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Madame Clerk. Yeah. If we can go ahead
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Reno City Council on February 25th,
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We'll go ahead and start with the pledge
of allegiance. I think I see the

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Downtown Reno Partnership Executive
Director uh in the crowd. If Yeah. Uh N

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Jordan can lead us in the pledge,
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» To the flag of the United States of
America and to the republic for which it

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stands, one nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice

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for all.

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» Thank you so much for leading us. We'll
go ahead and start uh and move on to the

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roll call. Madam clerk,
>> thank you, Vice Mayor Martinez. Calling

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roll for Wednesday, February 26th, 25th,
2026 for the Reno City Council. Council

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member Taylor absent at this time.
Council member Dor

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» here.
>> Vice Mayor Martinez

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» here.
>> Council member Eert

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» here.
>> Council member Reese

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>> Council member Anderson.

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» Mayor Shei absent at this time. Uh Mr.
Vice Mayor, you do have a quorum of the

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Reno City Council.
>> Thank you so much. We'll go ahead and uh

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start with public comment today and then
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um some special public comments and
proclamations after our general public

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comment for today. So, if we can open up
item A3, please, Madam Clerk.

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» Awesome. Opening item A3, Vice Mayor
Martinez. Our first item today is public

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comment. It should be noted for those in
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addressed to the mayor and council as a
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will be limited to three minutes per
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on and off the council's agenda. Council
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agendaized on today's agenda. When
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please state your name for the record
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when you've stated your name and you
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participating in chambers in accordance
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room, please be respectful. Disruptive
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clapping, yelling, whistling, etc. which
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warning issued by the presiding officer.
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removed from chambers. If you're an
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like to make public comment, please
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Vice Mayor, just for the record, Council
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» Our first public commenter today is
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Good morning. It's me, Terry Brooks,
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you my thoughts on the results of
depression and what seniors go through.

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Last time I was here, I talked about the
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to talk about the results of depression.
When someone grows older and goes

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through various stages of depression, it
can then lead to going through stages of

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agitation
that can then lead to unusual delusions

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which can then lead to unusual
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All of these problems can then lead to
unusual suspicions which can then lead

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to unusual kinds of confusions. All of
these problems of such depression join

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into various stages of a long
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When someone goes through such periods
of depression, it can then lead to them

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finding themselves in isolation. And
being in isolation can then worsen the

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problems causing angry outbursts and
many other problems. It can lead to

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perceptual problems of formulating what
is seen or heard like problems of

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understanding simple messages or
directions seen or heard and that can

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lead to even more problems of doing many
things like remembering other people's

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names or identifying places or things.
You might be watching television on

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which people are having a conversation
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being in on that conversation.
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and distress and even suicide or it can
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tried. Depression has become even more
common in recent years which has also

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led to many a painful tears. I would
like to thank you all for listening to

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me today especially when I speak in such
of a depressing way. Thank you.

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Thank you.
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Hello, my name is Christina McTudis and
I live in Northwest Reno. I first spoke

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in front of the city council on November
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Reno firefighter in uniform had been in
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And it appeared that he was being given
preferential treatment. That's where he

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went through the wall. That's the car
that he hit. Um it appeared that he was

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being given preferential treatment to
avoid a DUI charge. After my public

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comment, Mary Mayor Shivi asked if a
city of Reno employee could contact me

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regarding my concerns. I said
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employee relations manager on Thursday,
December 4th, 2025. We spoke for

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approximately 15 minutes, and when we
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be willing to speak with the fire chief
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concerns addressed. I received a call on
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Afo asking if I would be available to
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the following day. I did receive that
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19th, and we spoke for approximately 24
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discussed. And I'm going to put this up
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Um, I asked why was Price hired with two
prior DUIs. Chief Cochran said operator

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Price was hired before he became chief.
It's possible he was hired and then

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promoted to operator. Um, I have some
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said many factors go into the hiring
process. I asked why wasn't Price placed

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on administrative leave after the
accident. Uh, Miss AO said, "The city of

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Reno has not concluded their
investigation, so he has not been placed

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on administrative leave or fired." Chief
Cochran responded, "He's not currently

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operating a firetruck." I asked what
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plead guilty to re f felony reckless
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on December 9th 2025. Messo answered
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and won't be considered convicted until
sentencing. I questioned why doesn't

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pleading guilty count as convicted and
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doesn't count. I then asked if after
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job. Chief Cochran said he could not
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Miss Ao said that after being sentenced
the city will evaluate the next step,

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but being sentenced does not necessarily
mean he will lose his job. I'm going to

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cut out some of what they said and wrap
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from Transparent Nevada shows that Mr.
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$103,26421.

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I bring up his pay to show that he is a
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makes him accountable and his actions
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May I finish my closing remarks?
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» I came and spoke to you in November
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what I was hearing in the news. I
appreciated that after my public

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comment, I did feel heard, but I am now
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uh consequences for the state fire
marshal who was recently arrested on

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suspicion of DUI versus the seemingly
lack of consequences for the city of

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Reno employee, it again shakes my
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servants are going to be held to the
same standards as anyone who would have

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caused my accident caused that accident.
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the fire department, I believe he should
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So, thank you for
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» Steven
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» Steven White followed by David Shakar.

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Good morning, folks.
You know, I you probably all think I'm a

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young guy and all, but last Friday, I
turned 79 years old. I don't know how

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the hell that ever happened, but I made
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uh the mayor gave me one of the best
birthday presents I think I've ever had

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when she committed $2,000.
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me the one of the best presents I've
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Friday. She committed $2,000 for
building more of our mushroom displays

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to place in the parks for artists to be
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in the parks this summer. You know, this
is a wonderful opportunity for Reno to

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really be at the forefront of restoring
the arts in America. You know, no other

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city's ever done this before. Now, um
Nathan and I, we worked out the protocol

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for all this. Uh we're going to be
printing up these flyers and we're going

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to be handing them out. I'm going to go
around to every high school in your

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city. I'm going to physically do that.
I'm going to go to the the veterans

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organizations. I'm going to go to the
artist lofts over here. I'm going to go

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to the generator. I'm going to hand
these things out wherever I can find

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artists. We got to do this. This is an
incredible opportunity for your senior

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citizen. You know that art group that
was here last month, there were 36

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members. They were all seniors. They'd
all love to be able to sell their

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artwork. Maybe you didn't know, but all
the artwork that was on the walls out

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here during last month, it was all for
sale. If you went look through their

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little album over on the pedestal there,
there was a page dedicated to each one

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of them with photographs, their work,
and price tags. But there are no venues

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for any of these artists to be able to
sell their artwork or display it. Think

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about this. You know, this was all done
in violation of constitutional law. And

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it's gone on for over 40 years. You
realize that? And to have that state

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assembly bill get passed that requires
art to be part of the recreational

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experience of the parks. It's an amazing
accomplishment. It's just incredible

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that we're doing that. It places you at
the forefront of of the arts in America.

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You want to turn Reno into an art
capital of this country? By God, let's

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create art in the park and get people
out there. Another thing I want you to

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re remember this is very specific to the
fine arts. This doesn't include

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functional or useful craft items. This
is purely fine art, painting, drawing,

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sculpture, photography,
printed, self-expression, music,

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theater, dance. I'd like to start seeing
you consider putting up some gazeos in

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the parks where artists can come down
and play music for people. You know,

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this is an incredible thing. One last
thing. I'm asking each one of the

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council members, please donate $1,000. I
mean, commit $1,000 a piece to build

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more of these sculptures to put in the
parks so that artists have venues to

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hang their artwork on. And we're going
to move these these different sculptures

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around to different parks to find out
the best areas. And each one of you

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represents a certain ward. And each one
of you could request these to be placed

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in your particular ward. Just ask
Nathan. We'll move them to that so we

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can try it and everybody's warden and
affect everybody. God bless you all and

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thank you for your time.
>> Happy birthday.

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» Thank you, mayor.
>> Thank you for your service. Thank

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[clears throat] you.
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carpal tunnel in both hands. I'm going
to the VA today to get a shot. And I

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have arthritis. This is what you get
when you paint over 12,000 paintings in

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your lifetime. And I personally won't be
actually participating in this. I just

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can't do it anymore. Last time I painted
was two years ago. So, uh, I just

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thought I'd throw that at you. This is
being done.

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» Well, you have a voice, so just
>> this is being done for your artist, you

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know, for all of your kids and
everybody.

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» Thank you, Mr. Thank you. Thank you so
much for that that commitment.

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» David Shakar, followed by George Eddie
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» Good morning, Madame Mayor, council
members. My name is David Shakar. I'm an

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independent artist. Uh usually when I
get up in front of any public uh venue

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to make a speech, it takes me like one
or two hours at home to figure out a

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threeminut speech and I did not do that
to this day. Uh, but I think what's

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important is I wanted to mention
something basically about what Steve

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White said. And remember Steve White is
the winning plainif in the landmark

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civil rights of artist case, White
versus City of Sparks, where you do not

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need a license or a permit to exhibit
and sell your own self-created artwork

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in the public forum like a sidewalk or a
uh a public park. Um, lately I've been

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going over to U Reno Public Market.
They've been really great about allowing

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me to be inside and draw fast sketch
portraits of the patrons there. Uh, so

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last Saturday I was getting my gear, my
art gear out of my car and I ran into

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this homeless guy uh in the parking lot
called himself Wishbone. And y'all may

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have seen him. He this guy is an artist
and he walks around with an armload of

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paintings. They're these long flower
paintings. They're they're actually

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pretty good. He asked people for
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» I got to thinking about that uh artistic
pavilion that uh Steve White made. He

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calls it the mushroom of the butterfly
effect. I go, "What does that mean?

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Mushroom of the butterfly effect." And
the butterfly effect is that when a

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butterfly beats his wings u thousand
miles ago in Patagonia or somewhere that

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has an effect on a tornado or something
like that. But imagine the city of Reno.

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We are uniquely situated more so than
probably any other city. Uh more so than

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any other art town that
we have the beautiful Truckucky River

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running through it. And along the river
walk is a sidewalk that goes for over a

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mile. Great places for artists to
exhibit and sell their work. And I got

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to be thinking if this uh art pavilion,
this thing called the uh mushroom of the

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butterfly effect
that uh Stephen Bennett and uh provided

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the funds to build and he built it
himself. If the city could make more of

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those, could you imagine how this city
would be well situated to be an artist

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community that would be very enviable of
any other art town, especially since

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we've got the the beautiful Truckucky
River. We're right in the shadow of the

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Sierra. And people like that homeless
gentleman that call himself wishbone

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that was hawking his hand painted flower
paintings, he would have a better venue

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and have more dignity. [snorts]
Uh his income would probably increase

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and that would mean he'd have a better
life. And there's a lot of art clubs

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here in Reno with uh seniors and youth
and uh disabled people that could also

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benefit from that. So just consider that
city of Reno is uniquely uh satisfied to

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be the most awesome art town in the city
of Reno. Thank you.

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» Thank you so much.
>> George Eddie Lorton followed by Paul

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Perfect. And what
>> for the record, my name is George Eddie

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Lorton, running for Reno mayor, but I
once again want to ask for your help to

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do a 250th year anniversary of our
country. So, we're trying to do a Fourth

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of July parade. So, I'd like a solution
to it. If not, do this parade. I could

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come up with a 25 grand for the permit.
I want to have the most inclusive parade

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we've ever had. I want to have
Republicans, Democrats, police, fire,

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the elks, the Shriners, the Seikhs, the
Hindus, the Pyutes, the Hispanics,

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veterans, the LGBTQ community. I want
everybody to be there. So, this will be

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a wonderful thing for our downtown core
to bring families to our city because we

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haven't had one in two years. It's about
25 grand. So, if council members didn't

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want to end up uh trying to foot the
bill for the 25, then I'll pay for it.

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So, I'm just hoping we can get this on
and do this parade, bring people

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downtown so they can see it's
familyfriendly and public safety all

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across the board. It's our one chance to
do it the 250th anniversary for our

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country. So, I hope to get a phone call
this week or so with a solution or try

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to put together this parade. We can't do
it without the city. It's just short

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term to where we need to organize this
thing. So, let's see if I had anything

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else. Nope. And there's a lot of things
on the agenda today and I have to leave

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now so I can't hang around. But I hope
you can consider this. It'll be good for

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our town, good for our country. Let's
include everybody. It'll be the best

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parade of all. So, I thank you for your
time today. I appreciate it. Thank you.

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I know you reached out to um connect
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» and she is out of town but when she gets
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» Thank you. All right.
>> I appreciate it.

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» Okay. Thank you.
>> Bye.

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» Bye.
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» Mr. Klene. Good morning.
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» Paul Klein for the record. I'm just here
to give a quick update. I I know you

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guys have a full agenda and then when
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agenda and so just sneaking in real
quick to share some some feedback um

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from the redevelopment agency advisory
board. It's good to see you, Kelse. Um

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in early January, we reviewed the Reno
Aces baseball agreement. We thought it

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was great and of course you all
unanimously approved it later in

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January. Um, we felt like the deal
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securing a long-term economic activity,
attracting major private investment, and

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ensuring ensuring sustainable vibrancy.
We also reviewed the RDA public

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engagement processes to just make sure
that we're getting a lot of feedback in

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from the public um in different ways,
calls, surveys, and everything that so

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that our advisory is in uh, you know,
reflective of the of the the

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constituency.
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experiment with programs like district
activation pilots. This stuff is

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innovative, creative. We're we're all
about pursuing new things that haven't

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been tried before. And then um lastly, I
wanted to say that for today, you're

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going to consider the rebranding of the
RDA um to re-up um RAB agreed with staff

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that the rebranding creates a fresh
distinct identity reflecting modern

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redevelopment in placemaking and
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you will see a few color palettes and I
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the uh ponderosa pine color palette when
you see that. Um, lastly, when we get

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into our March meeting, we got a big
meeting. We're going to go over code

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enforcement overview, um, how to use RDA
funds, uh, the the the ability to use

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RDA funds for Reno police and if that's
something that we can advise to you all,

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um, capital improvement projects,
prioritizing those projects, budgeting,

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and then, of course, um, reviewing peer
city advisory structures and best

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practices for RDA. So, that's what we
have for you. I'll take any comments

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from you all before I have to run out of
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» It's great to see you. Any questions for
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» Thank you so much, Mr. Klein. Um I I
don't have a question, but we do try to

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follow what you're doing. Thank you so
much for your public service. I I know

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that you are busy. You have a full
professional life and and of course home

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life. Um but the service that you have
given to the community really means

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something. the relaunch of the
redevelopment agency um is something

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that was a long time coming and until it
had the sort of funds to be able to do

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the kinds of things it was going to go
out and do there really wasn't a a a

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purpose for such a body but I know that
u madame mayor uh felt very strongly

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about reenergizing this community
through the RDA board and so we've been

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very um very happy with your efforts and
I know that there are still growing

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pains and we're trying to find our
footing but know that we value your

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input. We're looking for your really
deep dive into these projects. We aren't

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asking you to be a rubber stamp for
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passing muster, you'll tell us. Uh and
so I'm very grateful to all of you for

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serving, but you in particular just
because I know uh we've known each other

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a long time and and sometimes it's very
thankless work and it takes time out of

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your otherwise very busy schedule. So,
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» Thank you for saying that. It's really
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» Council,
>> yeah, just really briefly, um again,

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thank you for your service. I the board
is doing a really important job and to

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that end, I'm not sure if I heard this
in what council member Ree said, but um

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I I went over the projects uh or some of
the projects that you're going to be

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considering at your meeting on Monday,
and it turns out there's something like

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35 even just for RDA1 or maybe that's
combined, but we're really looking for

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your thoughtful advice on those
projects. We've heard we're we've heard

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from our staff, but we really need to
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» um with a fresh set of eyes and then
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you.
>> Yeah, absolutely. It's great to see you

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all.
>> Is any any further questions? Okay. I

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just want to put on your radar. I
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be looking at capital projects, correct?
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the opinion um from an outside attorney.
Um, I would just ask you have a very

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talented attorney on that board, Mr.
Mike Ponyie, and I would ask him to

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review her opinion because, as you know,
it's something that's been really

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important for me to have more public
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Um, I I I've been saying this, I've been
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please ask Mr. Pony to look at that
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analysis.
>> Absolutely. I'll call him right now.

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» Thank you so much. I know they're not
going to like that. I'm sure I'm going

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to get a lot of emails now. Um, but I I
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NRS. Um, I believe that, you know,
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» absolutely.
>> Anyway, thank you so much. I really

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appreciate these updates,
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» Thank you. So, no,
>> thank you.

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» Thank you very much, Paul.
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» All right, Madame Mayor. With that, we
have no additional opening public

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comment. For the record, we did receive
six comments which were general in

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nature and not directly associated with
an agenda item prior to 4 p.m.

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yesterday, Tuesday, February 24th. These
comments were written correspondents

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received via our reno.gov online public
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Copies of these have been distributed to
the Reno City Council and are available

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to the public on reno.govme.

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There were six letters. Um, and at this
time we're going to move into our

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proclamations.
>> Okay. Thank you so much. Um, actually

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before we do that, would you like um our
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do any updates? Do you have any updates
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» Uh, I will on a
>> Okay. All right. I just want to make

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sure I'm not skipping over you. Okay,
Madame Clerk.

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» Okay. Our first um proclamation today is
the uh downtown Reno Partnership

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Ambassador Day proclamation.
>> Okay. This is um Ambassador Day. I see

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all of you. Why don't you stand up? I
want to say thank you from the bottom of

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my heart for what you guys do day in and
day out. I interact with many of you and

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um it's impressive the work that you do.
I know it's not easy and so we really

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felt it was important and especially of
a great leader Naomi Jordan and she

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wanted to make sure that you were
recognized. The city wanted to make sure

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that you were recognized and so I'm
going to have um council member Reese

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read the proclamation in your honor. I'd
love you guys to come up. Don't be shy.

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Come on.
>> Come on, you guys. [laughter]

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» You stand here for a minute.
>> Where are you?

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» Come on down.
>> She's being shy and sitting in the back

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is what she's doing.
>> Fill in. We're all friends.

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» Then we have Kristen here. They're
incredible team. I see some board

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members back there. Am I correct?

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Madame Mayor, um thank you so much and
and I'm going to be brief because uh we

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have uh one of our former colleagues,
former vice mayor here with us this

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morning and so I thought it'd be fitting
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she's well trained and and does that
well. I'm going to let her read the

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proclamation.
>> I know. I was going to say Councilwoman

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Jordan, nice to see you.
>> I know. Forever my vice mayor. So I'm

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going to let her come on up and do some
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» Okay, take it away. Thank you very much.
Um, and while I get the good pleasure of

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reading this proclamation, this day is
about all of you. So, I will begin.

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Whereas the Downtown Reno Partnership,
the DRP ambassadors are the first point

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of contact for businesses, residents,
and visitors and act as the eyes and

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ears of all things downtown. From
greeting visitors with a friendly hello,

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offering directions or recommendations
on things to do, eat, and drink, to

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helping to keep the district clean and
safe. Whereas at full staffing, the DRP

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has approximately 40 ambassadors and 10
security guards that work 247 patrolling

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110 blocks of downtown Reno to assist in
making our urban core safer, cleaner,

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more friendly, and welcoming. And
whereas in 2025, the ambassadors

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responded to over 3600 calls for
service, removed over 458,000

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pounds of trash from the district,
recovered 1,177

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shopping carts, provided 955
rides to those in need to shelters and

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services, and removed over 950 graffiti
tags. And whereas the downtown Reno uh

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represents 1,500 property owners and the
city council is proud of the dedication

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and work the ambassadors do. So am I uh
every day [laughter] and night in tough

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conditions to enhance the welcoming feel
of downtown Reno. Now I therefore Noma

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Jordan
with Mayor Shivi uh mayor of the city of

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Reno do hereby proclaim February 25th
2026 as downtown Reno partnership

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ambassador.
>> Oh congratulations. [applause]

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» Get to speed today. You get to do
whatever you want. [laughter]

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He's all shaking his head. No, no, no.
But you guys do remarkable work. You did

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it collectively. all of that, those
stats are impressive. Um, you need to

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know that people sing your praises all
the time. I know it's not an easy job,

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but you are the front facing um the
first point of contact with visitors and

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community members. And so remember that
it's it's really when you're out there,

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you're representing the city. You're
representing community members. That's

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what they see when they interact with
you. Many of you stopped me on the

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street. We have great conversations. I
know you. I know you. I know you. And I

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just want to say um it's remarkable what
you do. I do want to point out um I

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think this is important that people know
this and I hope um that I don't make

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this individual blush but there is a
young man here. His name is Xavier

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House. Do I have Do I have permission to
call you out my friend? I do. Are you

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are you shy or do you want to speak?
Because this is a remarkable story. Let

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me tell you why. Councilwoman Jordan,
when she was here, she started an

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incredible program and it's called Reno
Works. And we have opportunities for

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individuals that are homeless living in
the shelter through Reno Works. And what

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that program does is it gives you um
weeks of training and you go through job

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training and all these different skills
and you get your driver's license, all

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these things that are necessary and you
get housing and so it really it has had

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ma a massive impact. And this young man,
everyone graduated from Reno Works and

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now he is an ambassador in our city. And
um I just think it it's a testament to

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how well Reno works and you young man
for being so dedicated pulling yourself

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up um that I know it's not an easy
program but it's really beneficial and

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anyone that wants to you know work or
have a roof over their their head is a

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great opportunity to be able to make
that happen. I want to say thank you to

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Councilwoman Jordan. had it not been for
her, um that never ever would have

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happened. And I've just been grateful to
be able to support it. By the way, the

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Conference of Mayors um through Wells
Fargo donated money, you know. So, I

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just want to stress to individuals out
there, if there's anyone that wants to

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be a part of Reno Works right now more
than ever, those donations can really

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matter and help people like Xavier. And
I just I I'm I'm so um touched by you

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and what you've accomplished. So you
guys should all be proud because all of

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this is your day. All of this
collectively together. We cannot do

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anything without one another. So I want
to just say thank you from the bottom of

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my heart. And I want you to speak.
Speech. Speech.

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» Come on Xavier. Come on, future mayor.
Come on. Let's talk. Let's talk about

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it. Okay. Tell tell us a little bit
about your journey if you're if you're

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not too shy.
Um, yes, I was homeless and

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couple of the motivations was I was
helping take care of my mom too. So,

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Reno Works going through that program
really helped me a lot. I met a lot of

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good people, had a lot of good
connections. Um, they connected me with

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Reno or with the ambassadors and I've
been here for about four years now. Four

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years. He has been working for four
years. Wow. That is remarkable. Look at

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00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:04,320
you. He's shy. I can tell. I can tell.
How are you feeling now?

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» Great.
>> You're feeling great.

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» Yes.
>> And you're such an inspiration. Please

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keep telling your story. It's a story of
hope and I want people to know the

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number one predictor of suicide is
hopelessness. When we give people hope,

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anything can happen. So, I just want to
say thank you and each and every one of

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you. You guys, I just knew that um
Xavier might be here and so I could

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corner him and embarrass him a little
bit, but it's this today is all about

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you guys collectively as a group. I want
to say thank you to Kristen and and your

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wonderful team and Councilwoman Jordan.
You'll always be councilwoman to me. Um

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any questions for our ambassadors? I'd
love for Councilwoman. It's uh right in

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your board. So, take it away.
>> Yeah. Thank you, Madam Mayor. a member

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of the DRP board and the only person
that lives downtown. I just want to say

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thank you so much for all of your work.
I know you guys probably know my number

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00:32:50,799 --> 00:32:57,919
by heart. I called this morning and
you're out there and um it is a very

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00:32:55,519 --> 00:33:03,360
difficult job, but you definitely are
making a difference in our city, in our

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downtown, and in our communities. So,
you are very much appreciated. Thank you

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for the work you do. And it's very
difficult. Thank you,

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» Council or Vice Mayor Martinez. Go
ahead.

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00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:19,679
» Thank you so much, Madame Mayor. I'd
just like to add to the kudos and thank

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you all for all the work that you do. Um
whether I'm downtown or driving to city

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hall, it's raining or it's snowing. uh
you all are picking up trash, making

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00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:34,240
sure that the sidewalks are shoveled,
that their carts are getting to where

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00:33:32,159 --> 00:33:38,799
they need to be, that you're directing
people to the right places and answering

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00:33:36,559 --> 00:33:41,519
question for all of our visitors. So, I
just like to add to those kudos and

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thank you all for all the great work
that you do to make sure our downtown

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remains clean and a welcoming space for
all of our families and visitors. So,

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thank you so much,
>> Councilwoman Dur.

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» Yeah, thank you. Um, I was here at the
beginning with Council Member Jordan in

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the beginning of Reno Works and to have
a representative of that program in your

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00:33:59,519 --> 00:34:06,799
very special program of being downtown
ambassadors and everything the mayor

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said about being the front face. We we
could not be that kind of welcoming city

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without you. Um, and I'm wondering how
many of you have helped people find

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00:34:13,359 --> 00:34:19,359
their way through downtown, you know,
something they were looking for your

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00:34:16,639 --> 00:34:23,280
Could you raise your hand? Yeah. And I
know you I've been out with council

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00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:27,760
member Jordan picking up trash herself.
Um and I also am very grateful that of

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00:34:25,839 --> 00:34:31,919
the place you occupy which is at city
center. And um council member Jordan

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00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:35,679
said a very important thing to me. She
said she didn't used to believe that

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00:34:33,919 --> 00:34:41,919
trees made a difference to the degree
that they do. But your the area where

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you are housed is the only uh park in
downtown Reno that actually has trees. I

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00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:50,000
mean, now we're bringing them into the
the lids and everywhere else because we

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00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:53,760
found out how important that is. And she
said, "I'm sure glad we didn't cut down

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00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:57,119
these trees. Isn't that right?" So,
thank you for being there and thank you

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all for what you do. And it's completely
true. You wear a special outfit, you

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00:34:59,119 --> 00:35:05,680
know, the blue and people recognize that
as one of the city's colors and they

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know that you are there to help them and
that's just incredibly important. So,

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thank you.
>> Okay, we would love to take a picture.

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Before we do that, I want to call on
each one of you and I want you to tell

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me your names because sometimes when I'm
out there, I mix them up. But I want

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00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:23,760
every one of you to be recognized. He's
walking away. He's walking away.

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[laughter]
All right, we'll start with you, sir. Go

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ahead. What's your name?
>> Evo.

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» Eva, nice to meet you. Go ahead.
>> Shane.

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» Shane.
>> Jason.

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00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:37,359
» Jason.
>> Eddie.

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» Eddie. I know Eddie. Eddie's got the
cool taste in music. Go. Go ahead.

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» Ruben.
>> Ruben.

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» Juan.
>> Juan.

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» Mark.
>> Jonah.

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» John.
>> Jonah.

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» Jonah. Oh, I love that name.

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00:35:55,359 --> 00:36:00,640
» We don't know who you are. [laughter]
Go ahead.

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» Alexandria.
>> Alexandria. Beautiful.

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00:36:03,359 --> 00:36:08,240
» D. I've heard a lot of good things about
you. D.

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00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:11,359
» Mhm.
Esther.

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» Esther. We all know Esther.
>> Dne.

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» Dne. I know Dne very well. Great work.
>> Rachel. Well, I want to say thank you to

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each and every one of you. We're very,
very grateful. So, let's take a picture.

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00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:27,000
Can we? Okay, come on up.

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They got they got to scooch. They got to
scooch.

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00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:54,359
» You want him to hold their thing?
>> Oh, here.

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00:36:50,240 --> 00:36:54,359
» Maybe Eddie or Jon or somebody.

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00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:04,680
» Ready? One, two, three.

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Got it.
>> Yeah.

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[laughter]

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00:37:28,240 --> 00:37:34,079
Um yeah, hold on to those.
>> Okay, madam.

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» All right, Madame Mayor, we're moving
into our next um special guest public

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00:37:36,720 --> 00:37:42,560
comment. We have a group of students
here with We the People. So, they have

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00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:45,599
um a couple of comments that are
prepared and then we can go into kind of

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00:37:44,079 --> 00:37:49,680
taking some photos and recognizing them.
if you're okay with that.

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00:37:46,720 --> 00:37:55,440
» Okay. These are our leaders of tomorrow.
You guys are the future of our city. I

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00:37:52,160 --> 00:38:00,000
had the pleasure to visit your class, We
the People. Impressive. I know Council

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00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:03,119
Member Ree has done a ton of work with
We the People. I didn't know that. You

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00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:08,720
guys didn't tell me whenever I was
there. Um but, uh we're so excited to

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00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:13,680
have you here because um you have
something very special to tell us. And

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so, come on up, all of you.
All

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00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:23,839
right, Madame Mayor, and our first two
speakers today are Amaya Roer and Gabe

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Castronova.
Hello, council members. My name is Amaya

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Roer, and I'm a senior at Reno High
School. I'm here today with my

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00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:36,960
classmates to talk about our We the
People program and how you can help us

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represent Nevada at the national level.
We the People is a civic education

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program from the Center for Civic
Education that teaches students about

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00:38:42,079 --> 00:38:49,040
American constitutional democracy. The
We the People program takes a village.

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00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:54,400
Our teacher, Mr. Brian Carlin, our unit
coaches, parents, and many alumni have

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00:38:52,079 --> 00:38:58,000
helped us throughout the year. Nevada's
We the People is continuously growing

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00:38:56,320 --> 00:39:02,480
and impacting more and more young
adults. It started as a competition for

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high school students. However, last
year, Wo County's very own Dural Academy

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was the first middle school team to
advance to state in Nevada. The program

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is designed to develop the skills
necessary for active, informed

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citizenship. It encourages students to
understand the foundations of American

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democracy and to tie them into modern
context. To me, we the people is a

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00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:31,680
family, not just a class. The
competition has built my confidence and

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00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:36,000
public speaking skills and deepened my
constitutional knowledge. Beyond that,

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the class collabor collaboration
encourages me to challenge myself every

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00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:44,800
day to understand our democracy. Now,
I'd like to pass the mic to my colleague

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Gabe, who will dive deeper into the
structure of the class.

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» Fantastic job. Good job.
>> Thank you, Amaya Roer, for the

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00:39:49,119 --> 00:39:55,920
introduction. Hello. My name is Gabe
Castanova, representative for unit one

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at Ren uh Reno High School. The we the
people class is officially an AP

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government class. However, the true
brilliance of the program comes from its

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00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:08,320
competition which celebrates our
constitution and the history and culture

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of the United States of America. Divided
into six units which range from the

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philosophical background of the founders
to landmark Supreme Court decisions to

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what America ought to do to preserve the
long enduring American vision. Students

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across the country compete in mock
congressional hearings. Units, usually

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00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:30,160
composed of three to five students, dive
into various aspects of our democratic

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republic with a fourminute pre-written
testimony as an introduction, followed

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by 10 minutes of cross-examination where
competitors are challenged to use

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history, common law, and constitutional
provisions to support their arguments.

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Since the competition's creation, some
30 million students and over 75,000

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educators have participated in the We
the People uh program nationally. With

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this program being especially
significant to the legacy of Reno High

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00:40:54,800 --> 00:41:01,359
School, since our adoption of the
program 19 years ago, we have become

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district champions 11 times, state
champions eight times, and national

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00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:10,480
qualifiers 13 times. Recently, the Reno
High School team has qualified for the

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00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:14,880
national tournament on wild card after
losing the state tournament by only four

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00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:19,280
points. Now, I'd like to introduce my
esteemed colleague, Devon Lester, who

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00:41:17,520 --> 00:41:24,760
will further go into our natural
qualifications for this year.

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00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:24,760
» Fantastic. A+.

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00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:29,680
» Our next two speakers are Devon Lester
and Braden Hurley.

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00:41:28,079 --> 00:41:33,440
» All right, Devin, take it away.
>> Good morning, council. Thank you for

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00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:38,240
having us today. U my name is Devon
Lester. I'm representing uh Reno High,

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00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:41,920
We the People's Unit 3. Um and I'll just
be talking about how our class earned

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the honor of uh going to the national
championship. Um, so at the we the

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people state tournament following our
win at the district tournament in

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December, it was the culmination of six
months of constant studying, revising,

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and practicing that extended far beyond
our class time. If there's one thing I

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can say about my classmates and we the
people, it's that they are the hardest

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00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:08,880
workers I've ever met. Our units meet on
weekends, early in the morning, late at

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00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:12,240
night, and everything in between. I've
honestly probably shared more meals with

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00:42:10,560 --> 00:42:16,240
my unit than I have with my family this
school year. Uh, [laughter] as a young

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00:42:14,720 --> 00:42:22,400
adult on my way to being able to make
important decisions for our country, it

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uh this class is not just um an exciting
competition, but um it it has uh made me

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00:42:27,359 --> 00:42:35,359
more prepared um than most people I know
to be civically engaged um and a

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knowledgeable citizen. Despite a
hard-fought battle for the state title

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and four out of six first place um wins,
uh we lost by four points.

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As my colleague colleague Gabe
explained, we gained our seat to

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nationals through a wild card
invitation.

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00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:57,119
» Um uh sorry.
>> No, you're doing great. Uh, wild cards

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are are um performance-based and they're
given to teams uh that earn second place

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00:42:59,280 --> 00:43:06,240
at state championships um and that are
most likely that display the most

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ability to uh represent their state on
the national level. As a team, we have

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we have taken the second place not as a
loss but as the heartbreak and

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00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:19,280
motivation we need to take first in the
nation. We are now preparing harder than

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ever to represent our school, our
district, and our state on the national

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00:43:21,680 --> 00:43:27,680
level in Washington DC in April. I would
now like to introduce my classmate and

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00:43:25,760 --> 00:43:31,520
colleague Braden Hurley to elaborate on
our trip to nationals.

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» Okay, great job. Four points out.
>> Thank you. So, I'm going to focus on the

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trip and I represent unit 4 which
focuses on the principles of the

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principles on how the principles of the
constitution have shaped the

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institutions of our government. And
there is no better place to learn about

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the institutions than in the nation's
capital. During our trip, we will have

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the opportunity to participate in the
competition where we will engage in the

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most pressing debates surrounding the
Constitution today, such as the debates

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00:43:59,040 --> 00:44:05,280
surrounding executive power, federalism,
and the balance of powers. As my

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00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:09,520
colleagues have previously discussed, we
have put countless hours of thought and

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00:44:07,520 --> 00:44:14,160
study into these questions, and we will
now have the opportunity to demonstrate

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this knowledge to experts in DC. Not
only will we engage in questions

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surrounding the government, but we will
also see what we have been studying uh

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for in person. We will get the
opportunity to meet our senators, Jackie

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Rosen and Katherine Cortez Masto, as
well as Representative Mark Ammedday.

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Okay.
>> We also have the opportunity to visit

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the archives, the Capitol building, the
Supreme Court, and the Library of

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Congress, the Smithsonian, and many
other important locations, including a

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00:44:38,240 --> 00:44:43,680
Nationals baseball game for some team
bonding.

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00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:47,495
» Wow. Looks like Devin didn't know that
his jaw just dropped. Are you giving us

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00:44:45,520 --> 00:44:48,640
some tea? Is that what's happening here?
[laughter]

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00:44:47,599 --> 00:44:51,280
» Yeah, a little bit.
>> I love it.

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00:44:49,280 --> 00:44:57,520
» Okay, then I'll introduce John
Williamson. And Charlotte,

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00:44:54,880 --> 00:45:02,000
» Charlotte OD and John Williamson.
>> Hi. Um, [clears throat] my name is John

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00:45:00,079 --> 00:45:06,960
Williamson and I'm a representative of
Unit 6. And I really wish we could end

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00:45:04,880 --> 00:45:12,160
this discussion with uh the inspiring
words and personal testimony of my

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00:45:08,800 --> 00:45:18,319
colleagues. Uh unfortunately we run into
the harsh realities of finances. Um as

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00:45:15,920 --> 00:45:22,720
you know values and beneficial programs
are all well and good but what cannot be

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00:45:20,480 --> 00:45:27,359
forgotten is the necessary foundations
and backings that programs like we the

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00:45:24,640 --> 00:45:31,920
people live or die on. To get our entire
class to the nation's capital to compete

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00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:37,680
along with the travel lodging fees and
any more expenses we we have calculated

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00:45:34,640 --> 00:45:41,680
that we need over $100,000. Wow. And we
realize this is a big number. Uh we have

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been working tirelessly to reach this
goal through fundraising. We've done

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00:45:43,440 --> 00:45:50,560
raffles, community outreach, and through
uh many generous donations.

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00:45:49,359 --> 00:45:55,760
We have [clears throat] already reached
about uh 30,000 of that goal. And while

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00:45:54,000 --> 00:46:00,560
we will continue these fundraising
efforts, working harder and harder to

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00:45:57,839 --> 00:46:04,720
reach that goal, we uh ask for your help
to accomplish this so you can allow us

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00:46:02,720 --> 00:46:08,880
to represent Reno on the national stage
of civic participation. for some final

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00:46:07,280 --> 00:46:11,599
thoughts. Here is my colleague in
Charlotte.

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00:46:09,599 --> 00:46:15,040
» Fantastic job. You're you're selling me
for sure. But there's 30 of you that

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00:46:13,359 --> 00:46:17,040
want to go, right? Oh, yeah. And that's
why it's so expensive.

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00:46:16,480 --> 00:46:20,240
» Yes, ma'am.
>> Okay, go right ahead.

610
00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:24,000
» Good morning, council. I am Charlotte OD
and I am our representative from Reno

611
00:46:21,839 --> 00:46:28,240
High School's unit 5. While it may be
true that we appear before you all today

612
00:46:26,079 --> 00:46:32,640
asking you to support this year's we the
people team, what we really hope to see

613
00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:38,240
is continued community support for
programs like ours, which are essential

614
00:46:35,200 --> 00:46:41,839
to a healthy democracy. Participation in
We the People has inspired countless

615
00:46:40,079 --> 00:46:47,359
students to make the decision to pursue
politics and law, ensuring that the next

616
00:46:44,560 --> 00:46:52,000
generation will be educated and excited
to maintain functions of government such

617
00:46:49,280 --> 00:46:55,520
as city council. In fact, if it weren't
for our teacher, Brian Carlin, I would

618
00:46:53,680 --> 00:47:00,640
not have spent my year interning with
our city clerk's office.

619
00:46:57,040 --> 00:47:04,000
» Ah, we know this. [clears throat]
>> Mama over there.

620
00:47:01,440 --> 00:47:08,880
» It is only by the fiery passion in each
of one of our minds and hearts regarding

621
00:47:06,480 --> 00:47:13,280
American government that we are able to
prepare for the competition facing us.

622
00:47:11,119 --> 00:47:18,079
What we are asking council today is
simply to add flame to our collective

623
00:47:15,520 --> 00:47:22,077
fire. Thank you very much for your time.
>> Wow. Incredible, you guys. is well done.

624
00:47:20,720 --> 00:47:24,097
Give them a round of applause.
[applause]

625
00:47:24,720 --> 00:47:31,119
Okay. I get extra credit for coming
here. No.

626
00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:35,280
» Okay. Well, tell them you got to change
that. But the reason why, let me tell

627
00:47:33,119 --> 00:47:39,280
you that they felt so passionate about
coming here. I know they talked a lot

628
00:47:36,640 --> 00:47:43,920
about the program. However, for a lot of
these kids, because I had some private

629
00:47:41,280 --> 00:47:47,920
time with um some of your your other
students or your friends, and a lot of

630
00:47:46,160 --> 00:47:52,079
them said that it has really been their
safe haven, that at home is not always

631
00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:56,960
the best and it was a place where they
felt welcomed and that they had

632
00:47:53,680 --> 00:48:02,960
camaraderie amongst um each of you and
it provided something that they never

633
00:47:59,520 --> 00:48:07,040
ever thought possible. And the reality
too is

634
00:48:05,040 --> 00:48:14,640
I think there's a perception that
certain schools um have more access um

635
00:48:11,520 --> 00:48:17,760
to funding than others and that is not
true and you have some students that

636
00:48:16,400 --> 00:48:22,240
will not be able to get to go to
Washington DC and it might be that the

637
00:48:20,240 --> 00:48:28,160
only trip that they ever have outside of
the city of Reno. And so I just want

638
00:48:25,200 --> 00:48:33,040
everyone to know they are here um
actually the voice of these students who

639
00:48:30,800 --> 00:48:36,880
want to desperately go that and how many
of you have been to Washington DC. It

640
00:48:35,119 --> 00:48:41,280
changes your life. You learn about the
history of our country. It is probably

641
00:48:39,520 --> 00:48:45,920
one of the most patriotic things you can
do. It it is so moving and inspiring. I

642
00:48:44,319 --> 00:48:48,880
know your your kids are there, aren't
they? There right now.

643
00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:53,280
» Well, they live there.
>> No, my youngest my oldest did an

644
00:48:50,559 --> 00:48:57,280
internship with Cortez Masto. And did it
change her life?

645
00:48:55,040 --> 00:49:01,520
» Yes. [laughter]
Now she wants to go into politics. So

646
00:48:59,359 --> 00:49:06,240
mom's in trouble. Is that what she No.
But um I I think you know when you hear

647
00:49:04,400 --> 00:49:09,760
these stories and give these
opportunities, it's really really

648
00:49:07,920 --> 00:49:13,839
remarkable. But I just think this is the
one trip if you're going to ever see

649
00:49:11,839 --> 00:49:17,839
anything if if someone said you you get
one opportunity to go someplace, this is

650
00:49:16,000 --> 00:49:22,480
the place to go because it really is the
heart and soul of our country. And um so

651
00:49:20,720 --> 00:49:27,280
I would just say we want to help you in
that journey and I'm going to hand it

652
00:49:24,640 --> 00:49:29,839
over to Councilman Ree um for some
words. Go ahead.

653
00:49:28,480 --> 00:49:33,280
» Thank you so much, Madame Mayor. First
of all, thank you all for being here

654
00:49:31,119 --> 00:49:36,319
today. It's always encouraging. I've had
the privilege to work with your program

655
00:49:34,720 --> 00:49:40,079
for the last several years, and I wanted
to give a shout out to, of course,

656
00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:45,760
you've already mentioned uh Mr. Carlin,
but also your co- coaches, I suppose,

657
00:49:42,559 --> 00:49:51,680
Haley Row, Colonel Scott Marriott, Matt
Oaks, Kathy Morris, Atley Williams,

658
00:49:48,720 --> 00:49:57,119
Graden Gil, uh Lauren Ponyie, Mike
Ponyie, and Scott Daniel. Um I will uh

659
00:49:55,280 --> 00:50:01,520
tell you and date myself a little bit.
In 1990, I was one of the first uh

660
00:49:59,599 --> 00:50:05,839
classes of students to participate in We
the People in the State. And at the

661
00:50:03,200 --> 00:50:09,680
time, we just had McQueen, Reed, and
Incline in the program. So, you all are

662
00:50:07,920 --> 00:50:13,599
carrying on a tradition that's a very
long and proud one for our region. Uh,

663
00:50:11,760 --> 00:50:16,800
but I don't know that any program has
been as successful as yours over the

664
00:50:15,200 --> 00:50:20,880
years. I think last year you finished
fifth in the nation. So, you've got a

665
00:50:19,520 --> 00:50:24,400
lot of big shoes to fill. And I know
that that uh weighs heavy on you. But

666
00:50:22,880 --> 00:50:28,400
the truth is is that this preparation
that you're going through even today is

667
00:50:26,240 --> 00:50:33,680
part of that preparation. Being able to
see the wheels of government work is not

668
00:50:30,880 --> 00:50:40,160
always uh something that uh civic
education has prioritized. And so I meet

669
00:50:37,280 --> 00:50:45,119
uh your colleagues and and graduates of
your program uh years later and they're

670
00:50:42,960 --> 00:50:48,880
in law school. They're running for
office. They are the change makers in

671
00:50:47,440 --> 00:50:54,000
our community. So I'm very grateful for
you. Um I will be with you in DC in

672
00:50:51,839 --> 00:50:57,760
April and we'll have dinner together. So
it'll be a privilege to spend time with

673
00:50:55,599 --> 00:51:01,599
each of you. Thank you so much. I can't
wait to work with you. Uh let's do some

674
00:50:59,599 --> 00:51:06,000
practice rounds, get into some of those
units. It'll be great. Unit six is my

675
00:51:04,160 --> 00:51:08,400
jam. So, I'm ready.
>> Okay. But we got to get them there

676
00:51:07,200 --> 00:51:11,839
first. We got to raise some money.
>> And so, um, I'm going to help on the

677
00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:15,359
financial piece by helping pay for food
while you're there. And so, we'll let

678
00:51:13,839 --> 00:51:19,760
see what the mayor might have in mind
for some other help and support.

679
00:51:18,400 --> 00:51:26,240
» Any other council members?
>> I I just wondered um so have you al um

680
00:51:24,480 --> 00:51:28,880
aggregated how much it's going to cost
and and how far are you long on your

681
00:51:27,920 --> 00:51:32,640
fundraising?
>> Yes.

682
00:51:29,280 --> 00:51:37,760
» Currently, we have a $120,000 estimate.
Um, we've raised 30 of that 120.

683
00:51:36,079 --> 00:51:41,680
» Okay. It's very expensive because you
have to have buses. Cuz I broke it down.

684
00:51:39,760 --> 00:51:47,119
I was like, "Wow." But for 30 people, if
you think about it, it's airfare, it's

685
00:51:43,760 --> 00:51:51,440
buses, it's lodging, it's food, it's a
lot. It's there. A lot goes into it.

686
00:51:49,680 --> 00:51:55,680
» Is it 30 that you're trying to bring,
including your coaches and everyone?

687
00:51:53,359 --> 00:52:02,400
» The estimated cost for each student is
3,600. And the way that we have

688
00:52:00,800 --> 00:52:07,119
Yes.
>> The estimated cost for each student is

689
00:52:04,319 --> 00:52:13,280
3,600. And the way that our program
attempts to gather funding from the

690
00:52:09,920 --> 00:52:18,319
students itself is by having parents
help with half of each students. But if

691
00:52:15,680 --> 00:52:23,119
that's not possible, then of course the
school will take on the funds for any

692
00:52:20,800 --> 00:52:28,240
student who is not able to pay for their
half. And that is just um the estimated

693
00:52:26,079 --> 00:52:33,760
cost for the students. We also bring our
unit coaches as he mentioned and um the

694
00:52:32,240 --> 00:52:39,760
teachers and parents who come along with
us to help support.

695
00:52:35,280 --> 00:52:44,240
» Okay. So of the 120,000 the would would
you say half of that is going to be

696
00:52:41,760 --> 00:52:45,359
provided by the students themselves?
>> Roughly.

697
00:52:44,880 --> 00:52:49,839
» Roughly
>> half. Yeah. So you're trying to raise

698
00:52:48,800 --> 00:52:53,599
60,000.
>> Yeah.

699
00:52:50,319 --> 00:52:58,400
» Is that right? And you've raised 30,000.
So you're looking for another 30,000.

700
00:52:55,839 --> 00:53:02,800
Okay. So, I would love to see a joint
fundraiser with all of us because we all

701
00:53:00,880 --> 00:53:07,520
have some of our supporters and and
people that have been very gracious to

702
00:53:04,880 --> 00:53:11,359
us um whether it's mentorship or
financially. And so, I'd like to ask the

703
00:53:09,839 --> 00:53:14,559
entire council that we have a joint
fundraiser. Obviously, we got to run it

704
00:53:12,960 --> 00:53:20,160
by Carl because it's could be an open
meeting law which but anyway that's my

705
00:53:17,440 --> 00:53:24,480
my ask of the council is that we invite
our friends and supporters and some way

706
00:53:22,240 --> 00:53:27,839
do a fundraiser for them before they so
they they can all participate

707
00:53:25,920 --> 00:53:30,319
» and then you're going in April right
this April. So that's

708
00:53:28,960 --> 00:53:34,559
» so we have a little bit of time but it's
not around the corner.

709
00:53:32,640 --> 00:53:38,319
» So we got to we got to get working.
Well, thanks you guys. We're so grateful

710
00:53:36,480 --> 00:53:42,400
that you came today and I'm really proud
of each each of you. I mean, you got up

711
00:53:40,480 --> 00:53:44,880
there and you spoke like pros. And did
you have a great time in in your

712
00:53:43,839 --> 00:53:47,280
internship?
>> Oh, yeah.

713
00:53:45,520 --> 00:53:49,280
» Oh, yeah. She's coming back.
>> I love my internship. I'm coming back

714
00:53:48,640 --> 00:53:55,440
this summer.
>> Oh, see, she's coming back. Anyway, um,

715
00:53:52,559 --> 00:53:59,280
thank you guys. We really appreciate it.
Okay. I'm going to I'm going to tell

716
00:53:56,720 --> 00:54:01,839
your teacher what you did. He's going to
be so proud.

717
00:54:00,240 --> 00:54:05,839
» And Madame Mayor, can we take a photo?
>> Yeah, let's do it really quick. You have

718
00:54:04,160 --> 00:54:10,240
to tell them you only get a photo if you
get credit. I want to see you guys get

719
00:54:08,640 --> 00:54:13,400
credit.
We're trying.

720
00:54:20,160 --> 00:54:26,200
» Okay. Ready?
>> One, two, three.

721
00:54:38,480 --> 00:54:41,520
All right.
>> All right, Madame Mayor. With that, we

722
00:54:40,240 --> 00:54:44,800
have no additional public comment.
Moving into item A4, approval of the

723
00:54:44,079 --> 00:54:48,400
agenda.
>> Okay. I'm going to um make a motion to

724
00:54:47,280 --> 00:54:51,839
approve. Do I get a second?
>> Second. I have a motion, a second. All

725
00:54:50,079 --> 00:54:56,400
those in favor say I. Before we go, do
we do we have any changes from

726
00:54:54,880 --> 00:54:58,720
» There are no changes. You will recognize
we have some members of the Reno Rodeo

727
00:54:57,839 --> 00:55:01,200
Foundation in the audience. They're here
for item B1,

728
00:54:59,839 --> 00:55:05,040
» which I was going to pull off the
agenda. It's in my work.

729
00:55:03,119 --> 00:55:08,400
» No, let's get the agenda approved first.
>> So, we have no changes and we have no uh

730
00:55:06,880 --> 00:55:10,720
no attorney client today.
>> Move to approve.

731
00:55:09,280 --> 00:55:14,720
» I have a motion. I have a second. All
those in favor say I. All those opposed

732
00:55:13,119 --> 00:55:19,040
motion carries unanimously. Madame
clerk,

733
00:55:16,000 --> 00:55:21,920
» moving into item A5, approval of the or
acceptance of the minutes.

734
00:55:19,920 --> 00:55:23,920
» May get a motion. I have a motion.
>> Second.

735
00:55:22,240 --> 00:55:24,559
» I have a second. All those in favor say
I.

736
00:55:24,240 --> 00:55:27,920
» I.
>> All those opposed.

737
00:55:25,920 --> 00:55:30,319
» Motion carries unanimously. Madame
clerk.

738
00:55:28,800 --> 00:55:33,200
» Thank you. Moving into the consent
agenda. We'll start with pulled items.

739
00:55:32,079 --> 00:55:39,440
» All right. I'm going to ask council
members please uh be ready to pull your

740
00:55:35,599 --> 00:55:43,040
items. Councilwoman Anderson.
>> All right. Councilwoman Taylor.

741
00:55:41,200 --> 00:55:45,440
Counciloman Martinez.
>> Okay. I'm pulling B1. I'm sure you guys

742
00:55:45,119 --> 00:55:47,599
want
>> I was already pulling. Nothing else.

743
00:55:47,200 --> 00:55:52,079
Madam
>> nothing else. Councilwoman, I was

744
00:55:49,760 --> 00:55:56,480
pulling a B11. Okay. Uh, Councilwoman
Eert, is she on the phone?

745
00:55:54,400 --> 00:55:58,400
» Yes, I'm I have no items to pull today.
Thank you.

746
00:55:57,119 --> 00:56:02,160
» Approve all remaining items.
>> Thank you so much. I have a motion. I

747
00:55:59,920 --> 00:56:07,200
have a second. All those in favor say I.
>> All those opposed. Motion carries

748
00:56:04,160 --> 00:56:12,079
unanimously. Item B11. This is super
super exciting. I mean, this is big.

749
00:56:09,680 --> 00:56:14,960
This is really really big. Um, okay. We
are going to have the one and only come

750
00:56:14,240 --> 00:56:18,240
up and
>> and Madame Mayor, we can start too. We

751
00:56:16,720 --> 00:56:20,799
do have public comment from George
Combmes.

752
00:56:19,119 --> 00:56:26,720
» All right, we're going to take George's
public comment.

753
00:56:23,440 --> 00:56:31,200
» Well, wait. Actually, let's have um you
all you guys come up

754
00:56:28,240 --> 00:56:35,559
» and then we will have
>> our Landon

755
00:56:33,040 --> 00:56:39,440
» Landon, our very own Landon Miller come
[laughter] up and and tell us

756
00:56:37,520 --> 00:56:43,920
» and introduce everyone here why they're
here, what this about, how exciting this

757
00:56:42,000 --> 00:56:46,960
is. This is huge.
>> Yeah. and I want to I want to give them

758
00:56:45,599 --> 00:56:49,920
the opportunity to speak on it. But for
the record, my name is Landon Miller,

759
00:56:48,160 --> 00:56:53,839
fund development manager for parks and
wreck uh for the city of Reno. And today

760
00:56:51,760 --> 00:56:58,960
you've pulled item B11, which is the
acceptance of a $120,000 grant from the

761
00:56:56,799 --> 00:57:03,520
Reno Rodeo Association to make some
improvements at um Idaho Wild Park. So

762
00:57:01,520 --> 00:57:07,200
with that, uh we have some guests here,
including George. He is the

763
00:57:05,359 --> 00:57:09,760
» the one and only George.
>> We know George from

764
00:57:08,000 --> 00:57:12,720
» of the Reno Rodeo Association, and he
can take it away and um they'll be able

765
00:57:11,440 --> 00:57:16,799
to answer any questions that you may
have. someone. Yeah, I'm very very fond

766
00:57:15,040 --> 00:57:19,280
of everyone. If you don't know George,
then you don't know Reno. He's amazing.

767
00:57:18,960 --> 00:57:22,480
Okay.
>> Thank you, Mayor. Thanks for having us

768
00:57:20,640 --> 00:57:26,880
today. Thanks, city council.
>> Um, on behalf of the Reno Rodeo

769
00:57:24,480 --> 00:57:29,359
Association, I have the president,
current president, Mark Sutton.

770
00:57:28,640 --> 00:57:34,319
» Hi, Mark.
>> Our second vice president, Justin

771
00:57:31,040 --> 00:57:39,760
Thompson, and our treasure, Andy Moreny.
>> Hi. Fabulous shirt. Can I have that? I

772
00:57:37,119 --> 00:57:44,799
want it. you know, given given a little
past history, Reno Rodeo has been around

773
00:57:41,520 --> 00:57:49,839
for 100 plus years. Um, oldest, longest
running legacy event in the city of

774
00:57:47,200 --> 00:57:54,559
Reno. And uh, we're very
community-minded and very willing to

775
00:57:52,240 --> 00:58:01,599
help out in the community. And what
we've done uh, this year is is is kind

776
00:57:57,920 --> 00:58:05,760
of a we gather funds from from tips at
the rodeo. when people come to the rodeo

777
00:58:03,760 --> 00:58:11,359
and they leave tips, all them tips go
into a fund and it's for the special

778
00:58:07,760 --> 00:58:17,440
kids fund uh to support and we've helped
build playgrounds and gymnasiums and all

779
00:58:14,880 --> 00:58:23,920
kinds of things. So, we we let that
build up and then we go out and look for

780
00:58:20,400 --> 00:58:27,839
cause to to give to spend that money.
And uh we had a little over $200,000

781
00:58:26,400 --> 00:58:33,440
this year that we decided it's time to
get this money to work in the community.

782
00:58:29,920 --> 00:58:37,920
And so we put out feelers to try to find
projects that we wanted to be involved

783
00:58:34,960 --> 00:58:43,119
with and uh got in touch with Brandon,
talked about the Idle Wild Park and red

784
00:58:40,400 --> 00:58:48,559
redoing the splash pads and and taking
some ADA handicap uh accessibilities and

785
00:58:46,480 --> 00:58:54,000
stuff and we felt it was a great cause
and we wanted to do it. So we are here

786
00:58:50,880 --> 00:58:55,440
to present you with $120,000 to that
project.

787
00:58:54,720 --> 00:58:59,920
» Wow.
>> As long as you'll accept it.

788
00:58:56,799 --> 00:59:03,590
» Wow. No, definitely not. We've Oh my
gosh, George, that's amazing. Everyone,

789
00:59:01,520 --> 00:59:05,610
give him a huge round of applause.
[applause]

790
00:59:06,160 --> 00:59:12,880
» And you have you have the press here, so
I want to make sure that they highlight

791
00:59:10,240 --> 00:59:16,960
you guys. This is fantastic. Come come
on out. Before we do that, Madame Mayor,

792
00:59:14,799 --> 00:59:21,839
I also pulled this item and I just
wanted to um give you the opportunity

793
00:59:19,440 --> 00:59:25,760
along possibly with Landon to talk about
what it's going to be used for because I

794
00:59:23,520 --> 00:59:29,040
think it's very special. Um do you want
to come up Landon?

795
00:59:27,040 --> 00:59:31,839
» Yeah, absolutely. and Landon Miller, uh,
fund development manager for the city of

796
00:59:30,400 --> 00:59:35,680
Reno's parks and recck department. What
we're going to do is we're going to

797
00:59:32,799 --> 00:59:40,319
allocate this money, uh, and design and
build improvements to the splash pad

798
00:59:37,760 --> 00:59:44,079
specifically at Idol Wild Park. Um,
we're going to probably start this

799
00:59:42,000 --> 00:59:47,040
project, at least the design phase now
over the next several months leading up

800
00:59:45,520 --> 00:59:51,200
until September, and then hopefully
start the construction itself after

801
00:59:48,960 --> 00:59:57,680
September, shut it down, and then have
everything um, back open for uh, spring

802
00:59:54,640 --> 01:00:02,400
of next year. uh the $120,000 will fit
the scope of the project entirely and uh

803
01:00:00,720 --> 01:00:07,680
we'll we'll build to that. So,
>> and and my understanding is that the ADA

804
01:00:05,040 --> 01:00:12,720
aspects of it will allow people that
aren't normally either walking or

805
01:00:09,520 --> 01:00:16,240
motivating um onto the splash pad and
reconfigure the splash pad so that they

806
01:00:14,799 --> 01:00:20,880
can share the water. I mean, they could
enter in wheelchairs or other type of

807
01:00:18,880 --> 01:00:25,359
mobility equipment. Is that correct?
>> Yeah, that is that is 100% correct. Um

808
01:00:23,680 --> 01:00:29,280
to your point, we have Karina in our
parks planning uh uh area. She's already

809
01:00:28,000 --> 01:00:34,880
looking at some of the elements right
now that include uh accessibility. We're

810
01:00:32,160 --> 01:00:38,160
also going to include April Wolf and the
access advisory committee as well. So,

811
01:00:36,720 --> 01:00:41,520
everyone has a little bit of a stake in
this in this project. It's also cool,

812
01:00:39,839 --> 01:00:44,960
too. Uh I don't know if anyone's aware
here, but uh 100 years for ID Wild Park

813
01:00:43,599 --> 01:00:48,400
is next year. So, there's going to be a
lot of uh momentum moving into that that

814
01:00:47,680 --> 01:00:50,799
celebration for sure.
>> Perfect. I just wanted to give a

815
01:00:49,440 --> 01:00:55,119
heartfelt thanks to the rodeo
association because um without this this

816
01:00:53,599 --> 01:00:58,720
would never happen. This [clears throat]
this is

817
01:00:56,319 --> 01:01:02,640
» unfortunately sadly not the top
priority. You know, usually the top

818
01:01:00,240 --> 01:01:06,720
priority is just getting police, fire,
our basic services, our most basic

819
01:01:04,640 --> 01:01:11,040
services. Even we just heard about Reno
Works. They're on the chopping block um

820
01:01:09,200 --> 01:01:15,119
for our next budget season. In fact,
they're done. Um, so those kind of

821
01:01:13,280 --> 01:01:19,520
programs that actually help people, lift
people up, uh, make their life more

822
01:01:17,040 --> 01:01:24,240
enjoyable are very hard to get funded.
So, but for what you are doing, this

823
01:01:22,240 --> 01:01:28,400
would not be happening. And, uh, as the
W 2 representative where ID Wild Park

824
01:01:26,160 --> 01:01:31,920
is, I'm just incredibly grateful. But
not just for W 2, but for everyone in

825
01:01:30,559 --> 01:01:35,119
the city that will be able to enjoy
this.

826
01:01:33,520 --> 01:01:40,559
» Thank you. And we're honored to be able
to do it. It's, you know, it's uh we're

827
01:01:37,599 --> 01:01:45,839
a thousand volunteers strong in this
organization and we have a staff of six

828
01:01:42,880 --> 01:01:50,079
people and it's it's just amazing of
what we can do and the passion that the

829
01:01:47,839 --> 01:01:53,040
our thousand people have for what we do
and be able to help in the community

830
01:01:51,359 --> 01:01:54,799
» and it's their tips. I mean, it's their
>> this is just tip money.

831
01:01:54,079 --> 01:01:59,040
» I know this is
>> I don't think people really realize

832
01:01:56,960 --> 01:02:02,960
rodeo, by the way, is my most favorite
time of year. I absolutely love it.

833
01:02:00,799 --> 01:02:07,040
George knows I like um especially all
the bad food. [laughter]

834
01:02:04,799 --> 01:02:11,520
I love to go there and eat, but um you
know, my favorite is all the roping and

835
01:02:09,119 --> 01:02:15,760
the bulls. Everything is amazing. It's
um so I just want you to know I don't

836
01:02:14,160 --> 01:02:19,680
think people realize when they go there,
they're also supporting the community in

837
01:02:17,680 --> 01:02:23,359
a way that makes a huge difference. I
know a lot of people go there because

838
01:02:20,960 --> 01:02:27,440
they're such fans and it's our history
and our heritage. It is one of the most

839
01:02:25,119 --> 01:02:32,960
remarkable events that we have. But
again, it it really is a testament to

840
01:02:30,559 --> 01:02:36,720
your mission and how you give back to
the community because like I said, I

841
01:02:34,880 --> 01:02:40,880
don't know if people really realize the
magnitude of how much you give back.

842
01:02:38,640 --> 01:02:44,079
It's impressive and it's commendable. Um
so, George, I just want to say thank you

843
01:02:42,480 --> 01:02:48,160
from the bottom of my heart, my friend.
You guys are really um top-notch

844
01:02:46,079 --> 01:02:51,839
organization and please let us know how
we can also support you.

845
01:02:50,240 --> 01:02:57,200
» All right. Thank you.
>> Do you want No. Okay. All right. Um what

846
01:02:55,040 --> 01:02:58,960
else? Let's Let's get a picture
>> cuz you have a check. You have a big

847
01:02:58,559 --> 01:03:00,799
check.
>> Madam Mayor, can we take a motion to

848
01:03:00,240 --> 01:03:05,359
approve?
>> Yes. Oh, I guess we better do that.

849
01:03:02,960 --> 01:03:09,359
George, we we joked about not approving
it and I guess we better approve that.

850
01:03:07,280 --> 01:03:12,640
So, may I get a Mad Mayor? I'd like to
make a motion to approve acceptance of

851
01:03:11,520 --> 01:03:15,039
these funds from the Reno [laughter]
Rodeo Foundation.

852
01:03:13,520 --> 01:03:18,880
» All right. Counciloman Dur has made a
motion. Second is Councilman Reese. All

853
01:03:17,280 --> 01:03:24,720
those in favor say I. I.
>> All those opposed, motion carries

854
01:03:21,119 --> 01:03:29,920
unanimously. Can you imagine if opposed?
Anyway, come on up.

855
01:03:28,160 --> 01:03:33,240
» Yeah, we should probably go off. This is
a big deal.

856
01:03:41,359 --> 01:03:46,240
» Oh, they're coming down on the bottom.
Okay, I didn't realize we're all coming

857
01:03:43,760 --> 01:03:46,240
down.

858
01:03:53,440 --> 01:04:00,440
Thank you.
>> I was going to do the same thing.

859
01:03:57,119 --> 01:04:00,440
» I love that.

860
01:04:11,760 --> 01:04:14,920
» Right here.

861
01:04:16,000 --> 01:04:22,920
You want to cuddle up?
Ready?

862
01:04:19,680 --> 01:04:22,920
» Here we go.

863
01:05:48,720 --> 01:05:56,400
All right, Mr. Vice Mayor, we're moving
on to item C1, Charlie 1.

864
01:05:54,240 --> 01:06:00,640
» Great. Thank you so much. And I think
this is for Director Van Purion. Do we

865
01:05:58,799 --> 01:06:03,440
have any public comment on this item?
>> We do not have any public comment

866
01:06:02,079 --> 01:06:06,880
registered and have not received any
correspondence on this item.

867
01:06:04,720 --> 01:06:12,079
» Mr. Vice Mayor, is there a way for us to
move Charlie for out of order? We've got

868
01:06:09,760 --> 01:06:16,400
folks from RTC here today and I'd like
to get them back to their RTC stuffs.

869
01:06:14,880 --> 01:06:20,000
» Not that I don't want to hear Miss Van
Beern, of course. Yeah, that's a great

870
01:06:18,400 --> 01:06:24,000
point. Director Van Beiran, if you don't
mind waiting until the next item. So,

871
01:06:22,400 --> 01:06:28,640
we'll take these items out of order.
We'll start with C4 and then move back

872
01:06:26,000 --> 01:06:32,000
to item C1. Is there any public comment
on agenda item C4, the RTC and our local

873
01:06:31,440 --> 01:06:34,640
agreement?
>> Thank you, Mr. Vice Mayor. We do not

874
01:06:33,280 --> 01:06:38,240
have any public comment registered on
item C4. Additionally, we have not

875
01:06:36,880 --> 01:06:41,440
received any correspondence on this
item.

876
01:06:39,760 --> 01:06:46,799
» Perfect.
Mr. Wilson, I think this is all you.

877
01:06:43,680 --> 01:06:50,160
» Okay. So, uh, good morning, uh, madame
man, council members. Uh, for the

878
01:06:48,400 --> 01:06:54,079
record, uh, Cleo Wilson, assistant
director of public works. Uh, joining me

879
01:06:52,240 --> 01:06:57,520
here today is Mr. Dale Killer, the uh,
director of engineering for the regional

880
01:06:55,440 --> 01:07:02,640
transportation commission. Uh, we're
here to present the RTC fiscal year 2027

881
01:07:00,799 --> 01:07:05,920
interlocal cooperative agreement, which
will bring the council what we bring to

882
01:07:04,319 --> 01:07:10,119
council annually to authorize projects
to move forward into design and

883
01:07:07,119 --> 01:07:10,119
construction.

884
01:07:12,559 --> 01:07:19,520
First, I'd like to briefly walk through
how RTC project planning planning

885
01:07:16,960 --> 01:07:23,760
implementation process takes place. This
graphic shows how the projects move from

886
01:07:21,359 --> 01:07:28,559
long range planning into programming and
ultimately into design and construction.

887
01:07:26,079 --> 01:07:32,960
All projects begin at the reg at the
regional transportation plan or RTP.

888
01:07:31,119 --> 01:07:37,039
That's the 20-year plan that establishes
the region's priorities for maintaining

889
01:07:34,799 --> 01:07:41,760
and improving our transportation system.
The current RTP was adopted by the RTC

890
01:07:39,440 --> 01:07:45,839
board in February of last year. From
there, projects move into the regional

891
01:07:43,680 --> 01:07:49,520
transportation improvement program or
RTIP. That's the 5-year program that

892
01:07:48,160 --> 01:07:54,240
identifies funding for scheduled
projects for project delivery. The RTIP

893
01:07:52,240 --> 01:07:57,599
is updated every two years and projects
must be included in the RTP to move

894
01:07:56,000 --> 01:08:01,039
forward.
That brings us to why we're here today.

895
01:07:59,680 --> 01:08:06,359
This is the annual agreement which
allows these program projects to advance

896
01:08:02,799 --> 01:08:06,359
to design and construction.

897
01:08:06,480 --> 01:08:12,559
This slide summarizes what the
interlocal agreement does. Because RTC

898
01:08:10,640 --> 01:08:17,040
does not own any roadways, this
agreement formally authorizes RTC to act

899
01:08:14,799 --> 01:08:21,679
as the city's agent to move program
projects into design and construction.

900
01:08:19,839 --> 01:08:26,640
It clearly outlines the roles and
responsibilities for project delivery in

901
01:08:23,679 --> 01:08:30,400
in Reno's jurisdiction. And if rightaway
acquisition becomes necessary, it

902
01:08:28,239 --> 01:08:34,120
provides RTC with the authorization to
pro proceed with the acquisition.

903
01:08:35,279 --> 01:08:40,400
would like to provide more detail what's
included in this year's interlocal

904
01:08:38,560 --> 01:08:44,719
cooperative agreement. The projects are
organized into four categories. Starting

905
01:08:42,799 --> 01:08:48,799
on the left is pavement preservation
projects. These f projects focus on

906
01:08:47,359 --> 01:08:51,600
keeping our regional roadways in good
condition through preventative

907
01:08:50,000 --> 01:08:55,839
maintenance things like surface
treatments and rehabilitation helping us

908
01:08:54,159 --> 01:08:59,520
extend the life of our of our of our
infrastructure. Next, our traffic

909
01:08:57,839 --> 01:09:03,679
signals and intelligent transportation
systems or ITS.

910
01:09:01,759 --> 01:09:07,279
This pro project includes intersection
improvements, new new signal

911
01:09:05,679 --> 01:09:11,679
installations and fiber optic
connections to improve coordination and

912
01:09:08,960 --> 01:09:15,199
traffic flow. The third category is
active transportation program which

913
01:09:13,920 --> 01:09:20,080
focuses on improvements for people
walking and biking connectivity and

914
01:09:17,440 --> 01:09:25,040
access through the mobility networks.
And finally, we have roadway projects.

915
01:09:22,400 --> 01:09:29,679
This year's ICA has three major roadway
project investments. the O'Brien Pass

916
01:09:27,440 --> 01:09:33,600
safety project, the Keystone Avenue
safety improvements, and the South

917
01:09:31,759 --> 01:09:37,839
Virginia reconstruction and Virginia
line BRT improvements. Each of these

918
01:09:36,480 --> 01:09:40,880
categories play an important role in
maintaining and improving our

919
01:09:38,880 --> 01:09:44,560
transportation system. In the next few
slides, I'll highlight the active ch

920
01:09:42,480 --> 01:09:48,920
transportation program projects and the
roadway projects that are included in

921
01:09:45,839 --> 01:09:48,920
the agreement.

922
01:09:49,040 --> 01:09:55,040
In the last slide, I mentioned the
active transportation program. This is

923
01:09:53,040 --> 01:09:59,199
the overarching re uh regional vision
for active mobility. You probably also

924
01:09:57,440 --> 01:10:03,760
heard the term neighborhood network
planning. To put that vision of active

925
01:10:01,520 --> 01:10:07,600
transportation into action, the local at
the local level, neighborhood network

926
01:10:05,520 --> 01:10:10,960
planning areas were developed. These
plans identify specific streets and

927
01:10:09,280 --> 01:10:15,920
connections based on data and community
input. With that framework, the region

928
01:10:13,520 --> 01:10:19,520
is divided into 12 planning areas.
They're ranked based on factors like

929
01:10:17,440 --> 01:10:22,800
crash history, bike connections,
proximity to schools, and where they

930
01:10:21,440 --> 01:10:26,880
where their areas of strong potential
for walking and biking. The goal is to

931
01:10:25,280 --> 01:10:31,360
make improvements where they'll have the
biggest impact. These plans emphasize

932
01:10:29,440 --> 01:10:34,880
quick build, cost-effective treatments
that target safety improvements,

933
01:10:33,040 --> 01:10:39,440
particularly in high pedestrian activity
areas. So under this agreement, the

934
01:10:37,679 --> 01:10:44,480
areas moving forward are Sun Valley and
Panta area 2 and Meadowwood and Hidden

935
01:10:42,400 --> 01:10:47,679
Valley area 10. they'll move into design
and implementation. Those are shown on

936
01:10:46,320 --> 01:10:53,679
the exhibit there on the left on the
right hand side highlighted in yellow.

937
01:10:51,679 --> 01:10:57,440
Next, we have our roadway projects. The
first roadway project is the O'Brien

938
01:10:55,199 --> 01:11:00,960
Pass safety project. This project will
improve safety along North Valleys along

939
01:10:59,280 --> 01:11:05,679
Golden Valley Road, which transitions
into West 7th Street between Estates

940
01:11:03,440 --> 01:11:09,280
Road and Sun Valley Boulevard. While the
majority of this project is located

941
01:11:07,120 --> 01:11:13,040
within Wo County jurisdiction, there is
a portion within the city of Reno. Total

942
01:11:11,760 --> 01:11:19,159
est estimated investment is
approximately $20 million with

943
01:11:14,880 --> 01:11:19,159
construction anticipated in 2029.

944
01:11:20,159 --> 01:11:25,440
Next is the Keystone Avenue safety
project. This will improve intersection

945
01:11:23,920 --> 01:11:30,960
operations and pedestrian facilities
along Keystone Avenue from First Street

946
01:11:27,600 --> 01:11:36,280
to I80. The project is estimated at 5.3
million and construction anticipated to

947
01:11:32,960 --> 01:11:36,280
begin in 2029.

948
01:11:36,800 --> 01:11:42,640
And finally, the the South Virginia
Street rehabilitation will reconstruct

949
01:11:40,800 --> 01:11:48,080
Virginia Street from Meadowwood Mall,
which is the southern end of the RTC BRT

950
01:11:44,960 --> 01:11:51,199
line all the way north to Moana Lane.
This this will enhance transit

951
01:11:49,600 --> 01:11:55,600
connectivity and performance along the
corridor and include ADA upgrades to

952
01:11:53,280 --> 01:12:00,400
improve accessibility for all users.
Pimary design is set for 2027 and

953
01:11:57,840 --> 01:12:05,800
construction is anticipated for 2029.
And the total investment for this

954
01:12:02,080 --> 01:12:05,800
project is $20 million.

955
01:12:05,840 --> 01:12:11,199
This concludes my presentation. There is
the motion and myself and Mr. Keller are

956
01:12:10,159 --> 01:12:13,760
here to answer any questions you may
have.

957
01:12:11,600 --> 01:12:17,600
» Okay. Thank you. Good job. Okay.
Councilman Ree, go ahead.

958
01:12:15,040 --> 01:12:21,120
» Ever so briefly, I wanted to ask about a
couple of things. First is a very

959
01:12:19,040 --> 01:12:25,679
specific program. I have the privilege
of representing this body at the RTC. So

960
01:12:24,080 --> 01:12:30,400
perhaps we know a little bit more
because of that. But there is a program

961
01:12:27,840 --> 01:12:35,199
that we have prioritized at the RTC
which I think may be helpful to address

962
01:12:32,560 --> 01:12:40,320
one of my colleagues concerns. So in the
Smithridge area there is um a bus um

963
01:12:38,719 --> 01:12:44,560
route that really needs some
improvement. It it is um hard for people

964
01:12:42,560 --> 01:12:49,280
with mobility impairments to get to bus
stops and also has some fencing that

965
01:12:46,880 --> 01:12:54,560
blows down with some frequency. And for
my part, I want to make sure that we are

966
01:12:52,159 --> 01:12:59,760
um making that known at this body that
that's a priority for us through the bus

967
01:12:56,880 --> 01:13:04,159
stop rehabilitation program, which RTC
is committed to doing, but it has to

968
01:13:01,920 --> 01:13:08,719
really address those access points along
those roadways. So, that's one example.

969
01:13:06,159 --> 01:13:13,440
Is that something that you are tracking
or can help us to close the door on?

970
01:13:11,600 --> 01:13:18,159
» Yes, I will have I'll pass that question
off to Mr. Mr. Keller.

971
01:13:16,480 --> 01:13:21,679
» Good morning. Dale Keller, deputy
executive director for the record for

972
01:13:19,280 --> 01:13:25,040
the RTC. Uh, council member Ree. Uh,
yes. So, we have this bus stop

973
01:13:23,199 --> 01:13:28,400
improvement program that we focus on
every year with uh what you'll see

974
01:13:27,120 --> 01:13:31,840
later, construction this summer,
different various connections to help

975
01:13:30,000 --> 01:13:35,360
the sidewalk connections to our bus
stops. We're looking forward to continue

976
01:13:33,840 --> 01:13:38,719
that program moving on. Right now, we
don't have a project at this time at the

977
01:13:36,880 --> 01:13:42,640
Smith area, but I know this is going to
be discussion with the RTC board coming

978
01:13:40,320 --> 01:13:46,960
up next month. Well, I guess I'm I'm
telling you I I when I hear my

979
01:13:45,040 --> 01:13:50,080
colleagues at this dis raise significant
issues, we want to address them. So

980
01:13:48,719 --> 01:13:54,800
that's then what we are tasked with
doing. Obviously, it fits a broader

981
01:13:52,320 --> 01:13:59,520
regional goal, which is we are trying to
make sure that our bus system is not

982
01:13:56,800 --> 01:14:04,000
just a random sign on the side of a
roadway. We we actually need shelter for

983
01:14:01,920 --> 01:14:07,199
people to sit under or stand under when
they're waiting for the bus in in

984
01:14:05,360 --> 01:14:10,400
inclement weather. We need to make sure
that people with mobility impairments

985
01:14:08,719 --> 01:14:14,400
can get there. So that often involves
sidewalk changes, configurations,

986
01:14:12,239 --> 01:14:21,120
repairs, and in this case in Mr.
Martinez's ward, um I feel like we have

987
01:14:17,520 --> 01:14:25,520
not figured out that it it seems a small
issue, right, when the a sto a fence

988
01:14:23,440 --> 01:14:29,679
blows down, but it becomes a huge
life-saving and life-changing issue when

989
01:14:27,520 --> 01:14:33,040
someone who needs to access that route,
needs a bus to get there, cannot do it.

990
01:14:31,600 --> 01:14:37,760
So please understand that I'll be
pushing you to expansively view that as

991
01:14:36,000 --> 01:14:42,000
an opportunity for us to make those
improvements. Okay. Thank you, Council

992
01:14:39,679 --> 01:14:45,679
Member Ree. And uh to that point, you
what we hear uh anecdotally, we're also

993
01:14:44,400 --> 01:14:48,719
seeing from the data driven from those
neighborhood network plans that Mr.

994
01:14:46,800 --> 01:14:52,800
Wilson discussed in that area by Mewood
Mall. We actually saw a lot of um input

995
01:14:51,280 --> 01:14:55,840
and comments about how we improved that
connectivity around that Mewood Mall

996
01:14:54,480 --> 01:14:58,480
area and that Smith area as well. So,
the data help supports that.

997
01:14:57,040 --> 01:15:01,520
» Well, and I I don't have much time and
I'll just try to get this out quickly,

998
01:14:59,920 --> 01:15:06,159
but it's still a question for you, Mr.
Keller. were here a couple of weeks ago

999
01:15:03,679 --> 01:15:11,840
when we had a project that it was a very
important project for our region, a very

1000
01:15:08,480 --> 01:15:17,280
um difficult vote. It was the Lacage um
or I'm sorry, the Lacage golf course

1001
01:15:14,560 --> 01:15:21,120
project and at that time there was a lot
of discussion about improvements to

1002
01:15:18,960 --> 01:15:25,040
Lakeside McCarron. I I want to make sure
you are hearing from this body and I you

1003
01:15:23,199 --> 01:15:28,640
were here so I assume you are hearing
that that is a priority for us and so I

1004
01:15:27,120 --> 01:15:32,800
want to make sure that we're really
directing our effort at looking at that

1005
01:15:31,040 --> 01:15:37,199
intersection at Lakeside and McCarron
and and the area just there because it

1006
01:15:35,280 --> 01:15:40,159
is very important to our region and a
lot of people are impacted by it.

1007
01:15:39,280 --> 01:15:45,280
» Understood. Thank you.
>> Thank you so much.

1008
01:15:43,280 --> 01:15:50,800
» Yeah, thank you. And uh if I could have
Dale still Yeah. Um Dale, um I could

1009
01:15:48,800 --> 01:15:55,440
just say ditto, but the main focus I
have are two projects. One is the

1010
01:15:52,960 --> 01:16:01,520
lakeside of McCarron. Um I know that
you've designed it is what I've heard.

1011
01:15:59,120 --> 01:16:05,280
» Councilman, we are at a 30% design.
>> Oh, 30%.

1012
01:16:03,040 --> 01:16:08,000
» Okay. So, you haven't fully designed it.
So, and I've heard you have budget

1013
01:16:06,640 --> 01:16:12,640
challenges and I've heard you've asked
for money from NDOT and that they have

1014
01:16:10,640 --> 01:16:17,040
not come forward with that yet. And I
guess what I'm saying is sometimes and I

1015
01:16:15,280 --> 01:16:23,679
I know it's important to get the cost
share because it's an end dot built and

1016
01:16:19,520 --> 01:16:27,280
managed road. Um but that said, you
know, it's almost like a jurisdictional

1017
01:16:25,280 --> 01:16:31,360
dispute because at the end of the day,
our people are suffering. Our people

1018
01:16:29,199 --> 01:16:36,719
that are driving or even walking along
that area are suffering. they I myself

1019
01:16:34,560 --> 01:16:41,600
have gotten, you know, stopped trying to
enter McCarron from any which way during

1020
01:16:39,040 --> 01:16:46,320
any number of hours where while I have
the green light, I can't turn there.

1021
01:16:43,520 --> 01:16:51,120
It's a parking lot. Um, so I want to
make sure that we do prioritize

1022
01:16:47,920 --> 01:16:55,520
finishing the design and constructing
the thing. And as I understand it, in

1023
01:16:53,600 --> 01:16:58,960
comparison to some other projects, it's
not that level expensive. I mean, some

1024
01:16:57,280 --> 01:17:03,360
of the projects you mentioned 20
million, etc. I know it's not on that

1025
01:17:01,040 --> 01:17:08,880
order of magnitude. The a second thing I
wanted to ask is we've I wanted to

1026
01:17:05,440 --> 01:17:14,400
follow up on the intersection of um Rio
Wrangler and um what do you call um

1027
01:17:13,199 --> 01:17:21,280
» Steamboat
>> Steamboat? Uh no, it's uh by um the high

1028
01:17:19,440 --> 01:17:24,239
school, Deonte Ranch High School.
There's supposed to be [clears throat] a

1029
01:17:22,480 --> 01:17:25,840
roundabout being constructed,
>> correct?

1030
01:17:24,640 --> 01:17:31,040
» Could you speak to that?
>> Uh yes, ma'am. Yes, ma'am. I do. So last

1031
01:17:28,320 --> 01:17:34,880
ICA we approved moving forward with
those roundabout improvements that

1032
01:17:32,640 --> 01:17:37,920
steamboat and Rio Wrangler as that
intersection. There's also Macau.

1033
01:17:36,480 --> 01:17:40,480
» Oh, you're doing that's what I I thought
you were doing Macaulay.

1034
01:17:39,120 --> 01:17:44,320
» Now McCauley was also we're looking to
because there's also a future project

1035
01:17:42,000 --> 01:17:46,800
about widening that uh stretch of Rio
Wrangler

1036
01:17:45,920 --> 01:17:48,960
in front of the high school.
>> Correct. To see how they all connect

1037
01:17:47,920 --> 01:17:52,480
together. So what we're moving forward
is with that roundabout as we have in

1038
01:17:50,239 --> 01:17:56,800
the ICA then also study the first in
front of the roundabout for that future

1039
01:17:53,760 --> 01:17:59,840
widening of Rio Wrangler. So, we have
money and we have dedicated resources

1040
01:17:58,480 --> 01:18:03,520
and the ICA to move forward with that
roundabout at Steamboat and Railing.

1041
01:18:01,600 --> 01:18:06,800
» Okay. I didn't realize I know that I
mean it's a tight intersection in terms

1042
01:18:05,280 --> 01:18:11,520
of there's a whole development there
with a fence or a wall. Are are you

1043
01:18:09,760 --> 01:18:14,640
planning to do everything I guess to the
west of that or

1044
01:18:12,880 --> 01:18:17,120
» so? Yes, ma'am. We are and we're
starting to look at the whole corridor

1045
01:18:15,760 --> 01:18:20,719
itself and Rio Wrangler, see how the
traffic flows all together, making sure

1046
01:18:18,560 --> 01:18:24,560
whatever we build for that roundabout of
Rio Wrangler is also compatible for

1047
01:18:23,040 --> 01:18:29,040
future development. The only thing I
would ask when you do these roundabouts

1048
01:18:26,320 --> 01:18:32,480
is that you make them as big as possible
because when you go with those tight

1049
01:18:30,719 --> 01:18:37,760
ones like they have at Somerset and
other places, it's just very hard to

1050
01:18:35,440 --> 01:18:42,000
navigate, you know, and there's a
tremendous amount of traffic coming

1051
01:18:39,280 --> 01:18:45,760
through already. But in the future, to
your point, there's business to the

1052
01:18:43,840 --> 01:18:49,360
north, there's development to the north,
and so a lot of people are going to be

1053
01:18:47,360 --> 01:18:54,719
going through that roundabout. And I I'm
I'm really hoping you can get a handle

1054
01:18:51,280 --> 01:19:00,480
on it and get it built. So, thank you.
>> All right. Go ahead.

1055
01:18:56,880 --> 01:19:05,120
» Yeah. Um I have um just some questions
on the projects in W 4 just to get a

1056
01:19:02,480 --> 01:19:10,640
little more information. Um can you tell
me more about what this project will

1057
01:19:08,640 --> 01:19:14,080
include in Panther Valley?
>> The the O'Brien pass one.

1058
01:19:12,560 --> 01:19:19,600
» Uh yes.
>> So that that's the O'Brien pass. So

1059
01:19:17,440 --> 01:19:22,480
we're get that's what we're getting for
we're getting ready to put this into

1060
01:19:20,880 --> 01:19:25,280
design preliminary design to identify
the improvements that need to take

1061
01:19:23,600 --> 01:19:29,520
place. So things like things like adding
sidewalk you know um crossings you know

1062
01:19:28,239 --> 01:19:33,040
put that evaluation.
>> Okay. I think I'm having like a little

1063
01:19:31,120 --> 01:19:40,880
bit of a disconnect because Panther
Valley to me is is south

1064
01:19:36,960 --> 01:19:43,360
like a south area of the 395 like off
Virginia

1065
01:19:42,560 --> 01:19:47,679
like
>> Yeah. That that's so this this area is

1066
01:19:46,320 --> 01:19:52,400
actually Golden Valley Road. Yeah,
that's what I up there up off off of um

1067
01:19:50,320 --> 01:19:54,480
by North North Valley's high school and
down the Sun Valley.

1068
01:19:53,360 --> 01:19:57,520
» There is something on here that says
Panther Valley. So what is the Panther

1069
01:19:56,239 --> 01:20:01,520
Valley project?
>> Is there you is referring to the next

1070
01:19:59,120 --> 01:20:03,679
item that is the ILA maybe?
>> I'm sorry.

1071
01:20:02,080 --> 01:20:06,480
» Is that there's I do have another item
on the council agenda that's for the

1072
01:20:05,120 --> 01:20:11,600
ILA.
>> Okay. Um

1073
01:20:09,040 --> 01:20:18,159
let me look. I believe it was on your
map here. Yeah. Or it says um following

1074
01:20:16,159 --> 01:20:21,760
extensive public engagement process of
priority areas were identified in

1075
01:20:19,920 --> 01:20:27,440
advance for design, the city of Reno
selected areas for the FY27 ICA to

1076
01:20:25,199 --> 01:20:30,880
include Sun Valley and Panther Valley
area.

1077
01:20:27,840 --> 01:20:36,320
» Got I'm I apologize. So So this is the
active transportation um uh program. So

1078
01:20:34,960 --> 01:20:39,760
this is where we take the active
transportation planning and narrow it

1079
01:20:38,080 --> 01:20:44,560
down into into neighborhood planning
areas. Okay. where weident we identify

1080
01:20:42,000 --> 01:20:45,600
some con connections for for um mobility
networks.

1081
01:20:45,280 --> 01:20:50,480
» Okay.
>> So so we did some we did public uh RTC

1082
01:20:48,159 --> 01:20:56,320
worked on public engagement to develop
uh specific streets that they would in

1083
01:20:52,320 --> 01:21:01,360
that put um uh uh neighbor um uh uh
mobility um plans on mobility network.

1084
01:20:59,520 --> 01:21:04,400
» Okay. So what is a mobility plan?
>> So it's essentially active

1085
01:21:02,640 --> 01:21:07,440
transportation. So things like bikes,
you know, walking, you know, scooters,

1086
01:21:06,800 --> 01:21:11,360
things like that.
>> Okay. And would those be uh divided?

1087
01:21:09,760 --> 01:21:15,840
would there be some type of barrier like
a curb for those areas? And I ask

1088
01:21:12,960 --> 01:21:19,760
because we've had pedestrian fatalities
along North Virginia at the Panther

1089
01:21:17,440 --> 01:21:24,159
Valley area. So, I'm I'm very concerned
about pedestrian pedestrian safety,

1090
01:21:21,920 --> 01:21:28,560
people on bikes because we don't have a
lot of um public transportation. There

1091
01:21:26,800 --> 01:21:34,080
is a lot of foot traffic or people on
bicycles. So, I just want to know what

1092
01:21:30,640 --> 01:21:37,920
what exactly um what safety precautions
will be included.

1093
01:21:35,679 --> 01:21:41,440
» Thanks for that question. So essentially
depending on the speed and volume of the

1094
01:21:39,760 --> 01:21:45,360
of the roadway is how you put the
treatment in place of whether or not uh

1095
01:21:43,040 --> 01:21:48,640
it it's high speed and high volume then
you separate. You know we'll we all

1096
01:21:47,040 --> 01:21:51,520
we'll look at also neighborhood areas
where we can do this where the where the

1097
01:21:49,920 --> 01:21:53,120
speeds are actually slower to make sure
that we're putting people in a safe

1098
01:21:52,800 --> 01:21:58,000
area.
>> Okay. Is it possible, you know, if it's

1099
01:21:54,880 --> 01:22:01,600
an area where maybe you couldn't justify
a curb, maybe you could put like

1100
01:21:59,600 --> 01:22:06,880
plastic, you know, those things that
stick up just as a a a more visible

1101
01:22:04,560 --> 01:22:12,480
reminder to people to stay out of those
areas. I think sometimes people drive a

1102
01:22:09,280 --> 01:22:16,639
little too fast and and don't don't pay
attention to um sharing the road with

1103
01:22:14,960 --> 01:22:22,520
other people. So, I just want to say
that. Um I have other things, but I'll

1104
01:22:18,159 --> 01:22:22,520
I'll come back. Thank you for that.

1105
01:22:33,040 --> 01:22:42,480
Yeah. Yeah. Um, so I don't know if my
time starts over then. Um, so another

1106
01:22:40,480 --> 01:22:46,320
point of concern I get from the Panther
Valley community a lot is access in and

1107
01:22:44,639 --> 01:22:52,239
out of the valley. So, I don't know if
there's anything in the plan to um look

1108
01:22:49,440 --> 01:22:56,239
into more ways to get in and out of that
area, especially with the increasing

1109
01:22:54,480 --> 01:22:59,840
development and there's been a lot of
industrial and and different types of

1110
01:22:58,080 --> 01:23:04,000
things going in there. I've had a lot of
concern from the residents in that area

1111
01:23:02,000 --> 01:23:07,520
that it is difficult to get in and out
and also the business owners have

1112
01:23:05,920 --> 01:23:12,080
expressed a lot of frustration
especially during the time that um Endot

1113
01:23:10,159 --> 01:23:16,880
is doing construction on the freeway
that there is really um limited access

1114
01:23:15,280 --> 01:23:20,560
uh to get in and out. It's been an
extreme detriment to a lot of the

1115
01:23:18,880 --> 01:23:25,679
businesses in that area. So, I don't
know if that's part of the plan, but I

1116
01:23:21,920 --> 01:23:31,120
would recommend looking for ways to um
have, you know, access points in and out

1117
01:23:28,080 --> 01:23:38,000
of Panther Valley. Um the other part I
wanted to talk about, the Golden Valley

1118
01:23:33,120 --> 01:23:43,600
part, um I I know that
there's a small portion of Golden Valley

1119
01:23:40,800 --> 01:23:51,920
in Reno. The majority of it is in the
county. So, um I'm just wondering, you

1120
01:23:49,199 --> 01:23:58,880
know, if
there's going to be more focus on

1121
01:23:56,239 --> 01:24:05,040
um infrastructure within the city of
Reno, like the the huge bulk of that

1122
01:24:02,639 --> 01:24:10,639
project is not going to be within the
city of Reno boundaries.

1123
01:24:07,920 --> 01:24:15,360
» So, I I Khalil Wilson, assistant
director public works for the record. Um

1124
01:24:13,199 --> 01:24:18,960
what's what's not what's benefit to the
citizens that RTC leads this effort is

1125
01:24:17,360 --> 01:24:22,480
that they can make it on a on a regional
collaboration. So we would collaborate

1126
01:24:20,719 --> 01:24:25,199
on the on areas that are washup county
and in the city of Reno to make sure

1127
01:24:24,080 --> 01:24:28,159
that we have a seamless connection
between the two. So because our citizens

1128
01:24:26,719 --> 01:24:30,159
are blind to jurisdiction, right? We
want to make sure we have consistency

1129
01:24:29,199 --> 01:24:34,159
through the corridor.
>> Okay. So with that area, do you know

1130
01:24:32,560 --> 01:24:38,000
now? Have you done traffic studies? Do
you know if there would be a divided

1131
01:24:36,159 --> 01:24:40,480
bike lane in that area?
>> That's what the size is all about. So we

1132
01:24:39,600 --> 01:24:46,520
can get going with those.
>> Okay. So, it's to be determined. Okay.

1133
01:24:43,040 --> 01:24:46,520
Thank you very much.

1134
01:24:53,040 --> 01:25:00,560
» Do you want me to make a motion? Oh,
okay. Um, I move to recommend move to

1135
01:24:59,199 --> 01:25:04,239
approve the regional transportation
commission FY2027 interlocal cooperative

1136
01:25:03,120 --> 01:25:07,920
agreement. Second.
>> All right. I have a motion, a second.

1137
01:25:06,159 --> 01:25:11,840
Any discussion? I see some lights on
over here to my right. Vice Mayor,

1138
01:25:10,480 --> 01:25:15,360
» just ready to vote, ma'am. I'm sorry
about that. Yeah. [laughter]

1139
01:25:12,639 --> 01:25:22,520
» All right. I'll I do have discussion. I
just want to say um you know, I do think

1140
01:25:17,440 --> 01:25:22,520
that um we have a um

1141
01:25:22,560 --> 01:25:30,000
a lot of need for infrastructure in Ward
4. I think everybody's aware of that. Um

1142
01:25:27,600 --> 01:25:33,679
we have extreme congestion. I know that
there's widening happening on the 395. I

1143
01:25:32,480 --> 01:25:38,880
know that there's going to be widening
on North Virginia, but um we need to

1144
01:25:37,199 --> 01:25:43,520
really look for ways to bring more
infrastructure and access to the North

1145
01:25:41,040 --> 01:25:47,760
Valleys in general. So, I just want to
um ask for support from the RTC. I'm

1146
01:25:45,840 --> 01:25:52,000
going to support this, but in the
future, I hope to see more focus um in

1147
01:25:50,480 --> 01:25:56,480
the North Valley's community. We
currently have two access points to get,

1148
01:25:54,400 --> 01:26:01,120
you know, 40,000 people from the North
Valleys into the rest of of Reno. So

1149
01:25:59,120 --> 01:26:05,920
just hoping to see more of that, you
know, in future plans and also hopefully

1150
01:26:03,840 --> 01:26:10,800
someday more public transportation as
well. So thank you.

1151
01:26:08,400 --> 01:26:12,560
» All right. Uh so all those in favor say
I.

1152
01:26:11,440 --> 01:26:16,320
» All those opposed.
>> Motion carries unanimously. All right.

1153
01:26:14,400 --> 01:26:18,960
Good job, Ku.
>> And now we're going to head back to C1.

1154
01:26:17,920 --> 01:26:22,639
Madam clerk, is that correct?
>> Yes, ma'am. Item C1.

1155
01:26:20,400 --> 01:26:25,840
» All right. C1, any public comment?
>> No public comment. And no correspondence

1156
01:26:25,199 --> 01:26:30,239
was received.
>> Oh, yes. So, we will now open up the

1157
01:26:27,520 --> 01:26:33,840
public hearing. Um, no public comment
and no correspondence was received.

1158
01:26:32,239 --> 01:26:38,400
» Is it a public comment?
>> No, it's not. Oh, sorry. Sorry.

1159
01:26:36,880 --> 01:26:43,920
» No, you're good.
>> I'm I'm ahead of myself. Okay, Vicki, go

1160
01:26:41,360 --> 01:26:48,560
ahead. Take it away or Miss Van Beern.
>> And council members, um Vicky Van Beern,

1161
01:26:46,639 --> 01:26:53,520
director of finance for the record. I
have a just a very brief update for you

1162
01:26:50,800 --> 01:26:57,600
today on the general fund. This aligns
with your strategic plan through fiscal

1163
01:26:55,600 --> 01:27:01,040
sustainability.
Uh today I just want to talk about where

1164
01:26:59,360 --> 01:27:05,920
we are in the current year. So this
would be July through January, the seven

1165
01:27:03,360 --> 01:27:09,600
months in this fiscal year and then just
give you a brief outline of what you're

1166
01:27:07,760 --> 01:27:13,280
to expect next week for the budget
workshop that we're going to have on

1167
01:27:11,040 --> 01:27:19,120
March 4th.
So fiscal year 26, this is the current

1168
01:27:16,000 --> 01:27:22,880
fiscal year. Um again, this is seven
months worth of information that we have

1169
01:27:21,199 --> 01:27:26,480
so far for this year. Revenues and
expenditures are tracking in line as

1170
01:27:24,880 --> 01:27:30,320
discussed last month. There's really
nothing really to highlight here that's

1171
01:27:28,480 --> 01:27:35,440
much different. Property tax is still
trending about 2% above budget. Right

1172
01:27:32,719 --> 01:27:41,199
now it's at 1.8% above budget.
Consolidated taxes are trending 5% above

1173
01:27:38,320 --> 01:27:46,000
budget and uh that's with the December
distribution. Then franchise fees are

1174
01:27:43,440 --> 01:27:51,199
tracking 13% below budget for the
reasons that we've talked about before.

1175
01:27:47,920 --> 01:27:56,080
usage, um, weather, um, and that as
such. The slightly higher revenues from

1176
01:27:53,760 --> 01:28:00,960
property tax and consolidated taxes are
covering the shortfall in franchise fee

1177
01:27:58,239 --> 01:28:04,639
revenue at this time. This is in line
with what you saw last month. And then

1178
01:28:02,719 --> 01:28:09,360
salary and benefits are trending 4%
below budget. Supplies are trending 8%

1179
01:28:07,040 --> 01:28:14,880
below budget. Again, this is the exact
same um, information as last month. It's

1180
01:28:12,080 --> 01:28:18,639
still trending exactly the same. savings
are trending higher right now due to the

1181
01:28:16,880 --> 01:28:22,560
number of positions that have been
vacant. Many of those are public safety

1182
01:28:20,960 --> 01:28:26,960
positions and they've either started the
academy with police or they will be

1183
01:28:24,400 --> 01:28:31,040
starting with fire. So we will see those
rates decline a little bit. Um so they

1184
01:28:29,360 --> 01:28:35,360
are a little high right now but really
no different from the information that

1185
01:28:32,560 --> 01:28:39,520
was presented in January.
Cax just to give you an idea of what

1186
01:28:37,440 --> 01:28:43,840
consolidated tax looks like. Again, this
is so critical because as the highest

1187
01:28:41,360 --> 01:28:48,800
revenue source in the general fund, we
have the December allocation. December

1188
01:28:46,400 --> 01:28:53,840
is the highest month of the year given
holiday shopping and such. Um that we

1189
01:28:51,920 --> 01:28:59,679
did receive this week. You can see
overall we're still trending 5% above

1190
01:28:56,560 --> 01:29:04,239
budget. As I mentioned, again, we're
only halfway through the year with this

1191
01:29:01,840 --> 01:29:09,040
data point. We still have, you know, six
more data points to close out this year.

1192
01:29:06,800 --> 01:29:13,520
right now. Um, it's on track with the
way we're developing the budget for next

1193
01:29:10,960 --> 01:29:17,920
fiscal year for fiscal year 27. So,
really nothing to highlight here as

1194
01:29:15,280 --> 01:29:21,840
well. We're just on track.
So, next week, so next week is going to

1195
01:29:20,320 --> 01:29:26,239
be a budget workshop. It's going to be
held on March 4th. It's going to have a

1196
01:29:24,239 --> 01:29:31,040
budget overview that presents all the
funds and more detailed reviews of the

1197
01:29:28,639 --> 01:29:35,840
general fund, the special revenue funds,
enterprise funds, and and the internal

1198
01:29:33,760 --> 01:29:38,719
service funds. So, all of those. And
then we're going to have discussions

1199
01:29:36,960 --> 01:29:42,639
that will also include a review of the
fee schedule and presentations from

1200
01:29:40,800 --> 01:29:47,440
departments on the proposed capital
improvement projects for next fiscal

1201
01:29:44,560 --> 01:29:51,199
year for fiscal year 27. So your role as
council in the budget workshop is to

1202
01:29:49,360 --> 01:29:56,320
guide decision-making and provide
transparency by reviewing the proposed

1203
01:29:54,080 --> 01:30:00,880
revenues and expenditures, asking
questions of me, of staff, you know,

1204
01:29:58,719 --> 01:30:04,960
identifying funding priorities and
providing the strategic policy direction

1205
01:30:03,440 --> 01:30:10,320
so that we can shape the city's
financial plan for you based on that.

1206
01:30:07,920 --> 01:30:14,400
Following the budget workshop next week,
we'll have many other opportunities

1207
01:30:12,320 --> 01:30:20,800
after that. So there'll be financial
updates on March 25th as you see on the

1208
01:30:16,960 --> 01:30:25,199
slide. April's 22nd. Then on May 6,
we're going to have a whole another

1209
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budget overview again. And then budget
adoption on May 20th. So in between now

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and budget adoption. Clearly changes can
be made and we are going to be talking a

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01:30:33,920 --> 01:30:39,520
lot of budget during this time. So just
wanted to give you a preview of what

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that looks like and how you'll know
what's rolling out and when. So that

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concludes my presentation. Uh this is a
discussion only item. So it does not

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01:30:47,199 --> 01:30:52,400
require a motion, but I'm glad to answer
questions

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01:30:50,159 --> 01:30:56,480
» or a public hearing. [laughter]
>> Okay. All right. I'm going to start with

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01:30:54,080 --> 01:31:00,400
you, Randy. You have any anything?
>> No, I'm well prepared for this workshop

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01:30:58,560 --> 01:31:02,560
and I'm looking forward to our
discussion on how we're going to move

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forward this year.
>> All right. Good. I don't see any green

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01:31:05,040 --> 01:31:10,880
lights. Nope. Over here, Councilman Ree.
Ever so briefly, Vicki, I just want to

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01:31:08,880 --> 01:31:14,560
say thank you for the pre-preparation.
Um, it's really been helpful to have the

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01:31:12,880 --> 01:31:18,719
frequent meetings with you, so I feel
very prepared as Miss Anderson said. Uh,

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01:31:17,040 --> 01:31:22,320
I know that this was on the agenda and
you're coming up to update us all the

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01:31:20,239 --> 01:31:26,400
time, but we're talking at least once a
week, sometimes twice a week. So, I I

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01:31:24,480 --> 01:31:28,000
thank you for that kind of overemphasis
of it because I think it's very

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01:31:27,440 --> 01:31:33,679
important.
>> Thank you. Okay. Um, thanks. I had a

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01:31:30,719 --> 01:31:37,600
question on slide four. Um, if you could
go back to that. So, this is the summary

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01:31:35,440 --> 01:31:42,800
of how things are trending. And I was
wondering, you said franchise free fees

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01:31:40,159 --> 01:31:49,040
13% below budget. And I was wondering if
you've calculated the the

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01:31:47,040 --> 01:31:54,639
I don't want to say the change that we
voted on uh last meeting where we were

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going to up the franchise fee to 14%.
Have you calculated how much that would

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01:31:57,600 --> 01:32:04,560
bring in as compared to this trend here?
>> Uh thank you for the question. No,

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01:32:02,480 --> 01:32:08,480
that's actually not included here. Um,
it hasn't been the budget hasn't been

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01:32:06,320 --> 01:32:11,199
amended to include that with the next.
>> Right. Right. But I'm just saying, have

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01:32:09,679 --> 01:32:14,719
you calculated is it a four and a half
million

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01:32:11,920 --> 01:32:18,480
» be around one $1.2 million? Um, right
now we're trending four.5 million down.

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01:32:17,360 --> 01:32:20,320
So that would be
>> help offset.

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01:32:19,280 --> 01:32:22,080
» It would help offset
>> but not fully offset.

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» Correct.
>> Okay. And then on that, just so the

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council knows, um I had sent an email to
um Jackie, uh I have been considering

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01:32:31,840 --> 01:32:38,880
reconsidering that item. And the reason
was is since we voted, I got a lot of

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01:32:36,639 --> 01:32:45,120
input or some input, not I wouldn't say
a lot, but some input that adding the

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01:32:41,760 --> 01:32:51,440
CPI um is sort of percentages on
percentages. and rather than have us

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01:32:48,000 --> 01:32:56,159
reconsider it, um Jackie recommended
that we discuss it during the budget

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01:32:53,440 --> 01:33:01,520
workshop and that we can set the number
despite us voting. Uh the first the

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01:32:58,800 --> 01:33:06,960
first uh outing was just going to be the
going to 14% anyway. The CPI would come

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01:33:04,400 --> 01:33:11,280
in next time. So she said rather than
reconsidering the whole item that uh the

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01:33:09,360 --> 01:33:16,719
council has the ability to set the
number each time in our fees. Um, and I

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01:33:14,639 --> 01:33:21,520
talked to Jonathan as well. Would our
vote somehow conflict with our ability

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01:33:19,520 --> 01:33:25,840
to set the budget each time? And he said
no. So that is why I did not pursue it.

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01:33:24,080 --> 01:33:31,360
I just wanted to tell you that, you
know, I'm supportive and it's a hard

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01:33:27,360 --> 01:33:36,880
decision uh to increase any fee, but um
apparently the the CPI would have

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01:33:34,159 --> 01:33:41,920
really, you know, ramped up in in a way
that people felt was not sustainable.

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01:33:38,880 --> 01:33:45,600
So, I I I heard them and I wanted to
have the conversation with council. So,

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01:33:43,520 --> 01:33:49,280
I'm having it right now so that you know
on next Wednesday, which I'll be

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01:33:47,280 --> 01:33:53,280
participating on Zoom, you'll know what
I'm talking about. Um, once we get to

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01:33:51,280 --> 01:33:58,480
fees, I assume we'll cover fees. And
then the other question I had is will we

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01:33:56,080 --> 01:34:02,880
also be I didn't see in your list I
think it was a previous page where we

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01:34:00,400 --> 01:34:06,239
would be covering uh the RDA the
redevelopment agency or is that in a

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01:34:05,120 --> 01:34:10,480
separate item or
>> redevelopment will be discussed with the

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01:34:08,159 --> 01:34:14,960
redevelopment agency? Yes. And that will
be on the 4th as well and it will be a

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01:34:12,320 --> 01:34:17,520
separate presentation on the same day.
>> Yes. Same day.

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01:34:15,440 --> 01:34:21,040
» Okay. But you're not giving us that
report here, right?

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01:34:18,719 --> 01:34:27,280
» No, this is just the citywide. Um but
redevelopment will come on um same day.

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01:34:24,480 --> 01:34:31,040
» Okay. Now Vicki, can you be can you are
our budget? You know, you are our CFO

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01:34:29,280 --> 01:34:36,320
for the whole city including
redevelopment I assume. Will you help us

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01:34:34,159 --> 01:34:41,840
set the stage for that conversation too
in terms of cash flow and opening

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01:34:39,040 --> 01:34:47,440
balances and those kind of things? Um,
Ashley Turney is actually leading the

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01:34:45,120 --> 01:34:51,040
» right I have spoken to her, but I'm just
looking for apples to apples so it's

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01:34:49,120 --> 01:34:54,320
presented in a similar way so we know
what the opening fund balance is and all

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01:34:53,600 --> 01:34:58,400
those things.
>> Okay, I will circle up with Ashley and

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01:34:56,080 --> 01:35:04,000
» that'd be great. Thank you.
>> Okay, Councilman Eert.

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01:35:01,280 --> 01:35:09,920
» No. Okay. No. And I just wanted to
appreciate council member Derer for

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01:35:05,679 --> 01:35:13,679
bringing up the the um CPI uh increase
on the um the franchise fee for waste

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01:35:13,280 --> 01:35:18,080
management.
>> And if I may, Madam Mayor, yeah, the

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01:35:15,520 --> 01:35:22,480
reason I was I heard my colleagues. I
mean, three of you did not vote for

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01:35:20,400 --> 01:35:26,080
that. That's troublesome to me. I don't
think that on financial matters we

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01:35:24,639 --> 01:35:29,440
should be having like four three votes
and stuff. And that's why I wanted to

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01:35:27,920 --> 01:35:33,600
consider it because you seemed worried
about the CPI. Miguel seemed worried

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01:35:31,760 --> 01:35:37,520
about the CPI. The mayor was also
concerned. And so I thought, well, I'd

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01:35:35,920 --> 01:35:43,040
rather have peace and harmony and do
something we can all support than have

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01:35:40,239 --> 01:35:46,639
division. I mean, this is truly what was
driving me. Immediately after the

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01:35:44,400 --> 01:35:50,960
meeting, I talked to Jackie. It wasn't I
it wasn't that people sent in letters.

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01:35:49,040 --> 01:35:54,320
They did send in letters, but I first
talked to Jackie and I talked to the

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01:35:52,400 --> 01:35:57,520
mayor and I said, "I'm uncomfortable. I
don't like this kind of result when

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01:35:56,239 --> 01:36:00,239
we're talking about the budget." And
that's why I wanted to revisit it. So,

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01:35:59,600 --> 01:36:02,960
thank you.
>> Yeah.

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01:36:00,800 --> 01:36:04,480
» All right, Council Neighbor, your lights
on.

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01:36:03,360 --> 01:36:07,199
» Oh, yeah. I was just
>> Okay, you're just seconding.

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01:36:06,560 --> 01:36:10,960
» Okay.
>> I was just responding to her. Thank you.

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01:36:09,199 --> 01:36:13,679
» All right. Well, thank you so much.
Great job. We'll see you soon

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01:36:12,960 --> 01:36:17,040
» next week.
>> Okay.

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01:36:15,280 --> 01:36:24,120
Okay, Madame Clerk.
>> All right, moving on to item C2. This is

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01:36:19,440 --> 01:36:24,120
also a presentation. Okay,

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01:36:28,159 --> 01:36:34,320
this is always a good one. Work with
comp.

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01:36:30,880 --> 01:36:39,280
» I know it's not sexy, but it's really,
really relevant.

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01:36:35,840 --> 01:36:40,880
» So, okay, the forers. Nice to see you.
You're going to do great.

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01:36:40,320 --> 01:36:43,440
» Thank you.
>> Okay,

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01:36:41,440 --> 01:36:47,360
» so good morning, mayor and council
members. I'm Adria White and I'm the

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01:36:45,040 --> 01:36:52,080
risk manager here and I am here to talk
to you guys and provide you an update on

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01:36:49,600 --> 01:36:56,719
the city of Reno's workers comp program
for fiscal year 25.

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01:36:54,800 --> 01:37:01,679
So this aligns with our strategic plan
of fiscal sustainability and governance

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01:36:58,800 --> 01:37:05,840
and organizational effectiveness.
So what is workers comp? So according

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01:37:04,327 --> 01:37:11,119
[clears throat] to the division of
industrial relations definition, workers

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01:37:08,080 --> 01:37:15,199
comp is a no fault insurance program
which provides benefits to employees who

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01:37:13,119 --> 01:37:19,840
are injured on the job and protection to
employers who have provided coverage at

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01:37:17,119 --> 01:37:24,480
the time of that injury.
So how does workers comp work? So when

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01:37:22,480 --> 01:37:28,880
an employee is injured on the job,
they're required to fill out state

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01:37:25,920 --> 01:37:32,480
required forms, give those to the risk
management department here at the city,

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01:37:30,960 --> 01:37:37,440
and then those are sent to the third
party administrator for the city for

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01:37:34,880 --> 01:37:42,000
review. And then a claim can either be
accepted, denied, or denied pending

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01:37:39,760 --> 01:37:46,639
further medical. Now, denied pending
further medical means that they didn't

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01:37:44,080 --> 01:37:50,639
receive all of the medical documentation
at the time within the time frame that

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01:37:49,280 --> 01:37:55,840
they needed to make the claim
determination. So, it's it's essentially

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01:37:53,679 --> 01:38:00,880
a pending status until they get all of
that medical information and they can

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01:37:57,440 --> 01:38:05,679
make a final decision.
So, what governs workers comp? So here

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01:38:03,199 --> 01:38:11,600
in Nevada, we are an exclusive remedy
state and so all of the uh benefits are

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01:38:08,560 --> 01:38:16,560
set for forth in statute. An exclusive
remedy means employees give up the right

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01:38:14,000 --> 01:38:21,520
to sue for injuries obtained on the job
in exchange for guaranteed prompt

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01:38:18,560 --> 01:38:25,679
payments for those injuries. And here
are the NRS's that govern our workers

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01:38:23,840 --> 01:38:33,520
comp here in Nevada. And then we also
have some city policy as well.

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01:38:30,159 --> 01:38:38,159
So, what about insurance coverage? So,
NRS does state that self-insured

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01:38:35,760 --> 01:38:43,840
employers have to carry an excess
insurance coverage of up to at least

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01:38:40,560 --> 01:38:48,560
$2.5 million. So, the city is a
self-insured program and our workers

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01:38:46,159 --> 01:38:53,119
comp coverage is a $5 million coverage.
So, we are responsible for anything up

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01:38:50,880 --> 01:38:57,159
to that $5 million mark and then it goes
over to the excess coverage.

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01:38:57,440 --> 01:39:03,520
So what is covered under workers
compensation?

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01:39:01,360 --> 01:39:07,760
So we have medical treatment. So for
example, an employee slips and falls,

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01:39:05,520 --> 01:39:11,520
goes to the doctor, that initial
treatment and anything thereafter while

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01:39:09,520 --> 01:39:16,719
the claim is open is going to be covered
under the claim.

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01:39:13,920 --> 01:39:20,239
Lost time compensation. So for example,
if we have an employee that falls,

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01:39:18,639 --> 01:39:23,440
breaks their arm, they have to have
surgery, they're going to be out for two

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01:39:21,920 --> 01:39:28,960
weeks, they're unable to work during
that time. There is a calculation of

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01:39:26,400 --> 01:39:33,520
average monthly wage that is done and an
employee is given 66 and twothirds

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01:39:31,440 --> 01:39:39,840
percent of their salary for those days
that they are certified off of work.

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Permanent partial disability. So for an
example of this, say an employee jams

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their finger in a door frame. The doctor
says they can return to full duty.

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01:39:47,840 --> 01:39:54,080
They're cleared for they're cleared
medically, but maybe their finger slants

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01:39:51,920 --> 01:39:59,600
just slightly to the right.
um they can be sent for this disability

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01:39:56,639 --> 01:40:03,600
rating and the doctor will rate them
give them a certain percentage and then

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01:40:01,440 --> 01:40:06,600
they are given a lump sum based on that
percentage

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01:40:06,639 --> 01:40:12,880
permanent total disability. So this is
when an employee actually can no longer

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01:40:10,880 --> 01:40:18,320
perform the functions of their job. So
an example of this say an employee is

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01:40:15,600 --> 01:40:23,920
diagnosed with PTSD. the treating
physician says they can no longer return

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01:40:20,880 --> 01:40:28,239
to their pre-injjury position because it
triggers, you know, those memories,

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01:40:26,000 --> 01:40:32,639
things along those lines, then they can
no longer unfortunately work here at the

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city or in that position. So, they are
um granted this or able to apply for

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01:40:35,199 --> 01:40:43,920
this permanent total disability benefit,
which is a monthly sum that they get for

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01:40:40,560 --> 01:40:47,840
the rest of their life.
Um, along those same lines, vocational

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01:40:46,080 --> 01:40:52,880
rehabilitation. this is something that
they can choose instead of the permanent

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01:40:50,159 --> 01:40:59,679
total disability. So going back to that
PTSD example, say that employee has

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01:40:56,320 --> 01:41:04,480
always wanted to be a welder and they
can now say I want to be trained to be a

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01:41:02,080 --> 01:41:07,600
welder. Vocational rehabilitation will
take them through the program, train

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01:41:06,080 --> 01:41:12,239
them and also help them with job
placement.

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01:41:09,840 --> 01:41:16,560
We have death benefits for dependent. So
unfortunately if we have an employee who

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01:41:14,000 --> 01:41:20,480
does pass away um under you know the
course and scope of their employment

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01:41:18,719 --> 01:41:24,800
there are death benefits that will go to
their dependence and that is a coverage

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01:41:22,080 --> 01:41:28,800
for a lifetime as well.
And then other claim related expenses

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01:41:26,880 --> 01:41:32,960
those can be things like if an employee
slips and falls hurts their back they

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01:41:31,199 --> 01:41:37,440
need to see a spine specialist. Maybe
the only one available is in Utah. We're

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01:41:35,520 --> 01:41:44,480
covering those travel expenses for those
employees to go there.

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01:41:40,719 --> 01:41:49,119
So what exactly is our FY25 citywide
workers compensation report? So risk

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01:41:46,960 --> 01:41:53,280
management creates this annually and we
distribute it distribute it to

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01:41:50,719 --> 01:41:57,920
directors. This analyzes the trends in
our workplace injuries and offers some

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01:41:55,199 --> 01:42:03,920
insights on those injuries. And then
just keeping in mind this report is

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01:41:59,679 --> 01:42:08,239
FY25. So it's July 1st 2024 to June 30th
2025.

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So going into some highlights from the
report itself. So our reported injuries,

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01:42:11,199 --> 01:42:16,800
you'll see here we have claims,
incidents, and then total reported

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01:42:14,880 --> 01:42:20,880
injuries. A claim is when an employee
actually has gone to the doctor and they

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01:42:18,480 --> 01:42:25,760
are getting treatment for that injury.
An incident only is when they are

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01:42:23,440 --> 01:42:30,239
essentially putting the city on notice
that they received an injury and they

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may be going to the doctor. They do have
90 days to seek medical attention. So an

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example, say a paper cut. I'm gonna fill
out the form. Say I hurt myself. Maybe

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01:42:38,159 --> 01:42:45,040
that paper cut gets infected. I'm gonna
go to the doctor and I have 90 days to

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do that. And then that total reported
injury is the the total of the claims

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01:42:47,440 --> 01:42:55,199
and the incidents incident only
together. So you'll see from FY 24 to 25

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we have had increases in all of those
categories. So 14% in the claims, 19% in

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01:42:58,719 --> 01:43:07,040
those uh incident onlyies and then 15%
overall increase.

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01:43:05,119 --> 01:43:11,760
So our top three departments for that
FY25 year are police, fire and

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01:43:09,520 --> 01:43:17,840
maintenance and operations.
And these are pretty standard across um

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01:43:14,560 --> 01:43:22,400
the nation just due to the high risk of
these positions that that these

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01:43:19,679 --> 01:43:27,040
employees are in. Um again the reported
injuries is the total of those claims.

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01:43:24,800 --> 01:43:33,080
So those employees went to to the doctor
and then those incident only. So they're

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01:43:28,800 --> 01:43:33,080
just kind of putting everyone on notice.

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01:43:33,360 --> 01:43:40,480
So our top three leading cause type and
body part for all those injuries. So our

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leading cause we have absorption,
ingestion, inhalation. So for an

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01:43:43,440 --> 01:43:49,920
example, a firefighter, you know,
breathe in smoke. That's going to fall

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01:43:46,960 --> 01:43:54,639
into that category. Mental stress,
lifting, pushing, and pulling. our

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01:43:52,400 --> 01:44:00,560
injury types, brain strain, contusion
and mental stress. Our body part, lungs,

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01:43:58,000 --> 01:44:06,159
mental stress and hands. So body part
and um injury cause are going hand in

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01:44:02,960 --> 01:44:12,719
hand together. Um and just a note from
um FY24 to FY25 mental stress has moved

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01:44:10,000 --> 01:44:19,040
up in the categories um which we were
anticipating based on legislation.

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So our overall claim costs um you can
see the difference here between FY 24

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01:44:21,119 --> 01:44:30,560
and 25. So our new claims that is just
the claim for that period. So July 1st

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01:44:28,400 --> 01:44:36,719
through June 30th. So that is the cost
just for that period. Ongoing claims are

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01:44:33,840 --> 01:44:42,480
any claims that are continuing treatment
going into the new period. So from FY24

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01:44:39,920 --> 01:44:49,040
to FY25, those would be rolling into
that ongoing claim. And then our

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01:44:45,119 --> 01:44:55,440
reserves are um if we had to pay every
single claim today, this is what it

1398
01:44:52,159 --> 01:44:59,440
would cost us. So again, this is
consistent with our increases in our

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01:44:57,360 --> 01:45:05,760
injury rates. And so our increase in the
claim cost is going up as well.

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So some key factors we have influencing
our claim liability. So, injury

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occurrence. So, just a larger workforce,
um rising medical costs, which we see

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that nationwide, not only in our workers
comp, but as well as our personal

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01:45:17,040 --> 01:45:25,520
benefits as well. Uh cost of living
increases, and that's just um the two,

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01:45:22,639 --> 01:45:31,600
you know, 2.3% that we get roughly every
year. Um and then also legislative

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01:45:28,320 --> 01:45:36,320
impacts. There is also a 2 I think 5%
increase for um those employees that are

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01:45:34,239 --> 01:45:40,880
see receiving the death benefits or the
permanent total disability benefits. And

1407
01:45:38,800 --> 01:45:45,119
then we have legislative impacts that we
see um usually every legislative

1408
01:45:43,199 --> 01:45:48,960
session.
And I know this is kind of a small slide

1409
01:45:47,520 --> 01:45:53,920
um but these are the some of the
legislative impacts that we've seen

1410
01:45:50,560 --> 01:45:58,639
since the 2017 session. Um so you can
see that that we do have a a good amount

1411
01:45:56,159 --> 01:46:05,000
that comes up every year or every
bianual year for those um legislative

1412
01:46:02,000 --> 01:46:05,000
impacts.

1413
01:46:06,400 --> 01:46:13,199
And then some of our mitigation
recommendations, we are priator

1414
01:46:10,960 --> 01:46:17,440
prioritizing wellness initiatives to
focus on mental health and stress as

1415
01:46:15,119 --> 01:46:23,440
we've seen that just continue to rise
over the past couple years. um enhanced

1416
01:46:20,560 --> 01:46:28,239
training for our employees and our
supervisors for early detection for that

1417
01:46:25,920 --> 01:46:32,000
mental health and then just emphasizing
ongoing training and workplace safety.

1418
01:46:30,159 --> 01:46:38,000
So looking for those hazards, making
sure we're aware of those and then also

1419
01:46:34,320 --> 01:46:39,520
correcting those hazards.
>> Okay.

1420
01:46:38,480 --> 01:46:43,920
» And that is all I have.
>> I think you did a phenomenal job. How do

1421
01:46:41,440 --> 01:46:46,480
you think? Do you think you did well?
>> Okay. Yeah.

1422
01:46:44,719 --> 01:46:48,960
» I think you did fantastic.
>> Oh, thank you.

1423
01:46:47,119 --> 01:46:53,040
» Were you nervous? I was.
>> No, you could not tell at all. I thought

1424
01:46:50,560 --> 01:46:56,320
you did phenomenal. Um, first of all,
I'm gonna send it over to Councilwoman

1425
01:46:55,600 --> 01:47:01,119
Der.
>> Oh, sure. Thank you. That was a great

1426
01:46:58,480 --> 01:47:06,320
presentation. Um, the one statistic that
I might have missed was for the number

1427
01:47:03,760 --> 01:47:10,639
approved, uh, sorry, number filed, but
number approved is, did you show a

1428
01:47:08,239 --> 01:47:18,000
statistic on that? Like what percent of
workers claim comp uh, sorry, um,

1429
01:47:15,199 --> 01:47:22,560
requests are approved? Um I don't have
that in the presentation but it is in

1430
01:47:20,320 --> 01:47:25,760
the report that was connected to the
staff report. Um,

1431
01:47:24,239 --> 01:47:27,760
» so you don't have anything off top of
your head of

1432
01:47:26,560 --> 01:47:29,520
» I if you give me
>> the

1433
01:47:28,000 --> 01:47:34,480
» the reason I'm asking just so you know
is that historically

1434
01:47:31,600 --> 01:47:39,360
um since I've been here in the beginning
our third party administrator denied

1435
01:47:36,800 --> 01:47:43,280
virtually every claim for workers comp
>> which is very stressful to the people

1436
01:47:41,360 --> 01:47:46,639
that know they were injured on the job
experienced the injury I mean adds to

1437
01:47:45,040 --> 01:47:51,840
their mental stress that you're
highlighting was be that it's just

1438
01:47:48,639 --> 01:47:55,360
denied denied and they had to appeal and
uh both the mayor and I got involved I

1439
01:47:53,840 --> 01:48:00,560
spent a lot of time with our previous
CFOs on the issue of workers comp, what

1440
01:47:58,719 --> 01:48:04,960
we were budgeting, what was getting
approved, how how are our employees

1441
01:48:02,320 --> 01:48:09,199
doing. It was a big issue with our labor
groups, which is that they were getting

1442
01:48:07,600 --> 01:48:12,080
so hassled,
>> you know, to the point that they're

1443
01:48:10,320 --> 01:48:16,560
like, "All right, we'll just drop it."
Which what seemed to be the goal. Uh, so

1444
01:48:14,480 --> 01:48:20,719
do you have any feelings about that? And
I do have a second question, which is

1445
01:48:18,800 --> 01:48:25,119
once it is approved, you mentioned a
number. is do we have insurance for this

1446
01:48:22,719 --> 01:48:29,520
or are we completely self-insured? How
does that work?

1447
01:48:26,000 --> 01:48:34,719
» Um so for your first question um on page
nine of the report just so you have the

1448
01:48:31,679 --> 01:48:41,520
number it does say um the percentage of
denied claims and we have one out of

1449
01:48:37,840 --> 01:48:48,000
every 10 in FY25 specifically. So it's
about 9.7%. [snorts] Well, this is much

1450
01:48:44,880 --> 01:48:51,760
better that And did they have to go to
appeals to get there or I mean do you

1451
01:48:50,480 --> 01:48:56,400
know what they're
>> are they still appeal uh denying most

1452
01:48:53,679 --> 01:48:59,679
things right off the off the
immediately?

1453
01:48:57,440 --> 01:49:05,360
» So we did switch our third party
administrator four years ago. Um and

1454
01:49:02,960 --> 01:49:08,960
that has helped um with with that
situation. Um and we do work very

1455
01:49:07,199 --> 01:49:13,520
closely with the labor groups and our
partners with um all of the claims. So,

1456
01:49:11,360 --> 01:49:16,960
I think we're on a much better page with
everyone. Yeah.

1457
01:49:14,480 --> 01:49:20,719
» Okay. And then as far as do we do we
have any external insurance that helps

1458
01:49:18,800 --> 01:49:24,480
us cover this or is this all on the
city's dime?

1459
01:49:21,760 --> 01:49:30,800
» We do have um a self or I'm sorry an
excess insurance coverage. Um we are uh

1460
01:49:27,440 --> 01:49:35,440
up to $5 million. So we are sorry we are
self-insured up to 5 million.

1461
01:49:33,520 --> 01:49:36,400
» That's per case or total? How does this
work?

1462
01:49:35,679 --> 01:49:38,320
» Per claim.
>> Per claim.

1463
01:49:37,119 --> 01:49:42,960
» Yes.
So, we have to handle the first five

1464
01:49:39,840 --> 01:49:44,560
million of each claim and after that uh
insurance would kick in.

1465
01:49:44,080 --> 01:49:48,400
» Correct.
>> Okay. And then you mentioned something

1466
01:49:46,560 --> 01:49:52,320
about legislative impacts. I I didn't
know what that meant.

1467
01:49:49,760 --> 01:49:57,440
» Yeah. So, sorry. Let me go back to that
one now.

1468
01:49:55,360 --> 01:50:00,800
» I I didn't know what is a legislative
impact. Do you mean they adopted

1469
01:49:59,199 --> 01:50:05,840
something that changed what we do?
>> Yeah. So changing in statutes like so

1470
01:50:02,719 --> 01:50:13,760
for example uh AB410 which was in the
2023 session that in instead of having a

1471
01:50:10,080 --> 01:50:16,560
single event for um stress to point to
that it changed that statute to say

1472
01:50:15,679 --> 01:50:20,239
cumulative events.
>> Oh that's interesting.

1473
01:50:17,760 --> 01:50:24,800
» So those types of legislative impacts.
So it's it's changing the word

1474
01:50:21,600 --> 01:50:26,880
» the statutes they never inform us of
those ones.

1475
01:50:25,840 --> 01:50:29,199
» But I [laughter] mean that makes sense.
So, it would be hard to tie a mental Oh,

1476
01:50:29,040 --> 01:50:34,000
I
>> should say situation to one incident.

1477
01:50:31,679 --> 01:50:37,840
Maybe it's like somebody died and then
your dog died and then something

1478
01:50:36,080 --> 01:50:41,199
happened at work and by the time you're
done, you're full of

1479
01:50:38,960 --> 01:50:43,840
» stress. I'm going to cut you off. No,
that's fine.

1480
01:50:41,679 --> 01:50:46,719
» Okay. Uh, Councilman Taylor, go ahead.
>> Oh, thank you. Thank you for the

1481
01:50:45,119 --> 01:50:51,920
presentation, Adria. This is really
important. Um, my question is about our

1482
01:50:49,760 --> 01:50:56,480
liability, our future liability looking
forward. If I look at, you know, ongoing

1483
01:50:54,000 --> 01:51:01,920
claims and 25 of about $10 million and
that's a 15% increase and it looks like

1484
01:50:58,639 --> 01:51:05,440
there's a trend to keep going up. Um,
your last slide talked a little bit

1485
01:51:03,679 --> 01:51:10,000
about the mitigating mitigation
recommendations. So, could you talk a

1486
01:51:08,159 --> 01:51:15,760
little bit more specifically on what we
are doing to try and prevent some of

1487
01:51:12,719 --> 01:51:22,159
these things within the organization and
is there anything that you need from us

1488
01:51:18,080 --> 01:51:25,520
to help implement that? And then what
would be the follow-up measures? How are

1489
01:51:23,920 --> 01:51:30,239
we going to look at these mi these
mitigations and how effective they are

1490
01:51:27,440 --> 01:51:31,280
moving forward as a data point I guess?
>> Yeah.

1491
01:51:30,560 --> 01:51:36,080
» Thank you.
>> Um so one example is we are really

1492
01:51:34,000 --> 01:51:41,599
trying to emphasize early reporting
right now. Um and that's not just for

1493
01:51:38,880 --> 01:51:46,960
injuries themselves but for example a
near miss. So if someone just trips on

1494
01:51:43,920 --> 01:51:50,800
on the carpet or we'll say a cord but
they don't hurt themselves and but we

1495
01:51:48,880 --> 01:51:55,920
see that as like a consistent thing that
early reporting can help us come out and

1496
01:51:54,080 --> 01:52:00,000
maybe get rid of that cord that cord
shouldn't be there or you know we see a

1497
01:51:58,320 --> 01:52:04,000
constant place where people are getting
injured or a certain type of injury

1498
01:52:02,080 --> 01:52:09,679
someone's pulling something and they're
you know our 20 shoulder claims right so

1499
01:52:06,719 --> 01:52:13,920
that early reporting helps us come out
look at those types of things do

1500
01:52:11,920 --> 01:52:20,239
assessments and help with that
mitigation strategy. Um, and then the

1501
01:52:16,960 --> 01:52:25,760
training, we we deploy trainings um
online so employees always have access

1502
01:52:22,800 --> 01:52:30,239
and we have hundreds of different
training programs that we can um deploy

1503
01:52:28,320 --> 01:52:34,400
to employees and then we are able to
track the um employees that take them

1504
01:52:32,800 --> 01:52:37,520
and then also follow up and see if
there's any, you know, in-person

1505
01:52:35,920 --> 01:52:40,719
trainings they want, things like that.
So that's kind of what we're emphasizing

1506
01:52:39,280 --> 01:52:44,320
right now.
Yeah. And I think

1507
01:52:42,480 --> 01:52:49,119
» I would be super supportive if anything
that we could do even before the

1508
01:52:45,840 --> 01:52:50,000
reporting process. So prevention is is
key.

1509
01:52:49,599 --> 01:52:54,360
» Yeah.
>> Thank you so much. Thank you, Madam

1510
01:52:51,360 --> 01:52:54,360
Mayor.

1511
01:52:55,520 --> 01:53:03,199
» Questions?
>> No. Okay. I just want to say I am so

1512
01:53:00,800 --> 01:53:08,320
glad that you are putting such an
emphasis on mental health. I think it's

1513
01:53:05,679 --> 01:53:12,239
it's so long overdue across the country
anyway. Just not here. But it shows me

1514
01:53:10,719 --> 01:53:17,119
that you're really paying attention to
it and it's something that um I just

1515
01:53:15,520 --> 01:53:21,199
don't think we ever put enough resources
in. Something we don't even talk about.

1516
01:53:19,360 --> 01:53:27,040
The stigma is very real. So I want to
commend you guys for really saying this

1517
01:53:24,000 --> 01:53:33,440
is important. Um and by doing that we'll
have a much healthier organization. And

1518
01:53:28,960 --> 01:53:38,080
then we also help um sort of debunk the
stigma that it doesn't matter who you

1519
01:53:36,159 --> 01:53:41,599
are, where you are, what you're doing.
all of us in some capacity can take

1520
01:53:40,080 --> 01:53:45,280
better care of our mental health, but
our employers have to give us those

1521
01:53:43,679 --> 01:53:49,199
opportunities as well.
>> So, I just want to say thank you to you

1522
01:53:47,199 --> 01:53:50,719
guys for really recognizing that.
>> Thank you.

1523
01:53:49,920 --> 01:53:54,000
» Great job.
>> Thank you.

1524
01:53:51,679 --> 01:53:58,639
» Okay. Anything else? All right. And by
the way, in my next life, I want to come

1525
01:53:55,440 --> 01:54:03,840
back with your hair. So, thank you.
Thank you so much. Okay. Bye, you guys.

1526
01:54:01,040 --> 01:54:08,800
Um, do we have to do I have to It's just
presentation only, correct? Okay.

1527
01:54:06,000 --> 01:54:11,040
Awesome. Okay, Madame Clerk, what's up
next?

1528
01:54:10,960 --> 01:54:14,239
Is
>> this item C3

1529
01:54:12,000 --> 01:54:16,719
» for the record? Item
>> C3.

1530
01:54:14,880 --> 01:54:19,719
» 3C3.
Okay,

1531
01:54:20,800 --> 01:54:29,760
Travis. Yay, it's Travis.
Okay, this is very cool. Travis is going

1532
01:54:27,199 --> 01:54:32,159
to get into the meat and potatoes of the
arch. That's

1533
01:54:30,719 --> 01:54:34,400
» what we're going to try to accomplish.
>> Okay, love it.

1534
01:54:33,119 --> 01:54:39,440
» Uh, for the record, my name is Travis
Trum. director of maintenance and

1535
01:54:35,599 --> 01:54:43,440
operations. Um, this sorry, where's my
little pointer? There we go. Um, really

1536
01:54:41,679 --> 01:54:48,400
today we're just trying to provide this
body with some information regarding the

1537
01:54:45,040 --> 01:54:52,560
arch in advance of the RDA and CIP
discussions you'll be having next month.

1538
01:54:50,400 --> 01:54:56,639
So, I also know that there's been a lot
of questions by members of this board to

1539
01:54:54,880 --> 01:55:00,320
just where are we with the arch? What's
been going on? I see a lights out. Why

1540
01:54:58,560 --> 01:55:05,280
is it out again? That kind of thing. So,
I'm hoping to get into that a little bit

1541
01:55:02,159 --> 01:55:09,119
and uh hopefully help you all out with a
better understanding of what challenges

1542
01:55:07,119 --> 01:55:12,800
we have.
Um, this aligns with our our strategic

1543
01:55:11,679 --> 01:55:16,480
plan in public safety and
infrastructure.

1544
01:55:14,560 --> 01:55:21,040
Um, providing just a little bit of
background and and I'm going to talk

1545
01:55:17,920 --> 01:55:24,080
about we're on version three um of our
arch right now. And one of the reasons

1546
01:55:22,320 --> 01:55:27,360
why I wanted to kind of give a little
history as to where we're at now is

1547
01:55:26,159 --> 01:55:32,560
because I think it's important to
understand that our arch that we have is

1548
01:55:30,159 --> 01:55:36,560
not a historic landmark. It's it's an
icon. It's something that everybody

1549
01:55:34,639 --> 01:55:41,360
recognizes. We see it in TV. We see it
in movies. Um but it is not a historic

1550
01:55:39,520 --> 01:55:45,199
landmark. So we're not held to the same
restrictions that you would see normally

1551
01:55:42,719 --> 01:55:51,760
with that designation. Uh the original
arch was actually built in 1926, but it

1552
01:55:47,920 --> 01:55:56,960
was uh used for um celebration of the um
national uh or pardon me Nevada

1553
01:55:53,840 --> 01:56:04,320
transatlant or trans uh sorry I got it
right here. Transcontinental highway and

1554
01:56:00,320 --> 01:56:08,480
um it was then in 1929
uh Reno adopted the slogan of Reno,

1555
01:56:06,320 --> 01:56:13,040
biggest little city in the world. And uh
as you can see in these photos the it's

1556
01:56:11,360 --> 01:56:18,239
beautiful lettering on it and you can
still see the uh upper two photos the um

1557
01:56:15,760 --> 01:56:23,280
torches on it. Next iteration was
removal of the torches. Um funny story

1558
01:56:20,719 --> 01:56:27,440
about the slogan after uh it was
adopted. A citizen group came out

1559
01:56:25,760 --> 01:56:31,920
complaining they didn't like the slogan.
It was removed and it just said Reno for

1560
01:56:30,080 --> 01:56:36,960
a while. Then another group came back
out saying we want the slogan back.

1561
01:56:33,840 --> 01:56:42,800
Slogan was put back. So again, a lot of
changes occur with this arch.

1562
01:56:40,800 --> 01:56:48,400
In 1963,
the version two was erected. Uh this is

1563
01:56:46,800 --> 01:56:55,360
honestly my my favorite arch. I think
it's just 1960s cool. Um very very neat.

1564
01:56:52,480 --> 01:56:59,840
Um not a lot to be said about this. It
was uh when it was removed, we later

1565
01:56:57,520 --> 01:57:04,400
donated it to Willlets and they still
have it at this point. Um I think the

1566
01:57:02,080 --> 01:57:08,719
slogan said something about um gateway
to the redwoods or something to that

1567
01:57:06,320 --> 01:57:14,480
effect.
And then in 1987 uh what we know as our

1568
01:57:11,760 --> 01:57:20,560
current arch was was constructed.
Um

1569
01:57:16,639 --> 01:57:24,800
in about 2009 there was changes to
remove really to try to start updating a

1570
01:57:22,960 --> 01:57:30,400
little bit and all the old incandescent
bulbs that were within the arch were

1571
01:57:26,480 --> 01:57:33,760
removed and LED bulbs were installed. Uh
this is where we're pretty much at

1572
01:57:31,840 --> 01:57:40,159
today. A few years ago, I think it was
2017 2018, uh the legs of the arch were

1573
01:57:37,760 --> 01:57:47,199
um really the sheet metal on the arch uh
were updated to a silver instead of the

1574
01:57:41,920 --> 01:57:53,040
gold. And um we really became I think a
little more proactive in uh in trying to

1575
01:57:50,880 --> 01:57:57,280
uh use the arch for events specifically
where we started changing out the bulbs

1576
01:57:54,800 --> 01:58:03,360
different colors to promote uh special
events over each um over these different

1577
01:58:00,159 --> 01:58:07,119
events that would come to us. Um average
maintenance is relatively low on the

1578
01:58:05,119 --> 01:58:12,000
arch. We're spending about $20,000 a
year to maintain it. And that's of

1579
01:58:09,119 --> 01:58:17,119
course with no catastrophes or anything
that happens to it. Um, a lot of that

1580
01:58:14,480 --> 01:58:22,000
the average maintenance is just cleaning
uh repairing um damaged sheet metal when

1581
01:58:19,840 --> 01:58:26,800
that comes up. Uh performing lighting
inspections. We have the 276 individual

1582
01:58:24,719 --> 01:58:32,400
bulbs on that. That's not including the
neon Reno that's there. Um then it's

1583
01:58:29,920 --> 01:58:38,880
also taking care of minor electrical and
bulb socket replacements as necessary.

1584
01:58:35,520 --> 01:58:42,159
Um, average annual repairs we saw
recently in December where we had the

1585
01:58:40,639 --> 01:58:46,960
high winds. It caused a sheet metal to
be ripped off from the underside of the

1586
01:58:44,000 --> 01:58:51,840
uh uh the arch. That's about a $15,000
repair that luckily only comes up every

1587
01:58:49,119 --> 01:58:56,000
few years. So, nothing uh um nothing
catastrophic there. Uh for everybody's

1588
01:58:54,320 --> 01:58:59,119
knowledge, this is still in process.
Unfortunately, uh the sheet metal was

1589
01:58:57,920 --> 01:59:02,000
damaged to a point where it had to be
refabricated. We're still looking at a

1590
01:59:00,639 --> 01:59:05,280
few more weeks before it'll be
installed.

1591
01:59:03,760 --> 01:59:10,639
um with the city of Reno currently
contracts out with ESCO uh to help the

1592
01:59:08,480 --> 01:59:15,360
maintenance uh team be able to maintain
the arch. We're spending about 1,500 a

1593
01:59:12,560 --> 01:59:19,840
month and they along with our staff are
inspecting the lettering, repairing

1594
01:59:16,960 --> 01:59:23,679
lettering. Um Reno Star tends to be a
problem because it's an old motor system

1595
01:59:21,520 --> 01:59:28,719
that's constantly running and that goes
out. Uh and then also uh repairing the

1596
01:59:26,320 --> 01:59:33,080
electrical wiring and and other minor
repairs. Um,

1597
01:59:33,520 --> 01:59:39,280
one of the things that I did want to
bring to everybody's attention is that

1598
01:59:37,599 --> 01:59:44,960
the with the special events that we put
on that I was talking about earlier, uh,

1599
01:59:41,360 --> 01:59:50,560
Reno right now, um, charges most of
these promoters over $4,000 to change

1600
01:59:48,480 --> 01:59:54,800
the color of the arch. It's not an easy
process. Every single one of those

1601
01:59:52,400 --> 01:59:58,960
little bulbs has to be unscrewed, new
ones put in, and then at the end of the

1602
01:59:56,880 --> 02:00:01,119
event, those ones removed, new ones put
back in again.

1603
01:59:59,599 --> 02:00:04,400
» You mean they don't magically appear?
>> They don't magically appear.

1604
02:00:02,480 --> 02:00:06,719
» I feel like they magically appear,
Travis.

1605
02:00:05,040 --> 02:00:10,800
» What we're hoping for is something that
is more magical, though, and something

1606
02:00:08,800 --> 02:00:13,840
along the lines of an LED system that
would allow a remote control to change

1607
02:00:12,560 --> 02:00:18,239
those lights,
>> hopefully eliminating that $4,000 cost

1608
02:00:16,159 --> 02:00:21,760
every time we do one of these events.
Um, one of the problems we see again on

1609
02:00:20,159 --> 02:00:27,440
the maintenance side is as we remove a
bulb, change a bold, remove a bold, ch,

1610
02:00:25,119 --> 02:00:30,800
we're seeing damage to the outlets. Um,
it's just wear and tear. The electrical

1611
02:00:29,119 --> 02:00:39,119
wiring gets brittle because of the the
changing. Um, so it's in a nutshell, the

1612
02:00:35,599 --> 02:00:44,080
the arch is it's not super problematic
maintain. It has some shortcomings. The

1613
02:00:40,880 --> 02:00:47,840
neon lettering um in the Reno has been
very problematic over time. It's been

1614
02:00:46,000 --> 02:00:52,800
something that our contractor and our
staff have been able unable to

1615
02:00:49,440 --> 02:00:58,480
completely repair. Um so we still will
see um problems during high rain events

1616
02:00:56,080 --> 02:01:02,880
where it shorts out and when it dries up
again then it comes back on magically.

1617
02:01:01,360 --> 02:01:06,639
Um
then we still have the uh expense of

1618
02:01:05,199 --> 02:01:09,199
changing out bulbs. So
>> yeah,

1619
02:01:07,920 --> 02:01:13,119
» that is really that is it
>> the presentation. Um no actions needed

1620
02:01:11,599 --> 02:01:14,800
by this body. I just wanted to
>> okay

1621
02:01:13,440 --> 02:01:19,760
» kind of fill you all in in what's going
on. Well, Travis, I think you did a

1622
02:01:16,880 --> 02:01:24,719
fantastic job. Um, I always thought that
we should give those bulbs, like when we

1623
02:01:21,599 --> 02:01:27,760
do the pink ones, give the bulbs to the
organization that they can sell and

1624
02:01:26,320 --> 02:01:31,520
raise money for breast cancer or
whatever, childhood cancer or things

1625
02:01:29,199 --> 02:01:36,960
like that, um, other cities and they put
them in like acute momento. It's just a

1626
02:01:33,280 --> 02:01:42,880
really good idea to sort of, um, signify
the the event and it's it's special when

1627
02:01:40,400 --> 02:01:47,119
you have a piece of your city's, you
know, arch. Um

1628
02:01:45,520 --> 02:01:52,000
» if I may speak on that real fast because
I think that's important point. Um the

1629
02:01:49,760 --> 02:01:56,400
the lighting itself, we reuse the bulbs.
So some events we'll have a couple

1630
02:01:54,000 --> 02:02:00,480
events both use blue for instance. Um
>> I think uh it's it's um

1631
02:01:58,719 --> 02:02:03,840
» for our peace officers use blue and then
also for turn the arch blue for the UN

1632
02:02:02,880 --> 02:02:07,840
and our events.
>> We'll reuse those bulbs. Um we have I

1633
02:02:06,320 --> 02:02:10,960
think pink bulbs, red bulbs.
>> Yeah. So you do recycle them. Yeah,

1634
02:02:09,199 --> 02:02:15,119
» we do recycle them. The thing about it
is when we change colors to something we

1635
02:02:13,199 --> 02:02:19,040
don't have currently. Yeah. It's over
$4,000 in bulbs to buy those LED bulbs.

1636
02:02:18,320 --> 02:02:23,679
So,
>> I would urge you to not give them away.

1637
02:02:21,840 --> 02:02:29,679
» No, you're right. You're right. Bad bad
idea. Um, and the other thing is I get a

1638
02:02:27,840 --> 02:02:35,199
little bit of PTSD when I'm down there
and we do 5 4 3 2 1 [laughter]

1639
02:02:33,199 --> 02:02:39,760
» and you're like, is it going to work? Is
it going to work? Right? you I like

1640
02:02:36,880 --> 02:02:44,080
seriously um because everyone's waiting
in baited breath so you're like oh

1641
02:02:41,520 --> 02:02:49,679
please work um I so I have a little bit
of history with this and I I am going to

1642
02:02:46,960 --> 02:02:53,840
and this is nothing against you
>> we went through something very similar

1643
02:02:51,679 --> 02:02:58,400
when we were doing the refresh of the
arch and I this was the very thing that

1644
02:02:56,639 --> 02:03:02,880
I brought up that the LED is so
important so that we can actually do it

1645
02:03:00,159 --> 02:03:07,199
digitized and through technology and
that was my biggest concern is the

1646
02:03:04,800 --> 02:03:10,960
ongoing maintenance of those bulbs,
changing it for you guys, it's not

1647
02:03:09,280 --> 02:03:17,520
effective. I mean, we do need to bring
it into the future, but um I was, you

1648
02:03:14,480 --> 02:03:22,080
know, I was the bad guy and I and this
is just the only reason I'm saying this

1649
02:03:19,760 --> 02:03:26,560
so that everyone can realize on this
council that sometimes you need to make

1650
02:03:24,080 --> 02:03:30,880
the initial investment so that it
doesn't trickle trickle trickle. Now,

1651
02:03:28,080 --> 02:03:36,400
here we are and the contracting and all
of that stuff is I'm sure it's much more

1652
02:03:32,960 --> 02:03:42,400
expensive than what we had looked at and
um you know it it just became that

1653
02:03:40,719 --> 02:03:46,719
people didn't want us to spend the money
and make an investment and it's a very

1654
02:03:44,480 --> 02:03:51,199
iconic piece of our history. It is
probably the most iconic every I mean I

1655
02:03:49,440 --> 02:03:55,119
I would be interesting I bet Rebecca
would know and I could find out the

1656
02:03:52,400 --> 02:04:00,320
impressions that the arch gets. So, it
is the most identifiable piece um in our

1657
02:03:57,920 --> 02:04:03,760
city, the people, visitors, and
community members. And it's a big place

1658
02:04:02,239 --> 02:04:08,560
of gathering. I think it always should
have had the the time and attention and

1659
02:04:06,080 --> 02:04:14,400
the investment that it truly deserves.
It represents us. And I I hate it when I

1660
02:04:12,000 --> 02:04:18,000
drive by and I see half of it like
there's like a few names. You're like,

1661
02:04:16,159 --> 02:04:22,560
"Oh, you know, [laughter]
we're, you know," and we make a lot of

1662
02:04:20,080 --> 02:04:25,679
fun of it. But in a lot of ways, you
know, when visitors come here and they

1663
02:04:24,320 --> 02:04:30,639
want to take a picture under the arch
and it's not looking great or whatever

1664
02:04:27,840 --> 02:04:35,679
that is, I just think um it is sort of
part of our front front facing

1665
02:04:32,880 --> 02:04:39,760
perception of what we do. And so I would
just say be really careful and

1666
02:04:37,280 --> 02:04:43,119
thoughtful about and and Travis, you're
you're great at this. You know how to do

1667
02:04:41,440 --> 02:04:49,360
it. So you're going to know the best way
to make this happen. But I just think

1668
02:04:46,320 --> 02:04:56,239
it's should not be peacem we did that
before. Um, I was against it and uh I

1669
02:04:52,880 --> 02:05:01,040
was really worked up over it. Um, so now
that it's coming back, I'm glad, but I'm

1670
02:04:58,080 --> 02:05:05,679
disappointed that we're here. Um,
because it should have been taken care

1671
02:05:02,320 --> 02:05:10,000
of a long time ago. Anyway, okay. Um,
I'm going to hand it over, Councilwoman

1672
02:05:07,199 --> 02:05:15,040
Dur. Yeah. Um, thanks for the attention
to the issue. Um, it is iconic and

1673
02:05:12,560 --> 02:05:18,560
representative at the same time of us.
Um I just wondered you're bringing it

1674
02:05:16,880 --> 02:05:23,119
today for information but is there going
to be a subsequent item in the budget or

1675
02:05:20,880 --> 02:05:28,400
what what's today's timing about
>> this? So the timing one it was really a

1676
02:05:26,159 --> 02:05:33,199
couple things. Um I've heard from you
guys different people over the last year

1677
02:05:31,440 --> 02:05:36,719
or so two years about just hey what's
going on with this? So we knew that was

1678
02:05:34,560 --> 02:05:42,800
important to follow up with you on. Um
secondly RDA is going to be bringing

1679
02:05:39,199 --> 02:05:46,080
this as one of their items in their CIP
proposed lists. So, in the budget next

1680
02:05:45,280 --> 02:05:50,239
Wednesday,
>> next Wednesday, correct?

1681
02:05:47,040 --> 02:05:52,080
» We should expect to see a proposal,
>> I believe. So, yes.

1682
02:05:51,280 --> 02:05:57,760
» Okay. Yes.
>> And then one other thing, um, most

1683
02:05:55,360 --> 02:06:03,360
people here don't know this, but at some
point, council was requested to vote on

1684
02:06:00,880 --> 02:06:08,080
the colors of the arch, and it's not
about the bulbs, it's about the paint,

1685
02:06:05,520 --> 02:06:12,480
and it's about um the paint and the
silver that you mentioned. And uh I was

1686
02:06:10,880 --> 02:06:18,000
on the losing side of that vote, but
three of us uh wanted to retain the

1687
02:06:15,360 --> 02:06:23,280
colors that it was, which included a lot
of red. Um which is the re the reason

1688
02:06:21,040 --> 02:06:28,480
for the red. Well, historically it was
red. You showed some pictures, but the

1689
02:06:25,760 --> 02:06:33,040
reason was that it shows up very well
against a blue sky. And when it's blue

1690
02:06:31,040 --> 02:06:37,840
and silver, it doesn't show up very well
as a contrast with a blue sky. It kind

1691
02:06:35,440 --> 02:06:40,880
of blends in. So, if you have to redo
the colors, I mean, it was very close

1692
02:06:39,360 --> 02:06:44,960
vote, just so everybody knows, and we
had community input and everything, but

1693
02:06:43,119 --> 02:06:49,040
you know how those UNR students are when
they want something, they're going to

1694
02:06:46,320 --> 02:06:53,199
send in thousands of votes. And they
wanted the arch to represent silver and

1695
02:06:50,960 --> 02:06:58,000
blue, which I totally understood. It's
just from a artistic point of view or

1696
02:06:55,520 --> 02:07:02,239
photographic point of view, um, it just
doesn't show up as well. So, I'm hoping

1697
02:07:00,079 --> 02:07:05,360
in the future if there has to be a
conversation, which I won't be

1698
02:07:03,440 --> 02:07:09,679
participate, you know, I won't be here.
Um, that we reconsider, you know, I love

1699
02:07:08,159 --> 02:07:14,960
silver and blue. I'm a graduate of the
university, grad, undergrad, all of it.

1700
02:07:11,760 --> 02:07:18,880
Uh, but it also could be helped by some
contrasting color that would make it

1701
02:07:16,639 --> 02:07:22,480
stand out even more from my perspective.
So, I just want to share that if it

1702
02:07:20,400 --> 02:07:26,880
comes down to it, if we end up polling
the community again, uh, we'll see.

1703
02:07:25,360 --> 02:07:29,599
Okay. Thanks.
All right, Councilwoman Eert.

1704
02:07:28,719 --> 02:07:32,800
» Yeah, just
>> Sorry, your lights on.

1705
02:07:30,639 --> 02:07:36,800
» Yeah. No, no, no. Just um happy to have
some uh maintenance on it and

1706
02:07:34,560 --> 02:07:40,960
improvements and, you know, anything we
do to downtown, I'm excited to to

1707
02:07:39,119 --> 02:07:44,719
support. So, it was all Thank you.
>> Um Travis, a couple Oh, no. Go ahead. I

1708
02:07:43,040 --> 02:07:47,280
see a green light coming over here.
>> Yeah. Go ahead, Mr. Mayor. I didn't want

1709
02:07:46,560 --> 02:07:50,960
to cut you off.
>> No, no, I didn't know if you were going

1710
02:07:48,960 --> 02:07:54,639
Yes or no. Go ahead.
>> Yeah, I I appreciate the history lesson

1711
02:07:52,639 --> 02:07:58,880
and everything that uh you showed.
Obviously, the pictures uh are worth

1712
02:07:57,199 --> 02:08:03,280
more than a thousand words, and so it
really depicts where our history's from.

1713
02:08:00,800 --> 02:08:07,599
I'm wondering if you can talk about, and
you can correct me if I'm wrong, but I

1714
02:08:04,719 --> 02:08:13,599
think on your third slide, the bottom
picture,

1715
02:08:09,119 --> 02:08:18,719
that arch is still erected, right, in
town, or am I mistaken?

1716
02:08:16,159 --> 02:08:21,840
» No, you're not incorrect. This one here,
this was moved to Lakeside over by um

1717
02:08:21,040 --> 02:08:25,440
the museum.
>> Yeah. And I think most folks obviously

1718
02:08:23,760 --> 02:08:28,639
know the iconic version, the one on
Virginia Street, and that's the one

1719
02:08:26,639 --> 02:08:33,760
that's most photographed. But for those
that may not be aware, obviously on near

1720
02:08:30,800 --> 02:08:38,480
Lake and Mill Street, that intersection
that that arch is still erected over

1721
02:08:36,800 --> 02:08:43,280
there for those who may want to see it
and see that piece of art history um

1722
02:08:41,280 --> 02:08:48,719
still up. So, I just wanted to call
attention to that. And again, thank you

1723
02:08:44,880 --> 02:08:52,400
all for your uh overview of what's
happening and looking forward to the

1724
02:08:50,239 --> 02:08:54,719
discussion tomorrow. I mean next week,
sorry. On the CIP. Yeah.

1725
02:08:54,159 --> 02:08:58,960
» For this.
>> And a little bit of history. You may not

1726
02:08:56,560 --> 02:09:04,880
know this. So the arch that came after
this is actually now in a small city in

1727
02:09:02,320 --> 02:09:09,920
California. And they they took it apart
and obviously made it, you know,

1728
02:09:07,599 --> 02:09:14,159
tailored to their city, but it kind of
went to good use. So not kind of. I

1729
02:09:12,079 --> 02:09:17,840
think it did. I of course I would have
loved to have held on this one. This one

1730
02:09:16,159 --> 02:09:22,480
is my most favorite. And if you go into
my office, you see the R. And a lot of

1731
02:09:20,079 --> 02:09:28,159
people don't know that the R is the a
throwback from from back in the day. And

1732
02:09:26,079 --> 02:09:33,040
so and all those little pins with the R
pins um that that's what they're from. I

1733
02:09:31,040 --> 02:09:37,360
you guys probably knew that. But this
art ended up in a small city in

1734
02:09:35,440 --> 02:09:43,760
California and they tailored it to their
city. So it did get recycled. So very

1735
02:09:40,400 --> 02:09:49,440
cool. Um Travis, just a couple questions
I have heard. Um, tell me, are we going

1736
02:09:45,679 --> 02:09:53,199
to go out to RFP or are you already just
how does that work? Because I know

1737
02:09:50,880 --> 02:09:57,119
Yesco, you mentioned them. Are they
doing it? Give me a little background

1738
02:09:55,520 --> 02:10:01,280
» on the ESCO contract.
>> Yeah. So, their contract actually uh is

1739
02:09:59,599 --> 02:10:03,119
up again for renewal in July.
>> Okay.

1740
02:10:01,679 --> 02:10:10,880
» Um,
>> can I can I ask you is a bond required

1741
02:10:06,800 --> 02:10:14,400
when someone does our um when they do
this type of signage because it's

1742
02:10:12,480 --> 02:10:15,840
expensive? Give me a little background
about that.

1743
02:10:15,280 --> 02:10:19,599
» Frank, do you want to
>> speak? There's a

1744
02:10:17,520 --> 02:10:24,320
» Franka, maintenance operations.
>> Frank, good job. I get I get such nice

1745
02:10:22,239 --> 02:10:26,079
comments about both of you.
>> Oh, yeah.

1746
02:10:24,800 --> 02:10:31,440
» But I get a lot about you.
>> I do. Um, so it's a it requires a

1747
02:10:29,040 --> 02:10:34,320
certain license to work on the arch.
>> Is that a bond where you have to It

1748
02:10:33,280 --> 02:10:38,000
costs money?
>> I believe so. Yeah. Okay. So, it's not

1749
02:10:36,159 --> 02:10:41,760
not every sign company can work on the
arch.

1750
02:10:38,560 --> 02:10:44,880
» Yeah. And um just because I know Yesco
has worked on it for many many years and

1751
02:10:43,360 --> 02:10:49,119
I know we're going to go up to contract
and I know that possibly you know it's

1752
02:10:47,440 --> 02:10:54,079
intricate. They've worked on it for many
many years. Um and so it's got it's

1753
02:10:52,719 --> 02:10:57,199
pretty intricate. Yeah.
>> It's got a lot of

1754
02:10:55,440 --> 02:11:00,239
» I mean I've heard stories about what's
inside.

1755
02:10:58,480 --> 02:11:05,985
» It's complex. Yeah.
>> We could start some fun rumors of what's

1756
02:11:02,960 --> 02:11:09,440
inside the arch. What do you guys think?
[laughter]

1757
02:11:06,960 --> 02:11:11,440
» Might be creepy. So, if I can add
>> might be some money in there.

1758
02:11:10,639 --> 02:11:14,960
» Might be something we [laughter] don't
want to see. So, if I if I can add real

1759
02:11:13,440 --> 02:11:19,920
quick, I get a lot of calls over the
years from um uh middle schools and

1760
02:11:17,760 --> 02:11:24,960
nonprofits that can't afford
>> the $4,000 to change the arch and stuff.

1761
02:11:22,719 --> 02:11:28,320
So, there's a bit of a a bit
accessibility issue.

1762
02:11:26,320 --> 02:11:29,520
» Yeah. And it leaves the community very
negative.

1763
02:11:29,119 --> 02:11:31,119
» Yeah.
>> Yeah.

1764
02:11:29,840 --> 02:11:35,360
» And I thought it'd be really fun to get
kids and everything more downtown. So,

1765
02:11:33,280 --> 02:11:40,000
» I love it. I love it. I just wanted to
understand that process of how we select

1766
02:11:38,159 --> 02:11:45,599
someone because a lot of our smaller
sign companies always say that they feel

1767
02:11:43,280 --> 02:11:50,560
um that they haven't been included. And
so I wanted to kind of just

1768
02:11:47,920 --> 02:11:54,400
» let them know um you know what our
process is and how that works and how we

1769
02:11:52,560 --> 02:11:59,040
can work with smaller sign companies so
we can spread the love. But I also know

1770
02:11:56,719 --> 02:12:03,679
like I said it's very um that
>> that arch is pretty intricate. So we

1771
02:12:02,000 --> 02:12:06,800
when we advertise, we pick up the phone,
we I call people. This is going to come

1772
02:12:05,119 --> 02:12:11,360
out for an RFP and stuff. Let everybody
know. And u last time we got only one

1773
02:12:10,320 --> 02:12:14,000
» contractor. So
>> yeah. Well, thanks Frank. Really

1774
02:12:12,960 --> 02:12:17,679
appreciate it.
>> And Madame Mayor, um before the folks

1775
02:12:16,159 --> 02:12:21,520
leave, I just want to be clear on the
process. You you acted as if we're

1776
02:12:19,679 --> 02:12:26,639
moving forward, but this is something
that we have to consider amongst all

1777
02:12:23,280 --> 02:12:30,800
priorities in the RDA budget for RDA1,
right? And so we haven't decided to move

1778
02:12:29,360 --> 02:12:34,639
forward or we haven't decided if we can
afford to move forward this year. I

1779
02:12:33,199 --> 02:12:38,960
mean, it's obviously urgent. We've
talked about for a long time, but I just

1780
02:12:36,400 --> 02:12:44,000
wanted to be clear. We have to adopt a
budget for RDA that would include this

1781
02:12:42,239 --> 02:12:46,880
project, right?
>> Travis Fuel, director of maintenance

1782
02:12:45,199 --> 02:12:50,719
operations. That is correct. This is
this is not a commitment by this body

1783
02:12:48,719 --> 02:12:54,159
right now to move forward with anything.
Um, really, it's just providing the

1784
02:12:52,719 --> 02:12:59,440
information, an update.
>> Appreciate it. Okay. Thanks. Let's just

1785
02:12:56,800 --> 02:13:02,560
say it it does get approved. Travis,
when would you start and when would it

1786
02:13:01,520 --> 02:13:06,560
be finish?
>> Well, I am delighted to say that I would

1787
02:13:04,320 --> 02:13:11,199
probably not be managing the project. It
would it would be coming through RDA and

1788
02:13:09,440 --> 02:13:14,320
um they have a project manager who's
very competent, Dan Presley, and I

1789
02:13:12,960 --> 02:13:19,199
believe he would be taking the lead on
that. Um I can't really answer time

1790
02:13:16,800 --> 02:13:22,400
frame questions right now. I'm not
>> super uh

1791
02:13:20,159 --> 02:13:27,440
» Miss Tney probably knows. I can't see
her over there. What do you What are you

1792
02:13:24,159 --> 02:13:32,107
thinking? What's the time frame?
or you can just yell it to me and I'll

1793
02:13:28,880 --> 02:13:32,107
put it on the record. [laughter]

1794
02:13:39,520 --> 02:13:43,760
» It's a whole thing.
>> It's a whole thing. Um Ashley, attorney,

1795
02:13:42,159 --> 02:13:48,320
assistant city manager for the record.
Uh Madame Mayor, as Travis mentioned, it

1796
02:13:46,079 --> 02:13:53,040
is listed as one of the many options for
this body to review next week on your

1797
02:13:50,239 --> 02:13:56,159
CIP plan. Um, in theory, if you were to
move that up in the list and vote to

1798
02:13:54,800 --> 02:14:01,360
move forward, those funds are available
starting July 1. And based off of

1799
02:13:59,760 --> 02:14:04,400
importance from this council and how you
rank those things, we would move forward

1800
02:14:02,800 --> 02:14:06,480
with putting out that bid pretty
quickly.

1801
02:14:05,040 --> 02:14:09,520
» Do you know how long it would take as
>> Yeah. Do you know how long?

1802
02:14:07,599 --> 02:14:12,880
» So, we have an estimation. We've learned
we could probably get it turned around

1803
02:14:10,800 --> 02:14:15,520
within four to six months. So, it's
something that we could move forward

1804
02:14:14,079 --> 02:14:19,920
pretty quickly if the body decides to
move it up in the list. As I mentioned,

1805
02:14:17,280 --> 02:14:23,760
there are a lot of needs. Um, so that
will be going to the RAB on Monday and

1806
02:14:22,079 --> 02:14:26,400
then coming to you next Wednesday to
discuss.

1807
02:14:24,480 --> 02:14:29,440
» Okay. And do you have to close off the
street and stuff like that? Like what

1808
02:14:28,000 --> 02:14:32,320
does that entail? So because I don't
think it's just that easy, like we just

1809
02:14:30,960 --> 02:14:36,400
get to work and you're good to go.
>> Correct. Yes. Um, so it would be pretty

1810
02:14:34,320 --> 02:14:39,920
significant. We would have to shut down
the road for some period of time. We

1811
02:14:38,159 --> 02:14:43,280
would need to redo a lot of the sidewalk
as well from the electrical. Um, much of

1812
02:14:42,000 --> 02:14:46,880
the electrical that goes to the arch
actually runs halfway up Hara from a

1813
02:14:45,520 --> 02:14:50,079
property line standpoint. So there'd be
some sidewalk replacement involved. and

1814
02:14:48,719 --> 02:14:53,760
we would work closely with public works
and RTC for the microobility project to

1815
02:14:52,480 --> 02:14:56,480
make sure that we're working in tandem
around that timeline if you choose to go

1816
02:14:55,840 --> 02:15:00,159
this route.
>> Okay, got it. And cost

1817
02:14:58,480 --> 02:15:02,960
» uh we have an estimate right now about a
million and a half dollars is what we

1818
02:15:01,679 --> 02:15:05,440
anticipate.
>> Wow.

1819
02:15:03,920 --> 02:15:09,360
» And as a reminder that is not a
replacement for the arch. This is just a

1820
02:15:07,520 --> 02:15:13,679
modernization of the lighting
components. Um does not include a

1821
02:15:11,840 --> 02:15:17,760
reskin, does not include movement,
change any of the exterior. It is purely

1822
02:15:15,920 --> 02:15:22,079
just the modernization of the light
functionality to replace two LED lights

1823
02:15:20,400 --> 02:15:27,360
that we could change with an app and
then re-evaluating that neon to decide

1824
02:15:24,639 --> 02:15:30,079
if we go to phone neon and then have one
of our local artists do something with

1825
02:15:28,880 --> 02:15:33,599
the existing neon.
>> Wow. Well, we should pull up those past

1826
02:15:32,000 --> 02:15:39,040
documents because I think it was half of
that when we looked at it.

1827
02:15:35,040 --> 02:15:41,599
» Yes, we've seen massive increases in
that time period.

1828
02:15:40,239 --> 02:15:46,880
» I mean, I know things are much more
expensive and all of that. I'm just

1829
02:15:43,199 --> 02:15:51,199
saying like again it speaks to you know
don't let it drip drip drip invest in it

1830
02:15:48,880 --> 02:15:53,280
and then you're not jaw
>> things are not getting any cheaper.

1831
02:15:52,960 --> 02:15:57,520
» Okay.
>> Could you explain about the neon? I I I

1832
02:15:56,159 --> 02:16:01,199
didn't follow that part with the
electrical.

1833
02:15:58,400 --> 02:16:07,360
» So as u director Truh Hill mentioned
whenever we get so much as a due the

1834
02:16:04,159 --> 02:16:12,480
neon shorts out there is no known solve
for that. We've looked at uh neon

1835
02:16:10,000 --> 02:16:15,199
artists, collectors using Yesco as our
contractor. No one has been able to

1836
02:16:14,000 --> 02:16:18,159
figure out how to fix it. And that's
just due to the nature of

1837
02:16:16,560 --> 02:16:21,199
» Can they put the picture back up? Uh
just tell us which part is the neon?

1838
02:16:20,560 --> 02:16:22,320
» Reno.
>> The Reno.

1839
02:16:21,760 --> 02:16:26,560
» Reno word.
>> Yeah. So it's the Reno part. You can see

1840
02:16:24,239 --> 02:16:30,079
here on the top left hand side of the
pink neon. Uh when we [snorts] get a

1841
02:16:28,880 --> 02:16:36,080
little bit of moisture in the air,
you'll drive by and it will say retro.

1842
02:16:32,719 --> 02:16:39,599
And [laughter] uh so Scooby-Doo is sad.
front row.

1843
02:16:36,960 --> 02:16:43,439
» And so there is no known fix for that.
There technology has come quite a ways

1844
02:16:41,760 --> 02:16:48,000
since we first looked at this. And
there's some really incredible faux neon

1845
02:16:45,760 --> 02:16:52,479
that's an opportunity for lighting and
we would have the ability to change that

1846
02:16:49,679 --> 02:16:55,760
lighting as well as the LED under lights
as well.

1847
02:16:53,280 --> 02:16:59,840
» Um and then we would propose taking that
original neon and turning it into

1848
02:16:58,240 --> 02:17:03,359
something a cool art project if we could
find I'm sure Will would have

1849
02:17:01,679 --> 02:17:07,599
» and when you present this if you do
because I don't know where it is in any

1850
02:17:04,880 --> 02:17:12,160
number. Um, can we separate out the
light the light bulb part of the project

1851
02:17:09,599 --> 02:17:16,000
from the neon part? It may be possible
to do one without fixing the whole

1852
02:17:14,479 --> 02:17:19,840
thing. I mean, in other words, break it
into components that are manageable

1853
02:17:17,760 --> 02:17:24,319
instead of this million and a half.
Yeah, we can ask um if that's the

1854
02:17:22,800 --> 02:17:29,280
direction of the body, we can look at
that. And just as the reminder, the

1855
02:17:26,639 --> 02:17:32,399
there is no known fix for when it shorts
out, but we can

1856
02:17:30,240 --> 02:17:36,479
» No, but I mean versus it's just going to
short out from time to time, but versus

1857
02:17:34,639 --> 02:17:41,280
replacing the whole making the neon
decision right now as part of the LED

1858
02:17:39,519 --> 02:17:44,240
decision, it may be that we have to
break it into two pieces.

1859
02:17:42,719 --> 02:17:47,439
» Yep. We'll see if we can get some
updated quotes going into that or once

1860
02:17:45,920 --> 02:17:50,800
the body gives some direction.
>> Okay.

1861
02:17:47,760 --> 02:17:55,280
» Yeah. And um I think you know we don't
talk about a lot. We talk about the

1862
02:17:52,479 --> 02:18:00,240
appearance of it, the aesthetics and
actually you know it with a lot of

1863
02:17:58,080 --> 02:18:06,479
people that cross there and drive
through there the infrastructure and the

1864
02:18:03,040 --> 02:18:11,120
whole structure of of that arch is
really important to keep in good working

1865
02:18:09,359 --> 02:18:14,880
order so that you don't have pieces that
are flying off and those kinds of

1866
02:18:12,479 --> 02:18:21,200
things. We rarely talk about that. you
again it everyone wants to see it shiny

1867
02:18:18,080 --> 02:18:25,359
and and we love that but there's another
component which is the safety component

1868
02:18:23,679 --> 02:18:29,760
too but I think you guys have done a
phenomenal job because I know that it's

1869
02:18:27,439 --> 02:18:36,000
um been outdated for so long and you've
just made it work curious how long how

1870
02:18:32,479 --> 02:18:39,679
how long Travis does it take to I'm
curious how long does it take for um

1871
02:18:38,160 --> 02:18:43,760
someone from your department to change
those bulbs that should be a trivia

1872
02:18:42,559 --> 02:18:47,599
question
>> fuel director maintenance operations.

1873
02:18:45,120 --> 02:18:51,200
Um, what I've seen, so we're our
department is not actually doing that.

1874
02:18:49,040 --> 02:18:53,679
We don't have the ability just to tie up
people to do it.

1875
02:18:52,240 --> 02:18:56,559
» We have the bucket trucks and equipment,
but we found out that it's more cost

1876
02:18:55,120 --> 02:18:58,399
effective to hire that out. So, that's
part of work we'll hire out.

1877
02:18:58,080 --> 02:19:03,120
» Yeah.
>> Typically, it's Yesco. Um, and it's

1878
02:19:00,240 --> 02:19:05,760
taking a good good part of a day
>> change out.

1879
02:19:04,639 --> 02:19:08,479
» You think eight hours?
>> Yeah.

1880
02:19:06,160 --> 02:19:12,960
» Yeah. Okay. All right. Thanks so much.
Okay. Any other questions for Travis?

1881
02:19:10,960 --> 02:19:18,880
No. All right. We are not taking any
action, but we really appreciate the

1882
02:19:14,719 --> 02:19:21,599
presentation. Good job. Exciting.
>> Okay. Good job, Frank.

1883
02:19:21,040 --> 02:19:25,280
» Okay.
>> All right, Madam Mayor. Moving on to

1884
02:19:22,800 --> 02:19:28,160
item C5. Charlie 5.
>> Perfect.

1885
02:19:25,920 --> 02:19:32,639
» Madame Mayor, I had a briefing on this
as I think we all did. I'm not sure we

1886
02:19:29,840 --> 02:19:36,240
need a presentation unless my colleagues
disagree.

1887
02:19:33,200 --> 02:19:38,960
» Okay, I'm fine with that. Um, anything?
Okay. Um, can I get a motion?

1888
02:19:38,160 --> 02:19:42,080
» Move to approve.
>> Thank you. I have a motion. I have a

1889
02:19:41,679 --> 02:19:45,679
Second.
>> Second. All those in favor say I. All

1890
02:19:44,479 --> 02:19:48,880
those opposed. Motion carries
unanimously. Okay.

1891
02:19:48,000 --> 02:19:52,160
» Madame clerk,
>> are we doing a break or we just

1892
02:19:50,479 --> 02:19:55,600
» No, we're going to keep move. We're
going to keep moving on. We're not going

1893
02:19:53,600 --> 02:19:59,280
to take a break. If you want to get up
and take a break, please do so. Just um

1894
02:19:58,080 --> 02:20:01,680
pay attention and I don't want to lose
quorum, but we're not going to stop

1895
02:20:00,880 --> 02:20:03,280
today.
>> Okay.

1896
02:20:02,000 --> 02:20:06,240
» All right, Madame Mayor. Moving on to
item F1 in ordinance adoption to be read

1897
02:20:05,359 --> 02:20:09,200
by the city attorney.
>> Okay. Mr. Carl Hall, take it away.

1898
02:20:08,000 --> 02:20:13,920
» Thank you, Madam Mayor. Ordinance
adoption. Ordinance number 6735,

1899
02:20:12,080 --> 02:20:18,800
ordinance to amend title 5, chapter
5.90, article 2 of the Reno Municipal

1900
02:20:17,359 --> 02:20:22,800
Code entitled collection and
transportation of solid waste and

1901
02:20:20,319 --> 02:20:26,240
recyclable materials repealing section
5.90.070

1902
02:20:24,720 --> 02:20:30,399
entitled franchise fees together with
matters which pertain to or are

1903
02:20:28,160 --> 02:20:34,080
necessarily connected therewith.
>> I have a a a motion second.

1904
02:20:32,479 --> 02:20:37,680
» I have a second. All those in favor say
for comment. I just want to make sure

1905
02:20:35,760 --> 02:20:42,000
everybody knows it's not about the fee.
It's about that removal of that section.

1906
02:20:39,439 --> 02:20:45,040
Okay. Okay. All those in favor say I.
>> All those opposed. Motion carries

1907
02:20:43,600 --> 02:20:50,960
unanimously.
>> Madame clerk.

1908
02:20:47,280 --> 02:20:54,160
» Item G1, which is uh an appointment or
reappointment of two individuals to the

1909
02:20:52,640 --> 02:20:57,040
Truckucky Meadows Regional Planning
Commission.

1910
02:20:55,200 --> 02:21:03,040
» Okay. May I have a motion?
>> Yeah, Madame Mayor. Um, I looked I I

1911
02:21:00,960 --> 02:21:09,439
don't see council member Eert unless
she's just in the facilities, but um I

1912
02:21:07,120 --> 02:21:14,399
looked at the staff report, but I also
checked in in past practice and it seems

1913
02:21:12,399 --> 02:21:19,520
like this is about appointing a member
from the planning commission to the

1914
02:21:16,160 --> 02:21:24,720
regional planning commission. And um my
understanding is that some of the

1915
02:21:21,280 --> 02:21:29,840
members of the um commission have not
yet served. And I think that proposal

1916
02:21:27,040 --> 02:21:33,920
from the planning commission was to or
possible was to reappoint Mr. Velto who

1917
02:21:32,160 --> 02:21:37,600
I think's done a great job. Okay.
>> But I also think that um we should give

1918
02:21:36,560 --> 02:21:39,760
everyone a chance.
>> I don't believe that's the

1919
02:21:38,720 --> 02:21:43,600
recommendation.
>> No, I'm saying

1920
02:21:42,160 --> 02:21:45,920
the recommendation.
>> I'm explaining

1921
02:21:44,319 --> 02:21:47,439
» whatever the recommendation is.
>> Yeah. Okay.

1922
02:21:46,479 --> 02:21:50,640
» Yes. Move to approve the
>> recommendation. A second. Please don't

1923
02:21:49,040 --> 02:21:54,640
interrupt me. I'm still in my time.
>> Okay. No, no, go ahead. I'm just saying.

1924
02:21:52,960 --> 02:21:57,040
» Hold on, Councilwoman.
>> Yeah.

1925
02:21:54,960 --> 02:22:01,040
» I I asked for what the recommendation
was and I didn't I I wasn't intended to

1926
02:21:59,520 --> 02:22:03,680
skirt you. I was listening and then I
heard you say yes, whatever the

1927
02:22:02,319 --> 02:22:06,240
recommendation is. So, that's where I
jumped ahead. So, go ahead. Take it

1928
02:22:05,760 --> 02:22:09,920
away.
>> I was saying despite the recommendation.

1929
02:22:08,000 --> 02:22:15,120
» Got it. Oh, I thought you said no. I'll
go with the recommendation. Okay. So, um

1930
02:22:12,240 --> 02:22:20,160
I asked um some folks like it sounds
like there's a seniority thing at play

1931
02:22:16,960 --> 02:22:23,680
as well and um you know who's been there
longest, the second longest, and who's

1932
02:22:21,920 --> 02:22:27,280
already served and who hasn't served.
And I I'm just going to share my

1933
02:22:25,200 --> 02:22:32,000
perspective that I think all of our
boards, whether it's this board or the

1934
02:22:29,120 --> 02:22:39,040
NABS or any board that we have, a lot of
them are for training. A lot of them

1935
02:22:34,800 --> 02:22:45,040
have um experience component. So anyway,
um you know, I I would support the

1936
02:22:41,840 --> 02:22:50,319
Christina Delvr um and I guess she was
recommended for a short threemonth

1937
02:22:48,319 --> 02:22:55,040
appointment or something is what I read.
And um I would recommend Manny Basera.

1938
02:22:52,800 --> 02:22:58,479
And look, the group I I heard some
discussion may not agree with me, but

1939
02:22:56,560 --> 02:23:01,680
that I just went into seniority and who
hasn't served yet. I don't think it's a

1940
02:23:00,640 --> 02:23:06,399
popularity thing.
>> Who hasn't served?

1941
02:23:03,120 --> 02:23:10,560
» Um well, Manny. Um, I talked to my
representative who declined to serve

1942
02:23:08,880 --> 02:23:12,479
again to be reappointed.
>> Okay.

1943
02:23:10,960 --> 02:23:14,240
» Um, and
>> and you're on the board.

1944
02:23:13,840 --> 02:23:17,840
» No, no.
>> Oh, no. Okay. I have two council members

1945
02:23:16,640 --> 02:23:22,640
that are on the board.
>> No, no. This is Megan is the liaison.

1946
02:23:21,200 --> 02:23:26,080
» Oh, okay. All right.
>> Okay. All All I'm saying is my

1947
02:23:24,240 --> 02:23:29,280
perspective. People don't have to agree
with me, but

1948
02:23:26,640 --> 02:23:34,640
» totally. All right. I'm coming from um
Councilman Ree. Uh, Madame Mayor, I'll

1949
02:23:31,600 --> 02:23:40,319
move to appoint Christina Del VR uh to
the unexpired term of the prior member

1950
02:23:37,920 --> 02:23:42,720
who declined to be appointed and Miss
Tina Gofantini.

1951
02:23:42,319 --> 02:23:45,439
» Second.
>> Okay. I have a motion and a second. All

1952
02:23:44,479 --> 02:23:49,840
those in favor say I.
>> I. All those opposed.

1953
02:23:47,520 --> 02:23:55,520
» Motion carries unanimously.
>> Okay. Uh, Madame Clerk.

1954
02:23:52,960 --> 02:23:58,000
» Item G2,
appointment five.

1955
02:23:57,200 --> 02:24:04,080
» Thank you so much.
>> Reese, go ahead. Madame Mayor, I'll move

1956
02:23:59,680 --> 02:24:07,840
to appoint Abby Logtog to the um body.
She was previously an alternate. And

1957
02:24:06,080 --> 02:24:11,120
then my two alternates will be James
Cooper and Veronica Gearhard.

1958
02:24:09,840 --> 02:24:15,040
» Okay. Thank you so much. I have a
motion. I have a second. All those in

1959
02:24:12,640 --> 02:24:19,439
favor say I. All those opposed. Motion
carries unanimously.

1960
02:24:16,640 --> 02:24:22,960
» Madame clerk.
>> All right, Madame Mayor, if you would

1961
02:24:21,280 --> 02:24:26,000
like to go into city council comments.
We're on item H1.

1962
02:24:24,160 --> 02:24:29,280
» All right. Any comments? All right.
We're going to move on. Madame Mayor.

1963
02:24:28,640 --> 02:24:33,520
» Yes. Go ahead.
>> May I ask, did you make the appointments

1964
02:24:30,880 --> 02:24:38,080
to the regional planning commission? Can
we please reconsider since I'm the the

1965
02:24:35,920 --> 02:24:41,040
liaison to the board? I didn't realize
that was going to happen. I had to run

1966
02:24:40,080 --> 02:24:46,880
to the restroom.
>> Sure. We we can reconsider. Um we did

1967
02:24:45,040 --> 02:24:49,840
vote so I don't know if it'll change
anything. Okay.

1968
02:24:47,680 --> 02:24:54,080
» We had a little bit of discussion. Naomi
has some very very good reasoning. Okay.

1969
02:24:51,760 --> 02:24:56,880
Okay. Um, but if you want to and I think
we would have to re

1970
02:24:56,080 --> 02:24:59,280
» Can we take a motion for
reconsideration? Yes.

1971
02:24:57,680 --> 02:25:03,280
» Well, can we also say what the vote was?
It was for Miss Gill and Tini and for

1972
02:25:01,600 --> 02:25:08,000
Miss Delv VR.
>> Okay. For which terms?

1973
02:25:04,880 --> 02:25:11,920
» Miss Delvr was for the unexpired term
which is three months and then Miss

1974
02:25:09,680 --> 02:25:14,720
Goffini was for a full term.
>> Okay. Yeah. I'd like to ask for

1975
02:25:13,200 --> 02:25:20,080
reconsideration. Thank you.
>> Go ahead. Uh, what do you couns?

1976
02:25:19,040 --> 02:25:22,720
» Uh, yeah. Motion.
>> I have a motion and a second. All those

1977
02:25:21,520 --> 02:25:26,240
in favor say I. I.
>> All those opposed. Motion carries.

1978
02:25:25,359 --> 02:25:30,479
» Oh. Um,
>> no, that's okay.

1979
02:25:27,359 --> 02:25:33,200
» No, I'm going to give her the um floor
and so you can

1980
02:25:31,520 --> 02:25:35,680
» I'm sorry. What was that vote?
>> We we're doing a reconsideration.

1981
02:25:34,720 --> 02:25:38,319
» Everybody voted yes.
>> Yes.

1982
02:25:36,160 --> 02:25:44,960
» Okay. Sorry. Thank you.
So, um I just as the council liaison to

1983
02:25:42,160 --> 02:25:50,080
that board and um with Christina being
nominated last time and the council um

1984
02:25:47,600 --> 02:25:55,200
not supporting her um the planning
commission's nomination to move her to

1985
02:25:53,040 --> 02:26:00,880
the regional planning commission last
year. I would like to support her uh

1986
02:25:57,680 --> 02:26:07,120
appointment to the three-year position
um uh based off of uh seniority and

1987
02:26:03,680 --> 02:26:12,399
again she had been um nominated last
year and the um council for some reason

1988
02:26:10,399 --> 02:26:18,399
disregarded the planning commission's
nomination. So um again based on

1989
02:26:15,200 --> 02:26:23,840
seniority um I would like to move her
forward on the planning commission um

1990
02:26:20,720 --> 02:26:27,120
and uh com uh commissioner Bera for the
three-month term.

1991
02:26:24,880 --> 02:26:30,399
» Okay. Thank you so much. All right. Um,
Miss Eert has made a motion. All those

1992
02:26:30,000 --> 02:26:34,319
» second.
>> In favor say I.

1993
02:26:32,319 --> 02:26:35,920
» All those opposed.
>> Voted I.

1994
02:26:35,439 --> 02:26:39,439
» Okay.
>> Motion carries.

1995
02:26:37,120 --> 02:26:43,359
» Do you want another motion?
>> I'm sorry. Motion Motion fails. Okay. Go

1996
02:26:42,399 --> 02:26:47,520
ahead.
>> You want a second motion for Mina?

1997
02:26:45,680 --> 02:26:51,359
» We
I I I don't know if we should entertain

1998
02:26:49,920 --> 02:26:55,200
another motion unless you're willing to
give one. Councilwoman Eert. Do you want

1999
02:26:53,439 --> 02:27:00,319
to give a different motion?
Um well uh

2000
02:26:58,080 --> 02:27:06,560
» the board the commission sorry the
council suggested Tina um Gianianti tini

2001
02:27:04,720 --> 02:27:11,840
I'm sorry I'm messing the word up.
>> Yeah. Um okay I'll make a motion for uh

2002
02:27:10,000 --> 02:27:16,960
commissioner Delvr for the three-year
term and um I'm so sorry. Can you help

2003
02:27:15,600 --> 02:27:21,359
me pronounce
>> Gavianini for the remainder of

2004
02:27:19,680 --> 02:27:26,560
» you have actually a longstanding name
here in Reno. Yeah, for the remainder of

2005
02:27:24,640 --> 02:27:29,200
uh Commissioner Roar Meer's term.
>> Okay, I'll second.

2006
02:27:27,600 --> 02:27:30,960
» So, I have a motion and a second. All
those in favor say I.

2007
02:27:30,399 --> 02:27:33,280
» I.
>> All those opposed?

2008
02:27:32,479 --> 02:27:39,760
» Nay.
>> Okay. So, we're going to go back. I'm

2009
02:27:35,520 --> 02:27:45,120
going to make a motion for um the um
Miss I I'll make the motion. So, I would

2010
02:27:42,960 --> 02:27:49,200
like to make a motion for Miss Gy and
Tiny and

2011
02:27:47,359 --> 02:27:51,920
uh is it Delvar?
>> Delvr.

2012
02:27:49,840 --> 02:27:56,800
» Delvr. Is that how you pronounce it?
>> Okay. Um,

2013
02:27:53,120 --> 02:27:59,280
» Geoffentini for the full term and Delvr
for the

2014
02:27:57,840 --> 02:28:01,600
» remaining term.
>> I'll second.

2015
02:28:00,000 --> 02:28:03,840
» Okay. I have a motion and a second. All
those in favor say I.

2016
02:28:02,960 --> 02:28:05,760
» All those opposed.
>> Opposed.

2017
02:28:04,479 --> 02:28:09,040
» Motion carries.
>> Yeah. I'd like to make [clears throat]

2018
02:28:07,200 --> 02:28:15,160
comments, too. I'm just ahead. um
extremely disappointed in um just kind

2019
02:28:12,160 --> 02:28:15,160
of

2020
02:28:15,200 --> 02:28:23,760
not going with the norm of appointing
the members of seniority and also um not

2021
02:28:22,720 --> 02:28:31,120
allowing [clears throat] more
representation for W 4, which remains to

2022
02:28:26,720 --> 02:28:35,439
be um the ward with the most area um
geographically and um the most

2023
02:28:33,680 --> 02:28:41,359
development coming in. And I think it's
the area that it that um deserves the

2024
02:28:38,160 --> 02:28:48,000
most representation and um I'm just
disappointed in this board's decision to

2025
02:28:44,319 --> 02:28:51,840
not um provide more representation for
that community. Thank you.

2026
02:28:49,600 --> 02:28:56,240
» Thank you for the comments. Okay, moving
on, Madame Clerk.

2027
02:28:55,120 --> 02:29:01,479
» All right, Madame Mayor, we're going to
open the redevelopment agency.

2028
02:28:58,399 --> 02:29:01,479
» All right.

2029
02:29:03,120 --> 02:29:12,000
» Okay. My favorite part of the day,
>> the redevelopment agency board for

2030
02:29:07,359 --> 02:29:16,479
Wednesday, February 25th, 2026.
>> Rachel,

2031
02:29:13,760 --> 02:29:20,080
» loving the pink. Okay. Um,
>> our first item today is roll call.

2032
02:29:18,240 --> 02:29:21,439
» Okay. Yes, please call the role.
>> Council member Taylor

2033
02:29:21,040 --> 02:29:22,560
» here.
>> Dor

2034
02:29:22,080 --> 02:29:26,000
» here.
>> Martinez absent at this time. Eert

2035
02:29:25,520 --> 02:29:26,960
» here.
>> Reese

2036
02:29:26,479 --> 02:29:28,640
» here.
>> Anderson

2037
02:29:27,680 --> 02:29:31,760
» here. Sheavy
>> here. Madame Mayor, you do have a quorum

2038
02:29:30,160 --> 02:29:36,160
of the redevelopment agency board.
Moving on to item A3, which is public

2039
02:29:34,640 --> 02:29:40,479
comment. I do not have any registered
and have not received any

2040
02:29:37,120 --> 02:29:41,680
correspondence. Item A4 is approval of
the agenda.

2041
02:29:40,960 --> 02:29:44,880
» Move to approve.
>> I have a motion. Second. I have a

2042
02:29:43,040 --> 02:29:47,840
second. All those in favor say I. All
those opposed. Motion carries

2043
02:29:46,160 --> 02:29:51,840
unanimously.
>> Item A5 is acceptance of minutes. Move

2044
02:29:51,439 --> 02:29:54,240
to approve.
>> I have a motion. Second.

2045
02:29:52,800 --> 02:29:58,080
» I have a second. All those in favor say
I.

2046
02:29:54,880 --> 02:30:04,560
» All those opposed. Motion carries.
Okay, we are going to uh move on to B1

2047
02:30:01,120 --> 02:30:08,560
and um this is the adoption of the
rebrand. I'm hearing really really good

2048
02:30:06,560 --> 02:30:14,880
things about this. So, I'm super excited
to see what what it looks like and and

2049
02:30:11,680 --> 02:30:20,640
all the razledazzle before I want to um
I do want to recognize how hard you guys

2050
02:30:17,359 --> 02:30:24,880
worked for Western Lights. Rachel again
like hit it out of the park. Poor Ashley

2051
02:30:23,280 --> 02:30:28,000
knows. I mean, I think Ashley and I have
had knockdown dragout fights about

2052
02:30:26,319 --> 02:30:31,680
downtown activation, activation,
activation. And I know she's like, I'm

2053
02:30:29,920 --> 02:30:36,240
gonna do it. I'm gonna get it done. And
I just, again, you knocked it out of the

2054
02:30:33,760 --> 02:30:41,439
park. Um, I got to see some of the
installations. It was fantastic. Um, I

2055
02:30:39,120 --> 02:30:48,800
was incognito because I was so cold, so
I bundled up a ton. But I just I I can't

2056
02:30:45,600 --> 02:30:52,560
um stress how it's becoming such a
highlight in the community and bringing

2057
02:30:50,640 --> 02:30:57,040
people together of all walks of life and
all different artists. And so I know

2058
02:30:54,880 --> 02:31:04,800
Ashley's feeling like a proud mama. Am I
right? Right. She is. [laughter] So um

2059
02:31:02,080 --> 02:31:10,160
thank you. And uh I would just say any
way we can possibly bring in more and

2060
02:31:06,800 --> 02:31:14,080
more artists and be inclusive and just I
just think you just put on such an

2061
02:31:11,600 --> 02:31:18,160
incredible display. I didn't get to see
Come on up. I didn't get to see you guys

2062
02:31:16,080 --> 02:31:23,120
and maybe um you did. I know Kathleen
went and uh Devon,

2063
02:31:20,640 --> 02:31:27,120
» but at the church,
>> which was super exciting. Can you just

2064
02:31:25,359 --> 02:31:34,160
talk about that because I do want people
to realize that their effort to really

2065
02:31:30,960 --> 02:31:37,280
make that space um be something special?
So maybe you could talk.

2066
02:31:35,359 --> 02:31:40,240
» Yeah. U Madam Clerk, I think we're
probably still on public comment.

2067
02:31:39,200 --> 02:31:43,439
» We are. So we're good.
>> That's my thought. um Ashley Attorney,

2068
02:31:42,240 --> 02:31:45,520
assistant city manager for the record
and I have Rachel McIntyre,

2069
02:31:44,604 --> 02:31:48,960
[clears throat] placemaking manager with
me who can talk in more detail about

2070
02:31:47,280 --> 02:31:52,800
Western Lights and what we saw from
people number of artists and the work

2071
02:31:50,640 --> 02:31:57,120
that she did. This is truly her
brainchild of uh she came to me and

2072
02:31:55,439 --> 02:32:00,960
said, "I want to create something in the
shoulder season and we have our downtown

2073
02:31:58,880 --> 02:32:05,520
action plan that this body adopted that
recommended creating a new legacy event

2074
02:32:02,960 --> 02:32:09,920
in downtown." And so I'm very proud of
the work that Rachel's done because this

2075
02:32:07,120 --> 02:32:13,520
is her grit that has pulled it off the
ground and turned it into something

2076
02:32:11,359 --> 02:32:17,200
truly magical and the support of this
body as you have

2077
02:32:15,280 --> 02:32:22,720
» long commented on the importance of
activation in downtown and especially

2078
02:32:19,760 --> 02:32:25,840
outside of our typical event season. Uh,
one of the things as you mentioned,

2079
02:32:23,840 --> 02:32:30,160
Madame Mayor, is the old movie theater
is now known as a project called

2080
02:32:27,600 --> 02:32:33,680
Reforma. And we're very excited about
this project is it's actually going to

2081
02:32:31,680 --> 02:32:38,640
be nine different tenants that will be
going into that space. Uh, there'll be

2082
02:32:36,560 --> 02:32:43,439
obviously a worship space, but there's
also going to be retailers and coffee

2083
02:32:40,960 --> 02:32:46,800
shops and a restaurant, uh, childcare
facilities. And they did a wonderful

2084
02:32:45,200 --> 02:32:50,960
job, I thought, of really opening up
that facility to the community. And they

2085
02:32:49,200 --> 02:32:55,520
really integrated in as part of Western
Lights. They had the biggest little

2086
02:32:53,120 --> 02:32:59,439
circus was present. Uh renderings of
what they're planning on doing with the

2087
02:32:56,880 --> 02:33:03,840
project. Had Shushboom serving local
beer in the back corner and lots of DJ

2088
02:33:02,240 --> 02:33:08,160
options for kids.
>> So they are really proving to be an

2089
02:33:06,000 --> 02:33:11,439
active part of the downtown fabric and
want to make sure that they are

2090
02:33:09,680 --> 02:33:14,319
incorporating in and bringing in a lot
of the things that we've been asking for

2091
02:33:12,960 --> 02:33:18,479
from some of the businesses in our
downtown core. So, we're excited about

2092
02:33:16,560 --> 02:33:22,240
that project. And then I'll let Rachel
talk more about the work that she's done

2093
02:33:20,080 --> 02:33:26,479
with Western Lights and our artist
count, what we had this year, the

2094
02:33:23,600 --> 02:33:30,000
expanded footprint. Um, and then you can
give them some news about the board and

2095
02:33:28,080 --> 02:33:33,760
where that's transitioning to.
>> Okay. Awesome. Love it. Are did you get

2096
02:33:32,880 --> 02:33:35,760
rest?
>> Yes.

2097
02:33:34,399 --> 02:33:39,439
» I I [laughter] always feel like you
don't sleep for a few weeks before and

2098
02:33:38,640 --> 02:33:43,359
after.
>> That is very accurate. Um, I'll start

2099
02:33:41,840 --> 02:33:47,680
first with just some gratitude to this
board. um none of this would be possible

2100
02:33:45,520 --> 02:33:51,120
without your vision, direction, and
trust. And then of course the financial

2101
02:33:49,200 --> 02:33:54,720
contributions. So we greatly appreciate
being able to get an event in an

2102
02:33:52,960 --> 02:33:59,200
organization like Western Lights off the
ground to benefit the entire community

2103
02:33:56,399 --> 02:34:05,200
of Reno. Um and I think that for us as
an organization and as a city uh was is

2104
02:34:02,720 --> 02:34:08,960
my favorite part is when you look around
downtown Reno and you see folks that are

2105
02:34:07,200 --> 02:34:13,920
truly representative of our entire
community. Um it's it's a highlight.

2106
02:34:11,200 --> 02:34:16,960
It's a glow. Um, and so thank you. Uh,
this event wouldn't have been possible

2107
02:34:15,439 --> 02:34:19,840
first and foremost without your support.
We also had tremendous support from the

2108
02:34:18,399 --> 02:34:24,240
Downtown Reno Partnership and snow
removal. Uh, Naom out there like salting

2109
02:34:22,800 --> 02:34:28,880
the sidewalks for us.
>> Yes, I was so worried for you.

2110
02:34:26,479 --> 02:34:34,479
» You should have been [laughter]
very people realize how much you stress.

2111
02:34:32,319 --> 02:34:39,120
» It um, it was fascinating. We lost
effectively 2 and 1/2 days of build um,

2112
02:34:37,200 --> 02:34:43,760
just removing snow. And so I also would
like to uh recognize City of Reno and

2113
02:34:41,680 --> 02:34:47,439
our street supervisor, specifically Matt
Bo, for all of his support and resource

2114
02:34:45,760 --> 02:34:50,160
and helping us pull that off. We were
shocked that we actually opened on

2115
02:34:48,720 --> 02:34:54,399
Thursday, but we did.
>> And on Thursday, in, you know, we had

2116
02:34:52,160 --> 02:34:57,760
two record-breaking snowfall days. And
despite that, we still had preliminary

2117
02:34:56,319 --> 02:35:01,520
numbers. We'll have final numbers next
week, but on Thursday, in the middle of

2118
02:34:59,359 --> 02:35:03,439
a snowstorm, we had just over 5,000
people from our community come out. Can

2119
02:35:02,960 --> 02:35:07,439
you believe that?
>> In the middle of a snowstorm.

2120
02:35:04,720 --> 02:35:11,359
» In the middle of a snowstorm. Um this
year we were really excited to expand

2121
02:35:09,600 --> 02:35:14,960
with more time we had the opportunity to
expand our community partnerships. One

2122
02:35:13,359 --> 02:35:18,479
that we wanted to highlight is we had an
informal partnership with UNR. We had

2123
02:35:17,040 --> 02:35:23,040
three departments from the University of
Reno, Nevada represented this year. We

2124
02:35:20,880 --> 02:35:28,000
worked with the art department um on
projection arts um inside of one of our

2125
02:35:25,680 --> 02:35:31,840
vacant retail storefronts downtown. And
we were very grateful for that and um

2126
02:35:30,160 --> 02:35:35,520
grateful to the property owner who
allowed us the use of his space and his

2127
02:35:33,280 --> 02:35:40,479
power to bring that space to life. We
also had um UNR athletics. We did an

2128
02:35:38,800 --> 02:35:44,560
activation in partnership with the
Whitney Peak on the climbing wall. We

2129
02:35:42,319 --> 02:35:49,200
had UNR cheer football and basketball
represented. Um and then last but

2130
02:35:46,800 --> 02:35:54,240
certainly not least, um the planetarium
took over the projection mapping dome at

2131
02:35:51,600 --> 02:35:58,720
West Street Plaza on Thursday. So, we're
excited about bringing the university

2132
02:35:56,640 --> 02:36:02,000
more into the downtown core as this body
is set as a priority. Um and we're

2133
02:36:00,640 --> 02:36:05,680
excited to continue that work through
Western Lights Festival. In addition to

2134
02:36:04,080 --> 02:36:09,680
that, the support of the small business
community in the downtown core uh was a

2135
02:36:07,840 --> 02:36:14,319
big priority for us this year. Hence the
partnership with Reforma, Sierra Tap

2136
02:36:11,520 --> 02:36:19,760
House, Bull Bridge Pub, um goodness, the
Eddie. Uh I'm going to miss a bunch. Um

2137
02:36:17,600 --> 02:36:23,760
the spot. Um and we're really grateful
for their support both in donations of

2138
02:36:22,080 --> 02:36:27,439
lunches and meals to our volunteer and
build crew uh and also opening up their

2139
02:36:25,840 --> 02:36:32,560
spaces in the middle of winter to take a
risk on a very cool event. So, [snorts]

2140
02:36:29,920 --> 02:36:35,520
um, we are still awaiting final numbers,
um, on attendance, but as it shows right

2141
02:36:34,240 --> 02:36:39,120
now, preliminary, we're looking
somewhere around 60,000, trending

2142
02:36:37,280 --> 02:36:44,640
similar to last year, which we're very
excited about. Um, we had over 50 art

2143
02:36:42,399 --> 02:36:50,479
installations this year. Uh, we had 51
to be specific art installations. 65% of

2144
02:36:48,160 --> 02:36:54,240
those were from local Reno artists. Um,
we also represented three countries this

2145
02:36:52,640 --> 02:36:59,760
year, bringing in international art,
helping to put Reno as a public art hub

2146
02:36:56,479 --> 02:37:04,720
on the map. Um, in addition to the
physical and visual art that we had, we

2147
02:37:01,760 --> 02:37:08,720
had 82 live entertainment performances.
Um, and that's everything from nonprofit

2148
02:37:06,800 --> 02:37:14,640
circuses like Biggest Little Circus to
bands and DJs and buskers. Um, it was

2149
02:37:12,319 --> 02:37:19,200
truly a sight to be seen for Reno. So,
thank you all so much for your support.

2150
02:37:16,479 --> 02:37:23,840
Uh, Western Lights is now establishing
as an independent 501c3 as a result of

2151
02:37:22,160 --> 02:37:28,240
the support that it's received from the
community. Uh they have an incredible

2152
02:37:26,000 --> 02:37:32,160
board that they've assembled. Um I'll be
able to be an amazing volunteer and

2153
02:37:29,840 --> 02:37:35,520
continue to support. Um and we're
excited. Um but yeah, the board that

2154
02:37:34,160 --> 02:37:38,560
they're putting together is phenomenal.
They do have open board seats. I would

2155
02:37:36,960 --> 02:37:42,960
be remiss if I didn't just share that
publicly. So if you're interested, stay

2156
02:37:40,560 --> 02:37:46,080
tuned for more information on that. Um
and we're very excited to work with this

2157
02:37:44,640 --> 02:37:50,399
body on what the future of the event
looks like for the community throughout

2158
02:37:47,760 --> 02:37:52,720
the year and expanding into the Midtown
District and Brewery District in 2027 as

2159
02:37:52,560 --> 02:37:54,960
well.
>> Yeah, that's awesome. Who's the

2160
02:37:53,840 --> 02:37:58,399
executive director?
>> Uh, we are waiting to vote on that.

2161
02:37:56,479 --> 02:38:01,920
Right now, our project director is Megan
Miller. She served as the comm's

2162
02:38:00,000 --> 02:38:04,800
director for Burning Man or for 12
years.

2163
02:38:02,319 --> 02:38:07,600
» I know Megan very well. She's amazing. I
didn't know that.

2164
02:38:05,680 --> 02:38:11,359
» Yes. So, she is also um she has her
background in place making and urban

2165
02:38:09,040 --> 02:38:16,800
development. So, she is phenomenal
asset. Um, and we have a ton of other

2166
02:38:14,720 --> 02:38:19,840
folks. We have Ian Xavier is a creative
director. Uh, he's from the Grand

2167
02:38:18,160 --> 02:38:24,960
Artique. He also serves on the board.
Luca Starmer, who's a professor at UNR

2168
02:38:21,840 --> 02:38:29,359
in digital production, Marbel Garcia, uh
Miranda Carter, Steve Emmerick, uh who

2169
02:38:28,000 --> 02:38:31,840
is just a staple in our community for
music and culture. So,

2170
02:38:30,399 --> 02:38:36,479
» oh my god, I think that is incredible.
And Megan actually um spoke has spoken a

2171
02:38:34,960 --> 02:38:42,000
few times at the Conference of Mayors.
She's she's impressive and she's kind

2172
02:38:38,800 --> 02:38:46,640
and she loves art and she is just an a
shining star in our community. That's

2173
02:38:44,000 --> 02:38:49,600
amazing. We would love um to do
something special for them. So maybe we

2174
02:38:48,160 --> 02:38:52,800
can talk about having them come to
council and talk a little bit about the

2175
02:38:51,200 --> 02:38:56,399
project and things that they need in the
community because I think a lot of

2176
02:38:54,560 --> 02:39:02,399
people are seeing something like this
for the first time. Um except if some of

2177
02:38:59,920 --> 02:39:06,240
us have been to Burning Man, Ashley's
been to Burning Man, Devon's been to

2178
02:39:04,640 --> 02:39:10,880
Burning Man. But I think a lot of people
say it's so great. I could never afford

2179
02:39:08,640 --> 02:39:15,040
to go out there. It's not accessible or
whatever. I've been working. you know,

2180
02:39:12,960 --> 02:39:19,280
they they said this just feels like it's
a piece of Burning Man that they get to

2181
02:39:17,359 --> 02:39:23,439
experience, though it's not Burning Man,
but it they feel like, is this what

2182
02:39:21,200 --> 02:39:27,680
Burning Man's like? And so, it's a core
ethos for the organization is really

2183
02:39:26,000 --> 02:39:31,120
learning to inspire our community and
specifically our youth at the

2184
02:39:28,800 --> 02:39:35,760
intersection of art and technology, and
that's, you know, they're on a mission.

2185
02:39:33,200 --> 02:39:38,800
And to see kids walk up to Hot Shot the
Robot and be like, "Wow, mommy, that's

2186
02:39:37,200 --> 02:39:43,359
so cool." And also in their minds to
know like you too could create a robot.

2187
02:39:41,040 --> 02:39:47,920
Um, and that child may have had no other
access to that art or that magic or that

2188
02:39:46,160 --> 02:39:51,520
technology before and this festival
gives them that opportunity. So,

2189
02:39:49,520 --> 02:39:55,200
» well, I think it's fantastic. Go ahead,
Councilman Ree.

2190
02:39:52,640 --> 02:39:59,280
» Thank you so much. Um, I think you know
how very inspired I was by the work that

2191
02:39:57,600 --> 02:40:03,040
you and all of the people that you've
mentioned have done. Uh, you especially

2192
02:40:01,359 --> 02:40:06,399
though have carried the torch and so
thank you for that. I was one of those

2193
02:40:04,880 --> 02:40:11,520
weird people who was there all three
nights and I um wanted to go on

2194
02:40:09,600 --> 02:40:15,439
different nights at different times to
sort of understand what the different

2195
02:40:13,439 --> 02:40:18,960
feel was. And certainly the first night
there was an element of magic to it

2196
02:40:17,280 --> 02:40:24,160
because there had been this snowstorm.
It was snowing at various times and it

2197
02:40:21,439 --> 02:40:28,080
added uh to all of the sparkle. It was
incredible. But I share with my

2198
02:40:25,840 --> 02:40:34,160
colleagues a couple of comments. One is
I ran into folks who live here in town,

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02:40:30,640 --> 02:40:38,800
lived in Demani Ranch and they re laid
to me that they had chosen to uh rent a

2200
02:40:36,479 --> 02:40:42,479
hotel room downtown for three nights uh
because they wanted to be present for

2201
02:40:40,240 --> 02:40:46,399
all of the festival and they wanted to
be you know didn't want to miss a minute

2202
02:40:44,319 --> 02:40:50,720
of it. So that tells me that it struck a
cord if people are going to stay

2203
02:40:48,319 --> 02:40:55,280
downtown although they live in town. Um
that really is anecdotal but I think

2204
02:40:53,200 --> 02:40:58,720
represents the broader buyin that's
happening in the community. And then the

2205
02:40:57,120 --> 02:41:03,840
second one was I had a conversation with
the artist who is from Canada who had

2206
02:41:00,960 --> 02:41:08,560
just come from Portland and he Paul I
think and he did the Venus fly trap

2207
02:41:06,080 --> 02:41:11,760
which is was lit up. Um and we had a lot
of conversations about his different

2208
02:41:09,840 --> 02:41:15,200
experience between his time in Portland
and his time here because they had just

2209
02:41:13,439 --> 02:41:19,920
come from Portland and first of all in
Portland it rained the whole time so at

2210
02:41:17,120 --> 02:41:23,439
least we had snow and not rain. Um and
he just said what an incredible

2211
02:41:21,520 --> 02:41:28,080
community that this is. It's welcomed
him the enthusiasm. Um he said it was

2212
02:41:26,479 --> 02:41:31,760
quite well organized. He said artists
aren't always real good about like

2213
02:41:29,920 --> 02:41:36,319
signing the right forms and doing all
the things. And he said that uh you all

2214
02:41:34,000 --> 02:41:41,200
had helped all these artists to really
showcase their art. I I was also uh

2215
02:41:38,880 --> 02:41:44,800
really encouraged. Um I don't know all
the musical artists that you had. There

2216
02:41:42,880 --> 02:41:48,399
were so very many and there were I think
at least I think I counted five

2217
02:41:46,399 --> 02:41:53,760
different stages different types of
music. I went from everything from

2218
02:41:50,640 --> 02:41:58,160
regatone trap music uh bandas music.
there was um some different kinds of EDM

2219
02:41:56,399 --> 02:42:04,399
music. So, it seemed like it appealed to
a very broad cross-section. Um I saw

2220
02:42:00,960 --> 02:42:11,200
Josie Rock was there um and had was
doing art and and selling art. Uh Jerry

2221
02:42:07,840 --> 02:42:19,760
Snider's uh iconic piece which was along
the river outside of the uh Ren Reform

2222
02:42:15,439 --> 02:42:24,399
» Reform uh was the stained glass series.
It's stunningly beautiful. I saw someone

2223
02:42:22,080 --> 02:42:28,800
who comment about the lit up palm
treeesque things and of course last year

2224
02:42:26,880 --> 02:42:33,280
we had a different version of it but
both of those would be like perfect

2225
02:42:30,560 --> 02:42:37,760
permanent installations. I look
everything about it was just incredible.

2226
02:42:35,439 --> 02:42:43,840
Um I will also give great thanks to our
RPD partners. Um officer Blount was down

2227
02:42:41,120 --> 02:42:47,600
there and um I'm a big fan. Um, but I
got to check in with him and talk to him

2228
02:42:45,840 --> 02:42:52,399
about, you know, safety and related
issues and it was just um, everyone was

2229
02:42:50,479 --> 02:42:57,520
happy to be down there. There wasn't a
lot of uh, mischief going on and and it

2230
02:42:54,960 --> 02:43:01,200
it really was exceptional. Um, I will
say one thing for um, what I think there

2231
02:43:00,000 --> 02:43:04,160
would be a great opportunity at some
point in time to do a deep dive on what

2232
02:43:02,880 --> 02:43:08,319
worked, what didn't, all those kind of
things. For my part, I think 10 was

2233
02:43:06,319 --> 02:43:13,120
maybe a little too early to cut off all
the fun. Um, so maybe I'd be looking for

2234
02:43:10,720 --> 02:43:16,319
it to be later. Um, because it was
interesting because the second night I

2235
02:43:14,479 --> 02:43:20,560
went, um, I was coming from another
event. So I left that event about like

2236
02:43:17,840 --> 02:43:25,840
9:30 and then went down there. And by
the time I had just gotten excited about

2237
02:43:23,040 --> 02:43:29,680
seeing all of it, it was over. And so,
um, I I know there's some moment where

2238
02:43:27,600 --> 02:43:34,160
you have to cut off all the fun. Um, but
it could go a little later. Uh, and of

2239
02:43:31,760 --> 02:43:38,880
course I'm excited at the opportunity to
expand it into Midtown, into the brewery

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02:43:36,800 --> 02:43:43,040
district, up to the university. It
really should be a a sort of a multi

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02:43:41,200 --> 02:43:47,520
maybe a week-long festival that
celebrates a lot of that interplay

2242
02:43:45,040 --> 02:43:52,560
between technology and art. Uh because
that's like cutting edge. It's not

2243
02:43:49,520 --> 02:43:57,279
happening other places. Um and again, I
I am so grateful for you for your

2244
02:43:55,359 --> 02:44:00,880
leadership. You have taken the kind of
things that we kind of had thought

2245
02:43:58,640 --> 02:44:05,680
bubbles about and actually now gone and
done them. So tremendous job. I I just

2246
02:44:04,160 --> 02:44:10,160
couldn't be more excited. I didn't hear
the numbers cuz you and you may not have

2247
02:44:08,319 --> 02:44:14,800
them all, but I wouldn't be surprised if
we outgrew last year's event and um

2248
02:44:12,640 --> 02:44:19,760
obviously um numbers don't tell the
entire story, but it is one metric. But

2249
02:44:17,600 --> 02:44:24,880
I every night I was down there, it was
bigger than the first night and the on

2250
02:44:22,319 --> 02:44:30,319
social media it was just very popular.
So, uh incredible job. Congratulations.

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02:44:27,760 --> 02:44:34,560
And if this body would like to encourage
us to revisit the special event code

2252
02:44:32,800 --> 02:44:38,640
around what time special events have to
end and get it extended till 11 p.m. I

2253
02:44:36,960 --> 02:44:40,880
know our proer community would be very
happy about that. So you just let us

2254
02:44:40,240 --> 02:44:46,399
know.
>> Yes, we have Miss Turney put it on the

2255
02:44:43,760 --> 02:44:49,920
agenda.
>> Thank you so much.

2256
02:44:47,439 --> 02:44:56,800
» I love I see your face is all red,
Rachel, but honestly fantastic job. You

2257
02:44:52,640 --> 02:45:00,640
should really know that. Um, I know I
Devon does a really good job of

2258
02:44:58,720 --> 02:45:05,680
appreciating people. I always see that
from you and um, so I just need you to

2259
02:45:03,359 --> 02:45:07,439
know that I'm just hearing wonderful,
wonderful things throughout the

2260
02:45:06,880 --> 02:45:09,040
community.
>> Awesome.

2261
02:45:07,840 --> 02:45:12,160
» So, congratulations.
>> Thank you.

2262
02:45:09,760 --> 02:45:16,000
» You did it again. And I think you're
getting tested with the weather and all

2263
02:45:14,000 --> 02:45:19,840
these things and you're like, "No, I got
this. I got this. I can do it." So, you

2264
02:45:18,560 --> 02:45:22,240
make it look easy, which I
>> moved a lot of snow.

2265
02:45:20,880 --> 02:45:25,040
» Yeah, I know [laughter] you did. You
did. So,

2266
02:45:23,359 --> 02:45:28,960
» but next year maybe we can put the snow
and make like I you know sculptures or

2267
02:45:27,200 --> 02:45:33,680
igloos or something with it. We'll have
like that component if we get snow we'll

2268
02:45:31,279 --> 02:45:36,000
turn it into a little component of that.
Right.

2269
02:45:34,479 --> 02:45:40,240
» I did see where they have these snow
plows. I think it's in Europe and they

2270
02:45:38,160 --> 02:45:43,279
they take this. Did you see that? They
do blocks and they take it in and then

2271
02:45:41,840 --> 02:45:45,279
they also do snowballs.
>> Oh, that's cool.

2272
02:45:43,840 --> 02:45:47,359
» And so they line the streets with
snowballs.

2273
02:45:46,160 --> 02:45:48,800
» You send that to me. We'll figure it
out.

2274
02:45:48,000 --> 02:45:53,040
» Yeah. [laughter]
We can't afford that truck but we'll be

2275
02:45:50,800 --> 02:45:56,399
out there. Brandy and I, we can roll and
Kathleen, we can keep rolling the

2276
02:45:55,200 --> 02:45:57,760
snowballs. Anyway,
>> awesome.

2277
02:45:57,120 --> 02:46:02,319
» Great job.
>> Thank you all so much. We appreciate it.

2278
02:46:00,000 --> 02:46:06,080
» Love it. Okay, Madam Clerk. Sorry, I
just needed to do that.

2279
02:46:03,680 --> 02:46:09,439
» That's okay. We're back on item B1, boy
on the redevelopment agency.

2280
02:46:07,600 --> 02:46:12,800
» Okay, take it away, Brian.
>> All right, thank you. Uh, good

2281
02:46:11,120 --> 02:46:16,000
afternoon. What time is it? Yeah, good
afternoon, Madame Mayor. Uh, agency

2282
02:46:14,479 --> 02:46:18,560
board Brian Mardo Revitalization.
>> 7 o'clock.

2283
02:46:16,640 --> 02:46:22,960
» It's not 7 o'clock. Yeah, that's for
sure. Um we are bringing back before you

2284
02:46:21,120 --> 02:46:27,600
uh the one of the final steps in the
agency rebrand uh and that is to

2285
02:46:25,120 --> 02:46:32,560
finalize the new agency name uh the
color palette and some of the icon

2286
02:46:29,279 --> 02:46:38,479
options um so that we can uh wrap up the
rebrand process and launch the new uh

2287
02:46:35,760 --> 02:46:43,120
agency brand.
And so why rebranding the RDA uh is

2288
02:46:40,960 --> 02:46:47,600
important uh as the agency has been
dormant for about 15 years. You notice

2289
02:46:45,600 --> 02:46:51,140
the only uh mark that we have at the
moment is that I call it the save by the

2290
02:46:49,600 --> 02:46:53,600
bell logo up in the right hand corner
[laughter]

2291
02:46:51,840 --> 02:46:57,120
or the jazz solo cup if everyone
remembers the old solo cups. Uh this

2292
02:46:55,439 --> 02:47:01,359
logo sold we don't even have a digital
copy. There's probably a floppy disc

2293
02:46:58,640 --> 02:47:07,279
somewhere uh in a box that actually has
the the soft version of this logo. So I

2294
02:47:04,080 --> 02:47:10,399
think that's a a scanned copy. Um but as
we come out of 15 years of dormcy, we

2295
02:47:09,040 --> 02:47:13,439
want to make a big splash. We want
people to know what the redevelopment

2296
02:47:11,520 --> 02:47:17,439
agency is, what it's doing, and the role
that it plays in the community. And so

2297
02:47:15,520 --> 02:47:22,080
it was deemed that a rebrand would be an
option uh to do that. And so with this

2298
02:47:20,240 --> 02:47:26,319
rebrand, the agency will be uh
modernized. It will be proactive. It'll

2299
02:47:24,800 --> 02:47:30,479
go out into the not only the local
community but also nationally to attract

2300
02:47:28,160 --> 02:47:35,680
investors, developers, tell the story of
what is happening in our region from an

2301
02:47:32,960 --> 02:47:39,760
investment placemaking uh redevelopment
perspective and hopefully bring some

2302
02:47:37,920 --> 02:47:44,160
dollars and some interest and some new
uh place-based economic development into

2303
02:47:41,840 --> 02:47:47,439
the region. And last, with the new
brand, people will know what we do. We

2304
02:47:45,680 --> 02:47:52,399
can educate people on the the programs
and opportunities. uh the tools that we

2305
02:47:49,760 --> 02:47:55,760
have drive engagement and so with a new
brand is a great opportunity to

2306
02:47:53,920 --> 02:48:01,200
reintroduce ourselves to not only local
community but national players uh and be

2307
02:47:58,880 --> 02:48:06,960
proactive in telling them about who we
are as a region. And so what the agency

2308
02:48:04,399 --> 02:48:14,160
board is being asked to do today, uh
when we brought this item board in

2309
02:48:09,120 --> 02:48:18,720
October, uh we settled on a logo um icon
identity, but it was asked by this body

2310
02:48:16,560 --> 02:48:22,800
that we go in back in the consult and
review some other color pallet options

2311
02:48:20,880 --> 02:48:28,319
that mainly incorporate some city of
Reno uh existing color options. But the

2312
02:48:26,080 --> 02:48:32,880
items today before you is to formally
adopt the new agency name. It would be a

2313
02:48:30,399 --> 02:48:38,000
doing business as the Reno Redevelopment
and Placemaking Agency also known as

2314
02:48:35,600 --> 02:48:41,680
REIUP. And so it's just like RSCVA and
Edon have have longer names but they

2315
02:48:40,319 --> 02:48:45,520
have shorter names. That's how we would
operate in this scenario. So we'd be

2316
02:48:43,120 --> 02:48:50,240
known as REIUP but uh doing business as
the Reno Redevelopment and Placemaking

2317
02:48:47,359 --> 02:48:54,640
Agency. Uh we're also asking you today
to select the final visual identity in

2318
02:48:52,479 --> 02:49:00,160
the color palette and then the option A
or B of the icon styles.

2319
02:48:58,479 --> 02:49:04,399
And so what is included in this rebrand?
As I mentioned, it's a new name. Uh it's

2320
02:49:02,240 --> 02:49:08,640
adopting the color palette and those
icons. What it won't do is the legal

2321
02:49:06,800 --> 02:49:13,040
name of the agency will not change. It
will still be uh on paper the Reno

2322
02:49:11,120 --> 02:49:18,000
Redevelopment Agency, but it will be a
DBA operating as the Reno uh

2323
02:49:15,439 --> 02:49:22,240
redevelopment placemaking agency. Uh so
this doesn't change any statutory

2324
02:49:19,600 --> 02:49:26,319
authority, doesn't change the the plan
at all. Uh no change to the programs and

2325
02:49:24,720 --> 02:49:29,840
policies. This is just essentially a
rebrand in how we present ourselves to

2326
02:49:27,920 --> 02:49:35,439
the world.
So the DBA uh I mentioned this a lot

2327
02:49:32,479 --> 02:49:39,600
already. Uh it allows us a great
opportunity to reint reintroduce

2328
02:49:37,359 --> 02:49:44,000
ourselves uh to the world. Uh have a
great approachable brand where we where

2329
02:49:42,080 --> 02:49:47,600
it isn't deemed completely as the city
which is more institutional. It's more

2330
02:49:45,600 --> 02:49:52,479
proactive. Uh lets people know that
we're willing to work with them and

2331
02:49:49,840 --> 02:49:57,840
achieve whatever plans that they have um
within within the redevelopment areas.

2332
02:49:55,920 --> 02:50:02,080
These are the color palette options that
residents put together after that

2333
02:49:59,279 --> 02:50:06,880
October meeting. Uh option one was the
was the original one we brought forward.

2334
02:50:04,479 --> 02:50:10,479
Uh this body asked to go back and
incorporate some city of Reno blue

2335
02:50:08,560 --> 02:50:15,279
color. So those are options two and
three.

2336
02:50:12,640 --> 02:50:21,200
We call option one ponderosa pine. Uh I
think Paul Klein the agency advisory

2337
02:50:17,920 --> 02:50:26,160
board chaired mentioned um that in his
comments this morning.

2338
02:50:23,840 --> 02:50:30,240
Our consultant resonance uh recommends
that we not go with blue uh mainly

2339
02:50:28,560 --> 02:50:34,160
because it it washes in with all the
other existing logos throughout the

2340
02:50:32,160 --> 02:50:38,720
region. Uh we love our silver and blue.
We love our Nevada colors. Uh there are

2341
02:50:36,319 --> 02:50:42,720
a lot of icons, logos and organizations
that use this color scheme already. The

2342
02:50:40,880 --> 02:50:45,920
fear is that we would just be lost in
the mix. Uh when we want to be

2343
02:50:44,399 --> 02:50:51,040
proactive, go out into the world, tell
people what we're doing, want a splashy

2344
02:50:47,840 --> 02:50:56,000
logo, a splashy brand. uh this with
going with blue would come across a bit

2345
02:50:52,800 --> 02:51:00,399
more institutional than what would be uh
uh preferred. Uh it doesn't signal a lot

2346
02:50:58,800 --> 02:51:05,439
of change. It's kind of a bit of the
status quo. And so resident's

2347
02:51:03,200 --> 02:51:10,720
recommendation was to go with the green
color palette. Uh the RAB saw this

2348
02:51:08,560 --> 02:51:14,720
earlier this month. Uh the RAB
recommendation of this body was

2349
02:51:12,479 --> 02:51:20,160
unanimous was to continue with this
green color palette option. Um green

2350
02:51:17,760 --> 02:51:24,720
means go. Uh it highlights the sort of
mountain town community that we're we're

2351
02:51:21,920 --> 02:51:29,279
starting to uh believe we are. Uh and
with this new green color, it kind of

2352
02:51:27,120 --> 02:51:32,800
sense it gives the idea that this is
something new, vibrant, and exciting.

2353
02:51:31,840 --> 02:51:38,800
» It's growing.
>> It's growing. We're growing. Uh the icon

2354
02:51:36,160 --> 02:51:43,279
styles in your packet was the complete
uh packet from residents that include a

2355
02:51:40,960 --> 02:51:49,760
lot of examples of how these icons could
be incorporated from reports to street

2356
02:51:46,160 --> 02:51:54,800
banners uh to swag. Uh it was asked that
we bring a couple options back. Option A

2357
02:51:52,000 --> 02:51:59,760
was uh closer to the original proposal.
Option B is a little bit more expanded

2358
02:51:56,800 --> 02:52:05,040
block icon. Uh the RAB did see this as
well and the RAB's recommendation was to

2359
02:52:01,920 --> 02:52:09,600
go with option A. Uh and so just to
reiterate what the RAB's recommendation

2360
02:52:07,279 --> 02:52:14,800
of this body, the RAB recommended the
approve this body uh adopt the Ponderosa

2361
02:52:13,040 --> 02:52:19,600
pine green color palette.
>> Bless you.

2362
02:52:15,760 --> 02:52:23,840
» And then go with option A on the icons.
And so that with that I'll put the

2363
02:52:22,399 --> 02:52:26,000
motion in front of you. Um
>> okay.

2364
02:52:24,720 --> 02:52:30,319
» And I'm happy to answer any question.
>> Thank you so much. All right. Any motion

2365
02:52:27,760 --> 02:52:34,560
to approve? Go ahead. So uh Councilwoman
Der made a motion. Councilman Ree

2366
02:52:32,880 --> 02:52:37,200
second. All those in favor say I.
>> I.

2367
02:52:35,040 --> 02:52:41,920
» All those opposed. Motion carries
unanimously. Um, sorry,

2368
02:52:40,000 --> 02:52:44,319
» Councilwoman Anderson.
>> Did you want to?

2369
02:52:42,880 --> 02:52:46,000
» No.
>> Manager for the

2370
02:52:45,040 --> 02:52:49,600
» Sorry, your lights on.
>> Yeah, I apologize.

2371
02:52:47,040 --> 02:52:54,640
» Clarifying that uh the redevelopment
board would like to move forward with

2372
02:52:52,000 --> 02:52:59,840
option that the RAB recommended of
Ponderosa Pine and option A for icons.

2373
02:52:57,600 --> 02:53:03,120
» Great. Thank you so much. That's what we
>> Yeah, you've made staff recommendation.

2374
02:53:02,080 --> 02:53:07,200
» Yes. Thank you. Okay.
>> Yeah. And I want to add that I think

2375
02:53:04,960 --> 02:53:11,520
it's a good job and thank you for taking
the time to look at the options. Uh the

2376
02:53:09,840 --> 02:53:15,520
only thing I might have thought was
where you're using the teal was to use

2377
02:53:13,680 --> 02:53:18,960
one of the colors out of the palette
which is maybe the yellow because the

2378
02:53:17,359 --> 02:53:25,680
yellow is the biggest part of our
current logo. Not blue, not light blue,

2379
02:53:22,560 --> 02:53:31,359
not silver, but the gold. But probably
green and gold represents some team

2380
02:53:28,160 --> 02:53:36,080
somewhere that's some other city, some
other university. And maybe that's why

2381
02:53:34,560 --> 02:53:38,399
they didn't even think about it. I don't
know.

2382
02:53:36,640 --> 02:53:42,640
» I'll add that there is an expansive
color palette that residence does have.

2383
02:53:40,479 --> 02:53:46,080
It incorporates a lot of the city of
Reno yellows and blues. Okay.

2384
02:53:44,399 --> 02:53:48,720
» Uh as secondary color options.
>> What I saw was a number of the icons,

2385
02:53:48,080 --> 02:53:51,439
too.
>> Yeah.

2386
02:53:49,279 --> 02:53:54,560
» I I just think they did a good job. So,
>> thank you.

2387
02:53:53,040 --> 02:53:57,200
» Okay.
All right, we're good. Good job.

2388
02:53:56,720 --> 02:54:01,920
» Awesome.
>> Okay. Um,

2389
02:54:00,640 --> 02:54:02,880
now we need this one.
>> Two more.

2390
02:54:02,560 --> 02:54:06,720
» Yeah.
>> Oh, we need two. Council Der,

2391
02:54:04,960 --> 02:54:09,720
» I'm sorry.
>> B2.

2392
02:54:12,960 --> 02:54:18,720
Okay. What? Where?
>> We're on item B2 on the redevelopment

2393
02:54:16,960 --> 02:54:20,640
agency board acceptance of the downtown
action plan.

2394
02:54:19,520 --> 02:54:23,359
» Okay. Go ahead.
>> All right. Uh, thank you.

2395
02:54:22,080 --> 02:54:27,520
» I'm wondering like are you waiting for
me? I'm waiting for you. What are we

2396
02:54:24,800 --> 02:54:29,760
doing? Okay, go ahead, Brian. We've been
waiting a month and a half.

2397
02:54:28,160 --> 02:54:33,840
» As far as your usual, you stay up there
and then we go into the next, but you

2398
02:54:31,200 --> 02:54:35,920
sat down, so I'm like, what?
>> Go ahead.

2399
02:54:34,479 --> 02:54:39,359
» All right. Uh, Brian Mard,
>> getting all red. [laughter]

2400
02:54:37,600 --> 02:54:44,080
» Uh, revitalization manager. So, what
we'd like to do now is bring an update

2401
02:54:41,600 --> 02:54:49,359
on the downtown action plan. Uh this is
the the organizing document that uh was

2402
02:54:46,800 --> 02:54:54,720
done in 2016 that has directed a lot of
the actions that we have taken over the

2403
02:54:51,520 --> 02:54:59,680
last decade uh in our downtown area. Uh
many of you were around in 2015 16 when

2404
02:54:57,600 --> 02:55:03,680
this was approved. Uh I sat on the
steering committee for this as well in

2405
02:55:01,200 --> 02:55:08,240
my role at Edon. Um but this was the the
the plan to drive our downtown when

2406
02:55:06,399 --> 02:55:12,880
everyone says we need direction on where
we are taking our downtown. Uh and Puma

2407
02:55:10,800 --> 02:55:15,279
was brought in from Denver. I remember
uh Brad Seagull. Does everyone remember

2408
02:55:14,479 --> 02:55:16,800
Brad Seagull?
>> Yeah.

2409
02:55:15,680 --> 02:55:21,520
» Um
>> he came in with his team. Uh lots of

2410
02:55:18,880 --> 02:55:25,279
engagement, lots of discussions and this
document

2411
02:55:22,800 --> 02:55:31,439
» had 52 implementation items when they
left. Uh and this document um we've been

2412
02:55:28,560 --> 02:55:38,000
using to to identify what changes need
to be done within the downtown area.

2413
02:55:35,279 --> 02:55:42,080
And so why review this plan? Now, uh,
this we just want to note that everyone

2414
02:55:40,080 --> 02:55:46,000
hates to see a plan get done and no
action be done against that plan. I'm

2415
02:55:44,160 --> 02:55:49,200
happy to say that we're about twothirds
of the way done with everything

2416
02:55:47,439 --> 02:55:52,800
recommended inside this plan. So, it
didn't sit on the shelf. There was

2417
02:55:50,399 --> 02:55:58,240
actually a lot of activities um
achieved. Uh, this plan was essentially

2418
02:55:56,160 --> 02:56:02,319
uh proposed to drive the next 5 to seven
years in downtown. It's been nine years.

2419
02:56:00,720 --> 02:56:06,800
If we take two years off for the
pandemic, we're probably right where we

2420
02:56:04,000 --> 02:56:10,640
should be. Uh so it's been nine years. A
lot of agencies have played their role

2421
02:56:09,040 --> 02:56:13,920
in achieving the goals of this plan from
the downtown Reno partnership which

2422
02:56:12,080 --> 02:56:19,120
didn't really exist before this plan was
adopted. RTC, University of Nevada, the

2423
02:56:17,040 --> 02:56:23,120
city of Reno, and now RDA has re-entered
the space in the last year or so. And so

2424
02:56:21,359 --> 02:56:29,200
we're all doing things that that achieve
the goals of this plan. Um I'll also

2425
02:56:25,920 --> 02:56:32,800
note that a lot has changed since 2016.
Uh we didn't have a business improvement

2426
02:56:30,960 --> 02:56:36,640
district. We had a police special
assessment and a maintenance special

2427
02:56:34,319 --> 02:56:39,680
assessment. And what the creation with
the new business improvement district

2428
02:56:38,000 --> 02:56:43,200
did is it sunset the police special
assessment, sunset the maintenance

2429
02:56:41,359 --> 02:56:47,200
special assessment, and created a new
assessment for the downtown area. That

2430
02:56:45,439 --> 02:56:50,640
was the business improvement district.
So, we have that created now. That is

2431
02:56:48,880 --> 02:56:54,960
managed by the DRP, the downtown re
partnership. Um, this plan recommended

2432
02:56:53,439 --> 02:56:58,720
that housing could be one of the most
transformative elements in achieving the

2433
02:56:56,960 --> 02:57:03,359
future of downtown. And so I'm happy to
say we have we've had over a thousand

2434
02:57:00,479 --> 02:57:07,760
new housing units delivered uh since
then. Uh no coincidence that that city

2435
02:57:05,760 --> 02:57:12,399
council this body uh approved that
thousand homes initiative and we h now

2436
02:57:10,640 --> 02:57:16,880
have a thousand homes. Many of those
were applicants in that program. Uh and

2437
02:57:15,439 --> 02:57:20,319
we have another thousand in the
pipeline. So we're achieving a lot of

2438
02:57:18,479 --> 02:57:24,080
housing coming online. Some of it's
affordable, some of it's for seniors. uh

2439
02:57:22,560 --> 02:57:28,800
but I call it mixed income
multi-generational mixeduse housing

2440
02:57:26,080 --> 02:57:32,319
which is what we wanted to see. Uh river
and public realm investments were

2441
02:57:30,240 --> 02:57:36,800
mentioned a lot. We're now seeing a lot
of improvements to locomotion plaza to

2442
02:57:34,479 --> 02:57:41,200
West Plaza and we're about to start
construction on future river

2443
02:57:38,560 --> 02:57:45,920
improvements. And then as you mentioned
uh with Rachel coming on the scene uh

2444
02:57:43,600 --> 02:57:51,040
we've we've done a lot in the activation
and event space within the area. I think

2445
02:57:48,160 --> 02:57:56,399
we're up 40% year-over-year. Uh Rachel's
program brought 72 new events to the

2446
02:57:53,359 --> 02:58:00,640
downtown area. So um a lot has a lot has
changed since 2016 when we were

2447
02:57:58,160 --> 02:58:04,960
wondering where where we take this uh
our downtown. Some of the core values of

2448
02:58:02,880 --> 02:58:08,640
the plan. Uh there's five things. We
want our downtown to be prosperous. That

2449
02:58:06,720 --> 02:58:13,040
means we want jobs. We want workforce.
We want um our university to be a big

2450
02:58:11,040 --> 02:58:17,040
component. We want it to be safe and
clean. That means essentially we want it

2451
02:58:15,600 --> 02:58:21,600
to be welcoming so that when people come
down here they don't they don't feel um

2452
02:58:19,680 --> 02:58:25,520
that they're not welcome or that is in
an unsafe environment. We want it to be

2453
02:58:24,000 --> 02:58:28,160
connected meaning bike lanes,
transportation, people can get where

2454
02:58:26,960 --> 02:58:33,439
they need to go. They can find the
parking they need. We want it to be

2455
02:58:30,000 --> 02:58:37,439
vibrant uh meaning it's active mixeduse
retail a lot of a lot of those things.

2456
02:58:35,439 --> 02:58:42,000
And we want it to be livable. So, if you
made the decision to live downtown as

2457
02:58:39,520 --> 02:58:46,960
you have, uh, do you have the amenities
and the experiences to actually live a

2458
02:58:44,560 --> 02:58:50,880
as a true urbanite living in a downtown
core? And so, those are the five core

2459
02:58:48,720 --> 02:58:56,240
values.
And if you look at the plan, uh, we

2460
02:58:53,439 --> 02:58:59,920
don't have adopted districts. Uh, this
map was incorporated into the city of

2461
02:58:58,000 --> 02:59:02,960
Reno's master plan referencing these
areas. But when they looked at our

2462
02:59:01,600 --> 02:59:06,720
downtown, they essentially said, "We
have six sort of quasi districts." And

2463
02:59:05,200 --> 02:59:10,240
one of those is the university district.
Sometimes we call it the gateway

2464
02:59:07,920 --> 02:59:14,720
district. Uh now there's a proposed
university village. Uh the downtown core

2465
02:59:13,200 --> 02:59:20,560
of the entertainment areas called the
entertainment district. Something that

2466
02:59:16,960 --> 02:59:25,359
didn't really um percolate was this idea
of an innovation district. It was a bit

2467
02:59:22,479 --> 02:59:29,040
soup during
innovation districts. We have the

2468
02:59:27,040 --> 02:59:32,720
Riverwalk. We have pounding which is a
historic district. And then we have the

2469
02:59:30,720 --> 02:59:36,240
northwest quadrant. Uh a little bit of a
bland name, but that's has since uh

2470
02:59:34,800 --> 02:59:40,880
turned into sort of the neon line
districts with J Jacob's Entertainment.

2471
02:59:39,520 --> 02:59:47,359
And so I just want to say that when we
talk about our downtown holistically,

2472
02:59:42,640 --> 02:59:50,800
this is the broader downtown area.
It was discussed how we could possibly

2473
02:59:49,200 --> 02:59:54,720
fund all the improvements that were
included in this plan. The first one was

2474
02:59:52,640 --> 02:59:58,319
to create a new bid assessment and so
that would be able to fund a lot of the

2475
02:59:56,479 --> 03:00:03,920
recommendations. Uh there's an
opportunity that they identified to use

2476
03:00:00,319 --> 03:00:08,160
future parking revenue uh to fund ideas.
Uh the city could use its capital

2477
03:00:05,600 --> 03:00:11,840
improvement program to fund
improvements. At the time we didn't

2478
03:00:10,000 --> 03:00:15,120
really have tax increment financing, but
now we do. So that would be an RDA

2479
03:00:13,359 --> 03:00:19,359
function using the property tax
increment received to make investments

2480
03:00:17,200 --> 03:00:24,479
in the area. Uh liquor and marijuana
revenues was propos were proposed. Uh

2481
03:00:22,080 --> 03:00:28,479
and then two things is using our uh
redevelopment incentives to encourage

2482
03:00:26,560 --> 03:00:33,040
more infill development and then also
looking at our fees uh and other

2483
03:00:31,040 --> 03:00:38,000
financial assistance and maybe some code
changes to facilitate uh infill

2484
03:00:35,680 --> 03:00:43,359
development.
So there are 52 implementation items. Um

2485
03:00:41,520 --> 03:00:47,680
I'm going to try to fly through a lot of
those quickly, but the whole entire plan

2486
03:00:45,359 --> 03:00:52,720
is broken into three buckets mainly. The
first one is the economy uh attracting

2487
03:00:50,399 --> 03:00:56,240
investment, jobs, housing. The second
one is the environment. And when I say

2488
03:00:54,560 --> 03:01:00,240
the environment, I mean the physical
environment, things people can feel,

2489
03:00:58,240 --> 03:01:04,880
see, touch and experience. That's the
built environment. And so that relates

2490
03:01:02,319 --> 03:01:08,800
to key streets, uh bike lanes,
improvements to the river, improvements

2491
03:01:06,640 --> 03:01:12,080
to the public realm. And then last one
is experience. So when people choose to

2492
03:01:10,560 --> 03:01:16,800
come down to the area, whether it's to
visit or live, uh do they feel welcome,

2493
03:01:14,880 --> 03:01:21,120
safe, are they having a good time? And
so first and foremost, it must be safe

2494
03:01:18,720 --> 03:01:24,640
and clean. Uh we need things for them to
do. So it needs to be active and

2495
03:01:22,560 --> 03:01:28,880
vibrant. And we need to have a way to
get them through the area. So can they

2496
03:01:26,640 --> 03:01:32,319
find their way? Can they find parking?
Uh do they have a great experience? So

2497
03:01:30,720 --> 03:01:36,319
everything in this plan correlates to
those three big buckets.

2498
03:01:34,800 --> 03:01:41,200
And so let me start on the first one is
the economy. Uh so the first one was

2499
03:01:39,040 --> 03:01:44,960
housing for everybody. In order to get
housing, it says do we have incentives

2500
03:01:42,880 --> 03:01:50,399
and tools to drive more housing? And I
will say now we do we have tax increment

2501
03:01:47,680 --> 03:01:55,359
financing. Uh we have incentives like
the uh restore facade and tenant

2502
03:01:53,200 --> 03:02:00,640
improvement program. Uh we've made
changes to the fees by not allowing the

2503
03:01:58,800 --> 03:02:03,920
sewer credits to expire. So those are
all incentives to drive infill

2504
03:02:02,399 --> 03:02:07,840
development.
Do we have amenities for people to live

2505
03:02:05,680 --> 03:02:12,640
downtown? One of the things recommended
in the plan was that we needed a dog a

2506
03:02:10,240 --> 03:02:16,479
dog park downtown and I would say that
that was achieved. uh the biggest little

2507
03:02:14,319 --> 03:02:20,880
dog park right on the north side of the
Montage. Uh and we have other amenities

2508
03:02:19,200 --> 03:02:25,920
to public spaces like improvements to
West Street Plaza and Locomotion Plaza.

2509
03:02:24,080 --> 03:02:29,760
Attract neighborhood retail. I would say
this is one of the hardest although we

2510
03:02:27,439 --> 03:02:33,520
are focused on it. Um it's mainly a
demographic issue. We do not have enough

2511
03:02:31,520 --> 03:02:38,319
people living in downtown to attract the
grocery stores, the pharmacies, the the

2512
03:02:36,160 --> 03:02:41,600
dry cleaning. Uh but with those new
units coming online, we we now have a

2513
03:02:40,319 --> 03:02:45,359
path to sort of see how we're going to
get there. And then last one, if people

2514
03:02:43,600 --> 03:02:49,760
choose to live downtown, are we treating
the river as an amenity for downtown

2515
03:02:47,200 --> 03:02:55,040
residents? And I would say uh we are. Um
we have through ARPA funding, which was

2516
03:02:52,560 --> 03:02:59,520
a great gift, added new lighting to the
area, painted some accents, and then

2517
03:02:57,439 --> 03:03:03,359
this fall uh we're likely to start on
the phase one of the river improvements,

2518
03:03:01,120 --> 03:03:09,200
which is uh highlighted in the in the
bottom right hand corner.

2519
03:03:06,479 --> 03:03:13,200
Jobs. Uh do we have incentives for new
businesses? I would say small business.

2520
03:03:10,880 --> 03:03:16,800
Uh the Restore program is a great
incentive for small business owners if

2521
03:03:15,200 --> 03:03:20,720
they're looking to move into a space.
That program helps them with signage,

2522
03:03:18,479 --> 03:03:26,880
TIS, a lot of the hurdles they have as a
small business owner. Um on the bigger

2523
03:03:23,279 --> 03:03:30,479
side, uh Edon has supports, uh programs
and incentives often that come down from

2524
03:03:29,040 --> 03:03:35,359
the governor's office to attract
companies into the area. Second one was

2525
03:03:33,279 --> 03:03:39,439
workforce. happy to announce that this
region and the university was selected

2526
03:03:36,960 --> 03:03:43,920
as a as a tech hub by the economic
development administration and that uh

2527
03:03:41,760 --> 03:03:50,399
provided I think $12 million of
workforce funding to go into the battery

2528
03:03:46,880 --> 03:03:56,000
lithium battery um and material science
field. So we did have some opportunities

2529
03:03:53,040 --> 03:03:59,840
for workforce expansion
uh seeing the university invest in the

2530
03:03:58,319 --> 03:04:03,680
innovation district. As I said, the
university district wasn't something

2531
03:04:01,359 --> 03:04:07,920
that really came to fruition, but we are
seeing the university make investments

2532
03:04:06,240 --> 03:04:10,640
into that gateway district. So, now we
have a new parking garage, we have a new

2533
03:04:09,600 --> 03:04:14,720
business school, we're going to get a
new life science center. Uh, and then

2534
03:04:12,880 --> 03:04:18,720
the university purchased those 19 homes
across the freeway, which will be a new

2535
03:04:16,640 --> 03:04:23,840
university village. So, we're seeing a
lot of progress there. Um, connections

2536
03:04:21,600 --> 03:04:28,000
between sort of the University Gateway
District and the river. Uh we're going

2537
03:04:25,600 --> 03:04:31,040
to see improvements to Evans Avenue uh
with new bike lanes and so that

2538
03:04:29,439 --> 03:04:35,760
connectivity is going to be improved. So
that is in progress. The last one I'll

2539
03:04:33,200 --> 03:04:39,200
mention is establishing an innovation
district. I don't know if that's

2540
03:04:37,120 --> 03:04:44,160
something still worth pursuing. When
this plan was originally adopted, the

2541
03:04:41,200 --> 03:04:47,680
promise of Apple coming into the area uh
and I don't know if that, you know,

2542
03:04:45,760 --> 03:04:53,680
really got what we were expecting with
with the Apple announcement.

2543
03:04:51,279 --> 03:04:57,359
Last is the on the economy is improving
blighted and underutilized properties.

2544
03:04:55,600 --> 03:05:01,920
So do we have a tools and incentives
what we would say carrot and sticks to

2545
03:04:59,120 --> 03:05:06,160
to achieve change down there. We do have
a dedicated code enforcement officer in

2546
03:05:04,000 --> 03:05:09,200
the downtown. So we are uh keeping track
of properties and making sure that

2547
03:05:07,439 --> 03:05:12,960
they're being maintained. But a lot of
the things we've done in the RDA and

2548
03:05:10,720 --> 03:05:17,600
with ARPA funding the last few years is
to drive improvement. And so the restore

2549
03:05:15,840 --> 03:05:21,920
program on the left hand side that is
the Truckucky Lane building where Cafe

2550
03:05:19,600 --> 03:05:26,479
Capello and Marcelinos used to be. Uh
they plan to redo uh that entire

2551
03:05:24,000 --> 03:05:31,439
building. And so they've received uh
restore grants for that project. And

2552
03:05:29,120 --> 03:05:35,120
then on the right hand side is the
Prospector Apartments which is at the

2553
03:05:33,439 --> 03:05:40,720
site of the former community assistance
center. uh this body uh well city

2554
03:05:38,479 --> 03:05:43,439
council was able to do a uh purchase and
sale agreement with them and then the

2555
03:05:41,920 --> 03:05:47,760
redevelopment agency supported the
demolition of that site and so it

2556
03:05:45,840 --> 03:05:54,080
cleared the way for for opportunity on
that site. So uh that we are achieving

2557
03:05:51,200 --> 03:05:59,760
um the goal of improving blighted
properties. The next one is identifying

2558
03:05:56,319 --> 03:06:03,040
and rating historic properties. Uh since
this plan was adopted, we've done

2559
03:06:01,359 --> 03:06:09,120
historic structures report on both the
Lear Theater uh building and the

2560
03:06:06,319 --> 03:06:14,800
historic rail depot. Both Reno
Historical, the app, and uh we now have

2561
03:06:12,479 --> 03:06:18,080
a historic map, historic markers map
that Arts and Culture has put together.

2562
03:06:16,560 --> 03:06:22,160
And so we have identified all of our
historic properties in the area.

2563
03:06:20,720 --> 03:06:25,439
Demolishing for redevelopment. I
mentioned the prospector's apartments.

2564
03:06:23,760 --> 03:06:29,920
If you have the opportunity to demolish
a building that could create potential

2565
03:06:27,600 --> 03:06:34,960
for a bigger, better, more expansive
project, uh that plan recommended that

2566
03:06:32,560 --> 03:06:38,800
we we seize that opportunity. And the
last one that we haven't really done is

2567
03:06:36,640 --> 03:06:42,399
creating a goal of for underutilized
properties or a scorecard. And I think

2568
03:06:40,960 --> 03:06:46,240
that's something that we can consider in
the new year is going through building

2569
03:06:44,000 --> 03:06:51,040
by building, site by site and
identifying uh its needs uh the

2570
03:06:49,439 --> 03:06:55,120
potential for redevelopment or any
challenges that that are existing on

2571
03:06:53,120 --> 03:06:58,640
that site.
Moving on to the environment uh

2572
03:06:57,120 --> 03:07:02,560
connections and key streets. So this is
can people get through the area? Uh can

2573
03:07:00,880 --> 03:07:06,000
people find parking? And so the first
one was more bike racks. The Downtown

2574
03:07:04,319 --> 03:07:10,000
Arena Partnership did receive a Main
Street America grant that allowed, I

2575
03:07:07,920 --> 03:07:13,600
think, a dozen new bike racks for the
area. Two of those were artistic. So,

2576
03:07:12,000 --> 03:07:17,600
that's the one in the lower right hand,
lower lefthand corner. Uh, I mentioned

2577
03:07:15,920 --> 03:07:21,520
improvements to Evans Avenue with bike
lanes. Those will be coming within the

2578
03:07:19,040 --> 03:07:26,080
next year. Uh, enhancing streetscapes.
I'll give a shout out to the downtown

2579
03:07:23,600 --> 03:07:30,960
arena partnership. Uh, they received
some ARPA funding to do the planters and

2580
03:07:28,479 --> 03:07:35,359
new uh trash cans along the
streetscapes. But we do have plans in

2581
03:07:32,800 --> 03:07:41,600
the future to expand uh streetscapes and
enhance them even further. Two things

2582
03:07:38,080 --> 03:07:45,279
that weren't uh achieved just yet is a
pedestrian bridge from Evans to museum.

2583
03:07:43,840 --> 03:07:49,359
This is also recommended in the
Truckucky River Vision plan is to have

2584
03:07:47,200 --> 03:07:53,520
Evans continue through that ballpark
south site straight to the river and do

2585
03:07:51,600 --> 03:07:58,720
a pedestrian bridge over to the auto
museum. Um that is privately owned land.

2586
03:07:56,880 --> 03:08:03,520
So we'll have to see if if that land
owner would be welcome to that idea. And

2587
03:08:01,359 --> 03:08:08,240
last is a bike ramp on Arlington and
I80. I wasn't able to confirm if these

2588
03:08:06,160 --> 03:08:12,080
improvements were done um that bike
ramp.

2589
03:08:10,240 --> 03:08:15,279
Going on to public spaces. So one of
them says, you know, improve your public

2590
03:08:13,520 --> 03:08:19,680
spaces and give people things to do in
those public spaces. And so one of those

2591
03:08:17,040 --> 03:08:24,240
was activate the retract lids. Uh the
DRP had done some work uh along with the

2592
03:08:22,000 --> 03:08:28,240
city of Reno's participation in doing
the landscaping on the side of the

2593
03:08:25,760 --> 03:08:32,560
retract lid. Uh they did Mark Carney did
the mural on there. But this past year

2594
03:08:30,319 --> 03:08:37,840
with ARPA funding, locomotion plaza was
completely transformed uh and now it's

2595
03:08:34,560 --> 03:08:41,920
being activated almost year round. Uh
the plan recommended to launch a facade

2596
03:08:39,680 --> 03:08:47,200
and facade improvement program that has
been achieved uh with Restore. It add

2597
03:08:45,359 --> 03:08:51,120
recommended adding wavefinding. Those
will be installed either this fall or in

2598
03:08:49,200 --> 03:08:54,960
the next spring. Wfinding along the
river uh as part of an Arbor project.

2599
03:08:53,600 --> 03:08:58,960
And then the last one that wasn't done
is another pedestrian bridge connecting

2600
03:08:57,120 --> 03:09:03,200
from the Lear over to Barber Bennett
Park. It's kind of a big span uh but

2601
03:09:01,040 --> 03:09:08,880
that was recommended in this plan. Uh
there are no current plans to to to make

2602
03:09:05,600 --> 03:09:12,880
that pedestrian bridge happen.
Next one was Truckucky River. Uh it

2603
03:09:11,040 --> 03:09:19,439
recommended opening City Plaza to the
river as part of the Virginia uh street

2604
03:09:15,840 --> 03:09:22,880
bridge. We graded out the section of the
plaza and now you can actually go down

2605
03:09:21,040 --> 03:09:26,479
to the river from city plaza. So that
was achieved. Adding lighting and

2606
03:09:24,640 --> 03:09:30,479
wayfinding that has been achieved along
the river. Adding more shade. Uh adding

2607
03:09:29,040 --> 03:09:36,080
more shade is the number one thing we've
seen in all of our plans. Locomotion or

2608
03:09:32,640 --> 03:09:40,479
Westerry Plaza did get shade uh as did
Locomotion Plaza. That's the picture in

2609
03:09:38,319 --> 03:09:46,240
the middle. Two things that haven't been
done. It recommends that we do a bike

2610
03:09:42,479 --> 03:09:50,800
rental facility in City Plaza. Uh we
haven't had a discussion about what the

2611
03:09:48,080 --> 03:09:55,840
long-term vision for City Plaza is. So
we could get to that point. Uh we have

2612
03:09:52,720 --> 03:10:01,040
discussed potential tube rentals at city
plaza but that could be explored in the

2613
03:09:57,840 --> 03:10:05,600
future. Uh and then the last one was
enhanc enhancing pedestrian safety at

2614
03:10:03,439 --> 03:10:09,680
Virginia and and center street which is
now university which is more flashing

2615
03:10:07,520 --> 03:10:14,800
beacons. Uh there are no plans to do
that at the moment. So that is pending.

2616
03:10:12,720 --> 03:10:18,800
Safe and clean. Uh a lot of this goes
down to the downtown arena partnership

2617
03:10:16,720 --> 03:10:22,240
and their efforts. So the first one was
launch a new downtown partnership. So we

2618
03:10:20,960 --> 03:10:27,200
have that with the downtown arena
partnership doing enhanced level of

2619
03:10:24,640 --> 03:10:32,720
cleaning. They pressure wash the the
ambassadors are down town all the time

2620
03:10:30,160 --> 03:10:36,960
identifying their the cleaning needs uh
and saving and clean needs addressing

2621
03:10:34,560 --> 03:10:40,560
loitering street vending sharing
information to people who who need it.

2622
03:10:38,960 --> 03:10:44,399
Um they are the eyes and ears and the
feet on the street.

2623
03:10:42,479 --> 03:10:50,160
The one we haven't done which is being
discussed uh is assessing and increasing

2624
03:10:46,560 --> 03:10:54,399
lighting levels in downtown. Um we have
done a lot of lighting but to actually

2625
03:10:52,560 --> 03:10:57,520
go through and do an assessment of how
how dark are street corners and if

2626
03:10:56,240 --> 03:11:01,840
there's anything that we can do to
improve safety via lighting that is

2627
03:11:00,080 --> 03:11:06,319
something we can pursue in the near
future. All right I'm almost done. Arts

2628
03:11:04,560 --> 03:11:09,359
culture and entertainment create a
marketing campaign for downtown. The

2629
03:11:07,840 --> 03:11:14,080
downtown unit partnership has launched
their pro positively downtown campaign.

2630
03:11:11,840 --> 03:11:17,840
So that's been checked off. Listen
market special events. As I mentioned,

2631
03:11:15,680 --> 03:11:22,800
we have 72 new special events that has
been achieved. Establish one to two new

2632
03:11:20,640 --> 03:11:27,359
marquee events. We have achieved that
with the Western Lights Festival that

2633
03:11:24,399 --> 03:11:32,560
you you just heard about. Consistent
activation that has been achieved.

2634
03:11:29,120 --> 03:11:37,600
Expanding public art uh in the budget uh
next year for RDA. We plan to uh propose

2635
03:11:35,279 --> 03:11:42,000
expanding a small walls program which is
more murals throughout the area. That

2636
03:11:39,359 --> 03:11:47,359
was recommended in the public art master
plan. And last one is history and

2637
03:11:44,319 --> 03:11:51,040
cultural culture tour tours. Uh we do
have tours that occur now and then, but

2638
03:11:48,960 --> 03:11:55,680
there's no formal history or culture
tour. If you were to just be a tourist

2639
03:11:52,960 --> 03:11:59,920
in in Reno for a weekend, uh there's not
a consistent tour group that operates

2640
03:11:58,319 --> 03:12:04,720
either of those. So that could be
something we consider in the future.

2641
03:12:02,560 --> 03:12:08,560
Last is parking and transportation.
Number one was expand bus service for

2642
03:12:06,479 --> 03:12:13,040
students. RTC does have the ride
program, so students at the university

2643
03:12:10,560 --> 03:12:17,680
do get access to the rapid transit that
goes along Virginia Street. Assess

2644
03:12:15,760 --> 03:12:21,760
parking demand. We have done a parking
study. We're also doing an operations

2645
03:12:19,680 --> 03:12:26,880
assessment of the parking gallery on
First and Sierra. Evaluate bus service.

2646
03:12:24,560 --> 03:12:28,560
RTC is always evaluating bus service, so
that is in progress.

2647
03:12:28,438 --> 03:12:32,800
» [snorts]
>> um campaign to encourage multimodal use

2648
03:12:30,800 --> 03:12:37,279
is something that I don't think has been
done. We've added a lot of bike lanes to

2649
03:12:35,279 --> 03:12:41,600
our urban areas. I don't know if we are
encouraging people to bike more. Um so

2650
03:12:40,000 --> 03:12:47,520
that is something we could explore in
the future. We do need more education on

2651
03:12:44,240 --> 03:12:51,279
parking. Um we have 17,000 parking
spaces. 15 of those are structured in

2652
03:12:49,520 --> 03:12:55,520
downtown, but people do not know which
ones are private, which ones are public,

2653
03:12:53,279 --> 03:13:00,800
which ones are free. Uh and so we could
do some education around that. And then

2654
03:12:57,920 --> 03:13:04,319
last is, and this is forward thinking,
uh, parking structures. In the future,

2655
03:13:02,720 --> 03:13:08,960
if people aren't driving and parking
cars anymore, what do we do with all the

2656
03:13:06,160 --> 03:13:13,600
parking garages that were built that are
hard to redesign? And so, a lot of

2657
03:13:11,680 --> 03:13:17,840
cities have adapted code that says that
you have to futureproof your parking

2658
03:13:15,200 --> 03:13:21,120
structures, meaning big flat floor pads
so that you don't have these ramps, so

2659
03:13:19,680 --> 03:13:25,200
that if in the future you were to take
that parking garage and turn into

2660
03:13:22,479 --> 03:13:30,160
retail, office housing, it would be uh
easier to do. So that is something we

2661
03:13:27,680 --> 03:13:34,479
could consider in the future. So I'll
wrap it up here. Uh of the 52 items that

2662
03:13:32,800 --> 03:13:39,200
were recommended that plan recommended
in that plan, 19 have been achieved or

2663
03:13:36,640 --> 03:13:43,600
completed. 17 with the gift of ARPA
funding are in progress and about 16

2664
03:13:41,680 --> 03:13:48,479
have I wouldn't say pending have yet to
be addressed uh and could be

2665
03:13:45,200 --> 03:13:51,920
reconsidered in the future. So that is
the update of the downtown action plan.

2666
03:13:50,640 --> 03:13:55,439
We're not proposing a new plan at the
moment. We just wanted to give you uh a

2667
03:13:53,760 --> 03:13:58,479
summary of what has been achieved.
>> Okay.

2668
03:13:56,479 --> 03:14:02,720
And so we do have a motion which is okay
>> to just receive and accept the update.

2669
03:14:00,720 --> 03:14:06,960
» Okay. Thank you so much Brian. Um first
of all very good job and maybe you've

2670
03:14:05,200 --> 03:14:11,600
touched on it. One of the biggest things
and I think it's such a big um

2671
03:14:08,880 --> 03:14:17,439
perception driver. Ashley knows this and
and I really want to put it at the

2672
03:14:13,520 --> 03:14:24,640
forefront is what what the perception
and appearance is walking from city hall

2673
03:14:20,080 --> 03:14:29,520
to the row when they walk down that side
of the street.

2674
03:14:27,600 --> 03:14:31,520
» Yeah. And that was the goal of the
Virginia Street Placemaking plan.

2675
03:14:31,120 --> 03:14:36,319
» Yeah.
>> Is to improve our public spaces.

2676
03:14:34,960 --> 03:14:40,479
» Can you bring me something back? I know
you're a genius with a AI. Um, you

2677
03:14:40,160 --> 03:14:43,040
» Yeah.
>> Well, I don't know if I'm the genius.

2678
03:14:42,399 --> 03:14:47,359
» Bless you. Thank you.
>> Bless you. Um, no, but I've seen you do

2679
03:14:45,439 --> 03:14:51,120
some incredible things of like what the
possibility could look like and what

2680
03:14:49,520 --> 03:14:55,040
that looks like. But I keep hearing it
over and over and again, I wanted to

2681
03:14:52,479 --> 03:14:58,560
talk to Rachel about this because and
and Ashley, they really put in um the

2682
03:14:57,120 --> 03:15:01,920
antique mall. I kept saying we could
have a vintage market. I know we can.

2683
03:15:00,160 --> 03:15:06,080
And they did that. And have I don't know
if you guys came to see the vintage

2684
03:15:03,600 --> 03:15:09,520
market. It was amazing. Kathleen's house
is all done in in the vintage market

2685
03:15:08,479 --> 03:15:13,439
stuff I I assume
>> or just old.

2686
03:15:10,800 --> 03:15:16,960
» No, it's cool. It's cool. And so, but it
goes to show you there is a lot that

2687
03:15:15,040 --> 03:15:24,640
gets activation, but in the time that
it's not is whenever I think people have

2688
03:15:20,160 --> 03:15:29,760
this perception that it's looking um
stale. Now I know things are happening

2689
03:15:26,880 --> 03:15:33,359
with um you know the old Harris project
and all of that but that perception is

2690
03:15:31,680 --> 03:15:40,800
very real and there's also a perception
that is very unsafe from that to that.

2691
03:15:36,479 --> 03:15:47,680
And so I want to um make sure everything
we possibly can that because here's how

2692
03:15:44,239 --> 03:15:55,359
I see it. You should have parkletits and
artists along the street and activating

2693
03:15:50,319 --> 03:15:58,560
that every weekend and um and I'm
talking about on the sidewalk,

2694
03:15:57,439 --> 03:16:01,520
» not in the street where you have to
close it down and it's expensive, but

2695
03:16:00,239 --> 03:16:06,880
there's a big perception there.
Umbrellas, it should have flowers. It

2696
03:16:04,399 --> 03:16:12,239
should make you feel safe and excited to
be right in the downtown core and you

2697
03:16:09,680 --> 03:16:15,840
have the arch right there. Um so it says
a lot about who we are. It's our front

2698
03:16:13,600 --> 03:16:19,760
door and it looks the way it does. And
so I actually think it is probably one

2699
03:16:17,840 --> 03:16:23,520
of the most significant ways to change
the perception of when people have a

2700
03:16:22,239 --> 03:16:28,399
better experience and they're walking
through it and they feel good about what

2701
03:16:25,040 --> 03:16:33,439
they see and because I would say right
now I hear a lot about from there to

2702
03:16:31,279 --> 03:16:37,680
there and it this is our front door.
>> So I'm just on my rant as you know.

2703
03:16:36,239 --> 03:16:41,680
» It's all right. I think that was the
Virginia Street placemaking study was to

2704
03:16:40,080 --> 03:16:45,040
capture that question. and how do we
improve Virginia Street from the river

2705
03:16:43,600 --> 03:16:47,359
all the way to the university?
>> Um,

2706
03:16:45,600 --> 03:16:51,200
» I'll work on a presentation with you. I
want you to bring back your AI rendition

2707
03:16:49,279 --> 03:16:56,080
of a few blocks and I'm going to bring
I'm going to bring my presentation. It's

2708
03:16:53,120 --> 03:17:02,000
not about that, but it's about the shift
in culture of why, you know, why it's

2709
03:16:59,840 --> 03:17:03,840
important and I think we could team up
and have a good presentation.

2710
03:17:03,359 --> 03:17:05,840
» All right.
>> Okay.

2711
03:17:04,239 --> 03:17:08,720
» Uh, we can always come back and give an
update on the progress made on the

2712
03:17:07,359 --> 03:17:13,120
Virginia Street Placemaking study.
>> Love it. Okay. Councilwoman Der. Yeah.

2713
03:17:11,279 --> 03:17:16,720
Um, first of all, Brian, I just want to
tell you, you know, I've seen a lot of

2714
03:17:14,479 --> 03:17:21,520
presentations, but this was very
targeted and I loved it because it's

2715
03:17:19,520 --> 03:17:25,920
very rare that we get to see here was
what we recommended and here's what we

2716
03:17:23,840 --> 03:17:31,439
did. We hardly ever get to see that. And
that really goes to the whole concept of

2717
03:17:28,319 --> 03:17:35,600
metrics, evaluating your performance.
You know, unless you have this kind of

2718
03:17:33,200 --> 03:17:40,399
thing, it's very we, well, we're feeling
better. We don't know. We failed on this

2719
03:17:38,000 --> 03:17:43,439
one. So, I just have to compliment you.
This was very well done. I really

2720
03:17:42,080 --> 03:17:45,680
appreciated it.
>> Wow.

2721
03:17:44,720 --> 03:17:48,880
» What? Oh,
>> good job.

2722
03:17:46,399 --> 03:17:52,399
» Yeah. The other thing is that um in
terms of simple you the mayor was just

2723
03:17:50,960 --> 03:17:57,520
mentioning it in terms of simple
improvements. We had a lot more flowers

2724
03:17:54,720 --> 03:18:02,960
out on the street this year. I I know
several things came together to make

2725
03:18:00,000 --> 03:18:07,040
that happen. Do you recall or
>> what I will say that the the the gift of

2726
03:18:05,120 --> 03:18:11,840
ARPA funding was a unique opportunity to
get a lot done. Yeah. Uh Rachel led the

2727
03:18:09,359 --> 03:18:15,520
initiative to uh the University Cesco
Centennial was was happening and so if

2728
03:18:13,840 --> 03:18:20,160
you notice all new banners down Virginia
Street were were replaced uh and when

2729
03:18:17,840 --> 03:18:23,520
those came down now the city of Reno
banner the city of Reno flag banners are

2730
03:18:22,239 --> 03:18:25,359
up and they're new and they're fresh and
they'll be probably up there for two

2731
03:18:24,720 --> 03:18:30,080
years. Yeah.
>> Uh with the downtown partnership, they

2732
03:18:28,160 --> 03:18:34,319
did the planters. Uh I think they did
something like 90 planters uh and double

2733
03:18:32,239 --> 03:18:38,720
the amount of trash cans in the area. So
you're starting to see small elements.

2734
03:18:36,160 --> 03:18:44,160
Um we say there's a phrase 99%
invisible. Uh the 99% of effort that

2735
03:18:41,200 --> 03:18:47,359
goes into a space you'll never see. Um
it's just how you feel about it.

2736
03:18:46,000 --> 03:18:49,200
» And so there are small nuance things
that have been done.

2737
03:18:48,479 --> 03:18:54,479
» Uh there's probably
>> Well, I think Ryan, our horiculturist at

2738
03:18:51,439 --> 03:18:59,840
the city was involved in these planters
um and grew a lot of flowers for the Is

2739
03:18:56,640 --> 03:19:03,279
that right, Rachel? Is that
>> Oh, maybe Ashley knows.

2740
03:19:01,680 --> 03:19:07,760
» Yep. Ashley Turns the city manager for
the record. Um the planters were managed

2741
03:19:06,080 --> 03:19:11,760
by DRP, but to your point, our city
horiculturalist, uh he grows the flowers

2742
03:19:10,239 --> 03:19:17,040
that go in the hanging pots along the
riverwalk and then on the south side of

2743
03:19:15,439 --> 03:19:21,040
the river where we converted the
fountains that had been damaged into

2744
03:19:18,640 --> 03:19:23,359
planter boxes, they planted and grew all
of those. So yes, so the city's involved

2745
03:19:22,720 --> 03:19:27,600
on that side.
>> It's relatively flowers plants are

2746
03:19:25,680 --> 03:19:32,160
relatively inexpensive as compared to
hard structural elements that are made

2747
03:19:29,520 --> 03:19:36,640
of concrete or whatever. And so I just I
hope I hope to see more of it. I really

2748
03:19:34,160 --> 03:19:40,239
think it makes the city look like people
are living here. It's kind of like

2749
03:19:38,160 --> 03:19:45,040
driving by a house and seeing nothing
very colorful, just sort of nice house,

2750
03:19:42,640 --> 03:19:48,720
but and then driving by another one and
they've put some effort into it with

2751
03:19:46,560 --> 03:19:53,040
the, you know, the irrigation and the
flowers, let's say, and it looks like a

2752
03:19:50,960 --> 03:19:57,200
completely different thing. So I hope to
see more of it this year. It's It's one

2753
03:19:54,800 --> 03:20:02,080
of those like I think you called it
anyway a quiet thing, but it's not very

2754
03:19:59,279 --> 03:20:05,920
expensive, but it goes a long way. So,
until we can afford all the bigger

2755
03:20:03,680 --> 03:20:08,479
things. And then we may also want to
consider when you and the mayor are

2756
03:20:07,279 --> 03:20:13,359
doing your project, which I didn't
totally follow. Um, but I'm sure it'll

2757
03:20:11,439 --> 03:20:18,479
be cool. That's what I'm saying. I'm
sure it'll be cool, but maybe we can

2758
03:20:15,600 --> 03:20:23,040
start re replacing block byb block some
of the sidewalks. you know, do the

2759
03:20:20,640 --> 03:20:27,760
remake that you've proposed, but not for
20 million, for a lot less than that.

2760
03:20:25,520 --> 03:20:31,760
So, thank you.
>> Okay. Any um further comments? I see

2761
03:20:30,720 --> 03:20:34,399
green light over here.
>> Yeah.

2762
03:20:32,720 --> 03:20:37,439
» Thank you for the presentation. There's
a lot of information in it. We've made

2763
03:20:36,080 --> 03:20:42,160
some progress. I really want to talk
about the marketing campaign for

2764
03:20:39,200 --> 03:20:46,000
downtown in the metrics. we say we've
achieved or ongoing and I think I'm

2765
03:20:44,239 --> 03:20:49,520
going to push back a little bit on that
because um as the mayor was saying

2766
03:20:48,160 --> 03:20:54,239
there's there is a perception that
downtown is not safe whether um you know

2767
03:20:52,160 --> 03:21:00,160
the data supports that or not. Obviously
I I live downtown and I brought my

2768
03:20:56,960 --> 03:21:04,720
children downtown and I would not be
living in a place with them if I thought

2769
03:21:01,680 --> 03:21:09,680
it was unsafe. It gets uncomfortable but
um which is different than unsafe. My

2770
03:21:08,000 --> 03:21:14,960
question is, how are we going to use
this rebranding effort to put that

2771
03:21:12,399 --> 03:21:19,680
marketing campaign to the next level and
really target the local community?

2772
03:21:17,040 --> 03:21:22,640
Because I hear people who live here who
say, "I'm not going downtown. It's not

2773
03:21:21,359 --> 03:21:27,439
safe. I'm not going to ride my bike
downtown or bring my family downtown.

2774
03:21:24,560 --> 03:21:31,120
It's not safe." So, I think um there's
things that we can do on on the other on

2775
03:21:29,760 --> 03:21:37,200
other fronts of that, but I think a
marketing campaign using the rebrand

2776
03:21:33,279 --> 03:21:41,359
effort is really an opportunity. and I
want to understand how that works. And

2777
03:21:38,720 --> 03:21:45,760
then um a while back we had talked about
some of that using the alleyways and I

2778
03:21:43,680 --> 03:21:50,080
didn't see that anywhere in the plan.
And I think our alleyways are are really

2779
03:21:47,920 --> 03:21:54,560
unique and we have so many of them that
that it could be fun to um look at

2780
03:21:52,960 --> 03:21:58,000
those. I'm not trying to put any more on
your plate, but I'm just wondering where

2781
03:21:55,920 --> 03:22:02,880
where that might have gone.
>> Uh thank you for the question. So let

2782
03:21:59,600 --> 03:22:07,840
let me uh address the first one. Um the
marketing campaign. We we do have a

2783
03:22:05,439 --> 03:22:13,279
downtown partnership who is the the
district of our broader area and part of

2784
03:22:09,840 --> 03:22:17,359
their um effort is to do the more
tactical beautifification and tell the

2785
03:22:15,200 --> 03:22:21,520
story from a district of small
businesses of events and activities and

2786
03:22:19,200 --> 03:22:24,960
so they are the ones who will tell we
are who we are as downtown. Um the

2787
03:22:23,600 --> 03:22:27,760
redevelopment agency is a bit broader
than that because we have brewery

2788
03:22:26,399 --> 03:22:32,000
district, we have Riverwalk district,
downtown Midtown, we have a much broader

2789
03:22:29,760 --> 03:22:37,120
area. What the rebrand will help us do
is um tell the story of how the city's

2790
03:22:34,880 --> 03:22:40,960
changing, improving, h uh the
investments being made, the

2791
03:22:38,720 --> 03:22:43,920
opportunities for investment, for
growth. Uh it'll be a bit more bigger

2792
03:22:43,279 --> 03:22:47,279
picture. Um
>> so Brian, are we relying on the downtown

2793
03:22:45,680 --> 03:22:51,439
Reno partnership to do all of the
marketing for downtown?

2794
03:22:49,200 --> 03:22:55,359
» If you are talking about uh downtown who
downtown is is sort of a district, then

2795
03:22:53,760 --> 03:22:58,560
yes, that would be that would be under
the downtown Rena Partnership.

2796
03:22:56,640 --> 03:23:03,120
» Okay. I think I might want to understand
a little bit more offline how we can

2797
03:23:01,279 --> 03:23:07,840
improve that effort.
>> I can also add to that. Um, council

2798
03:23:05,680 --> 03:23:10,720
member, we will be bringing forward the
budget to you next week for the

2799
03:23:09,120 --> 03:23:16,960
redevelopment agency. There is a line
item in there for a PR campaign to help

2800
03:23:14,319 --> 03:23:20,479
to advertise the redevelopment agency in
a broader sense. And I assume that that

2801
03:23:18,399 --> 03:23:22,640
will be part of the conversation. that
is a line item for the budget this next

2802
03:23:22,080 --> 03:23:27,920
year
>> cuz I sort of envision the rebrand tools

2803
03:23:25,840 --> 03:23:32,720
in all of the storefronts that we don't
have stuff there now to help with a

2804
03:23:31,120 --> 03:23:36,399
little bit until we can get the retail
until we can get to the other things. It

2805
03:23:34,239 --> 03:23:39,439
looks like it's more welcoming welcoming
and things are happening at least. We

2806
03:23:37,840 --> 03:23:44,000
also have a line item proposed in the
budget for a retail attraction campaign

2807
03:23:42,160 --> 03:23:47,279
for this next year. And so that will be
something that this body will consider

2808
03:23:45,840 --> 03:23:50,239
of what your different options are. But
that would be one of the available

2809
03:23:48,560 --> 03:23:54,600
options in that line item that we're
bringing you next week.

2810
03:23:51,359 --> 03:23:54,600
» Thank you.

2811
03:23:58,080 --> 03:24:01,080
Um,

2812
03:24:10,160 --> 03:24:16,800
» just a motion. Okay. Uh, make a motion,
>> please. I'll make a motion to receive

2813
03:24:14,960 --> 03:24:19,680
and accept the downtown action plan
implementation progress update.

2814
03:24:19,120 --> 03:24:24,319
» Second.
>> Okay. Have a motion and a second. All

2815
03:24:21,120 --> 03:24:26,640
those in favor say I. All those opposed.
>> Uh motion carries.

2816
03:24:26,000 --> 03:24:30,000
» Thank you.
>> All right. Good job.

2817
03:24:28,479 --> 03:24:32,319
» Good job. I see. Yeah. One more right
here.

2818
03:24:30,880 --> 03:24:37,840
» Perfect. [snorts]
>> All right. Uh thank you again. So Brian

2819
03:24:34,560 --> 03:24:41,200
McCall, rev revitalization manager. Uh
so we're a little bit late on giving

2820
03:24:39,760 --> 03:24:45,120
this report, but we wanted to summarize
the activities of the redevelopment

2821
03:24:42,560 --> 03:24:49,439
agency uh October through December of
2025. So we're a couple months late. A

2822
03:24:47,600 --> 03:24:55,120
lot has happened since then. So, some of
this might um might seem dated uh but we

2823
03:24:53,359 --> 03:25:00,080
want to just memorialize what we what we
achieved in that quarter. And so, just

2824
03:24:58,479 --> 03:25:03,439
summarize what our initiatives were for
the past quarter. Uh we're in the

2825
03:25:02,080 --> 03:25:09,120
process of the redevelopment agency
rebrand. Uh we had brought uh the logo

2826
03:25:06,720 --> 03:25:12,479
in front of this body in October. Had
some conversations around that and

2827
03:25:10,960 --> 03:25:16,399
residents went back and started working
on that color palette. Uh we announced

2828
03:25:14,960 --> 03:25:21,279
the restore facade and tendon
improvement program awardees uh at the

2829
03:25:18,640 --> 03:25:24,560
neon museum and so we have awarded all
the um we have announced all the

2830
03:25:22,800 --> 03:25:29,359
awardies for that program. I think it
was 28 new storefronts, 11 new

2831
03:25:26,560 --> 03:25:33,279
businesses uh that received that. We've
done a few tax increment financing

2832
03:25:31,279 --> 03:25:36,800
projects in that time. Uh there have
been a lot of events in activation. I

2833
03:25:35,200 --> 03:25:42,239
think we ended our summer series and
then rolled into some wintertime events

2834
03:25:39,600 --> 03:25:46,960
and then uh you all have been involved
in in the capital improvement planning

2835
03:25:44,160 --> 03:25:50,960
process. So we'll summarize that. And so
where we are at the agency rebrand is a

2836
03:25:49,120 --> 03:25:57,439
bit uh summarizing the the previous
item. Um but with the uh adoption of the

2837
03:25:55,040 --> 03:26:02,319
color palette, we will have a formal
launch of this new uh brand and then the

2838
03:25:59,920 --> 03:26:05,760
website will likely come in April or May
of this year. And so we'll start

2839
03:26:03,840 --> 03:26:10,640
planning announcement activities and
outlining how we truly engage with

2840
03:26:07,520 --> 03:26:16,720
people with this new rebrand.
We announced the restore awards. Uh so

2841
03:26:12,720 --> 03:26:21,760
34 applications we awarded 23 projects.
Um when you look at it building by

2842
03:26:18,880 --> 03:26:26,880
building uh that is 13 buildings that
will see some sort of improvements. As I

2843
03:26:25,120 --> 03:26:31,439
mentioned this will be 28 storefronts
that are currently blighted or currently

2844
03:26:28,800 --> 03:26:36,160
empty or currently uh you know in need
of serious improvements. 28 new

2845
03:26:33,279 --> 03:26:40,640
storefronts and 11 new businesses. Uh
this is a new business that hasn't been

2846
03:26:38,720 --> 03:26:45,279
in the area before. Um most of these
businesses are moving into the former

2847
03:26:42,640 --> 03:26:50,319
Junkie building in Midtown called the
Midtown Junction now I think is the the

2848
03:26:47,920 --> 03:26:54,560
short form of that project. Uh but we
also have a new bakery moving in to the

2849
03:26:52,319 --> 03:26:59,200
Morris as well as a new music venue.
>> Did they all get restore money at um and

2850
03:26:57,279 --> 03:27:02,880
that's Batwan's place, right?
>> They they didn't all get it. the

2851
03:27:00,880 --> 03:27:07,279
building. We could say the building
received the funds. Uh but the Seldon

2852
03:27:05,760 --> 03:27:11,359
» business Seldon,
>> the Seldon is opening. The two that were

2853
03:27:09,600 --> 03:27:16,160
most immediately opening that were sort
of the anchors is the Seldon which is an

2854
03:27:13,520 --> 03:27:20,479
expansion of Tyler's uh Emerson business
and then drink coffee do stuff on the

2855
03:27:18,080 --> 03:27:23,760
corner uh looking out towards the round.
>> So they both got Restore.

2856
03:27:21,840 --> 03:27:26,640
» No, Batawan is the building owner got
the Restore funds

2857
03:27:24,880 --> 03:27:29,520
» to help the businesses.
>> Correct.

2858
03:27:27,520 --> 03:27:30,880
» Do the businesses know that?
>> They should. Yeah.

2859
03:27:30,560 --> 03:27:35,920
» Okay.
>> Yeah, they should. Um, you know, we we

2860
03:27:34,239 --> 03:27:39,680
saw their building plans and their plans
for the building, but as he as the owner

2861
03:27:38,319 --> 03:27:42,880
developer is doing a lot of the
improvements, he's the one who's

2862
03:27:41,040 --> 03:27:46,720
receiving the funds to do the electrical
and the windows and the signage.

2863
03:27:44,319 --> 03:27:52,479
» Yeah, I get it. But I've also seen where
we've seen a a similar situation where

2864
03:27:49,520 --> 03:27:58,560
the retailer has an idea and then you
guys know the retailer has an idea and

2865
03:27:54,960 --> 03:28:02,399
then the owner has a different idea and
one of them says no I really need this

2866
03:28:00,160 --> 03:28:09,200
and the other says no I really need this
and so it I just always want to make

2867
03:28:06,239 --> 03:28:14,399
sure that like that is cohesive because
the goal is not for the landlord the

2868
03:28:12,000 --> 03:28:18,319
goal is for the small business right to
get them open, get their doors open

2869
03:28:16,080 --> 03:28:22,080
because the landlords often times, not
all of them, I'm just saying some have

2870
03:28:19,840 --> 03:28:27,600
intent to sit on it or improve the
building and that actually helps them,

2871
03:28:24,960 --> 03:28:30,720
you know, the the uh property value,
those kinds of things, and it doesn't

2872
03:28:29,120 --> 03:28:35,359
help the small business. So, just keep
that in mind that there's ways that I

2873
03:28:33,760 --> 03:28:38,960
think you have to just pay attention to
the landlord and retail retailer

2874
03:28:38,000 --> 03:28:42,960
relationship.
>> Yep. Both small business owners and the

2875
03:28:41,279 --> 03:28:46,479
building owner themselves both have the
opportunity to be the applicant and

2876
03:28:44,160 --> 03:28:50,399
sometimes it does take some negotiation.
We do require them to sign an

2877
03:28:48,319 --> 03:28:53,840
acknowledgement letter stating that they
both know what each side is planning to

2878
03:28:52,640 --> 03:28:57,840
do. So in your
>> Well, they do, but then they don't.

2879
03:28:55,439 --> 03:29:02,720
Well, they know, but maybe they
>> Yeah. Um but the big success here is uh

2880
03:29:00,880 --> 03:29:08,000
with the $1 million in restore, we are
able to uh to incentivize $20 million in

2881
03:29:06,160 --> 03:29:12,640
private improvements. So for every
dollar of ours that goes in, we see $20

2882
03:29:10,880 --> 03:29:17,439
come out of the private market. So this
is one of the most impactful programs we

2883
03:29:14,640 --> 03:29:21,760
can do uh on a return on investment as
well as all the new business activity.

2884
03:29:19,200 --> 03:29:26,800
So highly impactful program uh and we
hope to expand it um in the new year.

2885
03:29:25,279 --> 03:29:30,640
Just highlighting a couple projects. So,
the Trucker Lane building, uh, as you

2886
03:29:28,960 --> 03:29:35,439
see the rendering on the the right hand
side, uh, they're going to redo the

2887
03:29:32,800 --> 03:29:39,520
storefronts, um, open up potential for
three new tenants to go in, as well as

2888
03:29:37,520 --> 03:29:43,840
redoing the entire building. So, that is
a a project that we've been hoping in in

2889
03:29:42,160 --> 03:29:47,040
a building we've been watching for for
quite a while.

2890
03:29:44,720 --> 03:29:50,960
» I if I don't if I don't ask you this,
then I'll forget. This is really

2891
03:29:48,560 --> 03:29:54,880
important. You're giving money to these
landlords. And what I want to say is

2892
03:29:52,960 --> 03:29:59,200
you're improving them, but the problem
is and and I just think about this

2893
03:29:56,720 --> 03:30:04,160
because maybe maybe you already have it
as a qualifier. Um gosh, I've got a

2894
03:30:02,560 --> 03:30:10,960
really bad allergy and my eye just keeps
watering so I apologize. Um so I'm

2895
03:30:06,960 --> 03:30:17,279
curious because think about this.
Part of that should also be that those

2896
03:30:14,479 --> 03:30:19,920
rents or like market, whatever that is,
so that you don't go in there and

2897
03:30:18,560 --> 03:30:23,680
approve them and then all of a sudden
they jack up the rents, right? Because

2898
03:30:22,239 --> 03:30:28,479
you have approved them, they're in a
better area, those kinds of things. So,

2899
03:30:25,680 --> 03:30:31,840
what I really think is um I think
they're eating snacks over here. I'm

2900
03:30:30,399 --> 03:30:33,439
jealous. [laughter]
No,

2901
03:30:32,160 --> 03:30:37,279
» they're rolling right through lunch.
>> Yeah. Right. Right. I know. And I'm I

2902
03:30:35,359 --> 03:30:40,880
kind of got in trouble for it and I feel
bad, but I hope everyone got up. Oh,

2903
03:30:39,200 --> 03:30:47,120
see, she's got red hots. They're my
favorite. I love it. Brandy, you just

2904
03:30:43,520 --> 03:30:52,239
got caught passing sweets in class.
And um unless you give me some. Unless I

2905
03:30:50,560 --> 03:30:57,200
know. Unless someone gives you some.
Here you go, Brandy. I love you.

2906
03:30:54,745 --> 03:31:00,640
[laughter] Um that's my only thing is
that

2907
03:30:58,160 --> 03:31:04,080
» here you go and you and you invest in
them and they don't invest in a small

2908
03:31:02,479 --> 03:31:07,200
business, but it has to be an even
playing field, I guess, is what I'm

2909
03:31:05,359 --> 03:31:11,040
saying. Does that make sense?
>> Yeah. I mean, we want to remove blight

2910
03:31:09,040 --> 03:31:13,439
first and foremost. And then we want to
make these spaces available for tenants

2911
03:31:12,800 --> 03:31:14,880
to move in.
>> Exactly.

2912
03:31:14,080 --> 03:31:18,880
» We did ask,
>> but too hard when they jack up the rent.

2913
03:31:16,960 --> 03:31:21,120
» And I bet this is one of them that has
look at the rent before you give them

2914
03:31:20,640 --> 03:31:24,960
money.
>> Yep.

2915
03:31:21,680 --> 03:31:28,560
» If they're not playing with what the um
rental rates are going for right now,

2916
03:31:26,800 --> 03:31:33,600
the standard rental rate, and everyone
knows what that is. You can look on up

2917
03:31:30,720 --> 03:31:38,960
on LoopNet. I wouldn't give them a dime.
Forget it. If they want to honestly if

2918
03:31:36,880 --> 03:31:43,040
they want to hoard their properties, sit
on them, meanwhile have blight and have

2919
03:31:41,040 --> 03:31:47,680
the city pay for them on the backs of
the taxpayers, then that's a different

2920
03:31:45,680 --> 03:31:52,640
story. So all I'm saying is come in with
major criteria. If they've already shown

2921
03:31:50,000 --> 03:31:58,479
that they've got these spaces for lease
and they want $3 a square foot when in

2922
03:31:55,359 --> 03:32:02,560
that area they're going for $2
usually and $3 wouldn't be as bad, but

2923
03:32:00,640 --> 03:32:06,720
sometimes they're even way more than
that. And that's why people get

2924
03:32:04,640 --> 03:32:11,520
frustrated with downtown. Why are they
vacant? Quite honestly, you have

2925
03:32:09,680 --> 03:32:14,560
property hoarders. You have people that
don't want to invest in their own

2926
03:32:12,720 --> 03:32:17,680
property, but they want you as a city to
do it.

2927
03:32:15,520 --> 03:32:20,239
» And that's wrong. Anyway, Brian, sorry.
I'll get off my high horse

2928
03:32:18,880 --> 03:32:25,920
» with them. We offer them an opportunity
to meet us halfway. Uh that if it if

2929
03:32:23,520 --> 03:32:30,239
these buildings continue to sit blighted
and empty, uh it does no one any good.

2930
03:32:28,239 --> 03:32:33,840
And so if we offer them an incentive or
an opportunity, uh, the lease it could

2931
03:32:32,160 --> 03:32:36,080
do is is remove the blight and create
some opportunity for

2932
03:32:35,439 --> 03:32:42,800
» to move in.
>> Something about a sitting fee, vacancy

2933
03:32:39,600 --> 03:32:44,160
fee, registry.
>> Um,

2934
03:32:43,680 --> 03:32:48,160
» yeah,
>> we were told we don't have we're too we

2935
03:32:46,239 --> 03:32:51,760
don't have enough staff for that. So I
think I don't buy it. That's just me.

2936
03:32:51,040 --> 03:32:54,640
» All right.
>> Okay.

2937
03:32:53,279 --> 03:32:57,680
» Moving on to the next one. Uh,
>> poor Brian. Like Hillary, I'm just

2938
03:32:56,800 --> 03:33:00,720
delivering the message.
>> A lot of people say, you know, dealing

2939
03:32:58,880 --> 03:33:04,640
with downtowns, they call it civic
therapy. Every downtown has these

2940
03:33:02,640 --> 03:33:06,720
issues. And so you're you're really
true.

2941
03:33:04,880 --> 03:33:09,200
» You're really a civic therapist. So I I
take that.

2942
03:33:07,520 --> 03:33:12,160
» It's so true. But you're doing great,
right?

2943
03:33:10,239 --> 03:33:15,680
» Uh so the next one, so this is one uh
it's been empty for a while, is the old

2944
03:33:13,680 --> 03:33:18,960
Reno Brewing Building, uh Chronicle
Capital. They've done a lot of restore

2945
03:33:17,439 --> 03:33:23,840
projects. They are transforming Four
Street. Uh they have more renderings of

2946
03:33:21,279 --> 03:33:28,239
this, but they plan on um making the old
brewery building a multi-tenant space uh

2947
03:33:26,239 --> 03:33:32,399
and redoing it, adding lighting, redoing
the sidewalks, everything. So, we're

2948
03:33:29,840 --> 03:33:36,560
happy to support that project.
Next one, uh Paying Horn Accounting

2949
03:33:34,479 --> 03:33:39,760
Building. This is one where it's it's
always been sort of an an odd building.

2950
03:33:38,239 --> 03:33:44,560
It's actually a building shell built
around an old house. Very interesting. U

2951
03:33:42,319 --> 03:33:48,399
but Michael's Jewelry is is expanding.
uh they purchased the site and they're

2952
03:33:46,080 --> 03:33:51,920
going to redo an entire refresh of the
exterior of the building and then

2953
03:33:49,840 --> 03:33:56,720
remodel the inside for a brand new
Michael's Jewelry. Um the next one is I

2954
03:33:55,040 --> 03:34:00,640
don't know if it's official, but Midtown
Junction, the former Junkie building, uh

2955
03:33:58,560 --> 03:34:05,600
it was a Coca-Cola bottling plant at one
point is getting seven new tenants. Uh

2956
03:34:03,279 --> 03:34:11,680
but the the building the building's been
redone, all new electrical, HVAC, uh

2957
03:34:08,239 --> 03:34:15,120
framing, signage, windows, and and an
exterior patio. So that should be ones,

2958
03:34:13,760 --> 03:34:19,120
right? Yep. That should be open in the
next two, three months.

2959
03:34:16,640 --> 03:34:22,479
» I can't wait. Is everything going okay?
>> I believe so.

2960
03:34:20,239 --> 03:34:25,760
» Okay. Because I hear he complains a lot
about how bad the city is. So, I want to

2961
03:34:24,560 --> 03:34:29,040
make sure
>> you call him and find out.

2962
03:34:27,279 --> 03:34:33,920
» He's doing a lot as well. So,
>> and also he got restore money. So,

2963
03:34:31,439 --> 03:34:37,040
that's awesome. So, it shows that we are
partnering. That's great.

2964
03:34:35,600 --> 03:34:41,040
» Next one. Next one I like to highlight
is the Nevada right across the street

2965
03:34:38,560 --> 03:34:44,560
here. Um, so if you notice the Virginia,
uh, the Virginia has se seen a lot of

2966
03:34:42,960 --> 03:34:48,960
improvements. They redid the signage,
they redid the awning, and they did that

2967
03:34:46,399 --> 03:34:53,359
big mural from from Florida ceiling. Uh
they plan on doing the same thing on the

2968
03:34:51,359 --> 03:34:58,239
Nevada side. So, recreating the same
sort of signage that the Virginia has

2969
03:34:55,279 --> 03:35:02,640
and then doing a wraparound mural. Um
not just on the Nevada, but on both

2970
03:35:00,160 --> 03:35:07,760
buildings. Uh and with that, the bottom
left, they do plan to remove that that

2971
03:35:04,720 --> 03:35:11,680
big brown awning that I've had on my
list for a long time.

2972
03:35:10,479 --> 03:35:15,800
» Um
>> which one? Wait, wait, hold on.

2973
03:35:16,239 --> 03:35:24,439
» The old Burger The old Burger King
awning that you can still see the Burger

2974
03:35:19,520 --> 03:35:24,439
King name even though they painted over.

2975
03:35:27,279 --> 03:35:34,479
» Um, with ARPA funding, we did receive a
round uh we did uh restore round one.

2976
03:35:32,319 --> 03:35:38,080
There are three projects left that are
yet to uh finish their improvements. I

2977
03:35:36,640 --> 03:35:42,160
want to highlight the Bington building,
which is the Bodega Reno site down

2978
03:35:40,080 --> 03:35:45,520
there. Um they do plan on renovating
that entire building. Uh they want

2979
03:35:44,080 --> 03:35:49,200
» We give them
>> We haven't given them any money yet. Um

2980
03:35:47,520 --> 03:35:54,640
they plan on bringing the building back
to the 1926 original building. Um

2981
03:35:52,080 --> 03:35:58,640
they've done all the demolition. Uh they
are coming in for their permits to redo

2982
03:35:56,560 --> 03:36:03,200
it's going to get all new glass windows,
all new awnings, and then after that

2983
03:36:00,399 --> 03:36:05,680
they do plan to move on to uh improving
the rest of the building.

2984
03:36:04,080 --> 03:36:07,840
» So wait, the chalkboard outside is going
to go away.

2985
03:36:06,239 --> 03:36:11,840
» That is temporary. Yes.
>> And when is it going to go away? I ask

2986
03:36:10,160 --> 03:36:14,880
that question all the time. They do have
a timeline. They do they do have a

2987
03:36:13,439 --> 03:36:17,760
timeline with the grant to get their
permits in and to uh complete the

2988
03:36:17,120 --> 03:36:21,279
improvements. So,
>> I mean, that is really an embarrassment.

2989
03:36:19,439 --> 03:36:26,960
It It really is a joke.
>> And I we've seen this for I'm going to

2990
03:36:24,640 --> 03:36:30,720
take tell you is it been a year and a
year and a half now, Brian? Like you

2991
03:36:28,960 --> 03:36:34,880
guys, I got to tell you, poor Ashley's
sitting there and she doesn't want to

2992
03:36:31,920 --> 03:36:38,960
hear it and she follows the code and and
all of that, but I have to tell you,

2993
03:36:36,880 --> 03:36:44,880
it's so embarrassing. And you guys know
I called the Bingtons myself. Um, and I

2994
03:36:42,160 --> 03:36:49,120
was just I've just been beside myself
and now here we are because if you

2995
03:36:47,279 --> 03:36:52,479
really go back to the history and I wish
I could pull up the council meeting,

2996
03:36:50,239 --> 03:36:57,200
maybe I can find it. They came before us
and told us, "Oh, it's going to be a

2997
03:36:53,920 --> 03:37:04,319
mini Whole Foods." And it's just been so
painful and on a very visible corner in

2998
03:37:02,479 --> 03:37:08,720
right in downtown Reno. And I think
we've given them plenty of time. Plenty

2999
03:37:06,560 --> 03:37:13,359
of time. I didn't call him back. I let
you guys go and do the work um to, you

3000
03:37:11,680 --> 03:37:18,960
know, to follow up. And I've just been
hearing honestly excuse after excuse

3001
03:37:16,399 --> 03:37:22,560
after excuse. I I think it's been way
too long. And if we're really really

3002
03:37:20,800 --> 03:37:28,319
caring about the perception of downtown
and how we change it, you can't have

3003
03:37:24,720 --> 03:37:32,640
chalkboard signage um or, you know,
painted hand painted signage. And you

3004
03:37:31,279 --> 03:37:36,399
know, then I see the other code
violations we give to people that are so

3005
03:37:34,399 --> 03:37:40,880
minor, but yet we have someone right in
our face just saying it doesn't matter

3006
03:37:38,560 --> 03:37:44,720
downtown. And but this has been I'd say
one thing if this was like and you're

3007
03:37:42,720 --> 03:37:49,279
hearing my frustration. If this was like
I I could live with it for three months,

3008
03:37:47,200 --> 03:37:54,239
not a year, two years. I think it's
almost two years. I think it could be

3009
03:37:52,080 --> 03:37:58,399
two years, Brian, since I called them
and and we were sitting in that office,

3010
03:37:56,160 --> 03:38:04,319
all of us together, and it's just gone
on. So, what can we do to change that?

3011
03:38:00,080 --> 03:38:07,040
Ashley, is there some way?
>> Ashley, Attorney, assistant city manager

3012
03:38:05,760 --> 03:38:12,319
for the record. So, I think we have a
couple of markers and milestones that

3013
03:38:09,279 --> 03:38:17,279
are very important. So, the first one is
they have been given notice that they've

3014
03:38:14,960 --> 03:38:21,040
only got a handful of months left before
the restore money will expire. Okay.

3015
03:38:19,439 --> 03:38:22,800
» Uh that's one of the benefits. So, they
know that they are up.

3016
03:38:21,920 --> 03:38:26,319
» So, you have a time frame.
>> We have a time frame that we've given.

3017
03:38:24,160 --> 03:38:30,000
That's good. Um, and as a reminder, we
don't issue any money until the project

3018
03:38:28,319 --> 03:38:33,279
is complete. So, they've not received a
penny of that money from us at this

3019
03:38:32,000 --> 03:38:34,960
time. So, that's an important
distinction.

3020
03:38:34,000 --> 03:38:38,160
» And they shouldn't.
>> Correct. And if they don't complete it,

3021
03:38:36,399 --> 03:38:41,040
they won't. Uh, generally, our practice
has been when you have an open building

3022
03:38:39,600 --> 03:38:45,600
permit, it shows an attempt at
compliance. And so, we don't continue to

3023
03:38:44,000 --> 03:38:47,120
push forward with code enforcement
because it shows that you're doing

3024
03:38:46,720 --> 03:38:51,439
something.
>> Yeah. when their current building

3025
03:38:48,960 --> 03:38:55,200
permits expire, that's a different story
because that shows that the building is

3026
03:38:53,200 --> 03:38:59,120
no longer attempting compliance and then
the city takes on a different posture.

3027
03:38:57,279 --> 03:39:03,760
So, the last communication I believe
that Brian had with them is they're

3028
03:39:01,200 --> 03:39:08,319
awaiting some final information from the
trustee. Um, this building in particular

3029
03:39:06,160 --> 03:39:11,840
is held in trust and so you have to get
a meeting of the minds before they can

3030
03:39:09,840 --> 03:39:14,640
move forward. Uh so we let them know
that if you do not get the meeting of

3031
03:39:13,120 --> 03:39:18,640
the minds then you are at risk of losing
your funds and then we will proceed with

3032
03:39:16,160 --> 03:39:21,040
code enforcement as is our normal
practice.

3033
03:39:19,120 --> 03:39:23,920
» So have they had any code violations?
They should

3034
03:39:22,160 --> 03:39:27,680
» with some of their open So they had open
permits for demolition. So when they

3035
03:39:25,680 --> 03:39:30,239
have an open permit we don't enforce and
find it.

3036
03:39:28,080 --> 03:39:33,840
» Okay. Can we change that? I would love
to see that changed in the code because

3037
03:39:32,399 --> 03:39:37,920
they're not taking it seriously because
anyone can sit on that and wait and

3038
03:39:35,840 --> 03:39:41,760
wait. How many times do we see people
hey have an intent and they come in for

3039
03:39:40,319 --> 03:39:45,359
these things and they sit there and they
sit there and they sit there and then it

3040
03:39:43,680 --> 03:39:50,239
never happens. How many times do we see
projects that never happen and so they

3041
03:39:47,520 --> 03:39:54,960
come in and they can start the ball but
that means it stops the the code

3042
03:39:52,880 --> 03:39:58,720
process. I think you know that is
incredibly broken.

3043
03:39:56,800 --> 03:40:00,640
» We're happy to look at that. It's we try
to give the benefit of the doubt because

3044
03:40:00,319 --> 03:40:03,279
we
>> I know but we've been doing that. That's

3045
03:40:02,239 --> 03:40:06,319
the problem. when we were giving
everyone the benefit of the doubt over

3046
03:40:05,120 --> 03:40:11,359
and over and over again. And that's
whenever I say if if this if we're

3047
03:40:09,600 --> 03:40:17,439
frustrated about downtown, it's because
we played a big part in in dragging our

3048
03:40:14,160 --> 03:40:22,960
feet and allowing people um to continue
on with these lax policies. Go look at

3049
03:40:20,239 --> 03:40:26,960
the policies out of Las Vegas. It's very
different. We need to mirror ours

3050
03:40:24,479 --> 03:40:32,960
similar to them if we want action. This
has been honestly I just I get so worked

3051
03:40:30,720 --> 03:40:36,720
up over it because you know you guys
know I make calls to these property

3052
03:40:34,640 --> 03:40:40,880
owners nothing happens and then that
means on the city side we got to do

3053
03:40:38,479 --> 03:40:44,399
something. I mean the sound sundowner
that place I I want to see the code

3054
03:40:42,720 --> 03:40:48,399
violations there. That place is so
dangerous it's a tear down and what I

3055
03:40:46,720 --> 03:40:52,319
would say is you know what I want to do
you guys? I want to invite these

3056
03:40:49,920 --> 03:40:56,239
property owners to the city council
right here in front of us so we can ask

3057
03:40:54,000 --> 03:41:01,359
them what their intent is. otherwise
they skirt, you know, go round and round

3058
03:40:58,720 --> 03:41:05,520
and round and um that, you know, then
they avoid my phone calls and I'm just

3059
03:41:03,439 --> 03:41:08,720
I'm so tired of it. So, let's really
see. I'd love to invite them to a

3060
03:41:07,040 --> 03:41:13,920
council meeting so we can all ask them
questions. What's their intent? Um

3061
03:41:10,960 --> 03:41:19,359
because they're certainly making our our
city very problematic. Um bad perception

3062
03:41:17,120 --> 03:41:23,200
and you have to be part of the solution.
I'm I'm so over it. I can't I can't see

3063
03:41:21,920 --> 03:41:29,600
straight. As you guys know, you can hear
my frustration, but this is So now we if

3064
03:41:27,680 --> 03:41:34,479
they're not going to act, we as a city
need to be proactive and stop stop

3065
03:41:32,640 --> 03:41:37,840
allowing these passes because they've
had they've had so many.

3066
03:41:36,319 --> 03:41:42,080
» Yes, we hear you loud and clear.
>> You've been way too kind. I'll tell you

3067
03:41:39,840 --> 03:41:46,000
that. You've been way too kind. But that
I think this council should say that

3068
03:41:44,000 --> 03:41:49,840
stops now. And I think we've been having
that message. I know Councilwoman Taylor

3069
03:41:48,080 --> 03:41:53,520
has been saying it and saying it because
she lives downtown and she sees it every

3070
03:41:51,840 --> 03:41:57,200
single day, day in and day out. So, I'm
sure it it's even that much more

3071
03:41:55,439 --> 03:42:00,880
frustrating for her, but we've been
nice. We've been saying it, but I think

3072
03:41:58,960 --> 03:42:07,680
today is where everyone should
understand. Whether it's um our city

3073
03:42:03,920 --> 03:42:13,920
manager, Jackie Bryant, um our to the
right of me, um JW Hajj, Ashley, Turney,

3074
03:42:11,359 --> 03:42:19,120
Norma Santoo,
all of you need to understand this is

3075
03:42:15,760 --> 03:42:22,960
our our biggest priority right now is to
change that. And we keep hearing, oh,

3076
03:42:21,520 --> 03:42:26,560
you can find, you know, this or that.
And then we get these interpretations

3077
03:42:24,880 --> 03:42:30,720
from different attorneys, outside
attorneys. I don't buy that either. I

3078
03:42:27,920 --> 03:42:35,040
think it's all actually And so
I don't know how much more I feel like

3079
03:42:32,399 --> 03:42:39,439
we sit here and we sit here and we say
it over and over again, but nothing

3080
03:42:36,479 --> 03:42:45,760
changes. And so this is where I'm at now
is that I can't keep having

3081
03:42:41,680 --> 03:42:50,960
presentations that are really um just
sort of, you know, talking. It's not

3082
03:42:49,120 --> 03:42:54,080
action.
>> Okay,

3083
03:42:52,160 --> 03:42:57,279
» understood. Madame Mayor, we will work
to bring something back for you.

3084
03:42:55,439 --> 03:43:01,600
» Thank you. I guess like I said, I feel
like the council keeps putting in

3085
03:42:58,720 --> 03:43:05,120
policies and we haven't we're not do
we're not getting there. I think there's

3086
03:43:03,120 --> 03:43:09,040
a lot of amazing work but when it comes
to the code side and I and I want to

3087
03:43:06,800 --> 03:43:12,640
give you guys A+ on all that work, but
when it comes to the code side, we've

3088
03:43:10,560 --> 03:43:19,520
let people just take advantage of us and
it's painful, you know, and so I just

3089
03:43:15,279 --> 03:43:21,920
got to tell you that I just it's I just
I say this over and over again with

3090
03:43:21,359 --> 03:43:24,640
code.
>> Yep. We're working on some changes and

3091
03:43:23,439 --> 03:43:29,600
so those will come before the body
shortly. Yeah. And Ashley, I I

3092
03:43:26,800 --> 03:43:33,760
apologize, but I feel like I've I'm just
spinning my wheels and I don't know what

3093
03:43:31,120 --> 03:43:37,920
to do anymore out of frustration.
>> We hear and share your frustrations. So,

3094
03:43:36,319 --> 03:43:41,920
that is something that we are working
and looking at some potential changes

3095
03:43:40,239 --> 03:43:46,160
that have to happen at the state level,
looking at what we can do locally. So,

3096
03:43:44,720 --> 03:43:50,319
» you should see some change. We've been
working closely with the city attorney.

3097
03:43:48,640 --> 03:43:54,160
They're trying to
>> I know you've pushed and pushed and

3098
03:43:51,920 --> 03:43:59,680
pushed, but I don't understand why we
can't get there on that side of

3099
03:43:57,199 --> 03:44:03,840
» changing. We could take a vote and
change the policy

3100
03:44:02,560 --> 03:44:06,080
» on some of them. Yes. So, that's what
we're going to bring forward.

3101
03:44:04,640 --> 03:44:10,000
» Thank you so much. That's
>> all right. With that, I will turn it

3102
03:44:07,359 --> 03:44:13,840
back over to Brian Mardell so finish out
his presentation.

3103
03:44:11,840 --> 03:44:16,640
» Okay. Thank you. Thanks, Brian.
>> I just want to mention the other two.

3104
03:44:15,040 --> 03:44:20,720
So, Yuzu Sushi, [laughter]
>> this is why Brian Brian's been there

3105
03:44:18,880 --> 03:44:24,319
with me. I'm like, Brian, help me. I
love you, Brian. You're amazing. And you

3106
03:44:22,560 --> 03:44:26,479
guys are doing an incredible job. Thank
you.

3107
03:44:24,720 --> 03:44:29,840
» Yep. Yuzu Sushi is opening across from
the Silver Legacy. Their sign is up.

3108
03:44:28,160 --> 03:44:31,600
They got their certificate of occupancy.
You will be very impressed with the

3109
03:44:31,120 --> 03:44:36,160
space.
>> Did you make that happen, Ashley? Thank

3110
03:44:33,840 --> 03:44:41,199
you so much. How long has that been? I
love it. Finally.

3111
03:44:39,199 --> 03:44:45,359
» Yeah, she did it. She did it. small
business from from round one to to get

3112
03:44:43,600 --> 03:44:48,479
their certificate occupancy. So, they
should be open

3113
03:44:46,880 --> 03:44:52,720
» in the near future. Last one is
Elcortez. It's not actually Elcortez

3114
03:44:50,560 --> 03:44:56,800
building. It's the uh smaller building
next to it where Tonic and the and the

3115
03:44:54,640 --> 03:45:00,640
Mart is. They're going to do a reskin of
the property, add more lighting to the

3116
03:44:58,800 --> 03:45:03,920
building, uh add more lighting to the
alleyway next door. Uh so, those are the

3117
03:45:02,479 --> 03:45:07,680
last three projects that we're expecting
to wrap up in the next few months that

3118
03:45:05,520 --> 03:45:13,199
were part of the ARPA funding related to
Restore TIFF projects. um you were all

3119
03:45:11,359 --> 03:45:17,199
at the uh groundbreaking of
groundbreings at the Grand Sier Resort.

3120
03:45:15,120 --> 03:45:20,640
I believe that was October 1st or 2nd.
Um I don't know if we'll ever get a

3121
03:45:18,399 --> 03:45:25,920
groundbreaking like that again. Uh so
that project is proceeding. Uh we did

3122
03:45:23,520 --> 03:45:30,880
have zero commercial row rows tiff
application be approved by this body for

3123
03:45:27,760 --> 03:45:34,960
205 town homes along the river. Uh that
is moving forward. And then we did

3124
03:45:32,720 --> 03:45:40,720
receive a new tiff application for a
project on Lake Street uh just north of

3125
03:45:37,279 --> 03:45:45,600
the Reno Event Center for 7 micro units
of um mixed income housing. So that one

3126
03:45:43,760 --> 03:45:49,920
is in due diligence right now. So we
expect to bring that one back uh in the

3127
03:45:47,439 --> 03:45:54,640
next month or two. Projects that have
already uh gone through the process. Uh

3128
03:45:52,239 --> 03:45:59,840
a project on fifth in Keystone, that one
is on hold at the request of the

3129
03:45:56,560 --> 03:46:03,439
developer. Uh Red Retail is proceeding.
Um they want to do that electric pickle

3130
03:46:01,760 --> 03:46:08,080
and some retail expansion over at the
Reno Experience District. Uh we're in

3131
03:46:05,439 --> 03:46:12,880
due diligence on that one. The last two
are uh being held at the request of the

3132
03:46:10,319 --> 03:46:17,680
developer. One is the expansion of RED
to do more multif family on the project

3133
03:46:15,040 --> 03:46:21,279
they asked us to hold. And then as you
have probably read uh Jacobs

3134
03:46:19,359 --> 03:46:26,720
Entertainment did have a TIFF project
for the Bonanza and for a new project

3135
03:46:24,080 --> 03:46:30,960
next to Sazzarin Arms. Uh they're now
demolishing the Bonanza Inn. So that

3136
03:46:28,800 --> 03:46:35,199
project is now on hold. if they do
demolish that project, uh essentially

3137
03:46:33,040 --> 03:46:38,560
makes their TIFF application uh void and
they'll they'll have to reapply in the

3138
03:46:36,880 --> 03:46:41,960
future if they would like to do uh
future development

3139
03:46:42,479 --> 03:46:48,160
events and activation. As I mentioned,
um Rachel's done a fantastic job

3140
03:46:46,239 --> 03:46:53,359
bringing more events and activities. A
lot of these were funded through ARPA.

3141
03:46:50,239 --> 03:46:57,120
uh closing out the season uh in October.
Uh we wrapped up the summer event series

3142
03:46:55,120 --> 03:47:01,199
which included Off the Rails concert
series, the Flicks on the Bricks, which

3143
03:46:58,960 --> 03:47:04,960
is sort of a movie night. Uh Golden Hour
on the Plaza, which is uh West Street

3144
03:47:03,199 --> 03:47:09,040
Plaza. And then the new one the mayor
mentioned is the Reno Antique Fair was a

3145
03:47:07,040 --> 03:47:14,239
huge success as it kept going. It kept
expanding and growing more participants.

3146
03:47:11,600 --> 03:47:18,880
And so that one was was unexpected in a
in a great success and will continue on

3147
03:47:15,920 --> 03:47:23,359
in future years. Um what was unexpected
was some wintertime activations. Uh we

3148
03:47:21,520 --> 03:47:27,840
saw the white tent go up on Locomotion
Plaza. They held um a honky tonk there

3149
03:47:26,080 --> 03:47:31,920
with dancing lessons throughout the
winter season. Uh we did have a film

3150
03:47:30,239 --> 03:47:37,279
premiere at the site and there was a
planned New Year's Eve celebration on

3151
03:47:33,439 --> 03:47:42,640
Locomotion Plaza. Um the city hosted a
lot of uh regular events that we've seen

3152
03:47:40,000 --> 03:47:47,359
in the past. There was a de los Muertos
celebration on Locomotion. We did do the

3153
03:47:45,120 --> 03:47:51,199
Veterans Day parade downtown. The
Western or not Western Lights, Holiday

3154
03:47:49,439 --> 03:47:54,640
Lights Festival was expanded to two
weeks over a week and there was a lot of

3155
03:47:53,120 --> 03:47:58,319
participation from um other
organizations and then the Monura

3156
03:47:56,479 --> 03:48:04,000
lighting was held. So, a lot of events
took place uh in the fall. Capital

3157
03:48:01,040 --> 03:48:07,760
improvement projects uh of note um this
body allowed us to demolish the uh

3158
03:48:06,080 --> 03:48:12,479
community assistance center proactively.
I will say this project went smoothly.

3159
03:48:10,399 --> 03:48:15,920
uh we demolished the property uh they
got their building permits and then we

3160
03:48:14,160 --> 03:48:20,239
closed on the property and transacted
the sale within three weeks just before

3161
03:48:17,920 --> 03:48:23,680
the end of the year uh and within July
January 1 they're already breaking

3162
03:48:22,000 --> 03:48:29,920
ground and planning to build so we had a
groundbreaking on that uh site last

3163
03:48:26,479 --> 03:48:34,080
month uh you'll see a the riverwalk
trail behind auto museum is in phase one

3164
03:48:32,000 --> 03:48:38,720
we're going through design now with our
capital improvement plan under RDA uh we

3165
03:48:36,800 --> 03:48:43,279
would hope to fund that project to be
started in the hall. And then we're

3166
03:48:41,279 --> 03:48:47,760
continuing with uh new bathrooms at the
historic rail depot on the Amtrak side.

3167
03:48:45,920 --> 03:48:52,319
Uh but we could with that improvement,
we could further expand and create

3168
03:48:49,359 --> 03:48:58,160
opportunities at the at the rail depot.
Um rents downtown on office, multif

3169
03:48:54,880 --> 03:49:02,000
family, and and retail. Uh
office, you know, we haven't built a new

3170
03:49:00,319 --> 03:49:07,040
office space in downtown in probably a
decade. Um so we have no new square

3171
03:49:04,239 --> 03:49:12,479
footage under construction. Um, I'll
notice retail. Uh, our average rents for

3172
03:49:09,920 --> 03:49:16,720
downtown are about $210. This does
incorporate the new developments over by

3173
03:49:14,720 --> 03:49:21,199
the new In-N-Out on Keystone as well as
the downtown crossing project on

3174
03:49:18,720 --> 03:49:25,359
Virginia Street where Teryaki Madness.
So, those are all $4 a square foot. But

3175
03:49:23,439 --> 03:49:31,040
if you look at retail rents in downtown,
it averages about $210. Uh, and we are

3176
03:49:28,399 --> 03:49:34,640
seeing absorption. So, uh, our vacancy
is declining. So, that means businesses

3177
03:49:32,479 --> 03:49:38,720
are moving into downtown. uh and we are
seeing people uh scoop up some some

3178
03:49:36,560 --> 03:49:42,399
spots. So that's that's a good sign. And
then multif family, our rents downtown

3179
03:49:40,880 --> 03:49:48,319
are less than the market average
throughout the Reno Sparks region. Our

3180
03:49:44,319 --> 03:49:54,080
average rent in downtown uh is $1,710
which is less than the the region at

3181
03:49:50,720 --> 03:49:57,439
1753. Uh we have low vacancy in downtown
even though we've added a lot of

3182
03:49:55,199 --> 03:50:02,640
projects. Vacancy is really healthy and
we do have more units under construction

3183
03:49:59,439 --> 03:50:06,000
at the moment. So that Oh, other
updates. We're I I mentioned we're doing

3184
03:50:04,239 --> 03:50:09,840
the parking gallery assessment now. Uh
so we do plan to make some improvements

3185
03:50:08,239 --> 03:50:14,560
uh at the parking gallery on First and
Sierra. Uh new Riverwalk banners were

3186
03:50:12,239 --> 03:50:18,239
installed. The new Reno flag banners
went up on Long Virginia Street. Uh

3187
03:50:16,720 --> 03:50:22,000
Riverwalk is going to see some new
banners as well. So those should be

3188
03:50:19,760 --> 03:50:26,080
installed fairly soon. We continue to
work with uh the Hara's revival project.

3189
03:50:24,479 --> 03:50:30,080
Uh they have some permits. They're
they're lining up their financing. That

3190
03:50:28,080 --> 03:50:34,000
project continues to move on. And then
as the mayor mentioned, the reformer

3191
03:50:31,680 --> 03:50:38,000
project uh on at the former Riverside
Theater is very exciting. It'll be nine

3192
03:50:36,239 --> 03:50:41,760
uh additional uses. They're already
under demolition and they're they're

3193
03:50:39,439 --> 03:50:45,439
they're going to um do a great project
over there

3194
03:50:43,840 --> 03:50:51,040
coming in 2026. Some of these have
already occurred. Uh but Western Lights

3195
03:50:48,000 --> 03:50:54,479
Festival uh was a huge success. We do
plan on bringing proposals for a small

3196
03:50:52,640 --> 03:50:58,239
walls mural program as well as some
additional retail retail attraction

3197
03:50:56,399 --> 03:51:02,479
initiatives that we'll bring to the RAB
in the next uh month or two. Uh we're in

3198
03:51:00,880 --> 03:51:06,479
the middle of the CIP planning process.
You will see that as part of the budget

3199
03:51:04,160 --> 03:51:10,399
and then we do plan to continue and and
start the process of uh doing a forest

3200
03:51:08,479 --> 03:51:17,199
street area plan leaving off where the
retract plan back in two 2007 ended.

3201
03:51:14,880 --> 03:51:21,439
So sorry that took a while.
>> Okay. I think you did a great job. No, I

3202
03:51:18,960 --> 03:51:25,600
took up the most time because I was like
going crazy, but I I love love love

3203
03:51:23,680 --> 03:51:30,880
this. Um, tell me just a little bit
about small walls because Ashley knows

3204
03:51:27,199 --> 03:51:35,120
we've been to Windwood Walls um a few
times and it's such an impressive

3205
03:51:32,800 --> 03:51:39,199
project. We wanted to integrate that. Do
you want to tell me because I have a

3206
03:51:36,479 --> 03:51:43,439
feeling that Ashley had a lot to to do
with putting that in place.

3207
03:51:41,279 --> 03:51:46,080
» So, we are Ashley Turney, assistant city
manager. For the record, we're very

3208
03:51:44,800 --> 03:51:50,880
excited. We're actually going to be
debuting the framework of small walls at

3209
03:51:48,640 --> 03:51:55,439
the RAB on Monday and then hope with
their approval to move out for

3210
03:51:52,399 --> 03:51:59,920
application. Uh this actually came from
this body wearing your other hat as

3211
03:51:57,120 --> 03:52:04,000
council approving the public art master
plan for the arts and culture group. Uh

3212
03:52:02,560 --> 03:52:07,840
they recommended something called small
walls and it's an opportunity for local

3213
03:52:05,680 --> 03:52:11,439
artists to be able to scale up. What we
find is we have some incredible

3214
03:52:08,880 --> 03:52:15,439
muralists in our community and we have
programs for them to be able to do the

3215
03:52:13,359 --> 03:52:20,399
utility boxes and there's not really
anything that's in between a utility box

3216
03:52:17,439 --> 03:52:24,880
and a very large scale mural project. So
this is something that is created in

3217
03:52:22,479 --> 03:52:29,600
order to help those artists scale their
abilities and to get more art in more

3218
03:52:27,120 --> 03:52:33,120
places. So the idea behind this is that
this will be a grant match program again

3219
03:52:31,760 --> 03:52:37,040
which is something that's been important
to this body that you've recommended

3220
03:52:34,800 --> 03:52:40,560
that we put ourselves in a grant
matching posture whenever we can for

3221
03:52:38,960 --> 03:52:44,479
businesses to come forward and say we're
interested in having murals on our

3222
03:52:42,080 --> 03:52:48,960
building on the outside and then we help
match them with local artists to be able

3223
03:52:46,720 --> 03:52:53,760
to put murals in more places. Uh we're
looking at matches up to $10,000.

3224
03:52:50,880 --> 03:52:59,600
There's $50,000 available in RDA1 and
$50,000 available in RDA2. So, we could

3225
03:52:57,120 --> 03:53:04,239
be looking at multiple art pieces going
up in our community and those

3226
03:53:00,960 --> 03:53:08,239
applications with the RABS blessing uh
what Rachel and Megan Burner have put

3227
03:53:06,880 --> 03:53:10,000
together that will be out on the street
in the next two weeks.

3228
03:53:09,120 --> 03:53:12,319
» That's amazing.
>> We're very excited about that.

3229
03:53:10,880 --> 03:53:16,000
» Oh my god, you should be so excited.
>> Yeah, we've got some great things coming

3230
03:53:13,520 --> 03:53:19,279
in the RDA space. We're grateful you
approved it as part of your budget this

3231
03:53:17,439 --> 03:53:23,120
year. It's taken us a little while to
get some things off the ground based off

3232
03:53:20,720 --> 03:53:26,479
of the lean small team that we have, but
we are very excited to launch quite a

3233
03:53:24,960 --> 03:53:28,720
few programs here in the next
>> Everyone's going to love this.

3234
03:53:27,760 --> 03:53:33,600
» It's going to be great. It's going to
make a big difference.

3235
03:53:30,239 --> 03:53:41,520
» All right. Um I don't see any green.
No green. No. Okay. No green. All right.

3236
03:53:38,720 --> 03:53:46,319
Anything else, Brian, you want to put on
the It's like

3237
03:53:43,840 --> 03:53:50,640
» I say we have a lot going on. So, you do
have you have just so you know, I want

3238
03:53:48,880 --> 03:53:54,319
to I want to make it very very clear
because I don't want to dismiss the

3239
03:53:52,160 --> 03:53:57,439
massive massive massive wins because
they're really happening. It's super

3240
03:53:56,160 --> 03:54:03,359
exciting,
>> right? I just think we could I think we

3241
03:54:00,080 --> 03:54:08,479
could help you with some policy up here
to get to where you need to be and and

3242
03:54:05,920 --> 03:54:10,720
quicker and faster. So, you just let us
know how we can help you.

3243
03:54:09,760 --> 03:54:15,279
» Thank you.
>> But I think you guys are doing great.

3244
03:54:13,199 --> 03:54:19,520
» Good job. I'm super excited about the
walls. Very good. Rachel, are you

3245
03:54:18,080 --> 03:54:23,199
excited?
>> Super excited.

3246
03:54:20,560 --> 03:54:27,120
» Yeah, I know. That's great. Okay, we
don't have to I don't think we have to

3247
03:54:24,960 --> 03:54:34,399
take any action. Just that we think it's
amazing and uh good job. It's a lot of

3248
03:54:31,359 --> 03:54:38,160
work. He's like, "Yeah." Okay.
>> All right, Madam Mayor. Moving on to

3249
03:54:35,840 --> 03:54:42,199
item C1, which is the Reno Redevelopment
Agency board update,

3250
03:54:42,239 --> 03:54:47,840
which we had public comment from Mr.
Klein.

3251
03:54:44,880 --> 03:54:51,359
» I was going to say Mr. Klein's and I
think he just laid it out.

3252
03:54:49,359 --> 03:54:54,160
» He did. He gave during general public
comment for the body just to remind you

3253
03:54:52,640 --> 03:54:56,560
of what the rep had been working on. And
so I think with that you could move on

3254
03:54:55,760 --> 03:55:02,560
to your next item.
>> Yeah. And he um they're going to see the

3255
03:55:00,160 --> 03:55:05,840
CIP and some other things on Monday.
>> Correct. So, so they're vetting

3256
03:55:04,239 --> 03:55:09,520
everything before it comes to this body.
>> Oh, yeah. Perfect. And you can always

3257
03:55:07,600 --> 03:55:12,800
zoom and jump in you guys if you want to
um join those. They're really

3258
03:55:10,640 --> 03:55:15,439
informative and I I think the board
asked great questions. They're doing a

3259
03:55:14,399 --> 03:55:18,000
good job.
>> Okay, Madam Clerk.

3260
03:55:16,640 --> 03:55:20,160
» All right. Item D1,
>> Councilwoman.

3261
03:55:19,279 --> 03:55:22,479
» No, you're good.
>> I put my light on for D1.

3262
03:55:21,600 --> 03:55:27,199
» Oh, okay.
>> Item D1 is redevelopment agency board

3263
03:55:24,880 --> 03:55:32,960
comments.
>> All right. Anything? No, just a little

3264
03:55:30,160 --> 03:55:38,319
blah blah blah. Sorry. No, I wanted I
just wanted to um save my praise for

3265
03:55:35,600 --> 03:55:44,960
Western Lights to now and to this part
of part of the meeting. Um I won't

3266
03:55:41,920 --> 03:55:50,640
repeat virtuous gratuitously everything
that everybody else has complimented you

3267
03:55:47,040 --> 03:55:55,439
on. Um but I will say that
um

3268
03:55:52,720 --> 03:56:00,399
having humans in downtown is the most
magical part of downtown and then you

3269
03:55:57,520 --> 03:56:04,800
also brought more magic. So, um,
anything that we can do to help you

3270
03:56:02,160 --> 03:56:10,319
expand the number number of locals that
are downtown next year, I would like you

3271
03:56:07,199 --> 03:56:15,040
to challenge us with some type of award,
um, ward by ward engagement where we

3272
03:56:13,199 --> 03:56:18,720
challenge our ward to come downtown,
whether it's on one of those days, but

3273
03:56:17,040 --> 03:56:22,640
you're going to need some time for us to
plan that and conceptualize that. But

3274
03:56:21,120 --> 03:56:25,600
next year, I would just love it if we
could be competing up here with how many

3275
03:56:24,160 --> 03:56:29,760
of our ward members were able to come
downtown. So,

3276
03:56:27,840 --> 03:56:32,239
I'm looking forward to inspiration from
you on that. So, thank you for your

3277
03:56:31,279 --> 03:56:36,800
work.
>> Challenge accepted.

3278
03:56:33,920 --> 03:56:42,800
» That That's a really But you know what?
>> She's

3279
03:56:39,680 --> 03:56:48,000
see this is also where I get like really
worked up about Wonly voting, right? But

3280
03:56:45,120 --> 03:56:52,160
you know what? You you just brought up
something so smart and I love it. You

3281
03:56:50,960 --> 03:56:55,600
know what you can do? Go out there,
invite your whole ward and say, "Hey,

3282
03:56:53,920 --> 03:56:59,760
we're going to be in downtown Reno, Ward
Six. Come join me and see if you can

3283
03:56:57,760 --> 03:57:05,120
pull I love that idea, Brandy. What?
That's so smart. Great job. I love it. I

3284
03:57:02,880 --> 03:57:10,000
love it. Battle of the boards. I love
it.

3285
03:57:06,080 --> 03:57:13,680
» Good job. Okay. All right, madame clerk.
>> All right. Item E is closing public

3286
03:57:12,080 --> 03:57:16,960
comment for the redevelopment agency
board. We have none registered, so I'm

3287
03:57:15,359 --> 03:57:19,600
just looking for a motion to adjurnn the
redevelopment agency board.

3288
03:57:18,319 --> 03:57:22,239
» Okay. So moved.
>> I have a motion. I have a second. All

3289
03:57:20,960 --> 03:57:28,720
those in favor say I. I.
>> All those opposed. Motion carries.

3290
03:57:25,040 --> 03:57:33,120
» Okay. Okay, we're going back to our Reno
City Council meeting. We've already

3291
03:57:30,319 --> 03:57:38,640
taken care of item H1, so we're on um
closing public comment item J1. I have

3292
03:57:35,279 --> 03:57:42,560
none registered. And for the record, we
did receive two comments. They have been

3293
03:57:41,040 --> 03:57:45,439
distributed to the Reno City Council and
are part of the permanent record. So, we

3294
03:57:44,160 --> 03:57:48,960
have no additional public comment for
item J. So, we're on motion or item K,

3295
03:57:47,600 --> 03:57:51,279
which is a motion to adjurnn.
>> Motion to adjurnn.

3296
03:57:49,920 --> 03:57:55,680
» I have a motion. I have a second. All
those in favor say I. All those opposed.

3297
03:57:53,680 --> 03:58:00,880
Motion carries unanimously. You guys,
it's two o'clock. Congratulations. I

3298
03:57:57,520 --> 03:58:03,680
hope you get to go enjoy your day.
Oh, that's right. That's right. What's

3299
03:58:02,479 --> 03:58:10,279
up?
>> I love it. Ry's on top of it. But thanks

3300
03:58:06,239 --> 03:58:10,279
everyone. Thank you so much.