12] hat in the ring and just see how it goes
and without having to raise any money
[1:52:16] and talk to neighbors and I will just
say doing so in an open race when
[1:52:23] there's not an incumbent is the best
time to run and so you've got you you
[1:52:29] know you've got six weeks or so to think
about it. So, with that, um, I'm looking
[1:52:34] forward to you. Uh, thank you for being
my colleague and I'll continue to
[1:52:38] represent you well in the ward.
>> David, I I guess that she's going to be
[1:52:43] chairman of your election committee.
But, um, prior to that happening, um,
[1:52:48] would you say a few words? We'd love to
hear from you,
[1:52:55] » Mayor Council.
I'm just well I'm overwhelmed and and
[1:53:00] very honored uh to hear what you had to
say today. I've told Mike this, it's
[1:53:05] been um the privilege of a lifetime
really to be able to not only um work
[1:53:11] for the city of Las Vegas, uh city that
I absolutely love. I I the mayor's heard
[1:53:16] me say this. I it's the best city in the
world without a doubt, no question in my
[1:53:20] mind. Um, but to get [clears throat] to
work with this organization, um, with
[1:53:26] the
the six city managers I've worked under
[1:53:30] have all been great. Every one of them.
I've worked under three wonderful
[1:53:34] mayors. Mayor, you you are carrying the
torch. Um, you're every bit as great as
[1:53:39] as your predecessors
and 25 different council members. And um
[1:53:46] I've just been fortunate that through
all those years, the city's just had
[1:53:50] wonderful leadership. I look I look at
all of you now and we're in good hands.
[1:53:54] I'm a resident of the city. Um I'm going
to be here for a while obviously now
[1:54:00] because there's uh some family additions
coming. Um but uh I just I just know the
[1:54:06] city's in really good shape because of
uh of the people that are sitting up
[1:54:09] here and sitting over here and then my
team too. Um, I couldn't have asked for
[1:54:14] another for a greater team of people to
work with. Um, we do everything as a
[1:54:19] team. We've had um
many miles together over the years and
[1:54:25] they're always there for me. Um,
couldn't have done it without any of
[1:54:29] them. I'm so proud of each and every one
of them. Um, so, mayor, I just like to
[1:54:33] say thank you to all of you. Your words
today mean so much. Um, they're
[1:54:38] something I'll cherish for a very long
time and will remember for a long time.
[1:54:42] Um, I [clears throat] don't know if I'm
ready to run for public office,
[1:54:45] Councilwoman. Um, but I appreciate the
kind words on on that front, too. So, to
[1:54:50] all of you, I just an immense thank you
and, you know, God bless you all and
[1:54:54] thank you for the opportunity to to
serve this uh this great city and this
[1:54:58] great organization.
[1:55:02] » Thank you.
[1:55:16] David, we wish you every success and
happiness as you embark on the next
[1:55:20] chapter of your life. And we know that
it'll be as fulfilling and as meaningful
[1:55:26] as all of the chapters in your life so
far. So, congratulations on a retirement
[1:55:33] very well earned.
>> My pleasure. All right. Agenda item 63,
[1:55:39] council member recognition. Comments
made by individual city council members
[1:55:45] during this portion of the agenda will
not be acted upon by the city council
[1:55:49] unless that subject is on the agenda and
scheduled for action. Um, Mr. Summers
[1:55:55] Armstrong, would you like to get us
started?
[1:55:57] » Thank you, Madame Mayor. We'll be brief.
We have had quite a few amazing events
[1:56:03] in Ward 5 over the last uh couple of
weeks. On January 16th, uh Sweet Honey
[1:56:10] in the Rock was at the City of Las
Vegas, West Las Vegas um theater. Uh
[1:56:16] this is a nationally recognized group.
Uh they actually did a children's
[1:56:21] performance on Friday and then they did
a paid performance in the evening that
[1:56:25] was sold out. It was amazing and I was
very pleased to be have an opportunity
[1:56:30] to introduce the group to our community
and we're looking forward to having them
[1:56:34] come back. On January the 17th, our
community came together in joy to
[1:56:41] celebrate uh the Martin Luther King
holiday weekend at the Taste the Dream
[1:56:46] Festival and Community Resource Fair
that was held at the historic West Las
[1:56:50] Vegas school and bled over onto the
Wetsy campus. We had food trucks. All
[1:56:56] types of resources were there. KC did
the music. They held it down and kept
[1:57:02] the crowd engaged. And I would like to
say that we had people from all across
[1:57:08] the nation there. Um they went on TikTok
to find out what was happening in the
[1:57:13] community and I met some folks from
Delaware that had come all the way from
[1:57:17] downtown to enjoy Taste the Dream. So I
think this really um is a testament to
[1:57:24] um how we are marketing ourselves and
what can be uh as a cultural tourism in
[1:57:30] historic West Las Vegas. On the 17th uh
we also well that wasn't that was
[1:57:36] Monday. Oh that evening oh I forgot was
the uh Martin Luther King Jr.
[1:57:41] scholarship banquet. I hung out there
with the mayor and uh some of our other
[1:57:46] elected officials and the mayor was
sweet enough to give a proclamation to
[1:57:50] Mr. Busby who's the national president
of the um uh the urban chamber of
[1:57:56] commerce. Uh we had so many illustrious
uh folks there and we had a great time
[1:58:01] and congratulations to the Martin Luther
King uh folks for putting on an amazing
[1:58:06] event. Uh on Monday we attended the 44th
annual Martin Luther King Jr. parade.
[1:58:14] Every single year this event becomes
larger. We were 36 and first I rode Big
[1:58:20] Red uh behind the mayor. She was in not
on Big Red, y'all. She was in a
[1:58:24] convertible. [laughter]
>> Okay. She was riding pretty. I was in
[1:58:28] Big Red with some other community folks.
And then I went and walked with um
[1:58:33] schools from W five. So, we had the
Western High School band. We had uh the
[1:58:38] dance team from Western. We had uh kids
from Parson's Elementary, Vegas Vista,
[1:58:45] and Bunker Elementary. And they walked
with me. We didn't even have to ask
[1:58:50] hard. We had over a hundred kids. And
so, it was amazing to be uh part of
[1:58:55] this. We didn't even get started till
noon because there were so many other
[1:59:00] folks that were there. This is an
amazing event. I think it's the largest
[1:59:04] in the nation. And again,
congratulations to the MLK uh parade
[1:59:09] committee. Uh upcoming events uh this
Saturday at 10:00 a.m. we have Sitting
[1:59:14] with Shandra at Becker Tech at 2221
Maverick Street where we'll be be
[1:59:20] entertaining questions from our
community, providing information on
[1:59:24] what's happening, and we encourage you
to please come out, hang out with us,
[1:59:28] get an update, ask questions. I'll be
there. Um, on the 7th of February is a
[1:59:34] night of expression talent show that's
going to be at the Sammy Davis Jr.
[1:59:38] Festival Plaza. Uh, bring your blankets
and lawn chairs and enjoy some really
[1:59:43] wonderful um, performances. And our
signature event in Ward 5 will be
[1:59:50] happening on February 21st, which is
Love on Jackson. This annual event uh,
[1:59:56] is has been a hit. Last year was the
largest. We're hoping this year will be
[2:00:01] even bigger. We will have music, food,
games, all kinds of resources and
[2:00:06] community organizations there to talk
about what they're doing uh in the
[2:00:10] community. Uh just want to let folks
know that between March 16th and 20th uh
[2:00:16] there will be splash spring bake break
camp. Uh so please at the municipal pool
[2:00:22] over on Bonanza. Uh the cost is $150.
Uh, I believe there may be opportunities
[2:00:28] for scholarships, but so please call the
number uh to see make sure that your
[2:00:32] kids have something to do during spring
break and it's important that our kids
[2:00:37] learn water safety. So, this is a great
opportunity for them to do that. And
[2:00:41] finally,
my team, I'm so grateful to them. You
[2:00:46] see Nora, Julius, and Aura, they hold it
down for W five. If you ever need to
[2:00:52] reach us by phone, we are at
702-229-5443.
[2:00:57] We also have a newsletter. We would love
you to sign up for it. And if you just
[2:01:01] want to drop us an email, we are at ward
5 at los vegasnvada.gov.
[2:01:07] Thank you all and have a great week.
>> Thank you so much, uh, Miss Alan Pinsky.
[2:01:14] » Thank you, Madame Mayor. On Wednesday,
January 8th, Councilwoman Diaz and I
[2:01:18] welcome a delegation from Busan, South
Korea to city hall. This is my uh
[2:01:24] ancestral home in South Korea where my
mother's family lived for many, many
[2:01:29] generations. So, it was very special. Uh
the group was visiting Las Vegas, of
[2:01:34] course, to attend the CES convention.
Las Vegas is a place where bold thinking
[2:01:40] is encouraged and where partnerships
across the world help shape our future.
[2:01:45] The presence of Korean leaders and
innovators here at city hall reflect
[2:01:49] Korea's incredible influence on
technology.
[2:01:53] The following morning, I was lucky and
on Thursday the 8th, I was able to host
[2:01:57] a Korean delegation from Anong City.
Yes, Mayor Prom, your park is named
[2:02:02] after the city. uh for those who are
interested in learning about sports,
[2:02:07] tourism, major events, and daily life in
Las Vegas. It was a great experience and
[2:02:12] I truly appreciate the opportunity to
host both groups.
[2:02:17] Uh next up, later that afternoon, we
broke ground on the regional pickle ball
[2:02:22] complex located at Wayne Bunker Family
Park. This will be the largest
[2:02:26] pickleball only facility within the city
of Las Vegas with 24 new courts. This
[2:02:31] project means uh this project meets the
growing demands for pickle ball and
[2:02:38] expands our outdoor recreational
opportunities in forward ward 4 and in
[2:02:42] the city. Uh very excited to see this
project officially underway after about
[2:02:47] six years. Miss Rosa, please land the
plane on time. Look forward to seeing
[2:02:51] you at the ribbon cutting.
Next up, on Wednesday, January 14th, we
[2:02:55] took an important step towards honoring
the service and sacrifice of our
[2:03:00] veterans. The Nevada Veterans, the
Nevada State Veterans Memorial begins a
[2:03:06] new chapter at the Thunderbird Family
Sports Complex and will serve as a
[2:03:11] permanent home for our powerful bronze
statues honoring American military
[2:03:17] service through the Revolutionary War to
today. This memorial will be a place of
[2:03:22] reflection, healing, and education
created to honor the more than 200,000
[2:03:30] veterans who call Nevada home. Thank you
to everyone who attended this
[2:03:34] groundbreaking, including the mayor and
MPT. It was truly an incredible morning.
[2:03:41] And on Saturday, January 17th, I had the
pleasure of attending the SAPA
[2:03:47] lunchon. that stands for South Asian
Political Network. Uh, Indian-Americans
[2:03:52] play an important role in Southern
Nevada and I truly appreciated the
[2:03:56] opportunity to speak at this event.
During the lunchon, I shared updates on
[2:04:00] several exciting projects coming to our
city and to Ward 4 and we discussed how
[2:04:05] these initiatives will positively impact
our community. I was honored to be the
[2:04:10] guest speaker for the day and uh it was
a very engaging session with a thriving
[2:04:15] Q&A portion and mayor someone took the
mic and said Mayor Berkeley came to my
[2:04:20] house for a party and I'm so proud.
[laughter]
[2:04:22] » That's great. I I attend many parties. I
need to be asked. [laughter]
[2:04:29] » Uh yes, ma'am. Uh next up, registration
is open now for the Dazzle Prom. My
[2:04:36] favorite event of the year, the Dazzle
Prom will be held Friday, February 13th
[2:04:41] from 5:00 p. p.m. to 7 p.m. This event
will be a magical evening where
[2:04:46] individuals with different abilities can
dance, celebrate, and make unforgettable
[2:04:51] memories. There are still spots
available. Please RSVP by February 8th.
[2:04:58] And next up, there are 12 missing teens
from our community. If you have any
[2:05:03] information that could help bring them
home, please contact LVMPD missing
[2:05:07] person detail at 702-828-3111.
[2:05:12] And lastly, you can stay up to date with
uh community news, our Ward 4 updates
[2:05:18] and upcoming events, all the happenings
in Ward 4 by following me on Facebook,
[2:05:23] Instagram, and X. Uh if you ever need
any assistance, please don't hesitate to
[2:05:28] reach out to Ward 4 team directly. We're
here to help you in any way we can. The
[2:05:32] oldfashioned way is best. 702292524.
[2:05:38] Thank you, Madame Mayor.
>> Thank you. And at the event that we did
[2:05:42] the uh groundbreaking for our uh
veterans memorial park of not the right
[2:05:48] name, but still um the uh gentleman that
happens to be president of the Purple
[2:05:53] Heart Association, who I know is a very
uh good friend and strong supporter of
[2:05:59] you. Um, he reminded me that Las Vegas
is a Purple Heart city and I think
[2:06:04] that's something that we should be very
proud of.
[2:06:08] » Thank you so much. Uh, Mr. Kudson.
Thank you, Mayor. Today is National
[2:06:13] Personalized Learning Day. The day
inspires educators to use innovative
[2:06:17] strategies and tools that make learning
more engaging uh for every student who
[2:06:21] has different strengths, needs, and
interests. And it's the 18th annual Las
[2:06:26] Vegas Senior Idol Showcase. The 18th
annual Las Vegas Senior Idol Showcase is
[2:06:30] having it its second show this Thursday,
January 22nd, at the Charleston Heights
[2:06:34] Art Center. The variety show features
talented performers ages 50 and better
[2:06:38] in vocals, dance, music, and comedy. And
Mr. Women, is this this is your your
[2:06:43] your show. You're going to be there,
right? Just to make sure,
[2:06:46] » I will be the MC tomorrow. Looking
forward.
[2:06:49] » Yes.
>> The performers range from age 55 to 90.
[2:06:52] » Yes. And it's a packed house if you go.
So,
[2:06:54] » it's sold out.
>> Yes. And we had so many people sign up
[2:06:57] this year to be participants that we had
to do it in two different shows. One
[2:07:01] last week and one this week.
>> Yes. This is very popular. So you can't
[2:07:04] get a ticket. You'll just have to ask
Mr. Wam about it.
[2:07:08] » Exactly. Or I'll sneak you in the back
because I know you guys. So it's in W
[2:07:12] one. Council.
>> It is in W one of the Charleston Heights
[2:07:14] Art Center. Thank you for being the MC.
Uh and that's all I have. Mayor, thanks
[2:07:17] so much.
>> Thank you so much, Miss Diaz.
[2:07:21] » Thank you, Madam Mayor. Uh 2026 is off
to a very strong pace. Um we started the
[2:07:29] year by unveiling the night we met AC
across the way at Civic Plaza and the
[2:07:34] mayor um my arts commissioner Fawn
Douglas and our awesome staff were there
[2:07:39] uh celebrating this public art
installation um by the local artist
[2:07:44] Chris by our very own local artist
Crystal Ramirez. Um, her beautiful piece
[2:07:49] captures the moment so many people fall
in love with our awesome city, Vegas.
[2:07:54] She was inspired by the classic Ronet
song, Be My Baby. The piece plays uh the
[2:07:59] piece pays homage to our city's iconic
neon tradition and the original um
[2:08:04] facade or breeze wall of Caesar's Palace
designed by Jay Sarno. So, if you didn't
[2:08:10] if that kind of looked familiar many
moons ago, that existed on Caesar's
[2:08:14] Palace out in front. We were fortunate
that Jay's daughter, Heidi, attended the
[2:08:19] special event, too. She's right there
next to the mayor. And this beautiful
[2:08:22] piece is Crystal's first public artwork
installation, and I hope it's the first
[2:08:27] of many. Just want to thank uh Maggie
Plaster and her fabulous public art
[2:08:31] team, Jennifer Cleven, um, and so many
more that keep the art coming to our
[2:08:37] fabulous city. On Wednesday, January
14th, Labonita opened its eighth
[2:08:43] supermarket. And one interesting fact is
that when I was a college student, I got
[2:08:49] to do the ribbon cutting for their first
supermarket on Stewart and Ogden. So,
[2:08:54] this was kind of cool to go now and open
their ETH. Um, the Martinez family is
[2:08:59] such an integral part of our community
um for fresh produce. Uh, if you don't
[2:09:05] want to cook, they have a kitchen and
everything's ready for you um right
[2:09:09] there. Uh, so if you're a working mom,
you can scoop up your dinner and not
[2:09:12] feel guilty about it. So, if you haven't
checked out Alabonita, I highly
[2:09:16] recommend the experience. This uh one
located on Bonanza and Nellis is their
[2:09:22] biggest flagship store. So, um stop by
if and you won't be disappointed. On
[2:09:28] Wednesday, January 14th, um we also that
same day had an adopt a spot signed
[2:09:33] dedication with Janina Sanchez. And uh
Arleene stopped by um with Vanessa Costa
[2:09:41] from our department of neighborhood
services to kind of support Janina's
[2:09:45] vision to help keep that area clean and
adopt the spot. So, I want to thank her
[2:09:50] for her leadership and um the vision to
wanting to be part of the work it takes
[2:09:55] to improve our community. Uh Janina is
an amazing ambassador. Uh she is Miss
[2:10:00] USOA, Mrs. Downtown Las Vegas 2025. And
so that's really cool to see her be a
[2:10:06] role model for her four children and
mothers across our city. And we just
[2:10:11] wanted to put did you know that you
could adopt a spot because we all have
[2:10:14] spots that we need a lot of TLC given
to. So if you're interested, take a look
[2:10:19] and reach out and uh we'd love to be for
there for your sign dedication, too. Um
[2:10:24] this past Saturday I was a lucky um
person to witness the graduation of over
[2:10:31] 50 plus individuals who completely um
who successfully completed an 18month
[2:10:38] um program through Shine a Light. It's
called the IPATH uh program graduation.
[2:10:43] And so all of these uh folks actually
came out of homelessness to
[2:10:48] self-sufficiency. And I was there to
witness the moment and just uh rejoice
[2:10:53] with everyone uh because they've been
able to secure employment, obtain a bank
[2:10:58] account, you know, obtain financial
literacy, be connected to so many
[2:11:02] support groups to keep them um to keep
cheering them on on this journey back uh
[2:11:07] to being the best versions of
themselves. So, congratulations to all
[2:11:12] the graduates and especially shine a
light for all the impactful work they do
[2:11:15] in our community. on Monday, January
12th. We're going a little backwards in
[2:11:21] time, but we took a tour of the UNLV
School of Dental Medicine. And I know
[2:11:25] Mr. uh Dr. Ma is probably sad that his
picture is no longer going to be uh up
[2:11:31] there, but um he kind of gave us a tour
of the um new advanced needs clinic. And
[2:11:38] it's over a $2 million investment that
set up this clinic designed to serve
[2:11:42] patients with intellectual and
developmental disabilities. and it's
[2:11:46] soon to uh open and it also will serve
children with cleft pallets and cranial
[2:11:52] fascial anomalies. So uh I want to thank
UNLV President Dr. Chris Heavey and Dr.
[2:11:58] James Ma for being there to personally
give us this tour and educate us more
[2:12:02] about the upcoming work that will happen
in that space. Last but not least, I
[2:12:06] just have a few PSAs. Free tree. Free
tree, please. We need the trees planted
[2:12:11] in our city. Um, we need everyone all
hands on deck to to volunteer. So, if
[2:12:17] you live in 89101, 89104, 89110 or any
of the other listed zip codes, you may
[2:12:24] qualify for a free TE. So, please reach
out so we can get that in your hands.
[2:12:28] And lastly, never too late, never too
early, excuse me, to flag shredding
[2:12:34] events. And so, we all are in that time
where we have to be getting all of
[2:12:38] gathering all of our documentation for
tax purposes. So also remember to start
[2:12:42] setting your documents aside for
shredding. Um I'm joining LVCA
[2:12:48] in this uh offering to our community. So
uh we will accept papers
[2:12:54] um but not heavy binders, credit card or
bank cards, electronic devices or wet or
[2:12:58] damp paper. So check the do and don'ts.
And I think we will also be collecting
[2:13:03] collecting expired meds at the same
time. So, save the day, April, Saturday,
[2:13:07] [snorts] April 17th, 9 to noon, in Ward
3, 857 Northeastern Avenue. Um, and that
[2:13:14] is it for me, Mayor.
>> Thank you so much. Um, Miss Brunie,
[2:13:20] » thank you. We kicked off January by
hosting our monthly Bogaditos with
[2:13:25] Brunie, where we were joined by our
neighbors and heard their questions and
[2:13:28] concerns about road safety and business
development. I was pleased to join my
[2:13:34] colleagues, Mayor Berkeley and
Councilwoman Shandra Summers Armstrong,
[2:13:38] and attend the 18th annual citywide
unity prayer breakfast where faith
[2:13:42] leaders across the valley came together
to reaffirm their commitment to serving
[2:13:46] our residents and addressing community
needs in our valley collaboratively.
[2:13:52] I was pleased to join my colleague,
Councilwoman Diaz, as we attended or
[2:13:56] toured the UNLV's new advanced needs
clinic. I know she covered it, but I
[2:14:01] just I do want to again shout out UNLV.
I mean, this was a state-of-the-art
[2:14:06] clinic, and so thank you to UNLV their
for their continued commitment to
[2:14:11] provide first class health care to all
of our community residents. Last week, I
[2:14:17] attended the quarterly meeting of the co
college of southern Nevada's
[2:14:22] institutional advisory council meeting
where we continue to discuss the
[2:14:26] development of the Northwest campus and
funding options thanks to the steady
[2:14:31] leadership of Randy Robinson, our city's
director of government relations, who
[2:14:36] serves as our fearless IA chair. Last
Friday, I participated in our Nevada
[2:14:43] Commission on School Funding meeting
where a group of esteemed policy makers
[2:14:48] and district superintendents continue to
explore ways to direct K through2
[2:14:52] education funding to our schools to
improve academic outcomes. Last weekend,
[2:14:58] we held our most recent book club
meeting where participants discussed God
[2:15:02] of the Woods, which is a rather long but
excellent book if you're looking for
[2:15:07] books to read this year.
Yesterday, I attended the quarterly
[2:15:12] Comstat meeting where we received
updates on the campus for hope and heard
[2:15:17] from agencies that are partnering to
support our unhoused population.
[2:15:22] Speaking of the unhoused, if you are an
early riser or you're looking for ways
[2:15:26] to get engaged, Southern Nevada is
conducting its annual point in time
[2:15:31] count next Thursday, January 29th.
Volunteers will kick off the work at
[2:15:36] 4:00 a.m. We are desperately in need of
volunteer still. And I can't underscore
[2:15:43] or underemphasize how important the
point in time count is because our
[2:15:47] federal funding is tied to that number.
So please, if you have a few hours, come
[2:15:52] out and join us. I know I've signed up
for the first time just to make sure
[2:15:55] that we are um able to accurately count
all of our unhoused. Speaking of
[2:16:01] additional future opportunities and
events, next Thursday, January 29th from
[2:16:06] 6:00 to 8:00 PM, we'll be holding our
next town hall and first one of the year
[2:16:12] where we will be informing neighbors
about the steps they need to take with
[2:16:15] the city before they start adding
cassitas or additions or RV garages.
[2:16:21] We'll also be hearing from the Southern
Nevada Water Authority who will provide
[2:16:25] an outlook on water as it relates to
growth and development.
[2:16:29] On February the 11th, we'll be hosting
our quarterly small business breakfast
[2:16:33] from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. at the
Centennial Hills Active Adult Center.
[2:16:38] We've got guest speakers and networking
on the schedule, as well as a free
[2:16:41] delicious breakfast. If you're a small
business owner or an aspiring
[2:16:46] entrepreneur, please consider joining
us. Please RSVP at our office so we can
[2:16:50] make sure we have enough food for
everyone. Join us Thursday, February the
[2:16:55] 12th from 9 to 11 for our monthly
Bogaditos with Brunie at our satellite
[2:16:59] office at the Centennial Hills Y. Stop
by to meet your neighbors and share your
[2:17:04] concerns.
And finally, uh, my colleague covered
[2:17:09] this one, but please, if you are in need
of a little joy, please consider
[2:17:14] attending and joining as a a buddy.
We're looking for buddies to support the
[2:17:18] our young dancers who attend. As always,
we want to hear from you. Please call us
[2:17:23] at 7022295463
or email us at w6los vegas.gov.
[2:17:29] Thank you.
>> Thank you so much, Miss Kelly.
[2:17:33] » Good afternoon. Or is it still morning?
Oh, good morning. Great. Good morning. I
[2:17:37] am really I I get so inspired by all
y'all and I'm really excited to tell you
[2:17:42] that I had a terrific where I'm reaching
out to our homeowners associations and
[2:17:46] our constituents and here I am um at the
beginning greeting uh we had about 40
[2:17:53] folks who showed up for the queen at
Queensidge for their homeowner
[2:17:56] association. We had a lot of open
dialogue. It was a terrific meeting and
[2:18:01] that's not just my personal only
opinion. Got a lot of really great
[2:18:05] feedback. We talked about the preserve.
We talked about some of the other
[2:18:10] development. Um, and we're working with
the Queens Ridge Homeowners Association
[2:18:16] during the development of the preserve
to make sure that the homeowners
[2:18:20] association is communicating with its
residents on construction timing or what
[2:18:25] have you. We talked about you um how how
sound travels so easily in our desert
[2:18:31] and um when they're going to start
grading in in May. And that's the that's
[2:18:38] going to be the the beginning of the
construction disruption. And what we all
[2:18:42] want is both sides everybody wants to be
done as quickly as possible and
[2:18:48] explained what the city's role is at
this point. Had a had had a meeting with
[2:18:52] uh LAR beforehand. So, I'm very excited
about the uh what I hope is to be a
[2:18:58] partnership moving forward, an ability
for the city to uh make sure that
[2:19:04] development is as as beautiful and
terrific as it was agreed to be. So, uh
[2:19:12] I also am meeting with the Picoli Ranch
Home Association this evening and those
[2:19:17] will continue on. Um I like to support
other wards as well and um so I I too
[2:19:24] was at the night we met what it and
it'll be the next slide which was
[2:19:27] terrific that unveiling I really enjoyed
hearing uh from the artist. It was so
[2:19:33] wonderful that it was a local artist. Uh
this was my um first event that I've
[2:19:39] attended with public art and you yet
another thing that makes me so proud to
[2:19:44] work here and uh this to hear her
inspiration
[2:19:50] and I love this piece of art. It it it
feels good. It looks good. And boy is it
[2:19:58] I I think the term is instaorthy. I'm
not really quite sure. I'm because I
[2:20:03] have to ask you know where I am on that
how unworthy I am. But I hope that uh
[2:20:08] our visitors and our constituents uh
take some time to go look at that piece
[2:20:12] of art that's here at Civic Center. I
also wanted to share that I had the
[2:20:17] chance as many of us did to be uh with
uh help celebrate the Las Vegas
[2:20:23] Metropolitan Police Department Tacos and
Takeoff and learn more about their drone
[2:20:28] program. got to vi visit there with
Captain Fennis who's the um captain of
[2:20:33] the Summerland Area Command. Captain
Fennis once a month comes to the
[2:20:37] breakfast buzz to answer questions from
the constituents and attendees and I'm
[2:20:43] so appreciative of that because that's
really add you know an extra um uh thing
[2:20:51] that he does but it is so Nevada it is
so it is so Las Vegas we are so
[2:20:57] uh uh accessible and I continue to be
impressed by all of your efforts um to
[2:21:02] do so and all of our staff efforts and
of course got to help celebrate Vince at
[2:21:08] the end of of his time with us. And then
we're going out into the community and
[2:21:14] we're going to be having mobile office
hours on the next slide tomorrow from 9
[2:21:19] to 11. And we've been promoting it
through at the Veterans Community since
[2:21:24] the Veterans Memorial Community Center.
First time I'm doing it. I think it's
[2:21:28] the first time it's been done there.
Yeah, I'm hoping that that helps us be
[2:21:34] uh accessible. And then we're going to
be doing and uh we're do going to be uh
[2:21:38] doing others at different times of day
and different times uh during the week
[2:21:42] as we try to be uh as reachable for
people with different schedules etc. So
[2:21:47] very excited about that. And then um
upcoming events and more too. I just
[2:21:52] mentioned the breakfast bow as we took a
break in December.
[2:21:56] I'm also thrilled to announce that the
well I'm not announcing it. It's been
[2:22:01] announced but I will be on Saturday at
the 99 Ranch Market grand opening which
[2:22:07] is in Bokeh Park. Uh it's that large
space that was vacated many years ago by
[2:22:13] Vans and what we all have had vacancies
in our communities and they're very
[2:22:20] tough and we know that in those larger
uh what could be called strip malls. I'm
[2:22:25] sure there's a more eloquent way to
describe them, but the the main tenant
[2:22:30] is often uh the one that helps drive the
traffic. And while Target is there, uh
[2:22:37] it's that Bokeh Bokeh Park is a very big
space and I'm really excited. I'll be
[2:22:43] helping them um to welcome them and
celebrate with their grand opening on
[2:22:48] Saturday. So, very excited about that.
And as always in the next slide, um I
[2:22:55] still have a home phone. I'm proud to
say it and I [clears throat] like to use
[2:22:58] my home phone. And so in the is the way
I love how uh Councilwoman Alan Pinsky
[2:23:06] says if you're old-fashioned like I am
and like to use a a phone then just call
[2:23:11] us because we answer. I have staff that
forwards office phones to their cell.
[2:23:16] Email us at w2 vegasnvada.com.
that is the best email. Uh I do not have
[2:23:23] a personal email that I look at very
often. And so even if you want to
[2:23:27] contact me, that's the best way to do
it. We we answer every contact like I am
[2:23:34] almost certain that every other council
person does here. It gives me such
[2:23:39] pleasure to continue to be here. And
while I know that I may be done in June,
[2:23:44] I hope that there are 30 people, David
Wgleman, who throw their name in and uh
[2:23:51] uh which may keep me here till November,
which would thrill me. So, thank you
[2:23:54] very much.
>> Thank you so much, Councilwoman. Uh this
[2:23:59] city council meeting is now adjourned.