[1:30] Okay.
[1:32] Move this over.
[1:35] Good morning. The July 15, 2026 meeting
[1:40] of the city council will be called to
[1:42] order.
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[4:00] Before we proceed with the meeting,
[4:02] would everyone please rise for the
[4:04] invocation given by Reverend Wanda Floyd
[4:08] and I ask you to remain standing as she
[4:12] leads us in the pledge as well. Welcome.
[4:14] >> Good morning. Good morning. Let us pray.
[4:18] » Good morning. Good morning. Let us pray.
[4:18] Gracious and loving God, we give you
[4:20] thanks for bringing us together today.
[4:22] We recognize that this council has been
[4:24] entrusted with a sacred responsibility
[4:26] to serve the people of this great city.
[4:29] As they gather today, grant wisdom for
[4:31] every decision, courage for every
[4:33] difficult conversation, and compassion
[4:35] for every person whose life will be
[4:37] touched by the work done here today.
[4:39] Help them to remember that behind every
[4:42] agenda item, every policy, and every
[4:44] vote are real people with real hopes,
[4:47] real struggles, and real dreams.
[4:49] Give these members ears that truly
[4:51] listen, hearts that remain open, and
[4:53] minds that seek understanding before
[4:55] judgment. May they lead with integrity,
[4:57] humility, and a commitment to the common
[4:59] good. May they use whatever influence
[5:02] they have to lift others up, to seek
[5:04] justice, to protect the vulnerable, and
[5:06] to ensure that every person is treated
[5:09] with dignity and respect. May the work
[5:11] accomplished here today help build a Las
[5:13] Vegas where people have the opportunity
[5:16] not only to survive but to flourish. We
[5:19] offer this prayer in the name of love
[5:21] and all that is holy and in the name of
[5:23] Jesus Christ. Amen.
[5:25] Please join me now in the pledge of
[5:27] allegiance.
[5:29] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
[5:32] United States of America to the republic
[5:35] for which it stands. One nation under
[5:38] God, indivisible, with liberty and
[5:41] justice for all.
[5:43] >> Thank you so much. We will now proceed
[5:45] » Thank you so much. We will now proceed
[5:45] with the ceremonials.
[6:24] Thank you very much.
[6:41] We won't start without you. Don't worry.
[6:44] Good morning everybody. Uh this is the
[6:47] ceremonial portion of our agenda, our
[6:50] council agenda. And for the first item,
[6:52] I want to invite our director of youth
[6:54] development and social initiatives, Dr.
[6:57] Tammy Malish to join us.
[7:03] [applause]
[7:06] Our employees strive to meet our values
[7:08] of being kind, committed, and smart, and
[7:11] they work to build our community to make
[7:14] life better. I am proud to announce that
[7:16] the employee of the month is Candace
[7:19] Camarella. Uh Candace, please join us.
[7:24] All
[7:24] >> [applause]
[7:31] [applause]
[7:46] » right, now you got it over there.
[7:47] [laughter]
[7:50] In addition to being a hugger, Candace
[7:53] [laughter]
[7:57] Candace is a a management analyst and
[8:00] has been with the city since 2016. She
[8:03] is always willing to provide support and
[8:05] assistance. Most recently, Candace
[8:08] helped our safe key committee members
[8:11] create a more efficient, effective, and
[8:13] organized planning process for their
[8:15] annual midyear training. This training
[8:18] supports more than 300 part-time staff
[8:21] members. Candace also recently helped a
[8:24] community partner UNLV when the school
[8:27] was having challenges with getting their
[8:29] pract practicum students approved to
[8:32] begin providing mental health services
[8:34] at five elementary schools. Thanks to
[8:36] Candace's knowledge, understanding, and
[8:39] contacts at the school district, she was
[8:41] able to ensure that all the agencies
[8:44] involved were working together. Candace
[8:46] goes out of her way to provide
[8:48] additional help to anyone in need.
[8:50] Candace, thank you for everything you
[8:52] do.
[8:54] [applause]
[8:59] You are an incredible representative of
[9:02] the city. And now I'd uh like to invite
[9:05] Tammy up uh and have a chance to say a
[9:08] few words. Then we'll hear from Candace
[9:10] and then we'll take a couple of photos.
[9:12] Dr. Malich, there you are.
[9:14] >> Yes. Thank you, Mayor.
[9:17] » Yes. Thank you, Mayor.
[9:17] So Candace, as the mayor said, is the
[9:20] definition of team player. Candace
[9:23] always steps up to help no matter which
[9:25] department in the city, no matter which
[9:27] partner outside of the city or which
[9:30] team member within YDSI. When I arrived
[9:32] at the city, Candace supported our
[9:34] reinvent schools Las Vegas program and
[9:37] supported all of that work. and she was
[9:40] an Americanore supervisor and her I I
[9:44] was taken aback by her ability to
[9:46] mentor, coach and guide our young
[9:49] Americanore members. She poured into
[9:52] them and invested in them and many of
[9:54] them have gone on to full-time careers
[9:56] in the city and outside of the city. She
[9:59] built our strong future technology
[10:02] training center. She literally built the
[10:05] computers within the facility that
[10:07] allows us to do I think most of our
[10:09] council members have seen the work that
[10:11] goes on and every council member has
[10:13] constituents that attend. Um and then
[10:15] she helped parks and recreation and
[10:17] cultural affairs build their pecker tech
[10:20] park because she's that person. We
[10:22] quickly were able to promote Candace and
[10:25] now she leads our Americanore and
[10:27] Americanore Vista programs. She has
[10:29] exceeded standards in every area for
[10:32] Americanore and through Nevada
[10:34] volunteers. She has exceeded all of our
[10:37] metrics. She has fully recruited and
[10:40] she's done it with clean audits every
[10:42] single time. And if you don't know about
[10:44] federal money, um it's not easy to get
[10:47] clean audits. Um, and so Candace and
[10:50] then as the mayor mentioned, she
[10:52] supported UNLV with our exhale program,
[10:55] getting our undergrad mental health
[10:57] students into CCSDs. Um, I think you see
[11:01] multiple members from departments here
[11:03] because that's who Candace is. Our
[11:05] friends from Metro in the back because
[11:08] she supports their programs. So Candace
[11:11] is just such a great human being. I'm
[11:14] honored and privileged to work with her
[11:16] and shout out to Candace's family and
[11:19] extended family for being here to
[11:21] support her. Candace,
[11:23] >> thank you.
[11:25] » thank you.
[11:25] [applause]
[11:29] I just wrote a few things.
[11:32] I tested it on somebody yesterday. Oh, I
[11:36] tested it on somebody yesterday and it
[11:38] made her cry. So, I think I did okay.
[11:41] [laughter]
[11:42] Uh, first off, thank you so much, mayor,
[11:44] and our city council for your
[11:46] recognition and to the employee
[11:48] recognition recognition committee. Um, I
[11:51] know that there are a lot of names out
[11:52] there and I appreciate you picking me.
[11:54] Thank you very much to my family who's
[11:56] all here. Um, sorry my dad couldn't make
[11:58] it, but he'll watch this later. And
[12:01] someone laughs. Um, and to our YDSI
[12:05] family, Dr. Malich, we have such an
[12:06] awesome team, don't we? So, right over
[12:09] here to our YDSI family. Thank you.
[12:11] [applause]
[12:15] I'm so grateful to be recognized as the
[12:17] city's employee of the month. I've been
[12:19] with the city almost 10 years and
[12:20] without a doubt this has been the
[12:22] hardest year but also the most
[12:24] rewarding. For those of you who don't
[12:26] know I serve as the Americanore program
[12:28] director out of the department of youth
[12:29] development and social initiatives. Just
[12:32] over that's Charles. [laughter]
[12:36] Just over a year ago, our Americanore
[12:38] program was abruptly terminated. With a
[12:40] single 8 a.m. email, more than 40 of our
[12:44] service members lost their positions and
[12:46] our community lost services we promised
[12:48] to provide. This was undeniably the
[12:51] hardest day I've ever experienced during
[12:53] my time with the city.
[12:55] But that experience changed me. I grew.
[12:58] It challenged me to become smarter, to
[12:59] work harder, and be relentless in
[13:01] finding solutions.
[13:03] What never changed was why I do this
[13:05] work. I continued to care deeply about
[13:07] our members and the community that we
[13:09] serve, and I fought for every one of
[13:10] them. Because of that effort and a whole
[13:13] lot of teamwork, we were able to
[13:15] reinstate our program, and every member
[13:17] ultimately got what they deserved and
[13:19] earned.
[13:22] [applause] We can absolutely clap for
[13:24] that.
[13:25] Receiving this recognition is incredibly
[13:27] meaningful to me because it reminds me
[13:29] that perseverance matters, that service
[13:31] matters, and that leading with
[13:33] compassion matters. It affirms that I'm
[13:35] walking in my purpose. And it reminds me
[13:37] that even during the hardest time work
[13:39] hardest times, the work is worth it.
[13:42] Thank you to my leadership, my
[13:44] teammates, and everyone who believes in
[13:46] our program and supported us through one
[13:47] of our toughest moments.
[13:49] This recognition may have my name on it,
[13:52] but it reflects the resilience,
[13:54] teamwork, and heart of so many people.
[13:57] I'm honored to accept it, and I'm
[13:58] excited to keep serving the city of Las
[14:00] Vegas alongside all of you. Thank you.
[14:04] [applause and cheering]
[14:09] » We'll take some pictures.
[16:22] For our final item, I have the pleasure
[16:24] of recognizing a true superstar in our
[16:27] community, Judy Perez Seagull. Uh Judy,
[16:31] would you please join us at the podium?
[16:33] [applause]
[16:38] » [applause]
[16:48] » Oh, we need
[16:55] [laughter]
[16:57] I love you.
[17:15] All right. Well, you need to be near me.
[17:18] Okay. [laughter]
[17:19] All right. Um, Judy is a very long time
[17:23] friend to me. Uh, not only to me, but to
[17:26] our entire community. She moved to Las
[17:29] Vegas in 2004. I remember that very very
[17:32] well. Uh where she managed the
[17:35] day-to-day operations of a fast growing
[17:37] multi-residential
[17:39] real estate portfolio. Now she runs a
[17:41] diverse collection of properties such as
[17:44] the multifamily units, hotels, ret
[17:49] [laughter]
[17:52] developments across multiple states. She
[17:55] currently oversees all the philanthropic
[17:58] and governmental affairs for the company
[18:00] and serves as a liaison between local
[18:02] the local government community and
[18:04] nonprofit organizations. She also serves
[18:07] on the Nevada Commission for Tourism and
[18:10] is an advocate a strong advocate for Las
[18:12] Vegas. In addition to that, she loves
[18:15] creating smiles with her fun and
[18:17] whimsical Pink Box Donuts brand. Um, one
[18:20] of my personal favorites. on Sundays.
[18:23] You could find her at Seagull's Bagel
[18:26] Mania, greeting customers and serving
[18:28] them bagels and deli scoops at their
[18:30] tables. Uh Judy, before I before I go
[18:34] on, I just want to say in a very
[18:36] personal way how much I love and admire
[18:39] you. What an extraordinary impact you
[18:41] have made on this community and what a
[18:44] role, wonderful role model, not only to
[18:46] the rest of your fellow citizens, but to
[18:49] your children as well. And so I'm just
[18:51] delighted to see him. I usually see him
[18:53] at Bagel Mania on Sundays. Um I want to
[18:57] thank you for everything you do. And I
[18:59] also understand that you're now in
[19:01] charge of the library reachout in Ward
[19:05] 2. Very cool. So we appreciate that as
[19:08] well. And so I thank you um everything
[19:12] you do to make our city a better place.
[19:14] And uh I'd love to give you a chance to
[19:17] say a few words. Uh then I'm going to
[19:20] present a proclamation to you and then
[19:22] we'll take pictures and perhaps you'll
[19:24] invite the rest of your family to come
[19:25] down and join us for pictures. Is that
[19:28] okay? Rest of your family.
[19:31] Okay. [laughter]
[19:33] All right. Judy, would you say a few
[19:35] words? I And I know you don't love doing
[19:38] that, but I appreciate it if you did.
[19:42] >> Mayor, thank you so much. City Council,
[19:44] » Mayor, thank you so much. City Council,
[19:44] thank you so much. Uh my two boys that
[19:46] are here, Jackson and Nixon, thank you
[19:49] for coming, letting me wake you up so
[19:51] early in the morning. Uh you're in
[19:53] summer and uh you were you were on board
[19:56] to come and see mommy. Thank you guys.
[20:00] I truly wouldn't be standing up here if
[20:03] it wasn't for every single one of you
[20:05] guys and the partnership that you have
[20:07] created with us um with the city of Las
[20:10] Vegas. So, thank you for your
[20:12] commitment, your dedication. It truly
[20:15] doesn't go unnoticed. Um, I know this
[20:18] award probably says my name on it, but
[20:20] really it's it should say all of our
[20:23] names on it because
[20:26] [laughter]
[20:27] because I wouldn't be able to do
[20:28] anything without you guys. You guys are
[20:30] always answering your phones uh at all
[20:33] hours of the night and day and your text
[20:36] messages, the millions I send out all
[20:38] the time asking questions. And I can
[20:40] probably stand here and say a a great
[20:42] story about every single one of you and
[20:44] how you impact the community. I have a
[20:47] really quick story to share though about
[20:49] that guy over there, uh, Peter
[20:50] Loenstein.
[20:52] Um, so, uh, we were new to Las Vegas and
[20:56] he was a baby planner and, uh, Peter
[20:59] would help me with, uh, banners and
[21:01] permits and he would give me such a hard
[21:03] time. But you made me learn a lot,
[21:05] Peter. Thank you so much for all of the
[21:08] uh everything that you taught me and
[21:10] every every note that you told me that
[21:11] just made me get stronger to come back
[21:14] again and again. So, thank you. Thank
[21:17] you again. [applause]
[21:33] So,
[21:43] » [applause]
[21:46] » Okay. All right.
[21:53] » Come on down. [laughter]
[22:06] All right. Now you're talking.
[22:09] >> Hi. [laughter]
[22:11] » Hi. [laughter]
[22:11] >> Um um Judy, uh one of the things I love
[22:15] » Um um Judy, uh one of the things I love
[22:15] most about my job is being able to
[22:17] present proclamations to truly worthy
[22:20] people in this community. I'm not going
[22:23] to read the whole thing. Uh but I will
[22:25] say this. I, Shelley Berkeley, mayor of
[22:28] the city of Las Vegas, do hereby
[22:30] proclaim July 15, 2026 is Judy Perez
[22:35] Seagull Day in the city of Las Vegas.
[22:38] There's going to be wild celebrations
[22:39] throughout the day in your honor, but we
[22:42] love you. We I know it's Judy Seagull
[22:44] Day. What do you think about that?
[22:47] >> Great. [laughter]
[22:49] » Great. [laughter]
[22:49] >> I think so, too. So, we're going to take
[22:51] » I think so, too. So, we're going to take
[22:51] Let me present that to you. There's a
[22:54] little note from uh Councilwoman Kelly.
[22:57] Okay. Maybe the kids can hold.
[23:02] Yes. At the back.
[23:07] There you Oh, good. But not but put it
[23:09] down so you could we can see your
[23:10] beautiful face. Okay. All right.
[23:36] Come on,
[23:38] >> Jackson and Nixon want you down here.
[23:43] [laughter]
[23:43] >> All right, I give up.
[23:45] » All right, I give up.
[23:45] >> Yeah, it's okay. It's okay.
[23:59] How are you?
[24:15] » Thank you.
[24:19] » [applause]
[24:27] » us again in your life. [laughter]
[24:30] >> Yes.
[24:35] » All right. Well, okay. Let us uh go to
[24:38] work. I gave I put gave her the note.
[24:50] Good.
[25:02] » City Council will reconvene at 9:30.
[31:28] Agenda item number seven.
[31:33] Public comment during this portion of
[31:35] the agenda must be limited to matters on
[31:38] the agenda for action. The amount of
[31:41] time any single speaker is allowed may
[31:43] be limited. Please say which agenda item
[31:46] you will be speaking about. All comments
[31:49] made will be cross reference to those
[31:51] specific items. If anyone submitted a
[31:54] speaker card or who wishes to speak
[31:56] under this portion of the agenda, please
[31:59] come to the podium and state your name
[32:01] for the record. This is your opportunity
[32:03] to address the council, but the council
[32:06] is not able to respond or engage in
[32:08] dialogue. You may also address the
[32:10] council at the end of the meeting during
[32:12] citizens participation regarding matters
[32:16] within the jurisdiction of the city
[32:17] council. Although you are not prohibited
[32:21] from speaking during both public comment
[32:24] periods, we kindly ask that your
[32:26] comments are not repetitive. We will set
[32:28] the time at two minutes. Does anyone
[32:31] wish to come forward?
[32:33] >> Good morning.
[32:34] » Good morning.
[32:34] >> Good morning, powerful people. How are
[32:36] » Good morning, powerful people. How are
[32:36] y'all doing this morning? Very well.
[32:38] Thank you.
[32:38] >> That's fantastic. My name is Eric
[32:41] » That's fantastic. My name is Eric
[32:41] Melzdc, Christ Nimrod. You can find
[32:45] Christ in the Bible, conquering death,
[32:47] especially in in uh the New Testament.
[32:51] I'm speaking concerning agenda 19 and
[32:56] it's a yes on acceptance for the uh for
[32:59] the fitness equipment. Agenda 23
[33:03] uh by the volunteers for the city of Las
[33:06] Vegas America program. Yes on that.
[33:10] Agenda 25,
[33:13] consulting services for faith-based
[33:15] non-traditional
[33:17] organizations.
[33:19] And uh I'm sure the presentation
[33:23] by the lovely Dina Babski, director of
[33:26] economic and urban development and the
[33:29] lovely Daniel Casey, president of CEO,
[33:33] president CEO of Las Vegas Global
[33:35] Economic Alliance will be a very
[33:38] fantastic presentation
[33:40] actually and also
[33:44] God is good
[33:47] and the tribe of Judah
[33:49] from which the word Jew comes from. The
[33:52] tribe of Judah was born from a hermitic
[33:55] woman or so-called black woman,
[33:58] Canaanite woman in Genesis the 38th
[34:01] chapter.
[34:03] So actually the tribe of Judah is a
[34:05] Canaanite tribe. Interesting, isn't it?
[34:08] When you dig into the Bible without a
[34:10] racist mentality. Thank you.
[34:12] >> Thank you so much. Is there anybody else
[34:14] » Thank you so much. Is there anybody else
[34:14] wishing to address the city council
[34:18] under this agenda item? Seeing no one,
[34:21] we will move to agenda item number
[34:23] eight. For possible action, any items
[34:26] from the 9:30 a.m. session that the
[34:29] council staff andor applicant wish to be
[34:31] stricken, tabled, withdrawn, or held in
[34:34] obeyance for a future meeting may be
[34:36] brought forward and acted upon at this
[34:38] time. Mayor Prom,
[34:40] >> there are none.
[34:43] » there are none.
[34:43] Shall we vote?
[34:49] » No voting. [laughter]
[34:52] » Oh.
[34:55] >> Ah. Oh, thank you for enlightening me.
[34:58] » Ah. Oh, thank you for enlightening me.
[34:58] That's very good. Agenda item number
[35:01] nine. um for possible action to approve
[35:04] the final minutes by reference of the
[35:06] June 17, 2026 regular city council
[35:09] meeting and the June 18th, 2026 special
[35:13] city council meeting. Mayor Prom, I
[35:16] believe we need a motion for this.
[35:17] >> Yes, madame mayor. I move to approve the
[35:19] » Yes, madame mayor. I move to approve the
[35:19] minutes from the June 17th council
[35:22] meeting
[35:24] >> and
[35:25] » and
[35:25] >> and June 18th for the special city
[35:27] » and June 18th for the special city
[35:27] council meeting we held to canvas the
[35:28] vote.
[35:29] >> Thank you. Please vote.
[35:32] » Thank you. Please vote.
[35:32] Post. Motion carries.
[35:37] Agenda item number 10. Items number 10
[35:40] through 25 are on the consent agenda,
[35:42] are considered to be routine, are
[35:44] recommended for approval by the
[35:46] departments, and may be enacted in one
[35:49] motion. Are there any other items the
[35:51] council wishes to bring forward?
[35:55] Mayor Prom, may I have a motion for the
[35:57] consent agenda for items 10 through 25?
[36:00] >> Seeing that there are no agenda items to
[36:02] » Seeing that there are no agenda items to
[36:02] be pulled, then I I move to approve
[36:04] agenda items 10 through 25.
[36:07] >> Please vote.
[36:09] » Please vote.
[36:09] Post.
[36:12] Motion carries.
[36:16] We're going to take an item out of
[36:20] order. Agenda item 46, reports and
[36:24] presentations. Report by Dina Babsky,
[36:26] director of economic and urban
[36:28] development, and Danielle Casey,
[36:31] president and CEO of the Las Vegas
[36:33] Global Economic Alliance regarding the
[36:36] organization's activities and outcomes
[36:38] in the past year and an overview of
[36:41] their new strategic plan. This impacts
[36:43] all of our wards. Um, good morning
[36:46] everybody. Miss Babski. Thank you,
[36:48] mayor, city council members Dina Babski
[36:50] for the record. And I'd like to welcome
[36:52] our guests, Danielle Casey, CEO and
[36:54] president of the Las Vegas Global
[36:55] Economic Alliance, Molly Hammer, uh
[36:58] chair, policy committee chair, uh and
[37:00] also a board director, and Mr. Brian
[37:02] Thornton, he is director at large. So,
[37:04] welcome.
[37:06] >> Um, welcome. A little bit of background.
[37:08] » Um, welcome. A little bit of background.
[37:08] Uh we have partnered with LVGA since
[37:11] 2012 when the organization was
[37:13] established. And I must say that the
[37:15] partnership has been really um fruitful
[37:17] in many different ways. But in the last
[37:19] year, it really has become uh I want to
[37:22] say even stronger with uh Danielle's
[37:24] arrival. There's been a lot more
[37:25] engagement. Uh you know, we've we've
[37:27] done uh conferences together, fam tours,
[37:30] uh participated in engagements for their
[37:32] new strategic plan. So, I'm really
[37:34] excited uh to see uh this partnership
[37:37] grow even stronger. And uh with that, um
[37:40] I'm going to let Danielle uh provide a
[37:42] report on the activities. Uh they
[37:43] elected, LGA elected to exercise the
[37:46] first renewal option in our five-year,
[37:49] and we couldn't be more grateful.
[37:51] >> Thank you. Thank you, Miss Batig. uh
[37:53] » Thank you. Thank you, Miss Batig. uh
[37:53] mayor uh mayor prom council members I
[37:56] can't tell you how honored and grateful
[37:58] I am to be here and and if they do want
[37:59] to sit uh I'll give them the the break
[38:02] but hopefully you see that us having
[38:04] board members present this is a
[38:07] conversation we've had within LVGA uh
[38:09] I've invited all of them we're giving
[38:10] presentations with all of our
[38:12] municipalities to simply underscore the
[38:14] absolute importance the entire board
[38:17] feels that all of our municipal partners
[38:19] have and their commitment to our
[38:20] strategic plan and the work that we're
[38:22] doing so I I want to thank them very
[38:23] much for carving out their time. So,
[38:25] we're going to go through a
[38:26] presentation. I'll work to be very
[38:28] respectful of your time this morning,
[38:29] but I also look forward to any
[38:30] questions. It is uh I I've been
[38:33] reflecting. It's been very exciting
[38:35] about this time last year. I was packing
[38:37] my house in my previous location to get
[38:39] relocated out here and it's been a wild
[38:41] ride. I officially started the role at
[38:43] the end of August and my uh my economic
[38:46] development career was largely in local
[38:48] municipal economic development. So I
[38:50] have a lot of fondness and love and it's
[38:52] fun being back in front of a deas every
[38:53] once in a while. Not all the time but
[38:55] every once in a while [laughter]
[38:57] for for anyone this is really for the
[38:59] good of the community at large that may
[39:01] for any reason not be aware of LVGA. We
[39:04] are a 501c6. Today we have 51 active
[39:08] board members and we were established
[39:10] back in 2012 uh in our current form but
[39:13] we go all the way back to 1956 um as
[39:17] SNIF the Southern Nevada Industrial
[39:19] Foundation. I keep joking that I'm going
[39:20] to get throwback t-shirts because I just
[39:22] think it's really funny and enjoyable.
[39:24] But we'll talk a little bit about our
[39:25] future branding as we go along. And I
[39:27] always like to recognize and let the
[39:29] community members watching get a sense
[39:31] of who our board of directors are, who
[39:33] is driving this organization and leading
[39:35] it for the good of the regional
[39:37] community. So just a little shout out to
[39:39] our many wonderful board members and we
[39:42] also have additional partners of course
[39:44] above and beyond that. So when you look
[39:46] at LVGA and the services that we
[39:48] provide, I think it's very important and
[39:50] these are some deep conversations I've
[39:52] had with the board since arrival and
[39:54] they've they've definitely taken this to
[39:55] heart. They've certainly been aware of
[39:57] it, but a reminder is always important.
[39:59] A large part of our funding is also from
[40:01] the governor's office of economic
[40:02] development through GOED. Uh a little
[40:05] bit under 40% of our services and we do
[40:07] have requirements to the public good
[40:09] through that agreement and contract. And
[40:11] these are just some very high level
[40:13] highlights on what we deliver as part of
[40:16] that GOED service agreement. Um regional
[40:18] alignment and open communication with
[40:20] GOED itself. So some of the things
[40:21] you'll see on these slides. Um I'm
[40:23] actually very excited to share that
[40:25] Emily Q on the economic development team
[40:27] here is one of our founding board
[40:29] members of the Nevada Economic
[40:30] Developers Association. I was able to
[40:33] loop her in as a as a highly qualified
[40:35] certified economic developer and
[40:36] somebody who apparently doesn't know how
[40:38] to say no to volunteer activities. So,
[40:40] she's helping us create a statewide
[40:42] association to train economic developers
[40:44] better, but that's also in partnership
[40:45] with GOED. Tom Burns sits on that as
[40:47] well. Um, it is also part of that
[40:49] agreement that we support key federal
[40:51] and state initiatives that we work on
[40:53] site selection and broker engagement.
[40:55] Essentially, we respond to and manage
[40:57] all the requests for information that
[40:59] come through to the southern Nevada
[41:01] region, aka Clark County, as well as the
[41:04] city of Las Vegas. And then also
[41:05] inventory and asset mapping. were
[41:07] required through GOED to maintain
[41:09] databases of information that we have
[41:11] for development zones and infrastructure
[41:13] projects. But um some of the things that
[41:14] you see in these little colored
[41:16] highlights are above and beyond and
[41:17] added value that we've done in the last
[41:19] year that I'll talk more about in a
[41:21] second. And of course representing at
[41:23] the board meeting for GOED and reporting
[41:26] and managing information on a quarterly
[41:28] basis to be accountable to the state.
[41:30] But what do our municipal partners get
[41:32] above and beyond that? Why is the city
[41:34] of Las Vegas engaged with us and why
[41:36] have you been for so long? Well, we
[41:37] provide additional support in our local
[41:40] community above and beyond what GOED
[41:42] requires us to do for that level of
[41:43] public good. So, we also offer and and
[41:46] this is also tied with our agreement
[41:49] with the city of Las Vegas, economic
[41:51] developers direct engagement and
[41:53] support. So, one of the things I'm
[41:54] really proud of, we've always engaged
[41:56] with our local economic developers. I
[41:58] think Dena can attest to over the past
[42:00] year, we have had a monthly gathering
[42:02] and we've invited all members of the
[42:04] economic development staffs for all
[42:05] communities in the region as well as our
[42:07] utilities and GOED to have a monthly
[42:09] meeting and discuss deal flow activity
[42:12] priorities at LVGA, how we're spending
[42:14] our time and what our outcomes are. Um,
[42:17] we've also started a new quarterly
[42:19] report of the organization. I have a
[42:21] hyperlink at the very end for everybody,
[42:22] anyone that wants to read that. But we
[42:25] also are providing a new monthly deal
[42:27] pipeline report which is a new
[42:28] publication and a new level of
[42:30] accountability. We've hosted two site
[42:32] selector tours in the last year. This is
[42:34] something that's not required by GOED
[42:36] but really critical to change perception
[42:38] of decision makers about our community.
[42:40] 11 consultants in the last year and you
[42:42] I have three requirements but now I was
[42:44] sitting there thinking about I think we
[42:45] have probably four or five that we've
[42:46] received just from their experiences in
[42:49] our community and then sending us
[42:50] opportunities to respond to and I'm very
[42:53] excited. We are going to be the we are
[42:55] the location of choice for the site
[42:57] selectors guild spring conference next
[42:59] spring. They've never been willing to
[43:01] come out here. Um they are going to be
[43:03] coming out and in our region. So you're
[43:05] going to have about 40 to 50 of the top
[43:07] site selection consultants all at once
[43:09] chased by a couple hundred economic
[43:11] developers and we get to show off to all
[43:13] of those folks. So that's pretty
[43:14] exciting. Our engagement with regional
[43:16] business leadership. We've just launched
[43:18] a new growth council of LVGA that's
[43:21] going to engage everyone in the built
[43:22] environment space. So, a lot more about
[43:25] that if you're interested to learn. And
[43:27] also, of course, the city does
[43:28] participate with two seats on our board
[43:30] of directors. And uh one of the things
[43:33] that we've been spending a lot of time
[43:34] on this year, I have more details at the
[43:36] end, coordinating the regional
[43:37] comprehensive economic development
[43:39] strategy process. And this is different
[43:42] and fully unique from LVGA's own
[43:44] strategic plan. And we've also been um
[43:46] adding on a lot more tools and resources
[43:49] and data and research in the community.
[43:52] So um all kinds of things that the team
[43:54] here at the city of Las Vegas has access
[43:56] to through our organization. So these
[43:58] are some of those ROI numbers. U you
[44:00] know these these come out of our
[44:02] regional project assessment system and
[44:04] in plan data. Essentially, you plug it
[44:06] into a database and you look at what a
[44:08] company is bringing to the market and
[44:09] helps you estimate and and calculate
[44:12] likely the direct induced and indirect
[44:15] benefit to a community of that company's
[44:17] presence in the market. It's also the
[44:19] same tool that's used at the state level
[44:20] for accountability for investment. So,
[44:22] this is a little bit of a sampling of
[44:24] regional announcements that LVGA has
[44:27] worked on over the past year. those
[44:29] specific to the city of Las Vegas that
[44:30] we've supported. And what does that mean
[44:32] for the city of Las Vegas in terms of
[44:34] your investment in our organization? So
[44:36] using these models, um that means new
[44:39] economic activity about $482 in return
[44:43] overall for every dollar that was
[44:44] invested in LBGA. So we're really proud
[44:46] of that. Happy to unpack those numbers
[44:48] offline with you all to walk through
[44:50] what that means at at any time you'd
[44:52] like. And this is a little bit about the
[44:54] pipeline we have going on today. active
[44:56] active activity right now and some of
[44:59] the value that you've seen for that
[45:00] investment. This is the deal activity.
[45:02] The CYD is is um calendar year-to- date
[45:05] and then fiscal year to date. LVGA runs
[45:08] under January through December, which
[45:09] drives me absolutely baddy because it's
[45:11] always confusing trying to align with
[45:13] our municipal partners. But this shows
[45:15] you some of the trends and the potential
[45:17] jobs and investment that we are seeing
[45:19] in the pipeline of activity that we're
[45:21] managing every day. And for those out
[45:22] there in the community like what is a
[45:24] pipeline of activity? Are you pumping
[45:25] something through the community? Is it
[45:27] water? We love water. Um, it's not. It
[45:29] means business opportunities that are
[45:31] looking at the community for possible
[45:33] location, relocation into the community,
[45:35] and expansion. There's also a lot of
[45:37] workforce development programs that have
[45:39] been facilitated through our embedded
[45:41] partner with Workforce Connections. And
[45:43] then general activities. I think some of
[45:45] the things I like to show also um just
[45:47] the cost of those familiarization tours
[45:49] that costs about $60,000 annually, if
[45:51] not more, to host those. Those are
[45:53] pretty pricey but really impactful. Um
[45:55] the new data tools that we've launched
[45:57] that the team has access to $30,000
[45:59] annual investment. So we're looking at
[46:01] economies of scale for our communities
[46:02] and partners in the region. That's the
[46:04] goal. And then of course attending trade
[46:06] shows and I like to say that the
[46:08] convenings of the economic developers
[46:09] advisory council for deal communications
[46:11] is priceless, right? Um and this is a
[46:14] snapshot just of the regional deal
[46:16] overview publication that we now have
[46:18] out there for everybody to see. and you
[46:20] have a copy in your packets, mayor and
[46:22] counsel. So, what I really want to talk
[46:24] about for the bulk of the the for the
[46:25] balance of my time is our strategic
[46:27] plan. When I was interviewed for the
[46:29] role, I I I've told the story a lot in
[46:31] the community. When I was interviewed
[46:32] for the role and so excited to come
[46:34] here, by the way, my my family's been
[46:36] coming out here forever. I was just
[46:37] sharing with Molly that u my mother's
[46:39] buying a house. So, yay. I know. I have
[46:41] a free dog sitter. So, any dog sitters
[46:43] out there, no no employment with me
[46:45] anymore. Um but we're uh we're we're
[46:47] really thrilled about this. And when I
[46:49] started and was interviewing for the
[46:50] job, it was very clear that all the
[46:51] right people are in the room. Everyone
[46:53] cares about diversifying our economy and
[46:55] working together, but we really needed a
[46:57] northstar and a guiding path for our
[46:59] board to understand what LVGA needed to
[47:02] execute in the community. So, we
[47:03] embarked upon that very soon after I got
[47:06] here uh late November last year and we
[47:09] approved it at the board level in early
[47:12] June, June 4 this year. And so, now
[47:13] we're already launching into
[47:15] implementation and this is a three-year
[47:17] strategic plan. Everything in here will
[47:18] not be done, but it will be launched and
[47:20] it and there will be measurable
[47:21] outcomes. And the whole goal is to
[47:23] create a more diversified economy by
[47:25] increasing higher wage traded sector
[47:27] industries in the community. We have
[47:29] updated our mission and vision
[47:31] statement. You see those on the slide in
[47:32] front of you. And uh and there's a lot
[47:34] of a lot of things. And by the way, this
[47:36] is a a two-side piece of information in
[47:38] a 32page public document that you all
[47:42] can look at at your leisure as the and
[47:44] the community can as well. But it
[47:46] matters because we know our economy
[47:47] remains heavily concentrated in leisure
[47:49] and hospitality which I vastly enjoy and
[47:52] love and celebrate. By the way, we have
[47:53] no intent to to not to not be focused on
[47:57] what has made us great. We want to be
[47:59] greater and we want to continue to
[48:00] diversify. So this creates a shared
[48:03] roadmap for those diversified, higher
[48:04] wage and long-term resilience jobs.
[48:08] This is a lot of information on one
[48:10] slide. I believe uh mayor and council
[48:11] you have a copy of the the little card
[48:13] in your packet. Um, but I overall if you
[48:17] really sum it up when you look at a
[48:19] Hackman index, a Hackman index is a
[48:21] measure of the level of diversification
[48:23] in your community. A one or 100% means
[48:26] you have you're very diversified in your
[48:28] community and market. We're at about a
[48:30] 74 right now. Hey, it's a C. You know,
[48:33] that's good. Uh but that also means that
[48:35] that 26% of our entire economic makeup
[48:38] is highly concentrated which we know
[48:40] even if you were in a rust belt
[48:41] community heavily concentrated in the
[48:43] auto sector anything can be very
[48:45] challenging to get us just to a 76 or 77
[48:48] that's going to require up to about
[48:51] 34,000 direct indirect and induced
[48:53] additional jobs in the market. So this
[48:56] is important to show everyone that
[48:58] moving that needle takes a lot. We're
[49:00] not looking at reducing tourism jobs. We
[49:02] want to be additive to the environment
[49:03] in the community. The way we make an
[49:06] impact is by focusing our work on those
[49:08] jobs in diverse sectors that create
[49:12] higher wages and that are called out on
[49:14] this slide in these diverse industries.
[49:16] So, these are the ones we're going to be
[49:17] putting our outward energy and influence
[49:19] on to try to bring into the market. Um,
[49:22] everything you see in our goals and key
[49:23] tactics, every bullet point there has a
[49:25] full breakout of the why and the steps
[49:28] we are going to take to execute on
[49:30] those. and we're thrilled to do this in
[49:31] partnership with all the communities.
[49:34] Just a remember a reminder about the why
[49:36] which I've just already touched on um
[49:38] for LVGA. This has been a really
[49:40] critical ethical exercise in
[49:42] understanding our role in meaningfully
[49:44] changing this trajectory. And I think
[49:46] one example right here was from a site
[49:48] selector that we talked to just just
[49:50] probably about a month ago now where
[49:52] they said, "You still don't have sites
[49:53] for me to put the employment that I want
[49:55] to put in your community." So, we have
[49:56] to remember um a lot of the work that
[49:58] we're doing in this strategy. While we
[50:00] can call on companies and go to trade
[50:01] shows and bring site selectors out, if
[50:03] we can't deliver a competitive value
[50:05] proposition for them, then we're not
[50:07] going to locate them in the community.
[50:09] And that can mean workforce related
[50:11] issues. It can mean infrastructure
[50:12] related issues and it can mean, you
[50:14] know, time and speed to market. It can
[50:15] mean many things. And so, we're going to
[50:17] be working on all of that in tandem. And
[50:20] this is just a little more uh color for
[50:22] you on our primary measurement indicator
[50:24] on that Hackman index. I think what
[50:26] you'll see here that's interesting is
[50:28] when you look at our number in terms of
[50:29] diversification, you look at in Orlando
[50:32] and Nashville of Phoenix, they are
[50:33] actually more diversified than we are.
[50:35] So those are it's great to have
[50:36] aspirational benchmarks and maybe look
[50:38] at what they're doing well and what
[50:39] they're not doing well.
[50:42] This is way too much information to dig
[50:43] into, but I I wanted to share with you
[50:45] all that our board is serious. Board
[50:47] Chair Purdue uh when we brought the
[50:48] strategic plan forward, she said,
[50:50] "Great, and I want the board to see what
[50:51] you're going to do in the next six
[50:52] months, and we're going to lay it out.
[50:54] We want to know what's happening right
[50:55] away. So do know that my board and
[50:58] leadership has asked me and the team to
[51:00] be highly accountable and they are also
[51:01] clearly being accountable themselves for
[51:03] the organization.
[51:05] I mentioned the comprehensive economic
[51:07] development strategy very important for
[51:09] the region for anybody in the community
[51:10] unaware. This is actually a required
[51:12] strategy by the economic development
[51:14] administration for the pursuit of
[51:16] additional funding and grants at a
[51:18] federal level in through the EDA. So we
[51:21] uh even before I got here, I can't take
[51:23] credit. LVGEA applied for the SDS grant
[51:26] and and became the fiduciary. So we are
[51:28] actually putting about $80,000 cash plus
[51:31] a significant amount of staff in kind
[51:33] from LG LVGA to make this happen to
[51:35] match the 150,000 from the EDA. But this
[51:38] serves every community in our region for
[51:41] the pursuit of future funding. So we are
[51:43] hard and fast at work on that. In fact,
[51:45] there's a a steering committee meeting
[51:47] going on as I speak this morning while
[51:49] I'm here with you all today. And one of
[51:51] the things I did want to celebrate
[51:52] because we just got out of it and uh
[51:54] their team was just so incredible. Your
[51:56] economic development team was definitely
[51:58] um front and center on this. We just
[52:00] came back from the bio international
[52:02] convention in June to spread the word
[52:04] and create brand. I got to tell you that
[52:06] sign is a lot bigger in person even than
[52:08] it looks in the videos. Uh it was really
[52:10] great. Uh Dena's team was was very
[52:12] intentional of wanting to have a
[52:13] fabulous Las Vegas sign. Drew tons of
[52:15] traffic and we are starting to build a
[52:17] brand and um and recognition about us
[52:20] working to become a future biosciences
[52:23] center of excellence in the community.
[52:26] And with that to wrap us up, just wanted
[52:28] to share these are in your slides.
[52:29] Anybody that wants to see our quarterly
[52:31] report or our annual report is welcome
[52:33] to do so publicly on our website. I'm
[52:36] sure I've already gone too long, but I'm
[52:37] very grateful for your time. Happy to
[52:39] take any questions or move out of your
[52:40] way so you can have a
[52:42] >> Thank you Danielle for that wonderful
[52:44] » Thank you Danielle for that wonderful
[52:44] presentation. We appreciate it. Are
[52:47] there any questions or comments from
[52:49] Yes, Miss Summers Armstrong?
[52:51] >> Thank you so much for this presentation.
[52:53] » Thank you so much for this presentation.
[52:53] Uh this is super super good information.
[52:56] I don't think I've seen this kind of
[52:59] detail from uh because economic
[53:02] development is not exactly sexy. So, uh,
[53:05] it's wonderful to see you make it look
[53:07] pretty and understandable in these
[53:09] bite-sizes. For those of us who
[53:12] represent, um, I'll speak for myself as
[53:14] a person who represents an urban core
[53:16] community. Um, it's really important
[53:19] that this information be dissected a
[53:22] little bit more. Um, I think we're often
[53:25] overlooked um, in in the urban core um,
[53:28] for opportunity and potential. I don't
[53:31] know if you know, but we have the
[53:32] Westside Education and Training Center
[53:34] available, which is which is a
[53:36] partnership with the city and city and
[53:38] CSN, and we have the ability to train
[53:41] people for these great jobs. And so, we
[53:44] would love to have that kind I would
[53:46] love to have that kind of personal
[53:47] discussion with you about that. Um,
[53:50] Historic West Las Vegas, which we were
[53:52] talking about earlier and development
[53:54] with the um faith-based leaders, has
[53:56] some of the lowest incomes in the
[53:58] valley. And so the only way to improve
[54:01] that is training people to do these
[54:05] kinds of jobs that are going to uh
[54:07] ensure that they can lift themselves up,
[54:09] right? Um, and so that's the kind of
[54:11] data I would like you to sort of break
[54:13] down to see currently how uh these zip
[54:17] codes that are in in my district are are
[54:20] benefiting or not from the work that you
[54:23] are doing and then trying to find ways
[54:25] that we can partner so that we can be uh
[54:29] partakers of of the diversification.
[54:31] I've been here 36 years. I worked in
[54:34] government for 20 well 30 years and all
[54:37] I ever heard was the need to diversify
[54:39] our economy and we're finally getting
[54:42] there. Um but I think I'll just tell you
[54:44] one of the things I said when I was in
[54:46] the legislature as a state of Nevada. We
[54:48] also have a responsibility to know what
[54:50] our worth is and people come here and
[54:53] they want to take advantage of all the
[54:56] fabulousness of our weather and
[54:58] everything. But are they really bringing
[55:01] to our community their best? And I hope
[55:05] that as you all are out there doing this
[55:07] work that you are really holding these
[55:08] folks accountable to reach to the
[55:11] depths, not what's convenient,
[55:13] but what is the real work in lifting up
[55:16] communities. And I just want to tell you
[55:18] thank you. I'm proud of you. I was at
[55:20] your um first presentation. Did a great
[55:22] job. And I'm excited to see what you're
[55:24] doing.
[55:25] >> Mayor, Councilwoman, thank you so much.
[55:27] » Mayor, Councilwoman, thank you so much.
[55:27] I I look forward to grabbing some time
[55:29] to unpack that with you. And I'll just
[55:31] add it was very intentional. It's a
[55:33] start. If you look back at our mission
[55:35] and vision statement, it's extremely
[55:37] intentional that it talks about creating
[55:39] opportunity for all. I'm a huge believer
[55:40] in that. We've actually done a lot of
[55:42] work even through the International
[55:43] Economic Development Council on
[55:45] equitable economic development. So,
[55:47] we'll discuss that more.
[55:49] >> Thank you. Um Councilwoman Puinsky,
[55:51] » Thank you. Um Councilwoman Puinsky,
[55:51] >> thank you, Madam Mayor. Um Miss Casey, I
[55:53] » thank you, Madam Mayor. Um Miss Casey, I
[55:53] haven't had the opportunity to meet you.
[55:54] I'm glad you're here today. Uh, I did
[55:57] work with your predecessor. I think we
[55:58] all did with the previous mayor. Uh, the
[56:01] last time I think LVGA came through, uh,
[56:04] it was right at uh, the football, excuse
[56:07] me, the Super Bowl time and y'all came
[56:09] and asked us to invest. And, uh, we had
[56:12] a return of, I think about six
[56:13] businesses that relocated here after
[56:15] that investment. And I just want to
[56:17] remind you that we have the college
[56:19] football championships coming and then
[56:21] another Super Bowl coming. as a the
[56:22] representative on the LBCVA, we have a
[56:25] lot of these uh very na nationwide
[56:29] prominent events happening and I hope
[56:31] that you use them to do our best to
[56:33] hungry hungry hippo our fair share of uh
[56:36] of um of diversification and investment.
[56:40] >> Mayor Councilwoman, I love that analogy.
[56:42] » Mayor Councilwoman, I love that analogy.
[56:42] Yes. [laughter] Thank you.
[56:43] >> Thank you,
[56:44] » Thank you,
[56:44] >> Mayor Prov.
[56:46] » Mayor Prov.
[56:46] >> So good to see you, Miss Casey. Um, it's
[56:48] » So good to see you, Miss Casey. Um, it's
[56:48] hard to believe it's almost been a year
[56:50] since you've arrived in Las Vegas. I
[56:52] hope that you like my hometown. I'm born
[56:54] and raised here. So, um, I hope that you
[56:57] find it fresh of breath air and, um, so
[57:00] lovely. The people here really are
[57:02] amazing. Uh, I wanted to basically
[57:05] recognize LBGA's um, just work with
[57:08] other agency partners that is important
[57:11] and moves the needle faster for all of
[57:14] the local municipalities in Southern
[57:15] Nevada. So, I know you work handinand
[57:17] glove with Workforce Connections. I know
[57:19] you're a great ally and partner of the
[57:21] Vegas Chamber. And I think that all of
[57:23] that cohesiveness and synergy and we
[57:25] were wishing you were going to be across
[57:27] the way um someday maybe um so that you
[57:32] guys could be colllocated and have um
[57:35] these just organic conversations about
[57:37] how do we meet move the needle faster
[57:40] for our region. divers. I mean, 34,000
[57:44] jobs in five years is not a small feat.
[57:46] Um, but I think it's very needed. And
[57:48] when I saw the numbers pop up on the
[57:50] screen, that 41 the average hourly wage
[57:54] is $41 an hour, that that is amazing.
[57:57] And we definitely I echo the sentiments
[57:59] of um my colleague um Councilwoman
[58:02] Summers Armstrong. We want those jobs to
[58:04] go to our Las Vegas. We want it to be
[58:06] for our residents. I hate hearing, oh,
[58:09] we had to bring our workforce from
[58:11] outside of our city. I I think we do
[58:15] need to work more intentionally on
[58:17] ensuring that um those opportunities
[58:20] we're we're making sure there's people
[58:21] in the queue to then feed um that that
[58:25] job to that is local. So, um, just
[58:27] posting that I'm I'm a big fan of all
[58:30] the work you guys are doing and, um,
[58:32] appreciate all the help and assistance
[58:33] you're providing our economic and urban
[58:35] development team and landing more and
[58:37] more investment in our city because we
[58:39] truly all need it. Thank you.
[58:41] >> Thank you, Miss Kelly.
[58:44] » Thank you, Miss Kelly.
[58:44] >> Thank you, Madam Mayor, and welcome,
[58:46] » Thank you, Madam Mayor, and welcome,
[58:46] Danielle. It's lovely to see you and
[58:48] your team. I'm very impressed u not only
[58:51] that your board members decided to stand
[58:53] during this time but honestly it really
[58:57] shows a level of commitment that is
[59:00] refreshing. Um the I've I too I'm a
[59:05] native like my colleague and have been
[59:08] in the public arena uh since it was the
[59:11] NDA and I'm really you know I remember
[59:15] talking to um our former city mayor I
[59:18] mean city c uh city manager Betsy Frwell
[59:20] about well she was helping with the
[59:22] selection and about the opportunity and
[59:26] she you know certainly she said I don't
[59:28] know what the board's going to end up
[59:30] wanting to do but I I really feel that
[59:32] we need someone who has a significant
[59:35] level of expertise in economic
[59:37] development, something that the agency
[59:39] or the organization hadn't had for a
[59:42] very long time. And I met with Danielle
[59:45] very early. Um, and and I was I was, you
[59:49] know, new to this job as well. And what
[59:52] I loved about that meeting and what I
[59:55] think I'm sure she did with everybody
[59:57] because I heard about it was she she
[1:00:00] came to listen and she really wanted to
[1:00:04] understand the community. She wanted to
[1:00:06] understand what the board wanted. Um and
[1:00:10] that and then I I was excited to see how
[1:00:14] the board
[1:00:16] um and the leadership it it was so
[1:00:20] invested in the success. You know, we
[1:00:22] want Danielle to be phenomenally
[1:00:24] successful. Uh and we need LVGA to be
[1:00:29] phenomenally successful for the people
[1:00:31] who work here and for all the reasons
[1:00:34] you understand. Um and and but you acted
[1:00:38] quickly too. I mean you were you were
[1:00:40] and so I want to compliment
[1:00:43] that from afar. Um because it was
[1:00:46] evident. It was it is it is wonderful to
[1:00:51] see that there it's about strategy
[1:00:54] really focus that the board seems I
[1:00:56] think um and again from the outside far
[1:00:59] more engaged and cohesive than they've
[1:01:01] ever been. Um, and I'm sure that's
[1:01:05] that's in part also to your selection of
[1:01:08] Danielle and her leadership. So, I
[1:01:10] really appreciate this information. It's
[1:01:13] very thorough. I look forward to uh um
[1:01:16] you know, understanding as as the as
[1:01:19] Councilwoman Summers said, some more of
[1:01:22] the unpacking. So, how does this relate
[1:01:24] to what we're doing at the city and how
[1:01:27] can we um make sure that that the
[1:01:31] education we're providing or whatever
[1:01:33] we're doing, pardon me, is um uh through
[1:01:37] our technical and and and partnerships
[1:01:40] with the community college or UNLV or
[1:01:42] whatever we're doing supports uh what we
[1:01:45] need and supports how you're going to be
[1:01:48] able to continue to collaborate with us.
[1:01:51] So, thank you. do that. I do have a
[1:01:52] specific question about uh the quote
[1:01:56] that you included on the page that says
[1:01:58] defining the challenge.
[1:02:00] >> Yeah.
[1:02:00] » Yeah.
[1:02:00] >> And and and
[1:02:02] » And and and
[1:02:02] um I don't have a page number maybe it
[1:02:05] has a um slide number page 11 on the
[1:02:09] slide if they'll bring that back um
[1:02:13] right before. And that what was
[1:02:14] interesting about the quote Danielle
[1:02:17] which came from the one there on the
[1:02:19] right hand side. If you could help me
[1:02:22] understand this uh potential site
[1:02:25] selection consultant who articulates
[1:02:28] uh the frustration of not being able to
[1:02:31] find suitable land. Can you help me what
[1:02:33] what what are we talking about?
[1:02:35] Particularly at the end where it says
[1:02:36] you user for for an end user versus
[1:02:39] developer.
[1:02:40] >> Uh mayor Councilwoman great question.
[1:02:43] » Uh mayor Councilwoman great question.
[1:02:43] I'm glad that you honed in on that. It's
[1:02:45] it's it's a continual challenge. This
[1:02:47] specific site selection consultant has
[1:02:48] actually looked at our market over the
[1:02:50] years many times. A lot of our local
[1:02:52] economic developers are familiar with
[1:02:53] the individual and they came to us with
[1:02:55] an opportunity for,00
[1:02:58] new jobs, family-owned company out of
[1:03:00] California. Um good starting wages
[1:03:03] internally training everyone up. So very
[1:03:06] positive. But what they can't find
[1:03:08] anywhere is 200 acres with
[1:03:10] infrastructure that could then be
[1:03:13] conveyed straight from a property owner
[1:03:14] or otherwise that was ready to go. And
[1:03:16] when they say developer, they mean that
[1:03:18] it might already be in the hands of a
[1:03:19] developer who's planning on carving that
[1:03:21] up and not able to then convey that to
[1:03:23] one significant user. So very
[1:03:25] challenging and not something we've been
[1:03:27] able to find in the region that that's
[1:03:28] suitable for them at this point. So uh
[1:03:30] they had reached out to me and and and
[1:03:32] it was kind of a direct conversation.
[1:03:34] They said, "Great, we've known you for
[1:03:35] 20 years. let's see what you can do. Is
[1:03:36] anything different? Do you have a site
[1:03:38] for me? And we we really tried to turn
[1:03:40] over all the rocks. You know, some some
[1:03:43] maybe vaguely potential sites, but
[1:03:46] nothing that's sticking just yet. So, to
[1:03:48] me, this is a call to action. If those
[1:03:49] are the types of employment that we
[1:03:51] want, if they're the types of employment
[1:03:52] we want, we first have to decide that
[1:03:54] when we get a requirement and and if so,
[1:03:57] we need to think about, as I mentioned
[1:03:58] before, how are we working today? Best
[1:04:01] time to plant a tree, right? 20 years
[1:04:03] ago or today. um how are we working to
[1:04:05] figure out um whether it's um you know
[1:04:08] revitalization or property improvement
[1:04:10] and and assembly or identifying sites
[1:04:12] that need infrastructure and these can
[1:04:14] be conversations that go all the way up
[1:04:16] of course to the state level on how
[1:04:18] we're making investments. I I hate the
[1:04:20] word incentive actually as an economic
[1:04:22] developer I like to think about
[1:04:23] everything that we do make sure we're
[1:04:24] doing it as an investment in the
[1:04:26] community so they're assets we have for
[1:04:27] the community going forward.
[1:04:29] >> Thank you. And if I may just follow up
[1:04:31] » Thank you. And if I may just follow up
[1:04:31] on that, mayor, I really appreciate your
[1:04:33] indulgence. Uh, I'm the newest member of
[1:04:35] the council and I'm here for a short
[1:04:38] time, so I hope you'll pardon my
[1:04:40] ignorance, but specifically to this
[1:04:42] point, do you is there is there a
[1:04:46] um a strategy about interacting with the
[1:04:48] BLM or when we're looking at federally
[1:04:51] owned land and then I would imagine
[1:04:54] you're in communication when you're
[1:04:56] looking for those things with either
[1:04:58] Dena or her counterparts and other and
[1:05:02] other of the municipalities. qualities
[1:05:03] about what uh we may be doing that you
[1:05:06] may not be fully aware of or what have
[1:05:08] you. And that'll be the end of my
[1:05:09] question. Thank you.
[1:05:11] >> That's correct.
[1:05:11] » That's correct.
[1:05:11] >> I think that's why there's
[1:05:12] » I think that's why there's
[1:05:12] representation of the city on the the
[1:05:15] their board so that they we coordinate
[1:05:18] and know what each other is doing.
[1:05:21] >> Councilwoman, absolutely correct. And
[1:05:22] » Councilwoman, absolutely correct. And
[1:05:22] those are those monthly meetings with
[1:05:24] all the economic developers that we're
[1:05:25] sharing the the opportunities that are
[1:05:28] coming in. We touch base with them on
[1:05:29] that. We'll we'll have individual
[1:05:31] meetings with different municipalities
[1:05:32] as needed. And I can tell you we have a
[1:05:34] a project not looking within the city of
[1:05:37] Las Vegas. I have to be careful about
[1:05:38] non-disclosure, but we have a a call at
[1:05:40] 11:30 today about a project that would
[1:05:42] require some BLM land. And I've spent
[1:05:44] about two hours already this week on on
[1:05:46] a phone with BLM and with that
[1:05:48] community.
[1:05:49] >> Okay. Thank you very much, Mayor.
[1:05:50] » Okay. Thank you very much, Mayor.
[1:05:50] Appreciate it.
[1:05:50] >> You're welcome, Miss Rooney.
[1:05:53] » You're welcome, Miss Rooney.
[1:05:53] >> Thank you, Mayor, and thank you,
[1:05:55] » Thank you, Mayor, and thank you,
[1:05:55] Danielle, for coming this morning to
[1:05:56] speak with us. Um, I happened to meet
[1:05:59] with a couple of tech startups this week
[1:06:01] and so as you're going through your
[1:06:03] presentation, I was just wondering what
[1:06:04] role do you see LVGA playing in
[1:06:07] supporting that ecosystem either for
[1:06:10] folks that are already here or are
[1:06:11] thinking about coming here.
[1:06:13] >> Mayor, Councilwoman Bry, also another
[1:06:15] » Mayor, Councilwoman Bry, also another
[1:06:15] excellent question. LVGA's scope does
[1:06:18] not well you know with any with enough
[1:06:21] time and money and resources anything is
[1:06:23] possible in our current scope of work
[1:06:25] and areas of responsibility we don't see
[1:06:28] ourselves as say being the the
[1:06:29] organization that is teaching people how
[1:06:31] to be entrepreneurs and startups but
[1:06:34] long term in our strategy you will see
[1:06:35] things in there about working to attract
[1:06:37] more VC investment and investment
[1:06:39] capital telling a more critical and
[1:06:42] important story about the market as a
[1:06:44] place to do business especially to
[1:06:45] startups outside of the market and and
[1:06:48] really also digging into things like the
[1:06:49] built environment. So are there ways
[1:06:51] that we can encourage public private
[1:06:53] partnerships and development thinking
[1:06:54] about our university systems and their
[1:06:56] assets. So we have a lot of examples
[1:06:58] that we are working on right now that
[1:07:00] we've seen in other communities that
[1:07:01] have specifically helped with that and a
[1:07:03] lot of times that does plug into the
[1:07:04] university system.
[1:07:06] >> That's great to hear because I do think
[1:07:07] » That's great to hear because I do think
[1:07:07] that we have a gap. So I'm excited that
[1:07:09] you guys will be taking the lead on
[1:07:11] that.
[1:07:13] Miss Casey, thank you so much. And it's
[1:07:15] been a privilege for me being on the Las
[1:07:18] Vegas Global Economic Alliance board in
[1:07:21] in different part phases of my life and
[1:07:24] it just keeps getting better and you are
[1:07:27] a remarkable addition to uh to
[1:07:30] everything that is being proposed and
[1:07:32] planned by the global alliance. Thank
[1:07:34] you so much for being here.
[1:07:36] >> Thank you, Mayor Mayor Prom and Council.
[1:07:38] » Thank you, Mayor Mayor Prom and Council.
[1:07:38] Have a great day.
[1:07:39] >> Thank you. Um this was a report only so
[1:07:42] » Thank you. Um this was a report only so
[1:07:42] no action is required.
[1:07:45] We will now hear related items 26 and 41
[1:07:49] through 41B together. Uh 26 public
[1:07:53] hearing uh discussion for possible
[1:07:56] action to receive testimony for and
[1:07:58] against the proposed redevelopment plan
[1:08:00] for redevelopment area 3 and to provide
[1:08:04] any direction deemed necessary or
[1:08:06] appropriate. Item 4126-0176
[1:08:11] on the following land use entitlement
[1:08:13] project requests on the 1,350.23
[1:08:17] 23 acres generally bounded by Owens
[1:08:21] Avenue to the north, no Nellis Boulevard
[1:08:24] to the east, Charleston Boulevard to the
[1:08:26] south, and the 21st and 21st Street to
[1:08:29] the west, 41A, 26-0176-dir1
[1:08:36] for a review of the plan for the
[1:08:37] redevelopment of area 3 as a
[1:08:40] redevelopment area 41B 26-0176-GPA1
[1:08:47] to establish redevelopment area three.
[1:08:50] The applicant owner is city of Las Vegas
[1:08:52] redevelopment agency. The planning
[1:08:54] commission and staff recommend approval
[1:08:57] on the entire land use entitlement
[1:08:59] project. These are in ward three, Miss
[1:09:01] Diaz and these are public hearings which
[1:09:04] I now declare open. Miss Babsky.
[1:09:06] >> Thank you, mayor, city council members.
[1:09:08] » Thank you, mayor, city council members.
[1:09:08] Dina Babsky for the record. And with me
[1:09:10] is a member of our team, Alex Strazzer.
[1:09:12] He actually uh was leading what we're
[1:09:14] about to present today. So I would like
[1:09:16] for him to join me in this presentation.
[1:09:19] >> Welcome.
[1:09:21] » Welcome.
[1:09:21] >> Thank you.
[1:09:22] » Thank you.
[1:09:22] >> Um so this has been quite a road for us.
[1:09:25] » Um so this has been quite a road for us.
[1:09:25] Uh last September you all voted uh to uh
[1:09:29] pass a resolution that would enable us
[1:09:31] to start the uh exploration of
[1:09:33] establishing a new redevelopment area.
[1:09:36] Uh the East Las Vegas area plan that was
[1:09:38] adopted back in 2023. One of the key
[1:09:40] elements called out in that plan was
[1:09:43] specifically exploring whether a new
[1:09:45] redevelopment area could be uh
[1:09:47] established as part of of that plan in
[1:09:49] order to uh you know help with the
[1:09:51] revitalization of the neighborhood um
[1:09:54] establish some you know or or I guess
[1:09:56] promote economic development and things
[1:09:57] that redevelopment uh agency can enable
[1:10:00] communities to do. So with that um a
[1:10:03] little background on where uh we have
[1:10:05] been as far as the redevelopment agency
[1:10:07] in our areas. Back in 1986,
[1:10:10] redevelopment agency was established and
[1:10:12] that's when the area one was established
[1:10:14] primarily covering the downtown core.
[1:10:17] Then in 2012, we established a second
[1:10:19] redevelopment area that covers uh the
[1:10:22] west of Charleston West and a lot of the
[1:10:24] medical district. So now we're 14 years
[1:10:26] later down the road and that's what that
[1:10:29] was a good time for us to explore what
[1:10:31] can we do on the east side.
[1:10:33] So the team uh with your resolution
[1:10:35] approved resolution uh moved forward on
[1:10:38] uh establishing the area of study for
[1:10:41] the blight study that is required by NRS
[1:10:43] 279 in order to determine if the if the
[1:10:46] area qualifies to be deemed a
[1:10:47] redevelopment area. The yellow boundary
[1:10:50] that you see on the map uh that was the
[1:10:52] study area boundary. All of the parcels
[1:10:55] that you see in the blue were
[1:10:56] specifically uh evaluated whether they
[1:10:59] met the requirements called out by the
[1:11:01] statute to be eligible uh as part of the
[1:11:04] redevelopment area.
[1:11:07] And by the way, the study was started in
[1:11:09] uh November, early November. It took
[1:11:11] four months for our team to go out and
[1:11:13] and uh evaluate every single property,
[1:11:16] document conditions, take photos, and
[1:11:18] since February, the team was literally
[1:11:20] doing a deep dive and analysis into
[1:11:22] every single property to determine its
[1:11:24] eligibility.
[1:11:27] So, this is a uh a snapshot of all the
[1:11:29] redevelopment areas if the area three is
[1:11:32] established. uh as you see on the map uh
[1:11:34] our agency will essentially cover the uh
[1:11:37] most of the downtown core and I I I mean
[1:11:40] I am so excited for this project or for
[1:11:42] this initiative because uh everything
[1:11:44] that we've done in area one and area two
[1:11:47] is just is a great example of what we
[1:11:49] will now be able to do in on the east
[1:11:51] side of the city.
[1:11:53] Why a new redevelopment area? I
[1:11:55] basically already spoke to it. Every two
[1:11:57] weeks you all vote on different grants
[1:11:59] and investments that the redevelopment
[1:12:01] agency does uh within its boundary. And
[1:12:04] you know the the the most important
[1:12:06] thing is with the redevelopment agencies
[1:12:08] the way they are funded is by the
[1:12:10] property tax increment that is generated
[1:12:12] with new development as well as the uh
[1:12:14] property value increases within that
[1:12:16] area. So this is a quick slide that
[1:12:18] shows how does that work. Uh once the
[1:12:21] redevelopment area is established, we
[1:12:22] will send the parcel numbers to the
[1:12:24] assessor's office. uh that that will set
[1:12:27] set the tax baseline. From that point
[1:12:29] on, every year any new development that
[1:12:32] happens there that creates new property
[1:12:34] tax as well as uh the increase in the
[1:12:36] property values would be set aside for
[1:12:38] the redevelopment area 3 to continue to
[1:12:40] investment in the community.
[1:12:44] With that, uh I would like Alex to talk
[1:12:46] about the blight study because they were
[1:12:47] out there every day.
[1:12:51] » Good morning, Mayor Berkeley and members
[1:12:53] of the city council. Alex Strawer, City
[1:12:55] of Las Vegas Department of Economic and
[1:12:57] Urban Development. For the record, um
[1:12:59] between, as Dina mentioned, between
[1:13:01] November and February, we were out in
[1:13:04] the field every every day, it seemed
[1:13:06] like, assessing nearly uh 1300
[1:13:09] properties to see if they met the
[1:13:10] physical characteristics of light. Uh
[1:13:12] this blight study also looked at the
[1:13:15] socioeconomic uh data as well uh to get
[1:13:18] that full comprehensive uh view as to if
[1:13:23] this area met the state requirements for
[1:13:25] a blighted area. Overall we found that
[1:13:27] of the 12 blight conditions, nine were
[1:13:30] prevalent in this community and two
[1:13:33] affected at least two affected uh nearly
[1:13:36] every property. Some of our findings
[1:13:38] included um aging buildings. So over 80%
[1:13:42] of the uh building inventory was built
[1:13:45] before 1999. This requires more
[1:13:48] reinvestment for the property owners as
[1:13:50] well as maintenance to manage uh
[1:13:53] deterioration and upgrade building
[1:13:55] systems. We also found shifting uh uses
[1:13:58] for new users in buildings that were uh
[1:14:02] different than what were previously
[1:14:03] designed for. One in one one instance
[1:14:06] was a dentist office that is now
[1:14:08] occupying a a bank with the
[1:14:11] drive-throughs. Uh this creates
[1:14:13] operational efficiency inefficiencies as
[1:14:16] well as um additional deterioration in
[1:14:19] building costs for the property owner.
[1:14:22] Crowded spaces. So our modern building
[1:14:24] codes have requirements that allow for
[1:14:27] safety, accessibility, and overall
[1:14:29] function on the site. Uh for instance,
[1:14:32] some of these sites were located off of
[1:14:34] major thoroughares and some of which
[1:14:37] required backing on to high-speed uh
[1:14:40] rightaways.
[1:14:41] Some were located adjacent to the
[1:14:44] property line which can create a fire
[1:14:45] hazard and spread to neighboring
[1:14:48] properties. For commercial and
[1:14:50] multifamily properties, the size,
[1:14:53] spacing, and overall traffic circulation
[1:14:55] is a major component. And when these
[1:14:57] standards aren't met, this can rely on
[1:15:00] uh off off on street parking and loading
[1:15:03] requirements.
[1:15:06] Economic strain, the visible signs of
[1:15:08] blight, empty businesses and vacant
[1:15:11] lots,
[1:15:13] heat and no shade was a major component,
[1:15:15] a major challenge facing facing this
[1:15:17] community as identified in the city of
[1:15:20] Las Vegas 2050 master plan as well as
[1:15:22] the waistro futuro east Las Vegas
[1:15:25] special area plan. Uh this can
[1:15:27] discourage pedestrian activity as well
[1:15:29] as further deteriorate building
[1:15:31] materials.
[1:15:33] Traffic dangers for higher frequency
[1:15:35] visitors than previously designed for.
[1:15:38] Uh this is very problematic for for
[1:15:41] residents in this community as more
[1:15:44] pedestrians take public transit, walk or
[1:15:47] bike as their commute than in then
[1:15:49] compared to the city, state and national
[1:15:51] trends.
[1:15:54] Unsafe rideway. So this alleyway had
[1:15:56] multiple uh trap trash receptacles lined
[1:16:00] up the alley which can make it difficult
[1:16:02] for uh emergency vehicle access as well
[1:16:05] as motorists. This photo also shows a
[1:16:08] lack of lighting infrastructure can
[1:16:10] which can create the perception of an
[1:16:12] unsafe environment as well as uh the
[1:16:14] visible grime and uh the lack of
[1:16:17] property maintenance
[1:16:20] loss of value. So having uh making it
[1:16:24] more difficult to retain tenants can
[1:16:26] make it difficult for property owners to
[1:16:28] continue to make the investments into
[1:16:30] their property to make these um
[1:16:32] enhancements.
[1:16:35] And so when we have a vacant lot uh
[1:16:38] which lo East Las Vegas has 81 acres
[1:16:40] available, this can create a opportunity
[1:16:43] for uh illegal dumping and homeless
[1:16:46] individuals. Uh and unfortunately when
[1:16:48] these uh challenges pile up and become
[1:16:51] visible, this can impact neighboring
[1:16:53] businesses.
[1:16:55] For this project to uh come forward to
[1:16:58] you, public outreach was a major
[1:17:00] component that we really heavily relied
[1:17:02] on. Since April, this project has been
[1:17:05] featured in the W 3 council uh e
[1:17:08] newsletter, which has over uh 13,000
[1:17:11] recipients. For the last four weeks,
[1:17:14] we've had um this project featured in
[1:17:17] the Las Vegas Review Journal. We've had
[1:17:20] three different neighborhood meetings
[1:17:22] where all the property owners with
[1:17:23] within 500 ft were notified uh providing
[1:17:28] translation services to have the meeting
[1:17:30] in English and Spanish. Uh this meet
[1:17:32] these meetings were at a variety of
[1:17:34] locations within East Las Vegas and
[1:17:36] overall we had approximately 130
[1:17:38] individuals show up. Uh lastly, uh we
[1:17:42] had to send a mailed uh notice to all
[1:17:44] the property owners directly impacted by
[1:17:46] this uh project and the public hearing
[1:17:49] process moving forward. I want to give a
[1:17:51] big thank you to the communications team
[1:17:53] for helping us coordinate our uh
[1:17:55] bilingual translations as well as to uh
[1:17:58] execute the mailing notices.
[1:18:01] Last month, this project went before the
[1:18:03] planning commission and they determined
[1:18:05] that the this area met the state
[1:18:07] requirement for uh blight under state
[1:18:10] statute and also recommended a unanimous
[1:18:13] approval of the redevelopment plan. With
[1:18:16] that, I will turn it back over to uh
[1:18:18] Dena, who will give a overview of the
[1:18:19] redevelopment plan goals and objectives.
[1:18:22] >> Thank you, Alex.
[1:18:24] » Thank you, Alex.
[1:18:24] >> Thank you, Alex. Uh I I I also want to
[1:18:26] » Thank you, Alex. Uh I I I also want to
[1:18:26] join Alex in thanking a few folks. Alex
[1:18:28] and Sierra Webinar team were out there
[1:18:30] taking photos and documenting
[1:18:32] communications department and of course
[1:18:33] city's attorney's office. There's been a
[1:18:35] quite a rigorous uh I guess legal
[1:18:38] process for us to make sure we hit every
[1:18:40] single requirement in an area. So I'm
[1:18:41] very grateful for that. But to summarize
[1:18:43] really our presentation as part of
[1:18:45] today's action is going to be uh
[1:18:47] introduction of a new ordinance uh later
[1:18:49] in the council meeting to adopt the new
[1:18:51] redevelopment plan for area 3. And just
[1:18:53] like with other uh redevelopment plans
[1:18:55] that we have for area one and two, the
[1:18:57] focus is still the same to eliminate
[1:18:59] blight or reduce its spread to keep our
[1:19:02] businesses in there. But most
[1:19:03] importantly, it's to uh have, you know,
[1:19:06] to to I I guess invest in the community
[1:19:09] so that private investment can be
[1:19:11] unlocked because it's so important for
[1:19:13] us to be able to derisk uh projects in
[1:19:16] these community with infrastructure
[1:19:17] upgrades with uh you know public works
[1:19:20] things that could be potentially part of
[1:19:22] the uh work the redevelopment agency
[1:19:24] will partner on because once that's in
[1:19:26] place, private investment will come and
[1:19:28] we've seen that in you know in downtown
[1:19:30] Las Vegas, Arts District, Symphony Park,
[1:19:31] Medical District. So, we're very excited
[1:19:34] to introduce this uh very grateful for
[1:19:36] the work that the team has done and if
[1:19:38] this is established, it will live for 30
[1:19:40] years and so that is a good amount of
[1:19:43] years to really bring the community to
[1:19:45] where it's supposed to be. So, thank
[1:19:47] you. This completes our presentation and
[1:19:49] we're happy to answer any questions.
[1:19:50] >> Thank you so much. Do any of the city
[1:19:53] » Thank you so much. Do any of the city
[1:19:53] council members have any questions or
[1:19:55] comments?
[1:19:58] >> And Miss Rooney.
[1:19:59] » And Miss Rooney.
[1:19:59] >> Thank you, mayor. Quick question. I
[1:20:01] » Thank you, mayor. Quick question. I
[1:20:01] appreciate the community outreach. It
[1:20:03] feels like a win-win from where I'm
[1:20:06] sitting, but was is anybody opposed or
[1:20:09] did you receive any, I guess, concern
[1:20:12] feedback?
[1:20:15] » Um, through you, mayor. Thank you, uh,
[1:20:16] Councilman Brunie. Uh, there were
[1:20:18] definitely great questions that were
[1:20:19] brought up during the meetings and a lot
[1:20:21] of them we were expecting because once
[1:20:24] you mentioned any kind of tax, you know,
[1:20:26] we need to clarify that there's no new
[1:20:28] tax assessments. Uh, of course when you
[1:20:30] talk about, you know, properties and the
[1:20:32] questions come about, you know, eminent
[1:20:34] domain. So, that was addressed. And
[1:20:36] then, you know, as we were documenting
[1:20:37] some of the conditions out there, uh, a
[1:20:40] few folks were concerned about, you
[1:20:42] know, potentially having code
[1:20:43] enforcement cases open uh, on their
[1:20:45] behalfs. And so, we're we answered all
[1:20:48] the questions. Um, I was in one of the
[1:20:51] uh, meetings on the very first meeting.
[1:20:53] And from that particular meeting, I can
[1:20:55] say that once the conversation was done
[1:20:58] that people felt comfortable. Um, Alex,
[1:21:00] if you want to add any other feedback
[1:21:02] from the other two meetings.
[1:21:04] >> I would uh through you, Madame Mayor, I
[1:21:06] » I would uh through you, Madame Mayor, I
[1:21:06] would echo uh Dena's uh comments. Uh
[1:21:10] overall, the residents were generally uh
[1:21:13] curious about the process. Obviously,
[1:21:15] the word redevelopment can be pretty
[1:21:17] intimidating, especially if you're not
[1:21:19] uh familiar with the project. So
[1:21:21] overall, the residents were very curious
[1:21:23] and trying to um ask us the right
[1:21:25] questions to learn more about the
[1:21:27] project. But uh personally, I think the
[1:21:30] residents left um feeling pretty um good
[1:21:33] about the project.
[1:21:36] >> Okay. All right. In that case, no action
[1:21:39] » Okay. All right. In that case, no action
[1:21:39] is required on item 26. Is there a
[1:21:43] motion on related items 41A and 41B?
[1:21:47] Councilwoman Diaz.
[1:21:53] Yeah, mayor. For the record, Jeff Dorak,
[1:21:55] city attorney. Uh I don't think we have
[1:21:57] a line in the uh book, but go ahead and
[1:21:59] mention that it is a public hearing and
[1:22:01] if anyone would like to uh comment, this
[1:22:03] would be the time and then you can go
[1:22:05] back to the motion.
[1:22:06] >> All right. Thank you so much. Um this is
[1:22:09] » All right. Thank you so much. Um this is
[1:22:09] a public uh meeting. Does anyone wish to
[1:22:12] comment?
[1:22:15] Seeing no one, I'll entertain a motion.
[1:22:18] >> Thank you, Madam Mayor. just give me a
[1:22:19] » Thank you, Madam Mayor. just give me a
[1:22:19] few minutes of privilege because this
[1:22:21] has been a long project in the making
[1:22:24] and so many hours um that have been
[1:22:27] poured and months um in the east side.
[1:22:30] So, first and foremost, Alex and Sierra,
[1:22:32] thank you for your diligence and
[1:22:35] ensuring that we are um doing things per
[1:22:38] statute, state statute. Um I want to
[1:22:41] thank all the fabulous EUD team because
[1:22:43] I know it takes all of you. You're a
[1:22:45] small but mighty team and um I think
[1:22:47] that without you all we wouldn't be at
[1:22:50] this point. Uh I want to also thank Ramo
[1:22:53] Reyes who stepped in on the very first
[1:22:55] meeting seeing the need for
[1:22:57] interpretation and without a doubt just
[1:22:59] not knowing all the terms but he was
[1:23:01] doing the best he could to explain it in
[1:23:03] layman's terms to the community that
[1:23:05] turned out and then we got then we
[1:23:08] remembered let's have more things ready
[1:23:11] for our communities because on the east
[1:23:13] side we are 70% or more Hispanic Latinos
[1:23:16] so we should be expecting the turnout
[1:23:18] that need language assistance
[1:23:20] Um, I want to thank our comm's team who
[1:23:23] didn't miss a beat. Made sure that we
[1:23:25] were in sync and we were doing
[1:23:27] everything collectively and also my W
[1:23:29] three team. They've been heavily
[1:23:30] involved in having conversations with
[1:23:32] EUD, ensuring that the meetings were
[1:23:34] structured and set up in a way that
[1:23:35] we're going to be successful. I'm just
[1:23:37] so so excited for this moment because
[1:23:40] ever since I was elected, I remember
[1:23:42] going doortodoor on the east side and
[1:23:44] hearing overarching the same concern
[1:23:48] over and over and over. You guys have
[1:23:51] forgotten about us. Our areas are going
[1:23:54] downward in a spiral and why aren't we
[1:23:58] like Summerland? Why aren't we like
[1:24:00] other pretty areas of the city? And that
[1:24:03] broke my heart. Um, just thinking about
[1:24:06] them, thinking that we had as a city
[1:24:08] abandoned that area of our city and that
[1:24:12] now that I've been in this role, it's
[1:24:14] just so incredibly difficult to have all
[1:24:16] the financial resources to steer the
[1:24:19] help and to be able to lead change in
[1:24:22] the area and be that spark that is going
[1:24:24] to then ignite people's interest in
[1:24:28] wanting to invest on that side of town
[1:24:30] because increasingly people are having
[1:24:32] to drive. they don't feel comfortable
[1:24:34] going to their neighborhood this or
[1:24:37] their neighborhood that or there really
[1:24:38] aren't very many options and so they
[1:24:40] have to drive distances and we're losing
[1:24:42] that opportunity for those dollars to
[1:24:44] stay within the city and our community.
[1:24:47] So, I'm so so ecstatic that this will
[1:24:50] help us change and move the needle, meet
[1:24:53] the need, heed the call of our neighbors
[1:24:55] that are saying, "We want better for
[1:24:58] East Las Vegas." And now this is setting
[1:25:00] up the ability to have the means to then
[1:25:04] execute the vision that is in Westro
[1:25:06] Futuro, our future East Las Vegas plan
[1:25:08] that we've adopted as a council in 23.
[1:25:10] We can't really move the needle if we
[1:25:12] don't have the resources behind it. And
[1:25:13] I'm also ecstatic about the education
[1:25:16] set aside funding that we can also tap
[1:25:18] into because we know that my schools on
[1:25:21] that side need all the love that we can
[1:25:23] provide them. So with that, I know the
[1:25:25] mayor saying, "Okay, wrap it up.
[1:25:26] Councilwoman, make the motion." So I'm
[1:25:28] going to move to approve agenda items
[1:25:30] 41A and B.
[1:25:32] Please vote.
[1:25:41] » There we go.
[1:25:42] post.
[1:25:46] » Motion carries.
[1:25:47] >> Thank you very much.
[1:25:48] » Thank you very much.
[1:25:48] >> Thank you very much.
[1:25:49] » Thank you very much.
[1:25:49] >> Thank you.
[1:25:50] » Thank you.
[1:25:50] >> Very exciting.
[1:25:52] » Very exciting.
[1:25:52] Agenda item 27, report by Mike Jansen,
[1:25:56] city manager, and discussion for
[1:25:58] possible action to approve a new 2-year
[1:26:01] collective bargaining agreement between
[1:26:03] the city of Las Vegas and the
[1:26:05] International Association of
[1:26:06] Firefighters Local 1285 not to exceed
[1:26:10] $16,387
[1:26:13] 87
[1:26:16] various funds. All wards, Mr. Jansen.
[1:26:20] >> Good morning, Mayor Berkeley, members of
[1:26:21] » Good morning, Mayor Berkeley, members of
[1:26:21] city council. Mike Jansen, city manager.
[1:26:23] This is a tag team presentation today,
[1:26:25] so I'm going to have my colleagues on my
[1:26:26] right introduce themselves.
[1:26:28] >> Uh, for the record, Sue Brown, Human
[1:26:29] » Uh, for the record, Sue Brown, Human
[1:26:29] Resources,
[1:26:30] >> Morgan Davis, City Attorney's Office.
[1:26:34] » Morgan Davis, City Attorney's Office.
[1:26:34] Mayor and Council, uh, you know, uh,
[1:26:36] outside of the negotiations related to
[1:26:38] this contract and the official NRS
[1:26:41] statement that I need to enter into the
[1:26:43] record, I just want to take a moment to
[1:26:45] thank a few people and also talk a
[1:26:47] little bit about uh, the luck that I had
[1:26:50] over the last couple of months to sit
[1:26:52] down with the uh, union leadership
[1:26:54] associated with Local 1285. Uh,
[1:26:56] beginning with Captain Ruben Sanchez
[1:26:58] who's in the audience today. I know I
[1:27:00] had a chance to talk to him earlier. Um,
[1:27:02] those are just conversations not related
[1:27:05] to this contract negotiations, just
[1:27:07] getting to knew getting to know that
[1:27:09] leadership team. And I think it's fair
[1:27:11] to say we've come away with mutual
[1:27:13] respect for one another and a uh common
[1:27:16] goal of wanting to see the city be as
[1:27:18] good as it can be. So again, I want to I
[1:27:20] want to thank Ruben and uh his team. Uh
[1:27:22] I want to thank uh Chief Gray uh for his
[1:27:25] leadership in LVFR. Um and uh really
[1:27:28] just the entire LVFR team. Uh it's what
[1:27:31] makes our city a safe city. It's what
[1:27:33] makes our city a city that people want
[1:27:34] to uh live, work, and play in. I also uh
[1:27:38] be remiss if I didn't talk about just
[1:27:40] the hours and hours and hours of work
[1:27:42] that a contract negotiation involves
[1:27:45] amongst so many different uh city
[1:27:47] employees. And uh that includes uh
[1:27:50] certainly our uh HR team led by Sue
[1:27:52] Brown, our city attorney's office, from
[1:27:55] Jeff and from Morgan and his team, our
[1:27:58] entire city manager's office, and uh
[1:28:00] certainly our finance department running
[1:28:01] all the numbers and trying to figure out
[1:28:03] how do we uh make all this work. So with
[1:28:05] all those uh thanks and admiration to so
[1:28:07] many uh people involved in this uh what
[1:28:10] I'd like to do is just enter into the
[1:28:11] record the official NRS statement which
[1:28:14] is pursuant to NRS 288153
[1:28:17] as city manager I am reporting on a new
[1:28:19] 2-year collective bargaining agreement
[1:28:22] with IAFF Local 1285. The estimated
[1:28:25] fiscal impact of the two-year agreement
[1:28:28] is not to exceed $16,387,87.
[1:28:33] And with that, I'm going to turn over
[1:28:34] the rest of this presentation to Miss
[1:28:36] Sue Brown and uh Morgan.
[1:28:39] >> Welcome.
[1:28:40] » Welcome.
[1:28:40] >> Thank you. Good morning, Mayor and
[1:28:41] » Thank you. Good morning, Mayor and
[1:28:42] Council. Um before I get started, thank
[1:28:44] you, Mike, for the introduction. Um I
[1:28:46] want to echo Mike's comments and thank
[1:28:47] the city's negotiating team, our
[1:28:49] partners in city attorney's office,
[1:28:51] human resources, Rick Hunt, Dana Graham,
[1:28:54] and Tasja Curtis, as well as um Chief
[1:28:56] Larry Stony, and Chief Randall Willbanks
[1:28:59] were on the negotiating team.
[1:29:02] So, the item before you today is a
[1:29:05] two-year tenative agreement with the
[1:29:07] IIAFF local 1285 bargaining unit. This
[1:29:10] bargaining unit represents approximately
[1:29:12] 766 employees in the fire department. We
[1:29:15] started negotiations back in February of
[1:29:18] 2026 and we had a total of 11 meetings
[1:29:21] ending on June 15, 2026 where we did
[1:29:24] reach a tenative agreement. Um, the
[1:29:26] bargaining unit took the contra uh the
[1:29:28] TAS to the membership for vote and they
[1:29:31] did vote to approve the two-year
[1:29:33] agreement which covers July 1st, 2026
[1:29:36] through June 30th, 2028.
[1:29:41] I'm going to go over some of the changes
[1:29:43] in the contract in order of the
[1:29:44] articles. Um, first is article 15 under
[1:29:47] holidays. We are adding a new holiday
[1:29:50] worked premium pay for four protected
[1:29:52] holidays. What this means is the four
[1:29:55] protected holidays that we have listed
[1:29:57] are Fourth of July, Thanksgiving Day,
[1:29:59] Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day. And
[1:30:01] basically, we've agreed to give
[1:30:03] additional compensation for employees
[1:30:05] who work on these four holidays. In
[1:30:08] exchange, we are reducing the number of
[1:30:10] um vacation slots available for these
[1:30:12] days. So, currently it's a 12% slots for
[1:30:15] um number of employees who who can be on
[1:30:18] vacation, and we're reducing that to 6%.
[1:30:20] So the intent is, you know, for these
[1:30:22] four busy holidays, we're encouraging
[1:30:24] and incentivizing employees to come to
[1:30:26] work on those days.
[1:30:28] Under article 17, wages, um, in year one
[1:30:31] of the contract, effective July 1, 2026,
[1:30:35] we've agreed to a 2.7% cost of living
[1:30:38] adjustment based on the annual CPI from
[1:30:41] 2025.
[1:30:43] In addition, we're adding a 2% increase
[1:30:45] to the top step of all the salary
[1:30:47] schedules.
[1:30:49] In year two of the contract, effective
[1:30:51] July 1, 2027, we are doing a CPI based
[1:30:56] cost of living adjustment. Um, the range
[1:30:59] of the CPI is 2% to 3.5%.
[1:31:02] We won't know that CPI until the end of
[1:31:05] the current calendar year. And also in
[1:31:07] year two, we're doing the 2% increase to
[1:31:09] the top step of all the salary
[1:31:11] schedules. Once again,
[1:31:16] under article 19, acting pay, we're
[1:31:18] adding a new cash incentive um for
[1:31:21] preceptor certification of $1,000.
[1:31:24] Preceptors are those individuals who are
[1:31:26] more experienced and they are the
[1:31:28] individuals who train and mentor new and
[1:31:31] incoming paramedics. So, this incentive
[1:31:33] will encourage more employees to become
[1:31:35] preceptors.
[1:31:37] In article 22 under medical, we are
[1:31:39] increasing the bi-weekly employer
[1:31:42] contribution by $15 in each of the two
[1:31:45] years.
[1:31:49] Article 28, unifor 23, uniform
[1:31:51] allowance. We are increasing the annual
[1:31:54] uniform allowance from $1,800 to $2,000.
[1:31:58] Article 28, EMS compensation. So, this
[1:32:01] is the article that has the most um
[1:32:03] change and in line with our goal of
[1:32:06] encouraging more firefighters to become
[1:32:08] paramedics, we've agreed to a new
[1:32:10] compensation model for employees who
[1:32:12] become paramedics.
[1:32:14] So, currently firefighters who become
[1:32:16] paramedics move into a separate unique
[1:32:18] classification called firefighter
[1:32:21] paramedic.
[1:32:22] Engineers and captains who are
[1:32:24] paramedics receive additional pay for
[1:32:26] maintaining their paramedic license and
[1:32:28] for working as a paramedic when they're
[1:32:30] assigned. Moving forward, we're
[1:32:32] eliminating this separate firefighter
[1:32:34] paramedic rank or title and instead
[1:32:37] we're providing a premium pay to
[1:32:39] employees who um achieve and maintain
[1:32:41] their paramedic license. So, what this
[1:32:43] does is this gives the fire department
[1:32:46] um greater flexibility to assign
[1:32:48] paramedics where they are needed the
[1:32:50] most and it'll help reduce the unit
[1:32:52] downgrades or brownouts.
[1:32:55] In article 29 under hazmat and TRT,
[1:32:59] similar to the preceptor, we're also
[1:33:01] doing a $1,000 cash incentive for uh
[1:33:04] employees who has hazmat and TRT
[1:33:06] certification.
[1:33:10] Um, those are the major articles with
[1:33:12] fiscal impact. We also, um, did some
[1:33:15] minor language updates to clean up
[1:33:17] multiple articles. As Mike mentioned,
[1:33:19] the 2-year agreement fiscal impact is
[1:33:21] not to exceed 16,387,87.
[1:33:27] The reason why there is a range here is
[1:33:29] because, again, year 2's COLA is still
[1:33:31] to be determined.
[1:33:37] Um, we would like to thank the IIAFF
[1:33:40] negotiating team, Ruben Sanchez, Mark
[1:33:42] Sarraosa, Michael Tom, Nicholas Rhodess,
[1:33:45] Estabbon Cruz, and Bull McDougall. Um,
[1:33:48] throughout this entire process, over 11
[1:33:50] meetings, they have been very
[1:33:51] professional, very collaborative,
[1:33:54] willing to, you know, explore unique and
[1:33:56] creative options for this fire contract.
[1:33:58] And so, thank you to the IFF negotiating
[1:34:01] team. And with that, I will take any
[1:34:03] questions. Thank you so much. Uh there
[1:34:06] any uh questions from council members?
[1:34:10] Seeing none,
[1:34:13] is there a motion? Mayor Promab,
[1:34:15] >> I move to approve.
[1:34:17] » I move to approve.
[1:34:17] >> Please vote.
[1:34:20] Post.
[1:34:23] Motion carries. Congratulations for
[1:34:26] this. This is very well done.
[1:34:28] >> Thank you, mayor.
[1:34:28] » Thank you, mayor.
[1:34:28] >> Okay.
[1:34:32] We will now hear related items 28 and 29
[1:34:35] together, but act on them separately. To
[1:34:39] item number 28, discussion for possible
[1:34:42] action regarding the denial of a
[1:34:44] permanent massage establishment license
[1:34:47] for Time Massage Golden Beauty LLC. Uh
[1:34:51] doing business as Time Massage Golden
[1:34:53] Beauty at 5013 Altera Drive. Um uh
[1:34:58] managing member TW um agenda item 29,
[1:35:02] discussion for possible action regarding
[1:35:04] the denial of a permanent massage
[1:35:06] establishment license for Golden Tai Spa
[1:35:10] LLC doing business as Golden Tai Spa at
[1:35:13] 2251
[1:35:15] South Rainbow Boulevard. Um uh
[1:35:19] Miss Miss Wang
[1:35:21] um managing member uh Mr. Floyd. Oh,
[1:35:25] hello everybody. Um, Mr. Floyd, are you
[1:35:29] um
[1:35:32] >> Darcy Adelby for the record will be
[1:35:34] » Darcy Adelby for the record will be
[1:35:34] presenting.
[1:35:34] >> Would you please repeat that?
[1:35:36] » Would you please repeat that?
[1:35:36] >> Yes. Uh, I'm Darcy Adel by her, the
[1:35:38] » Yes. Uh, I'm Darcy Adel by her, the
[1:35:38] business licensing manager. I'll be
[1:35:40] presenting.
[1:35:41] >> Welcome, and please proceed.
[1:35:43] » Welcome, and please proceed.
[1:35:43] >> Good morning, Mayor and Council. Thank
[1:35:45] » Good morning, Mayor and Council. Thank
[1:35:45] you very much. Um, so before you today
[1:35:47] are the two related agenda items.
[1:35:49] requesting the denial of a permanent
[1:35:51] massage establishment license for Golden
[1:35:53] Tai Spa located at 2251 South Rainbow
[1:35:56] Boulevard and Thai Massage Golden Beauty
[1:36:00] located at 5013 Alta Drive. Both
[1:36:03] businesses are owned and operated by
[1:36:04] Miss Yuming Wang. Although these are
[1:36:07] separate businesses, they share the same
[1:36:09] owner and many of the concerns before
[1:36:11] you involve Miss Wang's overall
[1:36:13] management and suitability. On March
[1:36:15] 18th, 2025, staff conducted a
[1:36:18] pre-licicensing inspection of Golden Tai
[1:36:20] Spa. During the inspection, staff
[1:36:22] observed bedding in the employee
[1:36:24] breakroom, a hallway door equipped with
[1:36:26] an interior lock, and window coverings
[1:36:28] that obstructed the visibility into
[1:36:30] portions of the business. Staff returned
[1:36:32] on March 26 and found that the bedding
[1:36:34] remained despite having previously
[1:36:36] discussed the concern with the owner.
[1:36:38] She did move the items into her car
[1:36:39] during that inspection. On March 2nd,
[1:36:42] 2025, the department issued a temporary
[1:36:44] license with specific operating
[1:36:46] conditions. Those conditions prohibited
[1:36:48] the interior moni monitoring devices,
[1:36:50] prohibited hallway doors from being
[1:36:52] locked, and required an unobstructed
[1:36:53] view from the lobby into the
[1:36:54] establishment.
[1:36:56] On June 17th, 2025, staff conducted
[1:36:59] another inspection. During that
[1:37:01] inspection, the owner and the key
[1:37:02] employee were absent. Staff again found
[1:37:04] the interior locking mechanisms, audio
[1:37:06] and video recording devices inside the
[1:37:08] business, and personal bedding that
[1:37:10] suggested employees may have been
[1:37:12] residing or sleeping on the premises.
[1:37:15] A follow-up inspection on June 18th
[1:37:17] confirmed that those items have been
[1:37:18] removed. Just a week later, on June
[1:37:20] 25th, 2025, the Las Vegas Metropolitan
[1:37:23] Police Department conducted an
[1:37:25] undercover vice operation. During that
[1:37:27] operation, an employee, Euang Chen,
[1:37:30] solicited an undercover officer for
[1:37:32] prostitution services um and she was
[1:37:35] arrested. As a result of that incident,
[1:37:37] the department issued a notice of
[1:37:38] violation and assessed a $250 civil fine
[1:37:41] on June 26, 2025. Miss Wang appealed the
[1:37:45] violation, but it was upheld by our
[1:37:46] hearing officer on September 11th, 2025.
[1:37:49] Also on September 11th, 2025, Metro
[1:37:52] completed their suitability review uh
[1:37:54] report identifying the business as an
[1:37:56] area of concern due to the operation the
[1:37:58] prostitution related activities in the
[1:38:00] deficiencies in the management controls.
[1:38:03] On January 13, 2026, the Nevada State
[1:38:05] Board of Massage Therapy placed Miss
[1:38:07] Wing's massage therapy license on a
[1:38:09] 2-year probation based on its own
[1:38:12] disciplinary proceedings.
[1:38:14] On June 12th, 2026, the department
[1:38:16] participated in a joint undercover
[1:38:18] operation with Metro. During that
[1:38:20] operation, an employee solicited an
[1:38:22] undercover detective for prostitution
[1:38:24] services. Neither Miss Wing nor the key
[1:38:26] employee were present. The department
[1:38:28] issued another notice of violation with
[1:38:30] fines equaling up to $1,500 and LBMPD
[1:38:34] ordered an emergency closure on the
[1:38:36] business. On June 16th, 2026, the
[1:38:39] department received an updated
[1:38:40] background investigated report from
[1:38:42] Metro and that incorporated the
[1:38:44] prostitution related arrest into the
[1:38:47] licensing review. While staff recognizes
[1:38:49] that many of this inspection
[1:38:51] deficiencies were corrected after the
[1:38:52] notice, the department's concerns extend
[1:38:54] beyond the isolated code violations.
[1:38:56] This recommendation is based on the
[1:38:59] totality of this record, including
[1:39:00] repeated management deficiencies,
[1:39:02] failure to maintain required operating
[1:39:05] conditions, prostitution related
[1:39:07] criminal activities occurring occurring
[1:39:08] within the establishment, the subsequent
[1:39:10] metro suitability report, and
[1:39:12] disciplinary action taken by the Nevada
[1:39:14] State Massage Board therapy against the
[1:39:16] owner. Because Miss Wang is also the
[1:39:19] owner and managing member of Time
[1:39:20] Massage Golden Beauty, those same
[1:39:22] suitability concerns apply to that
[1:39:24] application as well. Although the
[1:39:27] majority of the violations occurred at
[1:39:28] Golden Spa, the department must evaluate
[1:39:30] the suitability of the applicant, not
[1:39:32] simply the location. The temporary
[1:39:34] business license is currently suspended
[1:39:36] based on the documented history and the
[1:39:38] overall suitability of the applicant.
[1:39:40] Staff staff recommends denial of both
[1:39:42] the permanent licenses for both
[1:39:43] establishments. Representatives of Las
[1:39:46] Vegas Metropolitan Police Department are
[1:39:47] here and present if you have any
[1:39:49] questions. Thank you.
[1:39:50] >> Thank you so much. Do either one of you
[1:39:53] » Thank you so much. Do either one of you
[1:39:53] care to make a comment?
[1:39:57] >> Hello, mayor. My name is Michelle Gunn.
[1:39:59] » Hello, mayor. My name is Michelle Gunn.
[1:39:59] I'm an investigative specialist with Las
[1:40:00] Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
[1:40:02] I'm the one that drafted the area of
[1:40:04] concerns report and Darcy pretty much
[1:40:06] outlined everything accurately. So, if
[1:40:09] you have any questions, I can answer
[1:40:10] them.
[1:40:11] >> Thank you so much. Um, now I'd like to
[1:40:14] » Thank you so much. Um, now I'd like to
[1:40:14] hear from the applicant.
[1:40:15] >> Thank you. Good morning. Uh, Kirk
[1:40:17] » Thank you. Good morning. Uh, Kirk
[1:40:17] Kennedy, 815 South Pacino Center on
[1:40:19] Council for Miss Yuming Wong. She's
[1:40:21] present today with the assistance of
[1:40:22] Miss Yan Hei, who's a court-certified
[1:40:25] Mandarin uh, translator for her benefit
[1:40:27] to make sure she understands everything
[1:40:28] today. She does speak English, but I
[1:40:30] think it would be it's a benefit that
[1:40:31] she has the translator. You know, in
[1:40:33] reviewing this matter, you have two
[1:40:35] agenda items. Uh the one regarding Time
[1:40:38] Massage Golden Beauty, that's item
[1:40:39] number 28, has sort of been lumped into
[1:40:41] this. Uh you don't see any history of
[1:40:44] violations, no arrests, things of that
[1:40:46] type at that location, which I believe
[1:40:48] is on Alta Drive. Golden Tai spa is the
[1:40:51] one obviously you're hearing about
[1:40:52] today. It's clear that they were there
[1:40:54] was an arrest activity in 2025 and a
[1:40:57] recent one back here in June. And
[1:40:59] certainly I've talked with Miss Wang
[1:41:01] about what's going on here. She has
[1:41:03] prior experience in in owning and
[1:41:04] operating massage businesses uh in
[1:41:07] Nevada and in other states. So, she
[1:41:09] knows how to do this, right? What's
[1:41:11] going on here? The question is one of
[1:41:13] oversight, supervision. That's the
[1:41:15] issue. She's a minority owner of a of
[1:41:19] two businesses in town, within the city.
[1:41:21] She has another, I believe, within the
[1:41:22] county and in other locations as well.
[1:41:25] She knows how to run these things
[1:41:26] correctly and they can be done the
[1:41:28] correct way. There are many massage
[1:41:30] establishments here in Las Vegas and in
[1:41:32] Clark County and you hear about it in
[1:41:34] the news sometimes about a very negative
[1:41:36] image. Well, there are those that that
[1:41:37] are run correctly and can do well and
[1:41:40] provide a valuable service physical
[1:41:42] therapy services to citizens here in our
[1:41:44] community. Uh she is trying to do that.
[1:41:46] What she what happened here with Golden
[1:41:48] Tai, which is agenda item number 29, was
[1:41:50] one of of a complete lack of oversight.
[1:41:52] I think she would have to admit and she
[1:41:54] has admitted to me that you she was not
[1:41:56] giving it the care and attention she
[1:41:58] needs to give to it. But I think she can
[1:42:00] do that. The concern is one of oversight
[1:42:02] and supervision. She can do that. She
[1:42:03] can provide that. She can also do better
[1:42:06] about uh making sure that her managers
[1:42:07] and key employees are not only approved
[1:42:10] by the city but basically know what
[1:42:11] they're doing so they comply with city
[1:42:13] code and Nevada law on the operation of
[1:42:15] a massage establishment. You know, I I
[1:42:18] reviewed the Metro Investigative report
[1:42:19] and it's kind of interesting on page
[1:42:21] five of that report where they make the
[1:42:23] recommendation. Of course, they do
[1:42:24] recommend the denial, but in making that
[1:42:26] denial, they they give a statement
[1:42:28] that's entirely contradictory. I'm just
[1:42:29] quoting part of it. Uh from page five,
[1:42:32] Metro states, "Until the owner can
[1:42:34] demonstrate meaningful corrective
[1:42:36] action, effective oversight, and
[1:42:38] sustainable measures to prevent future
[1:42:40] violations, uh the end of the quote,
[1:42:42] they would uh basically deny approval."
[1:42:44] But what they're saying there is, you
[1:42:46] know, if she can demonstrate this, if
[1:42:49] she can demonstrate the corrective
[1:42:50] action, the oversight, the supervision,
[1:42:53] then perhaps denial is not appropriate.
[1:42:56] Uh the Metro Report sort of speaks out
[1:42:58] of both sides there because it's saying,
[1:42:59] you know, she could possibly do this and
[1:43:01] make this run well and be an effective
[1:43:03] small business person here in our
[1:43:05] community with these two establishments
[1:43:07] within the city if given the
[1:43:09] opportunity. Uh the Metro report says,
[1:43:11] "Yeah, but maybe if she does better and
[1:43:12] provides more oversight, she can do
[1:43:14] better." But then they say that, "But
[1:43:16] not this time." How is she supposed to
[1:43:18] be more effective? How is she supposed
[1:43:19] to demonstrate this corrective action
[1:43:21] and this ability to provide better
[1:43:23] supervision and to comply with Nevada
[1:43:25] law when she's not being given the
[1:43:26] opportunity? Uh she's being uh what
[1:43:29] we're looking at here is is the city is
[1:43:30] requesting the denial of her
[1:43:32] establishment applications, which
[1:43:34] effectively guts what the Metro report
[1:43:35] is saying. They're saying essentially if
[1:43:38] she's given the opportunity, she could
[1:43:40] do better and she could show better. She
[1:43:42] can be a better manager. She can be a
[1:43:43] better operator if she can, you know,
[1:43:46] focus herself on doing what is right.
[1:43:49] And the Metro report is kind of
[1:43:50] acknowledging that while at the same
[1:43:51] time then saying, "Well, too bad,
[1:43:53] denied." We're asking for an opportunity
[1:43:55] here to allow her to prove to you, to
[1:43:59] this city council, that she can do this
[1:44:01] and she can do it well. Mind you, uh the
[1:44:04] city has lumped in two different
[1:44:05] businesses. Only one is having the the
[1:44:07] problems, but they say, "Oh, well, let's
[1:44:09] just get rid of all of them."
[1:44:10] Apparently, it's something wrong with
[1:44:11] Miss Wong. Well, that's not that's the
[1:44:13] easy answer, but that's not the answer.
[1:44:15] That's the correct answer, the right
[1:44:16] answer. You have a female minority owner
[1:44:19] who's trying to operate these businesses
[1:44:21] in a way that's effective and in
[1:44:22] compliance with city code and Nevada
[1:44:24] law. And she's asking for that
[1:44:26] opportunity. And what I'm asking and and
[1:44:28] this has been a wakeup call for her as
[1:44:31] to okay but here she is standing in
[1:44:32] front of the city council. She never
[1:44:34] believed something like this would
[1:44:35] happen. Uh and she can't believe that h
[1:44:37] these events happened at her spa and she
[1:44:40] knows she has to do better about
[1:44:41] management, about oversight, about
[1:44:43] staffing, uh about making sure that the
[1:44:45] people who work there truly understand
[1:44:47] what it means to provide legal lawful
[1:44:50] massage and to not engage in criminal
[1:44:52] activity. She had there are two
[1:44:54] therapists and it can't happen again and
[1:44:56] it won't happen again. What we're asking
[1:44:58] for is an opportunity here today for the
[1:45:00] city council to allow her temporary
[1:45:02] licenses to be reinstated for a period
[1:45:04] of 6 months to a year. Sort of a
[1:45:06] probationary type grant. Uh don't don't
[1:45:09] take action on the permanent license.
[1:45:11] allow her this period of time to prove
[1:45:13] to you to prove to the city to prove to
[1:45:15] business licensing and metro that there
[1:45:17] would be no other violations that she
[1:45:19] can comply with Nevada law and the
[1:45:21] requirements of the Nevada Massage Ward
[1:45:23] as well which has oversight of these
[1:45:24] establishments. So, we're asking for
[1:45:26] that opportunity, give her this window
[1:45:28] of time uh to prove to you that she can
[1:45:30] do well and then we can come back in six
[1:45:32] months or a year or on administrative
[1:45:34] review and address whether a more
[1:45:36] permanent structure to the licensing
[1:45:37] should be granted and that's what we're
[1:45:39] asking for today. Thank you very much.
[1:45:41] >> Thank you so much. Are there any
[1:45:43] » Thank you so much. Are there any
[1:45:43] questions or comments from council
[1:45:45] members?
[1:45:47] >> Uh yes, Miss Pinsky.
[1:45:49] » Uh yes, Miss Pinsky.
[1:45:49] >> Thank you, Madame Mayor. Can't help
[1:45:51] » Thank you, Madame Mayor. Can't help
[1:45:51] myself. Uh
[1:45:54] this case seems very cut and dry to me.
[1:45:56] Uh we've seen others. Mr. Kennedy, thank
[1:45:58] you for coming. You always do a very
[1:45:59] good job for your uh clients. Uh but
[1:46:03] this one is not like others in the past.
[1:46:06] This one is very clear. government
[1:46:08] resources that have been spent on this
[1:46:10] case already. I would imagine 10,000 100
[1:46:14] thousand plus on monitoring these
[1:46:17] businesses and fully documenting
[1:46:20] the illegal acts that are taking place
[1:46:22] here. Uh I don't have uh
[1:46:28] any patience for businesses that conduct
[1:46:31] prostitution and and probably human
[1:46:34] trafficking. And uh I hope that this
[1:46:37] body really takes this specific case
[1:46:41] very seriously and that we do everything
[1:46:44] we can to prevent this business from
[1:46:47] coming back. Sometimes these businesses
[1:46:49] are like whack-a-ole. We close one and
[1:46:51] it pops up in a different version or uh
[1:46:53] with a different ownership somewhere
[1:46:54] else. Uh if we can use this case as fuel
[1:46:59] for us to ensure that this ecosystem is
[1:47:02] truly um stopped, I'm I'm all ears on
[1:47:07] how we can make it better. But uh very
[1:47:09] little sympathy when you get to this
[1:47:10] part, this case, the time to uh
[1:47:15] change the way you do business is a year
[1:47:17] ago, is two years ago. We are well
[1:47:20] beyond that where the government has got
[1:47:23] a substantial case against you all
[1:47:25] documented. There is no reason for us to
[1:47:28] to do anything else other than to revoke
[1:47:31] this license.
[1:47:32] >> Thank you so much. Miss Summers
[1:47:33] » Thank you so much. Miss Summers
[1:47:34] Armstrong, did you wish to speak?
[1:47:38] » Thank you, Madam Mayor. I think my uh
[1:47:40] colleague has um said it very well. I
[1:47:42] would love to hear from my colleague
[1:47:44] from um Ward 2 where this business is
[1:47:48] housed one, I'm sorry, where this
[1:47:50] business is housed. Um I'll just say
[1:47:53] from my own perspective that um we have
[1:47:57] a real issue in our community um with uh
[1:48:01] human trafficking and we have a real
[1:48:04] issue in our community with illegal
[1:48:06] prostitution.
[1:48:08] And
[1:48:09] I don't have a lot of patience for it
[1:48:12] because I see what the result is. We
[1:48:15] have um organizations that are housed
[1:48:19] within Ward Five that are trying to
[1:48:22] provide supportive services for women
[1:48:24] and young women and young people who
[1:48:27] fall prey to this kind of behavior. And
[1:48:30] undoing the damage costs us so much
[1:48:35] money and time.
[1:48:37] when people have been harmed in these
[1:48:40] types of of activities and
[1:48:44] um we we don't have the we don't have
[1:48:46] the time or resources to continue to try
[1:48:49] and pull people along when we already
[1:48:52] are very clear that these activities are
[1:48:56] not allowed and um I would like to hear
[1:48:59] what my colleague in Ward one has to say
[1:49:02] but I'm really concerned and don't have
[1:49:05] a lot of patience for
[1:49:07] Thank you so much. Before we hear from
[1:49:09] Councilman Kenudson, Miss Kelly.
[1:49:13] >> Thank you, Madam Mayor. Um I've got a
[1:49:16] » Thank you, Madam Mayor. Um I've got a
[1:49:16] question that may be more appropriately
[1:49:19] answered by staff. The um representative
[1:49:23] for the business has said that uh um
[1:49:30] Miss Swang, is that correct?
[1:49:34] is a minority investor, but I thought I
[1:49:36] read that she owned 100% the documents,
[1:49:40] 100% of the business in our
[1:49:42] >> She's a minority investor.
[1:49:44] » She's a minority investor.
[1:49:44] >> I meant as a as her status as a as an
[1:49:46] » I meant as a as her status as a as an
[1:49:46] Asian Asian-American
[1:49:48] >> Okay. I thought I thought she was a a
[1:49:51] » Okay. I thought I thought she was a a
[1:49:51] minority holder in the business. Okay.
[1:49:53] Um, you know, I would like to address
[1:49:56] the comments of, um, sir, of your
[1:49:59] comments as someone who spent a good
[1:50:02] portion of my early career representing
[1:50:04] the business community. Um, you know, I
[1:50:08] took I I took this um very very
[1:50:13] seriously. and your point about um I
[1:50:17] disagree with your point about her
[1:50:20] deserving to have a chance because she
[1:50:23] had that chance. Uh she had it with the
[1:50:26] pre-insspection
[1:50:27] uh in March 18th before the license was
[1:50:31] issued uh when there were uh pillows and
[1:50:34] blankets in a break room um in a hallway
[1:50:39] door with an interior lock. She had that
[1:50:42] option a week later for a reinspection
[1:50:45] and the pillows and the blankets were
[1:50:47] still present. uh beginning of April, uh
[1:50:52] her temporary business license was
[1:50:54] issued with the following conditions
[1:50:57] uh about the use of video monitoring
[1:50:59] devices uh about me massage rooms being
[1:51:03] fitted with locks and and not covering
[1:51:06] or blocking or otherwise disruption
[1:51:09] um to the facility. And then uh the 17th
[1:51:13] she was found in violation due to a key
[1:51:15] employee or owner not being on the
[1:51:17] premises. And then on the 25th of June
[1:51:21] uh the vice operation was conducted um
[1:51:24] while she and she was present there. I
[1:51:27] could go on and on but the point which
[1:51:30] and I agree certainly with my colleagues
[1:51:33] on the tragedy of human human
[1:51:36] trafficking.
[1:51:38] But I would be uh
[1:51:41] I I I am a gasast at how many options
[1:51:45] she was given uh and the the continuing
[1:51:49] failure to live up during a time where
[1:51:52] she could have proved herself to be
[1:51:54] adept at managing the business. Uh, and
[1:51:58] I think it would be a mistake for the
[1:52:00] city to extend that opportunity again.
[1:52:03] Thank you.
[1:52:04] >> Thank you, Miss Kelly. Uh, Mr. Canudson,
[1:52:08] » Thank you, Miss Kelly. Uh, Mr. Canudson,
[1:52:08] >> thank you, Madam Mayor, and I appreciate
[1:52:10] » thank you, Madam Mayor, and I appreciate
[1:52:10] the comments up here and I appreciate
[1:52:11] the presentations uh at the dis. Uh just
[1:52:14] for some I guess colorful background,
[1:52:16] I've I have probably a whole bunch of
[1:52:17] massage massage establishments in Ward
[1:52:19] One, like maybe the most. It's not
[1:52:21] something that I'm most proud of, but it
[1:52:23] is probably true. And I generally I meet
[1:52:25] with every single person that comes in
[1:52:26] for a license. They sit in my office and
[1:52:29] because of the challenges we have in our
[1:52:30] community, I do ask them if they are
[1:52:32] going to engage in any illegal activity.
[1:52:34] Uh it's a very useful or it's a very
[1:52:36] useful conversation I have and I have it
[1:52:37] every single time uh with the commitment
[1:52:39] in my couch saying, "Nope, I'm not going
[1:52:41] to do that." And I say if you do do
[1:52:42] that, this is what's going to happen. We
[1:52:44] had that conversation. Uh and so Miss
[1:52:46] Adabihard, could we just go over some of
[1:52:48] the things you said because I think
[1:52:49] they're most relevant in this case. Um
[1:52:51] kind of highlight the massage licensing
[1:52:54] board. They've they have actions against
[1:52:56] the applicant as well. Can you highlight
[1:52:58] what that is?
[1:52:59] >> Um yeah. So we were just notified um a
[1:53:02] » Um yeah. So we were just notified um a
[1:53:02] couple weeks ago that they did take
[1:53:03] action against um her license uh in
[1:53:06] January of this year. And so she is on
[1:53:07] probationary status with that. don't
[1:53:09] have further details exactly what those
[1:53:11] actions are. Um, but we do have that
[1:53:14] information.
[1:53:14] >> So, we have one board that's uh
[1:53:16] » So, we have one board that's uh
[1:53:16] initiated an action against the
[1:53:17] applicant. Uh, the hearing officer has
[1:53:19] also heard the uh claims against the
[1:53:23] applicant and the hearing officer upheld
[1:53:24] those claims.
[1:53:25] >> Yes. So, she um there was the
[1:53:27] » Yes. So, she um there was the
[1:53:27] prostitution uh solicitation last year.
[1:53:30] Um she was uh before the our hearing
[1:53:33] officer to dispute the fines that were
[1:53:35] associated with that because there was
[1:53:36] no closure. um those were upheld. Uh she
[1:53:39] did come and explain to us exactly the
[1:53:41] same thing that she was it wasn't her,
[1:53:43] it was her employee. She'll manage it
[1:53:45] better and we give her another chance
[1:53:46] and here we are again a year later.
[1:53:48] >> And then just could you highlight what a
[1:53:50] » And then just could you highlight what a
[1:53:50] this is a privilege license? Can you
[1:53:52] highlight what a privilege license
[1:53:53] means? So, a privilege license is going
[1:53:55] to have um more um more to it that they
[1:54:00] have to go through a background check in
[1:54:01] um investigation through Metro because
[1:54:03] it's um it's higher it's like a higher
[1:54:07] what's the word uh
[1:54:10] >> for the welfare of the city it's a yeah
[1:54:12] » for the welfare of the city it's a yeah
[1:54:12] um so they have to be able to pass that
[1:54:15] suitability there's a financial review
[1:54:17] um there are extra conditions that are
[1:54:20] added to the license uh because we found
[1:54:22] you know these ones to be um at that
[1:54:24] that privileged state. And so this one
[1:54:26] is one of those licenses.
[1:54:28] >> Thank you. And then one last question.
[1:54:29] » Thank you. And then one last question.
[1:54:29] You made a point that these licenses
[1:54:32] aren't based on the location or the
[1:54:33] business type. This is based on the
[1:54:35] suitability of the applicant. Is that
[1:54:36] accurate?
[1:54:37] >> That is correct. Yes, it is a
[1:54:38] » That is correct. Yes, it is a
[1:54:38] suitability report Metro is providing as
[1:54:40] well. They do their deep dive
[1:54:42] investigation and it is on the person.
[1:54:44] Um the fact that she has two businesses
[1:54:46] in the city um at the same time in the
[1:54:48] same status, we felt this makes the most
[1:54:51] sense.
[1:54:51] >> Thank you. And I know we have metro
[1:54:53] » Thank you. And I know we have metro
[1:54:53] representatives here. I've been on one
[1:54:54] of the sting operations. I'm really
[1:54:56] grateful for the fact that we're
[1:54:57] partnered with law enforcement in these
[1:54:59] types of activities. Uh for my
[1:55:01] colleagues and for anybody's watching,
[1:55:02] if you walk into one of these
[1:55:03] establishments and you see sleeping
[1:55:05] quarters in the back of a closet, it uh
[1:55:07] implies something detrimental to not
[1:55:10] only the individuals there, but to the
[1:55:11] community around it. So uh given all
[1:55:13] that information, if you're ready for a
[1:55:15] motion, Madame Mayor, I'm ready to make
[1:55:16] it.
[1:55:17] >> I will entertain a motion on item 28.
[1:55:19] » I will entertain a motion on item 28.
[1:55:19] Madame Mayor, I move to approve staff's
[1:55:21] recommendation and deny the the license
[1:55:24] for item 28.
[1:55:26] >> Okay. Please vote.
[1:55:28] » Okay. Please vote.
[1:55:28] >> Um before you vote, I'm sorry, really
[1:55:30] » Um before you vote, I'm sorry, really
[1:55:30] quick. Um yeah. Um I think uh
[1:55:33] Councilwoman wanted to have a time
[1:55:35] frame. Normally there is a one-year
[1:55:36] cooling off period. Um but I'm not sure
[1:55:38] if we wanted to extend that beyond that.
[1:55:42] >> Jeff Dorak, city attorney. For the
[1:55:43] » Jeff Dorak, city attorney. For the
[1:55:43] record, there's a with a
[1:55:48] » Okay, let me hear what our city attorney
[1:55:50] has to say
[1:55:51] >> w with a privile privileged business
[1:55:53] » w with a privile privileged business
[1:55:53] license as Darcy just explained what it
[1:55:55] was. Uh there's a default one-year uh
[1:55:58] cooling off period if there's a denial
[1:56:00] of the application. So by default within
[1:56:02] the code, Miss Wang would not be able to
[1:56:04] come back for a year with a massage
[1:56:07] establishment application.
[1:56:10] >> All right.
[1:56:11] » All right.
[1:56:11] >> Do you have a recommendation?
[1:56:13] » Do you have a recommendation?
[1:56:13] >> So um our recommendation would be for at
[1:56:15] » So um our recommendation would be for at
[1:56:15] least three years.
[1:56:18] I'm going to look around and see if I
[1:56:20] see any issues. I'm going to move uh to
[1:56:24] a st excuse me staff's recommendation
[1:56:27] for that time frame of 3 years with the
[1:56:30] denial of item 28.
[1:56:32] >> Okay, please vote
[1:56:36] post.
[1:56:38] Motion carries and a motion for item 29.
[1:56:41] Follow staff's recommendation for at
[1:56:43] least three years. Um, and support the
[1:56:47] denial for item number 29.
[1:56:49] >> Please vote.
[1:56:52] » Please vote.
[1:56:52] Post.
[1:56:54] Motion carries.
[1:56:56] >> Thank you.
[1:56:56] » Thank you.
[1:56:56] >> Thank you all very much.
[1:56:58] » Thank you all very much.
[1:56:58] >> Thank you for your time.
[1:56:59] » Thank you for your time.
[1:56:59] >> Thank you, Mr. Kennedy.
[1:57:04] » Agenda item 30,
[1:57:07] recommending committee bills eligible
[1:57:09] for adoption at this meeting. Bill
[1:57:11] number 2026-26.
[1:57:14] Councilwoman Palinsky, would you like to
[1:57:16] have the bill read? Yes, please, ma'am.
[1:57:18] Mayor,
[1:57:20] >> uh, Mayor, with your indulgence, I'd
[1:57:21] » uh, Mayor, with your indulgence, I'd
[1:57:21] like to have, uh, the city attorney's
[1:57:23] office undergraduate intern, Haley
[1:57:26] Burgerer, read the bills today. Haley is
[1:57:28] going to be a junior at Washington
[1:57:31] University in St. Louis. Uh, when she
[1:57:33] returns to school, she's a dual major
[1:57:35] there in political science and
[1:57:37] organization and strategic management.
[1:57:39] Um, she spends some hours each week
[1:57:41] during the summer at our office and
[1:57:43] she's also interning with the UNLV
[1:57:45] women's basketball team. So, I think
[1:57:46] we're going to have trouble competing
[1:57:48] with them, but we'll do our best. Um,
[1:57:50] maybe give her a Jimmy John sandwich.
[1:57:52] That might help. So, uh, but yeah,
[1:57:54] [laughter]
[1:57:55] but Haley, go ahead and read the first
[1:57:57] bill, please.
[1:57:58] >> Okay. Um, thank you all for having me.
[1:58:00] » Okay. Um, thank you all for having me.
[1:58:00] Thank you, mayor, council, and
[1:58:02] especially the city attorney for giving
[1:58:03] me this opportunity. So, the bill up for
[1:58:06] adoption today is bill number 2026-26.
[1:58:11] It's an ordinance to amend LVMC 19.12 to
[1:58:15] allow for the rental store use within
[1:58:17] the professional office zoning district
[1:58:19] by means of a special use permit and to
[1:58:21] provide for other related matters.
[1:58:23] >> Thank you so much. Mayor Pro 10 may have
[1:58:25] » Thank you so much. Mayor Pro 10 may have
[1:58:25] a motion.
[1:58:26] >> Move to approve.
[1:58:28] » Move to approve.
[1:58:28] >> Please vote.
[1:58:32] post.
[1:58:34] Motion carries. Nicely done. [laughter]
[1:58:41] Agenda item 31, new bills. Item 31, bill
[1:58:46] 2026-27
[1:58:48] will be heard at the recommending
[1:58:50] committee meeting on Monday, August 3rd,
[1:58:52] 2026. City attorney, would you read the
[1:58:55] new bills?
[1:58:58] Bill number 2026-27,
[1:59:01] an ordinance to adopt a redevelopment
[1:59:03] plan for the redevelopment area,
[1:59:05] commonly known as redevelopment area 3,
[1:59:08] consisting of non-contiguous parcels
[1:59:10] generally bounded by Owens Avenue to the
[1:59:12] north, Nellis Boulevard to the east,
[1:59:14] Charleston Boulevard to the south, and
[1:59:16] 21st Street to the west. and to provide
[1:59:18] for the other related matters.
[1:59:24] » New bill 202627
[1:59:26] is assigned to the August 3rd, 2026
[1:59:29] recommending committee. Members,
[1:59:32] Councilman Kenudson and Councilwoman
[1:59:34] Pinsky and Miss Diaz. If any so
[1:59:37] designated are unable to attend, the
[1:59:39] clerk's office will coordinate finding
[1:59:41] substitutes as necessary at my
[1:59:44] direction. Thank you.
[1:59:49] Okay.
[1:59:51] Items 32 through 32C are on the consent
[1:59:55] agenda, are considered to be routine,
[1:59:57] and are recommended for approval by the
[2:00:00] Department of Community Development, but
[2:00:02] I understand Councilman Kenudson would
[2:00:04] like to pull it for discussion.
[2:00:08] Yes. Okay. Um be
[2:00:12] uh item 32 26-0249
[2:00:16] on the following land use entitlement
[2:00:18] project request on 1.57 acres on the
[2:00:22] north side of Alter Drive approximately
[2:00:24] 280 ft west of Decar Boulevard C2
[2:00:28] general commercial zone 32A
[2:00:31] 26-0249-EOT1
[2:00:36] second extension of time variance 21-
[2:00:39] 0772-V1
[2:00:43] to allow 13 parking spaces where 19 are
[2:00:46] required. 32B 26-0249-E2
[2:00:52] second extension of time special use
[2:00:55] permit 20 permit 21-0772-
[2:01:00] SUP1 for a proposed mini storage
[2:01:03] facility a use with a waiver to allow a
[2:01:06] stucco facade where a decorative block
[2:01:09] is required adjacent to a residential
[2:01:11] use and 32C 26-0249-
[2:01:16] EOT3
[2:01:18] second extension of time site
[2:01:20] development plan review 21-0772-
[2:01:25] SDR1 for a proposed 685 unit
[2:01:31] 101,311
[2:01:34] square ft mini storage facility. The
[2:01:36] applicant is Roser Development Company
[2:01:39] LLC and the owner is Alter Decada
[2:01:42] Storage LLC. Staff recommends approval
[2:01:45] of the entire land use entitlement
[2:01:47] project. These are in ward one. Is the
[2:01:50] applicant present?
[2:01:52] >> Yes. Hi. Good morning, mayor, mayor
[2:01:54] » Yes. Hi. Good morning, mayor, mayor
[2:01:54] prom, and council. My name is Andrea
[2:01:57] Carol. Um 1980 Festival Plaza Drive. Um
[2:02:02] I'm an architect here on behalf of the
[2:02:04] applicant.
[2:02:06] >> Would you care to tell us about the
[2:02:07] » Would you care to tell us about the
[2:02:07] project?
[2:02:08] >> Yes. Yes. It is a three-story mini
[2:02:10] » Yes. Yes. It is a three-story mini
[2:02:10] storage near the intersection of Decar
[2:02:13] and Alta. Um we I spoke with Councilman
[2:02:17] Kenudson on Monday. Um and I think we
[2:02:21] have a few things to talk about. Um but
[2:02:23] it is it is its second extension of
[2:02:26] time. Uh it was originally entitled with
[2:02:30] um another owner and then it was sold
[2:02:33] and now um this owner is applying for
[2:02:36] his second extension.
[2:02:38] So, I I'm here to answer any questions.
[2:02:41] >> Thank you so much. May I have a staff
[2:02:42] » Thank you so much. May I have a staff
[2:02:42] report, please?
[2:02:43] >> Yes, madam mayor. Peter Lonesstein for
[2:02:45] » Yes, madam mayor. Peter Lonesstein for
[2:02:45] the record. Commercial zoning and land
[2:02:47] use in the vicinity of the site have
[2:02:48] remained stable since the original
[2:02:50] approval and the adjacent mixeduse and
[2:02:52] commercial properties have been built
[2:02:54] out. The project as approved remains
[2:02:56] appropriate for the site and staff
[2:02:57] therefore recommends approval of the
[2:02:59] request. Thank you.
[2:03:00] >> Thank you so much. Are there any
[2:03:02] » Thank you so much. Are there any
[2:03:02] additional conditions?
[2:03:05] Uh, Madame Mayor, once the councilman
[2:03:08] addresses uh the application, I may have
[2:03:10] some uh amendments to make. Thank you.
[2:03:13] >> All right. In that case, um Mr. Kudson
[2:03:17] » All right. In that case, um Mr. Kudson
[2:03:17] and but then we'll ask for comment from
[2:03:20] but I think we want to hear what you
[2:03:22] have to say.
[2:03:22] >> Thank you, Madam Mayor. And we had this
[2:03:24] » Thank you, Madam Mayor. And we had this
[2:03:24] conversation on Monday, so I'm just
[2:03:25] going to highlight the the most
[2:03:27] important parts. Uh so this this part of
[2:03:29] the parcel which is that larger old
[2:03:31] Fenture Jones parcel was part of the
[2:03:33] agreement that allowed for Nevada Hand
[2:03:35] and George Cakus to build out the
[2:03:37] multifamily and uh senior uh income or
[2:03:42] senior lower income properties on that
[2:03:44] site. They're highly successful. Part of
[2:03:46] our negotiations in those in those
[2:03:48] projects was allowing for a self-
[2:03:50] storage site to go on that property
[2:03:52] which was in question right now. I never
[2:03:53] thought it was a great idea to put a
[2:03:55] self- storage site there, but it allowed
[2:03:56] for 460 affordable units to go in and I
[2:04:00] think is a betterment for the community.
[2:04:02] That being said, um because the the
[2:04:05] property has been sold and while this is
[2:04:07] two years for the current owner, this is
[2:04:09] now seven years for me. And so I suggest
[2:04:12] that we do one-year extension of time
[2:04:14] with the condition that if there are no
[2:04:16] activity with the city at all in one
[2:04:18] year, that this would be the last
[2:04:19] extension of time. That being said, also
[2:04:22] uh I know things take time and so in six
[2:04:24] months if you're going through the plan
[2:04:26] review for the not plan review but the
[2:04:27] building inspection process and the
[2:04:29] water district and the the gas company
[2:04:31] and all those things are happening then
[2:04:32] I'd be happy to extend it longer if
[2:04:34] needed. But if there's zero activity,
[2:04:36] which now in my in my time frame there's
[2:04:38] been five years of zero activity, then
[2:04:40] the next time you come back for here, I
[2:04:42] would say there's no more extensions of
[2:04:43] time. So, the condition that Peter will
[2:04:46] hopefully help me with is a one-year
[2:04:48] extension of time with the with the
[2:04:49] trust that you're going to start working
[2:04:51] on this project as quickly as possible
[2:04:52] and within that one year have something
[2:04:54] going through the system.
[2:04:56] >> Right. Yeah, we we spoke with the owner
[2:04:58] » Right. Yeah, we we spoke with the owner
[2:04:58] about it and he's ready to go. Um, and
[2:05:01] it would be from one year from today to
[2:05:04] have some sort of building permit or
[2:05:07] some permit in in play. Ideally, it's
[2:05:11] under construction, but yes,
[2:05:12] >> we we we we would try. We'll try.
[2:05:15] » we we we we would try. We'll try.
[2:05:15] >> Okay. Peter, can you make me sound
[2:05:16] » Okay. Peter, can you make me sound
[2:05:16] smarter?
[2:05:17] >> Sure. So, just for clarification, it's
[2:05:19] » Sure. So, just for clarification, it's
[2:05:19] from the date the entitlement um
[2:05:23] was approved. It's not from today's
[2:05:24] action. It's from the the the original
[2:05:27] approvals date, which will be May 18th.
[2:05:30] Uh but I will read the amended
[2:05:32] condition. So it would be amended
[2:05:33] condition of approval number one of
[2:05:36] 26-0249
[2:05:38] EOT1, EOT2 and EOT3 to read as follows.
[2:05:43] This approval shall expire on May 18th,
[2:05:46] 2027 unless an extension of time is
[2:05:49] approved by the city of Las Vegas. And
[2:05:52] that's how I would read it with the
[2:05:53] understanding that if there is zero
[2:05:55] activity at that point that will be made
[2:05:57] known as part of any extension of time
[2:05:59] request um that would be made and you
[2:06:02] take your action at that time.
[2:06:05] >> Yeah, I I know we can definitely submit
[2:06:08] » Yeah, I I know we can definitely submit
[2:06:08] for a building permit by then. I don't
[2:06:10] know if we'll have our permit in hand
[2:06:12] because sometimes with the civil reviews
[2:06:14] it'll take it can take up to a year. But
[2:06:18] as long as you're okay with us getting
[2:06:20] at least the building permit submitted,
[2:06:22] um, we're okay with that.
[2:06:24] >> So, you agree to all of the conditions
[2:06:26] » So, you agree to all of the conditions
[2:06:26] that have just been stated?
[2:06:28] >> Yes.
[2:06:29] » Yes.
[2:06:29] >> All right. And I think the idea is to
[2:06:31] » All right. And I think the idea is to
[2:06:31] get this project moving.
[2:06:32] >> Moving.
[2:06:33] » Moving.
[2:06:33] >> Okay.
[2:06:34] » Okay.
[2:06:34] >> All right. Uh, does any are there any
[2:06:36] » All right. Uh, does any are there any
[2:06:36] questions or comments from council
[2:06:38] members?
[2:06:39] >> Seeing none, is there a motion?
[2:06:41] » Seeing none, is there a motion?
[2:06:41] Councilman Kudson. Madame Mayor, with
[2:06:43] the with the condition read into the
[2:06:45] record and agreed upon, um I would move
[2:06:47] to approve items 32 A, B, and C.
[2:06:52] >> Please vote.
[2:06:55] » Please vote.
[2:06:55] >> Post.
[2:06:58] Motion carries.
[2:06:59] >> Great. Thank you all so much.
[2:07:00] » Great. Thank you all so much.
[2:07:00] >> Best of luck. Best of luck.
[2:07:05] Items number 33 through 37 appear on the
[2:07:08] one motion, one vote agenda and may be
[2:07:11] considered in one motion, one vote as
[2:07:14] they are routine items with no condition
[2:07:16] changes. Any person representing an
[2:07:19] application or a member of the public or
[2:07:21] member of the council not in agreement
[2:07:23] with the conditions and all standard
[2:07:26] conditions for the applications
[2:07:27] recommended by staff. She requests to
[2:07:29] have that item removed from this portion
[2:07:31] of the agenda. Item 33 26-0116-
[2:07:37] SDR1 applicant owners Zil Z Z Z Z Z Z Z
[2:07:41] Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Zilberg Towers
[2:07:42] One LLC on a land use entitlement
[2:07:45] project request for a proposed
[2:07:48] sevenstory 71 unit mixeduse development
[2:07:52] with 1,800 square feet of commercial
[2:07:54] space with waiverss of title 19.09
[2:07:59] formbbased code development standards on
[2:08:02] 0 36 acres at 1801 Fremont Street, T4-C,
[2:08:08] T4 Corridor Zone, Ward 3, Miss Diaz. Uh,
[2:08:12] agenda item 34 26-0226-VAC1
[2:08:18] applicant owner GSI Oso Blanca Las Vegas
[2:08:22] Owner LLC on a land use entitlement
[2:08:25] project request for a petition to vacate
[2:08:28] a portion of the right of way Doughbrook
[2:08:30] Trail generally located on the west side
[2:08:33] of Osa Balanca Road approximately 1,16
[2:08:37] ft south of Elhorn Road Ward 4. Miss
[2:08:41] Alan Pollinski. Agenda item 35
[2:08:44] 26-0227-dir1.
[2:08:48] Applicant owner New Vegas D4 LLC on a
[2:08:53] 24-month development report is required
[2:08:56] by section 9.01
[2:08:58] of the first amended and restated
[2:09:00] development agreement for Vegas Rising
[2:09:03] generally located at the southeast
[2:09:05] corner of Wilmington Avenue and
[2:09:07] Richfield Boulevard. Award three, Miss
[2:09:10] Diaz. Agenda item 36, 26-0263-RQ1.
[2:09:17] Applicant Jones Media LLC owner Jonathan
[2:09:21] Park LLC on a land use entitlement
[2:09:24] project request for a retired review of
[2:09:27] an approved special use permit SUP-4811
[2:09:32] for an existing 40ft tall 12tx 24 foot
[2:09:37] off premise sign at 3319 me avenue m
[2:09:42] industrial zone ward 1. Mr. Kudson.
[2:09:45] Agenda item 37 26-0265-RQ1.
[2:09:52] applicant Jones Media LLC, owner
[2:09:54] Jonathan Park LLC, on a land use
[2:09:57] entitlement project request of an
[2:10:00] approved special use permit SUP-4812
[2:10:04] for an existing 40ft tall 12tx 24 foot
[2:10:08] off- premise signed at 3542 Sirrus um at
[2:10:13] Sirrus Avenue Mind Industrial Zone Ward
[2:10:16] 1. Mr. Canudson. The planning commission
[2:10:19] recommends approval of items 33 and 34
[2:10:22] and the staff recommends approval of all
[2:10:25] items. Item 33, 34, 36 and 37 are public
[2:10:30] hearings that I now declare open. Is
[2:10:32] there anyone wishing to be heard on
[2:10:34] items 33, 34, 36 or 37?
[2:10:41] Hearing and seeing none, I will now
[2:10:43] close the public hearing. Mayor Pro10,
[2:10:45] may I have a motion for the one motion,
[2:10:47] one vote items 33 through 37.
[2:10:50] >> Move to approve.
[2:10:52] » Move to approve.
[2:10:52] >> Please vote.
[2:10:55] » Please vote.
[2:10:55] Post.
[2:10:58] Motion carries.
[2:11:07] Agenda item 38 26-000051
[2:11:12] of the following land use entitlement
[2:11:14] project requests on 0.46 46 acres at
[2:11:18] 2167
[2:11:19] North Decada Boulevard C1 Limited
[2:11:22] commercial zone 38A 26-0051-V1
[2:11:29] to allow a proposed commercial
[2:11:31] development that does not conform to
[2:11:33] Title 19 development standards for
[2:11:36] on-site minimum parking requirements 38B
[2:11:40] 26-0051-
[2:11:44] SDR1 for the proposed conversion of an
[2:11:47] existing 3,224
[2:11:50] square f foot motor vehicle parts and
[2:11:52] sales development into a convenience
[2:11:55] store with fuel pumps and parking lot
[2:11:57] reconfiguration
[2:11:59] with waiverss of title 19.08
[2:12:03] perimeter landscape buffer requirements.
[2:12:06] The applicant is Silver State
[2:12:07] Contracting and Development LLC and the
[2:12:10] owner is AD and NLLLC.
[2:12:14] The planning commission and staff
[2:12:16] recommend denial on the entire land use
[2:12:18] project. These are in ward five, Miss
[2:12:21] Summers Armstrong and these are public
[2:12:23] hearings which I now declare open. Is
[2:12:25] the applicant present?
[2:12:27] >> Yes.
[2:12:27] » Yes.
[2:12:27] >> Would you like to tell first tell us
[2:12:29] » Would you like to tell first tell us
[2:12:29] your name and then would you like to
[2:12:30] tell us about your project?
[2:12:32] >> Yes, we do. Good morning, Mayor Berkeley
[2:12:33] » Yes, we do. Good morning, Mayor Berkeley
[2:12:34] and council. My name is Tony Gillerson
[2:12:36] with Silver State Contracting. Um, as
[2:12:39] you can see, we're uh proposed to
[2:12:41] renovate a current um it's a abandoned
[2:12:47] auto mechanic shop into a uh convenience
[2:12:50] store. Uh the convenience store will
[2:12:52] have a uh ice cream uh bar in it and
[2:12:56] also uh we're looking to uh include four
[2:13:00] uh fuel pumps and then also um looking
[2:13:04] to add two EV chargers stations for
[2:13:07] cars.
[2:13:10] » Um Oh, I'm sorry.
[2:13:12] >> No, is that is that your um entire
[2:13:15] » No, is that is that your um entire
[2:13:15] presentation?
[2:13:16] >> Uh yes.
[2:13:16] » Uh yes.
[2:13:16] >> All righty. May I have a staff report,
[2:13:18] » All righty. May I have a staff report,
[2:13:18] please?
[2:13:19] >> Yes. Thank you, Mayor Seth Floyd. For
[2:13:20] » Yes. Thank you, Mayor Seth Floyd. For
[2:13:20] the record, staff finds that the lack of
[2:13:22] sufficient on-site parking may lead to
[2:13:24] on-site vehicular circulation conflicts
[2:13:26] and the lack of landscape materials only
[2:13:28] will only contribute to the heat island
[2:13:30] effect, which is in direct conflict with
[2:13:32] the 2050 master plan and therefore staff
[2:13:34] is recommending denial of both the
[2:13:36] variance and the site development
[2:13:37] review. Thank you.
[2:13:38] >> Thank you so much. Is there anyone else
[2:13:40] » Thank you so much. Is there anyone else
[2:13:40] wishing to be heard on these items?
[2:13:44] Seeing no one, I will close the public
[2:13:46] hearing. Um, are there any questions or
[2:13:49] comments from the council?
[2:13:52] Miss Summers Armstrong.
[2:13:55] >> Thank you, Madame Mayor. And, uh, thank
[2:13:57] » Thank you, Madame Mayor. And, uh, thank
[2:13:57] you so much, sir, for coming down today.
[2:13:59] Uh, this is a tough one for me, as you
[2:14:02] well know. Um, we are doing our best to
[2:14:06] get infill. Um, and my understanding
[2:14:09] from staff is that this was a county um,
[2:14:13] uh, in the county previously and they
[2:14:15] had different rules for um, a use under
[2:14:20] their terms and now we at the city have
[2:14:23] these rules where we're trying to
[2:14:24] address heat island and circulation and
[2:14:28] just be thoughtful. But then I have to
[2:14:31] weigh this against leaving this an empty
[2:14:36] space.
[2:14:38] Um it is tough. But I um I just want to
[2:14:42] mention a couple things. First of all,
[2:14:44] you were very uh attentive and came in a
[2:14:47] couple of times to talk to us about
[2:14:49] adding trees. And do you have any other
[2:14:52] pictures that you can share with us? Did
[2:14:54] you bring anything in the
[2:14:56] >> I didn't. I just have the actual
[2:14:57] » I didn't. I just have the actual
[2:14:57] elevations that I didn't know if you
[2:15:00] guys had it, but I we have the same
[2:15:03] >> Do you have anything? Let me see if lay
[2:15:05] » Do you have anything? Let me see if lay
[2:15:05] on the Yeah. So that we can see.
[2:15:10] » There you go.
[2:15:19] » Slide it over just a little bit to your
[2:15:21] Yep. There you go.
[2:15:22] >> There you go. right there. Okay.
[2:15:25] » There you go. right there. Okay.
[2:15:25] >> All right. So, just give us a little
[2:15:26] » All right. So, just give us a little
[2:15:26] quick walk through um so that we have a
[2:15:29] better idea of what you have addressed
[2:15:31] and the concerns, please.
[2:15:32] >> Okay. All right. So, uh what we did is
[2:15:35] » Okay. All right. So, uh what we did is
[2:15:35] we add added these um plant islands here
[2:15:39] um with with trees and wherever we
[2:15:41] could, we added around the perimeter
[2:15:45] behind the behind the store right now is
[2:15:48] a residential area. So, we added these
[2:15:50] trees here for sound buffers um around
[2:15:54] the perimeter of the store and then also
[2:15:56] each island in front on the Decada
[2:15:59] Boulevard. We added trees here also.
[2:16:01] Well, uh trees and plants per um what is
[2:16:05] requested by the city?
[2:16:08] >> A question. Is there any way to add I
[2:16:11] » A question. Is there any way to add I
[2:16:11] see um on your display I'm going to
[2:16:13] guess that the larger circles are are
[2:16:16] trees.
[2:16:17] >> That's correct. And I only see one in
[2:16:19] » That's correct. And I only see one in
[2:16:19] the rear at the very top, which I
[2:16:21] believe is north
[2:16:22] >> right here.
[2:16:23] » right here.
[2:16:23] >> Is there any is there enough room to add
[2:16:26] » Is there any is there enough room to add
[2:16:26] any more trees in the back for the
[2:16:29] buffer?
[2:16:29] >> So, we do have actually these right here
[2:16:32] » So, we do have actually these right here
[2:16:32] are actually trees here.
[2:16:34] >> Okay.
[2:16:34] » Okay.
[2:16:34] >> Yeah, these are all trees right here.
[2:16:36] » Yeah, these are all trees right here.
[2:16:36] >> Okay. Those are smaller dots.
[2:16:38] » Okay. Those are smaller dots.
[2:16:38] >> Correct.
[2:16:39] » Correct.
[2:16:39] >> Okay.
[2:16:39] » Okay.
[2:16:39] >> Right here.
[2:16:41] » Right here.
[2:16:41] >> Okay. So, how many trees do you have in
[2:16:43] » Okay. So, how many trees do you have in
[2:16:43] the rear? In the rear, we have
[2:16:47] we have seven.
[2:16:48] >> And And what size are those?
[2:16:50] » And And what size are those?
[2:16:50] >> These are
[2:16:53] » These are
[2:16:53] 24 foot boxes.
[2:16:55] >> Okay. All right. Very good. All right.
[2:16:58] » Okay. All right. Very good. All right.
[2:16:58] Um and the gas station area does have a
[2:17:03] canopy.
[2:17:03] >> That is correct.
[2:17:05] » That is correct.
[2:17:05] >> Okay. And then the circulation issue
[2:17:07] » Okay. And then the circulation issue
[2:17:07] comes into play because there's no way
[2:17:09] for a delivery truck to go to the rear.
[2:17:11] It has to sit in front idle offload.
[2:17:15] Okay. So, one of the things we talked
[2:17:17] about was I know I can't mandate it, but
[2:17:20] I would really appreciate it if the
[2:17:21] owner would try to schedule um
[2:17:24] deliveries in the early morning uh or at
[2:17:28] the end of the day so that we don't have
[2:17:31] a pileup on this very limited space.
[2:17:35] >> Okay. Uh, I am going to be dogged about
[2:17:39] » Okay. Uh, I am going to be dogged about
[2:17:39] ensuring that the um landscape is kept
[2:17:43] up. I live right nearby,
[2:17:46] >> okay?
[2:17:47] » okay?
[2:17:47] >> And I will be driving by, [laughter]
[2:17:49] » And I will be driving by, [laughter]
[2:17:49] okay? And so, please let your owner know
[2:17:52] um that he is going to be well attended
[2:17:56] and and watched. And I I got code
[2:18:00] enforcement on speed dial, so don't
[2:18:02] don't play. Okay. Um the next thing
[2:18:05] would be you have an ice cream shop.
[2:18:07] >> Yes, it will be an ice cream shop
[2:18:08] » Yes, it will be an ice cream shop
[2:18:08] inside.
[2:18:09] >> Please work have your owner begin to get
[2:18:12] » Please work have your owner begin to get
[2:18:12] engaged in the community. We have youth
[2:18:14] development and social initiatives. They
[2:18:17] are always helping young people try to
[2:18:19] find work. Um that would be a great
[2:18:21] opportunity for a young person to be
[2:18:23] able to learn how to stock um how to um
[2:18:26] assist customers and give one of the
[2:18:28] young people in our community an
[2:18:30] opportunity um or several especially in
[2:18:32] the summer to have a job. Okay. I would
[2:18:35] also encourage your owner to become
[2:18:38] engaged in the activities that are in
[2:18:41] our community. We have at Fountain Park
[2:18:43] right down the street. We have Balden
[2:18:45] Little League that needs support. Becker
[2:18:48] Tech, which is just to the
[2:18:52] uh west um of this location. Um we want
[2:18:56] people who are coming into our community
[2:18:58] to extract income from our community
[2:19:01] because people will use it, but also to
[2:19:04] give back and be part of the uplifting
[2:19:07] of the community. I can't mandate those
[2:19:10] things,
[2:19:10] >> right?
[2:19:11] » right?
[2:19:11] >> But I can encourage those things. Be a
[2:19:14] » But I can encourage those things. Be a
[2:19:14] good partner in the community. Okay.
[2:19:17] >> And with that said, Madame Mayor, I'd
[2:19:19] » And with that said, Madame Mayor, I'd
[2:19:19] like to make a motion, unless someone
[2:19:20] else has anything to add.
[2:19:22] >> I just want to make sure that the
[2:19:24] » I just want to make sure that the
[2:19:24] applicant agrees to all the conditions
[2:19:26] that have been stated.
[2:19:28] >> Yes.
[2:19:29] » Yes.
[2:19:29] >> Are there any questions or comments?
[2:19:32] » Are there any questions or comments?
[2:19:32] >> Um, Seth and Peter, did I miss anything
[2:19:37] » Um, Seth and Peter, did I miss anything
[2:19:37] >> through you, Madam Mayor? Uh, no. All
[2:19:39] » through you, Madam Mayor? Uh, no. All
[2:19:39] the existing conditions address the what
[2:19:41] is shown on the plan right now.
[2:19:45] >> Thank you. Um, and with that being said,
[2:19:47] » Thank you. Um, and with that being said,
[2:19:47] I'd like to make a motion for approval.
[2:19:50] >> Please vote.
[2:19:54] Post.
[2:19:57] Motion carries. All right. We're looking
[2:20:00] forward to seeing the convenience store,
[2:20:02] the ice cream parlor, everything else.
[2:20:04] But if I were you, I would be very
[2:20:06] careful about what uh the council
[2:20:08] [laughter] woman suggested.
[2:20:10] >> Okay. All right. Thank you.
[2:20:12] » Okay. All right. Thank you.
[2:20:12] >> You're very welcome. And and I just want
[2:20:14] » You're very welcome. And and I just want
[2:20:14] to add something too. Uh just to add
[2:20:16] with you as a as a general contractor.
[2:20:18] Um that is something that I wanted to
[2:20:20] reach out to the community too as we're
[2:20:22] doing construction um to to get
[2:20:25] different programs involved as we're in
[2:20:27] the process.
[2:20:29] >> All right. Thank you.
[2:20:31] » All right. Thank you.
[2:20:31] >> You're very welcome.
[2:20:34] » You're very welcome.
[2:20:34] Agenda item 39, 26-0165
[2:20:39] on the following land use entitlement
[2:20:41] project request on 0.45
[2:20:44] acres at 1712 Santa Paula Drive, 39A
[2:20:49] 26-0165-V1
[2:20:53] to allow a 16 foot rear yard setback
[2:20:58] where 20 ft is required for an existing
[2:21:00] building. 39B 26-0165-1
[2:21:06] from PR professional office and parking
[2:21:09] to R4 High Density Residential. The
[2:21:12] applicant owner is Santa Gold Realy LLC.
[2:21:16] The planning commission recommends
[2:21:18] approval on the entire land use
[2:21:20] entitlement project. Staff recommends
[2:21:22] denial on the entire land use
[2:21:24] entitlement project. These are in W
[2:21:27] three, Miss Dios. They are public
[2:21:29] hearings which I now declare open. Is
[2:21:31] the applicant present?
[2:21:33] >> Yes.
[2:21:34] » Yes.
[2:21:34] >> Would you state your name and tell us
[2:21:36] » Would you state your name and tell us
[2:21:36] about your project?
[2:21:37] >> Excuse me.
[2:21:37] » Excuse me.
[2:21:37] >> Good morning everybody. My name is Amy
[2:21:39] » Good morning everybody. My name is Amy
[2:21:39] Pan. I'm the primary uh managing member
[2:21:42] of this uh project. Um I'm the owner
[2:21:44] also. Um so this pro uh give a little
[2:21:48] historical information of this land. It
[2:21:51] it was combined from two parcels when I
[2:21:54] um purchased it. um the the 1708 Santa
[2:21:59] Paula uh was a a residential joial when
[2:22:03] I purchased. So when we combine both
[2:22:05] parcels into one parcel now it become PR
[2:22:08] professional uh uh office. Um however
[2:22:12] since we uh my last renter moved out
[2:22:15] last year. So this uh property has uh
[2:22:17] been vacant since uh last year October.
[2:22:21] The problem with that area is uh it a
[2:22:23] little bit rough area and uh we have
[2:22:26] lots of things since if you can check
[2:22:28] the system we have lots of opening um
[2:22:30] citations on that property. Uh I've been
[2:22:33] um sending lots of uh people there to
[2:22:36] clean uh you know just try to keep
[2:22:38] people off the property. However, you
[2:22:41] know, um the food traffic is just never
[2:22:44] stop and uh the only um by observation
[2:22:48] because the um next door the nest
[2:22:50] property once we have tenants living
[2:22:52] there the full traffic stopped. So the
[2:22:55] only solution to this problem is to have
[2:22:57] somebody move in ASAP. So, um that's why
[2:23:01] we're planning to uh resume this
[2:23:03] property into residential since I was
[2:23:05] not able to get a tenant in there as uh
[2:23:09] PR uh uh usage. So, that's I'm here to
[2:23:13] um propose this uh project to be able to
[2:23:17] resone to residential uh back to
[2:23:19] residential uh community and then have
[2:23:22] tenants move in ASAP.
[2:23:24] >> Thank you so much. May I have a staff
[2:23:27] » Thank you so much. May I have a staff
[2:23:27] report, please?
[2:23:28] >> Yes, madam. Mayor Peter Lostein, for the
[2:23:30] » Yes, madam. Mayor Peter Lostein, for the
[2:23:30] record, the existing building was pre
[2:23:32] previously converted from a multif
[2:23:34] family use to an office use in 2015
[2:23:36] where it conformed to the rear yard
[2:23:38] setback requirement. Staff does does not
[2:23:41] now support creation of a non-conforming
[2:23:43] setback and there is no physical
[2:23:45] characteristic of the lock that warrants
[2:23:46] approval of the variance. Therefore,
[2:23:48] staff has recommended denial of the
[2:23:49] variance and the reasonzoning. should be
[2:23:51] noting noted that if approved uh
[2:23:54] pursuant to the code a site development
[2:23:56] plan review would be required for the
[2:23:58] conversion of the existing commercial
[2:24:00] building to a multif family residential
[2:24:02] use in the future. Thank you.
[2:24:04] >> Thank you so much. Um is there anyone
[2:24:07] » Thank you so much. Um is there anyone
[2:24:07] else wishing to be heard on this item?
[2:24:10] Seeing no one, I will uh close the
[2:24:12] public hearings. Um are there any
[2:24:15] questions or comments from the council?
[2:24:19] Is there a motion? Councilwoman Diaz.
[2:24:23] >> Thank you, Madam Mayor. And just to
[2:24:25] » Thank you, Madam Mayor. And just to
[2:24:25] confirm, you're Miss Amy Pan.
[2:24:27] >> Yes.
[2:24:27] » Yes.
[2:24:27] >> Okay. Just making sure. Uh Miss Pan, um
[2:24:30] » Okay. Just making sure. Uh Miss Pan, um
[2:24:30] since I haven't spoken to you about um
[2:24:33] the future of the site, uh I want to
[2:24:37] reiterate what our planning staff just
[2:24:38] articulated. So, right now we're
[2:24:40] tackling the zoning change back to
[2:24:42] residential, but obviously from the
[2:24:44] renderings and the pictures, it is not
[2:24:46] inhabitable as is, right? And so,
[2:24:50] >> um, you do have to come back to us as a
[2:24:51] » um, you do have to come back to us as a
[2:24:52] city council to show us what you're how
[2:24:54] you're going to transform this
[2:24:57] >> defunct, um, I'm calling it defunct and
[2:25:00] » defunct, um, I'm calling it defunct and
[2:25:00] boarded office and professional use, um,
[2:25:04] to then what you're pivoting to offer in
[2:25:06] residential. So are you understanding
[2:25:08] that you even if I bless this you can't
[2:25:11] necessarily move someone in right away?
[2:25:14] No, no, no. Actually, uh, right now we
[2:25:16] brought up just protect the windows
[2:25:18] from, uh, breaking, you know, by people
[2:25:21] and, uh, I did call building safety. I
[2:25:24] ask about the permit. Um, how and I
[2:25:28] talked to I think Lorenzo and he said as
[2:25:31] long we're planning to do of course some
[2:25:34] cosmetic upgrades to make sure the
[2:25:37] building, you know, is up to the
[2:25:38] standard code everything. And that's um
[2:25:42] I talked to Lorenzo and I was told I if
[2:25:45] we just do customatic uh upgrade we
[2:25:48] don't really need to submit the permit
[2:25:50] or anything.
[2:25:53] >> Is that accurate planning team because I
[2:25:55] » Is that accurate planning team because I
[2:25:55] don't think that is accurate
[2:25:57] >> through you madam mayor. I'm not going
[2:25:58] » through you madam mayor. I'm not going
[2:25:58] to speak for the building department or
[2:26:00] the building official but uh the
[2:26:02] building is a commercial building. It's
[2:26:03] not suitable for uh a residential use.
[2:26:06] It would have to be converted and
[2:26:08] pursuant to the zoning ordinance. they
[2:26:10] would need to do a site development plan
[2:26:11] review to convert the home or convert
[2:26:14] the commercial building to a residential
[2:26:16] use and then subsequent to that any
[2:26:18] building permits that would be needed
[2:26:20] for if it's fire safety or anything else
[2:26:23] um would need to be accomplished after
[2:26:25] the entitlement.
[2:26:27] >> Okay, I understand. Okay, maybe I'll
[2:26:29] » Okay, I understand. Okay, maybe I'll
[2:26:29] just keep as is have just put a permit
[2:26:32] have you guys to come in to inspect.
[2:26:35] So that probably would be the outcome.
[2:26:38] So, so once again just to be clear, so
[2:26:40] these are land use applications which
[2:26:42] the council is deciding on right now.
[2:26:44] There would be one more which was called
[2:26:47] the site development plan review which
[2:26:48] shows how the site would be designed and
[2:26:51] work and function for it to go from
[2:26:54] commercial the professional office what
[2:26:56] it is now to a [clears throat] excuse me
[2:26:59] residential use. So it's not simply a
[2:27:02] building permit it is a land use
[2:27:05] entitlement similar to this.
[2:27:06] >> Okay. then into the building permit.
[2:27:09] » Okay. then into the building permit.
[2:27:09] >> So basically, you would have to go
[2:27:11] » So basically, you would have to go
[2:27:11] through this process once more. You
[2:27:13] would have to have a pre-application sit
[2:27:15] down with our planning staff. You would
[2:27:17] probably have to have hired folks to do
[2:27:20] renderings of what does it look like
[2:27:22] now? How are you pivoting from what the
[2:27:25] current structure looks like to what you
[2:27:26] want to offer your future tenants and
[2:27:28] residents? So, it does it is it does
[2:27:31] it's not just you paint the building,
[2:27:33] you do some modifications, and you're
[2:27:35] done. And I I think there could be more
[2:27:38] things involved. Am I missing something?
[2:27:41] >> You're you're absolutely right. There is
[2:27:42] » You're you're absolutely right. There is
[2:27:42] there are more steps. It's not just one
[2:27:44] building permit.
[2:27:45] >> What department should I work with on
[2:27:47] » What department should I work with on
[2:27:47] that?
[2:27:47] >> Uh community community development will
[2:27:49] » Uh community community development will
[2:27:50] cover it.
[2:27:50] >> So community development and if you
[2:27:51] » So community development and if you
[2:27:52] reach out, they'll channel you with a
[2:27:53] planner and then you can have all your
[2:27:55] questions answered about what's needed
[2:27:57] for the site development review. But I
[2:28:00] did want you to I want before we take a
[2:28:02] vote on the change of zone, I want you
[2:28:04] to be full aware that there are multiple
[2:28:07] next steps that you still have to follow
[2:28:08] through before you can,
[2:28:10] >> you know, we want to make sure that we
[2:28:12] » you know, we want to make sure that we
[2:28:12] vet the living conditions that you're
[2:28:14] going to offer future residents.
[2:28:16] >> Okay.
[2:28:18] » Okay.
[2:28:18] >> Do you are you comfortable still moving
[2:28:20] » Do you are you comfortable still moving
[2:28:20] forward?
[2:28:20] >> Oh, yeah. I'm definitely move moving
[2:28:22] » Oh, yeah. I'm definitely move moving
[2:28:22] forward.
[2:28:23] >> Okay. I I feel that the use is um
[2:28:26] » Okay. I I feel that the use is um
[2:28:26] started residential and I think it's
[2:28:28] even better for it to go back to
[2:28:30] residential and so I don't have any
[2:28:31] heartburn about granting you the zone
[2:28:33] change. So with that I'm going to move
[2:28:34] to approve agenda items 39A and B.
[2:28:37] >> Okay. Thank you.
[2:28:38] » Okay. Thank you.
[2:28:38] >> May I ask the applicant you understand
[2:28:40] » May I ask the applicant you understand
[2:28:40] that you need to get in touch with
[2:28:42] community development and start
[2:28:44] developing a plan that uh before you can
[2:28:48] move forward?
[2:28:49] >> Oh yeah.
[2:28:50] » Oh yeah.
[2:28:50] >> Okay.
[2:28:51] » Okay.
[2:28:51] >> All right. in that case. Are you
[2:28:52] » All right. in that case. Are you
[2:28:52] comfortable with that? All right. And
[2:28:54] you agree to all the conditions
[2:28:56] >> uh on the letter I received, right?
[2:28:58] » uh on the letter I received, right?
[2:28:58] Okay. Yes.
[2:29:01] >> Okay.
[2:29:01] » Okay.
[2:29:01] >> Okay. Very good. All right. Um but
[2:29:04] » Okay. Very good. All right. Um but
[2:29:04] definitely get in touch with community
[2:29:06] development so they could walk you
[2:29:08] through the next steps. And with that,
[2:29:10] um please vote.
[2:29:15] Post. Motion carries. Good luck.
[2:29:19] >> Thank you. Thank you for everything.
[2:29:21] » Thank you. Thank you for everything.
[2:29:22] Agenda item 40 26-0172-GPA1
[2:29:28] general plan amendment a public hearing
[2:29:30] applicant owner city of Las Vegas for
[2:29:33] possible action on a land use
[2:29:35] entitlement project request to amend and
[2:29:38] incorporate a supplemental heat
[2:29:40] mitigation drinking water cooling spaces
[2:29:43] building practices plan as part of the
[2:29:46] conservation element to the city of Las
[2:29:49] Vegas 2050 50 master plan consistent
[2:29:53] with section 11 of ordinance 6788
[2:29:56] affects all wards. Uh the planning
[2:29:59] commission and staff [clears throat]
[2:30:00] recommend approval. This is a public
[2:30:02] hearing that I now declare uh open. Mr.
[2:30:05] Floyd.
[2:30:06] >> Uh thank you Mayor Seth Floyd for the
[2:30:07] » Uh thank you Mayor Seth Floyd for the
[2:30:07] record. Uh, mayor, this item is before
[2:30:09] you today uh because in the last
[2:30:12] legislative session, bill AB96
[2:30:15] uh was passed which requires us to add
[2:30:17] some things to our existing master plan.
[2:30:20] And Mark Oada on our team was
[2:30:22] instrumental in getting that passed. He
[2:30:24] provided a lot of testimony during a
[2:30:25] couple of hearings there, but he is not
[2:30:27] here today. So, I'm going to hand it
[2:30:29] over to Rachel Lewis on his team to do
[2:30:31] the presentation and then we'll be
[2:30:32] available to answer any questions
[2:30:34] afterwards.
[2:30:34] >> Thank you. Welcome.
[2:30:35] » Thank you. Welcome.
[2:30:35] >> Thank you.
[2:30:38] » Thank you.
[2:30:38] Good morning, Madame Mayor, City
[2:30:39] Council. My name is Rachel Lewis, City
[2:30:41] of Las Vegas Department of Community
[2:30:43] Development for the record. And as SS
[2:30:46] said, I am here to talk about the heat
[2:30:48] mitigation plan. I first want to talk
[2:30:50] about how it came about. And it was our
[2:30:52] last uh Nevada legislation session in
[2:30:55] 2025 where Assembly Bill 96 was passed
[2:30:59] requiring counties with a population of
[2:31:02] more than a 100,000 people um which is
[2:31:05] Wo and Clark County and the
[2:31:07] jurisdictions within those counties uh
[2:31:09] to amend the conservation element within
[2:31:12] the master plan to now include a heat
[2:31:14] mitigation plan. Assembly Bill 96 has
[2:31:18] language explaining exactly what needs
[2:31:21] to go within the heat mitigation plan
[2:31:24] and those items are access to public
[2:31:26] cooling spaces, public drinking water,
[2:31:30] cool building practices
[2:31:32] and shade over paved surfaces. Now the
[2:31:35] city of Las Vegas, we have been
[2:31:37] addressing heat mitigation here and it's
[2:31:40] been documented within our master plan.
[2:31:43] We have a section within the master plan
[2:31:45] talks about our hazards. One of those
[2:31:47] hazards being extreme heat. Another
[2:31:49] section talks about our urban forestry
[2:31:52] um and our urban forestry goals of
[2:31:53] planting 60,000 trees by 2050.
[2:31:57] Another example that we've already been
[2:31:59] doing heat mitigation is uh this past
[2:32:02] November uh and December of 2025. We
[2:32:05] recently passed our urban forestry
[2:32:07] management plan. This is a framework um
[2:32:09] a big book that tells us exactly what we
[2:32:11] need to do to ensure we maintain our
[2:32:14] tree canopy as well as what we exactly
[2:32:16] need to do to ensure we hit our tree
[2:32:19] planting goals.
[2:32:21] Um and so we're here today to we're here
[2:32:23] today to approve um uh amending our
[2:32:26] master plan to include a heat mitigation
[2:32:28] plan.
[2:32:29] I next want to talk about our urban heat
[2:32:32] island and what that is exactly. Uh heat
[2:32:34] and extreme temperatures is a
[2:32:36] jurisdictional problem. It affects
[2:32:38] everyone here in southern Nevada. And
[2:32:41] what is occurring exactly is as our city
[2:32:44] continues to grow um continues to expand
[2:32:46] outwards, we're inadvertently covering
[2:32:49] up our natural soils, our natural
[2:32:51] plants, um and we're covering it up with
[2:32:53] asphalt and concrete and building. And
[2:32:57] as we're living our urban lives, we
[2:32:59] drive to work, we turn on our air
[2:33:00] conditioning. Um, we're inadvertently
[2:33:02] creating a lot of heat that's being
[2:33:04] absorbed by our built environment. Um,
[2:33:06] so what we're finding here is this urban
[2:33:07] heat island where it's hotter in the
[2:33:10] concentrated areas of our city. So we're
[2:33:12] in our downtown region. Um, and what
[2:33:15] this picture shows, this is an entire
[2:33:17] um, map of our uh, Las Vegas Valley. The
[2:33:20] city of Las Vegas is outlined in that
[2:33:22] blue color there. Um, like I said, it's
[2:33:24] a jurisdictional issue or it's a
[2:33:25] regional issue, so it affects everyone.
[2:33:27] Um, and on the outside of the city, we
[2:33:29] can see um a blue color which represents
[2:33:31] cooler temperatures. And as we um move
[2:33:33] in closer from the orange to yellow and
[2:33:35] red, that highlights that it's getting
[2:33:37] hotter. So that's that urban heat
[2:33:39] island. Um I do want to call out, um
[2:33:41] East Las Vegas is the hottest area here.
[2:33:44] Um, so we have people that are living
[2:33:46] and working within East Las Vegas, uh,
[2:33:48] where this really, um, this heat
[2:33:50] mitigation plan will hopefully improve
[2:33:52] the lives of people that are working
[2:33:53] there.
[2:33:54] >> And if I could just jump in for one
[2:33:56] » And if I could just jump in for one
[2:33:56] second, Seth Floyd, for the record, um,
[2:33:57] you had an item earlier to approve RDA3.
[2:34:00] You'll notice that RDA3 is squarely
[2:34:02] within the bolded area that's
[2:34:04] highlighted here. So as those areas
[2:34:06] redevelop, we can incorporate these
[2:34:08] practices that are going to be outlined
[2:34:10] in the heat mitigation plan to get more
[2:34:13] trees, use different building techniques
[2:34:15] to start addressing the urban heat
[2:34:16] element there.
[2:34:18] >> Thank you.
[2:34:19] » Thank you.
[2:34:19] >> Thank you.
[2:34:19] » Thank you.
[2:34:20] >> Okay. So, so moving along with Assembly
[2:34:22] » Okay. So, so moving along with Assembly
[2:34:22] Bill 96. Um again, there it says exactly
[2:34:25] what needs to be in the heat mitigation
[2:34:26] plan. So the first thing is public
[2:34:28] cooling spaces. The city of Las Vegas
[2:34:30] has already been doing this. We have the
[2:34:32] Courtyard Homeless Resource Center. In
[2:34:35] addition to the homeless resource
[2:34:36] center, we have a partnership or a
[2:34:38] collaboration with our libraries. So, if
[2:34:40] there's a library located within the
[2:34:42] city of Las Vegas, it also acts as a
[2:34:44] cooling center. Um, after cooling
[2:34:47] centers, we have to have access to
[2:34:49] public drinking water. Um, and so what
[2:34:51] we did is we actually GPSed our drinking
[2:34:54] fountains. it would make sense that when
[2:34:56] we go out to our parks and within our
[2:34:58] community centers that you're going to
[2:34:59] find a drinking fountain there. Um, and
[2:35:02] so that's what you see here. Every red
[2:35:04] dot is a drinking fountain and it
[2:35:05] corresponds with the community center
[2:35:07] that it's located in. Um, we GPSed it
[2:35:10] because a recommendation within our heat
[2:35:12] plan is to expand locations for drinking
[2:35:15] fountains and so it'll be easily
[2:35:17] accessible. We can map where our
[2:35:18] drinking fountains are located.
[2:35:21] Next is cool building practices. It's
[2:35:24] important to think about as we grow and
[2:35:25] as we expand that we're not adding to
[2:35:27] the urban heat island and that we're
[2:35:29] doing what we can to help mitigate that.
[2:35:31] So that includes um a great example is
[2:35:33] solar panels um on top of our roofs. So
[2:35:36] instead of the sun beating down on our
[2:35:38] roofs and heating up our buildings, we
[2:35:40] have solar panels that provide shade um
[2:35:42] also uh produce renewable energy in the
[2:35:45] process. Other examples, um the color of
[2:35:48] our buildings. Um it's go instead of
[2:35:50] having dark colored buildings, we're
[2:35:52] having lighter colored buildings to help
[2:35:54] uh reflect the heat. Um even the
[2:35:56] orientation of the building, how it's um
[2:35:58] how it's built and the orientation to
[2:36:00] the sun, where we place our windows
[2:36:02] within our buildings as well. Um we have
[2:36:04] a really great example here at city
[2:36:06] hall. Um we have what's called a green
[2:36:08] roof, which means that we have
[2:36:09] vegetation on top of our roofs. So, um
[2:36:12] just outside um Chambers and right
[2:36:14] outside of our now cafe, we have um our
[2:36:16] second floor patio where there's trees
[2:36:18] and there's an employee garden. Similar
[2:36:20] to Civic Center, there's a similar um
[2:36:22] trees and a garden outside of the then
[2:36:24] cafe.
[2:36:27] Next is shade over pave surfaces. Again,
[2:36:29] great examples here in the city of Las
[2:36:30] Vegas. Right downtown, we have the Las
[2:36:32] Vegas North Premium Outlets where they
[2:36:34] have a shade structure um that help
[2:36:36] people as they're shopping that they can
[2:36:38] enjoy the shade. uh a similar example of
[2:36:40] the shade structure in downtown
[2:36:42] Summerland. And so shade overpaved
[2:36:44] surfaces includes both shade structures
[2:36:46] as well as our urban canopy with a
[2:36:48] preference for drought tolerant and
[2:36:50] native species. Um and back to our uh
[2:36:53] 2050 master plan with our urban forestry
[2:36:55] goal of planting 60,000 trees that
[2:36:57] includes both public and private
[2:36:59] property. This is a public uh project
[2:37:02] where we did a tree planting event at
[2:37:04] one of our local parks um educating the
[2:37:06] community about the importance of our
[2:37:08] urban canopy. And then we also um want
[2:37:12] to plant 60,000 trees on private
[2:37:13] property. We know that funding can
[2:37:15] sometimes be a challenge to work on
[2:37:17] private property. Fortunately, uh the
[2:37:20] city of Las Vegas, we received uh
[2:37:22] federal funding from the US Department
[2:37:23] of Agriculture for a service to plant
[2:37:26] trees um on in the front yards of family
[2:37:29] homes. And so that's what we see here.
[2:37:31] This um was a house located or it's
[2:37:33] located in downtown. Um and our partner
[2:37:35] is par three. So they're doing the
[2:37:37] planting of the trees. This was our very
[2:37:39] first tree um from the grant. So this is
[2:37:41] really exciting. Um and so what comes
[2:37:43] with a p um with the funding to plant on
[2:37:45] private property is we have five options
[2:37:48] for drought tolerant trees. Um the trees
[2:37:50] are planted and then irrigation is
[2:37:52] included and then a one-year follow-up
[2:37:54] on the tree just to ensure that it's on
[2:37:56] its way to grow big and strong and
[2:37:58] provide lots of shade for the years to
[2:37:59] come. This is the flyer. Um and so the
[2:38:04] tree program doesn't apply for all of
[2:38:06] city of Las Vegas. It's only in select
[2:38:08] zip codes. Um back to the map about the
[2:38:11] urban heat island. So this program is
[2:38:13] really to plant trees in areas that need
[2:38:15] them the most. So, this is going to be
[2:38:17] that downtown core um east Las Vegas.
[2:38:19] And I just want to thank council um for
[2:38:22] um helping me spread the word and
[2:38:24] sending this flyer to your constituents
[2:38:27] um when your your uh your uh ward is
[2:38:29] located within our eligible areas. And
[2:38:32] with that, um I'll answer any questions.
[2:38:34] We ask that you pass um our heat
[2:38:36] mitigation plan um and amending it
[2:38:38] within our master plan um required by
[2:38:41] Nevada legislation, Assembly Bill 96.
[2:38:44] >> Darcy.
[2:38:45] » Darcy.
[2:38:45] I'm sorry, Rachel. Rachel, um I I've
[2:38:49] never been so enthusiastic about a heat
[2:38:52] mitigation proposal, but thank you so
[2:38:55] much for bringing this to life for us.
[2:38:57] Uh are there any uh uh well uh I guess
[2:39:01] this is um is there anybody on the
[2:39:04] council that wishes to speak on this
[2:39:06] issue?
[2:39:09] Mayor Prom.
[2:39:10] >> Thank you, Madam Mayor. being the
[2:39:13] » Thank you, Madam Mayor. being the
[2:39:13] council member that represents a lot of
[2:39:15] that red zone that's on the map. Um I
[2:39:18] just want to say how invaluable these
[2:39:20] efforts are. I literally can tell the
[2:39:23] difference when I travel from where I
[2:39:26] mostly am in that east side and I I can
[2:39:30] feel how hot it is throughout the day.
[2:39:31] And then if I travel westward, the
[2:39:34] further west I am, I can feel it drop
[2:39:36] five to six degrees. Um, and it really
[2:39:39] does. And in the time that we're living
[2:39:41] right now in July where we're reaching
[2:39:44] upwards of 110,
[2:39:46] um, you really feel when it's above 100
[2:39:50] degrees, every single degree that inches
[2:39:52] up. So, really excited. Just an ask I
[2:39:56] have is keep us in the loop when you're
[2:39:58] doing the tree plantings. We want to go
[2:39:59] out there and we want to celebrate and
[2:40:01] we want to congratulate every homeowner
[2:40:03] that's taking this big step to help us
[2:40:06] add to the tree canopy. And I feel like
[2:40:08] I haven't been in the know and in the
[2:40:10] loop as much as I I really want to say
[2:40:12] as my calendar permits and I don't have
[2:40:14] other duties assigned. I do want to come
[2:40:16] and celebrate as often as we can or at
[2:40:18] least a W three temp team member can be
[2:40:20] there on my in mystead. So thank you so
[2:40:23] much. Appreciate all the efforts.
[2:40:25] >> Thank you. Anybody else? Miss Brunie.
[2:40:27] » Thank you. Anybody else? Miss Brunie.
[2:40:28] >> Thank you. Thanks Rachel for the
[2:40:29] » Thank you. Thanks Rachel for the
[2:40:29] presentation. I just had a clarifying
[2:40:31] question. I know that you've mapped
[2:40:33] where we have water fountains, but did
[2:40:35] you say that we're also thinking about
[2:40:36] adding some? And if we are, do we know
[2:40:39] what the anticipated cost of adding a
[2:40:41] water fountain is?
[2:40:43] >> We have not reached out to public works
[2:40:45] » We have not reached out to public works
[2:40:45] yet to ask about that. Um, but the idea
[2:40:48] is uh recommending to include water
[2:40:50] fountains along a public rideway where
[2:40:54] as people are walking or bicycling to
[2:40:56] work that they also have access uh to
[2:40:58] drinking water. but we're not sure in
[2:41:00] terms of like the cost that it would be
[2:41:02] um and how we would get access to the
[2:41:05] the water to those areas.
[2:41:07] >> And council, I would just add to that
[2:41:09] » And council, I would just add to that
[2:41:09] what came out of AB96 was a requirement
[2:41:13] that we put in our master plan how we
[2:41:15] are going to both map existing and also
[2:41:18] plan for the future of adding new. So
[2:41:21] this goes in our aspirational document
[2:41:23] of the 2050 master plan. The next step
[2:41:24] would be implementation which would be
[2:41:26] looking at locations where we could add
[2:41:28] those
[2:41:29] Yes, Miss Kelly.
[2:41:31] >> Thank you, Madam Mayor. There was
[2:41:33] » Thank you, Madam Mayor. There was
[2:41:33] probably more of a comment, Seth, to you
[2:41:34] and to the city manager.
[2:41:39] I just want to make sure that when
[2:41:41] everything we do needs to be through
[2:41:43] this lens. So whether it's new projects
[2:41:46] coming in to to community development or
[2:41:50] we have, you know, we have this terrific
[2:41:53] new RDA and and we're going to be able
[2:41:56] to update local, you know, help help our
[2:41:59] community, update the the areas, where
[2:42:03] can we make sure there's another tree?
[2:42:05] And I think a perfect example is uh what
[2:42:08] we had in the the the gentleman who was
[2:42:10] talking about the item in Ward 5. And I
[2:42:14] really appreciated the council woman's
[2:42:16] attention to the number of
[2:42:18] >> your call has exceeded the maximum
[2:42:19] » your call has exceeded the maximum
[2:42:19] permitted duration. You will be
[2:42:21] disconnected now. Goodbye.
[2:42:24] >> Goodbye. And so I I really hope that um
[2:42:28] » Goodbye. And so I I really hope that um
[2:42:28] you know through public works, you know,
[2:42:30] whatever we're doing, if we're if we're
[2:42:32] tearing something up and we can add a
[2:42:34] tree or if we're taking things out, it
[2:42:37] should be part of every filter of what
[2:42:39] we do. Thank you.
[2:42:41] >> Thank you so much, Miss Summers
[2:42:42] » Thank you so much, Miss Summers
[2:42:42] Armstrong.
[2:42:44] >> Thank you, Madam Mayor. It is so amazing
[2:42:46] » Thank you, Madam Mayor. It is so amazing
[2:42:46] that we have such collaboration and
[2:42:48] unity on this board for this issue. I'm
[2:42:52] also uh representing one of the hot
[2:42:54] areas on the heat island map. When I saw
[2:42:57] that map in 2021, my first session in
[2:43:00] the legislature, when I tell you it get
[2:43:03] made me gasp. I knew it, but to see it
[2:43:06] was overwhelming. And to see that the
[2:43:10] city of Las Vegas is being intentional
[2:43:12] about making a difference. I signed up
[2:43:15] for my tree, okay? because I want two
[2:43:17] trees and um in the front so that I can
[2:43:20] be an example. We took this flyer to a
[2:43:24] community meeting on Monday and to see
[2:43:27] the excitement on people's faces and
[2:43:29] then they were mad some of them well we
[2:43:30] live in another municipality and I said
[2:43:33] that's not my problem. The city of Las
[2:43:35] Vegas is doing their part and so I think
[2:43:38] what you are doing and your
[2:43:39] intentionality is catching on. people
[2:43:42] still don't know. So, we have to
[2:43:44] continue to talk about it. Um, I'm going
[2:43:47] to be an example and make sure that I'm
[2:43:49] talking about it every opportunity I
[2:43:51] get. And my question for Seth and M and
[2:43:55] Mr. Soliss, uh, is are we allowed to ask
[2:43:59] some of these things as actual
[2:44:02] demands in, um, in our planning process?
[2:44:05] because um I just saw that we have a new
[2:44:08] fountain at um
[2:44:11] um Ela Pearson. Thank you, Parks and
[2:44:13] Recre. I've seen people use it all the
[2:44:15] time. How do we get this stuff in as
[2:44:18] mandatory? Like we said, the ice cream
[2:44:20] shop that's on a hot street. That would
[2:44:22] be great to have a little water fountain
[2:44:24] out there. So, how do we integrate these
[2:44:27] things? Solar panels,
[2:44:29] um more trees and water so that where we
[2:44:33] can, we take every opportunity.
[2:44:35] >> Yeah. Thanks, Councilwoman Seth Foy for
[2:44:36] » Yeah. Thanks, Councilwoman Seth Foy for
[2:44:36] the record. And yes, thank you for
[2:44:37] mentioning Fred. I forgot to introduce
[2:44:39] Fred, who's been standing up here the
[2:44:40] whole time. Fred Solis is our planning
[2:44:42] manager. Uh he does a lot of work on
[2:44:44] planning commission. So when these items
[2:44:45] come uh up, he shepherds them through
[2:44:47] that process. Uh so this is step one and
[2:44:51] actually you already took a step. Rachel
[2:44:53] had a slide up here about the urban
[2:44:54] forestry management plan, which we
[2:44:56] actually adopted back at the end of last
[2:44:57] year. But this is really step one in
[2:45:01] setting the goal of where we want to go
[2:45:03] and the next steps are implementation.
[2:45:05] We have in draft form. We've had a
[2:45:08] couple over the years, but we've got one
[2:45:09] that we're moving forward. Peter and I
[2:45:10] actually just talked about it this
[2:45:11] morning. Uh another a tree ordinance
[2:45:14] that would actually add those specific
[2:45:16] requirements you're talking about. Uh so
[2:45:18] those things are moving along. We do
[2:45:20] them. You know, not everything moves as
[2:45:22] quickly as we'd like, but this is step
[2:45:23] one. So it sets that priority for us to
[2:45:25] then go and develop those rules and
[2:45:27] guidelines to get those things
[2:45:28] implemented. So I think this is and
[2:45:30] you're already seeing even without this
[2:45:31] plan uh if you look on Jackson, we've
[2:45:34] done it on Main Street, Stewart, all of
[2:45:36] those roadway projects are including a
[2:45:38] lot more street trees. In fact, my team
[2:45:40] did a management huddle where we went
[2:45:41] out and did a little walkound on Jackson
[2:45:43] and we were it was kind of hot so we
[2:45:44] were standing under one of those
[2:45:46] excellent shade trees that's going to
[2:45:47] provide even more shade. So, uh, we're
[2:45:49] already doing those things regardless of
[2:45:50] the plan, but we can we're this is
[2:45:52] certainly the step in the right
[2:45:53] direction to get those implemented.
[2:45:56] >> This good. Uh, this is an open hearing.
[2:46:00] » This good. Uh, this is an open hearing.
[2:46:00] Is there anybody that wishes to be heard
[2:46:02] on this item before I entertain a
[2:46:04] motion?
[2:46:07] » Please come forward.
[2:46:19] My name is Eric Melzde Christ Nimrod.
[2:46:22] This heat mitigation situation is
[2:46:25] fantastic.
[2:46:26] It must be understood that trees ought
[2:46:29] to be planted around bus stops also. And
[2:46:33] it should be understood that a bus is a
[2:46:37] cooling system. It's air conditioned.
[2:46:40] It's a moving air conditioning
[2:46:44] uh vehicle for the people.
[2:46:48] Some are parked especially in BTC at the
[2:46:52] BTC and they're running and they won't
[2:46:56] let anybody get on them into the cool to
[2:47:01] get out of the heat. So it must be
[2:47:03] understood that part of this heat
[2:47:05] mitigation situation should be that all
[2:47:08] those those buses they'll be running and
[2:47:13] nobody's allowed on them.
[2:47:16] So that should be thought of in this
[2:47:18] mitigation thing. the RTC
[2:47:22] should be more um
[2:47:27] should thank more of the people because
[2:47:29] that would help a lot of what's going on
[2:47:33] in this heat because I'm one who's
[2:47:36] suffering from this threederee heat due
[2:47:39] to the uh
[2:47:42] low service by the RTC.
[2:47:46] >> Thank you very much. Anyone
[2:47:50] » Thank you very much. Anyone
[2:47:50] else? Then I will close the public
[2:47:52] hearing. I I have to say the moment of
[2:47:56] personal privilege. My family moved to
[2:47:59] Las Vegas in 1964
[2:48:01] in the middle of the summer, right
[2:48:03] around this time of year. I honestly
[2:48:05] thought my family took me to hell. And I
[2:48:09] am now I'm mayor of hell. And so I I'm
[2:48:12] just so um so proud that to be mayor of
[2:48:17] a city that understands the importance
[2:48:20] of this and is not only working on heat
[2:48:24] mitigation, but we're beautifying the
[2:48:26] city as we go along. So thank you so
[2:48:29] much for your extraordinary efforts um
[2:48:32] on all of our behalfs. We appreciate it.
[2:48:35] We recognize it and it's making a huge
[2:48:38] difference. And with that, I will
[2:48:40] entertain a motion of Mayor Prom.
[2:48:42] >> I move to approve. Madame Mayor,
[2:48:44] » I move to approve. Madame Mayor,
[2:48:44] >> please vote.
[2:48:48] » please vote.
[2:48:48] >> Post. Motion carries. Thank you so much.
[2:48:54] Agenda item 426-0206-ET1
[2:49:02] extension of time special use permit
[2:49:04] SUP-78660.
[2:49:08] applicant owner Pacific Classic LLC for
[2:49:12] possible action on a land use
[2:49:13] entitlement project request for the
[2:49:16] third extension of time of the approval
[2:49:18] for a proposed car wash full service and
[2:49:21] auto detailing use at the northwest
[2:49:24] corner of Iron Mountain Road and Sky
[2:49:26] Village Road. Uh C1 limited commercial
[2:49:30] zone ward 6. Miss Brunie planning
[2:49:33] commission recommends approval. Staff
[2:49:35] recommends denial. Is the applicant
[2:49:37] present?
[2:49:38] >> Good morning, your honor. Members of the
[2:49:40] » Good morning, your honor. Members of the
[2:49:40] council, my name is Bob Gronower, 1980
[2:49:42] Festival Plaza Drive. I'm here
[2:49:44] representing the property owner and
[2:49:46] applicant on this matter. Um, we're
[2:49:48] asking for an extension of time here.
[2:49:50] There was a condition that the planning
[2:49:52] commission put on that states that this
[2:49:54] application would be good until December
[2:49:56] 4th of 2026. And the reason for that is
[2:49:58] is we're getting ready to come in with a
[2:50:00] subsequent application in here for a
[2:50:02] large end user on this piece of
[2:50:03] property. So, we're excited of what's
[2:50:05] going to be coming here in the very near
[2:50:07] future. So, we ask you to approve the
[2:50:09] planning commission's recommendation,
[2:50:11] which also lines up with what you
[2:50:13] approved for convenience store in this
[2:50:16] property last month. All
[2:50:17] >> right. Thank you so much. May I have a
[2:50:19] » right. Thank you so much. May I have a
[2:50:19] staff report, please?
[2:50:20] >> Yes. Thank you, Mayor Seth Floyd, for
[2:50:21] » Yes. Thank you, Mayor Seth Floyd, for
[2:50:21] the record. Uh, this is the third
[2:50:23] extension of time for this special use
[2:50:24] permit approval, which has remained
[2:50:26] active for six years, even though the
[2:50:27] site development plan review for the
[2:50:28] site that includes the car wash expired
[2:50:30] three years ago. staff recommends denial
[2:50:32] and recommends that a new special use
[2:50:34] permit be sought when the developer is
[2:50:36] ready to obtain a new site development
[2:50:38] review and site development plan review
[2:50:40] entitlement. Uh but as Mr. Groar stated,
[2:50:42] the planning commission did amend
[2:50:44] condition number one uh to have this
[2:50:46] approval expire on December 4th, 2026
[2:50:48] unless another extension of time is
[2:50:50] approved.
[2:50:51] >> Okay.
[2:50:53] » Okay.
[2:50:53] Are there any questions or comments from
[2:50:55] the council?
[2:50:59] So, um, staff, explain to me what we are
[2:51:03] requesting. You're asking for a complete
[2:51:06] denial.
[2:51:07] >> Yeah, staff typ typically when we get to
[2:51:09] » Yeah, staff typ typically when we get to
[2:51:09] this u a third extension of time, staff
[2:51:12] will ordinarily recommend denial and
[2:51:14] have the applicant come back with a new
[2:51:15] application when they're ready to
[2:51:16] develop.
[2:51:19] >> What would your preference be?
[2:51:21] » What would your preference be?
[2:51:21] >> Oh, we would like to follow planning
[2:51:22] » Oh, we would like to follow planning
[2:51:22] commission's recommendation. And the
[2:51:24] reason what their recommendation is this
[2:51:26] was previously approved for part of a
[2:51:29] Costco site. Uh this Costco is going to
[2:51:32] originally go here. Unfortunately, uh
[2:51:35] that fell out of the deal. They're
[2:51:37] Costco's looking for another place to
[2:51:38] go. We have another big enduser that's
[2:51:40] here that um hopefully I I'm told
[2:51:44] Friday, Monday that we'll know that
[2:51:46] we'll officially be able to say who the
[2:51:48] end user is. We've been working very
[2:51:50] closely with councilwoman in this um in
[2:51:52] this area, Councilwoman Brunie. So, the
[2:51:54] way we look at this, there's no harm
[2:51:56] here by approving this application
[2:51:58] because what we're telling you is if we
[2:52:00] don't have this enduser in and submit
[2:52:03] our application before December 4th,
[2:52:06] that application's gone. We're not
[2:52:07] coming back here and you're not going to
[2:52:09] see us for the convenience store or the
[2:52:11] car wash. So, we just need this in here
[2:52:14] so we can finalize the deal with our end
[2:52:16] user. and then you'll like the end user
[2:52:19] that's going to be coming in here if
[2:52:20] this all comes to fruition. And if not,
[2:52:22] you're not going to see us here in
[2:52:23] December asking for an extension of
[2:52:25] time.
[2:52:25] >> Thank you so much, Councilwoman Brun.
[2:52:29] » Thank you so much, Councilwoman Brun.
[2:52:29] >> Thank you, Mayor. I'd like to make a
[2:52:30] » Thank you, Mayor. I'd like to make a
[2:52:30] motion to approve item number
[2:52:31] 4226-0206-O1.
[2:52:37] » Please vote on the motion.
[2:52:40] >> Post.
[2:52:43] » Post.
[2:52:43] Motion carries.
[2:52:44] >> Thank you. Have a good day. Thank you so
[2:52:46] » Thank you. Have a good day. Thank you so
[2:52:46] much. Agenda item 43 26-0216-dir1
[2:52:53] director's business applicant college of
[2:52:55] southern Nevada owner Nevada system of
[2:52:58] higher education for possible action on
[2:53:00] a request for the first amendment of the
[2:53:03] cooperative campus development agreement
[2:53:05] between the city of Las Vegas and the
[2:53:07] board of regents of the Nevada system of
[2:53:10] higher education on behalf of the
[2:53:12] college of southern Nevada. This is in
[2:53:14] ward four. Miss Alan Pinski. This is a
[2:53:17] public hearing that I now declare open.
[2:53:21] >> Hello.
[2:53:21] » Hello.
[2:53:21] >> Good morning. Carissa Nef. I'm associate
[2:53:23] » Good morning. Carissa Nef. I'm associate
[2:53:23] general counsel at the College of
[2:53:25] Southern Nevada.
[2:53:27] >> Would you care to tell us about your
[2:53:29] » Would you care to tell us about your
[2:53:29] project?
[2:53:30] >> Uh yes. This is regarding uh the
[2:53:33] » Uh yes. This is regarding uh the
[2:53:33] construction of CSN's campus in the
[2:53:36] Northwest. And the purpose of the action
[2:53:39] item before you is relatively simple. Uh
[2:53:43] basically
[2:53:44] um the Nevada system of higher education
[2:53:48] and the city of on behalf of of CSN
[2:53:53] and the city of Las Vegas had entered
[2:53:55] into a cooperative agreement on July
[2:53:58] 20th, 2017. Um, subsequent to that, the
[2:54:02] BLM issued basically an amended land
[2:54:05] patent and each agreement contains
[2:54:08] differing terms regarding the
[2:54:10] construction date for for um a building
[2:54:13] to be completed on that Northwest
[2:54:16] campus. Under the initial cooperative
[2:54:18] agreement, CSN had eight years from the
[2:54:21] transfer of the land from the United
[2:54:23] States government to the Nevada system
[2:54:25] of higher education to construct at
[2:54:27] least one educational building. However,
[2:54:31] when we got the amended land patent uh
[2:54:33] from the United States that provided
[2:54:36] different language and said that CSS Zen
[2:54:38] shall complete the first building or
[2:54:41] show progress towards the development of
[2:54:43] the College of Southern Nevada campus
[2:54:45] within 12 years um of when the land was
[2:54:49] conveyed to Eni. And so the action item
[2:54:52] before you is basically to um approve
[2:54:56] the first amendment to the cooperative
[2:54:59] agreement. So the language in the
[2:55:01] subsequent land patent is in alignment
[2:55:04] and gives CSN 12 years.
[2:55:08] >> Thank you so much. May I have a staff
[2:55:09] » Thank you so much. May I have a staff
[2:55:09] report, please?
[2:55:11] >> Yes, madame mayor. The proposed
[2:55:12] » Yes, madame mayor. The proposed
[2:55:12] amendment complies with all NRS 278 and
[2:55:15] title 19 requirements. The amended
[2:55:16] updates the development agreement with
[2:55:18] more accurate information pertaining to
[2:55:20] the date in which the land was conveyed
[2:55:22] from the US government to the College of
[2:55:23] Southern Nevada as well as provides a
[2:55:25] review mechanism for the city council to
[2:55:27] monitor progress at the development of
[2:55:28] the Northwest campus. No other portions
[2:55:31] of agreement have been modified and
[2:55:33] staff recommends approval of the
[2:55:34] request. Thank you.
[2:55:36] >> Thank you so much. Uh this is a public
[2:55:38] » Thank you so much. Uh this is a public
[2:55:38] hearing that I now declare open. Is
[2:55:40] there anyone uh wishing to be heard on
[2:55:43] this item?
[2:55:45] Seeing none, I will close the public
[2:55:46] hearing. Are there any questions or
[2:55:48] comments from members of the council?
[2:55:52] >> Very good. Is there a motion?
[2:55:54] » Very good. Is there a motion?
[2:55:54] Councilwoman Palinski?
[2:55:56] >> Uh, yes. Thank you, Madame Mayor. I
[2:55:58] » Uh, yes. Thank you, Madame Mayor. I
[2:55:58] enthusiastically move to approve item
[2:56:00] number 43. And I would like to ask if it
[2:56:04] is u if the entire council agrees to
[2:56:09] invite CSN to come sometime in the fall,
[2:56:13] maybe November, December and uh fully
[2:56:16] explain in our presentation portion of
[2:56:18] the council to the people of the
[2:56:20] Northwest exactly what's planned.
[2:56:22] >> I think CSN would be happy to do that.
[2:56:24] » I think CSN would be happy to do that.
[2:56:24] >> Thank you.
[2:56:27] » Thank you.
[2:56:27] There's a motion on the table. Please
[2:56:29] vote.
[2:56:31] opposed.
[2:56:32] Motion carries. Thank you so much.
[2:56:34] >> Thank you.
[2:56:36] » Thank you.
[2:56:36] >> Agenda item 44, resend 26-0127-
[2:56:42] » Agenda item 44, resend 26-0127-
[2:56:42] SDR1 [snorts] site development plan
[2:56:45] review public hearing. Applicant Trout
[2:56:48] Electric Owner Novak Holdings LLC for
[2:56:52] possible action on a land use
[2:56:54] entitlement project request for a
[2:56:56] proposed parking facility with waiverss
[2:56:59] of perimeter landscape requirements on
[2:57:02] 0.35
[2:57:03] acres at the northeast corner of Lake Me
[2:57:06] Boulevard and San Simeone Street C1
[2:57:10] limited commercial zone ward five Miss
[2:57:12] Summers Armstrong
[2:57:14] um on at the June June 17th city council
[2:57:18] meeting. This item was held in obeyance
[2:57:20] to the August 19th, 2026 council
[2:57:24] meeting. This item is to consider uh
[2:57:27] rescending that council action so the
[2:57:29] item could be heard today. This is a
[2:57:32] public hearing that I now declare open.
[2:57:34] Is there anybody wishing to be heard uh
[2:57:37] regarding rescending the previous
[2:57:39] council action on this item? Seeing
[2:57:42] none, I'll close the public hearing.
[2:57:47] Mayor Jeff Dorquek, city attorney for
[2:57:49] the record. On this item, we would just
[2:57:51] need any of the council members because
[2:57:53] everyone voted unanimously back in July
[2:57:55] to hold it in a bay or June to hold it
[2:57:57] in obeyance. So, I would uh assume
[2:58:00] Councilwoman Summers Armstrong can make
[2:58:02] the motion or would want to make the
[2:58:03] motion. We on this item, let's go ahead
[2:58:06] and move to resend the obeyance from
[2:58:09] August 17th. Was that the date? Uh
[2:58:13] >> 19 August 19th. August 19th. Uh so we'll
[2:58:17] » 19 August 19th. August 19th. Uh so we'll
[2:58:17] move to resin the the obeyance uh to a
[2:58:20] for August 19th and set the hearing for
[2:58:23] today. And once that motion's made and
[2:58:26] if it's approved, we can then proceed to
[2:58:28] item 45.
[2:58:29] >> All right. Thank you so much. Um Miss
[2:58:31] » All right. Thank you so much. Um Miss
[2:58:31] Summers Armstrong, do I have a motion?
[2:58:34] >> Yes, madame mayor. I move that we resend
[2:58:36] » Yes, madame mayor. I move that we resend
[2:58:36] the obeyance uh to August 19th and allow
[2:58:39] this item to be heard today.
[2:58:41] >> All right. Please vote.
[2:58:44] » All right. Please vote.
[2:58:44] Post.
[2:58:46] Motion carries. Now we're at agenda for
[2:58:48] item 45. Reconsider 26-0127-
[2:58:54] SDR1 obeyance item site development plan
[2:58:58] review applicant Trout Electric Owner
[2:59:00] Novac Holdings LLC for possible action
[2:59:04] on a land use entitlement project
[2:59:06] request for a proposed parking facility
[2:59:08] with waiverss of the perimeter landscape
[2:59:11] requirements on 0.35 acres at the
[2:59:15] northeast corner of Lake Meade Boulevard
[2:59:17] and San Simeone. Um C1 limited
[2:59:20] commercial zone ward 5, Miss Summers
[2:59:23] Armstrong. Uh planning commission
[2:59:25] recommends approval. Staff recommends
[2:59:27] denial. Uh this is a public hearing that
[2:59:30] I now declare open. Is the applicant
[2:59:32] present?
[2:59:33] >> Yes, we are. Pernella Christensen of
[2:59:34] » Yes, we are. Pernella Christensen of
[2:59:34] Trout Electric.
[2:59:36] >> Would you care to tell us about your
[2:59:37] » Would you care to tell us about your
[2:59:37] project?
[2:59:38] >> Yes, absolutely. Thank you, mayor, mayor
[2:59:40] » Yes, absolutely. Thank you, mayor, mayor
[2:59:40] prom council for rescending the motion
[2:59:42] and allowing us to be here today. It's
[2:59:44] greatly appreciated. Um in 2021 when
[2:59:47] clean While Clean Cars Nevada was
[2:59:49] adopted, there were 17,000 EVs on the
[2:59:52] road. Nevada now ranks third nationally
[2:59:54] with 65,000 EVs on the road. There is a
[2:59:58] lacking infrastructure. For example, we
[3:00:00] did a surrounding search of 60 square
[3:00:02] miles and we only found 27 DC fast
[3:00:06] chargers. To put that into comparison,
[3:00:08] there are 3,300 gas pumps in the same
[3:00:11] square mile area. We're proposing 16
[3:00:13] chargers on a parking facility. Benefits
[3:00:16] to the communities include lo building
[3:00:18] the local community, offering the
[3:00:20] fastest charging speeds available on the
[3:00:22] market, and increasing public safety by
[3:00:25] reducing risk for bad battery efficiency
[3:00:27] loss caused by the heat locally. We will
[3:00:30] also be eliminating an empty lot, which
[3:00:32] we just heard the problems that that can
[3:00:34] create. We met with the planning
[3:00:36] commission and were asked to put in a
[3:00:38] north buffer. We've done that. We have
[3:00:39] added landscaping to that buffer. We
[3:00:42] have also added canopies. Uh this
[3:00:44] project will be done in two phases. We
[3:00:45] are proposing to uh add the 16 charges
[3:00:49] across two phases. Uh with that I will
[3:00:51] ask if there are any questions.
[3:00:53] >> Thank you so much. May I have a staff
[3:00:54] » Thank you so much. May I have a staff
[3:00:54] report please?
[3:00:56] >> Yes madam mayor. Uh the parking facility
[3:00:58] » Yes madam mayor. Uh the parking facility
[3:00:58] is proposed on a vacant property zone uh
[3:01:01] limited commercial. The site is directly
[3:01:02] adjacent to single family residential
[3:01:04] subdivision to the north and a shopping
[3:01:06] center development to the east. Vehicle
[3:01:08] charging operation intend to serve
[3:01:10] general public 24 hours per day, seven
[3:01:12] days per week. And the facility is
[3:01:14] proposing as mentioned 16 electric
[3:01:17] vehicle charging post specifically
[3:01:19] serving Tesla vehicles and four Tesla
[3:01:21] power cabinets. Although it will be
[3:01:23] screened from view, the location of the
[3:01:24] proposed mechanical equipment near
[3:01:26] residential property is a concern. Pad
[3:01:28] mount transformers and proposed Tesla
[3:01:30] power cabinets are typically low noise
[3:01:32] generators under normal operation and
[3:01:34] generally meet the noise requirements
[3:01:35] until 19. However, this equipment should
[3:01:38] be cited away from residential property
[3:01:40] to minimize nuisance. In addition, the
[3:01:42] proposed development requires waiverss
[3:01:44] of perimeter landscape buffer
[3:01:45] requirements and exceptions of parking
[3:01:46] lot landscaping and trash enclosure
[3:01:48] location, which staff does not support
[3:01:50] and therefore recommends denial of the
[3:01:52] request. Uh, and at the time of the
[3:01:54] motion, if the counciloman has any
[3:01:55] additional um request, I'll take care of
[3:01:57] those at that time. Thank you.
[3:01:59] >> Thank you so much. Um, this is a public
[3:02:02] » Thank you so much. Um, this is a public
[3:02:02] hearing. Is there anybody wishing to be
[3:02:04] heard on this item?
[3:02:06] I'll close the public hearing. Does the
[3:02:09] applicant Well, let let me hear first
[3:02:11] from Are there any questions or comments
[3:02:13] from members of the council.
[3:02:16] I'd like to hear from Miss Summers
[3:02:18] Armstrong.
[3:02:20] >> Thank you, Madam Mayor. Can you please
[3:02:21] » Thank you, Madam Mayor. Can you please
[3:02:21] uh lay out your um your plan so that my
[3:02:25] colleagues can see what you have in
[3:02:26] mind?
[3:02:36] Okay. So, just for some points of
[3:02:38] clarification, these charging stations,
[3:02:41] as you are proposing, would be open to
[3:02:44] any type of vehicle. They have adapters
[3:02:46] where they're not just one brand, but
[3:02:48] can be used by all.
[3:02:50] >> That's correct. They're equipped with
[3:02:51] » That's correct. They're equipped with
[3:02:51] Magic Ducks, so drivers will not need to
[3:02:53] provide their own adapters.
[3:02:54] >> Okay. And then we had an issue about
[3:02:56] » Okay. And then we had an issue about
[3:02:56] landscaping um to give some shielding to
[3:03:00] the uh residential property that is
[3:03:02] immediately adjacent to the north. Could
[3:03:04] you please lay out what it is that we
[3:03:07] are looking at?
[3:03:08] >> That is this area right along here.
[3:03:09] » That is this area right along here.
[3:03:09] >> Talk to us about what you're planning.
[3:03:11] » Talk to us about what you're planning.
[3:03:11] >> We have added four of the paleo verde
[3:03:14] » We have added four of the paleo verde
[3:03:14] and then for every four of those we've
[3:03:16] added shrubs. So for there's one for
[3:03:17] four um to keep the ratio. There's a
[3:03:20] total of 19 24 inch trees on the on the
[3:03:24] property total and there are I believe
[3:03:28] there's 28 of the da daan wheelery um 48
[3:03:32] of the foriba tukalli and we added some
[3:03:37] um some cacti just as optional.
[3:03:41] >> Okay, thank you. Um,
[3:03:44] » Okay, thank you. Um,
[3:03:44] have you thought about limiting the
[3:03:45] hours of operation so that it is not
[3:03:48] disturbing at uh or at least controlling
[3:03:51] the pumps that are nearest to the
[3:03:53] residential after a certain number of
[3:03:56] hours. Um, so anything
[3:03:59] right near the the um the garbage
[3:04:02] enclosure because that's pretty close to
[3:04:04] residents as well.
[3:04:05] >> Sure. Um that that I would have to come
[3:04:08] » Sure. Um that that I would have to come
[3:04:08] back for. Um the primary purpose of this
[3:04:12] parcel is to get drivers access 24/7 to
[3:04:15] charging. So to limit the business hours
[3:04:18] would be a significant problem.
[3:04:20] >> Okay. Um when we're talking about the um
[3:04:23] » Okay. Um when we're talking about the um
[3:04:23] the shade structures um I would I would
[3:04:26] like um to propose that they are fixed
[3:04:30] structures that are not made out of
[3:04:32] fabric so that they don't um I know that
[3:04:35] you're you're from California as am I.
[3:04:39] Uh the heat here is a shock. Um, and it
[3:04:42] also does damage, significant damage to
[3:04:44] any any fabric. Um, anything made out of
[3:04:48] a plastic material, it is going to go
[3:04:50] away. It will not last. So, um I've
[3:04:54] talked to Peter in the uh um community
[3:04:58] development and asked him to uh create
[3:05:01] something which would be um a need which
[3:05:04] would that whatever those shade
[3:05:05] structures are would be made of
[3:05:08] something like steel, architectural
[3:05:10] grade aluminum or aluma wood, but
[3:05:12] something that is going to last. And if
[3:05:16] you all can have those um work with
[3:05:19] someone where we can get some energy
[3:05:21] produced out of that would make a lot of
[3:05:23] sense to have uh that so that it can you
[3:05:27] know run the lights underneath which
[3:05:29] should be controlled. So I think that
[3:05:31] there's some still a few things that
[3:05:33] need to be clarified. If your covers
[3:05:36] have lights, making sure there's not a
[3:05:38] lot of uh noise from the lights onto the
[3:05:40] property. Uh I am concerned about 24
[3:05:43] hours. Um, we'll give it a minute and
[3:05:45] and can we revisit this and see if we
[3:05:49] have any um um have an administrative
[3:05:52] review in a year to see if we've had any
[3:05:54] complaints from neighbors about noise,
[3:05:57] people playing their music while they're
[3:05:59] charging their and it's disturbing the
[3:06:00] neighbors. Um, those folks have been
[3:06:02] here way longer. So, we want to make
[3:06:05] sure that we're respecting
[3:06:06] >> them. Regard the canopy, we have I
[3:06:08] » them. Regard the canopy, we have I
[3:06:08] provided conceptuals. These are
[3:06:10] conceptuals. The height of the canopy
[3:06:12] will be about uh 13 to 15 feet. They
[3:06:14] will be made of aluminum steel. They
[3:06:16] will be fixed. There will be solar
[3:06:17] panels on top.
[3:06:19] >> Wonderful.
[3:06:20] » Wonderful.
[3:06:20] >> And there will be lights.
[3:06:21] » And there will be lights.
[3:06:21] >> Wonderful. Pete, do Peter, do you need
[3:06:23] » Wonderful. Pete, do Peter, do you need
[3:06:23] to read the um that um piece in
[3:06:29] >> uh through you, Madam Mayor? Yes. I I
[3:06:31] » uh through you, Madam Mayor? Yes. I I
[3:06:31] was just working on the uh admin I'm
[3:06:33] assuming an administrative required
[3:06:35] review. Um so to the first part about
[3:06:38] the materials um planning commission did
[3:06:41] add a condition. It's condition B within
[3:06:44] the staff report on on the psych review.
[3:06:48] It currently reads provide carports or
[3:06:50] shade structures over each of the
[3:06:52] electrical charging stations along the
[3:06:53] east property line. We would amend and
[3:06:55] add to that condition. The car ports or
[3:06:58] shade structures are to be made of
[3:07:01] either steel architectural grade
[3:07:02] aluminum and or aluminum wood. And then
[3:07:06] I would be adding an additional
[3:07:08] condition of approval to that site
[3:07:10] development review which would read an
[3:07:12] administrative required review shall be
[3:07:14] conducted one year from the date of um
[3:07:18] business license issuance.
[3:07:21] >> Does the applicant agree to the
[3:07:23] » Does the applicant agree to the
[3:07:23] conditions?
[3:07:23] >> Yes, we do.
[3:07:24] » Yes, we do.
[3:07:24] >> All right. I'll entertain a motion.
[3:07:26] » All right. I'll entertain a motion.
[3:07:26] Madam Mayor, I have a question about
[3:07:28] Ma'am, I have a question about the
[3:07:30] condition
[3:07:32] um
[3:07:33] regarding what Councilwoman Shandra
[3:07:37] Armstrong, Shondaanda Summers Armstrong,
[3:07:39] pardon me, requested. Is it a simple
[3:07:42] thing and is it appropriate to have to
[3:07:46] ask the applicant to put in signs at the
[3:07:49] charging station and ask to be
[3:07:52] respectful of the neighbors and to keep
[3:07:56] the music or activity low and to a
[3:08:00] minimum?
[3:08:02] I'm I'm really I don't know if that's an
[3:08:05] appropriate question to ask.
[3:08:06] >> I'm sure it's an appropriate question.
[3:08:09] » I'm sure it's an appropriate question.
[3:08:09] Um, uh, Miss Summers Armstrong, is that
[3:08:12] something you would like to incorporate
[3:08:13] into your motion?
[3:08:16] >> Uh, Mr. Attorney, what kind of, uh, room
[3:08:20] » Uh, Mr. Attorney, what kind of, uh, room
[3:08:20] do we have on something like that?
[3:08:22] >> Well, as the mayor said, yeah, it's a
[3:08:23] » Well, as the mayor said, yeah, it's a
[3:08:23] perfectly appropriate and fine question.
[3:08:25] Um,
[3:08:27] if if if you'd like to lay it out, I I
[3:08:30] don't have an issue with it. I think the
[3:08:32] applicant might be amendable, it looks
[3:08:33] like. So,
[3:08:34] >> I'll defer to the council woman. It was
[3:08:36] » I'll defer to the council woman. It was
[3:08:36] just an idea I thought of. Thank you.
[3:08:38] Thank you, um, Miss Kelly. And, um, I
[3:08:41] don't always get everything in what I'm
[3:08:43] thinking. Then afterwards, it'll be
[3:08:44] like, "Oh my goodness, I should have
[3:08:45] asked for this. Thank you for suggesting
[3:08:47] it." I think it would be appropriate,
[3:08:50] especially at those stalls that are
[3:08:52] nearest to the um the residents. Just
[3:08:55] ask people, you know, after 9:00 p.m.,
[3:08:59] between 9 and, you know, 7, you know,
[3:09:02] please don't play your music. And we'll
[3:09:04] see. And hopefully that'll mean that
[3:09:06] when we come back for the the review in
[3:09:08] a year, we won't have anyone
[3:09:10] complaining.
[3:09:12] >> Absolutely. We can do that.
[3:09:13] » Absolutely. We can do that.
[3:09:13] >> All right. You're comfortable with that
[3:09:15] » All right. You're comfortable with that
[3:09:15] condition?
[3:09:15] >> Absolutely.
[3:09:16] » Absolutely.
[3:09:16] >> All right. In that case, Miss Summers
[3:09:18] » All right. In that case, Miss Summers
[3:09:18] Armstrong, I will entertain a motion.
[3:09:20] >> So moved.
[3:09:22] » So moved.
[3:09:22] >> Please vote.
[3:09:23] » Please vote.
[3:09:23] >> Through you, Madam Mayor, I'm just
[3:09:24] » Through you, Madam Mayor, I'm just
[3:09:24] trying to put that condition in
[3:09:27] [laughter] planner.
[3:09:28] >> Do you want to Why don't you reiterate
[3:09:30] » Do you want to Why don't you reiterate
[3:09:30] the uh the uh what is the motion? we are
[3:09:34] voting on.
[3:09:35] >> So well the motion would be I think
[3:09:37] » So well the motion would be I think
[3:09:37] approval with the amended condition B
[3:09:39] and added two conditions and the second
[3:09:42] condition that I'm don't know if I have
[3:09:44] worded correctly or not is on-site
[3:09:46] signage shall be provided requiring
[3:09:48] general courtesy for the neighboring
[3:09:50] properties by not playing loud music or
[3:09:53] was it just should I just cut it off at
[3:09:55] general courtesy
[3:09:58] >> noise and disturbances.
[3:10:00] » noise and disturbances.
[3:10:00] I'm just trying to think of what we
[3:10:02] might do for a park.
[3:10:04] It's It's just
[3:10:08] I'm not trying to overregulate it. I I
[3:10:10] was just I like what I like about it is
[3:10:12] it shows that the council woman in the
[3:10:13] city thought about it and so it's we're
[3:10:17] being proactive and I think that's
[3:10:19] appropriate.
[3:10:21] whatever you would whatever you
[3:10:23] >> this may be a question for uh Jeff but
[3:10:25] » this may be a question for uh Jeff but
[3:10:25] we could reference if we wanted to be
[3:10:27] something that would be enforceable by
[3:10:28] code enforcement for example we could
[3:10:30] reference a nuisance like so as not to
[3:10:33] create a nuisance or something in that
[3:10:34] regard so then it at least triggers uh
[3:10:37] back to a section of code but Jeeoff I
[3:10:39] don't know if that's specific
[3:10:41] >> Jeff Dorg city attorney that sounds fine
[3:10:43] » Jeff Dorg city attorney that sounds fine
[3:10:43] to me so does Peter's original language
[3:10:45] I mean the intent there is clear there's
[3:10:47] going to be some signage saying don't be
[3:10:49] loud with various noise types the way
[3:10:52] the the wording is on your end. Just
[3:10:55] make sure that's covered when they go to
[3:10:56] look.
[3:10:57] >> We can do that.
[3:10:57] » We can do that.
[3:10:58] >> All right,
[3:11:00] » All right,
[3:11:00] >> Miss Summers Armstrong. Well, actually,
[3:11:02] » Miss Summers Armstrong. Well, actually,
[3:11:02] there is a motion on the table. Please
[3:11:05] vote.
[3:11:05] >> All right. Should I give it one more
[3:11:07] » All right. Should I give it one more
[3:11:07] read through so it's clear on that?
[3:11:08] >> Yeah, I I think we'd all appreciate it.
[3:11:10] » Yeah, I I think we'd all appreciate it.
[3:11:10] >> All right. Thank you. So, that that
[3:11:13] » All right. Thank you. So, that that
[3:11:13] other added conditions, on-site signage
[3:11:14] shall be provided requiring general
[3:11:16] courtesy for the neighboring properties
[3:11:17] by eliminating noise and disturbances.
[3:11:21] Please vote.
[3:11:24] Post. Motion carries. Thank you.
[3:11:28] >> Thank you so much. We'll see you next
[3:11:30] » Thank you so much. We'll see you next
[3:11:30] year.
[3:11:33] Agenda item 46. This item was heard
[3:11:36] earlier in the meeting.
[3:11:40] Agenda item 47, set date on any appeals
[3:11:43] filed or required public hearings. I
[3:11:45] would instruct the city clerk to set the
[3:11:47] public hearing dates and appeals from
[3:11:50] the city planning commission meetings
[3:11:52] and dangerous buildings or nuisance
[3:11:54] litter abatements.
[3:11:56] >> We'll do. Thank you.
[3:11:57] » We'll do. Thank you.
[3:11:57] >> Thank you so much. And I before we um
[3:12:01] » Thank you so much. And I before we um
[3:12:02] continue, I just wanted to acknowledge
[3:12:04] our uh legal intern again, Haley
[3:12:08] Burgerer. Thank you so much for being a
[3:12:10] part of our summer here in the city.
[3:12:15] I think Jeff told me he wanted to offer
[3:12:18] you a job when you graduate.
[3:12:20] >> I'm waiting on the city manager to give
[3:12:22] » I'm waiting on the city manager to give
[3:12:22] me that job. [laughter]
[3:12:26] » So, apparently, Healey, your entire
[3:12:28] future depends on the city manager. So,
[3:12:31] [laughter]
[3:12:33] agenda item 48, citizens participation.
[3:12:37] Public comment during this portion of
[3:12:39] the agenda must be limited to matters
[3:12:41] within the jurisdiction of the city
[3:12:43] council. No subject may be acted upon by
[3:12:46] the city council unless that subject is
[3:12:49] on the agenda and is scheduled for
[3:12:51] action. If you wish to be heard, come to
[3:12:54] the podium, give your name for the
[3:12:56] record. The amount of discussion on any
[3:12:58] single subject as well as the amount of
[3:13:00] time any single speaker is allowed will
[3:13:03] be limited to two minutes. Uh this is
[3:13:05] your opportunity to address the council,
[3:13:08] but the council is not able to respond
[3:13:10] or engage in dialogue. Are there any
[3:13:13] members of the public who wish to speak
[3:13:15] under this portion of the agenda? Please
[3:13:17] state your name for the record.
[3:13:19] >> I am Shashana. I'm a resident and I'm
[3:13:21] » I am Shashana. I'm a resident and I'm
[3:13:21] here again to urge the council to end
[3:13:23] the invocations, the praying at these
[3:13:25] government meetings because
[3:13:28] this is not a church. The source of your
[3:13:31] invocations, however, is the Bible which
[3:13:33] you support. The Bible invokes rape,
[3:13:35] incest, slavery, torture, bodily
[3:13:38] mutilation, mass drownings, the murder
[3:13:40] of firstborn kids, the killing of men
[3:13:42] for their foreskins, anti-gay rhetoric,
[3:13:44] throwing babies against rocks, boiling
[3:13:46] and eating children, and so on. I also
[3:13:49] want to get into the irony of this book.
[3:13:51] Um, let's not forget the Jewish people
[3:13:53] wrote the Bible, including all the
[3:13:56] commandments, which were written for no
[3:13:58] one else but themselves.
[3:14:01] Then the Jewish Bible was plagiarized
[3:14:03] and a part two was created, also known
[3:14:05] as the New Testament, that depicts a
[3:14:08] Jewish baby raised by his Jewish mom and
[3:14:11] his two Jewish dads. Yes, your God is
[3:14:14] 100% Jewish. Um, and is described as
[3:14:16] having white hair, fire in his eyes,
[3:14:19] floating around in the sky, wearing a
[3:14:20] robe, and sitting on a throne. And by
[3:14:23] the way, the Old Testament God is the
[3:14:25] same as the New Testament. People argue
[3:14:27] with me all the time. It's the same guy.
[3:14:29] And then part two claims that the Jewish
[3:14:31] Jesus character dies and is magically
[3:14:34] raised from the dead like a zombie and
[3:14:36] is involuntarily converted to a
[3:14:38] Christian. I don't know if you know
[3:14:40] this, but you cannot convert a dead
[3:14:41] Jewish man unless the story is fiction.
[3:14:45] But at least people knew at the time
[3:14:47] this started that the enormous
[3:14:48] profitability there would be in
[3:14:50] religion. And so they made up an image
[3:14:53] of Jesus. Nobody knew what he looked
[3:14:54] like. It was all made up. um they made
[3:14:56] an image of his dead body and took his
[3:14:59] carcass and hung it up on the wall, made
[3:15:01] art out of it, made jewelry out of his
[3:15:03] carcass and various other merchandise
[3:15:05] and then got tax-free status with their
[3:15:07] religious um formation to chain.
[3:15:10] Brilliant, wasn't it? Again, I urge the
[3:15:13] council to stop bringing religion into
[3:15:15] these chambers. Please do your job and
[3:15:16] not keep using this building as a house
[3:15:19] of worship because this is not a church.
[3:15:22] Thank you.
[3:15:23] >> Thank you so much. Is there anyone else
[3:15:25] » Thank you so much. Is there anyone else
[3:15:25] that wishes to address the council?
[3:15:26] >> Madame Mayor, I just want to make sure
[3:15:28] » Madame Mayor, I just want to make sure
[3:15:28] we have two citizens that have been
[3:15:30] sitting here quite patiently for the
[3:15:32] meeting and we have some card speaker
[3:15:34] cards for them. So, I have a Rihanna
[3:15:36] Apoaka
[3:15:37] >> and Jacko. This would be the time that
[3:15:40] » and Jacko. This would be the time that
[3:15:40] you want to come up and speak.
[3:15:43] >> Welcome. And would you state your name
[3:15:45] » Welcome. And would you state your name
[3:15:45] for the record?
[3:15:51] » There we go. Hi, my name is Rihanna
[3:15:53] Apadaka.
[3:15:54] Um, good afternoon, mayor and members of
[3:15:57] the city council.
[3:16:00] Um, well, Las Vegas has internationally
[3:16:04] synonymous with opulence just a few
[3:16:06] miles down the road in a facility that
[3:16:09] is funded and overseen by this
[3:16:11] municipality.
[3:16:13] Residents are struggling for fundamental
[3:16:15] survival.
[3:16:17] To the representatives of W 5 and this
[3:16:20] council, this systemic failure is
[3:16:22] occurring directly within your
[3:16:24] jurisdiction.
[3:16:26] Looking at me tonight, I likely deviate
[3:16:28] from the demographic preconceptions of
[3:16:30] an unhoused individual.
[3:16:33] But I arrived here following the
[3:16:35] devastating loss of my father while
[3:16:37] navigating severe health issues
[3:16:41] and endeavoring to actively maintain my
[3:16:44] employment. My presence demonstrates
[3:16:46] that catastrophic life events can
[3:16:48] dismantle anyone's socioeconomic
[3:16:51] security. That instead of encountering a
[3:16:54] rehabilitative sanctuary, disabled
[3:16:57] residents, including those like myself
[3:16:59] who battle things like brain tumors or
[3:17:02] advanced cerosis of the liver, are
[3:17:04] subjected to systemic neglect. I stand
[3:17:08] before you as a solitary voice because a
[3:17:10] majority of my peers suffer from
[3:17:13] paralysis and are terrified of
[3:17:15] administrative reprisal. While a select
[3:17:19] few compassionate staff members attempt
[3:17:21] to mitigate these issues, their efforts
[3:17:24] are neutralized by structural
[3:17:25] impediments. Meanwhile, the dominant
[3:17:28] culture among other personal personnel
[3:17:31] and security is overtly adversarial.
[3:17:35] Crucially, this mistreatment is not
[3:17:36] isolated to those with physical
[3:17:38] vulnerabilities. It is pervasive.
[3:17:42] It is a pervasive daily pattern of
[3:17:44] degradation and psychological abuse
[3:17:47] directed at every single individual
[3:17:49] housed at the courtyard.
[3:17:52] When an advocate for legally mandated
[3:17:55] ADA accommodations are brought up, we
[3:17:57] are met with swift retaliation and
[3:17:59] verbal abuse.
[3:18:02] city is failing both its residents and
[3:18:03] its well-meaning staff. We do not
[3:18:05] solicit preferential treatment or demand
[3:18:09] uh structuratory compliance. I simply
[3:18:12] urge you guys to mandate an immediate
[3:18:15] independent investigation into the
[3:18:17] compliance failures and staff misconduct
[3:18:19] at the courtyard. Please don't let these
[3:18:22] people slip through the cracks.
[3:18:24] >> Thank you so much. there. Sabra,
[3:18:30] um, would would you mind waiting a
[3:18:33] minute? There's somebody that would like
[3:18:34] to uh from the city that would like to
[3:18:37] speak with you.
[3:18:40] >> Thank you so much. Welcome. And would
[3:18:42] » Thank you so much. Welcome. And would
[3:18:42] you state your name for the record?
[3:18:44] >> Good morning, Mrs. Mayor. My name's Jack
[3:18:46] » Good morning, Mrs. Mayor. My name's Jack
[3:18:46] Trujillo.
[3:18:47] I'm calling in regards to my neighbors
[3:18:50] uh hoarding dogs and uh instead of
[3:18:53] picking up the dog poop and putting it
[3:18:55] in a trash bag and putting in the trash
[3:18:58] can, they're digging holes under my wall
[3:19:01] and placing it there and putting water
[3:19:04] in there, saturating it. The stench is
[3:19:07] terrible. And now we have screworm
[3:19:09] flies. And unfortunately, the city of
[3:19:12] Las Vegas has no protocol for screworm
[3:19:15] flies.
[3:19:17] Arizona,
[3:19:18] Texas. This is a foreign disease coming
[3:19:23] from Brazil. Well, due to these people
[3:19:27] doing what they're doing, our area is
[3:19:29] now infested.
[3:19:31] And I've called everybody in the city of
[3:19:33] Las Vegas and the answer is not my job.
[3:19:37] Not my job.
[3:19:40] This is a critical situation.
[3:19:43] People should not pile dog poop on the
[3:19:47] sides of the house. It goes in the trash
[3:19:50] and it goes to the dump
[3:19:53] when it collects flies, fleas, ticks.
[3:19:57] This is a disgrace
[3:19:59] and it's terrible that nobody in the
[3:20:01] city will take care of it.
[3:20:04] Now, my neighbors are Joey and Joey Joey
[3:20:08] Mullins and Karen Mullins. They're
[3:20:10] fostering dogs.
[3:20:13] They don't have the area to have dogs.
[3:20:16] They have 200 square feet. These dogs
[3:20:19] have been locked up in the house for
[3:20:21] over a year. She only brings them out
[3:20:24] late at night.
[3:20:26] And then with the poop, they push it in
[3:20:28] these holes and put it in the saturated
[3:20:31] with water. Now we're infested with all
[3:20:34] these flies. What's the city going to do
[3:20:36] about the flies and all this stench and
[3:20:39] all this poop? there. If you are running
[3:20:42] a business, whether it's fostering dogs,
[3:20:44] regardless what the business is, there's
[3:20:47] appropriate ways to dispose of dog feces
[3:20:51] and other trash.
[3:20:53] This is not the way. And as a result, I
[3:20:57] have a petition from many neighbors that
[3:20:59] want this business to be ceased and
[3:21:02] stopped
[3:21:04] >> because they're not doing anything to
[3:21:06] » because they're not doing anything to
[3:21:06] >> Thank you. Would you mind giving your
[3:21:08] » Thank you. Would you mind giving your
[3:21:08] address? so that we can go and
[3:21:11] investigate it.
[3:21:13] >> My address is 3724 Dorington Drive. The
[3:21:18] » My address is 3724 Dorington Drive. The
[3:21:18] neighbors is 3720
[3:21:21] Dorington Drive.
[3:21:23] >> Okay, we will
[3:21:24] » Okay, we will
[3:21:24] >> zip code 89129. Now, Mrs. Palansky said,
[3:21:28] » zip code 89129. Now, Mrs. Palansky said,
[3:21:28] "I cannot do nothing for one year."
[3:21:30] >> Well, I think your time is up, but I
[3:21:32] » Well, I think your time is up, but I
[3:21:32] thank you very much. We'll look into it
[3:21:35] for sure. Last thing, I also did ask
[3:21:37] your secretaries for an appointment and
[3:21:41] a month went by and I still haven't
[3:21:42] heard from him and I called again today.
[3:21:44] I would still like to have that
[3:21:46] appointment in person with you
[3:21:48] personally.
[3:21:49] >> Let's see what we could do of this
[3:21:52] » Let's see what we could do of this
[3:21:52] problem and thank you for coming down. I
[3:21:54] appreciate it. Is there anybody um
[3:21:59] sir, would you mind speaking with Mr.
[3:22:01] Hacker? Thank you so much.
[3:22:06] Please state your name for the record.
[3:22:09] >> Powerful people, my name is Eric
[3:22:12] » Powerful people, my name is Eric
[3:22:12] Melazdc, Christ Nimrod.
[3:22:15] You can find uh Christ in the Bible
[3:22:20] conquering death.
[3:22:22] Don't worship is death. Worship is
[3:22:24] conquering death. That's why people are
[3:22:26] dying so much. They worshiping this
[3:22:28] death.
[3:22:30] Their savior died. No, the savior
[3:22:32] conquered death.
[3:22:34] That's the
[3:22:34] >> keep this to something within the
[3:22:36] » keep this to something within the
[3:22:36] jurisdiction of the city.
[3:22:40] >> Please keep your comments to uh within
[3:22:43] » Please keep your comments to uh within
[3:22:43] the jurisdiction of the city.
[3:22:46] >> Well, you're the one that Okay. All
[3:22:48] » Well, you're the one that Okay. All
[3:22:48] right. LVA
[3:22:53] is needed and the heat mitigation
[3:22:56] situation is needed because Lake me,
[3:23:00] whether you know it or not, is drying
[3:23:02] up. is at a dangerous point right now.
[3:23:06] The RTC
[3:23:08] is building a lot of um
[3:23:13] at a lot of intersections
[3:23:16] destroying the flow of traffic.
[3:23:20] The Maryland Parkway had a sign saying
[3:23:24] if you want to know about it, call this
[3:23:26] number. I called the number months ago
[3:23:30] and they said, "Well, the it will end in
[3:23:34] June
[3:23:35] 226." I said, "Wow, that's a long ways
[3:23:38] off, but it's still being constructed.
[3:23:44] It's still being constructed."
[3:23:47] And Lake now Lake me and MLK Jr.
[3:23:53] intersection
[3:23:55] is being constructed. you seem to be
[3:23:57] following me everywhere I go. The um the
[3:24:02] the RTC
[3:24:05] is really causing a lot of problems
[3:24:09] and the bus drivers should be
[3:24:13] taught better as to how to use those
[3:24:17] buses because
[3:24:19] the people need to be protected from the
[3:24:22] bus drivers.
[3:24:28] heat mitigation. The buses are cooling
[3:24:32] stations.
[3:24:33] >> Thank [snorts] you so much, Mr. Nimrod.
[3:24:35] » Thank [snorts] you so much, Mr. Nimrod.
[3:24:35] >> And we the people need to be protected
[3:24:41] » and that is what we're doing. Thank you
[3:24:43] so much. You're doing a great job.
[3:24:47] [laughter]
[3:24:49] >> Agenda item 49, council emerging issues.
[3:24:53] » Agenda item 49, council emerging issues.
[3:24:53] Discussion regarding potential items for
[3:24:55] future city council agendas or wards. Uh
[3:24:59] any discussion must be limited to
[3:25:01] whether or not such proposed items shall
[3:25:03] be placed on a future agenda. No
[3:25:05] discussion regarding the substance of
[3:25:07] any proposed topic shall occur. No
[3:25:10] action shall be taken. Do any members of
[3:25:12] the council have any topics that they
[3:25:14] would like to bring forward under this
[3:25:15] item?
[3:25:17] Seeing none, we will move to agenda item
[3:25:21] number 50.
[3:25:24] Council members recognition. Comments
[3:25:26] made by individual city council members
[3:25:28] during this portion of the agenda will
[3:25:30] not be acted upon by the city council
[3:25:33] unless that subject is on the agenda and
[3:25:36] scheduled for action. Um, let us start
[3:25:39] with our new mayor pro Tim.
[3:25:43] >> Wow, I'm still getting used to the title
[3:25:45] » Wow, I'm still getting used to the title
[3:25:45] mayor. I apologize in RDA. I was like,
[3:25:48] you say MPT and it still hasn't
[3:25:50] registered for me, but thank you so
[3:25:51] much. Um, I also want to give kudos to
[3:25:54] Haley Ber for doing a really good job on
[3:25:56] reading our bills today. So, thank you
[3:25:58] so much for being with us. I know that
[3:26:01] getting through our business can be
[3:26:03] exciting at times, but not so exciting
[3:26:05] sometimes. Um, I just want to go through
[3:26:07] a few things because I I do know that
[3:26:09] I'm standing between you all in the
[3:26:10] World Cup match between England and
[3:26:12] Argentina. So, um, let me go ahead and
[3:26:16] get started. On July 1st, I had the
[3:26:18] honor of welcoming a wonderful group of
[3:26:20] Girl Scouts, um, to our city hall, and
[3:26:23] it happened during our last city council
[3:26:25] meeting. And I just want to thank
[3:26:26] everyone in city hall for making them
[3:26:29] feel so welcome. They took tours within
[3:26:31] our ma main building, but they also went
[3:26:34] to our municipal court and they learned
[3:26:36] so much about democracy and action and
[3:26:39] they earned their democracy badge that
[3:26:41] day. So special kudos goes out to parks,
[3:26:44] recreation and cultural affairs,
[3:26:45] department of public safety, municipal
[3:26:47] court chief judge Jordani, and our city
[3:26:50] clerk's office assistant and our very
[3:26:53] own assistant city manager Rosa Cortez.
[3:26:56] Um, and the girls also met with
[3:26:57] representatives from the office of the
[3:26:59] Nevada Secretary of State across the way
[3:27:01] and Congresswoman Dina Titus. So, thank
[3:27:04] you so much um to everyone for making
[3:27:06] this an awesome day for them. On July
[3:27:09] 6th, I popped into Ward 5 to visit the
[3:27:12] Just One project. Um, they used to be
[3:27:14] Ward Three though uh when they had a
[3:27:16] tiny little closet of a space, but I'm
[3:27:19] so elated to see that they've grown so
[3:27:21] much and they continue to do an amazing
[3:27:23] job for everyone in our city. and um we
[3:27:26] just uh were there to partake with
[3:27:28] Brooke and uh share a little bit about
[3:27:31] my journey and who I am and why I'm in
[3:27:33] this work. So, I just want to thank them
[3:27:35] for being invited to their podcast. On
[3:27:38] July 9th, I was over at the Concept Auto
[3:27:41] Body Repair grand opening and it's not
[3:27:44] your everyday
[3:27:46] um I guess body shop. I was uh amongst
[3:27:50] the mist of a Bugatti, which I had never
[3:27:52] seen up close and personal. And uh I
[3:27:55] also heard a tidbit that just in cars
[3:27:57] that were there showing off, we there
[3:28:00] was about an inventory of $7 million. I
[3:28:02] was like, "Oh my gosh." Um but this is a
[3:28:05] new repair shop in Ward 3 owned by the
[3:28:07] proud owners of Lou and um Wendell Ranel
[3:28:12] who had impeccable attention to detail
[3:28:15] for bringing this to our community. um
[3:28:17] he was approached by MercedesBenz to
[3:28:20] open a shop and I'm glad he chose our
[3:28:22] city to do it in. On July 9th, we also
[3:28:25] had the Museum of Ice Cream ribbon
[3:28:27] cutting and the mayor and I had a blast
[3:28:31] um from cutting the ribbon to going
[3:28:33] through the immersive exhibits at the
[3:28:36] new Museum of Ice Cream at Area 15 in
[3:28:39] the second phase of it. This is a
[3:28:41] colorful new attraction and it's also
[3:28:43] another exciting addition for residents
[3:28:45] and families to enjoy. U Mayor Berkeley
[3:28:48] and I um got as you can see our own
[3:28:51] little removable tattoos and I got to go
[3:28:54] down the slide which was the best part
[3:28:57] of the day. Everyone was laughing at me
[3:29:00] but it's okay
[3:29:01] >> with you. With [laughter]
[3:29:03] » with you. With [laughter]
[3:29:03] >> um I just want to bring up this very
[3:29:06] » um I just want to bring up this very
[3:29:06] important road closure casino center at
[3:29:08] Charleston Boulevard. If you guys have
[3:29:10] been in that area of town, it's reduced
[3:29:14] down to one lane and it takes quite a
[3:29:16] bit. So, you either have to add
[3:29:18] additional minutes to your commute or
[3:29:20] just use alternate routes to get to and
[3:29:23] from um through to the arts district.
[3:29:25] So, just know Casino Center will be
[3:29:27] closed on the south side of Charleston
[3:29:29] Boulevard through July 31st. And um just
[3:29:33] call our office if you need anything
[3:29:35] else from us on that point. And that's
[3:29:38] it for me, mayor. As usual, people can
[3:29:40] reach out via phone, email, and sign up
[3:29:42] for our monthly newsletters. Thank you
[3:29:44] so much.
[3:29:45] >> Thank you, Miss Kelly.
[3:29:47] » Thank you, Miss Kelly.
[3:29:47] >> Thank you, Mayor. I was thrilled on July
[3:29:50] » Thank you, Mayor. I was thrilled on July
[3:29:50] 1 to be in my first parade, and I joined
[3:29:55] the mayor and Councilwoman Francis
[3:29:57] Finski, as well as Councilwoman
[3:30:00] Nancy Brune, um, and many of our
[3:30:03] colleagues. I'll tell you, it was really
[3:30:05] special to ride and uh see not only the
[3:30:09] I mean the the best part of the
[3:30:11] children's faces, but I also loved how
[3:30:13] Councilwoman um Alan Pollinski, she must
[3:30:16] have said hi to at least a dozen people.
[3:30:18] That woman knows everybody. So, I was
[3:30:21] particularly impressed with that. And
[3:30:22] what a lovely time uh to be with all of
[3:30:25] you. The Summerland Council does a
[3:30:28] terrific job on that parade. I then was
[3:30:32] earlier in the month had the opportunity
[3:30:33] to tour Shine a Light Foundation. I did
[3:30:36] not go into the tunnels, but I did learn
[3:30:38] a lot about their program and was very
[3:30:42] impressed uh to meet with Robert
[3:30:44] Banghart and learn about the incredible
[3:30:46] work that they're doing to serve
[3:30:48] individuals experiencing homelessness
[3:30:50] and other ver vulnerable members of our
[3:30:53] community.
[3:30:55] um he gave a statistic and I didn't ask
[3:30:57] the origin but that said 60% of our of I
[3:31:03] was uh one paycheck away from a from a
[3:31:06] crisis and that uh you know I grew up in
[3:31:10] um
[3:31:11] you know with with very modest and um
[3:31:15] and that was my mom's situation
[3:31:17] certainly and I was sharing with the
[3:31:19] council woman uh with councilwoman
[3:31:21] Summers Armstrong that had my
[3:31:24] grandmother not had a house where we
[3:31:26] were we lived uh multiple times through
[3:31:29] times in our life that uh I would likely
[3:31:32] have been homeless at some point. So it
[3:31:34] is and it never occurred to me until
[3:31:37] um you know until actually recently that
[3:31:40] that was that was a uh what a gift that
[3:31:43] was. I just thought that was what you
[3:31:45] did with your grandma as you moved in
[3:31:46] and out of where she lived uh which is
[3:31:48] probably a lot of people. Uh, one of the
[3:31:50] things that Shine a Light that does is
[3:31:52] does have a community closet. Um, and
[3:31:54] they're always, uh, stocking it with
[3:31:56] with new stuff. And so, um, we have so
[3:32:00] many of our nonprofits that have
[3:32:01] community closets. Here's another place
[3:32:03] where it goes directly to people and we
[3:32:05] like to know that. And just a couple
[3:32:07] things that are upcoming. Um, we've got
[3:32:09] our breakfast buzz on Saturday the 22nd.
[3:32:12] I'm really excited about this one
[3:32:14] because we had an event focusing on
[3:32:17] seniors and fraud and we had so many
[3:32:20] constituents come up afterwards and say
[3:32:23] how important that topic was and their
[3:32:25] desire to learn more. And so we're going
[3:32:28] to be having some different experts uh
[3:32:31] but also talking about this important
[3:32:33] subject. And one of the things that um
[3:32:35] the special agent in charge, Chris
[3:32:37] Delado, said to our attendees on that
[3:32:41] day that we had the event was that
[3:32:44] uh they don't even recommend that you
[3:32:46] unsubscribe to emails that that there's
[3:32:49] some fraud that's taking place. So you
[3:32:51] think you're trying to unsubscribe to
[3:32:53] the Macy's emails or whatever spam
[3:32:55] you're getting and uh that could
[3:32:58] actually be embedded fraud. So, it uh
[3:33:01] that was new to me and I'm looking
[3:33:04] forward to the city of the world uh
[3:33:06] being at Bruce Trent Park as well with
[3:33:08] some of our other parks uh for the fall.
[3:33:12] And uh we have movie night coming up uh
[3:33:15] which back to school movie night on
[3:33:17] August 7th. It is the day after my
[3:33:19] birthday. I know we have quite a few see
[3:33:22] on our list quite a few Leos, but it'll
[3:33:24] be my meme me day. And you can always
[3:33:26] reach the W2 at W2 Vegas nevada.gov or
[3:33:32] at our office 702229-2420.
[3:33:36] Thank you.
[3:33:37] >> Thank you so much, uh, Councilwoman
[3:33:39] » Thank you so much, uh, Councilwoman
[3:33:39] Brun.
[3:33:41] >> Thank you, Mayor. So, I too joined the
[3:33:45] » Thank you, Mayor. So, I too joined the
[3:33:45] Las Vegas uh Fourth of July parade, the
[3:33:49] Summerland Patriotic Parade with my
[3:33:51] colleagues and was thrilled to be on Big
[3:33:54] Red. Later that day, we I joined Mayor
[3:33:57] Berkeley and my colleague, Councilman
[3:33:59] Francis Alen Pollinsky, and we kicked
[3:34:02] off the fund with our Blastoff in the
[3:34:04] Basin event. It gets bigger and bigger
[3:34:06] every year. So, it looks like we had
[3:34:08] over 13,000 people come this year.
[3:34:11] Special shout out again to DPS and uh
[3:34:14] for keeping us all safe. Everyone had
[3:34:16] lots of fun. No incidents. Uh next
[3:34:21] last week,
[3:34:24] it should say July 8th, I stopped by the
[3:34:26] Centennial Hills Active Adult Center to
[3:34:28] help them celebrate with their Let's Let
[3:34:30] Freedom Ring lunchon. Thank you again to
[3:34:33] Jennifer Blanchard who does such a great
[3:34:36] job taking care of our active adults at
[3:34:38] the Centennial Hills Active Adult
[3:34:40] Center.
[3:34:42] Last week I also met with our neighbors
[3:34:44] for our monthly boaditos. We had about
[3:34:46] 20 people. Believe it or not, we're
[3:34:48] actually out growing our little
[3:34:49] satellite office. So I'll have to look
[3:34:52] into that. Um great time talking to
[3:34:55] neighbors about their concerns.
[3:34:57] Also last week uh we hurried over to the
[3:35:02] west facility westside facilities yard
[3:35:04] or west yard where we thanked a lot of
[3:35:06] the teams that really do work hard
[3:35:08] especially in this he keeping ward 6
[3:35:11] safe. So thank you to our code
[3:35:13] enforcement teams, our public works, our
[3:35:16] parks and wreck and our traffic teams
[3:35:19] who get a lot of emails from us and we
[3:35:21] just wanted to say again we're really
[3:35:23] grateful and appreciative for all the
[3:35:25] hard work that you do on behalf of our
[3:35:26] residents. So, thank you and stay tuned
[3:35:29] because we'll be offering uh a shaved
[3:35:32] ice event in August also at the Westside
[3:35:36] yard.
[3:35:37] Um this summer we're trying something
[3:35:39] new to try to keep our youth engaged and
[3:35:42] some fun constructive activities. So,
[3:35:45] we're partnering with the Y and the
[3:35:47] Northwest Area Command to offer pickle
[3:35:50] ball sessions with some of our officers
[3:35:52] and folks. um Mondays, every Monday
[3:35:55] night from 8 to 10 over the rest of the
[3:35:58] summer. So, we had about half a dozen
[3:36:01] young people come out last week or
[3:36:03] earlier this week um for some fun. We
[3:36:06] had some new people and some old folks
[3:36:09] or uh experienced players, but it was a
[3:36:11] lot of fun. It was great to see the
[3:36:13] young people come out.
[3:36:15] So, again, next um turning to events,
[3:36:17] we're going to be doing that both July
[3:36:19] 20th and July 27th. Please RSVP through
[3:36:23] the Y.
[3:36:25] Uh later this month, we'll be hosting
[3:36:28] our monthly uh connector series with an
[3:36:32] unwinding event. We're going to be
[3:36:34] hosting it uh pretty low-key at our
[3:36:36] satellite office Wednesday, July 29th
[3:36:39] from 6:00 to 7:30. Please RSVP.
[3:36:43] And then on August 1st, we're going to
[3:36:45] be going to be getting uh ready to go
[3:36:47] back to school with our splashback to
[3:36:49] school event Saturday, August 1st from
[3:36:52] 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Uh residents voted
[3:36:56] and so we'll be showing Finding Nemo.
[3:37:00] Please RSVP for that as well. And then
[3:37:02] lastly, we'll be doing our um monthly
[3:37:06] Bogatitos on August 13th at our
[3:37:09] Centennial Hills Y satellite office.
[3:37:11] We'll be going back from 9 to 11:00 a.m.
[3:37:14] As always, we want to hear from you.
[3:37:17] Please call us at 7022295463
[3:37:20] or email us at ward 6 at los vegas.gov.
[3:37:24] Thank you.
[3:37:25] >> Thank you so much, uh, Councilman
[3:37:28] » Thank you so much, uh, Councilman
[3:37:28] Canudson.
[3:37:30] >> Thank you, Madam Mayor. This is National
[3:37:32] » Thank you, Madam Mayor. This is National
[3:37:32] Pet Fire Safety Day. It starts on July
[3:37:34] 15th and it was began it started in 2009
[3:37:37] by the American Kennel Club and ADT Home
[3:37:39] Security and pets can accidentally start
[3:37:42] fires. Paws and tails knock over
[3:37:44] candles, bumps, stove knobs, and roughly
[3:37:46] a thousand home fires a year are
[3:37:48] petcaused. And uh I'm going to promote
[3:37:52] the route to health. The route to health
[3:37:54] is a mobile clinic uh providing eye
[3:37:56] exams, basic consultations for adults,
[3:37:58] blood pressure measurements, basic
[3:38:00] checkups with pediatricians, glucose
[3:38:01] testing, and HIV screening tests among
[3:38:03] other services. This is all at no cost.
[3:38:06] It's July 15th and 16th, 2026, and it's
[3:38:09] between the hours of 10 and 2 p.m. at
[3:38:11] Lumina Las Vegas, which is at 2710 West
[3:38:14] Charleenberg, West Charleston Boulevard.
[3:38:16] That's all I have. Thank you, Mayor.
[3:38:18] >> Thank you so much, Miss Alan Pinsky.
[3:38:21] » Thank you so much, Miss Alan Pinsky.
[3:38:21] Thank you, Madame Mayor. On the morning
[3:38:23] of Saturday, July 4th, we had the
[3:38:25] opportunity to ride Big Red in the
[3:38:28] Summerland Patriotic Parade. Uh there
[3:38:30] were many families in attendance and was
[3:38:32] a great way to start the celebration of
[3:38:33] America's 250th anniversary.
[3:38:37] After that, in the evening, we continue
[3:38:39] to celebrate at Blastoff in the Basin
[3:38:41] with almost 11,000 in attendance in the
[3:38:44] Basin and around 7,000 in total at the
[3:38:48] three satellite parks. It was surely a
[3:38:50] big party. We had food trucks, special
[3:38:53] 250th celebration trivia challenge, uh a
[3:38:57] performance from a great group of kids
[3:38:59] from musicology academy, and a special
[3:39:01] shout out to Dealco Crane Company for
[3:39:04] helping us proudly display that
[3:39:06] ginormous American flag because our fire
[3:39:09] department was too busy on the 4th of
[3:39:11] July responding to calls. So, we were
[3:39:14] great to have them substitute we could
[3:39:16] have our flag and the uh company was
[3:39:18] great to offer us that support. Uh at
[3:39:21] [snorts] the end of the night, we had a
[3:39:22] fantastic fireworks show and drone show
[3:39:25] that made the night truly something to
[3:39:27] remember.
[3:39:29] The following morning morning, very
[3:39:31] early Saturday morning on the 5th, we
[3:39:34] hosted an afterparty park cleanup.
[3:39:37] [laughter]
[3:39:38] Staff members and volunteers went around
[3:39:41] the park picking up trash and restoring
[3:39:43] it to its normal glorious state.
[3:39:46] Volunteers were offered breakfast and a
[3:39:48] free t-shirt for their hard work. If
[3:39:50] you'd like to volunteer next year, we'll
[3:39:52] be happy to take your name and put you
[3:39:53] on the list to come uh contribute. Next
[3:39:56] up, on Thursday, July 9th, I had the
[3:39:58] opportunity to be a guest on the Just
[3:40:00] One podcast
[3:40:02] hosted by my friend Brooke Newbower.
[3:40:04] This podcast exists to inspire and show
[3:40:07] citizens of Southern Nevada how they can
[3:40:10] make an impact. We talked about the ways
[3:40:12] the city serves uh our community and how
[3:40:15] it strengthens Southern Nevada. Next up,
[3:40:18] if you are a high school student with
[3:40:20] interest in city government or you'd
[3:40:22] like to make an impact in your city,
[3:40:25] well then join our city of Las Vegas
[3:40:28] Youth Advisory Council. By contributing,
[3:40:31] you'll be able to add your voice on pers
[3:40:34] your voice and perspective on key issues
[3:40:37] uh to matters and collaborate with your
[3:40:39] peers and make an impact while gaining
[3:40:42] more insight on how civic engagement
[3:40:44] works. Please scan the slide for the QR
[3:40:48] code and uh apply today. We're taking
[3:40:51] applications. I know in Ward 4 we have
[3:40:53] two spots open, so please please get
[3:40:56] your apps in soon. Next up, take a
[3:40:59] moment to look at these faces on the
[3:41:02] slide. There are 13 teens still missing
[3:41:05] from our community. If you recognize any
[3:41:08] of them or have any information that
[3:41:10] could please bring them home, contact
[3:41:13] LVMPD missing person detail at
[3:41:15] 7028283111.
[3:41:19] On the end other end of that phone line
[3:41:21] is a free bus ride home.
[3:41:24] Next up, you can stay uh up to date with
[3:41:27] community news and other updates. all
[3:41:29] the things happening in Ward 4 by
[3:41:30] following us on all the social media
[3:41:32] handles or calling the oldfashioned way
[3:41:34] at 702229-2524.
[3:41:38] We are always here to provide any
[3:41:40] assistance that we can. Thank you.
[3:41:42] >> Thank you so much. Uh Miss Summers
[3:41:44] » Thank you so much. Uh Miss Summers
[3:41:44] Armstrong, take us home.
[3:41:46] >> Thank you, Madame Mayor. I'm going to
[3:41:47] » Thank you, Madame Mayor. I'm going to
[3:41:47] turn this over to my summer intern,
[3:41:49] Roger Randolph, and he's going to do the
[3:41:52] honors.
[3:41:54] >> Hello. On Tuesday, June 30th,
[3:41:56] » Hello. On Tuesday, June 30th,
[3:41:56] Councilwoman had the pleasure of touring
[3:41:58] a new development in Ward 5. Olive
[3:42:00] Crest, a southern Nevada organization
[3:42:02] working hard to end child abuse and
[3:42:04] neglect, will be bringing a new campus
[3:42:06] for children and families. They offer
[3:42:08] service focused on families facing
[3:42:10] challenges including economic
[3:42:11] instability, housing insecurity, mental
[3:42:14] health strain, and more. Foster youth
[3:42:16] are often overlooked in our society.
[3:42:18] Those youth who age out of foster care
[3:42:20] are sometimes forgotten completely.
[3:42:22] Because of this sad reality, they are
[3:42:24] exposed to some of the worst that the
[3:42:26] world has has to offer and aren't able
[3:42:28] to learn some of the skills that we take
[3:42:29] for granted every day. Our friends at
[3:42:31] Olive Crest understood this reality and
[3:42:33] have made it their mission to fight and
[3:42:35] advocate for these youth.
[3:42:37] >> And I might say this is a proposed
[3:42:38] » And I might say this is a proposed
[3:42:38] development.
[3:42:42] » July [snorts] 4th, Saturday evening July
[3:42:44] 4th, the blastoff in the Basin Fourth of
[3:42:46] July celebration brought the community
[3:42:47] together at Buckskin Basin Park. The
[3:42:50] Warfire team and residents gathered at
[3:42:52] Children's Memorial Park to enjoy the
[3:42:53] fireworks and drone show. The evening
[3:42:55] was filled with music, dancing,
[3:42:57] connection, and celebration. Moments
[3:42:59] like these are what makes W five a vibe
[3:43:01] and a place to thrive. It was more than
[3:43:03] a holiday. It was an opportunity to
[3:43:05] create lasting memories with neighbors,
[3:43:07] friends, and family. Thank you to
[3:43:09] everyone who joined us for an evening
[3:43:10] filled with blooms and sparkles and
[3:43:12] community spirit. We look forward to
[3:43:13] celebrating with you again next year
[3:43:18] on July 7th. Councilwoman had the
[3:43:20] pleasure of joining Congressman Steven
[3:43:21] Horzford and his staff and Sam Cherry of
[3:43:24] Cherry Development on a tour inside the
[3:43:26] new Sher Westside complex. This
[3:43:29] development is the newest mixeduse
[3:43:30] development bringing bringing muchneeded
[3:43:32] housing to the historic Westside.
[3:43:35] Congressman Horser presented a developer
[3:43:37] Sam Cherry with a certificate of
[3:43:39] congressional recognition for this
[3:43:40] project that brings more homes into the
[3:43:42] area. These studios and one-bedroom
[3:43:44] apartments offer more than just modern
[3:43:46] live modern living. They provide
[3:43:48] workforce housing that allows many
[3:43:49] residents to live within walking
[3:43:51] distance from where they work. For some
[3:43:52] of the newest tenants, that means an
[3:43:54] easy commute on foot and more time to
[3:43:56] enjoy everything downtown has to offer.
[3:43:58] To learn more about these apartments and
[3:43:59] to check availability, please visit
[3:44:01] their website at www.sharedowntown.com.
[3:44:06] This past Saturday, the community came
[3:44:08] together to celebrate photojournalist
[3:44:10] Clinton Wright's 90th birthday and the
[3:44:12] incredible legacy he built documenting
[3:44:14] black life in the historic West Side.
[3:44:17] Councilwoman presented a proclamation
[3:44:18] provided by the mayor to Clinton Wright
[3:44:20] for his years of dedication. Staff from
[3:44:22] Senator Rosens and Congressman Horford's
[3:44:24] office also joined us and presented
[3:44:26] Clinton with a certificate of special
[3:44:28] congressional recognition. The day began
[3:44:30] with a guided tour of rhythm rhythm and
[3:44:32] resilience black Vegas led by curator
[3:44:34] Carmen Bills and the celebration
[3:44:36] continued upstairs in the in the then
[3:44:39] cafe with a heartfelt conversation
[3:44:40] between historian Clay Ty White and
[3:44:42] Clinton Wright. Filmmaker Emit Gates
[3:44:44] shared an early look at his new
[3:44:46] documentary about Clinton, giving
[3:44:48] everyone a glimpse into the ongoing work
[3:44:49] to preserve his history. We ended the
[3:44:52] afternoon with his favorite red velvet
[3:44:53] cake. Plenty of smiles and lots of
[3:44:55] people stopping by the gallery
[3:44:56] afterwards for a closer look at
[3:44:58] Clinton's photographs.
[3:45:00] Six decades of history is taking his
[3:45:03] next step in his life. The original
[3:45:04] campus of Matt Kelly Elementary School
[3:45:06] has been torn down and what is to come
[3:45:08] is a modern facility that will live with
[3:45:09] the community and be a solid foundation
[3:45:11] for students to learn and be inspired.
[3:45:13] Though the new building won't be
[3:45:14] finished and ready to open till 2028
[3:45:17] school year, the magnitude of this
[3:45:18] groundbreaking is a promise to the
[3:45:20] community that they matter. Thank you to
[3:45:22] CCSD core construction architects and
[3:45:26] some summing and everyone who's making
[3:45:28] this journey possible.
[3:45:31] The relaunch of the groceries on a goat
[3:45:32] bus was a great success on Tuesday, July
[3:45:35] 14th at the Westside Education Training
[3:45:37] Center. Community members came out to
[3:45:38] shop for fresh, affordable groceries and
[3:45:40] connect with local leaders, elected
[3:45:42] officials, including Councilwoman
[3:45:43] Shandra Summers Armstrongs, Commission
[3:45:45] Commissioner William Mccertie II, and
[3:45:47] several community partners. Thanks to
[3:45:49] the Just One project, residents had
[3:45:51] access to a wide variety of quality food
[3:45:53] options along with information about
[3:45:54] upcoming bus stops and services. The
[3:45:58] event highlighted ongoing efforts to to
[3:46:00] address urban food deserts and
[3:46:01] strengthen access to healthy food and
[3:46:03] across the city. Upcoming events we have
[3:46:06] splash with the badge. Get ready with
[3:46:07] Ward 5. Splash with the badge is almost
[3:46:09] here. Friday, July 17th from 3 to 7:00
[3:46:12] p.m. The Bill and Lily Hinrich YMCA is
[3:46:15] transform transferring transforming into
[3:46:17] the ultimate summer hangout spot. And
[3:46:19] you're everybody. Bring your family,
[3:46:21] friends, and neighbors for an afternoon
[3:46:23] filled with free food, fun games, and
[3:46:25] awesome giveaways, and plenty of chances
[3:46:26] to cool off. Get ready. The Tuck and Run
[3:46:30] Foundation is hosting the Las Vegas
[3:46:31] Raiders Play Football Skills Combine
[3:46:33] July 18th at the Pearson Community
[3:46:35] Center. This free and exciting camp
[3:46:37] gives youth athletes the chance to
[3:46:39] develop and showcase their football
[3:46:40] skills through advanced drills and
[3:46:42] official combine activities, including
[3:46:44] the 40 40 yard dash, vertical jump, and
[3:46:47] pro agility shuffle. Registration opens
[3:46:50] at 600 p.m. and the event will run from
[3:46:51] 7 to 8:30 p.m. Space is limited, so be
[3:46:54] sure to secure a spot today at
[3:46:55] www.tuckenrun.org/events.
[3:47:00] Check out the Bolton Area Command Youth
[3:47:02] Safe Night Out on Friday, July 24th, my
[3:47:04] birthday, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. for a
[3:47:06] vibrant familyfriendly event at Nucleus
[3:47:08] Plaza. Bordon Area Command and Hotme
[3:47:11] Community Service are teaming up to host
[3:47:12] a fun event filled with games, food, and
[3:47:17] community resources that are all free
[3:47:18] for youth and family. This event brings
[3:47:20] together local partners and
[3:47:21] organizations to provide kids with a
[3:47:23] positive, safe, and welcoming space to
[3:47:25] enjoy the evening. Connect with others
[3:47:26] and access helpful support services. For
[3:47:29] more information, please call
[3:47:30] 7024120060.
[3:47:35] The Las Vegas City Council in War 5
[3:47:37] invites you to a fun and family-friendly
[3:47:39] back to school celebration Saturday,
[3:47:41] July 25th from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
[3:47:43] at the Dittle Community Center. This
[3:47:45] annual event is packed with music,
[3:47:47] games, raffles, and plenty of excitement
[3:47:49] for students of all ages. School age
[3:47:51] children who attend will have the
[3:47:53] opportunity to receive free backpacks
[3:47:54] and school supplies while supplies last.
[3:47:57] While supplies last, children must be
[3:47:59] present to receive these items. We
[3:48:01] invite all school age children and
[3:48:02] families to join us, enjoy the
[3:48:04] festivities, and get ready for a great
[3:48:05] school year ahead. For more information,
[3:48:07] please call 7022296374.
[3:48:12] It's been a meaningful and eventful week
[3:48:14] as we celebrated the many initiatives
[3:48:15] making a positive impact in W 5. We're
[3:48:18] proud to highlight the great work
[3:48:19] happening in our community and hope it
[3:48:21] inspires more residents to get involved,
[3:48:23] the many activities and events organized
[3:48:25] by the city. Stay informed and engaged
[3:48:27] by signing up for our W5 newsletter,
[3:48:29] your go-to resource for news, updates,
[3:48:31] and opportunities to connect with your
[3:48:33] neighborhood.
[3:48:34] You can also stay engaged with us on
[3:48:36] Instagram, Facebook, X, and Tik Tok at
[3:48:38] Shandra for Vegas. For more information,
[3:48:40] please reach out to our office at W5 Las
[3:48:43] Vegas.gov or call us at 702229-5443.
[3:48:48] We look forward to hearing from you.
[3:48:52] » You're done?
[3:48:53] >> Yes. Thank you. [laughter]
[3:48:54] » Yes. Thank you. [laughter]
[3:48:54] Yes. Thank you. Let me say nicely done
[3:48:59] and happy birthday in advance.
[3:49:02] >> Uh this meeting of the city council is
[3:49:05] » Uh this meeting of the city council is
[3:49:05] now adjourned.