Okay.
Move this over.
Good morning. The July 15, 2026 meeting
of the city council will be called to
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Before we proceed with the meeting,
would everyone please rise for the
invocation given by Reverend Wanda Floyd
and I ask you to remain standing as she
leads us in the pledge as well. Welcome.
>> Good morning. Good morning. Let us pray.
» Good morning. Good morning. Let us pray.
Gracious and loving God, we give you
thanks for bringing us together today.
We recognize that this council has been
entrusted with a sacred responsibility
to serve the people of this great city.
As they gather today, grant wisdom for
every decision, courage for every
difficult conversation, and compassion
for every person whose life will be
touched by the work done here today.
Help them to remember that behind every
agenda item, every policy, and every
vote are real people with real hopes,
real struggles, and real dreams.
Give these members ears that truly
listen, hearts that remain open, and
minds that seek understanding before
judgment. May they lead with integrity,
humility, and a commitment to the common
good. May they use whatever influence
they have to lift others up, to seek
justice, to protect the vulnerable, and
to ensure that every person is treated
with dignity and respect. May the work
accomplished here today help build a Las
Vegas where people have the opportunity
not only to survive but to flourish. We
offer this prayer in the name of love
and all that is holy and in the name of
Jesus Christ. Amen.
Please join me now in the pledge of
allegiance.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America to the republic
for which it stands. One nation under
God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.
>> Thank you so much. We will now proceed
» Thank you so much. We will now proceed
with the ceremonials.
Thank you very much.
We won't start without you. Don't worry.
Good morning everybody. Uh this is the
ceremonial portion of our agenda, our
council agenda. And for the first item,
I want to invite our director of youth
development and social initiatives, Dr.
Tammy Malish to join us.
[applause]
Our employees strive to meet our values
of being kind, committed, and smart, and
they work to build our community to make
life better. I am proud to announce that
the employee of the month is Candace
Camarella. Uh Candace, please join us.
All
>> [applause]
[applause]
» right, now you got it over there.
[laughter]
In addition to being a hugger, Candace
[laughter]
Candace is a a management analyst and
has been with the city since 2016. She
is always willing to provide support and
assistance. Most recently, Candace
helped our safe key committee members
create a more efficient, effective, and
organized planning process for their
annual midyear training. This training
supports more than 300 part-time staff
members. Candace also recently helped a
community partner UNLV when the school
was having challenges with getting their
pract practicum students approved to
begin providing mental health services
at five elementary schools. Thanks to
Candace's knowledge, understanding, and
contacts at the school district, she was
able to ensure that all the agencies
involved were working together. Candace
goes out of her way to provide
additional help to anyone in need.
Candace, thank you for everything you
do.
[applause]
You are an incredible representative of
the city. And now I'd uh like to invite
Tammy up uh and have a chance to say a
few words. Then we'll hear from Candace
and then we'll take a couple of photos.
Dr. Malich, there you are.
>> Yes. Thank you, Mayor.
» Yes. Thank you, Mayor.
So Candace, as the mayor said, is the
definition of team player. Candace
always steps up to help no matter which
department in the city, no matter which
partner outside of the city or which
team member within YDSI. When I arrived
at the city, Candace supported our
reinvent schools Las Vegas program and
supported all of that work. and she was
an Americanore supervisor and her I I
was taken aback by her ability to
mentor, coach and guide our young
Americanore members. She poured into
them and invested in them and many of
them have gone on to full-time careers
in the city and outside of the city. She
built our strong future technology
training center. She literally built the
computers within the facility that
allows us to do I think most of our
council members have seen the work that
goes on and every council member has
constituents that attend. Um and then
she helped parks and recreation and
cultural affairs build their pecker tech
park because she's that person. We
quickly were able to promote Candace and
now she leads our Americanore and
Americanore Vista programs. She has
exceeded standards in every area for
Americanore and through Nevada
volunteers. She has exceeded all of our
metrics. She has fully recruited and
she's done it with clean audits every
single time. And if you don't know about
federal money, um it's not easy to get
clean audits. Um, and so Candace and
then as the mayor mentioned, she
supported UNLV with our exhale program,
getting our undergrad mental health
students into CCSDs. Um, I think you see
multiple members from departments here
because that's who Candace is. Our
friends from Metro in the back because
she supports their programs. So Candace
is just such a great human being. I'm
honored and privileged to work with her
and shout out to Candace's family and
extended family for being here to
support her. Candace,
>> thank you.
» thank you.
[applause]
I just wrote a few things.
I tested it on somebody yesterday. Oh, I
tested it on somebody yesterday and it
made her cry. So, I think I did okay.
[laughter]
Uh, first off, thank you so much, mayor,
and our city council for your
recognition and to the employee
recognition recognition committee. Um, I
know that there are a lot of names out
there and I appreciate you picking me.
Thank you very much to my family who's
all here. Um, sorry my dad couldn't make
it, but he'll watch this later. And
someone laughs. Um, and to our YDSI
family, Dr. Malich, we have such an
awesome team, don't we? So, right over
here to our YDSI family. Thank you.
[applause]
I'm so grateful to be recognized as the
city's employee of the month. I've been
with the city almost 10 years and
without a doubt this has been the
hardest year but also the most
rewarding. For those of you who don't
know I serve as the Americanore program
director out of the department of youth
development and social initiatives. Just
over that's Charles. [laughter]
Just over a year ago, our Americanore
program was abruptly terminated. With a
single 8 a.m. email, more than 40 of our
service members lost their positions and
our community lost services we promised
to provide. This was undeniably the
hardest day I've ever experienced during
my time with the city.
But that experience changed me. I grew.
It challenged me to become smarter, to
work harder, and be relentless in
finding solutions.
What never changed was why I do this
work. I continued to care deeply about
our members and the community that we
serve, and I fought for every one of
them. Because of that effort and a whole
lot of teamwork, we were able to
reinstate our program, and every member
ultimately got what they deserved and
earned.
[applause] We can absolutely clap for
that.
Receiving this recognition is incredibly
meaningful to me because it reminds me
that perseverance matters, that service
matters, and that leading with
compassion matters. It affirms that I'm
walking in my purpose. And it reminds me
that even during the hardest time work
hardest times, the work is worth it.
Thank you to my leadership, my
teammates, and everyone who believes in
our program and supported us through one
of our toughest moments.
This recognition may have my name on it,
but it reflects the resilience,
teamwork, and heart of so many people.
I'm honored to accept it, and I'm
excited to keep serving the city of Las
Vegas alongside all of you. Thank you.
[applause and cheering]
» We'll take some pictures.
For our final item, I have the pleasure
of recognizing a true superstar in our
community, Judy Perez Seagull. Uh Judy,
would you please join us at the podium?
[applause]
» [applause]
» Oh, we need
[laughter]
I love you.
All right. Well, you need to be near me.
Okay. [laughter]
All right. Um, Judy is a very long time
friend to me. Uh, not only to me, but to
our entire community. She moved to Las
Vegas in 2004. I remember that very very
well. Uh where she managed the
day-to-day operations of a fast growing
multi-residential
real estate portfolio. Now she runs a
diverse collection of properties such as
the multifamily units, hotels, ret
[laughter]
developments across multiple states. She
currently oversees all the philanthropic
and governmental affairs for the company
and serves as a liaison between local
the local government community and
nonprofit organizations. She also serves
on the Nevada Commission for Tourism and
is an advocate a strong advocate for Las
Vegas. In addition to that, she loves
creating smiles with her fun and
whimsical Pink Box Donuts brand. Um, one
of my personal favorites. on Sundays.
You could find her at Seagull's Bagel
Mania, greeting customers and serving
them bagels and deli scoops at their
tables. Uh Judy, before I before I go
on, I just want to say in a very
personal way how much I love and admire
you. What an extraordinary impact you
have made on this community and what a
role, wonderful role model, not only to
the rest of your fellow citizens, but to
your children as well. And so I'm just
delighted to see him. I usually see him
at Bagel Mania on Sundays. Um I want to
thank you for everything you do. And I
also understand that you're now in
charge of the library reachout in Ward
2. Very cool. So we appreciate that as
well. And so I thank you um everything
you do to make our city a better place.
And uh I'd love to give you a chance to
say a few words. Uh then I'm going to
present a proclamation to you and then
we'll take pictures and perhaps you'll
invite the rest of your family to come
down and join us for pictures. Is that
okay? Rest of your family.
Okay. [laughter]
All right. Judy, would you say a few
words? I And I know you don't love doing
that, but I appreciate it if you did.
>> Mayor, thank you so much. City Council,
» Mayor, thank you so much. City Council,
thank you so much. Uh my two boys that
are here, Jackson and Nixon, thank you
for coming, letting me wake you up so
early in the morning. Uh you're in
summer and uh you were you were on board
to come and see mommy. Thank you guys.
I truly wouldn't be standing up here if
it wasn't for every single one of you
guys and the partnership that you have
created with us um with the city of Las
Vegas. So, thank you for your
commitment, your dedication. It truly
doesn't go unnoticed. Um, I know this
award probably says my name on it, but
really it's it should say all of our
names on it because
[laughter]
because I wouldn't be able to do
anything without you guys. You guys are
always answering your phones uh at all
hours of the night and day and your text
messages, the millions I send out all
the time asking questions. And I can
probably stand here and say a a great
story about every single one of you and
how you impact the community. I have a
really quick story to share though about
that guy over there, uh, Peter
Loenstein.
Um, so, uh, we were new to Las Vegas and
he was a baby planner and, uh, Peter
would help me with, uh, banners and
permits and he would give me such a hard
time. But you made me learn a lot,
Peter. Thank you so much for all of the
uh everything that you taught me and
every every note that you told me that
just made me get stronger to come back
again and again. So, thank you. Thank
you again. [applause]
So,
» [applause]
» Okay. All right.
» Come on down. [laughter]
All right. Now you're talking.
>> Hi. [laughter]
» Hi. [laughter]
>> Um um Judy, uh one of the things I love
» Um um Judy, uh one of the things I love
most about my job is being able to
present proclamations to truly worthy
people in this community. I'm not going
to read the whole thing. Uh but I will
say this. I, Shelley Berkeley, mayor of
the city of Las Vegas, do hereby
proclaim July 15, 2026 is Judy Perez
Seagull Day in the city of Las Vegas.
There's going to be wild celebrations
throughout the day in your honor, but we
love you. We I know it's Judy Seagull
Day. What do you think about that?
>> Great. [laughter]
» Great. [laughter]
>> I think so, too. So, we're going to take
» I think so, too. So, we're going to take
Let me present that to you. There's a
little note from uh Councilwoman Kelly.
Okay. Maybe the kids can hold.
Yes. At the back.
There you Oh, good. But not but put it
down so you could we can see your
beautiful face. Okay. All right.
Come on,
>> Jackson and Nixon want you down here.
[laughter]
>> All right, I give up.
» All right, I give up.
>> Yeah, it's okay. It's okay.
How are you?
» Thank you.
» [applause]
» us again in your life. [laughter]
>> Yes.
» All right. Well, okay. Let us uh go to
work. I gave I put gave her the note.
Good.
» City Council will reconvene at 9:30.
Agenda item number seven.
Public comment during this portion of
the agenda must be limited to matters on
the agenda for action. The amount of
time any single speaker is allowed may
be limited. Please say which agenda item
you will be speaking about. All comments
made will be cross reference to those
specific items. If anyone submitted a
speaker card or who wishes to speak
under this portion of the agenda, please
come to the podium and state your name
for the record. This is your opportunity
to address the council, but the council
is not able to respond or engage in
dialogue. You may also address the
council at the end of the meeting during
citizens participation regarding matters
within the jurisdiction of the city
council. Although you are not prohibited
from speaking during both public comment
periods, we kindly ask that your
comments are not repetitive. We will set
the time at two minutes. Does anyone
wish to come forward?
>> Good morning.
» Good morning.
>> Good morning, powerful people. How are
» Good morning, powerful people. How are
y'all doing this morning? Very well.
Thank you.
>> That's fantastic. My name is Eric
» That's fantastic. My name is Eric
Melzdc, Christ Nimrod. You can find
Christ in the Bible, conquering death,
especially in in uh the New Testament.
I'm speaking concerning agenda 19 and
it's a yes on acceptance for the uh for
the fitness equipment. Agenda 23
uh by the volunteers for the city of Las
Vegas America program. Yes on that.
Agenda 25,
consulting services for faith-based
non-traditional
organizations.
And uh I'm sure the presentation
by the lovely Dina Babski, director of
economic and urban development and the
lovely Daniel Casey, president of CEO,
president CEO of Las Vegas Global
Economic Alliance will be a very
fantastic presentation
actually and also
God is good
and the tribe of Judah
from which the word Jew comes from. The
tribe of Judah was born from a hermitic
woman or so-called black woman,
Canaanite woman in Genesis the 38th
chapter.
So actually the tribe of Judah is a
Canaanite tribe. Interesting, isn't it?
When you dig into the Bible without a
racist mentality. Thank you.
>> Thank you so much. Is there anybody else
» Thank you so much. Is there anybody else
wishing to address the city council
under this agenda item? Seeing no one,
we will move to agenda item number
eight. For possible action, any items
from the 9:30 a.m. session that the
council staff andor applicant wish to be
stricken, tabled, withdrawn, or held in
obeyance for a future meeting may be
brought forward and acted upon at this
time. Mayor Prom,
>> there are none.
» there are none.
Shall we vote?
» No voting. [laughter]
» Oh.
>> Ah. Oh, thank you for enlightening me.
» Ah. Oh, thank you for enlightening me.
That's very good. Agenda item number
nine. um for possible action to approve
the final minutes by reference of the
June 17, 2026 regular city council
meeting and the June 18th, 2026 special
city council meeting. Mayor Prom, I
believe we need a motion for this.
>> Yes, madame mayor. I move to approve the
» Yes, madame mayor. I move to approve the
minutes from the June 17th council
meeting
>> and
» and
>> and June 18th for the special city
» and June 18th for the special city
council meeting we held to canvas the
vote.
>> Thank you. Please vote.
» Thank you. Please vote.
Post. Motion carries.
Agenda item number 10. Items number 10
through 25 are on the consent agenda,
are considered to be routine, are
recommended for approval by the
departments, and may be enacted in one
motion. Are there any other items the
council wishes to bring forward?
Mayor Prom, may I have a motion for the
consent agenda for items 10 through 25?
>> Seeing that there are no agenda items to
» Seeing that there are no agenda items to
be pulled, then I I move to approve
agenda items 10 through 25.
>> Please vote.
» Please vote.
Post.
Motion carries.
We're going to take an item out of
order. Agenda item 46, reports and
presentations. Report by Dina Babsky,
director of economic and urban
development, and Danielle Casey,
president and CEO of the Las Vegas
Global Economic Alliance regarding the
organization's activities and outcomes
in the past year and an overview of
their new strategic plan. This impacts
all of our wards. Um, good morning
everybody. Miss Babski. Thank you,
mayor, city council members Dina Babski
for the record. And I'd like to welcome
our guests, Danielle Casey, CEO and
president of the Las Vegas Global
Economic Alliance, Molly Hammer, uh
chair, policy committee chair, uh and
also a board director, and Mr. Brian
Thornton, he is director at large. So,
welcome.
>> Um, welcome. A little bit of background.
» Um, welcome. A little bit of background.
Uh we have partnered with LVGA since
2012 when the organization was
established. And I must say that the
partnership has been really um fruitful
in many different ways. But in the last
year, it really has become uh I want to
say even stronger with uh Danielle's
arrival. There's been a lot more
engagement. Uh you know, we've we've
done uh conferences together, fam tours,
uh participated in engagements for their
new strategic plan. So, I'm really
excited uh to see uh this partnership
grow even stronger. And uh with that, um
I'm going to let Danielle uh provide a
report on the activities. Uh they
elected, LGA elected to exercise the
first renewal option in our five-year,
and we couldn't be more grateful.
>> Thank you. Thank you, Miss Batig. uh
» Thank you. Thank you, Miss Batig. uh
mayor uh mayor prom council members I
can't tell you how honored and grateful
I am to be here and and if they do want
to sit uh I'll give them the the break
but hopefully you see that us having
board members present this is a
conversation we've had within LVGA uh
I've invited all of them we're giving
presentations with all of our
municipalities to simply underscore the
absolute importance the entire board
feels that all of our municipal partners
have and their commitment to our
strategic plan and the work that we're
doing so I I want to thank them very
much for carving out their time. So,
we're going to go through a
presentation. I'll work to be very
respectful of your time this morning,
but I also look forward to any
questions. It is uh I I've been
reflecting. It's been very exciting
about this time last year. I was packing
my house in my previous location to get
relocated out here and it's been a wild
ride. I officially started the role at
the end of August and my uh my economic
development career was largely in local
municipal economic development. So I
have a lot of fondness and love and it's
fun being back in front of a deas every
once in a while. Not all the time but
every once in a while [laughter]
for for anyone this is really for the
good of the community at large that may
for any reason not be aware of LVGA. We
are a 501c6. Today we have 51 active
board members and we were established
back in 2012 uh in our current form but
we go all the way back to 1956 um as
SNIF the Southern Nevada Industrial
Foundation. I keep joking that I'm going
to get throwback t-shirts because I just
think it's really funny and enjoyable.
But we'll talk a little bit about our
future branding as we go along. And I
always like to recognize and let the
community members watching get a sense
of who our board of directors are, who
is driving this organization and leading
it for the good of the regional
community. So just a little shout out to
our many wonderful board members and we
also have additional partners of course
above and beyond that. So when you look
at LVGA and the services that we
provide, I think it's very important and
these are some deep conversations I've
had with the board since arrival and
they've they've definitely taken this to
heart. They've certainly been aware of
it, but a reminder is always important.
A large part of our funding is also from
the governor's office of economic
development through GOED. Uh a little
bit under 40% of our services and we do
have requirements to the public good
through that agreement and contract. And
these are just some very high level
highlights on what we deliver as part of
that GOED service agreement. Um regional
alignment and open communication with
GOED itself. So some of the things
you'll see on these slides. Um I'm
actually very excited to share that
Emily Q on the economic development team
here is one of our founding board
members of the Nevada Economic
Developers Association. I was able to
loop her in as a as a highly qualified
certified economic developer and
somebody who apparently doesn't know how
to say no to volunteer activities. So,
she's helping us create a statewide
association to train economic developers
better, but that's also in partnership
with GOED. Tom Burns sits on that as
well. Um, it is also part of that
agreement that we support key federal
and state initiatives that we work on
site selection and broker engagement.
Essentially, we respond to and manage
all the requests for information that
come through to the southern Nevada
region, aka Clark County, as well as the
city of Las Vegas. And then also
inventory and asset mapping. were
required through GOED to maintain
databases of information that we have
for development zones and infrastructure
projects. But um some of the things that
you see in these little colored
highlights are above and beyond and
added value that we've done in the last
year that I'll talk more about in a
second. And of course representing at
the board meeting for GOED and reporting
and managing information on a quarterly
basis to be accountable to the state.
But what do our municipal partners get
above and beyond that? Why is the city
of Las Vegas engaged with us and why
have you been for so long? Well, we
provide additional support in our local
community above and beyond what GOED
requires us to do for that level of
public good. So, we also offer and and
this is also tied with our agreement
with the city of Las Vegas, economic
developers direct engagement and
support. So, one of the things I'm
really proud of, we've always engaged
with our local economic developers. I
think Dena can attest to over the past
year, we have had a monthly gathering
and we've invited all members of the
economic development staffs for all
communities in the region as well as our
utilities and GOED to have a monthly
meeting and discuss deal flow activity
priorities at LVGA, how we're spending
our time and what our outcomes are. Um,
we've also started a new quarterly
report of the organization. I have a
hyperlink at the very end for everybody,
anyone that wants to read that. But we
also are providing a new monthly deal
pipeline report which is a new
publication and a new level of
accountability. We've hosted two site
selector tours in the last year. This is
something that's not required by GOED
but really critical to change perception
of decision makers about our community.
11 consultants in the last year and you
I have three requirements but now I was
sitting there thinking about I think we
have probably four or five that we've
received just from their experiences in
our community and then sending us
opportunities to respond to and I'm very
excited. We are going to be the we are
the location of choice for the site
selectors guild spring conference next
spring. They've never been willing to
come out here. Um they are going to be
coming out and in our region. So you're
going to have about 40 to 50 of the top
site selection consultants all at once
chased by a couple hundred economic
developers and we get to show off to all
of those folks. So that's pretty
exciting. Our engagement with regional
business leadership. We've just launched
a new growth council of LVGA that's
going to engage everyone in the built
environment space. So, a lot more about
that if you're interested to learn. And
also, of course, the city does
participate with two seats on our board
of directors. And uh one of the things
that we've been spending a lot of time
on this year, I have more details at the
end, coordinating the regional
comprehensive economic development
strategy process. And this is different
and fully unique from LVGA's own
strategic plan. And we've also been um
adding on a lot more tools and resources
and data and research in the community.
So um all kinds of things that the team
here at the city of Las Vegas has access
to through our organization. So these
are some of those ROI numbers. U you
know these these come out of our
regional project assessment system and
in plan data. Essentially, you plug it
into a database and you look at what a
company is bringing to the market and
helps you estimate and and calculate
likely the direct induced and indirect
benefit to a community of that company's
presence in the market. It's also the
same tool that's used at the state level
for accountability for investment. So,
this is a little bit of a sampling of
regional announcements that LVGA has
worked on over the past year. those
specific to the city of Las Vegas that
we've supported. And what does that mean
for the city of Las Vegas in terms of
your investment in our organization? So
using these models, um that means new
economic activity about $482 in return
overall for every dollar that was
invested in LBGA. So we're really proud
of that. Happy to unpack those numbers
offline with you all to walk through
what that means at at any time you'd
like. And this is a little bit about the
pipeline we have going on today. active
active activity right now and some of
the value that you've seen for that
investment. This is the deal activity.
The CYD is is um calendar year-to- date
and then fiscal year to date. LVGA runs
under January through December, which
drives me absolutely baddy because it's
always confusing trying to align with
our municipal partners. But this shows
you some of the trends and the potential
jobs and investment that we are seeing
in the pipeline of activity that we're
managing every day. And for those out
there in the community like what is a
pipeline of activity? Are you pumping
something through the community? Is it
water? We love water. Um, it's not. It
means business opportunities that are
looking at the community for possible
location, relocation into the community,
and expansion. There's also a lot of
workforce development programs that have
been facilitated through our embedded
partner with Workforce Connections. And
then general activities. I think some of
the things I like to show also um just
the cost of those familiarization tours
that costs about $60,000 annually, if
not more, to host those. Those are
pretty pricey but really impactful. Um
the new data tools that we've launched
that the team has access to $30,000
annual investment. So we're looking at
economies of scale for our communities
and partners in the region. That's the
goal. And then of course attending trade
shows and I like to say that the
convenings of the economic developers
advisory council for deal communications
is priceless, right? Um and this is a
snapshot just of the regional deal
overview publication that we now have
out there for everybody to see. and you
have a copy in your packets, mayor and
counsel. So, what I really want to talk
about for the bulk of the the for the
balance of my time is our strategic
plan. When I was interviewed for the
role, I I I've told the story a lot in
the community. When I was interviewed
for the role and so excited to come
here, by the way, my my family's been
coming out here forever. I was just
sharing with Molly that u my mother's
buying a house. So, yay. I know. I have
a free dog sitter. So, any dog sitters
out there, no no employment with me
anymore. Um but we're uh we're we're
really thrilled about this. And when I
started and was interviewing for the
job, it was very clear that all the
right people are in the room. Everyone
cares about diversifying our economy and
working together, but we really needed a
northstar and a guiding path for our
board to understand what LVGA needed to
execute in the community. So, we
embarked upon that very soon after I got
here uh late November last year and we
approved it at the board level in early
June, June 4 this year. And so, now
we're already launching into
implementation and this is a three-year
strategic plan. Everything in here will
not be done, but it will be launched and
it and there will be measurable
outcomes. And the whole goal is to
create a more diversified economy by
increasing higher wage traded sector
industries in the community. We have
updated our mission and vision
statement. You see those on the slide in
front of you. And uh and there's a lot
of a lot of things. And by the way, this
is a a two-side piece of information in
a 32page public document that you all
can look at at your leisure as the and
the community can as well. But it
matters because we know our economy
remains heavily concentrated in leisure
and hospitality which I vastly enjoy and
love and celebrate. By the way, we have
no intent to to not to not be focused on
what has made us great. We want to be
greater and we want to continue to
diversify. So this creates a shared
roadmap for those diversified, higher
wage and long-term resilience jobs.
This is a lot of information on one
slide. I believe uh mayor and council
you have a copy of the the little card
in your packet. Um, but I overall if you
really sum it up when you look at a
Hackman index, a Hackman index is a
measure of the level of diversification
in your community. A one or 100% means
you have you're very diversified in your
community and market. We're at about a
74 right now. Hey, it's a C. You know,
that's good. Uh but that also means that
that 26% of our entire economic makeup
is highly concentrated which we know
even if you were in a rust belt
community heavily concentrated in the
auto sector anything can be very
challenging to get us just to a 76 or 77
that's going to require up to about
34,000 direct indirect and induced
additional jobs in the market. So this
is important to show everyone that
moving that needle takes a lot. We're
not looking at reducing tourism jobs. We
want to be additive to the environment
in the community. The way we make an
impact is by focusing our work on those
jobs in diverse sectors that create
higher wages and that are called out on
this slide in these diverse industries.
So, these are the ones we're going to be
putting our outward energy and influence
on to try to bring into the market. Um,
everything you see in our goals and key
tactics, every bullet point there has a
full breakout of the why and the steps
we are going to take to execute on
those. and we're thrilled to do this in
partnership with all the communities.
Just a remember a reminder about the why
which I've just already touched on um
for LVGA. This has been a really
critical ethical exercise in
understanding our role in meaningfully
changing this trajectory. And I think
one example right here was from a site
selector that we talked to just just
probably about a month ago now where
they said, "You still don't have sites
for me to put the employment that I want
to put in your community." So, we have
to remember um a lot of the work that
we're doing in this strategy. While we
can call on companies and go to trade
shows and bring site selectors out, if
we can't deliver a competitive value
proposition for them, then we're not
going to locate them in the community.
And that can mean workforce related
issues. It can mean infrastructure
related issues and it can mean, you
know, time and speed to market. It can
mean many things. And so, we're going to
be working on all of that in tandem. And
this is just a little more uh color for
you on our primary measurement indicator
on that Hackman index. I think what
you'll see here that's interesting is
when you look at our number in terms of
diversification, you look at in Orlando
and Nashville of Phoenix, they are
actually more diversified than we are.
So those are it's great to have
aspirational benchmarks and maybe look
at what they're doing well and what
they're not doing well.
This is way too much information to dig
into, but I I wanted to share with you
all that our board is serious. Board
Chair Purdue uh when we brought the
strategic plan forward, she said,
"Great, and I want the board to see what
you're going to do in the next six
months, and we're going to lay it out.
We want to know what's happening right
away. So do know that my board and
leadership has asked me and the team to
be highly accountable and they are also
clearly being accountable themselves for
the organization.
I mentioned the comprehensive economic
development strategy very important for
the region for anybody in the community
unaware. This is actually a required
strategy by the economic development
administration for the pursuit of
additional funding and grants at a
federal level in through the EDA. So we
uh even before I got here, I can't take
credit. LVGEA applied for the SDS grant
and and became the fiduciary. So we are
actually putting about $80,000 cash plus
a significant amount of staff in kind
from LG LVGA to make this happen to
match the 150,000 from the EDA. But this
serves every community in our region for
the pursuit of future funding. So we are
hard and fast at work on that. In fact,
there's a a steering committee meeting
going on as I speak this morning while
I'm here with you all today. And one of
the things I did want to celebrate
because we just got out of it and uh
their team was just so incredible. Your
economic development team was definitely
um front and center on this. We just
came back from the bio international
convention in June to spread the word
and create brand. I got to tell you that
sign is a lot bigger in person even than
it looks in the videos. Uh it was really
great. Uh Dena's team was was very
intentional of wanting to have a
fabulous Las Vegas sign. Drew tons of
traffic and we are starting to build a
brand and um and recognition about us
working to become a future biosciences
center of excellence in the community.
And with that to wrap us up, just wanted
to share these are in your slides.
Anybody that wants to see our quarterly
report or our annual report is welcome
to do so publicly on our website. I'm
sure I've already gone too long, but I'm
very grateful for your time. Happy to
take any questions or move out of your
way so you can have a
>> Thank you Danielle for that wonderful
» Thank you Danielle for that wonderful
presentation. We appreciate it. Are
there any questions or comments from
Yes, Miss Summers Armstrong?
>> Thank you so much for this presentation.
» Thank you so much for this presentation.
Uh this is super super good information.
I don't think I've seen this kind of
detail from uh because economic
development is not exactly sexy. So, uh,
it's wonderful to see you make it look
pretty and understandable in these
bite-sizes. For those of us who
represent, um, I'll speak for myself as
a person who represents an urban core
community. Um, it's really important
that this information be dissected a
little bit more. Um, I think we're often
overlooked um, in in the urban core um,
for opportunity and potential. I don't
know if you know, but we have the
Westside Education and Training Center
available, which is which is a
partnership with the city and city and
CSN, and we have the ability to train
people for these great jobs. And so, we
would love to have that kind I would
love to have that kind of personal
discussion with you about that. Um,
Historic West Las Vegas, which we were
talking about earlier and development
with the um faith-based leaders, has
some of the lowest incomes in the
valley. And so the only way to improve
that is training people to do these
kinds of jobs that are going to uh
ensure that they can lift themselves up,
right? Um, and so that's the kind of
data I would like you to sort of break
down to see currently how uh these zip
codes that are in in my district are are
benefiting or not from the work that you
are doing and then trying to find ways
that we can partner so that we can be uh
partakers of of the diversification.
I've been here 36 years. I worked in
government for 20 well 30 years and all
I ever heard was the need to diversify
our economy and we're finally getting
there. Um but I think I'll just tell you
one of the things I said when I was in
the legislature as a state of Nevada. We
also have a responsibility to know what
our worth is and people come here and
they want to take advantage of all the
fabulousness of our weather and
everything. But are they really bringing
to our community their best? And I hope
that as you all are out there doing this
work that you are really holding these
folks accountable to reach to the
depths, not what's convenient,
but what is the real work in lifting up
communities. And I just want to tell you
thank you. I'm proud of you. I was at
your um first presentation. Did a great
job. And I'm excited to see what you're
doing.
>> Mayor, Councilwoman, thank you so much.
» Mayor, Councilwoman, thank you so much.
I I look forward to grabbing some time
to unpack that with you. And I'll just
add it was very intentional. It's a
start. If you look back at our mission
and vision statement, it's extremely
intentional that it talks about creating
opportunity for all. I'm a huge believer
in that. We've actually done a lot of
work even through the International
Economic Development Council on
equitable economic development. So,
we'll discuss that more.
>> Thank you. Um Councilwoman Puinsky,
» Thank you. Um Councilwoman Puinsky,
>> thank you, Madam Mayor. Um Miss Casey, I
» thank you, Madam Mayor. Um Miss Casey, I
haven't had the opportunity to meet you.
I'm glad you're here today. Uh, I did
work with your predecessor. I think we
all did with the previous mayor. Uh, the
last time I think LVGA came through, uh,
it was right at uh, the football, excuse
me, the Super Bowl time and y'all came
and asked us to invest. And, uh, we had
a return of, I think about six
businesses that relocated here after
that investment. And I just want to
remind you that we have the college
football championships coming and then
another Super Bowl coming. as a the
representative on the LBCVA, we have a
lot of these uh very na nationwide
prominent events happening and I hope
that you use them to do our best to
hungry hungry hippo our fair share of uh
of um of diversification and investment.
>> Mayor Councilwoman, I love that analogy.
» Mayor Councilwoman, I love that analogy.
Yes. [laughter] Thank you.
>> Thank you,
» Thank you,
>> Mayor Prov.
» Mayor Prov.
>> So good to see you, Miss Casey. Um, it's
» So good to see you, Miss Casey. Um, it's
hard to believe it's almost been a year
since you've arrived in Las Vegas. I
hope that you like my hometown. I'm born
and raised here. So, um, I hope that you
find it fresh of breath air and, um, so
lovely. The people here really are
amazing. Uh, I wanted to basically
recognize LBGA's um, just work with
other agency partners that is important
and moves the needle faster for all of
the local municipalities in Southern
Nevada. So, I know you work handinand
glove with Workforce Connections. I know
you're a great ally and partner of the
Vegas Chamber. And I think that all of
that cohesiveness and synergy and we
were wishing you were going to be across
the way um someday maybe um so that you
guys could be colllocated and have um
these just organic conversations about
how do we meet move the needle faster
for our region. divers. I mean, 34,000
jobs in five years is not a small feat.
Um, but I think it's very needed. And
when I saw the numbers pop up on the
screen, that 41 the average hourly wage
is $41 an hour, that that is amazing.
And we definitely I echo the sentiments
of um my colleague um Councilwoman
Summers Armstrong. We want those jobs to
go to our Las Vegas. We want it to be
for our residents. I hate hearing, oh,
we had to bring our workforce from
outside of our city. I I think we do
need to work more intentionally on
ensuring that um those opportunities
we're we're making sure there's people
in the queue to then feed um that that
job to that is local. So, um, just
posting that I'm I'm a big fan of all
the work you guys are doing and, um,
appreciate all the help and assistance
you're providing our economic and urban
development team and landing more and
more investment in our city because we
truly all need it. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Miss Kelly.
» Thank you, Miss Kelly.
>> Thank you, Madam Mayor, and welcome,
» Thank you, Madam Mayor, and welcome,
Danielle. It's lovely to see you and
your team. I'm very impressed u not only
that your board members decided to stand
during this time but honestly it really
shows a level of commitment that is
refreshing. Um the I've I too I'm a
native like my colleague and have been
in the public arena uh since it was the
NDA and I'm really you know I remember
talking to um our former city mayor I
mean city c uh city manager Betsy Frwell
about well she was helping with the
selection and about the opportunity and
she you know certainly she said I don't
know what the board's going to end up
wanting to do but I I really feel that
we need someone who has a significant
level of expertise in economic
development, something that the agency
or the organization hadn't had for a
very long time. And I met with Danielle
very early. Um, and and I was I was, you
know, new to this job as well. And what
I loved about that meeting and what I
think I'm sure she did with everybody
because I heard about it was she she
came to listen and she really wanted to
understand the community. She wanted to
understand what the board wanted. Um and
that and then I I was excited to see how
the board
um and the leadership it it was so
invested in the success. You know, we
want Danielle to be phenomenally
successful. Uh and we need LVGA to be
phenomenally successful for the people
who work here and for all the reasons
you understand. Um and and but you acted
quickly too. I mean you were you were
and so I want to compliment
that from afar. Um because it was
evident. It was it is it is wonderful to
see that there it's about strategy
really focus that the board seems I
think um and again from the outside far
more engaged and cohesive than they've
ever been. Um, and I'm sure that's
that's in part also to your selection of
Danielle and her leadership. So, I
really appreciate this information. It's
very thorough. I look forward to uh um
you know, understanding as as the as
Councilwoman Summers said, some more of
the unpacking. So, how does this relate
to what we're doing at the city and how
can we um make sure that that the
education we're providing or whatever
we're doing, pardon me, is um uh through
our technical and and and partnerships
with the community college or UNLV or
whatever we're doing supports uh what we
need and supports how you're going to be
able to continue to collaborate with us.
So, thank you. do that. I do have a
specific question about uh the quote
that you included on the page that says
defining the challenge.
>> Yeah.
» Yeah.
>> And and and
» And and and
um I don't have a page number maybe it
has a um slide number page 11 on the
slide if they'll bring that back um
right before. And that what was
interesting about the quote Danielle
which came from the one there on the
right hand side. If you could help me
understand this uh potential site
selection consultant who articulates
uh the frustration of not being able to
find suitable land. Can you help me what
what what are we talking about?
Particularly at the end where it says
you user for for an end user versus
developer.
>> Uh mayor Councilwoman great question.
» Uh mayor Councilwoman great question.
I'm glad that you honed in on that. It's
it's it's a continual challenge. This
specific site selection consultant has
actually looked at our market over the
years many times. A lot of our local
economic developers are familiar with
the individual and they came to us with
an opportunity for,00
new jobs, family-owned company out of
California. Um good starting wages
internally training everyone up. So very
positive. But what they can't find
anywhere is 200 acres with
infrastructure that could then be
conveyed straight from a property owner
or otherwise that was ready to go. And
when they say developer, they mean that
it might already be in the hands of a
developer who's planning on carving that
up and not able to then convey that to
one significant user. So very
challenging and not something we've been
able to find in the region that that's
suitable for them at this point. So uh
they had reached out to me and and and
it was kind of a direct conversation.
They said, "Great, we've known you for
20 years. let's see what you can do. Is
anything different? Do you have a site
for me? And we we really tried to turn
over all the rocks. You know, some some
maybe vaguely potential sites, but
nothing that's sticking just yet. So, to
me, this is a call to action. If those
are the types of employment that we
want, if they're the types of employment
we want, we first have to decide that
when we get a requirement and and if so,
we need to think about, as I mentioned
before, how are we working today? Best
time to plant a tree, right? 20 years
ago or today. um how are we working to
figure out um whether it's um you know
revitalization or property improvement
and and assembly or identifying sites
that need infrastructure and these can
be conversations that go all the way up
of course to the state level on how
we're making investments. I I hate the
word incentive actually as an economic
developer I like to think about
everything that we do make sure we're
doing it as an investment in the
community so they're assets we have for
the community going forward.
>> Thank you. And if I may just follow up
» Thank you. And if I may just follow up
on that, mayor, I really appreciate your
indulgence. Uh, I'm the newest member of
the council and I'm here for a short
time, so I hope you'll pardon my
ignorance, but specifically to this
point, do you is there is there a
um a strategy about interacting with the
BLM or when we're looking at federally
owned land and then I would imagine
you're in communication when you're
looking for those things with either
Dena or her counterparts and other and
other of the municipalities. qualities
about what uh we may be doing that you
may not be fully aware of or what have
you. And that'll be the end of my
question. Thank you.
>> That's correct.
» That's correct.
>> I think that's why there's
» I think that's why there's
representation of the city on the the
their board so that they we coordinate
and know what each other is doing.
>> Councilwoman, absolutely correct. And
» Councilwoman, absolutely correct. And
those are those monthly meetings with
all the economic developers that we're
sharing the the opportunities that are
coming in. We touch base with them on
that. We'll we'll have individual
meetings with different municipalities
as needed. And I can tell you we have a
a project not looking within the city of
Las Vegas. I have to be careful about
non-disclosure, but we have a a call at
11:30 today about a project that would
require some BLM land. And I've spent
about two hours already this week on on
a phone with BLM and with that
community.
>> Okay. Thank you very much, Mayor.
» Okay. Thank you very much, Mayor.
Appreciate it.
>> You're welcome, Miss Rooney.
» You're welcome, Miss Rooney.
>> Thank you, Mayor, and thank you,
» Thank you, Mayor, and thank you,
Danielle, for coming this morning to
speak with us. Um, I happened to meet
with a couple of tech startups this week
and so as you're going through your
presentation, I was just wondering what
role do you see LVGA playing in
supporting that ecosystem either for
folks that are already here or are
thinking about coming here.
>> Mayor, Councilwoman Bry, also another
» Mayor, Councilwoman Bry, also another
excellent question. LVGA's scope does
not well you know with any with enough
time and money and resources anything is
possible in our current scope of work
and areas of responsibility we don't see
ourselves as say being the the
organization that is teaching people how
to be entrepreneurs and startups but
long term in our strategy you will see
things in there about working to attract
more VC investment and investment
capital telling a more critical and
important story about the market as a
place to do business especially to
startups outside of the market and and
really also digging into things like the
built environment. So are there ways
that we can encourage public private
partnerships and development thinking
about our university systems and their
assets. So we have a lot of examples
that we are working on right now that
we've seen in other communities that
have specifically helped with that and a
lot of times that does plug into the
university system.
>> That's great to hear because I do think
» That's great to hear because I do think
that we have a gap. So I'm excited that
you guys will be taking the lead on
that.
Miss Casey, thank you so much. And it's
been a privilege for me being on the Las
Vegas Global Economic Alliance board in
in different part phases of my life and
it just keeps getting better and you are
a remarkable addition to uh to
everything that is being proposed and
planned by the global alliance. Thank
you so much for being here.
>> Thank you, Mayor Mayor Prom and Council.
» Thank you, Mayor Mayor Prom and Council.
Have a great day.
>> Thank you. Um this was a report only so
» Thank you. Um this was a report only so
no action is required.
We will now hear related items 26 and 41
through 41B together. Uh 26 public
hearing uh discussion for possible
action to receive testimony for and
against the proposed redevelopment plan
for redevelopment area 3 and to provide
any direction deemed necessary or
appropriate. Item 4126-0176
on the following land use entitlement
project requests on the 1,350.23
23 acres generally bounded by Owens
Avenue to the north, no Nellis Boulevard
to the east, Charleston Boulevard to the
south, and the 21st and 21st Street to
the west, 41A, 26-0176-dir1
for a review of the plan for the
redevelopment of area 3 as a
redevelopment area 41B 26-0176-GPA1
to establish redevelopment area three.
The applicant owner is city of Las Vegas
redevelopment agency. The planning
commission and staff recommend approval
on the entire land use entitlement
project. These are in ward three, Miss
Diaz and these are public hearings which
I now declare open. Miss Babsky.
>> Thank you, mayor, city council members.
» Thank you, mayor, city council members.
Dina Babsky for the record. And with me
is a member of our team, Alex Strazzer.
He actually uh was leading what we're
about to present today. So I would like
for him to join me in this presentation.
>> Welcome.
» Welcome.
>> Thank you.
» Thank you.
>> Um so this has been quite a road for us.
» Um so this has been quite a road for us.
Uh last September you all voted uh to uh
pass a resolution that would enable us
to start the uh exploration of
establishing a new redevelopment area.
Uh the East Las Vegas area plan that was
adopted back in 2023. One of the key
elements called out in that plan was
specifically exploring whether a new
redevelopment area could be uh
established as part of of that plan in
order to uh you know help with the
revitalization of the neighborhood um
establish some you know or or I guess
promote economic development and things
that redevelopment uh agency can enable
communities to do. So with that um a
little background on where uh we have
been as far as the redevelopment agency
in our areas. Back in 1986,
redevelopment agency was established and
that's when the area one was established
primarily covering the downtown core.
Then in 2012, we established a second
redevelopment area that covers uh the
west of Charleston West and a lot of the
medical district. So now we're 14 years
later down the road and that's what that
was a good time for us to explore what
can we do on the east side.
So the team uh with your resolution
approved resolution uh moved forward on
uh establishing the area of study for
the blight study that is required by NRS
279 in order to determine if the if the
area qualifies to be deemed a
redevelopment area. The yellow boundary
that you see on the map uh that was the
study area boundary. All of the parcels
that you see in the blue were
specifically uh evaluated whether they
met the requirements called out by the
statute to be eligible uh as part of the
redevelopment area.
And by the way, the study was started in
uh November, early November. It took
four months for our team to go out and
and uh evaluate every single property,
document conditions, take photos, and
since February, the team was literally
doing a deep dive and analysis into
every single property to determine its
eligibility.
So, this is a uh a snapshot of all the
redevelopment areas if the area three is
established. uh as you see on the map uh
our agency will essentially cover the uh
most of the downtown core and I I I mean
I am so excited for this project or for
this initiative because uh everything
that we've done in area one and area two
is just is a great example of what we
will now be able to do in on the east
side of the city.
Why a new redevelopment area? I
basically already spoke to it. Every two
weeks you all vote on different grants
and investments that the redevelopment
agency does uh within its boundary. And
you know the the the most important
thing is with the redevelopment agencies
the way they are funded is by the
property tax increment that is generated
with new development as well as the uh
property value increases within that
area. So this is a quick slide that
shows how does that work. Uh once the
redevelopment area is established, we
will send the parcel numbers to the
assessor's office. uh that that will set
set the tax baseline. From that point
on, every year any new development that
happens there that creates new property
tax as well as uh the increase in the
property values would be set aside for
the redevelopment area 3 to continue to
investment in the community.
With that, uh I would like Alex to talk
about the blight study because they were
out there every day.
» Good morning, Mayor Berkeley and members
of the city council. Alex Strawer, City
of Las Vegas Department of Economic and
Urban Development. For the record, um
between, as Dina mentioned, between
November and February, we were out in
the field every every day, it seemed
like, assessing nearly uh 1300
properties to see if they met the
physical characteristics of light. Uh
this blight study also looked at the
socioeconomic uh data as well uh to get
that full comprehensive uh view as to if
this area met the state requirements for
a blighted area. Overall we found that
of the 12 blight conditions, nine were
prevalent in this community and two
affected at least two affected uh nearly
every property. Some of our findings
included um aging buildings. So over 80%
of the uh building inventory was built
before 1999. This requires more
reinvestment for the property owners as
well as maintenance to manage uh
deterioration and upgrade building
systems. We also found shifting uh uses
for new users in buildings that were uh
different than what were previously
designed for. One in one one instance
was a dentist office that is now
occupying a a bank with the
drive-throughs. Uh this creates
operational efficiency inefficiencies as
well as um additional deterioration in
building costs for the property owner.
Crowded spaces. So our modern building
codes have requirements that allow for
safety, accessibility, and overall
function on the site. Uh for instance,
some of these sites were located off of
major thoroughares and some of which
required backing on to high-speed uh
rightaways.
Some were located adjacent to the
property line which can create a fire
hazard and spread to neighboring
properties. For commercial and
multifamily properties, the size,
spacing, and overall traffic circulation
is a major component. And when these
standards aren't met, this can rely on
uh off off on street parking and loading
requirements.
Economic strain, the visible signs of
blight, empty businesses and vacant
lots,
heat and no shade was a major component,
a major challenge facing facing this
community as identified in the city of
Las Vegas 2050 master plan as well as
the waistro futuro east Las Vegas
special area plan. Uh this can
discourage pedestrian activity as well
as further deteriorate building
materials.
Traffic dangers for higher frequency
visitors than previously designed for.
Uh this is very problematic for for
residents in this community as more
pedestrians take public transit, walk or
bike as their commute than in then
compared to the city, state and national
trends.
Unsafe rideway. So this alleyway had
multiple uh trap trash receptacles lined
up the alley which can make it difficult
for uh emergency vehicle access as well
as motorists. This photo also shows a
lack of lighting infrastructure can
which can create the perception of an
unsafe environment as well as uh the
visible grime and uh the lack of
property maintenance
loss of value. So having uh making it
more difficult to retain tenants can
make it difficult for property owners to
continue to make the investments into
their property to make these um
enhancements.
And so when we have a vacant lot uh
which lo East Las Vegas has 81 acres
available, this can create a opportunity
for uh illegal dumping and homeless
individuals. Uh and unfortunately when
these uh challenges pile up and become
visible, this can impact neighboring
businesses.
For this project to uh come forward to
you, public outreach was a major
component that we really heavily relied
on. Since April, this project has been
featured in the W 3 council uh e
newsletter, which has over uh 13,000
recipients. For the last four weeks,
we've had um this project featured in
the Las Vegas Review Journal. We've had
three different neighborhood meetings
where all the property owners with
within 500 ft were notified uh providing
translation services to have the meeting
in English and Spanish. Uh this meet
these meetings were at a variety of
locations within East Las Vegas and
overall we had approximately 130
individuals show up. Uh lastly, uh we
had to send a mailed uh notice to all
the property owners directly impacted by
this uh project and the public hearing
process moving forward. I want to give a
big thank you to the communications team
for helping us coordinate our uh
bilingual translations as well as to uh
execute the mailing notices.
Last month, this project went before the
planning commission and they determined
that the this area met the state
requirement for uh blight under state
statute and also recommended a unanimous
approval of the redevelopment plan. With
that, I will turn it back over to uh
Dena, who will give a overview of the
redevelopment plan goals and objectives.
>> Thank you, Alex.
» Thank you, Alex.
>> Thank you, Alex. Uh I I I also want to
» Thank you, Alex. Uh I I I also want to
join Alex in thanking a few folks. Alex
and Sierra Webinar team were out there
taking photos and documenting
communications department and of course
city's attorney's office. There's been a
quite a rigorous uh I guess legal
process for us to make sure we hit every
single requirement in an area. So I'm
very grateful for that. But to summarize
really our presentation as part of
today's action is going to be uh
introduction of a new ordinance uh later
in the council meeting to adopt the new
redevelopment plan for area 3. And just
like with other uh redevelopment plans
that we have for area one and two, the
focus is still the same to eliminate
blight or reduce its spread to keep our
businesses in there. But most
importantly, it's to uh have, you know,
to to I I guess invest in the community
so that private investment can be
unlocked because it's so important for
us to be able to derisk uh projects in
these community with infrastructure
upgrades with uh you know public works
things that could be potentially part of
the uh work the redevelopment agency
will partner on because once that's in
place, private investment will come and
we've seen that in you know in downtown
Las Vegas, Arts District, Symphony Park,
Medical District. So, we're very excited
to introduce this uh very grateful for
the work that the team has done and if
this is established, it will live for 30
years and so that is a good amount of
years to really bring the community to
where it's supposed to be. So, thank
you. This completes our presentation and
we're happy to answer any questions.
>> Thank you so much. Do any of the city
» Thank you so much. Do any of the city
council members have any questions or
comments?
>> And Miss Rooney.
» And Miss Rooney.
>> Thank you, mayor. Quick question. I
» Thank you, mayor. Quick question. I
appreciate the community outreach. It
feels like a win-win from where I'm
sitting, but was is anybody opposed or
did you receive any, I guess, concern
feedback?
» Um, through you, mayor. Thank you, uh,
Councilman Brunie. Uh, there were
definitely great questions that were
brought up during the meetings and a lot
of them we were expecting because once
you mentioned any kind of tax, you know,
we need to clarify that there's no new
tax assessments. Uh, of course when you
talk about, you know, properties and the
questions come about, you know, eminent
domain. So, that was addressed. And
then, you know, as we were documenting
some of the conditions out there, uh, a
few folks were concerned about, you
know, potentially having code
enforcement cases open uh, on their
behalfs. And so, we're we answered all
the questions. Um, I was in one of the
uh, meetings on the very first meeting.
And from that particular meeting, I can
say that once the conversation was done
that people felt comfortable. Um, Alex,
if you want to add any other feedback
from the other two meetings.
>> I would uh through you, Madame Mayor, I
» I would uh through you, Madame Mayor, I
would echo uh Dena's uh comments. Uh
overall, the residents were generally uh
curious about the process. Obviously,
the word redevelopment can be pretty
intimidating, especially if you're not
uh familiar with the project. So
overall, the residents were very curious
and trying to um ask us the right
questions to learn more about the
project. But uh personally, I think the
residents left um feeling pretty um good
about the project.
>> Okay. All right. In that case, no action
» Okay. All right. In that case, no action
is required on item 26. Is there a
motion on related items 41A and 41B?
Councilwoman Diaz.
Yeah, mayor. For the record, Jeff Dorak,
city attorney. Uh I don't think we have
a line in the uh book, but go ahead and
mention that it is a public hearing and
if anyone would like to uh comment, this
would be the time and then you can go
back to the motion.
>> All right. Thank you so much. Um this is
» All right. Thank you so much. Um this is
a public uh meeting. Does anyone wish to
comment?
Seeing no one, I'll entertain a motion.
>> Thank you, Madam Mayor. just give me a
» Thank you, Madam Mayor. just give me a
few minutes of privilege because this
has been a long project in the making
and so many hours um that have been
poured and months um in the east side.
So, first and foremost, Alex and Sierra,
thank you for your diligence and
ensuring that we are um doing things per
statute, state statute. Um I want to
thank all the fabulous EUD team because
I know it takes all of you. You're a
small but mighty team and um I think
that without you all we wouldn't be at
this point. Uh I want to also thank Ramo
Reyes who stepped in on the very first
meeting seeing the need for
interpretation and without a doubt just
not knowing all the terms but he was
doing the best he could to explain it in
layman's terms to the community that
turned out and then we got then we
remembered let's have more things ready
for our communities because on the east
side we are 70% or more Hispanic Latinos
so we should be expecting the turnout
that need language assistance
Um, I want to thank our comm's team who
didn't miss a beat. Made sure that we
were in sync and we were doing
everything collectively and also my W
three team. They've been heavily
involved in having conversations with
EUD, ensuring that the meetings were
structured and set up in a way that
we're going to be successful. I'm just
so so excited for this moment because
ever since I was elected, I remember
going doortodoor on the east side and
hearing overarching the same concern
over and over and over. You guys have
forgotten about us. Our areas are going
downward in a spiral and why aren't we
like Summerland? Why aren't we like
other pretty areas of the city? And that
broke my heart. Um, just thinking about
them, thinking that we had as a city
abandoned that area of our city and that
now that I've been in this role, it's
just so incredibly difficult to have all
the financial resources to steer the
help and to be able to lead change in
the area and be that spark that is going
to then ignite people's interest in
wanting to invest on that side of town
because increasingly people are having
to drive. they don't feel comfortable
going to their neighborhood this or
their neighborhood that or there really
aren't very many options and so they
have to drive distances and we're losing
that opportunity for those dollars to
stay within the city and our community.
So, I'm so so ecstatic that this will
help us change and move the needle, meet
the need, heed the call of our neighbors
that are saying, "We want better for
East Las Vegas." And now this is setting
up the ability to have the means to then
execute the vision that is in Westro
Futuro, our future East Las Vegas plan
that we've adopted as a council in 23.
We can't really move the needle if we
don't have the resources behind it. And
I'm also ecstatic about the education
set aside funding that we can also tap
into because we know that my schools on
that side need all the love that we can
provide them. So with that, I know the
mayor saying, "Okay, wrap it up.
Councilwoman, make the motion." So I'm
going to move to approve agenda items
41A and B.
Please vote.
» There we go.
post.
» Motion carries.
>> Thank you very much.
» Thank you very much.
>> Thank you very much.
» Thank you very much.
>> Thank you.
» Thank you.
>> Very exciting.
» Very exciting.
Agenda item 27, report by Mike Jansen,
city manager, and discussion for
possible action to approve a new 2-year
collective bargaining agreement between
the city of Las Vegas and the
International Association of
Firefighters Local 1285 not to exceed
$16,387
87
various funds. All wards, Mr. Jansen.
>> Good morning, Mayor Berkeley, members of
» Good morning, Mayor Berkeley, members of
city council. Mike Jansen, city manager.
This is a tag team presentation today,
so I'm going to have my colleagues on my
right introduce themselves.
>> Uh, for the record, Sue Brown, Human
» Uh, for the record, Sue Brown, Human
Resources,
>> Morgan Davis, City Attorney's Office.
» Morgan Davis, City Attorney's Office.
Mayor and Council, uh, you know, uh,
outside of the negotiations related to
this contract and the official NRS
statement that I need to enter into the
record, I just want to take a moment to
thank a few people and also talk a
little bit about uh, the luck that I had
over the last couple of months to sit
down with the uh, union leadership
associated with Local 1285. Uh,
beginning with Captain Ruben Sanchez
who's in the audience today. I know I
had a chance to talk to him earlier. Um,
those are just conversations not related
to this contract negotiations, just
getting to knew getting to know that
leadership team. And I think it's fair
to say we've come away with mutual
respect for one another and a uh common
goal of wanting to see the city be as
good as it can be. So again, I want to I
want to thank Ruben and uh his team. Uh
I want to thank uh Chief Gray uh for his
leadership in LVFR. Um and uh really
just the entire LVFR team. Uh it's what
makes our city a safe city. It's what
makes our city a city that people want
to uh live, work, and play in. I also uh
be remiss if I didn't talk about just
the hours and hours and hours of work
that a contract negotiation involves
amongst so many different uh city
employees. And uh that includes uh
certainly our uh HR team led by Sue
Brown, our city attorney's office, from
Jeff and from Morgan and his team, our
entire city manager's office, and uh
certainly our finance department running
all the numbers and trying to figure out
how do we uh make all this work. So with
all those uh thanks and admiration to so
many uh people involved in this uh what
I'd like to do is just enter into the
record the official NRS statement which
is pursuant to NRS 288153
as city manager I am reporting on a new
2-year collective bargaining agreement
with IAFF Local 1285. The estimated
fiscal impact of the two-year agreement
is not to exceed $16,387,87.
And with that, I'm going to turn over
the rest of this presentation to Miss
Sue Brown and uh Morgan.
>> Welcome.
» Welcome.
>> Thank you. Good morning, Mayor and
» Thank you. Good morning, Mayor and
Council. Um before I get started, thank
you, Mike, for the introduction. Um I
want to echo Mike's comments and thank
the city's negotiating team, our
partners in city attorney's office,
human resources, Rick Hunt, Dana Graham,
and Tasja Curtis, as well as um Chief
Larry Stony, and Chief Randall Willbanks
were on the negotiating team.
So, the item before you today is a
two-year tenative agreement with the
IIAFF local 1285 bargaining unit. This
bargaining unit represents approximately
766 employees in the fire department. We
started negotiations back in February of
2026 and we had a total of 11 meetings
ending on June 15, 2026 where we did
reach a tenative agreement. Um, the
bargaining unit took the contra uh the
TAS to the membership for vote and they
did vote to approve the two-year
agreement which covers July 1st, 2026
through June 30th, 2028.
I'm going to go over some of the changes
in the contract in order of the
articles. Um, first is article 15 under
holidays. We are adding a new holiday
worked premium pay for four protected
holidays. What this means is the four
protected holidays that we have listed
are Fourth of July, Thanksgiving Day,
Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day. And
basically, we've agreed to give
additional compensation for employees
who work on these four holidays. In
exchange, we are reducing the number of
um vacation slots available for these
days. So, currently it's a 12% slots for
um number of employees who who can be on
vacation, and we're reducing that to 6%.
So the intent is, you know, for these
four busy holidays, we're encouraging
and incentivizing employees to come to
work on those days.
Under article 17, wages, um, in year one
of the contract, effective July 1, 2026,
we've agreed to a 2.7% cost of living
adjustment based on the annual CPI from
2025.
In addition, we're adding a 2% increase
to the top step of all the salary
schedules.
In year two of the contract, effective
July 1, 2027, we are doing a CPI based
cost of living adjustment. Um, the range
of the CPI is 2% to 3.5%.
We won't know that CPI until the end of
the current calendar year. And also in
year two, we're doing the 2% increase to
the top step of all the salary
schedules. Once again,
under article 19, acting pay, we're
adding a new cash incentive um for
preceptor certification of $1,000.
Preceptors are those individuals who are
more experienced and they are the
individuals who train and mentor new and
incoming paramedics. So, this incentive
will encourage more employees to become
preceptors.
In article 22 under medical, we are
increasing the bi-weekly employer
contribution by $15 in each of the two
years.
Article 28, unifor 23, uniform
allowance. We are increasing the annual
uniform allowance from $1,800 to $2,000.
Article 28, EMS compensation. So, this
is the article that has the most um
change and in line with our goal of
encouraging more firefighters to become
paramedics, we've agreed to a new
compensation model for employees who
become paramedics.
So, currently firefighters who become
paramedics move into a separate unique
classification called firefighter
paramedic.
Engineers and captains who are
paramedics receive additional pay for
maintaining their paramedic license and
for working as a paramedic when they're
assigned. Moving forward, we're
eliminating this separate firefighter
paramedic rank or title and instead
we're providing a premium pay to
employees who um achieve and maintain
their paramedic license. So, what this
does is this gives the fire department
um greater flexibility to assign
paramedics where they are needed the
most and it'll help reduce the unit
downgrades or brownouts.
In article 29 under hazmat and TRT,
similar to the preceptor, we're also
doing a $1,000 cash incentive for uh
employees who has hazmat and TRT
certification.
Um, those are the major articles with
fiscal impact. We also, um, did some
minor language updates to clean up
multiple articles. As Mike mentioned,
the 2-year agreement fiscal impact is
not to exceed 16,387,87.
The reason why there is a range here is
because, again, year 2's COLA is still
to be determined.
Um, we would like to thank the IIAFF
negotiating team, Ruben Sanchez, Mark
Sarraosa, Michael Tom, Nicholas Rhodess,
Estabbon Cruz, and Bull McDougall. Um,
throughout this entire process, over 11
meetings, they have been very
professional, very collaborative,
willing to, you know, explore unique and
creative options for this fire contract.
And so, thank you to the IFF negotiating
team. And with that, I will take any
questions. Thank you so much. Uh there
any uh questions from council members?
Seeing none,
is there a motion? Mayor Promab,
>> I move to approve.
» I move to approve.
>> Please vote.
Post.
Motion carries. Congratulations for
this. This is very well done.
>> Thank you, mayor.
» Thank you, mayor.
>> Okay.
We will now hear related items 28 and 29
together, but act on them separately. To
item number 28, discussion for possible
action regarding the denial of a
permanent massage establishment license
for Time Massage Golden Beauty LLC. Uh
doing business as Time Massage Golden
Beauty at 5013 Altera Drive. Um uh
managing member TW um agenda item 29,
discussion for possible action regarding
the denial of a permanent massage
establishment license for Golden Tai Spa
LLC doing business as Golden Tai Spa at
2251
South Rainbow Boulevard. Um uh
Miss Miss Wang
um managing member uh Mr. Floyd. Oh,
hello everybody. Um, Mr. Floyd, are you
um
>> Darcy Adelby for the record will be
» Darcy Adelby for the record will be
presenting.
>> Would you please repeat that?
» Would you please repeat that?
>> Yes. Uh, I'm Darcy Adel by her, the
» Yes. Uh, I'm Darcy Adel by her, the
business licensing manager. I'll be
presenting.
>> Welcome, and please proceed.
» Welcome, and please proceed.
>> Good morning, Mayor and Council. Thank
» Good morning, Mayor and Council. Thank
you very much. Um, so before you today
are the two related agenda items.
requesting the denial of a permanent
massage establishment license for Golden
Tai Spa located at 2251 South Rainbow
Boulevard and Thai Massage Golden Beauty
located at 5013 Alta Drive. Both
businesses are owned and operated by
Miss Yuming Wang. Although these are
separate businesses, they share the same
owner and many of the concerns before
you involve Miss Wang's overall
management and suitability. On March
18th, 2025, staff conducted a
pre-licicensing inspection of Golden Tai
Spa. During the inspection, staff
observed bedding in the employee
breakroom, a hallway door equipped with
an interior lock, and window coverings
that obstructed the visibility into
portions of the business. Staff returned
on March 26 and found that the bedding
remained despite having previously
discussed the concern with the owner.
She did move the items into her car
during that inspection. On March 2nd,
2025, the department issued a temporary
license with specific operating
conditions. Those conditions prohibited
the interior moni monitoring devices,
prohibited hallway doors from being
locked, and required an unobstructed
view from the lobby into the
establishment.
On June 17th, 2025, staff conducted
another inspection. During that
inspection, the owner and the key
employee were absent. Staff again found
the interior locking mechanisms, audio
and video recording devices inside the
business, and personal bedding that
suggested employees may have been
residing or sleeping on the premises.
A follow-up inspection on June 18th
confirmed that those items have been
removed. Just a week later, on June
25th, 2025, the Las Vegas Metropolitan
Police Department conducted an
undercover vice operation. During that
operation, an employee, Euang Chen,
solicited an undercover officer for
prostitution services um and she was
arrested. As a result of that incident,
the department issued a notice of
violation and assessed a $250 civil fine
on June 26, 2025. Miss Wang appealed the
violation, but it was upheld by our
hearing officer on September 11th, 2025.
Also on September 11th, 2025, Metro
completed their suitability review uh
report identifying the business as an
area of concern due to the operation the
prostitution related activities in the
deficiencies in the management controls.
On January 13, 2026, the Nevada State
Board of Massage Therapy placed Miss
Wing's massage therapy license on a
2-year probation based on its own
disciplinary proceedings.
On June 12th, 2026, the department
participated in a joint undercover
operation with Metro. During that
operation, an employee solicited an
undercover detective for prostitution
services. Neither Miss Wing nor the key
employee were present. The department
issued another notice of violation with
fines equaling up to $1,500 and LBMPD
ordered an emergency closure on the
business. On June 16th, 2026, the
department received an updated
background investigated report from
Metro and that incorporated the
prostitution related arrest into the
licensing review. While staff recognizes
that many of this inspection
deficiencies were corrected after the
notice, the department's concerns extend
beyond the isolated code violations.
This recommendation is based on the
totality of this record, including
repeated management deficiencies,
failure to maintain required operating
conditions, prostitution related
criminal activities occurring occurring
within the establishment, the subsequent
metro suitability report, and
disciplinary action taken by the Nevada
State Massage Board therapy against the
owner. Because Miss Wang is also the
owner and managing member of Time
Massage Golden Beauty, those same
suitability concerns apply to that
application as well. Although the
majority of the violations occurred at
Golden Spa, the department must evaluate
the suitability of the applicant, not
simply the location. The temporary
business license is currently suspended
based on the documented history and the
overall suitability of the applicant.
Staff staff recommends denial of both
the permanent licenses for both
establishments. Representatives of Las
Vegas Metropolitan Police Department are
here and present if you have any
questions. Thank you.
>> Thank you so much. Do either one of you
» Thank you so much. Do either one of you
care to make a comment?
>> Hello, mayor. My name is Michelle Gunn.
» Hello, mayor. My name is Michelle Gunn.
I'm an investigative specialist with Las
Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
I'm the one that drafted the area of
concerns report and Darcy pretty much
outlined everything accurately. So, if
you have any questions, I can answer
them.
>> Thank you so much. Um, now I'd like to
» Thank you so much. Um, now I'd like to
hear from the applicant.
>> Thank you. Good morning. Uh, Kirk
» Thank you. Good morning. Uh, Kirk
Kennedy, 815 South Pacino Center on
Council for Miss Yuming Wong. She's
present today with the assistance of
Miss Yan Hei, who's a court-certified
Mandarin uh, translator for her benefit
to make sure she understands everything
today. She does speak English, but I
think it would be it's a benefit that
she has the translator. You know, in
reviewing this matter, you have two
agenda items. Uh the one regarding Time
Massage Golden Beauty, that's item
number 28, has sort of been lumped into
this. Uh you don't see any history of
violations, no arrests, things of that
type at that location, which I believe
is on Alta Drive. Golden Tai spa is the
one obviously you're hearing about
today. It's clear that they were there
was an arrest activity in 2025 and a
recent one back here in June. And
certainly I've talked with Miss Wang
about what's going on here. She has
prior experience in in owning and
operating massage businesses uh in
Nevada and in other states. So, she
knows how to do this, right? What's
going on here? The question is one of
oversight, supervision. That's the
issue. She's a minority owner of a of
two businesses in town, within the city.
She has another, I believe, within the
county and in other locations as well.
She knows how to run these things
correctly and they can be done the
correct way. There are many massage
establishments here in Las Vegas and in
Clark County and you hear about it in
the news sometimes about a very negative
image. Well, there are those that that
are run correctly and can do well and
provide a valuable service physical
therapy services to citizens here in our
community. Uh she is trying to do that.
What she what happened here with Golden
Tai, which is agenda item number 29, was
one of of a complete lack of oversight.
I think she would have to admit and she
has admitted to me that you she was not
giving it the care and attention she
needs to give to it. But I think she can
do that. The concern is one of oversight
and supervision. She can do that. She
can provide that. She can also do better
about uh making sure that her managers
and key employees are not only approved
by the city but basically know what
they're doing so they comply with city
code and Nevada law on the operation of
a massage establishment. You know, I I
reviewed the Metro Investigative report
and it's kind of interesting on page
five of that report where they make the
recommendation. Of course, they do
recommend the denial, but in making that
denial, they they give a statement
that's entirely contradictory. I'm just
quoting part of it. Uh from page five,
Metro states, "Until the owner can
demonstrate meaningful corrective
action, effective oversight, and
sustainable measures to prevent future
violations, uh the end of the quote,
they would uh basically deny approval."
But what they're saying there is, you
know, if she can demonstrate this, if
she can demonstrate the corrective
action, the oversight, the supervision,
then perhaps denial is not appropriate.
Uh the Metro Report sort of speaks out
of both sides there because it's saying,
you know, she could possibly do this and
make this run well and be an effective
small business person here in our
community with these two establishments
within the city if given the
opportunity. Uh the Metro report says,
"Yeah, but maybe if she does better and
provides more oversight, she can do
better." But then they say that, "But
not this time." How is she supposed to
be more effective? How is she supposed
to demonstrate this corrective action
and this ability to provide better
supervision and to comply with Nevada
law when she's not being given the
opportunity? Uh she's being uh what
we're looking at here is is the city is
requesting the denial of her
establishment applications, which
effectively guts what the Metro report
is saying. They're saying essentially if
she's given the opportunity, she could
do better and she could show better. She
can be a better manager. She can be a
better operator if she can, you know,
focus herself on doing what is right.
And the Metro report is kind of
acknowledging that while at the same
time then saying, "Well, too bad,
denied." We're asking for an opportunity
here to allow her to prove to you, to
this city council, that she can do this
and she can do it well. Mind you, uh the
city has lumped in two different
businesses. Only one is having the the
problems, but they say, "Oh, well, let's
just get rid of all of them."
Apparently, it's something wrong with
Miss Wong. Well, that's not that's the
easy answer, but that's not the answer.
That's the correct answer, the right
answer. You have a female minority owner
who's trying to operate these businesses
in a way that's effective and in
compliance with city code and Nevada
law. And she's asking for that
opportunity. And what I'm asking and and
this has been a wakeup call for her as
to okay but here she is standing in
front of the city council. She never
believed something like this would
happen. Uh and she can't believe that h
these events happened at her spa and she
knows she has to do better about
management, about oversight, about
staffing, uh about making sure that the
people who work there truly understand
what it means to provide legal lawful
massage and to not engage in criminal
activity. She had there are two
therapists and it can't happen again and
it won't happen again. What we're asking
for is an opportunity here today for the
city council to allow her temporary
licenses to be reinstated for a period
of 6 months to a year. Sort of a
probationary type grant. Uh don't don't
take action on the permanent license.
allow her this period of time to prove
to you to prove to the city to prove to
business licensing and metro that there
would be no other violations that she
can comply with Nevada law and the
requirements of the Nevada Massage Ward
as well which has oversight of these
establishments. So, we're asking for
that opportunity, give her this window
of time uh to prove to you that she can
do well and then we can come back in six
months or a year or on administrative
review and address whether a more
permanent structure to the licensing
should be granted and that's what we're
asking for today. Thank you very much.
>> Thank you so much. Are there any
» Thank you so much. Are there any
questions or comments from council
members?
>> Uh yes, Miss Pinsky.
» Uh yes, Miss Pinsky.
>> Thank you, Madame Mayor. Can't help
» Thank you, Madame Mayor. Can't help
myself. Uh
this case seems very cut and dry to me.
Uh we've seen others. Mr. Kennedy, thank
you for coming. You always do a very
good job for your uh clients. Uh but
this one is not like others in the past.
This one is very clear. government
resources that have been spent on this
case already. I would imagine 10,000 100
thousand plus on monitoring these
businesses and fully documenting
the illegal acts that are taking place
here. Uh I don't have uh
any patience for businesses that conduct
prostitution and and probably human
trafficking. And uh I hope that this
body really takes this specific case
very seriously and that we do everything
we can to prevent this business from
coming back. Sometimes these businesses
are like whack-a-ole. We close one and
it pops up in a different version or uh
with a different ownership somewhere
else. Uh if we can use this case as fuel
for us to ensure that this ecosystem is
truly um stopped, I'm I'm all ears on
how we can make it better. But uh very
little sympathy when you get to this
part, this case, the time to uh
change the way you do business is a year
ago, is two years ago. We are well
beyond that where the government has got
a substantial case against you all
documented. There is no reason for us to
to do anything else other than to revoke
this license.
>> Thank you so much. Miss Summers
» Thank you so much. Miss Summers
Armstrong, did you wish to speak?
» Thank you, Madam Mayor. I think my uh
colleague has um said it very well. I
would love to hear from my colleague
from um Ward 2 where this business is
housed one, I'm sorry, where this
business is housed. Um I'll just say
from my own perspective that um we have
a real issue in our community um with uh
human trafficking and we have a real
issue in our community with illegal
prostitution.
And
I don't have a lot of patience for it
because I see what the result is. We
have um organizations that are housed
within Ward Five that are trying to
provide supportive services for women
and young women and young people who
fall prey to this kind of behavior. And
undoing the damage costs us so much
money and time.
when people have been harmed in these
types of of activities and
um we we don't have the we don't have
the time or resources to continue to try
and pull people along when we already
are very clear that these activities are
not allowed and um I would like to hear
what my colleague in Ward one has to say
but I'm really concerned and don't have
a lot of patience for
Thank you so much. Before we hear from
Councilman Kenudson, Miss Kelly.
>> Thank you, Madam Mayor. Um I've got a
» Thank you, Madam Mayor. Um I've got a
question that may be more appropriately
answered by staff. The um representative
for the business has said that uh um
Miss Swang, is that correct?
is a minority investor, but I thought I
read that she owned 100% the documents,
100% of the business in our
>> She's a minority investor.
» She's a minority investor.
>> I meant as a as her status as a as an
» I meant as a as her status as a as an
Asian Asian-American
>> Okay. I thought I thought she was a a
» Okay. I thought I thought she was a a
minority holder in the business. Okay.
Um, you know, I would like to address
the comments of, um, sir, of your
comments as someone who spent a good
portion of my early career representing
the business community. Um, you know, I
took I I took this um very very
seriously. and your point about um I
disagree with your point about her
deserving to have a chance because she
had that chance. Uh she had it with the
pre-insspection
uh in March 18th before the license was
issued uh when there were uh pillows and
blankets in a break room um in a hallway
door with an interior lock. She had that
option a week later for a reinspection
and the pillows and the blankets were
still present. uh beginning of April, uh
her temporary business license was
issued with the following conditions
uh about the use of video monitoring
devices uh about me massage rooms being
fitted with locks and and not covering
or blocking or otherwise disruption
um to the facility. And then uh the 17th
she was found in violation due to a key
employee or owner not being on the
premises. And then on the 25th of June
uh the vice operation was conducted um
while she and she was present there. I
could go on and on but the point which
and I agree certainly with my colleagues
on the tragedy of human human
trafficking.
But I would be uh
I I I am a gasast at how many options
she was given uh and the the continuing
failure to live up during a time where
she could have proved herself to be
adept at managing the business. Uh, and
I think it would be a mistake for the
city to extend that opportunity again.
Thank you.
>> Thank you, Miss Kelly. Uh, Mr. Canudson,
» Thank you, Miss Kelly. Uh, Mr. Canudson,
>> thank you, Madam Mayor, and I appreciate
» thank you, Madam Mayor, and I appreciate
the comments up here and I appreciate
the presentations uh at the dis. Uh just
for some I guess colorful background,
I've I have probably a whole bunch of
massage massage establishments in Ward
One, like maybe the most. It's not
something that I'm most proud of, but it
is probably true. And I generally I meet
with every single person that comes in
for a license. They sit in my office and
because of the challenges we have in our
community, I do ask them if they are
going to engage in any illegal activity.
Uh it's a very useful or it's a very
useful conversation I have and I have it
every single time uh with the commitment
in my couch saying, "Nope, I'm not going
to do that." And I say if you do do
that, this is what's going to happen. We
had that conversation. Uh and so Miss
Adabihard, could we just go over some of
the things you said because I think
they're most relevant in this case. Um
kind of highlight the massage licensing
board. They've they have actions against
the applicant as well. Can you highlight
what that is?
>> Um yeah. So we were just notified um a
» Um yeah. So we were just notified um a
couple weeks ago that they did take
action against um her license uh in
January of this year. And so she is on
probationary status with that. don't
have further details exactly what those
actions are. Um, but we do have that
information.
>> So, we have one board that's uh
» So, we have one board that's uh
initiated an action against the
applicant. Uh, the hearing officer has
also heard the uh claims against the
applicant and the hearing officer upheld
those claims.
>> Yes. So, she um there was the
» Yes. So, she um there was the
prostitution uh solicitation last year.
Um she was uh before the our hearing
officer to dispute the fines that were
associated with that because there was
no closure. um those were upheld. Uh she
did come and explain to us exactly the
same thing that she was it wasn't her,
it was her employee. She'll manage it
better and we give her another chance
and here we are again a year later.
>> And then just could you highlight what a
» And then just could you highlight what a
this is a privilege license? Can you
highlight what a privilege license
means? So, a privilege license is going
to have um more um more to it that they
have to go through a background check in
um investigation through Metro because
it's um it's higher it's like a higher
what's the word uh
>> for the welfare of the city it's a yeah
» for the welfare of the city it's a yeah
um so they have to be able to pass that
suitability there's a financial review
um there are extra conditions that are
added to the license uh because we found
you know these ones to be um at that
that privileged state. And so this one
is one of those licenses.
>> Thank you. And then one last question.
» Thank you. And then one last question.
You made a point that these licenses
aren't based on the location or the
business type. This is based on the
suitability of the applicant. Is that
accurate?
>> That is correct. Yes, it is a
» That is correct. Yes, it is a
suitability report Metro is providing as
well. They do their deep dive
investigation and it is on the person.
Um the fact that she has two businesses
in the city um at the same time in the
same status, we felt this makes the most
sense.
>> Thank you. And I know we have metro
» Thank you. And I know we have metro
representatives here. I've been on one
of the sting operations. I'm really
grateful for the fact that we're
partnered with law enforcement in these
types of activities. Uh for my
colleagues and for anybody's watching,
if you walk into one of these
establishments and you see sleeping
quarters in the back of a closet, it uh
implies something detrimental to not
only the individuals there, but to the
community around it. So uh given all
that information, if you're ready for a
motion, Madame Mayor, I'm ready to make
it.
>> I will entertain a motion on item 28.
» I will entertain a motion on item 28.
Madame Mayor, I move to approve staff's
recommendation and deny the the license
for item 28.
>> Okay. Please vote.
» Okay. Please vote.
>> Um before you vote, I'm sorry, really
» Um before you vote, I'm sorry, really
quick. Um yeah. Um I think uh
Councilwoman wanted to have a time
frame. Normally there is a one-year
cooling off period. Um but I'm not sure
if we wanted to extend that beyond that.
>> Jeff Dorak, city attorney. For the
» Jeff Dorak, city attorney. For the
record, there's a with a
» Okay, let me hear what our city attorney
has to say
>> w with a privile privileged business
» w with a privile privileged business
license as Darcy just explained what it
was. Uh there's a default one-year uh
cooling off period if there's a denial
of the application. So by default within
the code, Miss Wang would not be able to
come back for a year with a massage
establishment application.
>> All right.
» All right.
>> Do you have a recommendation?
» Do you have a recommendation?
>> So um our recommendation would be for at
» So um our recommendation would be for at
least three years.
I'm going to look around and see if I
see any issues. I'm going to move uh to
a st excuse me staff's recommendation
for that time frame of 3 years with the
denial of item 28.
>> Okay, please vote
post.
Motion carries and a motion for item 29.
Follow staff's recommendation for at
least three years. Um, and support the
denial for item number 29.
>> Please vote.
» Please vote.
Post.
Motion carries.
>> Thank you.
» Thank you.
>> Thank you all very much.
» Thank you all very much.
>> Thank you for your time.
» Thank you for your time.
>> Thank you, Mr. Kennedy.
» Agenda item 30,
recommending committee bills eligible
for adoption at this meeting. Bill
number 2026-26.
Councilwoman Palinsky, would you like to
have the bill read? Yes, please, ma'am.
Mayor,
>> uh, Mayor, with your indulgence, I'd
» uh, Mayor, with your indulgence, I'd
like to have, uh, the city attorney's
office undergraduate intern, Haley
Burgerer, read the bills today. Haley is
going to be a junior at Washington
University in St. Louis. Uh, when she
returns to school, she's a dual major
there in political science and
organization and strategic management.
Um, she spends some hours each week
during the summer at our office and
she's also interning with the UNLV
women's basketball team. So, I think
we're going to have trouble competing
with them, but we'll do our best. Um,
maybe give her a Jimmy John sandwich.
That might help. So, uh, but yeah,
[laughter]
but Haley, go ahead and read the first
bill, please.
>> Okay. Um, thank you all for having me.
» Okay. Um, thank you all for having me.
Thank you, mayor, council, and
especially the city attorney for giving
me this opportunity. So, the bill up for
adoption today is bill number 2026-26.
It's an ordinance to amend LVMC 19.12 to
allow for the rental store use within
the professional office zoning district
by means of a special use permit and to
provide for other related matters.
>> Thank you so much. Mayor Pro 10 may have
» Thank you so much. Mayor Pro 10 may have
a motion.
>> Move to approve.
» Move to approve.
>> Please vote.
post.
Motion carries. Nicely done. [laughter]
Agenda item 31, new bills. Item 31, bill
2026-27
will be heard at the recommending
committee meeting on Monday, August 3rd,
2026. City attorney, would you read the
new bills?
Bill number 2026-27,
an ordinance to adopt a redevelopment
plan for the redevelopment area,
commonly known as redevelopment area 3,
consisting of non-contiguous parcels
generally bounded by Owens Avenue to the
north, Nellis Boulevard to the east,
Charleston Boulevard to the south, and
21st Street to the west. and to provide
for the other related matters.
» New bill 202627
is assigned to the August 3rd, 2026
recommending committee. Members,
Councilman Kenudson and Councilwoman
Pinsky and Miss Diaz. If any so
designated are unable to attend, the
clerk's office will coordinate finding
substitutes as necessary at my
direction. Thank you.
Okay.
Items 32 through 32C are on the consent
agenda, are considered to be routine,
and are recommended for approval by the
Department of Community Development, but
I understand Councilman Kenudson would
like to pull it for discussion.
Yes. Okay. Um be
uh item 32 26-0249
on the following land use entitlement
project request on 1.57 acres on the
north side of Alter Drive approximately
280 ft west of Decar Boulevard C2
general commercial zone 32A
26-0249-EOT1
second extension of time variance 21-
0772-V1
to allow 13 parking spaces where 19 are
required. 32B 26-0249-E2
second extension of time special use
permit 20 permit 21-0772-
SUP1 for a proposed mini storage
facility a use with a waiver to allow a
stucco facade where a decorative block
is required adjacent to a residential
use and 32C 26-0249-
EOT3
second extension of time site
development plan review 21-0772-
SDR1 for a proposed 685 unit
101,311
square ft mini storage facility. The
applicant is Roser Development Company
LLC and the owner is Alter Decada
Storage LLC. Staff recommends approval
of the entire land use entitlement
project. These are in ward one. Is the
applicant present?
>> Yes. Hi. Good morning, mayor, mayor
» Yes. Hi. Good morning, mayor, mayor
prom, and council. My name is Andrea
Carol. Um 1980 Festival Plaza Drive. Um
I'm an architect here on behalf of the
applicant.
>> Would you care to tell us about the
» Would you care to tell us about the
project?
>> Yes. Yes. It is a three-story mini
» Yes. Yes. It is a three-story mini
storage near the intersection of Decar
and Alta. Um we I spoke with Councilman
Kenudson on Monday. Um and I think we
have a few things to talk about. Um but
it is it is its second extension of
time. Uh it was originally entitled with
um another owner and then it was sold
and now um this owner is applying for
his second extension.
So, I I'm here to answer any questions.
>> Thank you so much. May I have a staff
» Thank you so much. May I have a staff
report, please?
>> Yes, madam mayor. Peter Lonesstein for
» Yes, madam mayor. Peter Lonesstein for
the record. Commercial zoning and land
use in the vicinity of the site have
remained stable since the original
approval and the adjacent mixeduse and
commercial properties have been built
out. The project as approved remains
appropriate for the site and staff
therefore recommends approval of the
request. Thank you.
>> Thank you so much. Are there any
» Thank you so much. Are there any
additional conditions?
Uh, Madame Mayor, once the councilman
addresses uh the application, I may have
some uh amendments to make. Thank you.
>> All right. In that case, um Mr. Kudson
» All right. In that case, um Mr. Kudson
and but then we'll ask for comment from
but I think we want to hear what you
have to say.
>> Thank you, Madam Mayor. And we had this
» Thank you, Madam Mayor. And we had this
conversation on Monday, so I'm just
going to highlight the the most
important parts. Uh so this this part of
the parcel which is that larger old
Fenture Jones parcel was part of the
agreement that allowed for Nevada Hand
and George Cakus to build out the
multifamily and uh senior uh income or
senior lower income properties on that
site. They're highly successful. Part of
our negotiations in those in those
projects was allowing for a self-
storage site to go on that property
which was in question right now. I never
thought it was a great idea to put a
self- storage site there, but it allowed
for 460 affordable units to go in and I
think is a betterment for the community.
That being said, um because the the
property has been sold and while this is
two years for the current owner, this is
now seven years for me. And so I suggest
that we do one-year extension of time
with the condition that if there are no
activity with the city at all in one
year, that this would be the last
extension of time. That being said, also
uh I know things take time and so in six
months if you're going through the plan
review for the not plan review but the
building inspection process and the
water district and the the gas company
and all those things are happening then
I'd be happy to extend it longer if
needed. But if there's zero activity,
which now in my in my time frame there's
been five years of zero activity, then
the next time you come back for here, I
would say there's no more extensions of
time. So, the condition that Peter will
hopefully help me with is a one-year
extension of time with the with the
trust that you're going to start working
on this project as quickly as possible
and within that one year have something
going through the system.
>> Right. Yeah, we we spoke with the owner
» Right. Yeah, we we spoke with the owner
about it and he's ready to go. Um, and
it would be from one year from today to
have some sort of building permit or
some permit in in play. Ideally, it's
under construction, but yes,
>> we we we we would try. We'll try.
» we we we we would try. We'll try.
>> Okay. Peter, can you make me sound
» Okay. Peter, can you make me sound
smarter?
>> Sure. So, just for clarification, it's
» Sure. So, just for clarification, it's
from the date the entitlement um
was approved. It's not from today's
action. It's from the the the original
approvals date, which will be May 18th.
Uh but I will read the amended
condition. So it would be amended
condition of approval number one of
26-0249
EOT1, EOT2 and EOT3 to read as follows.
This approval shall expire on May 18th,
2027 unless an extension of time is
approved by the city of Las Vegas. And
that's how I would read it with the
understanding that if there is zero
activity at that point that will be made
known as part of any extension of time
request um that would be made and you
take your action at that time.
>> Yeah, I I know we can definitely submit
» Yeah, I I know we can definitely submit
for a building permit by then. I don't
know if we'll have our permit in hand
because sometimes with the civil reviews
it'll take it can take up to a year. But
as long as you're okay with us getting
at least the building permit submitted,
um, we're okay with that.
>> So, you agree to all of the conditions
» So, you agree to all of the conditions
that have just been stated?
>> Yes.
» Yes.
>> All right. And I think the idea is to
» All right. And I think the idea is to
get this project moving.
>> Moving.
» Moving.
>> Okay.
» Okay.
>> All right. Uh, does any are there any
» All right. Uh, does any are there any
questions or comments from council
members?
>> Seeing none, is there a motion?
» Seeing none, is there a motion?
Councilman Kudson. Madame Mayor, with
the with the condition read into the
record and agreed upon, um I would move
to approve items 32 A, B, and C.
>> Please vote.
» Please vote.
>> Post.
Motion carries.
>> Great. Thank you all so much.
» Great. Thank you all so much.
>> Best of luck. Best of luck.
Items number 33 through 37 appear on the
one motion, one vote agenda and may be
considered in one motion, one vote as
they are routine items with no condition
changes. Any person representing an
application or a member of the public or
member of the council not in agreement
with the conditions and all standard
conditions for the applications
recommended by staff. She requests to
have that item removed from this portion
of the agenda. Item 33 26-0116-
SDR1 applicant owners Zil Z Z Z Z Z Z Z
Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Zilberg Towers
One LLC on a land use entitlement
project request for a proposed
sevenstory 71 unit mixeduse development
with 1,800 square feet of commercial
space with waiverss of title 19.09
formbbased code development standards on
0 36 acres at 1801 Fremont Street, T4-C,
T4 Corridor Zone, Ward 3, Miss Diaz. Uh,
agenda item 34 26-0226-VAC1
applicant owner GSI Oso Blanca Las Vegas
Owner LLC on a land use entitlement
project request for a petition to vacate
a portion of the right of way Doughbrook
Trail generally located on the west side
of Osa Balanca Road approximately 1,16
ft south of Elhorn Road Ward 4. Miss
Alan Pollinski. Agenda item 35
26-0227-dir1.
Applicant owner New Vegas D4 LLC on a
24-month development report is required
by section 9.01
of the first amended and restated
development agreement for Vegas Rising
generally located at the southeast
corner of Wilmington Avenue and
Richfield Boulevard. Award three, Miss
Diaz. Agenda item 36, 26-0263-RQ1.
Applicant Jones Media LLC owner Jonathan
Park LLC on a land use entitlement
project request for a retired review of
an approved special use permit SUP-4811
for an existing 40ft tall 12tx 24 foot
off premise sign at 3319 me avenue m
industrial zone ward 1. Mr. Kudson.
Agenda item 37 26-0265-RQ1.
applicant Jones Media LLC, owner
Jonathan Park LLC, on a land use
entitlement project request of an
approved special use permit SUP-4812
for an existing 40ft tall 12tx 24 foot
off- premise signed at 3542 Sirrus um at
Sirrus Avenue Mind Industrial Zone Ward
1. Mr. Canudson. The planning commission
recommends approval of items 33 and 34
and the staff recommends approval of all
items. Item 33, 34, 36 and 37 are public
hearings that I now declare open. Is
there anyone wishing to be heard on
items 33, 34, 36 or 37?
Hearing and seeing none, I will now
close the public hearing. Mayor Pro10,
may I have a motion for the one motion,
one vote items 33 through 37.
>> Move to approve.
» Move to approve.
>> Please vote.
» Please vote.
Post.
Motion carries.
Agenda item 38 26-000051
of the following land use entitlement
project requests on 0.46 46 acres at
2167
North Decada Boulevard C1 Limited
commercial zone 38A 26-0051-V1
to allow a proposed commercial
development that does not conform to
Title 19 development standards for
on-site minimum parking requirements 38B
26-0051-
SDR1 for the proposed conversion of an
existing 3,224
square f foot motor vehicle parts and
sales development into a convenience
store with fuel pumps and parking lot
reconfiguration
with waiverss of title 19.08
perimeter landscape buffer requirements.
The applicant is Silver State
Contracting and Development LLC and the
owner is AD and NLLLC.
The planning commission and staff
recommend denial on the entire land use
project. These are in ward five, Miss
Summers Armstrong and these are public
hearings which I now declare open. Is
the applicant present?
>> Yes.
» Yes.
>> Would you like to tell first tell us
» Would you like to tell first tell us
your name and then would you like to
tell us about your project?
>> Yes, we do. Good morning, Mayor Berkeley
» Yes, we do. Good morning, Mayor Berkeley
and council. My name is Tony Gillerson
with Silver State Contracting. Um, as
you can see, we're uh proposed to
renovate a current um it's a abandoned
auto mechanic shop into a uh convenience
store. Uh the convenience store will
have a uh ice cream uh bar in it and
also uh we're looking to uh include four
uh fuel pumps and then also um looking
to add two EV chargers stations for
cars.
» Um Oh, I'm sorry.
>> No, is that is that your um entire
» No, is that is that your um entire
presentation?
>> Uh yes.
» Uh yes.
>> All righty. May I have a staff report,
» All righty. May I have a staff report,
please?
>> Yes. Thank you, Mayor Seth Floyd. For
» Yes. Thank you, Mayor Seth Floyd. For
the record, staff finds that the lack of
sufficient on-site parking may lead to
on-site vehicular circulation conflicts
and the lack of landscape materials only
will only contribute to the heat island
effect, which is in direct conflict with
the 2050 master plan and therefore staff
is recommending denial of both the
variance and the site development
review. Thank you.
>> Thank you so much. Is there anyone else
» Thank you so much. Is there anyone else
wishing to be heard on these items?
Seeing no one, I will close the public
hearing. Um, are there any questions or
comments from the council?
Miss Summers Armstrong.
>> Thank you, Madame Mayor. And, uh, thank
» Thank you, Madame Mayor. And, uh, thank
you so much, sir, for coming down today.
Uh, this is a tough one for me, as you
well know. Um, we are doing our best to
get infill. Um, and my understanding
from staff is that this was a county um,
uh, in the county previously and they
had different rules for um, a use under
their terms and now we at the city have
these rules where we're trying to
address heat island and circulation and
just be thoughtful. But then I have to
weigh this against leaving this an empty
space.
Um it is tough. But I um I just want to
mention a couple things. First of all,
you were very uh attentive and came in a
couple of times to talk to us about
adding trees. And do you have any other
pictures that you can share with us? Did
you bring anything in the
>> I didn't. I just have the actual
» I didn't. I just have the actual
elevations that I didn't know if you
guys had it, but I we have the same
>> Do you have anything? Let me see if lay
» Do you have anything? Let me see if lay
on the Yeah. So that we can see.
» There you go.
» Slide it over just a little bit to your
Yep. There you go.
>> There you go. right there. Okay.
» There you go. right there. Okay.
>> All right. So, just give us a little
» All right. So, just give us a little
quick walk through um so that we have a
better idea of what you have addressed
and the concerns, please.
>> Okay. All right. So, uh what we did is
» Okay. All right. So, uh what we did is
we add added these um plant islands here
um with with trees and wherever we
could, we added around the perimeter
behind the behind the store right now is
a residential area. So, we added these
trees here for sound buffers um around
the perimeter of the store and then also
each island in front on the Decada
Boulevard. We added trees here also.
Well, uh trees and plants per um what is
requested by the city?
>> A question. Is there any way to add I
» A question. Is there any way to add I
see um on your display I'm going to
guess that the larger circles are are
trees.
>> That's correct. And I only see one in
» That's correct. And I only see one in
the rear at the very top, which I
believe is north
>> right here.
» right here.
>> Is there any is there enough room to add
» Is there any is there enough room to add
any more trees in the back for the
buffer?
>> So, we do have actually these right here
» So, we do have actually these right here
are actually trees here.
>> Okay.
» Okay.
>> Yeah, these are all trees right here.
» Yeah, these are all trees right here.
>> Okay. Those are smaller dots.
» Okay. Those are smaller dots.
>> Correct.
» Correct.
>> Okay.
» Okay.
>> Right here.
» Right here.
>> Okay. So, how many trees do you have in
» Okay. So, how many trees do you have in
the rear? In the rear, we have
we have seven.
>> And And what size are those?
» And And what size are those?
>> These are
» These are
24 foot boxes.
>> Okay. All right. Very good. All right.
» Okay. All right. Very good. All right.
Um and the gas station area does have a
canopy.
>> That is correct.
» That is correct.
>> Okay. And then the circulation issue
» Okay. And then the circulation issue
comes into play because there's no way
for a delivery truck to go to the rear.
It has to sit in front idle offload.
Okay. So, one of the things we talked
about was I know I can't mandate it, but
I would really appreciate it if the
owner would try to schedule um
deliveries in the early morning uh or at
the end of the day so that we don't have
a pileup on this very limited space.
>> Okay. Uh, I am going to be dogged about
» Okay. Uh, I am going to be dogged about
ensuring that the um landscape is kept
up. I live right nearby,
>> okay?
» okay?
>> And I will be driving by, [laughter]
» And I will be driving by, [laughter]
okay? And so, please let your owner know
um that he is going to be well attended
and and watched. And I I got code
enforcement on speed dial, so don't
don't play. Okay. Um the next thing
would be you have an ice cream shop.
>> Yes, it will be an ice cream shop
» Yes, it will be an ice cream shop
inside.
>> Please work have your owner begin to get
» Please work have your owner begin to get
engaged in the community. We have youth
development and social initiatives. They
are always helping young people try to
find work. Um that would be a great
opportunity for a young person to be
able to learn how to stock um how to um
assist customers and give one of the
young people in our community an
opportunity um or several especially in
the summer to have a job. Okay. I would
also encourage your owner to become
engaged in the activities that are in
our community. We have at Fountain Park
right down the street. We have Balden
Little League that needs support. Becker
Tech, which is just to the
uh west um of this location. Um we want
people who are coming into our community
to extract income from our community
because people will use it, but also to
give back and be part of the uplifting
of the community. I can't mandate those
things,
>> right?
» right?
>> But I can encourage those things. Be a
» But I can encourage those things. Be a
good partner in the community. Okay.
>> And with that said, Madame Mayor, I'd
» And with that said, Madame Mayor, I'd
like to make a motion, unless someone
else has anything to add.
>> I just want to make sure that the
» I just want to make sure that the
applicant agrees to all the conditions
that have been stated.
>> Yes.
» Yes.
>> Are there any questions or comments?
» Are there any questions or comments?
>> Um, Seth and Peter, did I miss anything
» Um, Seth and Peter, did I miss anything
>> through you, Madam Mayor? Uh, no. All
» through you, Madam Mayor? Uh, no. All
the existing conditions address the what
is shown on the plan right now.
>> Thank you. Um, and with that being said,
» Thank you. Um, and with that being said,
I'd like to make a motion for approval.
>> Please vote.
Post.
Motion carries. All right. We're looking
forward to seeing the convenience store,
the ice cream parlor, everything else.
But if I were you, I would be very
careful about what uh the council
[laughter] woman suggested.
>> Okay. All right. Thank you.
» Okay. All right. Thank you.
>> You're very welcome. And and I just want
» You're very welcome. And and I just want
to add something too. Uh just to add
with you as a as a general contractor.
Um that is something that I wanted to
reach out to the community too as we're
doing construction um to to get
different programs involved as we're in
the process.
>> All right. Thank you.
» All right. Thank you.
>> You're very welcome.
» You're very welcome.
Agenda item 39, 26-0165
on the following land use entitlement
project request on 0.45
acres at 1712 Santa Paula Drive, 39A
26-0165-V1
to allow a 16 foot rear yard setback
where 20 ft is required for an existing
building. 39B 26-0165-1
from PR professional office and parking
to R4 High Density Residential. The
applicant owner is Santa Gold Realy LLC.
The planning commission recommends
approval on the entire land use
entitlement project. Staff recommends
denial on the entire land use
entitlement project. These are in W
three, Miss Dios. They are public
hearings which I now declare open. Is
the applicant present?
>> Yes.
» Yes.
>> Would you state your name and tell us
» Would you state your name and tell us
about your project?
>> Excuse me.
» Excuse me.
>> Good morning everybody. My name is Amy
» Good morning everybody. My name is Amy
Pan. I'm the primary uh managing member
of this uh project. Um I'm the owner
also. Um so this pro uh give a little
historical information of this land. It
it was combined from two parcels when I
um purchased it. um the the 1708 Santa
Paula uh was a a residential joial when
I purchased. So when we combine both
parcels into one parcel now it become PR
professional uh uh office. Um however
since we uh my last renter moved out
last year. So this uh property has uh
been vacant since uh last year October.
The problem with that area is uh it a
little bit rough area and uh we have
lots of things since if you can check
the system we have lots of opening um
citations on that property. Uh I've been
um sending lots of uh people there to
clean uh you know just try to keep
people off the property. However, you
know, um the food traffic is just never
stop and uh the only um by observation
because the um next door the nest
property once we have tenants living
there the full traffic stopped. So the
only solution to this problem is to have
somebody move in ASAP. So, um that's why
we're planning to uh resume this
property into residential since I was
not able to get a tenant in there as uh
PR uh uh usage. So, that's I'm here to
um propose this uh project to be able to
resone to residential uh back to
residential uh community and then have
tenants move in ASAP.
>> Thank you so much. May I have a staff
» Thank you so much. May I have a staff
report, please?
>> Yes, madam. Mayor Peter Lostein, for the
» Yes, madam. Mayor Peter Lostein, for the
record, the existing building was pre
previously converted from a multif
family use to an office use in 2015
where it conformed to the rear yard
setback requirement. Staff does does not
now support creation of a non-conforming
setback and there is no physical
characteristic of the lock that warrants
approval of the variance. Therefore,
staff has recommended denial of the
variance and the reasonzoning. should be
noting noted that if approved uh
pursuant to the code a site development
plan review would be required for the
conversion of the existing commercial
building to a multif family residential
use in the future. Thank you.
>> Thank you so much. Um is there anyone
» Thank you so much. Um is there anyone
else wishing to be heard on this item?
Seeing no one, I will uh close the
public hearings. Um are there any
questions or comments from the council?
Is there a motion? Councilwoman Diaz.
>> Thank you, Madam Mayor. And just to
» Thank you, Madam Mayor. And just to
confirm, you're Miss Amy Pan.
>> Yes.
» Yes.
>> Okay. Just making sure. Uh Miss Pan, um
» Okay. Just making sure. Uh Miss Pan, um
since I haven't spoken to you about um
the future of the site, uh I want to
reiterate what our planning staff just
articulated. So, right now we're
tackling the zoning change back to
residential, but obviously from the
renderings and the pictures, it is not
inhabitable as is, right? And so,
>> um, you do have to come back to us as a
» um, you do have to come back to us as a
city council to show us what you're how
you're going to transform this
>> defunct, um, I'm calling it defunct and
» defunct, um, I'm calling it defunct and
boarded office and professional use, um,
to then what you're pivoting to offer in
residential. So are you understanding
that you even if I bless this you can't
necessarily move someone in right away?
No, no, no. Actually, uh, right now we
brought up just protect the windows
from, uh, breaking, you know, by people
and, uh, I did call building safety. I
ask about the permit. Um, how and I
talked to I think Lorenzo and he said as
long we're planning to do of course some
cosmetic upgrades to make sure the
building, you know, is up to the
standard code everything. And that's um
I talked to Lorenzo and I was told I if
we just do customatic uh upgrade we
don't really need to submit the permit
or anything.
>> Is that accurate planning team because I
» Is that accurate planning team because I
don't think that is accurate
>> through you madam mayor. I'm not going
» through you madam mayor. I'm not going
to speak for the building department or
the building official but uh the
building is a commercial building. It's
not suitable for uh a residential use.
It would have to be converted and
pursuant to the zoning ordinance. they
would need to do a site development plan
review to convert the home or convert
the commercial building to a residential
use and then subsequent to that any
building permits that would be needed
for if it's fire safety or anything else
um would need to be accomplished after
the entitlement.
>> Okay, I understand. Okay, maybe I'll
» Okay, I understand. Okay, maybe I'll
just keep as is have just put a permit
have you guys to come in to inspect.
So that probably would be the outcome.
So, so once again just to be clear, so
these are land use applications which
the council is deciding on right now.
There would be one more which was called
the site development plan review which
shows how the site would be designed and
work and function for it to go from
commercial the professional office what
it is now to a [clears throat] excuse me
residential use. So it's not simply a
building permit it is a land use
entitlement similar to this.
>> Okay. then into the building permit.
» Okay. then into the building permit.
>> So basically, you would have to go
» So basically, you would have to go
through this process once more. You
would have to have a pre-application sit
down with our planning staff. You would
probably have to have hired folks to do
renderings of what does it look like
now? How are you pivoting from what the
current structure looks like to what you
want to offer your future tenants and
residents? So, it does it is it does
it's not just you paint the building,
you do some modifications, and you're
done. And I I think there could be more
things involved. Am I missing something?
>> You're you're absolutely right. There is
» You're you're absolutely right. There is
there are more steps. It's not just one
building permit.
>> What department should I work with on
» What department should I work with on
that?
>> Uh community community development will
» Uh community community development will
cover it.
>> So community development and if you
» So community development and if you
reach out, they'll channel you with a
planner and then you can have all your
questions answered about what's needed
for the site development review. But I
did want you to I want before we take a
vote on the change of zone, I want you
to be full aware that there are multiple
next steps that you still have to follow
through before you can,
>> you know, we want to make sure that we
» you know, we want to make sure that we
vet the living conditions that you're
going to offer future residents.
>> Okay.
» Okay.
>> Do you are you comfortable still moving
» Do you are you comfortable still moving
forward?
>> Oh, yeah. I'm definitely move moving
» Oh, yeah. I'm definitely move moving
forward.
>> Okay. I I feel that the use is um
» Okay. I I feel that the use is um
started residential and I think it's
even better for it to go back to
residential and so I don't have any
heartburn about granting you the zone
change. So with that I'm going to move
to approve agenda items 39A and B.
>> Okay. Thank you.
» Okay. Thank you.
>> May I ask the applicant you understand
» May I ask the applicant you understand
that you need to get in touch with
community development and start
developing a plan that uh before you can
move forward?
>> Oh yeah.
» Oh yeah.
>> Okay.
» Okay.
>> All right. in that case. Are you
» All right. in that case. Are you
comfortable with that? All right. And
you agree to all the conditions
>> uh on the letter I received, right?
» uh on the letter I received, right?
Okay. Yes.
>> Okay.
» Okay.
>> Okay. Very good. All right. Um but
» Okay. Very good. All right. Um but
definitely get in touch with community
development so they could walk you
through the next steps. And with that,
um please vote.
Post. Motion carries. Good luck.
>> Thank you. Thank you for everything.
» Thank you. Thank you for everything.
Agenda item 40 26-0172-GPA1
general plan amendment a public hearing
applicant owner city of Las Vegas for
possible action on a land use
entitlement project request to amend and
incorporate a supplemental heat
mitigation drinking water cooling spaces
building practices plan as part of the
conservation element to the city of Las
Vegas 2050 50 master plan consistent
with section 11 of ordinance 6788
affects all wards. Uh the planning
commission and staff [clears throat]
recommend approval. This is a public
hearing that I now declare uh open. Mr.
Floyd.
>> Uh thank you Mayor Seth Floyd for the
» Uh thank you Mayor Seth Floyd for the
record. Uh, mayor, this item is before
you today uh because in the last
legislative session, bill AB96
uh was passed which requires us to add
some things to our existing master plan.
And Mark Oada on our team was
instrumental in getting that passed. He
provided a lot of testimony during a
couple of hearings there, but he is not
here today. So, I'm going to hand it
over to Rachel Lewis on his team to do
the presentation and then we'll be
available to answer any questions
afterwards.
>> Thank you. Welcome.
» Thank you. Welcome.
>> Thank you.
» Thank you.
Good morning, Madame Mayor, City
Council. My name is Rachel Lewis, City
of Las Vegas Department of Community
Development for the record. And as SS
said, I am here to talk about the heat
mitigation plan. I first want to talk
about how it came about. And it was our
last uh Nevada legislation session in
2025 where Assembly Bill 96 was passed
requiring counties with a population of
more than a 100,000 people um which is
Wo and Clark County and the
jurisdictions within those counties uh
to amend the conservation element within
the master plan to now include a heat
mitigation plan. Assembly Bill 96 has
language explaining exactly what needs
to go within the heat mitigation plan
and those items are access to public
cooling spaces, public drinking water,
cool building practices
and shade over paved surfaces. Now the
city of Las Vegas, we have been
addressing heat mitigation here and it's
been documented within our master plan.
We have a section within the master plan
talks about our hazards. One of those
hazards being extreme heat. Another
section talks about our urban forestry
um and our urban forestry goals of
planting 60,000 trees by 2050.
Another example that we've already been
doing heat mitigation is uh this past
November uh and December of 2025. We
recently passed our urban forestry
management plan. This is a framework um
a big book that tells us exactly what we
need to do to ensure we maintain our
tree canopy as well as what we exactly
need to do to ensure we hit our tree
planting goals.
Um and so we're here today to we're here
today to approve um uh amending our
master plan to include a heat mitigation
plan.
I next want to talk about our urban heat
island and what that is exactly. Uh heat
and extreme temperatures is a
jurisdictional problem. It affects
everyone here in southern Nevada. And
what is occurring exactly is as our city
continues to grow um continues to expand
outwards, we're inadvertently covering
up our natural soils, our natural
plants, um and we're covering it up with
asphalt and concrete and building. And
as we're living our urban lives, we
drive to work, we turn on our air
conditioning. Um, we're inadvertently
creating a lot of heat that's being
absorbed by our built environment. Um,
so what we're finding here is this urban
heat island where it's hotter in the
concentrated areas of our city. So we're
in our downtown region. Um, and what
this picture shows, this is an entire
um, map of our uh, Las Vegas Valley. The
city of Las Vegas is outlined in that
blue color there. Um, like I said, it's
a jurisdictional issue or it's a
regional issue, so it affects everyone.
Um, and on the outside of the city, we
can see um a blue color which represents
cooler temperatures. And as we um move
in closer from the orange to yellow and
red, that highlights that it's getting
hotter. So that's that urban heat
island. Um I do want to call out, um
East Las Vegas is the hottest area here.
Um, so we have people that are living
and working within East Las Vegas, uh,
where this really, um, this heat
mitigation plan will hopefully improve
the lives of people that are working
there.
>> And if I could just jump in for one
» And if I could just jump in for one
second, Seth Floyd, for the record, um,
you had an item earlier to approve RDA3.
You'll notice that RDA3 is squarely
within the bolded area that's
highlighted here. So as those areas
redevelop, we can incorporate these
practices that are going to be outlined
in the heat mitigation plan to get more
trees, use different building techniques
to start addressing the urban heat
element there.
>> Thank you.
» Thank you.
>> Thank you.
» Thank you.
>> Okay. So, so moving along with Assembly
» Okay. So, so moving along with Assembly
Bill 96. Um again, there it says exactly
what needs to be in the heat mitigation
plan. So the first thing is public
cooling spaces. The city of Las Vegas
has already been doing this. We have the
Courtyard Homeless Resource Center. In
addition to the homeless resource
center, we have a partnership or a
collaboration with our libraries. So, if
there's a library located within the
city of Las Vegas, it also acts as a
cooling center. Um, after cooling
centers, we have to have access to
public drinking water. Um, and so what
we did is we actually GPSed our drinking
fountains. it would make sense that when
we go out to our parks and within our
community centers that you're going to
find a drinking fountain there. Um, and
so that's what you see here. Every red
dot is a drinking fountain and it
corresponds with the community center
that it's located in. Um, we GPSed it
because a recommendation within our heat
plan is to expand locations for drinking
fountains and so it'll be easily
accessible. We can map where our
drinking fountains are located.
Next is cool building practices. It's
important to think about as we grow and
as we expand that we're not adding to
the urban heat island and that we're
doing what we can to help mitigate that.
So that includes um a great example is
solar panels um on top of our roofs. So
instead of the sun beating down on our
roofs and heating up our buildings, we
have solar panels that provide shade um
also uh produce renewable energy in the
process. Other examples, um the color of
our buildings. Um it's go instead of
having dark colored buildings, we're
having lighter colored buildings to help
uh reflect the heat. Um even the
orientation of the building, how it's um
how it's built and the orientation to
the sun, where we place our windows
within our buildings as well. Um we have
a really great example here at city
hall. Um we have what's called a green
roof, which means that we have
vegetation on top of our roofs. So, um
just outside um Chambers and right
outside of our now cafe, we have um our
second floor patio where there's trees
and there's an employee garden. Similar
to Civic Center, there's a similar um
trees and a garden outside of the then
cafe.
Next is shade over pave surfaces. Again,
great examples here in the city of Las
Vegas. Right downtown, we have the Las
Vegas North Premium Outlets where they
have a shade structure um that help
people as they're shopping that they can
enjoy the shade. uh a similar example of
the shade structure in downtown
Summerland. And so shade overpaved
surfaces includes both shade structures
as well as our urban canopy with a
preference for drought tolerant and
native species. Um and back to our uh
2050 master plan with our urban forestry
goal of planting 60,000 trees that
includes both public and private
property. This is a public uh project
where we did a tree planting event at
one of our local parks um educating the
community about the importance of our
urban canopy. And then we also um want
to plant 60,000 trees on private
property. We know that funding can
sometimes be a challenge to work on
private property. Fortunately, uh the
city of Las Vegas, we received uh
federal funding from the US Department
of Agriculture for a service to plant
trees um on in the front yards of family
homes. And so that's what we see here.
This um was a house located or it's
located in downtown. Um and our partner
is par three. So they're doing the
planting of the trees. This was our very
first tree um from the grant. So this is
really exciting. Um and so what comes
with a p um with the funding to plant on
private property is we have five options
for drought tolerant trees. Um the trees
are planted and then irrigation is
included and then a one-year follow-up
on the tree just to ensure that it's on
its way to grow big and strong and
provide lots of shade for the years to
come. This is the flyer. Um and so the
tree program doesn't apply for all of
city of Las Vegas. It's only in select
zip codes. Um back to the map about the
urban heat island. So this program is
really to plant trees in areas that need
them the most. So, this is going to be
that downtown core um east Las Vegas.
And I just want to thank council um for
um helping me spread the word and
sending this flyer to your constituents
um when your your uh your uh ward is
located within our eligible areas. And
with that, um I'll answer any questions.
We ask that you pass um our heat
mitigation plan um and amending it
within our master plan um required by
Nevada legislation, Assembly Bill 96.
>> Darcy.
» Darcy.
I'm sorry, Rachel. Rachel, um I I've
never been so enthusiastic about a heat
mitigation proposal, but thank you so
much for bringing this to life for us.
Uh are there any uh uh well uh I guess
this is um is there anybody on the
council that wishes to speak on this
issue?
Mayor Prom.
>> Thank you, Madam Mayor. being the
» Thank you, Madam Mayor. being the
council member that represents a lot of
that red zone that's on the map. Um I
just want to say how invaluable these
efforts are. I literally can tell the
difference when I travel from where I
mostly am in that east side and I I can
feel how hot it is throughout the day.
And then if I travel westward, the
further west I am, I can feel it drop
five to six degrees. Um, and it really
does. And in the time that we're living
right now in July where we're reaching
upwards of 110,
um, you really feel when it's above 100
degrees, every single degree that inches
up. So, really excited. Just an ask I
have is keep us in the loop when you're
doing the tree plantings. We want to go
out there and we want to celebrate and
we want to congratulate every homeowner
that's taking this big step to help us
add to the tree canopy. And I feel like
I haven't been in the know and in the
loop as much as I I really want to say
as my calendar permits and I don't have
other duties assigned. I do want to come
and celebrate as often as we can or at
least a W three temp team member can be
there on my in mystead. So thank you so
much. Appreciate all the efforts.
>> Thank you. Anybody else? Miss Brunie.
» Thank you. Anybody else? Miss Brunie.
>> Thank you. Thanks Rachel for the
» Thank you. Thanks Rachel for the
presentation. I just had a clarifying
question. I know that you've mapped
where we have water fountains, but did
you say that we're also thinking about
adding some? And if we are, do we know
what the anticipated cost of adding a
water fountain is?
>> We have not reached out to public works
» We have not reached out to public works
yet to ask about that. Um, but the idea
is uh recommending to include water
fountains along a public rideway where
as people are walking or bicycling to
work that they also have access uh to
drinking water. but we're not sure in
terms of like the cost that it would be
um and how we would get access to the
the water to those areas.
>> And council, I would just add to that
» And council, I would just add to that
what came out of AB96 was a requirement
that we put in our master plan how we
are going to both map existing and also
plan for the future of adding new. So
this goes in our aspirational document
of the 2050 master plan. The next step
would be implementation which would be
looking at locations where we could add
those
Yes, Miss Kelly.
>> Thank you, Madam Mayor. There was
» Thank you, Madam Mayor. There was
probably more of a comment, Seth, to you
and to the city manager.
I just want to make sure that when
everything we do needs to be through
this lens. So whether it's new projects
coming in to to community development or
we have, you know, we have this terrific
new RDA and and we're going to be able
to update local, you know, help help our
community, update the the areas, where
can we make sure there's another tree?
And I think a perfect example is uh what
we had in the the the gentleman who was
talking about the item in Ward 5. And I
really appreciated the council woman's
attention to the number of
>> your call has exceeded the maximum
» your call has exceeded the maximum
permitted duration. You will be
disconnected now. Goodbye.
>> Goodbye. And so I I really hope that um
» Goodbye. And so I I really hope that um
you know through public works, you know,
whatever we're doing, if we're if we're
tearing something up and we can add a
tree or if we're taking things out, it
should be part of every filter of what
we do. Thank you.
>> Thank you so much, Miss Summers
» Thank you so much, Miss Summers
Armstrong.
>> Thank you, Madam Mayor. It is so amazing
» Thank you, Madam Mayor. It is so amazing
that we have such collaboration and
unity on this board for this issue. I'm
also uh representing one of the hot
areas on the heat island map. When I saw
that map in 2021, my first session in
the legislature, when I tell you it get
made me gasp. I knew it, but to see it
was overwhelming. And to see that the
city of Las Vegas is being intentional
about making a difference. I signed up
for my tree, okay? because I want two
trees and um in the front so that I can
be an example. We took this flyer to a
community meeting on Monday and to see
the excitement on people's faces and
then they were mad some of them well we
live in another municipality and I said
that's not my problem. The city of Las
Vegas is doing their part and so I think
what you are doing and your
intentionality is catching on. people
still don't know. So, we have to
continue to talk about it. Um, I'm going
to be an example and make sure that I'm
talking about it every opportunity I
get. And my question for Seth and M and
Mr. Soliss, uh, is are we allowed to ask
some of these things as actual
demands in, um, in our planning process?
because um I just saw that we have a new
fountain at um
um Ela Pearson. Thank you, Parks and
Recre. I've seen people use it all the
time. How do we get this stuff in as
mandatory? Like we said, the ice cream
shop that's on a hot street. That would
be great to have a little water fountain
out there. So, how do we integrate these
things? Solar panels,
um more trees and water so that where we
can, we take every opportunity.
>> Yeah. Thanks, Councilwoman Seth Foy for
» Yeah. Thanks, Councilwoman Seth Foy for
the record. And yes, thank you for
mentioning Fred. I forgot to introduce
Fred, who's been standing up here the
whole time. Fred Solis is our planning
manager. Uh he does a lot of work on
planning commission. So when these items
come uh up, he shepherds them through
that process. Uh so this is step one and
actually you already took a step. Rachel
had a slide up here about the urban
forestry management plan, which we
actually adopted back at the end of last
year. But this is really step one in
setting the goal of where we want to go
and the next steps are implementation.
We have in draft form. We've had a
couple over the years, but we've got one
that we're moving forward. Peter and I
actually just talked about it this
morning. Uh another a tree ordinance
that would actually add those specific
requirements you're talking about. Uh so
those things are moving along. We do
them. You know, not everything moves as
quickly as we'd like, but this is step
one. So it sets that priority for us to
then go and develop those rules and
guidelines to get those things
implemented. So I think this is and
you're already seeing even without this
plan uh if you look on Jackson, we've
done it on Main Street, Stewart, all of
those roadway projects are including a
lot more street trees. In fact, my team
did a management huddle where we went
out and did a little walkound on Jackson
and we were it was kind of hot so we
were standing under one of those
excellent shade trees that's going to
provide even more shade. So, uh, we're
already doing those things regardless of
the plan, but we can we're this is
certainly the step in the right
direction to get those implemented.
>> This good. Uh, this is an open hearing.
» This good. Uh, this is an open hearing.
Is there anybody that wishes to be heard
on this item before I entertain a
motion?
» Please come forward.
My name is Eric Melzde Christ Nimrod.
This heat mitigation situation is
fantastic.
It must be understood that trees ought
to be planted around bus stops also. And
it should be understood that a bus is a
cooling system. It's air conditioned.
It's a moving air conditioning
uh vehicle for the people.
Some are parked especially in BTC at the
BTC and they're running and they won't
let anybody get on them into the cool to
get out of the heat. So it must be
understood that part of this heat
mitigation situation should be that all
those those buses they'll be running and
nobody's allowed on them.
So that should be thought of in this
mitigation thing. the RTC
should be more um
should thank more of the people because
that would help a lot of what's going on
in this heat because I'm one who's
suffering from this threederee heat due
to the uh
low service by the RTC.
>> Thank you very much. Anyone
» Thank you very much. Anyone
else? Then I will close the public
hearing. I I have to say the moment of
personal privilege. My family moved to
Las Vegas in 1964
in the middle of the summer, right
around this time of year. I honestly
thought my family took me to hell. And I
am now I'm mayor of hell. And so I I'm
just so um so proud that to be mayor of
a city that understands the importance
of this and is not only working on heat
mitigation, but we're beautifying the
city as we go along. So thank you so
much for your extraordinary efforts um
on all of our behalfs. We appreciate it.
We recognize it and it's making a huge
difference. And with that, I will
entertain a motion of Mayor Prom.
>> I move to approve. Madame Mayor,
» I move to approve. Madame Mayor,
>> please vote.
» please vote.
>> Post. Motion carries. Thank you so much.
Agenda item 426-0206-ET1
extension of time special use permit
SUP-78660.
applicant owner Pacific Classic LLC for
possible action on a land use
entitlement project request for the
third extension of time of the approval
for a proposed car wash full service and
auto detailing use at the northwest
corner of Iron Mountain Road and Sky
Village Road. Uh C1 limited commercial
zone ward 6. Miss Brunie planning
commission recommends approval. Staff
recommends denial. Is the applicant
present?
>> Good morning, your honor. Members of the
» Good morning, your honor. Members of the
council, my name is Bob Gronower, 1980
Festival Plaza Drive. I'm here
representing the property owner and
applicant on this matter. Um, we're
asking for an extension of time here.
There was a condition that the planning
commission put on that states that this
application would be good until December
4th of 2026. And the reason for that is
is we're getting ready to come in with a
subsequent application in here for a
large end user on this piece of
property. So, we're excited of what's
going to be coming here in the very near
future. So, we ask you to approve the
planning commission's recommendation,
which also lines up with what you
approved for convenience store in this
property last month. All
>> right. Thank you so much. May I have a
» right. Thank you so much. May I have a
staff report, please?
>> Yes. Thank you, Mayor Seth Floyd, for
» Yes. Thank you, Mayor Seth Floyd, for
the record. Uh, this is the third
extension of time for this special use
permit approval, which has remained
active for six years, even though the
site development plan review for the
site that includes the car wash expired
three years ago. staff recommends denial
and recommends that a new special use
permit be sought when the developer is
ready to obtain a new site development
review and site development plan review
entitlement. Uh but as Mr. Groar stated,
the planning commission did amend
condition number one uh to have this
approval expire on December 4th, 2026
unless another extension of time is
approved.
>> Okay.
» Okay.
Are there any questions or comments from
the council?
So, um, staff, explain to me what we are
requesting. You're asking for a complete
denial.
>> Yeah, staff typ typically when we get to
» Yeah, staff typ typically when we get to
this u a third extension of time, staff
will ordinarily recommend denial and
have the applicant come back with a new
application when they're ready to
develop.
>> What would your preference be?
» What would your preference be?
>> Oh, we would like to follow planning
» Oh, we would like to follow planning
commission's recommendation. And the
reason what their recommendation is this
was previously approved for part of a
Costco site. Uh this Costco is going to
originally go here. Unfortunately, uh
that fell out of the deal. They're
Costco's looking for another place to
go. We have another big enduser that's
here that um hopefully I I'm told
Friday, Monday that we'll know that
we'll officially be able to say who the
end user is. We've been working very
closely with councilwoman in this um in
this area, Councilwoman Brunie. So, the
way we look at this, there's no harm
here by approving this application
because what we're telling you is if we
don't have this enduser in and submit
our application before December 4th,
that application's gone. We're not
coming back here and you're not going to
see us for the convenience store or the
car wash. So, we just need this in here
so we can finalize the deal with our end
user. and then you'll like the end user
that's going to be coming in here if
this all comes to fruition. And if not,
you're not going to see us here in
December asking for an extension of
time.
>> Thank you so much, Councilwoman Brun.
» Thank you so much, Councilwoman Brun.
>> Thank you, Mayor. I'd like to make a
» Thank you, Mayor. I'd like to make a
motion to approve item number
4226-0206-O1.
» Please vote on the motion.
>> Post.
» Post.
Motion carries.
>> Thank you. Have a good day. Thank you so
» Thank you. Have a good day. Thank you so
much. Agenda item 43 26-0216-dir1
director's business applicant college of
southern Nevada owner Nevada system of
higher education for possible action on
a request for the first amendment of the
cooperative campus development agreement
between the city of Las Vegas and the
board of regents of the Nevada system of
higher education on behalf of the
college of southern Nevada. This is in
ward four. Miss Alan Pinski. This is a
public hearing that I now declare open.
>> Hello.
» Hello.
>> Good morning. Carissa Nef. I'm associate
» Good morning. Carissa Nef. I'm associate
general counsel at the College of
Southern Nevada.
>> Would you care to tell us about your
» Would you care to tell us about your
project?
>> Uh yes. This is regarding uh the
» Uh yes. This is regarding uh the
construction of CSN's campus in the
Northwest. And the purpose of the action
item before you is relatively simple. Uh
basically
um the Nevada system of higher education
and the city of on behalf of of CSN
and the city of Las Vegas had entered
into a cooperative agreement on July
20th, 2017. Um, subsequent to that, the
BLM issued basically an amended land
patent and each agreement contains
differing terms regarding the
construction date for for um a building
to be completed on that Northwest
campus. Under the initial cooperative
agreement, CSN had eight years from the
transfer of the land from the United
States government to the Nevada system
of higher education to construct at
least one educational building. However,
when we got the amended land patent uh
from the United States that provided
different language and said that CSS Zen
shall complete the first building or
show progress towards the development of
the College of Southern Nevada campus
within 12 years um of when the land was
conveyed to Eni. And so the action item
before you is basically to um approve
the first amendment to the cooperative
agreement. So the language in the
subsequent land patent is in alignment
and gives CSN 12 years.
>> Thank you so much. May I have a staff
» Thank you so much. May I have a staff
report, please?
>> Yes, madame mayor. The proposed
» Yes, madame mayor. The proposed
amendment complies with all NRS 278 and
title 19 requirements. The amended
updates the development agreement with
more accurate information pertaining to
the date in which the land was conveyed
from the US government to the College of
Southern Nevada as well as provides a
review mechanism for the city council to
monitor progress at the development of
the Northwest campus. No other portions
of agreement have been modified and
staff recommends approval of the
request. Thank you.
>> Thank you so much. Uh this is a public
» Thank you so much. Uh this is a public
hearing that I now declare open. Is
there anyone uh wishing to be heard on
this item?
Seeing none, I will close the public
hearing. Are there any questions or
comments from members of the council?
>> Very good. Is there a motion?
» Very good. Is there a motion?
Councilwoman Palinski?
>> Uh, yes. Thank you, Madame Mayor. I
» Uh, yes. Thank you, Madame Mayor. I
enthusiastically move to approve item
number 43. And I would like to ask if it
is u if the entire council agrees to
invite CSN to come sometime in the fall,
maybe November, December and uh fully
explain in our presentation portion of
the council to the people of the
Northwest exactly what's planned.
>> I think CSN would be happy to do that.
» I think CSN would be happy to do that.
>> Thank you.
» Thank you.
There's a motion on the table. Please
vote.
opposed.
Motion carries. Thank you so much.
>> Thank you.
» Thank you.
>> Agenda item 44, resend 26-0127-
» Agenda item 44, resend 26-0127-
SDR1 [snorts] site development plan
review public hearing. Applicant Trout
Electric Owner Novak Holdings LLC for
possible action on a land use
entitlement project request for a
proposed parking facility with waiverss
of perimeter landscape requirements on
0.35
acres at the northeast corner of Lake Me
Boulevard and San Simeone Street C1
limited commercial zone ward five Miss
Summers Armstrong
um on at the June June 17th city council
meeting. This item was held in obeyance
to the August 19th, 2026 council
meeting. This item is to consider uh
rescending that council action so the
item could be heard today. This is a
public hearing that I now declare open.
Is there anybody wishing to be heard uh
regarding rescending the previous
council action on this item? Seeing
none, I'll close the public hearing.
Mayor Jeff Dorquek, city attorney for
the record. On this item, we would just
need any of the council members because
everyone voted unanimously back in July
to hold it in a bay or June to hold it
in obeyance. So, I would uh assume
Councilwoman Summers Armstrong can make
the motion or would want to make the
motion. We on this item, let's go ahead
and move to resend the obeyance from
August 17th. Was that the date? Uh
>> 19 August 19th. August 19th. Uh so we'll
» 19 August 19th. August 19th. Uh so we'll
move to resin the the obeyance uh to a
for August 19th and set the hearing for
today. And once that motion's made and
if it's approved, we can then proceed to
item 45.
>> All right. Thank you so much. Um Miss
» All right. Thank you so much. Um Miss
Summers Armstrong, do I have a motion?
>> Yes, madame mayor. I move that we resend
» Yes, madame mayor. I move that we resend
the obeyance uh to August 19th and allow
this item to be heard today.
>> All right. Please vote.
» All right. Please vote.
Post.
Motion carries. Now we're at agenda for
item 45. Reconsider 26-0127-
SDR1 obeyance item site development plan
review applicant Trout Electric Owner
Novac Holdings LLC for possible action
on a land use entitlement project
request for a proposed parking facility
with waiverss of the perimeter landscape
requirements on 0.35 acres at the
northeast corner of Lake Meade Boulevard
and San Simeone. Um C1 limited
commercial zone ward 5, Miss Summers
Armstrong. Uh planning commission
recommends approval. Staff recommends
denial. Uh this is a public hearing that
I now declare open. Is the applicant
present?
>> Yes, we are. Pernella Christensen of
» Yes, we are. Pernella Christensen of
Trout Electric.
>> Would you care to tell us about your
» Would you care to tell us about your
project?
>> Yes, absolutely. Thank you, mayor, mayor
» Yes, absolutely. Thank you, mayor, mayor
prom council for rescending the motion
and allowing us to be here today. It's
greatly appreciated. Um in 2021 when
clean While Clean Cars Nevada was
adopted, there were 17,000 EVs on the
road. Nevada now ranks third nationally
with 65,000 EVs on the road. There is a
lacking infrastructure. For example, we
did a surrounding search of 60 square
miles and we only found 27 DC fast
chargers. To put that into comparison,
there are 3,300 gas pumps in the same
square mile area. We're proposing 16
chargers on a parking facility. Benefits
to the communities include lo building
the local community, offering the
fastest charging speeds available on the
market, and increasing public safety by
reducing risk for bad battery efficiency
loss caused by the heat locally. We will
also be eliminating an empty lot, which
we just heard the problems that that can
create. We met with the planning
commission and were asked to put in a
north buffer. We've done that. We have
added landscaping to that buffer. We
have also added canopies. Uh this
project will be done in two phases. We
are proposing to uh add the 16 charges
across two phases. Uh with that I will
ask if there are any questions.
>> Thank you so much. May I have a staff
» Thank you so much. May I have a staff
report please?
>> Yes madam mayor. Uh the parking facility
» Yes madam mayor. Uh the parking facility
is proposed on a vacant property zone uh
limited commercial. The site is directly
adjacent to single family residential
subdivision to the north and a shopping
center development to the east. Vehicle
charging operation intend to serve
general public 24 hours per day, seven
days per week. And the facility is
proposing as mentioned 16 electric
vehicle charging post specifically
serving Tesla vehicles and four Tesla
power cabinets. Although it will be
screened from view, the location of the
proposed mechanical equipment near
residential property is a concern. Pad
mount transformers and proposed Tesla
power cabinets are typically low noise
generators under normal operation and
generally meet the noise requirements
until 19. However, this equipment should
be cited away from residential property
to minimize nuisance. In addition, the
proposed development requires waiverss
of perimeter landscape buffer
requirements and exceptions of parking
lot landscaping and trash enclosure
location, which staff does not support
and therefore recommends denial of the
request. Uh, and at the time of the
motion, if the counciloman has any
additional um request, I'll take care of
those at that time. Thank you.
>> Thank you so much. Um, this is a public
» Thank you so much. Um, this is a public
hearing. Is there anybody wishing to be
heard on this item?
I'll close the public hearing. Does the
applicant Well, let let me hear first
from Are there any questions or comments
from members of the council.
I'd like to hear from Miss Summers
Armstrong.
>> Thank you, Madam Mayor. Can you please
» Thank you, Madam Mayor. Can you please
uh lay out your um your plan so that my
colleagues can see what you have in
mind?
Okay. So, just for some points of
clarification, these charging stations,
as you are proposing, would be open to
any type of vehicle. They have adapters
where they're not just one brand, but
can be used by all.
>> That's correct. They're equipped with
» That's correct. They're equipped with
Magic Ducks, so drivers will not need to
provide their own adapters.
>> Okay. And then we had an issue about
» Okay. And then we had an issue about
landscaping um to give some shielding to
the uh residential property that is
immediately adjacent to the north. Could
you please lay out what it is that we
are looking at?
>> That is this area right along here.
» That is this area right along here.
>> Talk to us about what you're planning.
» Talk to us about what you're planning.
>> We have added four of the paleo verde
» We have added four of the paleo verde
and then for every four of those we've
added shrubs. So for there's one for
four um to keep the ratio. There's a
total of 19 24 inch trees on the on the
property total and there are I believe
there's 28 of the da daan wheelery um 48
of the foriba tukalli and we added some
um some cacti just as optional.
>> Okay, thank you. Um,
» Okay, thank you. Um,
have you thought about limiting the
hours of operation so that it is not
disturbing at uh or at least controlling
the pumps that are nearest to the
residential after a certain number of
hours. Um, so anything
right near the the um the garbage
enclosure because that's pretty close to
residents as well.
>> Sure. Um that that I would have to come
» Sure. Um that that I would have to come
back for. Um the primary purpose of this
parcel is to get drivers access 24/7 to
charging. So to limit the business hours
would be a significant problem.
>> Okay. Um when we're talking about the um
» Okay. Um when we're talking about the um
the shade structures um I would I would
like um to propose that they are fixed
structures that are not made out of
fabric so that they don't um I know that
you're you're from California as am I.
Uh the heat here is a shock. Um, and it
also does damage, significant damage to
any any fabric. Um, anything made out of
a plastic material, it is going to go
away. It will not last. So, um I've
talked to Peter in the uh um community
development and asked him to uh create
something which would be um a need which
would that whatever those shade
structures are would be made of
something like steel, architectural
grade aluminum or aluma wood, but
something that is going to last. And if
you all can have those um work with
someone where we can get some energy
produced out of that would make a lot of
sense to have uh that so that it can you
know run the lights underneath which
should be controlled. So I think that
there's some still a few things that
need to be clarified. If your covers
have lights, making sure there's not a
lot of uh noise from the lights onto the
property. Uh I am concerned about 24
hours. Um, we'll give it a minute and
and can we revisit this and see if we
have any um um have an administrative
review in a year to see if we've had any
complaints from neighbors about noise,
people playing their music while they're
charging their and it's disturbing the
neighbors. Um, those folks have been
here way longer. So, we want to make
sure that we're respecting
>> them. Regard the canopy, we have I
» them. Regard the canopy, we have I
provided conceptuals. These are
conceptuals. The height of the canopy
will be about uh 13 to 15 feet. They
will be made of aluminum steel. They
will be fixed. There will be solar
panels on top.
>> Wonderful.
» Wonderful.
>> And there will be lights.
» And there will be lights.
>> Wonderful. Pete, do Peter, do you need
» Wonderful. Pete, do Peter, do you need
to read the um that um piece in
>> uh through you, Madam Mayor? Yes. I I
» uh through you, Madam Mayor? Yes. I I
was just working on the uh admin I'm
assuming an administrative required
review. Um so to the first part about
the materials um planning commission did
add a condition. It's condition B within
the staff report on on the psych review.
It currently reads provide carports or
shade structures over each of the
electrical charging stations along the
east property line. We would amend and
add to that condition. The car ports or
shade structures are to be made of
either steel architectural grade
aluminum and or aluminum wood. And then
I would be adding an additional
condition of approval to that site
development review which would read an
administrative required review shall be
conducted one year from the date of um
business license issuance.
>> Does the applicant agree to the
» Does the applicant agree to the
conditions?
>> Yes, we do.
» Yes, we do.
>> All right. I'll entertain a motion.
» All right. I'll entertain a motion.
Madam Mayor, I have a question about
Ma'am, I have a question about the
condition
um
regarding what Councilwoman Shandra
Armstrong, Shondaanda Summers Armstrong,
pardon me, requested. Is it a simple
thing and is it appropriate to have to
ask the applicant to put in signs at the
charging station and ask to be
respectful of the neighbors and to keep
the music or activity low and to a
minimum?
I'm I'm really I don't know if that's an
appropriate question to ask.
>> I'm sure it's an appropriate question.
» I'm sure it's an appropriate question.
Um, uh, Miss Summers Armstrong, is that
something you would like to incorporate
into your motion?
>> Uh, Mr. Attorney, what kind of, uh, room
» Uh, Mr. Attorney, what kind of, uh, room
do we have on something like that?
>> Well, as the mayor said, yeah, it's a
» Well, as the mayor said, yeah, it's a
perfectly appropriate and fine question.
Um,
if if if you'd like to lay it out, I I
don't have an issue with it. I think the
applicant might be amendable, it looks
like. So,
>> I'll defer to the council woman. It was
» I'll defer to the council woman. It was
just an idea I thought of. Thank you.
Thank you, um, Miss Kelly. And, um, I
don't always get everything in what I'm
thinking. Then afterwards, it'll be
like, "Oh my goodness, I should have
asked for this. Thank you for suggesting
it." I think it would be appropriate,
especially at those stalls that are
nearest to the um the residents. Just
ask people, you know, after 9:00 p.m.,
between 9 and, you know, 7, you know,
please don't play your music. And we'll
see. And hopefully that'll mean that
when we come back for the the review in
a year, we won't have anyone
complaining.
>> Absolutely. We can do that.
» Absolutely. We can do that.
>> All right. You're comfortable with that
» All right. You're comfortable with that
condition?
>> Absolutely.
» Absolutely.
>> All right. In that case, Miss Summers
» All right. In that case, Miss Summers
Armstrong, I will entertain a motion.
>> So moved.
» So moved.
>> Please vote.
» Please vote.
>> Through you, Madam Mayor, I'm just
» Through you, Madam Mayor, I'm just
trying to put that condition in
[laughter] planner.
>> Do you want to Why don't you reiterate
» Do you want to Why don't you reiterate
the uh the uh what is the motion? we are
voting on.
>> So well the motion would be I think
» So well the motion would be I think
approval with the amended condition B
and added two conditions and the second
condition that I'm don't know if I have
worded correctly or not is on-site
signage shall be provided requiring
general courtesy for the neighboring
properties by not playing loud music or
was it just should I just cut it off at
general courtesy
>> noise and disturbances.
» noise and disturbances.
I'm just trying to think of what we
might do for a park.
It's It's just
I'm not trying to overregulate it. I I
was just I like what I like about it is
it shows that the council woman in the
city thought about it and so it's we're
being proactive and I think that's
appropriate.
whatever you would whatever you
>> this may be a question for uh Jeff but
» this may be a question for uh Jeff but
we could reference if we wanted to be
something that would be enforceable by
code enforcement for example we could
reference a nuisance like so as not to
create a nuisance or something in that
regard so then it at least triggers uh
back to a section of code but Jeeoff I
don't know if that's specific
>> Jeff Dorg city attorney that sounds fine
» Jeff Dorg city attorney that sounds fine
to me so does Peter's original language
I mean the intent there is clear there's
going to be some signage saying don't be
loud with various noise types the way
the the wording is on your end. Just
make sure that's covered when they go to
look.
>> We can do that.
» We can do that.
>> All right,
» All right,
>> Miss Summers Armstrong. Well, actually,
» Miss Summers Armstrong. Well, actually,
there is a motion on the table. Please
vote.
>> All right. Should I give it one more
» All right. Should I give it one more
read through so it's clear on that?
>> Yeah, I I think we'd all appreciate it.
» Yeah, I I think we'd all appreciate it.
>> All right. Thank you. So, that that
» All right. Thank you. So, that that
other added conditions, on-site signage
shall be provided requiring general
courtesy for the neighboring properties
by eliminating noise and disturbances.
Please vote.
Post. Motion carries. Thank you.
>> Thank you so much. We'll see you next
» Thank you so much. We'll see you next
year.
Agenda item 46. This item was heard
earlier in the meeting.
Agenda item 47, set date on any appeals
filed or required public hearings. I
would instruct the city clerk to set the
public hearing dates and appeals from
the city planning commission meetings
and dangerous buildings or nuisance
litter abatements.
>> We'll do. Thank you.
» We'll do. Thank you.
>> Thank you so much. And I before we um
» Thank you so much. And I before we um
continue, I just wanted to acknowledge
our uh legal intern again, Haley
Burgerer. Thank you so much for being a
part of our summer here in the city.
I think Jeff told me he wanted to offer
you a job when you graduate.
>> I'm waiting on the city manager to give
» I'm waiting on the city manager to give
me that job. [laughter]
» So, apparently, Healey, your entire
future depends on the city manager. So,
[laughter]
agenda item 48, citizens participation.
Public comment during this portion of
the agenda must be limited to matters
within the jurisdiction of the city
council. No subject may be acted upon by
the city council unless that subject is
on the agenda and is scheduled for
action. If you wish to be heard, come to
the podium, give your name for the
record. The amount of discussion on any
single subject as well as the amount of
time any single speaker is allowed will
be limited to two minutes. Uh this is
your opportunity to address the council,
but the council is not able to respond
or engage in dialogue. Are there any
members of the public who wish to speak
under this portion of the agenda? Please
state your name for the record.
>> I am Shashana. I'm a resident and I'm
» I am Shashana. I'm a resident and I'm
here again to urge the council to end
the invocations, the praying at these
government meetings because
this is not a church. The source of your
invocations, however, is the Bible which
you support. The Bible invokes rape,
incest, slavery, torture, bodily
mutilation, mass drownings, the murder
of firstborn kids, the killing of men
for their foreskins, anti-gay rhetoric,
throwing babies against rocks, boiling
and eating children, and so on. I also
want to get into the irony of this book.
Um, let's not forget the Jewish people
wrote the Bible, including all the
commandments, which were written for no
one else but themselves.
Then the Jewish Bible was plagiarized
and a part two was created, also known
as the New Testament, that depicts a
Jewish baby raised by his Jewish mom and
his two Jewish dads. Yes, your God is
100% Jewish. Um, and is described as
having white hair, fire in his eyes,
floating around in the sky, wearing a
robe, and sitting on a throne. And by
the way, the Old Testament God is the
same as the New Testament. People argue
with me all the time. It's the same guy.
And then part two claims that the Jewish
Jesus character dies and is magically
raised from the dead like a zombie and
is involuntarily converted to a
Christian. I don't know if you know
this, but you cannot convert a dead
Jewish man unless the story is fiction.
But at least people knew at the time
this started that the enormous
profitability there would be in
religion. And so they made up an image
of Jesus. Nobody knew what he looked
like. It was all made up. um they made
an image of his dead body and took his
carcass and hung it up on the wall, made
art out of it, made jewelry out of his
carcass and various other merchandise
and then got tax-free status with their
religious um formation to chain.
Brilliant, wasn't it? Again, I urge the
council to stop bringing religion into
these chambers. Please do your job and
not keep using this building as a house
of worship because this is not a church.
Thank you.
>> Thank you so much. Is there anyone else
» Thank you so much. Is there anyone else
that wishes to address the council?
>> Madame Mayor, I just want to make sure
» Madame Mayor, I just want to make sure
we have two citizens that have been
sitting here quite patiently for the
meeting and we have some card speaker
cards for them. So, I have a Rihanna
Apoaka
>> and Jacko. This would be the time that
» and Jacko. This would be the time that
you want to come up and speak.
>> Welcome. And would you state your name
» Welcome. And would you state your name
for the record?
» There we go. Hi, my name is Rihanna
Apadaka.
Um, good afternoon, mayor and members of
the city council.
Um, well, Las Vegas has internationally
synonymous with opulence just a few
miles down the road in a facility that
is funded and overseen by this
municipality.
Residents are struggling for fundamental
survival.
To the representatives of W 5 and this
council, this systemic failure is
occurring directly within your
jurisdiction.
Looking at me tonight, I likely deviate
from the demographic preconceptions of
an unhoused individual.
But I arrived here following the
devastating loss of my father while
navigating severe health issues
and endeavoring to actively maintain my
employment. My presence demonstrates
that catastrophic life events can
dismantle anyone's socioeconomic
security. That instead of encountering a
rehabilitative sanctuary, disabled
residents, including those like myself
who battle things like brain tumors or
advanced cerosis of the liver, are
subjected to systemic neglect. I stand
before you as a solitary voice because a
majority of my peers suffer from
paralysis and are terrified of
administrative reprisal. While a select
few compassionate staff members attempt
to mitigate these issues, their efforts
are neutralized by structural
impediments. Meanwhile, the dominant
culture among other personal personnel
and security is overtly adversarial.
Crucially, this mistreatment is not
isolated to those with physical
vulnerabilities. It is pervasive.
It is a pervasive daily pattern of
degradation and psychological abuse
directed at every single individual
housed at the courtyard.
When an advocate for legally mandated
ADA accommodations are brought up, we
are met with swift retaliation and
verbal abuse.
city is failing both its residents and
its well-meaning staff. We do not
solicit preferential treatment or demand
uh structuratory compliance. I simply
urge you guys to mandate an immediate
independent investigation into the
compliance failures and staff misconduct
at the courtyard. Please don't let these
people slip through the cracks.
>> Thank you so much. there. Sabra,
um, would would you mind waiting a
minute? There's somebody that would like
to uh from the city that would like to
speak with you.
>> Thank you so much. Welcome. And would
» Thank you so much. Welcome. And would
you state your name for the record?
>> Good morning, Mrs. Mayor. My name's Jack
» Good morning, Mrs. Mayor. My name's Jack
Trujillo.
I'm calling in regards to my neighbors
uh hoarding dogs and uh instead of
picking up the dog poop and putting it
in a trash bag and putting in the trash
can, they're digging holes under my wall
and placing it there and putting water
in there, saturating it. The stench is
terrible. And now we have screworm
flies. And unfortunately, the city of
Las Vegas has no protocol for screworm
flies.
Arizona,
Texas. This is a foreign disease coming
from Brazil. Well, due to these people
doing what they're doing, our area is
now infested.
And I've called everybody in the city of
Las Vegas and the answer is not my job.
Not my job.
This is a critical situation.
People should not pile dog poop on the
sides of the house. It goes in the trash
and it goes to the dump
when it collects flies, fleas, ticks.
This is a disgrace
and it's terrible that nobody in the
city will take care of it.
Now, my neighbors are Joey and Joey Joey
Mullins and Karen Mullins. They're
fostering dogs.
They don't have the area to have dogs.
They have 200 square feet. These dogs
have been locked up in the house for
over a year. She only brings them out
late at night.
And then with the poop, they push it in
these holes and put it in the saturated
with water. Now we're infested with all
these flies. What's the city going to do
about the flies and all this stench and
all this poop? there. If you are running
a business, whether it's fostering dogs,
regardless what the business is, there's
appropriate ways to dispose of dog feces
and other trash.
This is not the way. And as a result, I
have a petition from many neighbors that
want this business to be ceased and
stopped
>> because they're not doing anything to
» because they're not doing anything to
>> Thank you. Would you mind giving your
» Thank you. Would you mind giving your
address? so that we can go and
investigate it.
>> My address is 3724 Dorington Drive. The
» My address is 3724 Dorington Drive. The
neighbors is 3720
Dorington Drive.
>> Okay, we will
» Okay, we will
>> zip code 89129. Now, Mrs. Palansky said,
» zip code 89129. Now, Mrs. Palansky said,
"I cannot do nothing for one year."
>> Well, I think your time is up, but I
» Well, I think your time is up, but I
thank you very much. We'll look into it
for sure. Last thing, I also did ask
your secretaries for an appointment and
a month went by and I still haven't
heard from him and I called again today.
I would still like to have that
appointment in person with you
personally.
>> Let's see what we could do of this
» Let's see what we could do of this
problem and thank you for coming down. I
appreciate it. Is there anybody um
sir, would you mind speaking with Mr.
Hacker? Thank you so much.
Please state your name for the record.
>> Powerful people, my name is Eric
» Powerful people, my name is Eric
Melazdc, Christ Nimrod.
You can find uh Christ in the Bible
conquering death.
Don't worship is death. Worship is
conquering death. That's why people are
dying so much. They worshiping this
death.
Their savior died. No, the savior
conquered death.
That's the
>> keep this to something within the
» keep this to something within the
jurisdiction of the city.
>> Please keep your comments to uh within
» Please keep your comments to uh within
the jurisdiction of the city.
>> Well, you're the one that Okay. All
» Well, you're the one that Okay. All
right. LVA
is needed and the heat mitigation
situation is needed because Lake me,
whether you know it or not, is drying
up. is at a dangerous point right now.
The RTC
is building a lot of um
at a lot of intersections
destroying the flow of traffic.
The Maryland Parkway had a sign saying
if you want to know about it, call this
number. I called the number months ago
and they said, "Well, the it will end in
June
226." I said, "Wow, that's a long ways
off, but it's still being constructed.
It's still being constructed."
And Lake now Lake me and MLK Jr.
intersection
is being constructed. you seem to be
following me everywhere I go. The um the
the RTC
is really causing a lot of problems
and the bus drivers should be
taught better as to how to use those
buses because
the people need to be protected from the
bus drivers.
heat mitigation. The buses are cooling
stations.
>> Thank [snorts] you so much, Mr. Nimrod.
» Thank [snorts] you so much, Mr. Nimrod.
>> And we the people need to be protected
» and that is what we're doing. Thank you
so much. You're doing a great job.
[laughter]
>> Agenda item 49, council emerging issues.
» Agenda item 49, council emerging issues.
Discussion regarding potential items for
future city council agendas or wards. Uh
any discussion must be limited to
whether or not such proposed items shall
be placed on a future agenda. No
discussion regarding the substance of
any proposed topic shall occur. No
action shall be taken. Do any members of
the council have any topics that they
would like to bring forward under this
item?
Seeing none, we will move to agenda item
number 50.
Council members recognition. Comments
made by individual city council members
during this portion of the agenda will
not be acted upon by the city council
unless that subject is on the agenda and
scheduled for action. Um, let us start
with our new mayor pro Tim.
>> Wow, I'm still getting used to the title
» Wow, I'm still getting used to the title
mayor. I apologize in RDA. I was like,
you say MPT and it still hasn't
registered for me, but thank you so
much. Um, I also want to give kudos to
Haley Ber for doing a really good job on
reading our bills today. So, thank you
so much for being with us. I know that
getting through our business can be
exciting at times, but not so exciting
sometimes. Um, I just want to go through
a few things because I I do know that
I'm standing between you all in the
World Cup match between England and
Argentina. So, um, let me go ahead and
get started. On July 1st, I had the
honor of welcoming a wonderful group of
Girl Scouts, um, to our city hall, and
it happened during our last city council
meeting. And I just want to thank
everyone in city hall for making them
feel so welcome. They took tours within
our ma main building, but they also went
to our municipal court and they learned
so much about democracy and action and
they earned their democracy badge that
day. So special kudos goes out to parks,
recreation and cultural affairs,
department of public safety, municipal
court chief judge Jordani, and our city
clerk's office assistant and our very
own assistant city manager Rosa Cortez.
Um, and the girls also met with
representatives from the office of the
Nevada Secretary of State across the way
and Congresswoman Dina Titus. So, thank
you so much um to everyone for making
this an awesome day for them. On July
6th, I popped into Ward 5 to visit the
Just One project. Um, they used to be
Ward Three though uh when they had a
tiny little closet of a space, but I'm
so elated to see that they've grown so
much and they continue to do an amazing
job for everyone in our city. and um we
just uh were there to partake with
Brooke and uh share a little bit about
my journey and who I am and why I'm in
this work. So, I just want to thank them
for being invited to their podcast. On
July 9th, I was over at the Concept Auto
Body Repair grand opening and it's not
your everyday
um I guess body shop. I was uh amongst
the mist of a Bugatti, which I had never
seen up close and personal. And uh I
also heard a tidbit that just in cars
that were there showing off, we there
was about an inventory of $7 million. I
was like, "Oh my gosh." Um but this is a
new repair shop in Ward 3 owned by the
proud owners of Lou and um Wendell Ranel
who had impeccable attention to detail
for bringing this to our community. um
he was approached by MercedesBenz to
open a shop and I'm glad he chose our
city to do it in. On July 9th, we also
had the Museum of Ice Cream ribbon
cutting and the mayor and I had a blast
um from cutting the ribbon to going
through the immersive exhibits at the
new Museum of Ice Cream at Area 15 in
the second phase of it. This is a
colorful new attraction and it's also
another exciting addition for residents
and families to enjoy. U Mayor Berkeley
and I um got as you can see our own
little removable tattoos and I got to go
down the slide which was the best part
of the day. Everyone was laughing at me
but it's okay
>> with you. With [laughter]
» with you. With [laughter]
>> um I just want to bring up this very
» um I just want to bring up this very
important road closure casino center at
Charleston Boulevard. If you guys have
been in that area of town, it's reduced
down to one lane and it takes quite a
bit. So, you either have to add
additional minutes to your commute or
just use alternate routes to get to and
from um through to the arts district.
So, just know Casino Center will be
closed on the south side of Charleston
Boulevard through July 31st. And um just
call our office if you need anything
else from us on that point. And that's
it for me, mayor. As usual, people can
reach out via phone, email, and sign up
for our monthly newsletters. Thank you
so much.
>> Thank you, Miss Kelly.
» Thank you, Miss Kelly.
>> Thank you, Mayor. I was thrilled on July
» Thank you, Mayor. I was thrilled on July
1 to be in my first parade, and I joined
the mayor and Councilwoman Francis
Finski, as well as Councilwoman
Nancy Brune, um, and many of our
colleagues. I'll tell you, it was really
special to ride and uh see not only the
I mean the the best part of the
children's faces, but I also loved how
Councilwoman um Alan Pollinski, she must
have said hi to at least a dozen people.
That woman knows everybody. So, I was
particularly impressed with that. And
what a lovely time uh to be with all of
you. The Summerland Council does a
terrific job on that parade. I then was
earlier in the month had the opportunity
to tour Shine a Light Foundation. I did
not go into the tunnels, but I did learn
a lot about their program and was very
impressed uh to meet with Robert
Banghart and learn about the incredible
work that they're doing to serve
individuals experiencing homelessness
and other ver vulnerable members of our
community.
um he gave a statistic and I didn't ask
the origin but that said 60% of our of I
was uh one paycheck away from a from a
crisis and that uh you know I grew up in
um
you know with with very modest and um
and that was my mom's situation
certainly and I was sharing with the
council woman uh with councilwoman
Summers Armstrong that had my
grandmother not had a house where we
were we lived uh multiple times through
times in our life that uh I would likely
have been homeless at some point. So it
is and it never occurred to me until
um you know until actually recently that
that was that was a uh what a gift that
was. I just thought that was what you
did with your grandma as you moved in
and out of where she lived uh which is
probably a lot of people. Uh, one of the
things that Shine a Light that does is
does have a community closet. Um, and
they're always, uh, stocking it with
with new stuff. And so, um, we have so
many of our nonprofits that have
community closets. Here's another place
where it goes directly to people and we
like to know that. And just a couple
things that are upcoming. Um, we've got
our breakfast buzz on Saturday the 22nd.
I'm really excited about this one
because we had an event focusing on
seniors and fraud and we had so many
constituents come up afterwards and say
how important that topic was and their
desire to learn more. And so we're going
to be having some different experts uh
but also talking about this important
subject. And one of the things that um
the special agent in charge, Chris
Delado, said to our attendees on that
day that we had the event was that
uh they don't even recommend that you
unsubscribe to emails that that there's
some fraud that's taking place. So you
think you're trying to unsubscribe to
the Macy's emails or whatever spam
you're getting and uh that could
actually be embedded fraud. So, it uh
that was new to me and I'm looking
forward to the city of the world uh
being at Bruce Trent Park as well with
some of our other parks uh for the fall.
And uh we have movie night coming up uh
which back to school movie night on
August 7th. It is the day after my
birthday. I know we have quite a few see
on our list quite a few Leos, but it'll
be my meme me day. And you can always
reach the W2 at W2 Vegas nevada.gov or
at our office 702229-2420.
Thank you.
>> Thank you so much, uh, Councilwoman
» Thank you so much, uh, Councilwoman
Brun.
>> Thank you, Mayor. So, I too joined the
» Thank you, Mayor. So, I too joined the
Las Vegas uh Fourth of July parade, the
Summerland Patriotic Parade with my
colleagues and was thrilled to be on Big
Red. Later that day, we I joined Mayor
Berkeley and my colleague, Councilman
Francis Alen Pollinsky, and we kicked
off the fund with our Blastoff in the
Basin event. It gets bigger and bigger
every year. So, it looks like we had
over 13,000 people come this year.
Special shout out again to DPS and uh
for keeping us all safe. Everyone had
lots of fun. No incidents. Uh next
last week,
it should say July 8th, I stopped by the
Centennial Hills Active Adult Center to
help them celebrate with their Let's Let
Freedom Ring lunchon. Thank you again to
Jennifer Blanchard who does such a great
job taking care of our active adults at
the Centennial Hills Active Adult
Center.
Last week I also met with our neighbors
for our monthly boaditos. We had about
20 people. Believe it or not, we're
actually out growing our little
satellite office. So I'll have to look
into that. Um great time talking to
neighbors about their concerns.
Also last week uh we hurried over to the
west facility westside facilities yard
or west yard where we thanked a lot of
the teams that really do work hard
especially in this he keeping ward 6
safe. So thank you to our code
enforcement teams, our public works, our
parks and wreck and our traffic teams
who get a lot of emails from us and we
just wanted to say again we're really
grateful and appreciative for all the
hard work that you do on behalf of our
residents. So, thank you and stay tuned
because we'll be offering uh a shaved
ice event in August also at the Westside
yard.
Um this summer we're trying something
new to try to keep our youth engaged and
some fun constructive activities. So,
we're partnering with the Y and the
Northwest Area Command to offer pickle
ball sessions with some of our officers
and folks. um Mondays, every Monday
night from 8 to 10 over the rest of the
summer. So, we had about half a dozen
young people come out last week or
earlier this week um for some fun. We
had some new people and some old folks
or uh experienced players, but it was a
lot of fun. It was great to see the
young people come out.
So, again, next um turning to events,
we're going to be doing that both July
20th and July 27th. Please RSVP through
the Y.
Uh later this month, we'll be hosting
our monthly uh connector series with an
unwinding event. We're going to be
hosting it uh pretty low-key at our
satellite office Wednesday, July 29th
from 6:00 to 7:30. Please RSVP.
And then on August 1st, we're going to
be going to be getting uh ready to go
back to school with our splashback to
school event Saturday, August 1st from
7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Uh residents voted
and so we'll be showing Finding Nemo.
Please RSVP for that as well. And then
lastly, we'll be doing our um monthly
Bogatitos on August 13th at our
Centennial Hills Y satellite office.
We'll be going back from 9 to 11:00 a.m.
As always, we want to hear from you.
Please call us at 7022295463
or email us at ward 6 at los vegas.gov.
Thank you.
>> Thank you so much, uh, Councilman
» Thank you so much, uh, Councilman
Canudson.
>> Thank you, Madam Mayor. This is National
» Thank you, Madam Mayor. This is National
Pet Fire Safety Day. It starts on July
15th and it was began it started in 2009
by the American Kennel Club and ADT Home
Security and pets can accidentally start
fires. Paws and tails knock over
candles, bumps, stove knobs, and roughly
a thousand home fires a year are
petcaused. And uh I'm going to promote
the route to health. The route to health
is a mobile clinic uh providing eye
exams, basic consultations for adults,
blood pressure measurements, basic
checkups with pediatricians, glucose
testing, and HIV screening tests among
other services. This is all at no cost.
It's July 15th and 16th, 2026, and it's
between the hours of 10 and 2 p.m. at
Lumina Las Vegas, which is at 2710 West
Charleenberg, West Charleston Boulevard.
That's all I have. Thank you, Mayor.
>> Thank you so much, Miss Alan Pinsky.
» Thank you so much, Miss Alan Pinsky.
Thank you, Madame Mayor. On the morning
of Saturday, July 4th, we had the
opportunity to ride Big Red in the
Summerland Patriotic Parade. Uh there
were many families in attendance and was
a great way to start the celebration of
America's 250th anniversary.
After that, in the evening, we continue
to celebrate at Blastoff in the Basin
with almost 11,000 in attendance in the
Basin and around 7,000 in total at the
three satellite parks. It was surely a
big party. We had food trucks, special
250th celebration trivia challenge, uh a
performance from a great group of kids
from musicology academy, and a special
shout out to Dealco Crane Company for
helping us proudly display that
ginormous American flag because our fire
department was too busy on the 4th of
July responding to calls. So, we were
great to have them substitute we could
have our flag and the uh company was
great to offer us that support. Uh at
[snorts] the end of the night, we had a
fantastic fireworks show and drone show
that made the night truly something to
remember.
The following morning morning, very
early Saturday morning on the 5th, we
hosted an afterparty park cleanup.
[laughter]
Staff members and volunteers went around
the park picking up trash and restoring
it to its normal glorious state.
Volunteers were offered breakfast and a
free t-shirt for their hard work. If
you'd like to volunteer next year, we'll
be happy to take your name and put you
on the list to come uh contribute. Next
up, on Thursday, July 9th, I had the
opportunity to be a guest on the Just
One podcast
hosted by my friend Brooke Newbower.
This podcast exists to inspire and show
citizens of Southern Nevada how they can
make an impact. We talked about the ways
the city serves uh our community and how
it strengthens Southern Nevada. Next up,
if you are a high school student with
interest in city government or you'd
like to make an impact in your city,
well then join our city of Las Vegas
Youth Advisory Council. By contributing,
you'll be able to add your voice on pers
your voice and perspective on key issues
uh to matters and collaborate with your
peers and make an impact while gaining
more insight on how civic engagement
works. Please scan the slide for the QR
code and uh apply today. We're taking
applications. I know in Ward 4 we have
two spots open, so please please get
your apps in soon. Next up, take a
moment to look at these faces on the
slide. There are 13 teens still missing
from our community. If you recognize any
of them or have any information that
could please bring them home, contact
LVMPD missing person detail at
7028283111.
On the end other end of that phone line
is a free bus ride home.
Next up, you can stay uh up to date with
community news and other updates. all
the things happening in Ward 4 by
following us on all the social media
handles or calling the oldfashioned way
at 702229-2524.
We are always here to provide any
assistance that we can. Thank you.
>> Thank you so much. Uh Miss Summers
» Thank you so much. Uh Miss Summers
Armstrong, take us home.
>> Thank you, Madame Mayor. I'm going to
» Thank you, Madame Mayor. I'm going to
turn this over to my summer intern,
Roger Randolph, and he's going to do the
honors.
>> Hello. On Tuesday, June 30th,
» Hello. On Tuesday, June 30th,
Councilwoman had the pleasure of touring
a new development in Ward 5. Olive
Crest, a southern Nevada organization
working hard to end child abuse and
neglect, will be bringing a new campus
for children and families. They offer
service focused on families facing
challenges including economic
instability, housing insecurity, mental
health strain, and more. Foster youth
are often overlooked in our society.
Those youth who age out of foster care
are sometimes forgotten completely.
Because of this sad reality, they are
exposed to some of the worst that the
world has has to offer and aren't able
to learn some of the skills that we take
for granted every day. Our friends at
Olive Crest understood this reality and
have made it their mission to fight and
advocate for these youth.
>> And I might say this is a proposed
» And I might say this is a proposed
development.
» July [snorts] 4th, Saturday evening July
4th, the blastoff in the Basin Fourth of
July celebration brought the community
together at Buckskin Basin Park. The
Warfire team and residents gathered at
Children's Memorial Park to enjoy the
fireworks and drone show. The evening
was filled with music, dancing,
connection, and celebration. Moments
like these are what makes W five a vibe
and a place to thrive. It was more than
a holiday. It was an opportunity to
create lasting memories with neighbors,
friends, and family. Thank you to
everyone who joined us for an evening
filled with blooms and sparkles and
community spirit. We look forward to
celebrating with you again next year
on July 7th. Councilwoman had the
pleasure of joining Congressman Steven
Horzford and his staff and Sam Cherry of
Cherry Development on a tour inside the
new Sher Westside complex. This
development is the newest mixeduse
development bringing bringing muchneeded
housing to the historic Westside.
Congressman Horser presented a developer
Sam Cherry with a certificate of
congressional recognition for this
project that brings more homes into the
area. These studios and one-bedroom
apartments offer more than just modern
live modern living. They provide
workforce housing that allows many
residents to live within walking
distance from where they work. For some
of the newest tenants, that means an
easy commute on foot and more time to
enjoy everything downtown has to offer.
To learn more about these apartments and
to check availability, please visit
their website at www.sharedowntown.com.
This past Saturday, the community came
together to celebrate photojournalist
Clinton Wright's 90th birthday and the
incredible legacy he built documenting
black life in the historic West Side.
Councilwoman presented a proclamation
provided by the mayor to Clinton Wright
for his years of dedication. Staff from
Senator Rosens and Congressman Horford's
office also joined us and presented
Clinton with a certificate of special
congressional recognition. The day began
with a guided tour of rhythm rhythm and
resilience black Vegas led by curator
Carmen Bills and the celebration
continued upstairs in the in the then
cafe with a heartfelt conversation
between historian Clay Ty White and
Clinton Wright. Filmmaker Emit Gates
shared an early look at his new
documentary about Clinton, giving
everyone a glimpse into the ongoing work
to preserve his history. We ended the
afternoon with his favorite red velvet
cake. Plenty of smiles and lots of
people stopping by the gallery
afterwards for a closer look at
Clinton's photographs.
Six decades of history is taking his
next step in his life. The original
campus of Matt Kelly Elementary School
has been torn down and what is to come
is a modern facility that will live with
the community and be a solid foundation
for students to learn and be inspired.
Though the new building won't be
finished and ready to open till 2028
school year, the magnitude of this
groundbreaking is a promise to the
community that they matter. Thank you to
CCSD core construction architects and
some summing and everyone who's making
this journey possible.
The relaunch of the groceries on a goat
bus was a great success on Tuesday, July
14th at the Westside Education Training
Center. Community members came out to
shop for fresh, affordable groceries and
connect with local leaders, elected
officials, including Councilwoman
Shandra Summers Armstrongs, Commission
Commissioner William Mccertie II, and
several community partners. Thanks to
the Just One project, residents had
access to a wide variety of quality food
options along with information about
upcoming bus stops and services. The
event highlighted ongoing efforts to to
address urban food deserts and
strengthen access to healthy food and
across the city. Upcoming events we have
splash with the badge. Get ready with
Ward 5. Splash with the badge is almost
here. Friday, July 17th from 3 to 7:00
p.m. The Bill and Lily Hinrich YMCA is
transform transferring transforming into
the ultimate summer hangout spot. And
you're everybody. Bring your family,
friends, and neighbors for an afternoon
filled with free food, fun games, and
awesome giveaways, and plenty of chances
to cool off. Get ready. The Tuck and Run
Foundation is hosting the Las Vegas
Raiders Play Football Skills Combine
July 18th at the Pearson Community
Center. This free and exciting camp
gives youth athletes the chance to
develop and showcase their football
skills through advanced drills and
official combine activities, including
the 40 40 yard dash, vertical jump, and
pro agility shuffle. Registration opens
at 600 p.m. and the event will run from
7 to 8:30 p.m. Space is limited, so be
sure to secure a spot today at
www.tuckenrun.org/events.
Check out the Bolton Area Command Youth
Safe Night Out on Friday, July 24th, my
birthday, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. for a
vibrant familyfriendly event at Nucleus
Plaza. Bordon Area Command and Hotme
Community Service are teaming up to host
a fun event filled with games, food, and
community resources that are all free
for youth and family. This event brings
together local partners and
organizations to provide kids with a
positive, safe, and welcoming space to
enjoy the evening. Connect with others
and access helpful support services. For
more information, please call
7024120060.
The Las Vegas City Council in War 5
invites you to a fun and family-friendly
back to school celebration Saturday,
July 25th from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
at the Dittle Community Center. This
annual event is packed with music,
games, raffles, and plenty of excitement
for students of all ages. School age
children who attend will have the
opportunity to receive free backpacks
and school supplies while supplies last.
While supplies last, children must be
present to receive these items. We
invite all school age children and
families to join us, enjoy the
festivities, and get ready for a great
school year ahead. For more information,
please call 7022296374.
It's been a meaningful and eventful week
as we celebrated the many initiatives
making a positive impact in W 5. We're
proud to highlight the great work
happening in our community and hope it
inspires more residents to get involved,
the many activities and events organized
by the city. Stay informed and engaged
by signing up for our W5 newsletter,
your go-to resource for news, updates,
and opportunities to connect with your
neighborhood.
You can also stay engaged with us on
Instagram, Facebook, X, and Tik Tok at
Shandra for Vegas. For more information,
please reach out to our office at W5 Las
Vegas.gov or call us at 702229-5443.
We look forward to hearing from you.
» You're done?
>> Yes. Thank you. [laughter]
» Yes. Thank you. [laughter]
Yes. Thank you. Let me say nicely done
and happy birthday in advance.
>> Uh this meeting of the city council is
» Uh this meeting of the city council is
now adjourned.