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>> Naomi, do you want to come sit over

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» Madam clerk,

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» are you ready?

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>> No, no, no. It's It's just up to you. I

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didn't know if you felt far away.

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All right. Good morning, everyone. Um,

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what is that noise?

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» All right. Um,

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good morning. Thank you so much for

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being here. I, um, I want to start off

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by recognizing the amazing work of our

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first responders, our firefighters. They

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have, they're still in this active

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incident. um this very catastrophic fire

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we just came off of the bug fire and so

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back-to-back events um have been

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incredibly challenging.

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keep them um in your thoughts and

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prayers because they have just worked

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and done an outstanding job protecting

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human life. Um and so I also want to

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acknowledge the victims of this fire and

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all the people that have been displaced.

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fire is very personal to me. So I um can

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how challenging and how their lives have

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changed literally overnight. We also

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have someone over here um who's also

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been impacted by devastating fires and

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she's been a tremendous advocate and

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that's Hannah Hoop. You're thank you for

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being here today. Uh I really appreciate

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everything that you do and your advocacy

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um when it comes to fires. So thank you

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so much. Um, I also want to acknowledge

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all the jurisdictional teams um for, you

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know, working together, working around

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the clock, non-stop. Um, JW, you were

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absolutely my rock through everything.

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>> So, I I just want to acknowledge you as

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my MVP. So, thank you.

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forget anyone. And um because now we we

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[snorts] Um and that's going to be long

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and difficult and people are going to

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support. So, if you could please please

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um do anything, please reach out to the

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community foundation. They are taking

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donations. Um we have a lot of work to

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do. It's a little overwhelming right

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now, but we have to keep everyone in our thoughts and prayers.

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helping me. Sure.

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we just had a couple of days where um

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I'm just grateful and my council members

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appreciate your grace and your mercy.

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our community get through this. There

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[snorts] are 47 homes that were lost and

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that absolutely is devastating.

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everyone is still jumping in in action.

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it it's extremely active, extremely

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active on all fronts. Um even from our

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state partners, our legislators, uh the

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county, so many. I also want to

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acknowledge the Floyd family.

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and so please keep them in your thoughts

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of silence. I apologize for being

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time. So anyway, just a moment of

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silence. So, thank you everyone for

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being here today and thank you. There's

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so many of you that have reached out and

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donated and just showed this community

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support. people like opening their homes

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to people they didn't even know, didn't

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even know. They just said, "Come on,

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come into my home." It was really, miraculous, but that's who we

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know how grateful I am for

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this entire community.

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transition um so we can get on with our

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meeting. So, [snorts] just a moment of

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silence, please.

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um, something to be extremely proud of,

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>> Um, if I may, um, I just want to share

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that, you know, a lot of members in my

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community are still actively being

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affected by the fire. I know that um my

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family and I um were in a mandatory

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evacuation zone and we were evacuated

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from Saturday until

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yesterday. Um, and I it was very

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traumatic for myself, for my children,

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for my family, for my neighborhood to

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have um police on loudspeakers on our

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streets telling people to leave to find

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out later they were knocking on doors

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and telling people to leave and they

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couldn't get anything but their purse

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and go. Um, and I just want to say like

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am heartbroken for the people in my

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community that lost their homes. And

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there are people that are still without

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resources that feel like they have um

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that there's so much compassion for

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other council members and my colleagues,

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but I didn't receive so much as a phone

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call from my colleagues. I know you

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called once, Hillary, but I tried to

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call you several times and sent you a

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text message asking you to call me and

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no one communicated with me. So, this is

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an extremely difficult time and I had to

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see homes in my ward with people I

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represent that had burnt down on social

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media before I was informed officially.

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community. And I I I'm just um really um

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devastated with the way a lot of this um

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played out for our community. And um you

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know I I I hope that in the future um we

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can get a little um

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additional support and care particularly

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we have had two fires in a row. Um the

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significantly worse with each fire. I

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to evacuate and it took me um over an

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only access point was closed from PAR to

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Red Rock um for a significant amount of

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time um while people were being told to

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uh this this communication I know was

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not handled by us. We were not the ones

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in charge and our firefighters have done

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an amazing job. Uh this is not a

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reflection on them at all. Um but there

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there's been a lot of comments made by

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me about um a necessity for additional

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infrastructure for public safety. um

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it's been largely dismissed. Um I've

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been reminded that there's been, you

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know, billions of dollars put into my

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community. Um which we're all grateful

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for. But, um the timing of having the

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majority of our major access roads under

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construction at the same time when we

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all have to evacuate

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is just um makes everything that we had

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to go through exponentially worse. So, I

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just want to say like we're all

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devastated. Um, I'm personally sick to

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my stomach about all of it. Um, and

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still having a difficult time sleeping

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because I'm so upset about it. Um, there

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are people that can't get their

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medications that have evacuated that

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have been told to go get emergency

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prescriptions filled because they can't

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go home, but they cannot afford to pay

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for additional medications. There are

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people that are afraid to leave because

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they have large animals that they're not

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able to evacuate with. And so therefore,

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they're at home and ran out of supplies

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and the the shopping that they were able

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to access ran out of supplies. No

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additional supplies were able to come to

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um we had a a severe

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um breakdown of support for the people

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out here that couldn't leave for any

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number of reasons. And I know we want

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people to leave evacuation areas, but um

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if a fire gets close to a resident, uh

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have to be proactive and u evacuate

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people before it gets too close.

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up in a mandatory evacuation zone that

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maybe are a bit away. Um, so they feel

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comfortable staying with their

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um but then end up in a position where

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they have no power for days, are not

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able to get gas for generators, and

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their food has spoiled, their local

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stores are out of supplies, and uh it

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was extremely difficult, especially as a

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representative, to not be able to um

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coordinate to get additional resources

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to these areas for them. So, I just

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wanted to let everyone know like this is

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still ongoing for areas of my community.

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I know the majority of the areas have

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now been changed to yellow. People can

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go home, but there are still areas that

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are um not allowed to come and go as

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they please. So, just a reminder, this

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is not over for my community, and we've

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lost many homes out here. Um, so again,

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huge thank you to the firefighters and

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everybody that joined in to help. Um,

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but I think we also need to remember

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that um there's other things that need

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to happen um in a in a major emergency

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like this. So, um just wanted to um say

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that as the war representative um who um

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you know continues to have this happen

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and also was personally affected um you

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know and and the entire time having to

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answer questions to my children about

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whether or not our house had burned

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>> So, thank you.

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>> Thank you, Megan. Are are you safe?

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>> We are safe. Okay. I just want to make

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sure that you're safe. Thank you very

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much. I appreciate your words.

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Okay.

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Now something to be um very much

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celebrated. I have a very special guest

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with me and everyone I would love to

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introduce you to. Um

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this is Kayla Duncan and she is Miss

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Nevada and guess what? She is going to

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be competing on the national stage in

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Las Vegas in November. So, um hello

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future I said mayor and then I said no

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we need future president right future

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president um we are very proud to have

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you here representing the great state of

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Nevada. Um, I would love for you to

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start our meeting um with the pledge of

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allegiance and uh then I would love for

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you to tell everyone um about who you

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are, why you're doing what you do and

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Hannah I think did you were you

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pageantry I thought at one Yeah. No.

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[laughter]

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>> Why?

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>> I was a dancer.

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>> That's right. you were you're a a um

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professional dancer

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and country extraordinaire.

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Anyway, [snorts]

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um [clears throat] um we have been very

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supportive of a lot of the um women that

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uh do compete. I think it's a probably a

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very very difficult job, way harder than

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my job, but um please lead us in in the

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pledge.

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I pledge algiance to the flag of the

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United States of America and to the

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republic for which it stands, one nation

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under God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all.

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>> Great job. Okay, Kayla, I would love for

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you to tell everyone a little bit about

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yourself and your platform and um and

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you know how we can support you. So,

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take it away.

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>> Thank you so much. It's truly such an

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honor to be here with you all today.

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Hello, my name is Kayla Duncan. I am

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Miss Nevada United States and I will be

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competing for the title of Miss United

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States in November. So, I'm extremely

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excited and grateful for this

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opportunity to represent the silver

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state at on the national stage. I would

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say my story with my platform that I

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created called Beauty Within Bravery

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actually started right here in Reno. I

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was a college student at the University

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of Nevada. Go Wolfpack. And I graduated

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with my undergraduate degree in

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psychology in 2020. And right now, I'm

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pursuing my graduate education there as

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well. And I found a lot of support in

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the biggest little city here.

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One example of the amazing support I

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found was a professor that I had for one

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of my courses. And I spoke with her

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about being a trauma survivor.

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And she brought me into freestyle

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martial arts, which was the gym she

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owned at the time, and gave me my first

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lesson in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

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And as a survivor of sexual assault and

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domestic violence, that sparked a new

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era of healing and transformation for

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myself. I then went on to work at Uriah

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Faber's Ultimate Fitness in Sacramento

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for years, and that is a very

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well-known, prestigious mixed martial

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arts gym that has housed many successful

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UFC fighters. I've been able to learn so

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many valuable skills about self-defense,

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which has caused me to feel my most

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confident after trauma. Now, through

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Beauty Within Bravery, I teach free

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self-defense seminars to the public

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because I want to give other people the

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gift that I've been given through this

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newly instilled confidence and sense of

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safety and security. I'm also very proud

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to be partnering with Safe Embrace, one

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of the many incredible organizations

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right here in Reno, to be able to help

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reach many survivors. It's for

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everybody. I have taught these seminars

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to kids as young as six. I've taught

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people upwards of 60. It's for men and

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women. You don't have to be a survivor.

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I always say that if you don't end up

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utilizing these skills, which I hope

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nobody does. I hope nobody ever has to

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be faced with an unimaginable situation

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that would cause them to have to use

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these preventative safety skills. But

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you can teach it to a loved one. You can

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do it for fun. I've had many people take

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the class and say that they were able to

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teach their mom or their sister more

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strategies to defend themselves in

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public. I've also had survivors tell me

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because of these seminars, it was the

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one reason they felt safe enough to go

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to the gas station that day after

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surviving a trauma there. So, this work

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is extremely important to me. I'm so

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grateful and excited to be able to

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expand it. My goal is to make this

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education as accessible as possible. And

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I want to help heal and and empower

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other survivors the way that others have

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poured into me in this community in the

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past. Thank you.

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>> Wow. So, I'm taking it that we should

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not mess with you. [laughter]

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>> You can kick some. You know what?

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>> I'm little, but I'm pretty tough and I'm

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grateful for all the mentors that have

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poured into me to help make me so much

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stronger than I am.

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>> You are impressive and we are excited

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that you are going to be representing

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us. And what's the date of that? And

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typically they air that nationally. So,

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how do we how do we all get to tune in

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and root you on?

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>> Yes. So currently waiting on the updates

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in terms of live streaming or if it'll

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be broadcast on television, but it'll be

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November 12th through 15th in Las Vegas.

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So very grateful to be able to represent

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this beautiful state and be the hometown

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girl for that event.

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>> Wow. Well, we're very proud because I

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can only imagine that pressure must be

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just enormous. But anyway, well, thank

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you for being here today, uh, mayor for

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the day. Um, so we're excited to have

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you.

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>> Where are you from?

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>> Thank you.

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I'm originally from Northern California,

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but lived here for six years.

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>> Okay. All right. [laughter]

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So, are we calling Reno home then?

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>> Yes.

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>> Going back and forth here between Las

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Vegas and Reno as well as visiting home

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>> Switzerland. I got you. Right.

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[laughter] Well, I will say when I'm in

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Vegas, I still rep my Nevada gear. It

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can be a little bit of hostile territory

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sometimes, but I will always always

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proudly represent the Wolfpack.

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>> Okay. Thank you so much. All right.

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[snorts] I love it. Um, okay. Um, I'm

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going to hand it back to you, Madame

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Clerk, because uh, we need to call the

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role.

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>> Yes. Uh, so we are calling role for the

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Wednesday, August 26th, Reno City

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Council meeting. Council member Taylor

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>> here,

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>> Council Member Der

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>> here,

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>> Vice Mayor Martinez

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>> here,

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>> Council Member Eert

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>> here,

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>> Council Member Reese is absent, Council

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Member Anderson

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>> here,

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>> and Mayor Sheibi

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>> here.

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>> You do have a quorum.

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>> Okay. Thank you so much. At this time,

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I'm going to ask council members uh to

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approve the agenda.

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>> Oh, we need to take public comments.

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>> Sorry. Um

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there was one other thing I wanted to

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do.

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>> Hold on. Before we got there.

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>> All right. Never never mind. Go ahead.

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>> Okay. Madame Mayor, our first item today

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is public comment. It should be noted

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for those in attendance that comments

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are to be addressed to the mayor and

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council as a whole. Comments heard under

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this item will be limited to three

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minutes per person and may pertain to

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matters both on and off the council's

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agenda. Council may not take action upon

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any matter not agendaized on today's

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agenda. When you are called on for

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public comment, please state your name

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for the record and begin speaking. The

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timer will begin when you say your name

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and you will be afforded three minutes.

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For those participating in chambers in

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accordance with council rules 6.3.11

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while in this room, please be

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respectful. Disruptive behavior from

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audience members like clapping, yelling,

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whistling, etc. which impede the meeting

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may result in a warning issued by the

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presiding officer. If the behavior

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continues, you may be removed from

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chambers. If you are an attendee in the

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Zoom meeting and would like to make

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public comment, please raise your hand

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at this time.

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Hannah Hubar, followed by Kamal Abuhan,

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followed by Terry Brooks.

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Good morning, mayor. Good morning,

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council. Um, I'm here to share. You

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probably all have seen Project Bear Hugs

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is responding. We originally were

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responding to Bug, Fred Mountain, and

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Stallion Fires. While we were holding an

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event to help those that were affected

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and to honor Eddie and Charie Floyd, we

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um saw the Hawk Fire start and we are

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responding to them as well. If you know

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of anybody that are in your wards that

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have been evacuated that need help,

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please reach out to Project Bear Hugs

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and we can give them items. we can give

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them support, resources, um any of that.

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And that goes from short-term all the

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way to longterm. Um so they can reach

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out to us either on our Facebook page,

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website, projectbearhugs.com.

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If you have any questions, um you guys

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can reach out to me there. I'm not going

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to give my public phone number even

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though it's already publicized.

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[laughter]

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>> Um and just so everyone knows, Hannah's

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been doing this work for I don't know,

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probably 15, 20 years.

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>> Almost 14 years.

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>> Is it 14 years? Yep.

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>> Yeah, it's impressive. You're you're

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really you're really amazing, Hannah.

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What What else um when you say what are

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the things that people can donate? Like

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what what would be most needed?

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>> Um right now we're collecting anything

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from toiletries, baby items. Um we are

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collecting anything from animal food,

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animal dog bowls, um animal toys. That

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is a huge need right now. Um we are in

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contact with a lot of the families that

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have been affected and we are giving

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them items. Um and in those normally is

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like a box that we give a pillow,

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blanket, um stuffed animal for kids or a

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stuffed animal for animals. Um we give

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an activity for kids to do whether it be

544
00:24:12,159 --> 00:24:14,480
a coloring book, um something for

545
00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:16,000
elderly. We give them something that's

546
00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,159
not going to hurt their hands, anything

547
00:24:18,159 --> 00:24:20,159
like that. So we are collecting um

548
00:24:20,159 --> 00:24:21,679
pretty much everything except for

549
00:24:21,679 --> 00:24:23,279
clothes and we are not accepting

550
00:24:23,279 --> 00:24:26,880
anything used. Okay, good to know. Are

551
00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:28,240
you still doing your show?

552
00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:29,200
>> Yes.

553
00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:32,240
>> I got your guest. [laughter] All right.

554
00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:36,789
Thank you so much for being here.

555
00:24:36,799 --> 00:24:39,039
» Kamal Abuhan, followed by Terry Brooks,

556
00:24:39,039 --> 00:24:45,190
followed by Jerry the Pizza Man.

557
00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:46,880
» Hi. For the for the record, Kamal

558
00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:48,799
Abuhan, pleasure to see everyone. This

559
00:24:48,799 --> 00:24:51,600
is actually a serious matter. Um, Mayor

560
00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:54,159
Shibi, I loved your NewsNation uh

561
00:24:54,159 --> 00:24:56,880
interview just recently. Uh, I thought

562
00:24:56,880 --> 00:24:58,559
you were absolutely spot on. So, I'm

563
00:24:58,559 --> 00:25:00,559
going to just address non-compliance.

564
00:25:00,559 --> 00:25:03,600
I'm in fire zone 359.

565
00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:06,320
Uh, we just got lifted from on the on

566
00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:08,000
August 24th, we just got lifted from

567
00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,080
yellow level two to white. Thankfully,

568
00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:12,240
everyone's starting to return. But I

569
00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:15,279
have a problem with my landlord and my

570
00:25:15,279 --> 00:25:18,640
uh my I have a I gave it I own a u a

571
00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:20,880
sheet here. They've took it upon

572
00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:22,640
themselves to start a construction

573
00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:25,919
project during a level two.

574
00:25:25,919 --> 00:25:32,799
They blocked roadways on the uh on the property, coned off the ability

575
00:25:32,799 --> 00:25:35,120
for these residents to exit and enter

576
00:25:35,120 --> 00:25:38,480
the property, leaving one area which is

577
00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:40,559
a very very largely densed area where

578
00:25:40,559 --> 00:25:42,080
the people can come in and out of the of

579
00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:43,520
the property. Everything around it's

580
00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:45,279
gated.

581
00:25:45,279 --> 00:25:47,679
When it comes to non-compliance and fire

582
00:25:47,679 --> 00:25:49,679
code, it's very very important that we

583
00:25:49,679 --> 00:25:51,919
follow the rules. When when you see a

584
00:25:51,919 --> 00:25:53,520
yellow or red, you either got to get out

585
00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:54,799
or you got to be ready to get out. I can

586
00:25:54,799 --> 00:25:55,919
tell you when we got the order to get

587
00:25:55,919 --> 00:25:58,640
out was it was like August 21st or 22nd.

588
00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:01,679
You can hear the the the pets. Meow.

589
00:26:01,679 --> 00:26:04,400
Meow. The the people, you know,

590
00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:06,559
getting together. The was it like was it

591
00:26:06,559 --> 00:26:08,720
like 9 or 10 o'clock at night, right?

592
00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:10,480
And they were you could just see the

593
00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:11,679
people were already getting ready. We

594
00:26:11,679 --> 00:26:12,720
were in the yellow zone. They were

595
00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:15,360
getting ready to get out. Uh, I was

596
00:26:15,360 --> 00:26:16,480
ready. I used, that's why I have a

597
00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:18,000
camper. I'm back in my truck because

598
00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:19,600
it's real easy, you know? I can live in

599
00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:21,840
it. Everything's already ready to go. I

600
00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:24,880
got one go bag. Boom. I'm out. Came back

601
00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:28,720
from my ride in Mount Rose. I roll my mountain bike in Mount Rose. And

602
00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:30,080
I couldn't believe what I was seeing at

603
00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:32,000
the property on the 23rd. The mountain

604
00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:33,360
was still smoldering. You'll see it in

605
00:26:33,360 --> 00:26:34,400
the picture. The mountain was

606
00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:36,720
smoldering. And you have the property

607
00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:38,240
manager

608
00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:40,080
coning off sections of the of the

609
00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:42,559
driveway. On the 24th in the morning at

610
00:26:42,559 --> 00:26:44,720
zero 0600, I get a knock. God bless my

611
00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:46,400
neighbors. I get a knock on the door.

612
00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:47,840
Hey, they're going to tow your your your

613
00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:50,799
car. They have tow trucks in a yellow

614
00:26:50,799 --> 00:26:52,559
zone on the 24th in the morning of the

615
00:26:52,559 --> 00:26:55,360
24th. It's towing cars.

616
00:26:55,360 --> 00:26:58,400
The car is designed as an egress. Any

617
00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:00,480
I'm a firefighter for maritime. I was

618
00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:01,919
trained in firefighting. I know what

619
00:27:01,919 --> 00:27:04,000
it's like to fight a fire using buckets

620
00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,240
of with a people chain up the hill for a

621
00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:09,760
twoacre fire. We had the perimeter fire.

622
00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:12,080
was out 8 acres.

623
00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:15,279
Everyone was back in. They were back in

624
00:27:15,279 --> 00:27:17,360
their houses and the fire reignited to

625
00:27:17,360 --> 00:27:20,080
create what the worst one of the worst

626
00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:22,559
costly fires for that area in

627
00:27:22,559 --> 00:27:25,120
California. So, I'm asking the city

628
00:27:25,120 --> 00:27:26,960
council, please take this seriously. I

629
00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:28,240
gave you the documents. You have the

630
00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:30,640
documents in here. We cannot allow con I

631
00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:32,159
went to the form and I went to my chain

632
00:27:32,159 --> 00:27:34,240
of command. I made the phone call to the

633
00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:36,080
police. I I called I went to the

634
00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:38,880
landlord. I sent emails. I was laughed.

635
00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:42,559
I was kicked off the work site

636
00:27:42,559 --> 00:27:46,159
during a level two.

637
00:27:46,159 --> 00:27:48,720
So the culture is real. Ma'am, your

638
00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:50,480
non-compliance issue is not only with

639
00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:53,279
the residents, but it's also with our

640
00:27:53,279 --> 00:27:54,960
informal leaders.

641
00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:56,000
>> Thank you.

642
00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:58,960
>> Um sir, you said you have um

643
00:27:58,960 --> 00:27:59,760
documentation.

644
00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:01,919
>> Yes, sir. Ma'am, we I gave you I have a

645
00:28:01,919 --> 00:28:03,679
packet that I It's a formal complaint.

646
00:28:03,679 --> 00:28:04,240
>> Okay, perfect.

647
00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:06,799
>> And you'll see Okay, just just two a

648
00:28:06,799 --> 00:28:09,679
minute. When you see a cone, right, and

649
00:28:09,679 --> 00:28:11,520
you're evacuating, [clears throat] you

650
00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:13,279
we I can't speak for what another

651
00:28:13,279 --> 00:28:15,520
person's going to do when they evacuate.

652
00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:16,960
There's no way to tell what an

653
00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:18,240
individual will do when they're fight

654
00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:20,399
when the fight for flight is active.

655
00:28:20,399 --> 00:28:22,320
When your visibility comes down, that's

656
00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:24,159
why I'm even if you see cones in this

657
00:28:24,159 --> 00:28:26,240
picture, oh, you it's not really

658
00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:29,039
blocking, but I can't say how a person's

659
00:28:29,039 --> 00:28:30,640
going to interpret this. I can't say

660
00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:33,120
whether their flight will be, oh, no,

661
00:28:33,120 --> 00:28:34,640
they automatically think, let me get out

662
00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:35,919
of the way of the cones. Let me go to

663
00:28:35,919 --> 00:28:40,159
the one the one exit point in a 200 what

664
00:28:40,159 --> 00:28:42,399
populated by 300 people in less than

665
00:28:42,399 --> 00:28:45,760
half an acre.

666
00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:47,840
This is an absolute fire danger that's

667
00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:50,159
been precipitated by leadership by

668
00:28:50,159 --> 00:28:52,080
informal leaders of our community. Not

669
00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:53,840
the residents who want to shelter in

670
00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:56,000
place as I've heard over the radio.

671
00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:56,480
>> Okay.

672
00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:56,880
>> Right.

673
00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:57,679
>> Um

674
00:28:57,679 --> 00:29:00,480
>> wait. So you have those documents. Is

675
00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:01,760
your contact on there?

676
00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:02,480
>> Yes, ma'am.

677
00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:04,159
>> Okay. I will be reaching out to you

678
00:29:04,159 --> 00:29:04,720
directly.

679
00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:06,960
>> Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you.

680
00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:09,200
>> Good job. Good job.

681
00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:10,799
>> Terry Brooks, followed by Jerry the

682
00:29:10,799 --> 00:29:16,389
Pizza Man, followed by Steven White.

683
00:29:16,399 --> 00:29:18,159
» Terry,

684
00:29:18,159 --> 00:29:19,760
good morning.

685
00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:21,760
>> Good morning. It's me, Terry Brooks

686
00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:24,720
again. And today, I'd like to share with

687
00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:28,640
you my lack of thoughts on technology

688
00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:31,679
and what seniors like me go through.

689
00:29:31,679 --> 00:29:33,760
When we worked for years at various

690
00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:36,000
jobs, we kept up with advancing

691
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,640
technology. But later on, when we

692
00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:42,399
retired, we said goodbye to technology.

693
00:29:42,399 --> 00:29:44,880
The older that we get, the more we get

694
00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:47,520
set in our ways and then begin to

695
00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:51,120
develop a senior no change phase. I

696
00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:53,360
don't have a computer, but I do have an

697
00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:56,640
abacus. That's all I need to multiply,

698
00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:59,679
divide, or do a minus or plus. I don't

699
00:29:59,679 --> 00:30:03,279
have or check email. I think it's a lot

700
00:30:03,279 --> 00:30:06,159
better to just open my mailbox and see

701
00:30:06,159 --> 00:30:09,039
if I've received a letter. Another thing

702
00:30:09,039 --> 00:30:12,240
that I don't have is a cell phone, but I

703
00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:14,159
do have a landline with an answering

704
00:30:14,159 --> 00:30:16,960
machine. So, just leave a message after

705
00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:18,720
the tunnel.

706
00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:21,200
I don't have a microwave, but I do have

707
00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:24,000
a crockpot, even though it takes a bit

708
00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,960
longer for my dinner to get hot. I named

709
00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:29,039
her Gravy Crockett. She's the queen of

710
00:30:29,039 --> 00:30:31,440
my wild frontier kitchen. Just plugged

711
00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:33,520
her into the socket and her cooking is

712
00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:35,039
bewitching.

713
00:30:35,039 --> 00:30:37,600
I did have a car, but I only drove it

714
00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:40,559
once a week. When Grazy Crockett told me

715
00:30:40,559 --> 00:30:42,880
to get groceries, I'd say, "Okay, tongue

716
00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:46,159
and cheek." Now I walk to the grocery

717
00:30:46,159 --> 00:30:48,480
store, but carrying all that food on my

718
00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:51,520
way back makes me so hungry that I eat

719
00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:53,279
some of it while I'm walking back and

720
00:30:53,279 --> 00:30:56,240
then I have to go back. I don't have

721
00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:59,360
anything against such modern technology,

722
00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:01,679
but I think that we have become way too

723
00:31:01,679 --> 00:31:04,080
dependent on technology.

724
00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:06,159
The older I get, the more I look back

725
00:31:06,159 --> 00:31:08,320
and see how technology has helped us

726
00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:11,440
evolve. But recently, I've seen how it's

727
00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:14,159
beginning to let us dissolve.

728
00:31:14,159 --> 00:31:16,480
I don't even have a typewriter. I just

729
00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:20,159
write on paper with a pen. That is until

730
00:31:20,159 --> 00:31:23,120
my pen runs out of ink again. I would

731
00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:24,720
like to thank you all for listening to

732
00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:27,360
me today and I look forward to coming

733
00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:31,039
back if my pen still has pink that day.

734
00:31:31,039 --> 00:31:34,159
And by the way, I appreciate people

735
00:31:34,159 --> 00:31:37,200
sharing their kinds of self-defense with

736
00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:39,919
each other and because it helps a lot of

737
00:31:39,919 --> 00:31:42,141
us survive in various ways. And

738
00:31:42,141 --> 00:31:43,840
[clears throat] I kind of developed my

739
00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:48,480
own weird self-defense method. Uh, so

740
00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:51,760
when somebody tries to threaten or

741
00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:54,240
assault me in some way, I just look them

742
00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:56,159
right in the eye and say, "If you try to

743
00:31:56,159 --> 00:31:57,600
mess with me, you know what I'm going to

744
00:31:57,600 --> 00:31:59,279
do? I'm going to write a poem about it

745
00:31:59,279 --> 00:32:01,137
and I'm going to read it to you."

746
00:32:01,137 --> 00:32:02,559
[laughter]

747
00:32:02,559 --> 00:32:02,960
>> Thank you.

748
00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:05,519
>> All right, Terry. Thank you so much.

749
00:32:05,519 --> 00:32:07,360
Thank you. Thank you.

750
00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:09,200
>> Jerry the Pizza Man, followed by Steven

751
00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:11,440
White, followed by Damen Cole.

752
00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:14,240
>> Jerry,

753
00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:16,720
come on up. Jerry, that's you, Jerry.

754
00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:18,799
Miffs.

755
00:32:18,799 --> 00:32:22,880
Can we Can you help him?

756
00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:26,389
>> Thank you.

757
00:32:26,399 --> 00:32:27,919
» Did somebody ask you to help me?

758
00:32:27,919 --> 00:32:30,320
>> Yeah. [laughter]

759
00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:31,120
>> There.

760
00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:35,842
>> What do you think I got a king for?

761
00:32:35,852 --> 00:32:37,039
[clears throat]

762
00:32:37,039 --> 00:32:38,720
>> You're looking younger every time I see

763
00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:39,360
you, Hillary.

764
00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:41,600
>> I'm just getting shorter.

765
00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:43,760
>> My [clears throat] name is Hillary Mson.

766
00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:47,039
Good morning, uh, Hillary.

767
00:32:47,039 --> 00:32:48,960
Uh Devin, you never looked more

768
00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:52,872
lovelier. [laughter]

769
00:32:52,882 --> 00:32:55,039
[snorts] City Attorney Carl Hall will be

770
00:32:55,039 --> 00:32:57,919
retiring this year. Carl Hall is the guy

771
00:32:57,919 --> 00:32:59,840
over there with the red head. He fell

772
00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:03,200
asleep in a tanning salon. Carl, good

773
00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:05,360
job.

774
00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:07,360
>> Like an attorney, he hardly talked, but

775
00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:09,039
that's all right.

776
00:33:09,039 --> 00:33:09,600
>> And now,

777
00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:13,279
>> just a reminder that comments need

778
00:33:13,279 --> 00:33:15,519
>> the final curtain. Go ahead,

779
00:33:15,519 --> 00:33:20,710
>> my friend. I'll tell it clear.

780
00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:24,320
I'll state my case of which I'm certain.

781
00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:25,679
Mrs. Frank, not

782
00:33:25,679 --> 00:33:27,360
>> I I was going to say I know those words.

783
00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:29,919
>> I've lived a life that's full. I've

784
00:33:29,919 --> 00:33:37,200
traveled each and every highway and more of this. I did it my way.

785
00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:39,519
I've lived, I've loved, and I've laughed

786
00:33:39,519 --> 00:33:43,440
and I've cried and I've I've had some

787
00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:47,600
losing. And now as tears subside, I find

788
00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:51,600
it all so amusing.

789
00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:53,919
But through it all,

790
00:33:53,919 --> 00:33:56,240
when there was doubt,

791
00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:59,519
I ate it up and I spit it out and I

792
00:33:59,519 --> 00:34:03,760
stood tall and I did it my way. Bing.

793
00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:07,039
Okay. Now,

794
00:34:07,039 --> 00:34:09,520
my advice, and I want to give a bunch of

795
00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:12,800
advice before I retire and get that

796
00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:16,000
lifetime achievement award that I'm

797
00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:19,599
working with Brian on. [clears throat]

798
00:34:19,599 --> 00:34:21,520
Um,

799
00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:24,720
number one, all city council members

800
00:34:24,720 --> 00:34:27,119
that are overseeing a ward need to be

801
00:34:27,119 --> 00:34:30,240
drug tested once a month. Number two,

802
00:34:30,240 --> 00:34:33,119
all city council members overseeing a

803
00:34:33,119 --> 00:34:36,240
ward need to submit

804
00:34:36,240 --> 00:34:39,839
once a month a report on what they're

805
00:34:39,839 --> 00:34:43,040
doing and I'll make you an offer. I'll

806
00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:45,919
give you your own radio show because I'm

807
00:34:45,919 --> 00:34:50,800
talking with American Matters Eddie

808
00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:55,040
Floyd Eddie Floyd about having a city

809
00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:57,839
council member appear

810
00:34:57,839 --> 00:35:01,040
on a radio and take calls from people

811
00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:04,160
from their ward or the general public

812
00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:07,839
this way offering some transparency.

813
00:35:07,839 --> 00:35:13,520
People need to feel that that you're willing to be open and let them

814
00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:16,240
know what's going on. As far as the fire

815
00:35:16,240 --> 00:35:18,400
goes, some people stopped me on the way

816
00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:21,680
in and said, "We're not hearing enough."

817
00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:24,240
>> So, get as much information about what's

818
00:35:24,240 --> 00:35:26,640
going on. We know you're doing your

819
00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:29,680
best. Uh, Mayor Shivy,

820
00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:32,240
Mayor Shivi, you know you're doing your

821
00:35:32,240 --> 00:35:33,760
best.

822
00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:35,520
>> Come on. You know, I put on special

823
00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:37,289
cologne just to be here today.

824
00:35:37,289 --> 00:35:37,760
>> [laughter]

825
00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:39,040
>> Um,

826
00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:41,599
>> I want to thank you very much. Uh, nice

827
00:35:41,599 --> 00:35:44,960
to see you, Vice Mayor Martinez.

828
00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:47,040
Have a nice day,

829
00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:49,359
>> Jerry. That was very nice. That was my

830
00:35:49,359 --> 00:35:49,839
father.

831
00:35:49,839 --> 00:35:50,880
>> We're still here.

832
00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:51,520
>> So,

833
00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:53,839
>> and we're not done yet. That's me and my

834
00:35:53,839 --> 00:35:55,599
fellow seniors. Let's hear it for

835
00:35:55,599 --> 00:35:58,249
seniors.

836
00:35:58,249 --> 00:35:59,680
[laughter]

837
00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:01,440
>> That's it.

838
00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:02,160
>> Okay. Thank you.

839
00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:05,454
>> Jerry calls them seniors.

840
00:36:05,454 --> 00:36:06,160
>> [laughter]

841
00:36:06,160 --> 00:36:08,240
>> Thanks, Jerry. Steven White, followed by

842
00:36:08,240 --> 00:36:11,680
Damen Cole, followed by Kellen Flanigan.

843
00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:13,680
>> She likes to attorney.

844
00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:14,320
>> Okay,

845
00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:23,510
>> there's two attorney.

846
00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:27,070
» You almost had to drag me up here.

847
00:36:27,070 --> 00:36:30,870
[snorts]

848
00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:33,520
Stephen White here, notorious defender

849
00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:36,000
of your First Amendment rights to be an

850
00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:38,160
artist in America.

851
00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:40,000
Um,

852
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:41,680
after hearing what's been happening over

853
00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:43,440
here with the fires and all, probably

854
00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:44,880
what I'm talking about is a little bit

855
00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:47,680
trivial, but you know, I've worked with

856
00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:49,440
young people for many, many years in the

857
00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:51,520
arts and something that's important for

858
00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:53,200
us all to understand is that young

859
00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:55,440
people when they're doing artwork, those

860
00:36:55,440 --> 00:36:57,440
art works of art are a treasure to them.

861
00:36:57,440 --> 00:36:59,520
They don't want to necessarily sell

862
00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:03,359
their original works of art. Now, we run

863
00:37:03,359 --> 00:37:05,119
into a problem when we're writing

864
00:37:05,119 --> 00:37:07,599
municipal codes or putting information

865
00:37:07,599 --> 00:37:10,880
on the website or making signage about

866
00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:13,520
dealing with artists in the parks. And

867
00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:16,400
we use the words artists are invited to

868
00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:18,720
display and sell original expressive

869
00:37:18,720 --> 00:37:21,520
works of art. That becomes a problem

870
00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:24,079
because young people they read that and

871
00:37:24,079 --> 00:37:25,680
they think well I don't want to sell my

872
00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:28,560
original work of art and so they're gone

873
00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:30,320
and they they you know don't get

874
00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:32,800
involved in all this. Trouble is you see

875
00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:34,880
the ninth circuit in the second circuit

876
00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:37,200
a ninth circuit ruling in white versus

877
00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:40,480
park second sentence they say we hold

878
00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:42,240
that an artist sale of his original

879
00:37:42,240 --> 00:37:44,079
artwork constitutes speech protected by

880
00:37:44,079 --> 00:37:46,480
the first amendment. But in the legal

881
00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:49,599
world, the word original is referring to

882
00:37:49,599 --> 00:37:51,359
being original to the artist that

883
00:37:51,359 --> 00:37:54,880
created it. But in the art world, the

884
00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:57,280
word original means it's not a print.

885
00:37:57,280 --> 00:38:00,720
It's the original work of art. And so we

886
00:38:00,720 --> 00:38:02,400
got to be careful when we use this

887
00:38:02,400 --> 00:38:04,160
language. You don't want to use the word

888
00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:07,359
original in the signage or any of that.

889
00:38:07,359 --> 00:38:09,520
Same thing with the word expressive. The

890
00:38:09,520 --> 00:38:11,200
word expressive has to be used in the

891
00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:14,240
proper context. Understand? say, "I ran

892
00:38:14,240 --> 00:38:16,880
into a lady the other day that does uh

893
00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:19,760
tie-dyed scarfves." Well, she's the

894
00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:21,359
artist. She created it. They're one of a

895
00:38:21,359 --> 00:38:24,400
kind, original, and they're expressive,

896
00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:26,880
but they're not allowed because they are

897
00:38:26,880 --> 00:38:29,599
functional and useful. So, we have to

898
00:38:29,599 --> 00:38:31,200
change that wording to artists are

899
00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:33,200
invited, display, and sell works of art

900
00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:36,000
that they have personally created and

901
00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:38,240
that have no other purpose than to be

902
00:38:38,240 --> 00:38:40,640
expressive. We need to put both those

903
00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:43,359
words in proper context. And I'd rather

904
00:38:43,359 --> 00:38:46,400
see the word original. I've used it all

905
00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:49,440
in writing these these uh signings and

906
00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:53,119
that sort of thing. Um

907
00:38:53,119 --> 00:38:54,960
I'm all about getting kids involved in

908
00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:57,839
all this and uh we need to do everything

909
00:38:57,839 --> 00:39:00,160
we can to encourage young people that

910
00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:01,839
let them know that they can do prints of

911
00:39:01,839 --> 00:39:03,920
their original artwork. They can take

912
00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:06,079
prints of their original artwork and and

913
00:39:06,079 --> 00:39:07,920
even go to Costco and have them printed

914
00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:11,119
on canvas. They can do a print on on

915
00:39:11,119 --> 00:39:13,200
photo paper at home in their own home

916
00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:15,440
from computer and put it in an

917
00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:17,520
inexpensive frame from Walmart and

918
00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:19,040
they'll have a work of art they can put

919
00:39:19,040 --> 00:39:21,680
on display and share with the community.

920
00:39:21,680 --> 00:39:23,520
But we want to be real careful using

921
00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:26,160
these words original and the wording

922
00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:28,507
that we use is very important. I've

923
00:39:28,507 --> 00:39:30,000
[snorts] already talked to Mr. Hall

924
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:31,760
about this and and Nathan and we're

925
00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:33,440
working on these things.

926
00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:36,640
And and final note, God bless all the

927
00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:38,000
people that are being affected by the

928
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:40,240
fire. And one last thing I wanted to say

929
00:39:40,240 --> 00:39:44,000
is God bless the wonderful, beautiful

930
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:45,680
humanitarian

931
00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:46,640
Dolly Parton.

932
00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:48,320
>> No, passed away.

933
00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:50,880
>> God bless all of you. Thank you.

934
00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:54,320
>> Thank you so so so much. Someone shared

935
00:39:54,320 --> 00:39:57,440
a story with me about Dolly Parton when

936
00:39:57,440 --> 00:39:59,280
she was here many many years ago

937
00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:04,160
performing in Reno. First of all, they said between every song she changed

938
00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:06,800
outfits, but she was rolling out, I

939
00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:10,240
guess, a penny penny slots, and she

940
00:40:10,240 --> 00:40:12,880
insisted that they be penny pennies

941
00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:14,079
because she wanted to she said,

942
00:40:14,079 --> 00:40:16,480
"Everyone deserves to win something."

943
00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:19,440
And so she said, "They must be pennies.

944
00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:21,200
They were trying to

945
00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:24,640
force her to do, you know, bigger asks,

946
00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:26,480
but she said, "Absolutely not. I'll only

947
00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:28,880
do pennies." So, I just thought that was

948
00:40:28,880 --> 00:40:31,280
so dolly to say everyone deserves to win

949
00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:35,510
something. So,

950
00:40:35,520 --> 00:40:36,480
» okay,

951
00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:40,000
>> come on. Come on up, Damian.

952
00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:41,680
>> I know we've been in the midst of stuff,

953
00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:42,160
but

954
00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:42,720
>> Oh, yes.

955
00:40:42,720 --> 00:40:44,079
>> I kind of had to.

956
00:40:44,079 --> 00:40:45,760
>> Yeah, I came here to talk about the

957
00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:46,960
>> pivot for a minute.

958
00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:49,119
>> Yes. No, that's that's totally fine. Go

959
00:40:49,119 --> 00:40:51,440
ahead. Uh Damen Cole for the record.

960
00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:53,760
Good morning, Madam Mayor, City Council.

961
00:40:53,760 --> 00:40:55,760
So, I came here to talk about the

962
00:40:55,760 --> 00:40:57,200
signatures that I've been collecting

963
00:40:57,200 --> 00:40:59,599
regarding the walkway. But, uh, very

964
00:40:59,599 --> 00:41:03,040
briefly, I just want to mention, so, um,

965
00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:04,640
ever since the fire started, things

966
00:41:04,640 --> 00:41:07,680
pivoted. Um, I recognized when I saw the

967
00:41:07,680 --> 00:41:10,688
plume of smoke like palm pages let off.

968
00:41:10,688 --> 00:41:12,319
[sighs] Something had to be done. So, I

969
00:41:12,319 --> 00:41:15,280
started a stream that I had run for

970
00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:17,200
three days straight, providing community

971
00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:18,880
information to people, gathering people

972
00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:20,800
together, getting information

973
00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:23,839
disseminated. Um and so for three 3 days

974
00:41:23,839 --> 00:41:25,280
straight I said I'm going to keep on

975
00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:27,760
doing this until we get at least to 50%

976
00:41:27,760 --> 00:41:30,800
containment which took 3 days. So um

977
00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:32,240
before I talk about this other thing

978
00:41:32,240 --> 00:41:34,400
real quick I just want to mention um

979
00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:36,720
some anomalies came about. one of them

980
00:41:36,720 --> 00:41:39,599
which was extremely

981
00:41:39,599 --> 00:41:42,079
concerning

982
00:41:42,079 --> 00:41:45,520
um I don't want to divulge details

983
00:41:45,520 --> 00:41:47,599
because it might interfere with uh the

984
00:41:47,599 --> 00:41:49,599
ongoing investigation but someone came

985
00:41:49,599 --> 00:41:52,720
into the chat early on in the broadcast

986
00:41:52,720 --> 00:41:54,560
that said some comments that were

987
00:41:54,560 --> 00:41:57,680
extremely disturbing and uh I handed

988
00:41:57,680 --> 00:42:02,000
those off to authorities. Um so no

989
00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:04,319
bypass everyone's been talking about

990
00:42:04,319 --> 00:42:06,960
Dickerson. We need to have a uh the

991
00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:09,040
underpass getting to Fourth Street over

992
00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:12,720
there. Uh US 395 and everything above

993
00:42:12,720 --> 00:42:15,599
PAR, same thing. When access gets cut

994
00:42:15,599 --> 00:42:17,760
off, especially when the fire jumped the

995
00:42:17,760 --> 00:42:20,800
uh the 395, you either had to go north

996
00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:23,599
up to Portola in Susanville or you had

997
00:42:23,599 --> 00:42:26,000
to go south. There were no bypasses. Uh

998
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:28,000
something I noticed is that um uh during

999
00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:30,400
the reports I was giving uh authorities

1000
00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:32,880
said that the Reno Sparks Indian colony

1001
00:42:32,880 --> 00:42:35,119
access road to Spanish Springs over to

1002
00:42:35,119 --> 00:42:38,000
Eagle Canyon was not allowed. That could

1003
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:41,119
have provided a very valuable bypass

1004
00:42:41,119 --> 00:42:44,000
dirt road. Who cares? Take it, get to

1005
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:45,839
Eagle Canyon, and then you can get to

1006
00:42:45,839 --> 00:42:48,000
safety over there and then head down

1007
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:51,359
Pyramid Way to get to downtown. Um so

1008
00:42:51,359 --> 00:42:53,440
that's that's very important. In the

1009
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:54,800
minute that I have left, I just want to

1010
00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:56,880
mention that so far there have been 300

1011
00:42:56,880 --> 00:43:00,800
uh 500 and switching over 535 signatures

1012
00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:03,599
so far. 6 hours worth of in-person

1013
00:43:03,599 --> 00:43:05,839
signatures that I have collected to uh

1014
00:43:05,839 --> 00:43:09,119
clear the Truckucky River uh bike path

1015
00:43:09,119 --> 00:43:12,079
and the Riverwalk um [snorts] at 180

1016
00:43:12,079 --> 00:43:15,040
East First Street. And uh I noticed

1017
00:43:15,040 --> 00:43:18,079
something and also I submitted it to the

1018
00:43:18,079 --> 00:43:19,599
417

1019
00:43:19,599 --> 00:43:21,760
online and it's still going as of this

1020
00:43:21,760 --> 00:43:24,880
morning. Um, I have noticed that there

1021
00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:27,839
are uh discrepancies in city code. Title

1022
00:43:27,839 --> 00:43:30,800
8 considers a fence to be a

1023
00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:32,560
self-standing structure that's under

1024
00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:35,839
code enforcement. Title 18 does not.

1025
00:43:35,839 --> 00:43:37,200
Which means that when the planning

1026
00:43:37,200 --> 00:43:39,440
department looks at code, they say, "Oh,

1027
00:43:39,440 --> 00:43:42,480
well, that's not a structure." And um

1028
00:43:42,480 --> 00:43:45,270
that's an issue because code that

1029
00:43:45,270 --> 00:43:47,359
[clears throat] was merged in 2021 into

1030
00:43:47,359 --> 00:43:49,839
development services as part of title 18

1031
00:43:49,839 --> 00:43:51,359
that previously belonged to the

1032
00:43:51,359 --> 00:43:53,680
redevelopment agency is considered by

1033
00:43:53,680 --> 00:43:56,160
one department to be the law and then

1034
00:43:56,160 --> 00:43:58,079
another department is considering

1035
00:43:58,079 --> 00:44:01,680
opposite opposing code to be the law. So

1036
00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:04,960
that that is minor in comparison, but um

1037
00:44:04,960 --> 00:44:06,640
madame mayor, if you do want me to give

1038
00:44:06,640 --> 00:44:08,160
you the details about what was spoken

1039
00:44:08,160 --> 00:44:10,800
about on that broadcast, please contact

1040
00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:12,640
me directly. I would rather do that

1041
00:44:12,640 --> 00:44:13,200
rather than

1042
00:44:13,200 --> 00:44:13,680
>> Sure.

1043
00:44:13,680 --> 00:44:14,560
>> Yeah. Thank you.

1044
00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:17,920
>> Thank you so much, Damian.

1045
00:44:17,920 --> 00:44:19,760
>> Kellen Flanigan followed by Kendy

1046
00:44:19,760 --> 00:44:22,720
Bartalam followed by Darcy Phillips and

1047
00:44:22,720 --> 00:44:24,960
take a picture with

1048
00:44:24,960 --> 00:44:26,319
>> Hi guys.

1049
00:44:26,319 --> 00:44:27,599
>> You're Are you Kellen?

1050
00:44:27,599 --> 00:44:30,240
>> I'm Kellen Flanigan. Are you related to

1051
00:44:30,240 --> 00:44:31,839
like the Flanigans?

1052
00:44:31,839 --> 00:44:32,640
>> No.

1053
00:44:32,640 --> 00:44:34,400
>> Uhuh. I think I'm the only one I know

1054
00:44:34,400 --> 00:44:35,280
here.

1055
00:44:35,280 --> 00:44:36,000
>> Really?

1056
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:36,720
>> Positive.

1057
00:44:36,720 --> 00:44:38,560
>> I went to school with some really cool

1058
00:44:38,560 --> 00:44:39,440
flanigans.

1059
00:44:39,440 --> 00:44:41,280
>> Oh, did you? I grew up in Louisiana and

1060
00:44:41,280 --> 00:44:42,800
>> Oh, you did? Okay. Not the same

1061
00:44:42,800 --> 00:44:43,520
flanigans.

1062
00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:44,160
>> Not the same,

1063
00:44:44,160 --> 00:44:46,079
>> but Reno's small, so typically we're all

1064
00:44:46,079 --> 00:44:48,240
related in some capacity. I'll take it.

1065
00:44:48,240 --> 00:44:49,359
>> All right. Well, thank you for being

1066
00:44:49,359 --> 00:44:50,079
here. Go ahead.

1067
00:44:50,079 --> 00:44:51,920
>> Thank you for having us. Thank you. Nice

1068
00:44:51,920 --> 00:44:53,680
to meet you, Miss Nevada. And thanks to

1069
00:44:53,680 --> 00:44:56,800
the firefighters. This issue may seem a

1070
00:44:56,800 --> 00:44:58,960
little bit insignificant compared in

1071
00:44:58,960 --> 00:45:00,079
light of all the fires that we're

1072
00:45:00,079 --> 00:45:01,599
having, but I'm here on behalf of just a

1073
00:45:01,599 --> 00:45:03,599
small business dilemma that we're

1074
00:45:03,599 --> 00:45:05,599
having. And as you can see, I work at

1075
00:45:05,599 --> 00:45:07,520
Grateful Gardens, local restaurant right

1076
00:45:07,520 --> 00:45:09,040
here in Midtown. I think you guys have

1077
00:45:09,040 --> 00:45:10,640
probably frequented all the time.

1078
00:45:10,640 --> 00:45:12,560
>> I've seen y'all in there before, too.

1079
00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:14,400
>> And we just having a tough time parking

1080
00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:16,640
on those side streets right now. It's a

1081
00:45:16,640 --> 00:45:17,760
little bit of a whirlpool with the

1082
00:45:17,760 --> 00:45:19,520
oneways and the mediums, but you know,

1083
00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:20,880
we're happy with the changes that have

1084
00:45:20,880 --> 00:45:22,240
been made in the city in terms of

1085
00:45:22,240 --> 00:45:23,359
roading. You're talking about the

1086
00:45:23,359 --> 00:45:24,079
Midtown

1087
00:45:24,079 --> 00:45:26,400
>> Midtown location specifically. And right

1088
00:45:26,400 --> 00:45:28,240
now there's two-hour parkings allotted

1089
00:45:28,240 --> 00:45:30,400
on the side street [snorts] which we had

1090
00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:32,640
a pretty blissful era I'd say about 10

1091
00:45:32,640 --> 00:45:34,000
years where all the staff is allowed to

1092
00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:35,839
park there without getting ticketed. And

1093
00:45:35,839 --> 00:45:38,079
I'm not asking that's the city's job is

1094
00:45:38,079 --> 00:45:39,920
to ticket people. But now we are being

1095
00:45:39,920 --> 00:45:42,160
ticketed and I think our city's populace

1096
00:45:42,160 --> 00:45:44,800
has grown to an extent where it's kind

1097
00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:46,240
of hard to find parking for our staff

1098
00:45:46,240 --> 00:45:48,400
members. everybody in that lot. There's

1099
00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:50,000
probably four other businesses in this

1100
00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:52,319
complex and near nearby businesses along

1101
00:45:52,319 --> 00:45:54,480
these side streets as well. And for them

1102
00:45:54,480 --> 00:45:56,560
to park in the lot, it takes up any

1103
00:45:56,560 --> 00:45:58,079
parking spots for the guests that are

1104
00:45:58,079 --> 00:46:00,000
coming in. So, they're being pushed

1105
00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:02,166
away. So, I feel like we're losing some

1106
00:46:02,166 --> 00:46:02,720
[snorts]

1107
00:46:02,720 --> 00:46:04,480
potential customers as well as other

1108
00:46:04,480 --> 00:46:06,400
businesses because some of them house up

1109
00:46:06,400 --> 00:46:08,960
to 20 employees. So, if everybody's

1110
00:46:08,960 --> 00:46:10,240
parking in our lots and not on the

1111
00:46:10,240 --> 00:46:12,079
streets, it's becoming a little bit

1112
00:46:12,079 --> 00:46:14,079
frustrating for, you know, us,

1113
00:46:14,079 --> 00:46:15,280
especially when you go out to your car

1114
00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:17,280
and you have a $80 ticket on your

1115
00:46:17,280 --> 00:46:19,760
windshield. So, we're just here to ask

1116
00:46:19,760 --> 00:46:22,880
for potential solutions. Maybe in light

1117
00:46:22,880 --> 00:46:25,119
of the growth of the city, 2 hours can

1118
00:46:25,119 --> 00:46:27,440
be extended to four, five or six, maybe

1119
00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:29,599
on just the weekdays for because

1120
00:46:29,599 --> 00:46:31,200
nobody's really walking around Midtown

1121
00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:33,359
for five, six hours at a time. It's not

1122
00:46:33,359 --> 00:46:35,920
San Francisco, but I thought that could

1123
00:46:35,920 --> 00:46:38,480
be an idea. or potentially a parking

1124
00:46:38,480 --> 00:46:41,119
permit for employees in the Midtown area

1125
00:46:41,119 --> 00:46:42,240
where they're allowed to park on the

1126
00:46:42,240 --> 00:46:44,640
street and that could be delivered or

1127
00:46:44,640 --> 00:46:46,640
distributed with a small fee or

1128
00:46:46,640 --> 00:46:49,119
something to make up for that. I'm not

1129
00:46:49,119 --> 00:46:50,880
sure. We just want some help for this

1130
00:46:50,880 --> 00:46:52,880
dilemma cuz everyone's parking in the

1131
00:46:52,880 --> 00:46:54,480
lot and it makes it tough for the

1132
00:46:54,480 --> 00:46:56,079
customers to park there and it makes it

1133
00:46:56,079 --> 00:46:58,000
tough when you have to go outside

1134
00:46:58,000 --> 00:47:00,640
>> after a shift and pay half of your wages

1135
00:47:00,640 --> 00:47:01,839
to the city. So,

1136
00:47:01,839 --> 00:47:02,319
>> absolutely.

1137
00:47:02,319 --> 00:47:04,960
>> I think you guys can help. can um make

1138
00:47:04,960 --> 00:47:06,480
sure you leave me your contact

1139
00:47:06,480 --> 00:47:08,560
information. Will you please give him my

1140
00:47:08,560 --> 00:47:10,079
email address too?

1141
00:47:10,079 --> 00:47:13,200
>> And just send me um an email on that

1142
00:47:13,200 --> 00:47:15,359
too, please. But I will reach out.

1143
00:47:15,359 --> 00:47:17,040
>> Yeah. Well, thank you for hearing.

1144
00:47:17,040 --> 00:47:18,560
>> Yeah, we look forward to hear from you.

1145
00:47:18,560 --> 00:47:19,040
>> Okay. Thank you.

1146
00:47:19,040 --> 00:47:20,160
>> Bye, guys. I got to get back. It's

1147
00:47:20,160 --> 00:47:21,599
burning and we're getting our best.

1148
00:47:21,599 --> 00:47:23,680
>> Oh, that's right. That's right. Thank

1149
00:47:23,680 --> 00:47:26,079
you,

1150
00:47:26,079 --> 00:47:28,000
>> Kendy Bartal, followed by Darcy

1151
00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:38,230
Phillips, followed by Danny Cleus.

1152
00:47:38,240 --> 00:47:42,480
Okay. Uh, good morning, Councilman

1153
00:47:42,480 --> 00:47:46,240
and Mayor Shivi. Um, my name is Kendy

1154
00:47:46,240 --> 00:47:49,520
Berthalome, and I wanted to talk about

1155
00:47:49,520 --> 00:47:53,839
the Moose Ridge neighborhood project.

1156
00:47:53,839 --> 00:47:56,400
I want to make it very clear, I'm not

1157
00:47:56,400 --> 00:47:59,359
against development.

1158
00:47:59,359 --> 00:48:03,280
I grew up there since 2002.

1159
00:48:03,280 --> 00:48:05,680
My concern is whether the proposed

1160
00:48:05,680 --> 00:48:09,359
increase from three units

1161
00:48:09,359 --> 00:48:12,000
to eight units per acre is safe and

1162
00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:14,478
sustainable.

1163
00:48:14,478 --> 00:48:16,640
[snorts] I witnessed firsthand this

1164
00:48:16,640 --> 00:48:20,800
weekend how long it took.

1165
00:48:20,800 --> 00:48:24,319
My home is less than three miles. It

1166
00:48:24,319 --> 00:48:34,630
took me an hour [gasps] to get to I 80.

1167
00:48:34,640 --> 00:48:38,160
There were roadblocks, hundreds of cars.

1168
00:48:38,160 --> 00:48:41,359
My six-year-old in the car crying,

1169
00:48:41,359 --> 00:48:45,918
asking me what is going to happen.

1170
00:48:45,918 --> 00:48:48,390
[snorts]

1171
00:48:48,400 --> 00:48:52,000
I want to ask this community and you

1172
00:48:52,000 --> 00:48:55,920
councilman to really think about is it

1173
00:48:55,920 --> 00:48:58,480
worth

1174
00:48:58,480 --> 00:49:00,880
increasing

1175
00:49:00,880 --> 00:49:03,680
eight units per acre

1176
00:49:03,680 --> 00:49:07,520
when it took us an hour to drive less

1177
00:49:07,520 --> 00:49:12,069
than three miles.

1178
00:49:12,079 --> 00:49:14,400
And I can tell you, I've lived there and

1179
00:49:14,400 --> 00:49:17,200
have seen

1180
00:49:17,200 --> 00:49:20,640
storms, flash floods. I've seen on the

1181
00:49:20,640 --> 00:49:23,920
end of Vmont cars stranded because there

1182
00:49:23,920 --> 00:49:26,880
is not enough snow pals to get to that

1183
00:49:26,880 --> 00:49:32,630
area. There is insufficient amount.

1184
00:49:32,640 --> 00:49:35,839
So before you approve it,

1185
00:49:35,839 --> 00:49:39,440
please consider the infrastructure,

1186
00:49:39,440 --> 00:49:43,760
evacuation routes, roads.

1187
00:49:43,760 --> 00:49:46,000
Consider the people who have lived

1188
00:49:46,000 --> 00:49:48,000
through it.

1189
00:49:48,000 --> 00:49:50,559
This is the third fire. I've lived there

1190
00:49:50,559 --> 00:49:57,829
since 2002.

1191
00:49:57,839 --> 00:50:02,480
Two weeks ago. 70 acres.

1192
00:50:02,480 --> 00:50:05,440
This last weekend, more than 15 ac

1193
00:50:05,440 --> 00:50:13,030
15,000 acres. This is real.

1194
00:50:13,040 --> 00:50:16,240
I want you guys to

1195
00:50:16,240 --> 00:50:20,800
reconsider how development is

1196
00:50:20,800 --> 00:50:24,160
because we can't control how many cars

1197
00:50:24,160 --> 00:50:26,880
are on the emergency.

1198
00:50:26,880 --> 00:50:29,200
We don't get to choose how quickly we

1199
00:50:29,200 --> 00:50:31,200
can get out.

1200
00:50:31,200 --> 00:50:34,480
But we definitely can choose how we plan

1201
00:50:34,480 --> 00:50:36,240
today.

1202
00:50:36,240 --> 00:50:37,040
Thank you.

1203
00:50:37,040 --> 00:50:38,960
>> Can you just say what street again that

1204
00:50:38,960 --> 00:50:40,160
you live on?

1205
00:50:40,160 --> 00:50:41,599
>> I live on Morgan.

1206
00:50:41,599 --> 00:50:42,079
>> Morgan.

1207
00:50:42,079 --> 00:50:43,839
Hill Court.

1208
00:50:43,839 --> 00:50:44,880
>> Okay. Thank you.

1209
00:50:44,880 --> 00:50:48,710
>> Thank you.

1210
00:50:48,720 --> 00:50:50,960
» Darcy Phillips followed by Danny Cleus

1211
00:50:50,960 --> 00:50:54,319
followed by Deianne Radcliffe.

1212
00:50:54,319 --> 00:50:56,559
>> Good morning council and mayor. I'm

1213
00:50:56,559 --> 00:50:58,000
Darcy Phillips. I'm the executive

1214
00:50:58,000 --> 00:50:59,440
director of Keep Truckucky Meadows

1215
00:50:59,440 --> 00:51:02,880
Beautiful. Um, I'm here for a couple of

1216
00:51:02,880 --> 00:51:04,559
reasons. I wanted to thank council

1217
00:51:04,559 --> 00:51:06,559
members Ree and Anderson for donations

1218
00:51:06,559 --> 00:51:08,480
to us that are on the agenda today. We

1219
00:51:08,480 --> 00:51:10,880
really appreciate it. We do hope that we

1220
00:51:10,880 --> 00:51:13,040
will be called on by parks and wreck and

1221
00:51:13,040 --> 00:51:14,319
the county to help with some of the

1222
00:51:14,319 --> 00:51:16,480
revitation after the fire and parks and

1223
00:51:16,480 --> 00:51:19,040
open spaces and the forest service um

1224
00:51:19,040 --> 00:51:23,200
areas. Um, but I I did want to say I

1225
00:51:23,200 --> 00:51:24,559
have been sending you all quarterly

1226
00:51:24,559 --> 00:51:26,319
reports about the work we've done in

1227
00:51:26,319 --> 00:51:28,880
your wards. And I wanted to put on the

1228
00:51:28,880 --> 00:51:32,720
record that in 2025, volunteers at KTMBB

1229
00:51:32,720 --> 00:51:36,880
participated in 186 cleanups in the city

1230
00:51:36,880 --> 00:51:40,240
of Reno. Almost 3,000 volunteers at a

1231
00:51:40,240 --> 00:51:43,680
value of $236,000

1232
00:51:43,680 --> 00:51:47,920
um in in kind donation. Um, during 2025,

1233
00:51:47,920 --> 00:51:50,640
volunteers cleaned up 200,000 pounds of

1234
00:51:50,640 --> 00:51:52,400
litter, green waste, and invasive leads.

1235
00:51:52,400 --> 00:51:54,160
I can't even process what that looks

1236
00:51:54,160 --> 00:51:56,720
like. It's such a huge amount. Um,

1237
00:51:56,720 --> 00:52:00,400
installed over 3,500 plants and wrapped

1238
00:52:00,400 --> 00:52:02,880
60 trees for beaver protection along the

1239
00:52:02,880 --> 00:52:06,000
river corridor. Um we also me uh manage

1240
00:52:06,000 --> 00:52:08,240
and maintain the sensory garden in Idle

1241
00:52:08,240 --> 00:52:11,520
Wild Park. Um a very fun pet project of

1242
00:52:11,520 --> 00:52:14,160
ours and we're out there every Wednesday

1243
00:52:14,160 --> 00:52:17,839
um working. I wanted to also tell you

1244
00:52:17,839 --> 00:52:21,359
all that um I'm going to cry. After 15

1245
00:52:21,359 --> 00:52:22,960
years of living here, my husband and I

1246
00:52:22,960 --> 00:52:25,920
are moving home to Colorado.

1247
00:52:25,920 --> 00:52:27,359
>> As you can tell, I'm very mixed about

1248
00:52:27,359 --> 00:52:29,119
this. Happy, sad, sad, happy, depending

1249
00:52:29,119 --> 00:52:31,920
on the day. But it has been an honor to

1250
00:52:31,920 --> 00:52:34,720
be part of the machine that is KTMBB and

1251
00:52:34,720 --> 00:52:36,880
all the work and I I look forward to

1252
00:52:36,880 --> 00:52:39,200
watching it from afar and seeing the

1253
00:52:39,200 --> 00:52:41,440
amazing work that continues. I will be

1254
00:52:41,440 --> 00:52:43,040
here through the Truckucky River cleanup

1255
00:52:43,040 --> 00:52:45,359
on September 26th. And if any of you

1256
00:52:45,359 --> 00:52:47,280
want to join us at a site in your ward,

1257
00:52:47,280 --> 00:52:49,200
let me know and we can we can get you

1258
00:52:49,200 --> 00:52:51,520
there. And I also wanted to just end

1259
00:52:51,520 --> 00:52:53,119
with thanking you all for your support

1260
00:52:53,119 --> 00:52:55,440
of of me and the organization over the

1261
00:52:55,440 --> 00:52:58,079
years. They really and we really

1262
00:52:58,079 --> 00:53:00,880
appreciate it. So, thank you.

1263
00:53:00,880 --> 00:53:02,960
>> Where you go, uh, Mr. Vice Mayor? Yeah.

1264
00:53:02,960 --> 00:53:05,040
I just want to take a moment to thank

1265
00:53:05,040 --> 00:53:07,119
you. You, you know how much I appreciate

1266
00:53:07,119 --> 00:53:08,576
your work, and I'm devastated

1267
00:53:08,576 --> 00:53:10,800
[clears throat] to hear you're moving. I

1268
00:53:10,800 --> 00:53:12,960
That's like an arrow through the heart.

1269
00:53:12,960 --> 00:53:14,640
>> You've [laughter] done such a good job.

1270
00:53:14,640 --> 00:53:16,319
>> Um, but I know that you've trained

1271
00:53:16,319 --> 00:53:18,000
people well, too, that will follow in

1272
00:53:18,000 --> 00:53:20,079
your footsteps. Um, I did want to

1273
00:53:20,079 --> 00:53:22,960
mention that um, the urban forestry will

1274
00:53:22,960 --> 00:53:25,119
be sponsoring a tree planting on that

1275
00:53:25,119 --> 00:53:28,160
same day as part of the KTMB cleanup.

1276
00:53:28,160 --> 00:53:29,599
And I'm sure there's going to be other

1277
00:53:29,599 --> 00:53:31,599
cleanups that maybe council members get

1278
00:53:31,599 --> 00:53:33,760
involved in. Um unfortunately or

1279
00:53:33,760 --> 00:53:36,480
fortunately that same day we prepicked

1280
00:53:36,480 --> 00:53:40,000
to do our hazardous waste cleanup

1281
00:53:40,000 --> 00:53:43,119
>> and um it's my last one and I I tried to

1282
00:53:43,119 --> 00:53:44,800
move it once I found your date and found

1283
00:53:44,800 --> 00:53:46,960
there was no place to move it. So I

1284
00:53:46,960 --> 00:53:48,720
won't be at the tree planting event and

1285
00:53:48,720 --> 00:53:50,640
but we will be collecting waste that

1286
00:53:50,640 --> 00:53:52,960
will be electrical and hazardous waste

1287
00:53:52,960 --> 00:53:54,960
to keep out of the desert,

1288
00:53:54,960 --> 00:53:56,800
>> out of the landfills. This will all be

1289
00:53:56,800 --> 00:53:59,280
recycled. So, just a shout out about

1290
00:53:59,280 --> 00:54:00,880
that and the good work that you've done.

1291
00:54:00,880 --> 00:54:02,000
Thank you so much.

1292
00:54:02,000 --> 00:54:03,200
>> Thank you so much.

1293
00:54:03,200 --> 00:54:04,319
>> Appreciate it.

1294
00:54:04,319 --> 00:54:08,000
>> Thank you.

1295
00:54:08,000 --> 00:54:09,680
>> Danny Cleus, followed by Deian

1296
00:54:09,680 --> 00:54:13,760
Radcliffe, followed by Carlos Raina.

1297
00:54:13,760 --> 00:54:15,680
>> Glad everybody left before I got up

1298
00:54:15,680 --> 00:54:17,680
here.

1299
00:54:17,680 --> 00:54:21,359
Danny Cleus, 53 year resident in North

1300
00:54:21,359 --> 00:54:23,200
Valleys.

1301
00:54:23,200 --> 00:54:26,160
been here since 2017 since we had the

1302
00:54:26,160 --> 00:54:29,040
flood.

1303
00:54:29,040 --> 00:54:31,440
We spoke here for three and a half

1304
00:54:31,440 --> 00:54:33,119
years. Every meeting about

1305
00:54:33,119 --> 00:54:34,800
infrastructure out there in the north

1306
00:54:34,800 --> 00:54:40,150
valleys. Still don't have it.

1307
00:54:40,160 --> 00:54:42,960
Now you have a big old fire. Third one

1308
00:54:42,960 --> 00:54:46,319
in a row for out there. We had a small

1309
00:54:46,319 --> 00:54:48,079
one.

1310
00:54:48,079 --> 00:54:50,880
Week later, we had the bug fire, French

1311
00:54:50,880 --> 00:54:53,440
fire, stallion fire, and now we have the

1312
00:54:53,440 --> 00:54:55,280
hawk fire.

1313
00:54:55,280 --> 00:54:56,880
How many homes were lost on the south

1314
00:54:56,880 --> 00:55:00,950
side of Peine?

1315
00:55:00,960 --> 00:55:02,640
How many homes were lost on the north

1316
00:55:02,640 --> 00:55:07,750
side of Peine?

1317
00:55:07,760 --> 00:55:10,640
Nobody knows because there's none on the

1318
00:55:10,640 --> 00:55:12,480
south side and all of them were lost on

1319
00:55:12,480 --> 00:55:15,119
the north side.

1320
00:55:15,119 --> 00:55:16,480
There should have been more protection

1321
00:55:16,480 --> 00:55:18,800
on that north side, how that fire was

1322
00:55:18,800 --> 00:55:23,680
going than anything on the south side.

1323
00:55:23,680 --> 00:55:25,760
City of Reno,

1324
00:55:25,760 --> 00:55:28,400
you guys talk about each other, how good

1325
00:55:28,400 --> 00:55:30,960
you guys are doing, and everything else.

1326
00:55:30,960 --> 00:55:33,200
I'll tell you what, we're proud of the

1327
00:55:33,200 --> 00:55:34,720
men and women that were fighting the

1328
00:55:34,720 --> 00:55:39,119
fire. We're not proud of how it was ran

1329
00:55:39,119 --> 00:55:41,760
because if we left our property, we

1330
00:55:41,760 --> 00:55:44,079
couldn't get back in.

1331
00:55:44,079 --> 00:55:46,720
I'm diabetic.

1332
00:55:46,720 --> 00:55:50,799
I had two shots left of my insulin. My

1333
00:55:50,799 --> 00:55:52,880
pharmacy said I had to go clear to South

1334
00:55:52,880 --> 00:55:54,880
Reno to get it. But if I would have went

1335
00:55:54,880 --> 00:55:56,880
down to South Reno, I couldn't get back

1336
00:55:56,880 --> 00:55:59,760
home.

1337
00:55:59,760 --> 00:56:03,990
That is BS.

1338
00:56:04,000 --> 00:56:05,520
Now, every time you guys patch your

1339
00:56:05,520 --> 00:56:08,160
back, you know what? I am going to stand

1340
00:56:08,160 --> 00:56:13,200
up and say Reno has a problem. They

1341
00:56:13,200 --> 00:56:14,880
don't like infrastructure. They want it

1342
00:56:14,880 --> 00:56:16,960
done later. Well, it's been eight years

1343
00:56:16,960 --> 00:56:18,400
after a flood. Then there's still no

1344
00:56:18,400 --> 00:56:21,839
infrastructure on that flood.

1345
00:56:21,839 --> 00:56:23,680
Eight years later, they said, "Oh, we

1346
00:56:23,680 --> 00:56:25,760
got to get the people in there. We got

1347
00:56:25,760 --> 00:56:27,599
to get the warehouses in there. Then we

1348
00:56:27,599 --> 00:56:29,040
get the infrastructure." Eight years

1349
00:56:29,040 --> 00:56:31,760
later, where is it?

1350
00:56:31,760 --> 00:56:33,599
Do they have to wait 8 years for the

1351
00:56:33,599 --> 00:56:35,680
fire?

1352
00:56:35,680 --> 00:56:37,920
I hope not because my house still isn't

1353
00:56:37,920 --> 00:56:40,319
whole.

1354
00:56:40,319 --> 00:56:43,680
My work that I did to sue the city and

1355
00:56:43,680 --> 00:56:47,280
win should tell you residents do their

1356
00:56:47,280 --> 00:56:49,119
homework.

1357
00:56:49,119 --> 00:56:52,400
Another thing this city is going to know

1358
00:56:52,400 --> 00:56:54,000
be known every time you guys pat

1359
00:56:54,000 --> 00:56:55,359
yourself on the back for something

1360
00:56:55,359 --> 00:56:57,040
stupid

1361
00:56:57,040 --> 00:56:59,680
that 2017

1362
00:56:59,680 --> 00:57:02,400
you guys caused the flood.

1363
00:57:02,400 --> 00:57:04,880
No infrastructure.

1364
00:57:04,880 --> 00:57:06,640
2026,

1365
00:57:06,640 --> 00:57:08,559
you guys are going to be known that you

1366
00:57:08,559 --> 00:57:10,559
burned down 47 homes in the north

1367
00:57:10,559 --> 00:57:13,920
valleys because no infrastructure to

1368
00:57:13,920 --> 00:57:16,319
protect our families.

1369
00:57:16,319 --> 00:57:20,000
Another thing, they sat on Limon Drive

1370
00:57:20,000 --> 00:57:23,760
for 4 and 1/2 hours of gridlock on Limon

1371
00:57:23,760 --> 00:57:26,160
Drive and they had to go out a dirt

1372
00:57:26,160 --> 00:57:28,720
road. They couldn't go down the freeway.

1373
00:57:28,720 --> 00:57:29,839
>> Thank you, sir.

1374
00:57:29,839 --> 00:57:32,720
>> That's BS.

1375
00:57:32,720 --> 00:57:35,040
Thank you.

1376
00:57:35,040 --> 00:57:37,119
>> BS. And I'm sorry you missed it,

1377
00:57:37,119 --> 00:57:40,710
Hillary.

1378
00:57:40,720 --> 00:57:43,119
» Because you know, for once, I'd like to

1379
00:57:43,119 --> 00:57:44,559
come here and say something good about

1380
00:57:44,559 --> 00:57:46,880
this place. And I'm glad Megan started

1381
00:57:46,880 --> 00:57:49,200
to get her voice back.

1382
00:57:49,200 --> 00:57:53,119
But every time it's a disaster.

1383
00:57:53,119 --> 00:57:55,839
And you guys are infringing on the

1384
00:57:55,839 --> 00:57:58,559
county stuff. I don't live in the city

1385
00:57:58,559 --> 00:58:01,200
of Reno. I live in the county.

1386
00:58:01,200 --> 00:58:03,599
I couldn't get out because of city

1387
00:58:03,599 --> 00:58:06,720
stuff. Four hours of gridlock on a

1388
00:58:06,720 --> 00:58:09,599
two-lane road. And that new realignment

1389
00:58:09,599 --> 00:58:11,520
for Limon Drive wouldn't have helped it

1390
00:58:11,520 --> 00:58:12,799
done because everybody's trying to go

1391
00:58:12,799 --> 00:58:14,559
down a dirt road to get out of the

1392
00:58:14,559 --> 00:58:16,319
valleys.

1393
00:58:16,319 --> 00:58:19,589
Stupid.

1394
00:58:19,599 --> 00:58:21,440
» Deianne Radcliffe followed by Carlos

1395
00:58:21,440 --> 00:58:30,710
Raina followed by Kathy Meade.

1396
00:58:30,720 --> 00:58:32,799
I think the clicker's on the counter.

1397
00:58:32,799 --> 00:58:33,760
It's the

1398
00:58:33,760 --> 00:58:34,720
>> Sorry, on the left hand side.

1399
00:58:34,720 --> 00:58:36,079
>> Oh, sorry. I didn't see I didn't want to

1400
00:58:36,079 --> 00:58:37,280
start till I had the clicker. Did you

1401
00:58:37,280 --> 00:58:41,589
see?

1402
00:58:41,599 --> 00:58:44,079
» All right. Good morning, members of the

1403
00:58:44,079 --> 00:58:45,839
city council. Thank you for being here

1404
00:58:45,839 --> 00:58:48,000
and for your service. Please lodge my

1405
00:58:48,000 --> 00:58:49,839
comments and presentation on the public

1406
00:58:49,839 --> 00:58:52,079
record. My name is Deion Radcliffe and I

1407
00:58:52,079 --> 00:58:54,079
live in Verdi. I'm here to provide

1408
00:58:54,079 --> 00:58:55,920
feedback regarding the Meridian 12 South

1409
00:58:55,920 --> 00:58:58,640
project. Due to time I limits I'm only

1410
00:58:58,640 --> 00:59:01,920
going to cover two topics.

1411
00:59:01,920 --> 00:59:04,640
I have attended over almost 10 years

1412
00:59:04,640 --> 00:59:06,400
every possible meeting regarding this

1413
00:59:06,400 --> 00:59:09,829
project.

1414
00:59:09,839 --> 00:59:11,599
Many properties have steamboat water

1415
00:59:11,599 --> 00:59:13,760
rights and receive irrigation water. It

1416
00:59:13,760 --> 00:59:16,880
is approximately 800 ft photo on the top

1417
00:59:16,880 --> 00:59:19,839
right from the gate on the ditch to our

1418
00:59:19,839 --> 00:59:22,640
properties. As you'll note, there is one

1419
00:59:22,640 --> 00:59:25,040
access near the headgate. According to

1420
00:59:25,040 --> 00:59:27,359
the planning document on the left, no

1421
00:59:27,359 --> 00:59:30,720
cleanouts and an annual flush. Note the

1422
00:59:30,720 --> 00:59:33,440
lack of specificity. This puts all

1423
00:59:33,440 --> 00:59:35,760
residents at risk. As you can see in the

1424
00:59:35,760 --> 00:59:38,400
bottom right, this is not clean filtered

1425
00:59:38,400 --> 00:59:41,589
water.

1426
00:59:41,599 --> 00:59:43,520
Does it seem okay to you to have to walk

1427
00:59:43,520 --> 00:59:45,280
two miles to maintain your irrigation

1428
00:59:45,280 --> 00:59:46,960
gate? This is every month during the

1429
00:59:46,960 --> 00:59:48,720
irrigation months, by the way. Two

1430
00:59:48,720 --> 00:59:51,040
miles. Okay.

1431
00:59:51,040 --> 00:59:53,920
I would like to ask the city of Reno to

1432
00:59:53,920 --> 00:59:56,319
work with residents to ensure that we

1433
00:59:56,319 --> 00:59:59,280
have access to our irrigation water. I

1434
00:59:59,280 --> 01:00:01,520
think 800 ft of a pipe run without

1435
01:00:01,520 --> 01:00:04,480
cleanouts and an annual flush puts every

1436
01:00:04,480 --> 01:00:06,480
resident at risk. Let's talk about

1437
01:00:06,480 --> 01:00:09,200
drainage. So, this is Christmas Eve in

1438
01:00:09,200 --> 01:00:11,359
2025. Was that a big weather day in

1439
01:00:11,359 --> 01:00:13,599
anyone's memory? The answer is no for

1440
01:00:13,599 --> 01:00:15,280
us, but it sure was for the steamboat,

1441
01:00:15,280 --> 01:00:19,280
as you can see by those two photos.

1442
01:00:19,280 --> 01:00:21,520
So the Meridian 120 project, you can see

1443
01:00:21,520 --> 01:00:24,160
the photo on the right, right? You'll

1444
01:00:24,160 --> 01:00:26,559
note that flooding and that Midian 120

1445
01:00:26,559 --> 01:00:29,200
project site. Obviously, the property

1446
01:00:29,200 --> 01:00:30,880
did not read the drainage manual

1447
01:00:30,880 --> 01:00:32,559
submitted for the project on the left

1448
01:00:32,559 --> 01:00:36,960
that notes area of minimal flood hazard.

1449
01:00:36,960 --> 01:00:38,880
Yesterday, I learned a lot of new

1450
01:00:38,880 --> 01:00:41,440
information regarding the detention

1451
01:00:41,440 --> 01:00:44,240
basin and wish that it had been shared

1452
01:00:44,240 --> 01:00:46,559
with me or even available to the public.

1453
01:00:46,559 --> 01:00:48,160
This is not anything available to any

1454
01:00:48,160 --> 01:00:50,240
resident to look at. They are proposing

1455
01:00:50,240 --> 01:00:53,920
an artificial catch basin with a 30in

1456
01:00:53,920 --> 01:00:57,359
pipe draining to a 1 acre detention

1457
01:00:57,359 --> 01:01:00,720
basin. Those are big numbers, right? Um

1458
01:01:00,720 --> 01:01:03,200
that's going to drain onto the backs of

1459
01:01:03,200 --> 01:01:05,599
our properties. Again, they're going to

1460
01:01:05,599 --> 01:01:07,599
collect water in an artificial catch

1461
01:01:07,599 --> 01:01:09,040
basin. It will drain onto our

1462
01:01:09,040 --> 01:01:12,000
properties. This transfers flows offsite

1463
01:01:12,000 --> 01:01:14,319
from their site number one and puts the

1464
01:01:14,319 --> 01:01:16,480
existing neighborhood at risk for

1465
01:01:16,480 --> 01:01:20,079
flooding and damage.

1466
01:01:20,079 --> 01:01:22,799
So again, I've been engaged at every

1467
01:01:22,799 --> 01:01:26,799
possible venue I can. My dad, as a city

1468
01:01:26,799 --> 01:01:30,400
of Reno fireman, showed up for 30 years.

1469
01:01:30,400 --> 01:01:32,799
I've shown up at every possible time

1470
01:01:32,799 --> 01:01:35,040
that I can, but my voice does not

1471
01:01:35,040 --> 01:01:38,559
matter. Thank you for your time.

1472
01:01:38,559 --> 01:01:41,280
>> Um Mr.

1473
01:01:41,280 --> 01:01:43,200
um just a quick question. Is this coming

1474
01:01:43,200 --> 01:01:44,960
up on one of our agendas? Is this going

1475
01:01:44,960 --> 01:01:46,480
to planning commission?

1476
01:01:46,480 --> 01:01:47,920
>> I was just wondering if there was a

1477
01:01:47,920 --> 01:01:49,040
coming action

1478
01:01:49,040 --> 01:01:51,599
>> there. It's final map submissions. I'm

1479
01:01:51,599 --> 01:01:53,599
going to reach out to the the residents

1480
01:01:53,599 --> 01:01:55,440
were sent a card to provide comments by

1481
01:01:55,440 --> 01:01:57,760
this Friday, but again the documents we

1482
01:01:57,760 --> 01:01:59,680
saw yesterday are not available to the

1483
01:01:59,680 --> 01:02:01,440
public. The city of Reno staff members

1484
01:02:01,440 --> 01:02:04,000
would not share it with us. We had a

1485
01:02:04,000 --> 01:02:06,640
meeting right in Verdai residents. that

1486
01:02:06,640 --> 01:02:09,280
this is significant for us. I'm going to

1487
01:02:09,280 --> 01:02:12,480
ask Angela to extend the comment period.

1488
01:02:12,480 --> 01:02:14,400
It does not feel like the right thing to

1489
01:02:14,400 --> 01:02:17,520
do and it doesn't it just does not feel

1490
01:02:17,520 --> 01:02:18,079
okay.

1491
01:02:18,079 --> 01:02:22,630
>> Okay, thank you questions.

1492
01:02:22,640 --> 01:02:24,799
» Carlos Raina followed by Kathy me

1493
01:02:24,799 --> 01:02:27,760
followed by Daniel Bolton.

1494
01:02:27,760 --> 01:02:29,680
>> This is what I didn't cover last council

1495
01:02:29,680 --> 01:02:33,119
meeting about RTC. My name is Carlos

1496
01:02:33,119 --> 01:02:35,040
Raina.

1497
01:02:35,040 --> 01:02:36,720
you know since they came with that you

1498
01:02:36,720 --> 01:02:38,480
know system they have a separate bus

1499
01:02:38,480 --> 01:02:42,000
stop for one in the Virginia line

1500
01:02:42,000 --> 01:02:46,400
is uh I mean it doesn't need it doesn't

1501
01:02:46,400 --> 01:02:49,440
meet uh you know our expectations and

1502
01:02:49,440 --> 01:02:52,400
need because they had their own stops

1503
01:02:52,400 --> 01:02:53,760
and you know they have their own

1504
01:02:53,760 --> 01:02:57,520
separate bus stops and they just make

1505
01:02:57,520 --> 01:02:59,440
people you know mad about that and

1506
01:02:59,440 --> 01:03:01,839
sometimes there is

1507
01:03:01,839 --> 01:03:05,119
uh two three buses bumper to bumper you

1508
01:03:05,119 --> 01:03:06,400
show, you know, because they cannot keep

1509
01:03:06,400 --> 01:03:08,880
up with, you know, CJ jam and the

1510
01:03:08,880 --> 01:03:10,640
traffic

1511
01:03:10,640 --> 01:03:12,240
and I wish you can do something about,

1512
01:03:12,240 --> 01:03:17,119
you know, kind of I already went to the RTC board meeting more than once

1513
01:03:17,119 --> 01:03:20,720
and mentioned this, but like I wasn't

1514
01:03:20,720 --> 01:03:22,640
there

1515
01:03:22,640 --> 01:03:25,520
and uh yeah, I wish you can because it

1516
01:03:25,520 --> 01:03:27,760
just don't meet our expectations, you

1517
01:03:27,760 --> 01:03:31,359
know, need having in the same street

1518
01:03:31,359 --> 01:03:32,880
having two different routes, you know,

1519
01:03:32,880 --> 01:03:35,119
with different bus stops, you know, this

1520
01:03:35,119 --> 01:03:36,480
people getting mad you want when I get

1521
01:03:36,480 --> 01:03:38,559
over there and then said that's not my

1522
01:03:38,559 --> 01:03:44,470
stop I stop that's for

1523
01:03:44,480 --> 01:03:47,839
the one I don't stop there yes I wish

1524
01:03:47,839 --> 01:03:49,520
you can do a change you know in the

1525
01:03:49,520 --> 01:03:51,760
future about that you know that system

1526
01:03:51,760 --> 01:03:54,079
they come out with it's just it's not

1527
01:03:54,079 --> 01:03:58,240
our expectations you know expectation is

1528
01:03:58,240 --> 01:04:01,920
and the next thing is about u

1529
01:04:01,920 --> 01:04:04,000
like I mentioned that the bus drivers

1530
01:04:04,000 --> 01:04:06,640
They they make their own calls.

1531
01:04:06,640 --> 01:04:09,119
Some drivers uh they don't charge you

1532
01:04:09,119 --> 01:04:11,760
know they don't charge uh you know they

1533
01:04:11,760 --> 01:04:13,200
don't have to pay a page say go have a

1534
01:04:13,200 --> 01:04:15,839
seat have a seat and some drivers you

1535
01:04:15,839 --> 01:04:17,200
know they pretty straight about it you

1536
01:04:17,200 --> 01:04:18,559
know like I said they made their own

1537
01:04:18,559 --> 01:04:21,599
cost and then some drivers you you have

1538
01:04:21,599 --> 01:04:22,960
to pay a full fair even if you have

1539
01:04:22,960 --> 01:04:25,839
penny show you have to pay full fair and

1540
01:04:25,839 --> 01:04:27,760
that's not fair you know that's not fair

1541
01:04:27,760 --> 01:04:31,119
for you know some of us we pay fair some

1542
01:04:31,119 --> 01:04:32,480
of us they don't pay fair just have a

1543
01:04:32,480 --> 01:04:35,039
seat you know

1544
01:04:35,039 --> 01:04:38,160
those two didn't say uh you know uh you

1545
01:04:38,160 --> 01:04:39,760
know I wish you can do something to

1546
01:04:39,760 --> 01:04:43,440
change your body you know because it's

1547
01:04:43,440 --> 01:04:46,960
just not don't look good

1548
01:04:46,960 --> 01:04:50,870
and it's not fair too

1549
01:04:50,880 --> 01:04:53,280
okay thank you

1550
01:04:53,280 --> 01:04:55,760
>> thank you

1551
01:04:55,760 --> 01:04:57,839
>> Kathy me followed by Daniel Bolton

1552
01:04:57,839 --> 01:05:07,109
followed by Beth Dory via Zoom

1553
01:05:07,119 --> 01:05:09,680
Good morning. My name is Kathy Maid and

1554
01:05:09,680 --> 01:05:13,920
I live at 2155 Warrior Lane. The city is

1555
01:05:13,920 --> 01:05:16,319
in the process of the final approver for

1556
01:05:16,319 --> 01:05:18,559
a development behind my house called

1557
01:05:18,559 --> 01:05:21,680
Meridian 120 South.

1558
01:05:21,680 --> 01:05:25,039
The developers of this project are

1559
01:05:25,039 --> 01:05:28,799
solving their flood problems by using a

1560
01:05:28,799 --> 01:05:32,400
30-in pipe to bring their flood waters

1561
01:05:32,400 --> 01:05:35,039
down into a retaining pond they are

1562
01:05:35,039 --> 01:05:36,799
building

1563
01:05:36,799 --> 01:05:40,559
and then shooting it out of of an 18-in

1564
01:05:40,559 --> 01:05:44,720
pipe to the tiny V ditch. It's an

1565
01:05:44,720 --> 01:05:47,680
irrigation ditch between my house and my

1566
01:05:47,680 --> 01:05:50,240
neighbor's house. We live in the county.

1567
01:05:50,240 --> 01:05:52,960
This project is a city count project and

1568
01:05:52,960 --> 01:05:56,079
it backs to my county project. This tiny

1569
01:05:56,079 --> 01:05:58,799
little ditch is supposed to take all of

1570
01:05:58,799 --> 01:06:02,400
this water and then it will go into the

1571
01:06:02,400 --> 01:06:05,280
county road ditches.

1572
01:06:05,280 --> 01:06:08,480
I have lived there for 15 years. We have

1573
01:06:08,480 --> 01:06:12,400
probably flooded at least 10 times. The

1574
01:06:12,400 --> 01:06:15,039
water that we get already, what they're

1575
01:06:15,039 --> 01:06:17,039
going to put in here, the water will

1576
01:06:17,039 --> 01:06:20,079
wash over the county roads. It will

1577
01:06:20,079 --> 01:06:22,559
flood my property.

1578
01:06:22,559 --> 01:06:27,440
I'm asking that we the final comments

1579
01:06:27,440 --> 01:06:29,599
for this project are supposed to be the

1580
01:06:29,599 --> 01:06:32,240
28th. I I don't think we're ready. I

1581
01:06:32,240 --> 01:06:35,200
spoke to the engineers with the city.

1582
01:06:35,200 --> 01:06:39,280
They kind of agreed that they had seen

1583
01:06:39,280 --> 01:06:41,839
things that they didn't realize were

1584
01:06:41,839 --> 01:06:43,280
going on and they were going to take a

1585
01:06:43,280 --> 01:06:46,720
look at it if we could extend the period

1586
01:06:46,720 --> 01:06:49,359
for public comment. And I'm basically

1587
01:06:49,359 --> 01:06:52,799
here today to put it on record that I

1588
01:06:52,799 --> 01:06:54,400
think there's going to be problems. I

1589
01:06:54,400 --> 01:06:58,960
think the the city project is putting

1590
01:06:58,960 --> 01:07:01,359
their problem onto the county and I

1591
01:07:01,359 --> 01:07:03,359
appreciate you guys taking the time to

1592
01:07:03,359 --> 01:07:06,160
listen to me and we'll go from there.

1593
01:07:06,160 --> 01:07:07,760
Thank you.

1594
01:07:07,760 --> 01:07:10,799
>> Thank you.

1595
01:07:10,799 --> 01:07:12,960
>> Daniel Bolton, followed by Beth Dory via

1596
01:07:12,960 --> 01:07:15,839
Zoom.

1597
01:07:15,839 --> 01:07:20,319
Good morning, Council Mayor Carl.

1598
01:07:20,319 --> 01:07:21,920
For the record, I'm Daniel Bolton. I

1599
01:07:21,920 --> 01:07:24,240
live in Reno.

1600
01:07:24,240 --> 01:07:26,480
Um,

1601
01:07:26,480 --> 01:07:28,079
I'm here this morning to address an

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01:07:28,079 --> 01:07:31,760
ongoing problem of us versus them, or

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01:07:31,760 --> 01:07:35,200
rather you versus the homeless

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01:07:35,200 --> 01:07:37,280
and the harassment and the bad policy of

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01:07:37,280 --> 01:07:40,319
this council

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01:07:40,319 --> 01:07:43,200
and your attorney's office

1607
01:07:43,200 --> 01:07:45,440
and the utilization of allied universal

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01:07:45,440 --> 01:07:49,119
security, rangers, and RPD to enforce

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01:07:49,119 --> 01:07:51,599
unconstitutional and inhumane laws and

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01:07:51,599 --> 01:07:55,200
codes to target the unhoused population

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01:07:55,200 --> 01:07:58,319
that you all created.

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01:07:58,319 --> 01:08:01,119
I have a solution. I'm not just here to

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01:08:01,119 --> 01:08:02,960
complain.

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01:08:02,960 --> 01:08:04,640
But the solution is going to require

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01:08:04,640 --> 01:08:06,160
cooperation,

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01:08:06,160 --> 01:08:09,359
maturity, and recognition.

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01:08:09,359 --> 01:08:12,640
I'm not just a random homeless man. I

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01:08:12,640 --> 01:08:14,720
have real power

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01:08:14,720 --> 01:08:17,600
and a real solution.

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01:08:17,600 --> 01:08:20,880
I won't be ignored or dismissed or

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01:08:20,880 --> 01:08:22,880
invalidated.

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01:08:22,880 --> 01:08:27,520
any longer. Discrediting me is no longer

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01:08:27,520 --> 01:08:31,669
an available weapon

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01:08:31,679 --> 01:08:33,920
to prevent my success and keep me

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01:08:33,920 --> 01:08:38,080
trapped in your system as a nobody

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01:08:38,080 --> 01:08:42,000
because that's not who I truly am.

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01:08:42,000 --> 01:08:44,239
I'm someone who you should absolutely

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01:08:44,239 --> 01:08:46,719
respect and understand is the one person

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01:08:46,719 --> 01:08:50,319
who has the ability to restore this city

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01:08:50,319 --> 01:08:54,159
to what it was and greater.

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01:08:54,159 --> 01:08:56,159
It's imperative that we schedule some

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01:08:56,159 --> 01:08:58,640
meetings and devote some much needed

1633
01:08:58,640 --> 01:09:01,440
time to reach an agreement before this

1634
01:09:01,440 --> 01:09:04,480
war that you declared

1635
01:09:04,480 --> 01:09:06,480
turns into revolution and gets out of

1636
01:09:06,480 --> 01:09:08,880
our control.

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01:09:08,880 --> 01:09:11,600
Changes need to be made and true

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01:09:11,600 --> 01:09:13,120
solutions

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01:09:13,120 --> 01:09:15,359
have to be developed.

1640
01:09:15,359 --> 01:09:18,400
I had those solutions

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01:09:18,400 --> 01:09:25,910
and changes that will work.

1642
01:09:25,920 --> 01:09:33,269
» Beth Dory via Zoom.

1643
01:09:33,279 --> 01:09:34,880
» Hello. Can you hear me?

1644
01:09:34,880 --> 01:09:36,159
>> Yes, we can.

1645
01:09:36,159 --> 01:09:39,040
>> Perfect. Uh, first of all, what a segue

1646
01:09:39,040 --> 01:09:41,040
from the tragedy in the north valleys to

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01:09:41,040 --> 01:09:44,239
Miss Nevada. I love it. My comment is

1648
01:09:44,239 --> 01:09:46,960
for G2, the planning commissioner

1649
01:09:46,960 --> 01:09:49,359
appointment. Uh, the very sudden and

1650
01:09:49,359 --> 01:09:51,279
surprising departure of planning

1651
01:09:51,279 --> 01:09:53,839
commissioner Tina who last year

1652
01:09:53,839 --> 01:09:56,239
submitted a thin resume when she was

1653
01:09:56,239 --> 01:09:58,960
appointed the commission a commissioner.

1654
01:09:58,960 --> 01:10:01,520
Of note, she did contribute to the W1

1655
01:10:01,520 --> 01:10:05,600
members campaign. Fast forward to 2026

1656
01:10:05,600 --> 01:10:08,239
and we now have one applicant, a real

1657
01:10:08,239 --> 01:10:10,400
estate agent who just submitted an

1658
01:10:10,400 --> 01:10:13,600
application and did not even bother to

1659
01:10:13,600 --> 01:10:17,440
include a resume. Like Tina, she too has

1660
01:10:17,440 --> 01:10:19,679
contributed to the Ward One members

1661
01:10:19,679 --> 01:10:21,280
campaign.

1662
01:10:21,280 --> 01:10:23,679
Those who are most likely to be passed

1663
01:10:23,679 --> 01:10:26,320
over for planning commission is a

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01:10:26,320 --> 01:10:28,880
licensed professional civil engineer

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01:10:28,880 --> 01:10:31,280
with 30 years of roadway capital

1666
01:10:31,280 --> 01:10:34,560
improvement experience and a man with

1667
01:10:34,560 --> 01:10:37,199
extensive planning commission experience

1668
01:10:37,199 --> 01:10:39,920
in a different municipality.

1669
01:10:39,920 --> 01:10:42,159
You all do a disservice to your

1670
01:10:42,159 --> 01:10:44,719
constituents when you pass over more

1671
01:10:44,719 --> 01:10:47,120
qualified applicants and vote for the

1672
01:10:47,120 --> 01:10:49,840
less qualified but politically connected

1673
01:10:49,840 --> 01:10:51,120
one.

1674
01:10:51,120 --> 01:10:54,159
Don't you think in lie of this fire and

1675
01:10:54,159 --> 01:10:56,400
the traffic concerns noted in today's

1676
01:10:56,400 --> 01:10:58,719
meeting, you should appoint the man who

1677
01:10:58,719 --> 01:11:01,679
is a traffic engineer specialist and not

1678
01:11:01,679 --> 01:11:07,189
a real estate agent. Thank you.

1679
01:11:07,199 --> 01:11:08,719
And with that, we have no one else

1680
01:11:08,719 --> 01:11:12,239
signed in. We did receive uh nine

1681
01:11:12,239 --> 01:11:13,920
comments which were general in nature or

1682
01:11:13,920 --> 01:11:15,679
not directly associated with an agenda

1683
01:11:15,679 --> 01:11:17,920
item prior to 4 p.m. yesterday, Tuesday,

1684
01:11:17,920 --> 01:11:20,239
August 25th. These comments were written

1685
01:11:20,239 --> 01:11:22,480
correspondence received via our reno.gov

1686
01:11:22,480 --> 01:11:24,719
online public comment form or by email

1687
01:11:24,719 --> 01:11:26,640
to our office. Copies of these comments

1688
01:11:26,640 --> 01:11:28,239
have been distributed to the Reno City

1689
01:11:28,239 --> 01:11:29,840
Council and are available to the public

1690
01:11:29,840 --> 01:11:34,550
on the reno.gov meeting portal.

1691
01:11:34,560 --> 01:11:36,320
» I think we're moving on to approval of

1692
01:11:36,320 --> 01:11:37,040
the agenda.

1693
01:11:37,040 --> 01:11:38,960
>> Okay. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Before I

1694
01:11:38,960 --> 01:11:40,560
move in, I just going to ask assistant

1695
01:11:40,560 --> 01:11:42,159
city manager Hodgej to see if there are

1696
01:11:42,159 --> 01:11:44,480
any changes to the posted agenda today.

1697
01:11:44,480 --> 01:11:46,159
>> Uh, thank you, Vice Mayor Martinez. No,

1698
01:11:46,159 --> 01:11:47,679
there are no changes to the agenda

1699
01:11:47,679 --> 01:11:49,280
today. We will go through the posted

1700
01:11:49,280 --> 01:11:50,800
order in order and we do have an

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01:11:50,800 --> 01:11:52,159
attorney client meeting during lunch

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01:11:52,159 --> 01:11:52,800
today.

1703
01:11:52,800 --> 01:11:54,000
>> Okay. Thank you for the update. With

1704
01:11:54,000 --> 01:11:55,440
that, we'll look for an approval.

1705
01:11:55,440 --> 01:11:56,480
>> Motion to approve.

1706
01:11:56,480 --> 01:11:57,360
>> Second.

1707
01:11:57,360 --> 01:11:58,880
>> Awesome. We have a motion and a second.

1708
01:11:58,880 --> 01:12:00,239
All those in favor say I.

1709
01:12:00,239 --> 01:12:01,679
>> I.

1710
01:12:01,679 --> 01:12:04,000
>> Motion passes unanimously. Thank you.

1711
01:12:04,000 --> 01:12:05,679
With that, we'll look for an approval of

1712
01:12:05,679 --> 01:12:06,719
the minutes.

1713
01:12:06,719 --> 01:12:09,600
>> Motion to approve. Second.

1714
01:12:09,600 --> 01:12:11,360
>> Great. We have a motion and a second.

1715
01:12:11,360 --> 01:12:12,719
All those in favor say I.

1716
01:12:12,719 --> 01:12:14,080
>> I.

1717
01:12:14,080 --> 01:12:17,520
>> Any opposed? Motion passes unanimously.

1718
01:12:17,520 --> 01:12:19,679
Okay, we'll move on to our consent

1719
01:12:19,679 --> 01:12:21,840
agenda items. I'll look to see if there

1720
01:12:21,840 --> 01:12:23,120
are any items you want to pull.

1721
01:12:23,120 --> 01:12:25,199
>> Yes, B1, please. Vice Mayor.

1722
01:12:25,199 --> 01:12:27,040
>> B1.

1723
01:12:27,040 --> 01:12:28,080
>> Council member Taylor.

1724
01:12:28,080 --> 01:12:29,520
>> No, Mr. Vice Mayor.

1725
01:12:29,520 --> 01:12:30,640
>> Council member Derer.

1726
01:12:30,640 --> 01:12:32,080
>> B14.

1727
01:12:32,080 --> 01:12:34,880
>> 14. Council member Eert.

1728
01:12:34,880 --> 01:12:40,070
>> Nothing for me. Thank you.

1729
01:12:40,080 --> 01:12:41,760
Madame Mayor, are there any consent

1730
01:12:41,760 --> 01:12:44,719
items that you would like to pull or We

1731
01:12:44,719 --> 01:12:46,880
have 11 and 14 so far.

1732
01:12:46,880 --> 01:12:48,480
>> I believe 13.

1733
01:12:48,480 --> 01:12:51,040
>> 13.

1734
01:12:51,040 --> 01:12:52,560
>> Did you say 13, Mr. Sherman?

1735
01:12:52,560 --> 01:12:53,600
>> I believe 13.

1736
01:12:53,600 --> 01:12:58,950
>> Okay. My apologies.

1737
01:12:58,960 --> 01:13:01,600
Okay. If there aren't any others, I'll

1738
01:13:01,600 --> 01:13:03,360
look for a motion to approve the rest of

1739
01:13:03,360 --> 01:13:03,920
the items.

1740
01:13:03,920 --> 01:13:05,600
>> Motion to approve. Second.

1741
01:13:05,600 --> 01:13:07,120
>> Great. We have a motion and a second.

1742
01:13:07,120 --> 01:13:08,800
All those in favor say I.

1743
01:13:08,800 --> 01:13:09,600
>> I.

1744
01:13:09,600 --> 01:13:12,000
>> Any opposed? Motion passes

1745
01:13:12,000 --> 01:13:12,960
>> for the record.

1746
01:13:12,960 --> 01:13:13,440
>> Yeah.

1747
01:13:13,440 --> 01:13:14,080
>> Vice Mayor,

1748
01:13:14,080 --> 01:13:14,560
>> it's all you.

1749
01:13:14,560 --> 01:13:17,920
>> I did not um participate in the vote.

1750
01:13:17,920 --> 01:13:21,590
>> Okay.

1751
01:13:21,600 --> 01:13:23,199
» Thank you for that update. I think we're

1752
01:13:23,199 --> 01:13:24,080
moving on.

1753
01:13:24,080 --> 01:13:26,640
>> I'm sorry. Was there like a recusal or

1754
01:13:26,640 --> 01:13:31,750
just closure or just not in the room?

1755
01:13:31,760 --> 01:13:35,280
Um I'm going to look to madame mayor or

1756
01:13:35,280 --> 01:13:36,960
>> just as a quick uh for the record John

1757
01:13:36,960 --> 01:13:38,480
Shimman city attorney's office. So item

1758
01:13:38,480 --> 01:13:40,400
B13 there's a disclosure that the mayor

1759
01:13:40,400 --> 01:13:43,760
has for item B13. So um that's what's

1760
01:13:43,760 --> 01:13:46,800
going on. So

1761
01:13:46,800 --> 01:13:48,480
>> understood.

1762
01:13:48,480 --> 01:13:50,640
>> Did we did we pull B13 from the block

1763
01:13:50,640 --> 01:13:53,120
vote though? Okay. And then um Madame

1764
01:13:53,120 --> 01:13:55,120
Mayor, are you still abstaining from the

1765
01:13:55,120 --> 01:13:57,360
remaining items?

1766
01:13:57,360 --> 01:14:00,000
Um Jonathan, what would you

1767
01:14:00,000 --> 01:14:02,000
>> Yeah, you um Madame Mayor, you're fine

1768
01:14:02,000 --> 01:14:07,430
for the remaining items. Yep. So, yep.

1769
01:14:07,440 --> 01:14:10,719
» Okay. Thank you for the guidance there.

1770
01:14:10,719 --> 01:14:13,120
We'll go to item B1.

1771
01:14:13,120 --> 01:14:14,960
The was the first one that was pulled.

1772
01:14:14,960 --> 01:14:16,640
>> Okay. This is my item.

1773
01:14:16,640 --> 01:14:16,960
>> Yeah.

1774
01:14:16,960 --> 01:14:19,520
>> Mr. Vice Mayor, I just wanted to tell

1775
01:14:19,520 --> 01:14:21,679
the story about how this very generous

1776
01:14:21,679 --> 01:14:24,239
donation came through

1777
01:14:24,239 --> 01:14:26,159
>> because one of our the members of our

1778
01:14:26,159 --> 01:14:28,320
community that helped secure it is in

1779
01:14:28,320 --> 01:14:31,440
the audience, Mr. Dorretto.

1780
01:14:31,440 --> 01:14:33,760
Maybe four months after I was elected,

1781
01:14:33,760 --> 01:14:36,159
we went out, this was council member

1782
01:14:36,159 --> 01:14:38,400
Taylor and our city manager, Jackie

1783
01:14:38,400 --> 01:14:41,120
Bryant, and I went out to meet about W

1784
01:14:41,120 --> 01:14:43,280
six issues. And during part of that

1785
01:14:43,280 --> 01:14:46,800
conversation, I just happened to bring

1786
01:14:46,800 --> 01:14:49,760
up the fact that Ward 6 was in immediate

1787
01:14:49,760 --> 01:14:52,719
need of an extra apparatus, whether it

1788
01:14:52,719 --> 01:14:55,120
was a truck or an engine. We had a ton

1789
01:14:55,120 --> 01:14:56,560
of development that was coming to the

1790
01:14:56,560 --> 01:14:59,120
area. Um, engine 12 has become one of

1791
01:14:59,120 --> 01:15:02,320
our most highly taxed engines in the

1792
01:15:02,320 --> 01:15:04,960
city. It's our only engine that we have

1793
01:15:04,960 --> 01:15:08,480
in Ward 6 and it's a very, very busy

1794
01:15:08,480 --> 01:15:10,719
intersection that it works within. And

1795
01:15:10,719 --> 01:15:13,280
so just kind of planting seeds with some

1796
01:15:13,280 --> 01:15:14,800
of the people in our community that

1797
01:15:14,800 --> 01:15:16,400
could potentially bring some help to

1798
01:15:16,400 --> 01:15:19,760
bear. And then lo and behold about nine

1799
01:15:19,760 --> 01:15:21,920
months later I get the news that this

1800
01:15:21,920 --> 01:15:24,480
donation is coming in from the Duffel

1801
01:15:24,480 --> 01:15:27,840
Foundation to not only to expand the

1802
01:15:27,840 --> 01:15:30,719
fire department um the fire station in

1803
01:15:30,719 --> 01:15:34,640
station or in ward 6 station 12 so that

1804
01:15:34,640 --> 01:15:36,400
we can put another apparatus in that

1805
01:15:36,400 --> 01:15:38,800
station. And so I just wanted to say

1806
01:15:38,800 --> 01:15:40,560
that

1807
01:15:40,560 --> 01:15:44,239
really extend my appreciation to the

1808
01:15:44,239 --> 01:15:46,159
group that brought this donation to bear

1809
01:15:46,159 --> 01:15:49,040
for us. It wasn't a direct ask. I was

1810
01:15:49,040 --> 01:15:51,440
just able to go, our team was able to go

1811
01:15:51,440 --> 01:15:53,280
in and say this is going to be a need in

1812
01:15:53,280 --> 01:15:56,480
the next few years in W 6 and the

1813
01:15:56,480 --> 01:16:00,000
community has helped us with the funding

1814
01:16:00,000 --> 01:16:02,320
to expand the station and we'll house

1815
01:16:02,320 --> 01:16:04,080
our additional apparatus. It's going to

1816
01:16:04,080 --> 01:16:06,400
be an engine at this time which is

1817
01:16:06,400 --> 01:16:08,560
severely needed for W 6. So I just

1818
01:16:08,560 --> 01:16:10,719
wanted to extend my gratefulness to the

1819
01:16:10,719 --> 01:16:13,520
Duffel Foundation and also to you Mr.

1820
01:16:13,520 --> 01:16:16,640
Dorto for helping us with um how

1821
01:16:16,640 --> 01:16:18,320
important of a donation that was. So

1822
01:16:18,320 --> 01:16:24,070
thank you very much.

1823
01:16:24,080 --> 01:16:25,679
» Do you want to make a motion?

1824
01:16:25,679 --> 01:16:26,159
>> Yeah.

1825
01:16:26,159 --> 01:16:27,920
>> Sorry if there's no other questions or

1826
01:16:27,920 --> 01:16:29,600
comments. I want to make a motion to

1827
01:16:29,600 --> 01:16:31,360
accept this donation and approve.

1828
01:16:31,360 --> 01:16:32,000
>> Second.

1829
01:16:32,000 --> 01:16:32,320
>> Okay.

1830
01:16:32,320 --> 01:16:32,800
>> Oh, sorry.

1831
01:16:32,800 --> 01:16:34,880
>> Oh, no. No. That's okay. I just wanted

1832
01:16:34,880 --> 01:16:37,600
to say something. Mr. Dorettto, I did

1833
01:16:37,600 --> 01:16:39,600
not see you sitting over there. I I

1834
01:16:39,600 --> 01:16:41,360
apologize. I'm needing stronger and

1835
01:16:41,360 --> 01:16:43,280
stronger glasses every meeting that I

1836
01:16:43,280 --> 01:16:46,320
attend. So, um I want to say thank you

1837
01:16:46,320 --> 01:16:49,120
so much for all of your contributions.

1838
01:16:49,120 --> 01:16:52,560
this um is just one that you have done a

1839
01:16:52,560 --> 01:16:54,880
lot of contributions on especially in

1840
01:16:54,880 --> 01:16:58,719
our um fire service and uh just the work

1841
01:16:58,719 --> 01:17:01,120
that you've done and really really

1842
01:17:01,120 --> 01:17:03,600
taking care of us when we when we've

1843
01:17:03,600 --> 01:17:05,600
really needed the help. So, Mr.

1844
01:17:05,600 --> 01:17:08,480
Dorettto, thank you for being here and

1845
01:17:08,480 --> 01:17:10,320
um we're really really grateful and will

1846
01:17:10,320 --> 01:17:12,400
you please tell the Duffield Foundation

1847
01:17:12,400 --> 01:17:15,040
how grateful we are and uh they've got

1848
01:17:15,040 --> 01:17:17,440
something else coming too so I'm excited

1849
01:17:17,440 --> 01:17:20,880
for that. But um just so much gratitude

1850
01:17:20,880 --> 01:17:24,560
for all your assistance for decades. Uh

1851
01:17:24,560 --> 01:17:26,640
you've done it for decades. So I just

1852
01:17:26,640 --> 01:17:30,560
want to recognize that that we're very grateful for all your support

1853
01:17:30,560 --> 01:17:32,320
because there are a lot of times that we

1854
01:17:32,320 --> 01:17:35,920
can't make um you know some of those

1855
01:17:35,920 --> 01:17:38,800
difficult funding decisions and you've

1856
01:17:38,800 --> 01:17:41,360
been there for us. So thank you from the

1857
01:17:41,360 --> 01:17:43,040
bottom of our hearts. Thank you. Thank

1858
01:17:43,040 --> 01:17:43,440
you.

1859
01:17:43,440 --> 01:17:44,400
>> Madam Mayor,

1860
01:17:44,400 --> 01:17:45,120
>> go right ahead.

1861
01:17:45,120 --> 01:17:47,199
>> Yeah. Um, since this may be the last

1862
01:17:47,199 --> 01:17:48,960
time that I get an opportunity to

1863
01:17:48,960 --> 01:17:51,920
address u, Mr. Dorto publicly, I too

1864
01:17:51,920 --> 01:17:54,480
wanted to say my thanks. For 10 years, I

1865
01:17:54,480 --> 01:17:57,040
represented South Reno and I had many

1866
01:17:57,040 --> 01:17:59,120
opportunities to drive around with you,

1867
01:17:59,120 --> 01:18:01,679
talk about issues with you, and you are

1868
01:18:01,679 --> 01:18:04,480
a phenomenal um, community leader. It is

1869
01:18:04,480 --> 01:18:07,120
well known in many fields um, ones that

1870
01:18:07,120 --> 01:18:09,040
you're maybe better known for such as

1871
01:18:09,040 --> 01:18:12,000
the Reno Rodeo or other um, focus points

1872
01:18:12,000 --> 01:18:14,960
for you. But I know too what you've done

1873
01:18:14,960 --> 01:18:18,000
for South Reno. Uh bringing the entire

1874
01:18:18,000 --> 01:18:20,480
um you know development, Demani Ranch

1875
01:18:20,480 --> 01:18:22,560
development, the landscape association,

1876
01:18:22,560 --> 01:18:25,440
etc. Um you've made the place come alive

1877
01:18:25,440 --> 01:18:26,960
and you've made it continue to look

1878
01:18:26,960 --> 01:18:30,159
good. You and I have met often on the um

1879
01:18:30,159 --> 01:18:33,040
Demani Ranch Park and issues that are

1880
01:18:33,040 --> 01:18:35,120
out there still and changes that are

1881
01:18:35,120 --> 01:18:37,600
coming. So, I too wanted to just, you

1882
01:18:37,600 --> 01:18:39,520
know, I'll be off council uh in just a

1883
01:18:39,520 --> 01:18:41,679
few short months, but I did want to take

1884
01:18:41,679 --> 01:18:44,080
this opportunity to also um give my

1885
01:18:44,080 --> 01:18:47,520
thanks to you. Thank you.

1886
01:18:47,520 --> 01:18:49,360
>> And you throw one hell of a Fourth of

1887
01:18:49,360 --> 01:18:52,000
July party for the community,

1888
01:18:52,000 --> 01:18:52,880
don't you?

1889
01:18:52,880 --> 01:18:55,280
>> Truly terrific. [laughter] I attended

1890
01:18:55,280 --> 01:18:57,669
many.

1891
01:18:57,669 --> 01:18:57,920
[snorts]

1892
01:18:57,920 --> 01:19:00,960
>> Okay, I think we need a vote. All those

1893
01:19:00,960 --> 01:19:02,640
in favor? I

1894
01:19:02,640 --> 01:19:06,080
>> I

1895
01:19:06,080 --> 01:19:09,280
>> Any opposed? Motion passes. Thank you.

1896
01:19:09,280 --> 01:19:10,800
Thanks.

1897
01:19:10,800 --> 01:19:15,199
>> Yeah. With that, we'll move on to B13.

1898
01:19:15,199 --> 01:19:17,840
Mr. Shipman, I'll look to you to see.

1899
01:19:17,840 --> 01:19:19,520
Yeah.

1900
01:19:19,520 --> 01:19:21,760
>> So, Madame Mayor has a disclosure that

1901
01:19:21,760 --> 01:19:23,440
she would like to read into the record.

1902
01:19:23,440 --> 01:19:46,560
>> Okay.

1903
01:19:46,560 --> 01:19:48,480
fellow city council members and madame

1904
01:19:48,480 --> 01:19:51,199
clerk, on item B13, Mr. Hicks, an

1905
01:19:51,199 --> 01:19:52,719
attorney from McDonald Corano,

1906
01:19:52,719 --> 01:19:55,840
represents TL Talis LLC. In my private

1907
01:19:55,840 --> 01:19:57,440
life, I have retained Adam Hosmer

1908
01:19:57,440 --> 01:19:59,679
Henner, a partner at McDonald Corano, on

1909
01:19:59,679 --> 01:20:03,360
a civil matter unrelated to item B13.

1910
01:20:03,360 --> 01:20:06,080
Um, and Mr. Hicks. I've sought guidance

1911
01:20:06,080 --> 01:20:07,840
from the city attorney's office and have

1912
01:20:07,840 --> 01:20:09,760
been advised that I may have a

1913
01:20:09,760 --> 01:20:11,679
commitment in private capacity to the

1914
01:20:11,679 --> 01:20:13,520
interest of McDonald Corano personn to

1915
01:20:13,520 --> 01:20:17,189
NRS281A.065.

1916
01:20:17,199 --> 01:20:19,199
That said, this item has nothing to do

1917
01:20:19,199 --> 01:20:21,920
with my civil case.

1918
01:20:21,920 --> 01:20:23,679
To the best of my knowledge, any action

1919
01:20:23,679 --> 01:20:25,920
I take today on this item will not have

1920
01:20:25,920 --> 01:20:28,480
any impact on me or McDonald Corano. I

1921
01:20:28,480 --> 01:20:31,199
will be participating in this item. Um,

1922
01:20:31,199 --> 01:20:33,600
so Madame Clerk, please accept this

1923
01:20:33,600 --> 01:20:36,400
disclosure for the record. And I also

1924
01:20:36,400 --> 01:20:39,120
want to be clear again um Mr. Hicks does

1925
01:20:39,120 --> 01:20:43,520
not represent me um at in any capacity.

1926
01:20:43,520 --> 01:20:47,440
It um is another attorney in that firm.

1927
01:20:47,440 --> 01:20:49,280
So I did want to put that on the record.

1928
01:20:49,280 --> 01:20:53,600
Is that good, Jonathan? Okay. Thank you,

1929
01:20:53,600 --> 01:20:54,320
>> Madam Mayor.

1930
01:20:54,320 --> 01:20:55,840
>> Yes. Go ahead. While we have this item

1931
01:20:55,840 --> 01:20:57,600
open, and I didn't pull it, but I

1932
01:20:57,600 --> 01:21:00,080
realized I'm glad you did pull it or or

1933
01:21:00,080 --> 01:21:02,880
the attorneys pulled it because I don't

1934
01:21:02,880 --> 01:21:04,960
recall getting a briefing on this SAD,

1935
01:21:04,960 --> 01:21:06,800
and maybe I missed it. I just want to

1936
01:21:06,800 --> 01:21:09,280
understand it. It sounds like it's for

1937
01:21:09,280 --> 01:21:12,159
Talis Valley and I just wondered if

1938
01:21:12,159 --> 01:21:14,159
there's a staff person. Thank you.

1939
01:21:14,159 --> 01:21:16,800
Because you came to us uh finance.

1940
01:21:16,800 --> 01:21:17,440
>> Yes.

1941
01:21:17,440 --> 01:21:19,040
>> With a preliminary thing, but I never

1942
01:21:19,040 --> 01:21:21,520
heard specifically what the project was.

1943
01:21:21,520 --> 01:21:23,199
So, Matt Taylor, assistant finance

1944
01:21:23,199 --> 01:21:25,280
director for the city of Reno. Um, this

1945
01:21:25,280 --> 01:21:27,600
item came before you for the developer

1946
01:21:27,600 --> 01:21:29,520
to do a deposit agreement with the city

1947
01:21:29,520 --> 01:21:31,840
in June. This is the next step where

1948
01:21:31,840 --> 01:21:34,080
they we will be accepting or you will be

1949
01:21:34,080 --> 01:21:36,080
accepting their um petition for the

1950
01:21:36,080 --> 01:21:37,600
formation of the special assessment

1951
01:21:37,600 --> 01:21:38,320
district. Right.

1952
01:21:38,320 --> 01:21:39,920
>> And the developers are here if you have

1953
01:21:39,920 --> 01:21:42,000
questions about what the de what is

1954
01:21:42,000 --> 01:21:42,719
being proposed.

1955
01:21:42,719 --> 01:21:44,480
>> Well, that'd be fine. I mean, if you'd

1956
01:21:44,480 --> 01:21:46,000
prefer them to address it.

1957
01:21:46,000 --> 01:21:47,840
>> So, over I I can give you a highle

1958
01:21:47,840 --> 01:21:48,239
overview.

1959
01:21:48,239 --> 01:21:50,719
>> High level is fine. Um there the whole

1960
01:21:50,719 --> 01:21:53,920
project will entail about 2500 homes.

1961
01:21:53,920 --> 01:21:55,600
This special assessment district

1962
01:21:55,600 --> 01:21:59,760
comprises uh 774 homes and they'll be

1963
01:21:59,760 --> 01:22:02,960
doing water, sewer and storm drain

1964
01:22:02,960 --> 01:22:05,280
projects within the the the district

1965
01:22:05,280 --> 01:22:07,679
that will be financed with the district

1966
01:22:07,679 --> 01:22:09,199
the special assessment bonds.

1967
01:22:09,199 --> 01:22:10,960
>> So water, sewer, does it include the

1968
01:22:10,960 --> 01:22:11,600
roads?

1969
01:22:11,600 --> 01:22:12,400
>> It does not.

1970
01:22:12,400 --> 01:22:16,960
>> No roads. And um is do you know which

1971
01:22:16,960 --> 01:22:19,679
villages are affected by this? Um, it

1972
01:22:19,679 --> 01:22:26,790
is.

1973
01:22:26,800 --> 01:22:27,360
» Whoops.

1974
01:22:27,360 --> 01:22:29,040
>> And I mean the developer is welcome to

1975
01:22:29,040 --> 01:22:30,880
come up if that's faster, quicker.

1976
01:22:30,880 --> 01:22:31,760
>> It might be.

1977
01:22:31,760 --> 01:22:37,510
>> Okay.

1978
01:22:37,520 --> 01:22:39,679
» But no one from the developer wants to.

1979
01:22:39,679 --> 01:22:45,679
>> I have it's villages 22 A 22B 21 20 A

1980
01:22:45,679 --> 01:22:50,239
and B 16 A and B. village 1918 and 17.

1981
01:22:50,239 --> 01:22:52,480
>> Okay. Do these have names?

1982
01:22:52,480 --> 01:22:53,440
>> Do these have names?

1983
01:22:53,440 --> 01:22:55,120
>> Not yet.

1984
01:22:55,120 --> 01:22:56,960
>> Okay. And can you do you have a map or

1985
01:22:56,960 --> 01:23:01,600
anything with you that shows where the Talis Valley project is very large

1986
01:23:01,600 --> 01:23:03,840
and um it would be helpful just to get a

1987
01:23:03,840 --> 01:23:07,679
description. Is this um it says here,

1988
01:23:07,679 --> 01:23:11,840
sorry, let me find the item. It said

1989
01:23:11,840 --> 01:23:14,800
that it was the north side of South

1990
01:23:14,800 --> 01:23:16,960
Meadows Parkway

1991
01:23:16,960 --> 01:23:20,080
but and west of Veterans. So I just Are

1992
01:23:20,080 --> 01:23:22,159
these all individual assessor parcels?

1993
01:23:22,159 --> 01:23:24,257
These are not obviously 700

1994
01:23:24,257 --> 01:23:26,639
[clears throat] parcels, right? So are

1995
01:23:26,639 --> 01:23:31,750
they grouped in some way?

1996
01:23:31,760 --> 01:23:34,000
» Thank you, Council Member Dorix with

1997
01:23:34,000 --> 01:23:36,639
McDonald Chrono for the record. Um, I do

1998
01:23:36,639 --> 01:23:37,760
have a quick map we could throw on.

1999
01:23:37,760 --> 01:23:38,960
That'd be great. If you want to see if

2000
01:23:38,960 --> 01:23:43,830
you could put on the presentation.

2001
01:23:43,840 --> 01:23:46,080
» It's just we have we we accepted your

2002
01:23:46,080 --> 01:23:48,000
deposit, but we've never heard what the

2003
01:23:48,000 --> 01:23:49,760
project is. So, I just that's why I

2004
01:23:49,760 --> 01:23:50,400
wanted to know.

2005
01:23:50,400 --> 01:23:52,560
>> So, while the map is coming up, just to

2006
01:23:52,560 --> 01:23:54,239
answer your question about the parcels,

2007
01:23:54,239 --> 01:23:56,639
that's the parcels as they exist today.

2008
01:23:56,639 --> 01:23:58,719
They will be ultimately separated and

2009
01:23:58,719 --> 01:24:00,880
segregated into individual home sites as

2010
01:24:00,880 --> 01:24:01,440
we go.

2011
01:24:01,440 --> 01:24:04,239
>> That's great.

2012
01:24:04,239 --> 01:24:06,480
your presentation.

2013
01:24:06,480 --> 01:24:12,950
>> Okay.

2014
01:24:12,960 --> 01:24:15,600
And if you could blow it up and if

2015
01:24:15,600 --> 01:24:19,040
you on the podium could just point out

2016
01:24:19,040 --> 01:24:21,520
which places you can blow it up so that

2017
01:24:21,520 --> 01:24:23,199
the green we don't need to see the green

2018
01:24:23,199 --> 01:24:24,320
but

2019
01:24:24,320 --> 01:24:26,400
>> so this what what you're looking at here

2020
01:24:26,400 --> 01:24:29,760
is just an overview. So the red boundary

2021
01:24:29,760 --> 01:24:31,920
um is the project site.

2022
01:24:31,920 --> 01:24:33,440
>> And can you move that into the middle?

2023
01:24:33,440 --> 01:24:35,440
That'd be helpful.

2024
01:24:35,440 --> 01:24:38,560
Well, he the other way and up. And there

2025
01:24:38,560 --> 01:24:40,960
you go. And uh if you could zoom in a

2026
01:24:40,960 --> 01:24:43,280
little bit more.

2027
01:24:43,280 --> 01:24:44,960
And just show us where South Meadows

2028
01:24:44,960 --> 01:24:47,760
Parkway is and the new bridge.

2029
01:24:47,760 --> 01:24:50,960
>> So the the red line along the um right

2030
01:24:50,960 --> 01:24:52,400
side of this, the east side, that's

2031
01:24:52,400 --> 01:24:55,040
Veterans Parkway and then South Meadow

2032
01:24:55,040 --> 01:24:57,440
is down at the southern end of it.

2033
01:24:57,440 --> 01:24:59,199
So that helps you orient. That's Hidden

2034
01:24:59,199 --> 01:25:00,400
Valley. You can kind of see the golf

2035
01:25:00,400 --> 01:25:03,360
course up there in the top right corner.

2036
01:25:03,360 --> 01:25:06,800
>> So it's directly west of where Veterans

2037
01:25:06,800 --> 01:25:08,239
is.

2038
01:25:08,239 --> 01:25:08,960
>> That's right.

2039
01:25:08,960 --> 01:25:09,600
>> Okay.

2040
01:25:09,600 --> 01:25:11,280
>> Yeah. There's Alexander Lake right

2041
01:25:11,280 --> 01:25:12,400
there. You can see in the picture.

2042
01:25:12,400 --> 01:25:14,480
>> Where are you pointing? Oh, right there.

2043
01:25:14,480 --> 01:25:16,560
>> Yeah. Just on the west side outside the

2044
01:25:16,560 --> 01:25:19,120
boundary. Huffacre Hills is that open

2045
01:25:19,120 --> 01:25:22,000
space to the west of Alexander Lake.

2046
01:25:22,000 --> 01:25:25,840
>> Yeah. And do um what I was going to ask

2047
01:25:25,840 --> 01:25:29,280
is there are there um do any of the

2048
01:25:29,280 --> 01:25:32,080
roads in this area connect to veterans

2049
01:25:32,080 --> 01:25:36,080
or is it in other words is it a access

2050
01:25:36,080 --> 01:25:38,320
freeway where residents are going to be

2051
01:25:38,320 --> 01:25:40,159
going onto the freeway or are there

2052
01:25:40,159 --> 01:25:42,960
going down to the major exits like Mir

2053
01:25:42,960 --> 01:25:44,239
and South Meadows?

2054
01:25:44,239 --> 01:25:46,159
>> They they'll be using the major exits.

2055
01:25:46,159 --> 01:25:48,159
There are some stop lightss being put in

2056
01:25:48,159 --> 01:25:50,159
and then there's a secondary access road

2057
01:25:50,159 --> 01:25:52,000
to get onto Veterans Parkway as well.

2058
01:25:52,000 --> 01:25:53,760
So, are you saying they they're going to

2059
01:25:53,760 --> 01:25:56,080
add another access on to Veterans?

2060
01:25:56,080 --> 01:25:57,600
>> No, there's not going to be another

2061
01:25:57,600 --> 01:25:58,800
access point added on.

2062
01:25:58,800 --> 01:26:00,960
>> Just the Mir Loma and the South Meadows.

2063
01:26:00,960 --> 01:26:01,520
>> That's right.

2064
01:26:01,520 --> 01:26:04,159
>> Gotcha. And then and then roads are not

2065
01:26:04,159 --> 01:26:05,760
included. So, is the developer paying

2066
01:26:05,760 --> 01:26:07,360
for the roads and deeding those over to

2067
01:26:07,360 --> 01:26:08,239
the city?

2068
01:26:08,239 --> 01:26:09,360
>> Yes, that's correct.

2069
01:26:09,360 --> 01:26:11,840
>> Okay. This is water and sewer just for

2070
01:26:11,840 --> 01:26:13,199
the 775.

2071
01:26:13,199 --> 01:26:14,960
>> This is water 774.

2072
01:26:14,960 --> 01:26:16,960
>> This is This is not water. This is

2073
01:26:16,960 --> 01:26:20,560
sewer, storm water, curbon gutter, and a

2074
01:26:20,560 --> 01:26:22,000
box crossing.

2075
01:26:22,000 --> 01:26:24,400
>> Curbon gutter, but not the actual street

2076
01:26:24,400 --> 01:26:27,040
that the curbon gutters on. So, are you

2077
01:26:27,040 --> 01:26:29,520
going to come back with a secondary um

2078
01:26:29,520 --> 01:26:31,600
assessment district for the roads?

2079
01:26:31,600 --> 01:26:33,520
>> No, not in this not in this particular

2080
01:26:33,520 --> 01:26:35,920
area. There will be another special

2081
01:26:35,920 --> 01:26:37,920
assessment district for different

2082
01:26:37,920 --> 01:26:40,080
villages. Okay. But not for this

2083
01:26:40,080 --> 01:26:40,480
particular

2084
01:26:40,480 --> 01:26:42,320
>> And have you anticipated, if I may, just

2085
01:26:42,320 --> 01:26:44,239
one more question. Have you anticipated

2086
01:26:44,239 --> 01:26:46,000
what the cost per home is going to be

2087
01:26:46,000 --> 01:26:47,600
for the SAD for this set of

2088
01:26:47,600 --> 01:26:48,560
improvements?

2089
01:26:48,560 --> 01:26:51,920
>> It's approximately $1,000 per year um

2090
01:26:51,920 --> 01:26:53,440
was what the assessments will be.

2091
01:26:53,440 --> 01:26:55,679
>> $1,000 per year for all of this

2092
01:26:55,679 --> 01:26:57,520
infrastructure. And then is that go for

2093
01:26:57,520 --> 01:26:58,960
30 years or forever?

2094
01:26:58,960 --> 01:26:59,600
>> 30 years.

2095
01:26:59,600 --> 01:27:02,320
>> Okay. All right. Thank you.

2096
01:27:02,320 --> 01:27:03,840
>> Yeah. Thank you, Mr. Hicks. I just had

2097
01:27:03,840 --> 01:27:05,040
one quick question on the traffic

2098
01:27:05,040 --> 01:27:06,880
signals that you were pointing to. I'm

2099
01:27:06,880 --> 01:27:08,480
just curious about the traffic signal on

2100
01:27:08,480 --> 01:27:10,880
Echo Valley. if you can maybe shed more

2101
01:27:10,880 --> 01:27:13,920
light on the timeline of that one.

2102
01:27:13,920 --> 01:27:16,159
>> I council uh member I don't have the

2103
01:27:16,159 --> 01:27:17,679
answer of the timeline on that but I can

2104
01:27:17,679 --> 01:27:18,719
certainly get that to you.

2105
01:27:18,719 --> 01:27:20,000
>> Yeah, that'd be great. Thank you so

2106
01:27:20,000 --> 01:27:20,560
much. Yeah,

2107
01:27:20,560 --> 01:27:22,080
>> appreciate it.

2108
01:27:22,080 --> 01:27:23,760
>> Any other questions, comments,

2109
01:27:23,760 --> 01:27:24,320
disclosures?

2110
01:27:24,320 --> 01:27:25,520
>> Um one more question.

2111
01:27:25,520 --> 01:27:28,080
>> Yeah. Is this um I I know usually our

2112
01:27:28,080 --> 01:27:30,159
staff say that this will come back

2113
01:27:30,159 --> 01:27:33,920
several times and I didn't know um this

2114
01:27:33,920 --> 01:27:38,000
one is the petition for the formation

2115
01:27:38,000 --> 01:27:40,560
but when when does this council make the

2116
01:27:40,560 --> 01:27:42,080
final choices

2117
01:27:42,080 --> 01:27:43,520
>> petition for the formation's approved

2118
01:27:43,520 --> 01:27:46,960
today? The um developer financing

2119
01:27:46,960 --> 01:27:48,800
agreement and the first reading of the

2120
01:27:48,800 --> 01:27:50,320
ordinances are planned to come back on

2121
01:27:50,320 --> 01:27:51,440
September 23rd.

2122
01:27:51,440 --> 01:27:54,080
>> September 23rd. Okay. And I guess one

2123
01:27:54,080 --> 01:27:58,639
more question. you have another what um

2124
01:27:58,639 --> 01:28:01,360
1500 homes or so is are you going to

2125
01:28:01,360 --> 01:28:06,229
apply for another SAD for those?

2126
01:28:06,239 --> 01:28:08,719
» Uh thank you council member Derer. This

2127
01:28:08,719 --> 01:28:10,960
um yes like I mentioned there are three

2128
01:28:10,960 --> 01:28:13,280
two more um special assessment districts

2129
01:28:13,280 --> 01:28:15,520
anticipated for different villages in

2130
01:28:15,520 --> 01:28:16,320
Talis Valley.

2131
01:28:16,320 --> 01:28:17,920
>> Okay. And have you guys at this time

2132
01:28:17,920 --> 01:28:19,679
whenever we approve these there's

2133
01:28:19,679 --> 01:28:22,080
usually an amount that is a a total

2134
01:28:22,080 --> 01:28:24,159
amount that is attached to it. Do you

2135
01:28:24,159 --> 01:28:25,840
know what? Because that amount, you

2136
01:28:25,840 --> 01:28:28,560
know, is not in this item, but maybe it

2137
01:28:28,560 --> 01:28:31,360
was in some backup that I missed.

2138
01:28:31,360 --> 01:28:32,159
>> Yeah.

2139
01:28:32,159 --> 01:28:33,920
>> Matt Taylor, assistant finance director.

2140
01:28:33,920 --> 01:28:35,199
The total amount of the bonds that

2141
01:28:35,199 --> 01:28:37,360
they're requesting is approximately $9.5

2142
01:28:37,360 --> 01:28:38,159
million.

2143
01:28:38,159 --> 01:28:41,120
>> 9.5. Okay. All right. Thank you. That's

2144
01:28:41,120 --> 01:28:44,870
helpful.

2145
01:28:44,880 --> 01:28:46,800
» Thank you. I think there was public

2146
01:28:46,800 --> 01:28:49,360
comment submitted, mad. Yes, we do not

2147
01:28:49,360 --> 01:28:50,960
have anyone registered to speak, but for

2148
01:28:50,960 --> 01:28:52,719
the record, we did receive uh two

2149
01:28:52,719 --> 01:28:55,840
comments and they were letters in favor.

2150
01:28:55,840 --> 01:28:57,600
>> Okay, with that, we'll look for a

2151
01:28:57,600 --> 01:29:00,870
motion.

2152
01:29:00,880 --> 01:29:02,480
» Yeah, Mr. Hall, do you have to read

2153
01:29:02,480 --> 01:29:04,400
anything into the record, Mr. Okay,

2154
01:29:04,400 --> 01:29:05,600
we'll look for a motion then on this

2155
01:29:05,600 --> 01:29:05,920
item.

2156
01:29:05,920 --> 01:29:07,600
>> Motion to approve.

2157
01:29:07,600 --> 01:29:08,080
>> Second.

2158
01:29:08,080 --> 01:29:09,360
>> Okay, we have a motion in a second. All

2159
01:29:09,360 --> 01:29:10,639
those in favor say I.

2160
01:29:10,639 --> 01:29:11,040
>> I.

2161
01:29:11,040 --> 01:29:12,000
Any oppos?

2162
01:29:12,000 --> 01:29:13,280
>> I.

2163
01:29:13,280 --> 01:29:15,760
>> Motion passes unanimously. Thank you.

2164
01:29:15,760 --> 01:29:17,520
With that, we'll jump over to C1 if

2165
01:29:17,520 --> 01:29:18,480
that's okay with you.

2166
01:29:18,480 --> 01:29:20,560
>> I think I pulled B14.

2167
01:29:20,560 --> 01:29:23,280
>> Councilwoman Der pulled B14 and I do

2168
01:29:23,280 --> 01:29:26,639
want to actually um take that the

2169
01:29:26,639 --> 01:29:30,000
additional consent items um after item

2170
01:29:30,000 --> 01:29:33,040
C1. I have special guests here that have

2171
01:29:33,040 --> 01:29:35,120
got to go back to work because they have

2172
01:29:35,120 --> 01:29:37,840
big big jobs. But we have two men here

2173
01:29:37,840 --> 01:29:40,960
that need no introduction. Um and that

2174
01:29:40,960 --> 01:29:44,400
is Mr. Perry Dler Lorettto and General

2175
01:29:44,400 --> 01:29:46,800
Andre Barry who is now the CEO of

2176
01:29:46,800 --> 01:29:49,280
Liberty Dogs. And you have a very

2177
01:29:49,280 --> 01:29:52,719
special guest here and that's Maddie. Am

2178
01:29:52,719 --> 01:29:55,360
I right? And you're also joined by Katie

2179
01:29:55,360 --> 01:29:58,159
Freeman. Um this is such a special

2180
01:29:58,159 --> 01:30:00,639
initiative and I also want to give a

2181
01:30:00,639 --> 01:30:03,679
huge shout out um because this

2182
01:30:03,679 --> 01:30:06,960
initiative is all about mental health,

2183
01:30:06,960 --> 01:30:10,400
our veterans, just remarkable work. And

2184
01:30:10,400 --> 01:30:12,560
I I don't want to tell anyone what you

2185
01:30:12,560 --> 01:30:14,560
do because it's so special. So I want

2186
01:30:14,560 --> 01:30:16,400
because I don't want to miss a thing,

2187
01:30:16,400 --> 01:30:19,440
General Barry. But um you are now the

2188
01:30:19,440 --> 01:30:23,679
CEO and I just need to give a huge shout

2189
01:30:23,679 --> 01:30:27,280
out um to the wonderful animal lover and

2190
01:30:27,280 --> 01:30:30,960
champion David Duffield. Uh because you

2191
01:30:30,960 --> 01:30:32,880
know this was possible because he is

2192
01:30:32,880 --> 01:30:35,120
such an animal lover. So, um, I'm

2193
01:30:35,120 --> 01:30:38,080
excited to have you here and, uh, I

2194
01:30:38,080 --> 01:30:39,920
can't wait for you to show it to the

2195
01:30:39,920 --> 01:30:42,960
entire community. So, take it away. And,

2196
01:30:42,960 --> 01:30:45,679
um, like I said, you are no stranger to

2197
01:30:45,679 --> 01:30:47,920
our community. You do phenomenal work.

2198
01:30:47,920 --> 01:30:52,560
And now this is the next chapter. And, um, you just must be

2199
01:30:52,560 --> 01:30:53,840
loving this. Do you love it?

2200
01:30:53,840 --> 01:30:55,920
>> I love it. I eat it up. I I I [laughter]

2201
01:30:55,920 --> 01:30:57,520
just want to be like Perry Dearto when I

2202
01:30:57,520 --> 01:30:57,920
grow up.

2203
01:30:57,920 --> 01:30:59,920
>> I know we all do. We just all want to be

2204
01:30:59,920 --> 01:31:02,400
like Perry. [laughter]

2205
01:31:02,400 --> 01:31:04,000
First of all, Andre Barry, CEO of

2206
01:31:04,000 --> 01:31:07,280
Liberty Dogs. And uh I just want to say

2207
01:31:07,280 --> 01:31:08,960
if you did not know, today is National

2208
01:31:08,960 --> 01:31:09,920
Dog Day.

2209
01:31:09,920 --> 01:31:12,320
>> And so uh Maddie made this special

2210
01:31:12,320 --> 01:31:13,920
appearance. I mean, got off of her

2211
01:31:13,920 --> 01:31:15,199
training schedule to come down here.

2212
01:31:15,199 --> 01:31:16,639
>> Yeah. Look at her. She's tired. She's

2213
01:31:16,639 --> 01:31:19,040
like, I'm not I'm not hanging out.

2214
01:31:19,040 --> 01:31:21,103
>> She doesn't want anything to do with it.

2215
01:31:21,103 --> 01:31:21,920
[laughter]

2216
01:31:21,920 --> 01:31:24,320
>> And I also think it's important to say

2217
01:31:24,320 --> 01:31:25,920
uh to each and every one of you, thank

2218
01:31:25,920 --> 01:31:27,760
you for your service to our community.

2219
01:31:27,760 --> 01:31:30,159
Uh I know sometimes uh these this these

2220
01:31:30,159 --> 01:31:32,320
jobs you have a lot on your plate. So

2221
01:31:32,320 --> 01:31:33,920
thank you thank you thank you thank you

2222
01:31:33,920 --> 01:31:36,080
for all that you do. So and giving us

2223
01:31:36,080 --> 01:31:37,440
the opportunity to come here and talk

2224
01:31:37,440 --> 01:31:39,920
about Liberty Dogs. So having said that

2225
01:31:39,920 --> 01:31:42,560
uh first of all when we talk about this

2226
01:31:42,560 --> 01:31:45,920
uh organization and as you heard earlier

2227
01:31:45,920 --> 01:31:48,159
this is uh David Cheryl Duffield just

2228
01:31:48,159 --> 01:31:50,400
being philanthropist and caring so much

2229
01:31:50,400 --> 01:31:53,679
and giving back and uh caring about two

2230
01:31:53,679 --> 01:31:55,840
parts of our community canines and

2231
01:31:55,840 --> 01:31:58,960
veterans. And one of the critical key

2232
01:31:58,960 --> 01:32:01,440
things some people don't know is we

2233
01:32:01,440 --> 01:32:03,360
provide service dogs to veterans at no

2234
01:32:03,360 --> 01:32:04,000
cost.

2235
01:32:04,000 --> 01:32:05,840
>> We also pay for the medical care. We

2236
01:32:05,840 --> 01:32:08,320
also pay for the food. And so there's

2237
01:32:08,320 --> 01:32:11,040
nothing like this in the world in terms

2238
01:32:11,040 --> 01:32:13,440
of what we do. Our focal point for the

2239
01:32:13,440 --> 01:32:15,360
pairing process is those veterans with

2240
01:32:15,360 --> 01:32:18,560
PTSD. I always and trauma and

2241
01:32:18,560 --> 01:32:20,719
reintegration, but I always say this uh

2242
01:32:20,719 --> 01:32:23,199
there's nothing normal about what we ask

2243
01:32:23,199 --> 01:32:25,360
these young people to do when they go

2244
01:32:25,360 --> 01:32:27,520
down range and when they deploy and then

2245
01:32:27,520 --> 01:32:30,000
ask them to come back and be normal. And

2246
01:32:30,000 --> 01:32:32,719
we have shown uh through research that

2247
01:32:32,719 --> 01:32:36,000
this does work. So, but the key thing

2248
01:32:36,000 --> 01:32:38,239
that you see up there too is if we don't

2249
01:32:38,239 --> 01:32:39,920
have the support of our community, we

2250
01:32:39,920 --> 01:32:42,000
cannot do our best work. So, I when I

2251
01:32:42,000 --> 01:32:43,440
say in sincerity, thank you for your

2252
01:32:43,440 --> 01:32:45,520
service. I really mean that when you and

2253
01:32:45,520 --> 01:32:46,560
for those of you who have been to the

2254
01:32:46,560 --> 01:32:48,159
campus, I believe it's been everybody.

2255
01:32:48,159 --> 01:32:51,280
So, uh this is the uh nothing like it.

2256
01:32:51,280 --> 01:32:53,199
I'll always say this in the world. And

2257
01:32:53,199 --> 01:32:56,000
if you did not know that uh Mr. Derto

2258
01:32:56,000 --> 01:32:58,400
was uh the the builder of the campus and

2259
01:32:58,400 --> 01:33:00,000
so he's back here being modest right

2260
01:33:00,000 --> 01:33:01,920
now. And uh if I had a medal, I'd give

2261
01:33:01,920 --> 01:33:05,120
it to him. But uh he uh is a 27 acre

2262
01:33:05,120 --> 01:33:06,400
campus. It's actually expanding a little

2263
01:33:06,400 --> 01:33:07,840
bit more than that because we're adding

2264
01:33:07,840 --> 01:33:10,800
some dog pins. Uh 200,000 square feet of

2265
01:33:10,800 --> 01:33:13,520
state-of-the-art facilities purposebuilt

2266
01:33:13,520 --> 01:33:17,760
for veterans and canines. And uh one of

2267
01:33:17,760 --> 01:33:19,760
the words I like to use it, it provides

2268
01:33:19,760 --> 01:33:22,560
a full experience from the time that you

2269
01:33:22,560 --> 01:33:25,199
apply to the uh to be selected to the

2270
01:33:25,199 --> 01:33:27,120
time that you come onto the campus to

2271
01:33:27,120 --> 01:33:29,280
the experience that you have there. And

2272
01:33:29,280 --> 01:33:31,520
customer service is big for us. And

2273
01:33:31,520 --> 01:33:33,520
there's so much that we can show now

2274
01:33:33,520 --> 01:33:35,360
that it becomes a defining moment for

2275
01:33:35,360 --> 01:33:37,040
the veterans in terms of what they're

2276
01:33:37,040 --> 01:33:39,120
able to go through. And when you talk

2277
01:33:39,120 --> 01:33:41,360
about our organization in terms of uh we

2278
01:33:41,360 --> 01:33:43,520
have approximately 118 employees right

2279
01:33:43,520 --> 01:33:46,560
now. 30% of our employees are veterans.

2280
01:33:46,560 --> 01:33:49,520
So we're veteran uh organization in so

2281
01:33:49,520 --> 01:33:52,960
many ways. When we talk about the need

2282
01:33:52,960 --> 01:33:54,960
and we've heard this term before,

2283
01:33:54,960 --> 01:33:58,000
invisible wounds. Um, I I like to say

2284
01:33:58,000 --> 01:33:59,520
that there's so many people that go

2285
01:33:59,520 --> 01:34:01,600
through life I call playing poker. You

2286
01:34:01,600 --> 01:34:04,080
just don't know what's going on inside.

2287
01:34:04,080 --> 01:34:05,760
And when you have a chance to sit down

2288
01:34:05,760 --> 01:34:08,080
and talk to those who've been exposed

2289
01:34:08,080 --> 01:34:10,880
to, not just what happens downrange, not

2290
01:34:10,880 --> 01:34:12,960
just what happens when they're serving

2291
01:34:12,960 --> 01:34:15,840
in the military, but what they carry and

2292
01:34:15,840 --> 01:34:17,760
what they've been exposed to and what

2293
01:34:17,760 --> 01:34:19,520
they're challenged with that sometimes

2294
01:34:19,520 --> 01:34:22,080
we don't see. and uh and navigating

2295
01:34:22,080 --> 01:34:24,480
those systems to get the assistant

2296
01:34:24,480 --> 01:34:26,320
assistance and support that you need is

2297
01:34:26,320 --> 01:34:29,520
not so easy. So, we have learned through

2298
01:34:29,520 --> 01:34:32,400
research that pairing a veteran up with

2299
01:34:32,400 --> 01:34:35,760
a service dog has a major impact. And

2300
01:34:35,760 --> 01:34:37,760
there's so many I I tell people this all

2301
01:34:37,760 --> 01:34:39,570
the time. This is a very animal friendly

2302
01:34:39,570 --> 01:34:42,239
[snorts] uh community. And uh but we

2303
01:34:42,239 --> 01:34:45,120
also know that when you have someone who

2304
01:34:45,120 --> 01:34:47,280
can support you, be there for you, have

2305
01:34:47,280 --> 01:34:50,320
your back, interrupt and and uh and care

2306
01:34:50,320 --> 01:34:52,400
for you, it makes a huge difference. And

2307
01:34:52,400 --> 01:34:53,920
I can't tell you how many veterans who

2308
01:34:53,920 --> 01:34:55,840
have I have talked to personally who

2309
01:34:55,840 --> 01:34:58,800
have told me this K9 saved my life.

2310
01:34:58,800 --> 01:35:00,239
>> And I like to believe we're in the

2311
01:35:00,239 --> 01:35:02,320
business of saving lives. So when we

2312
01:35:02,320 --> 01:35:03,920
talk about creating a lifeline for a

2313
01:35:03,920 --> 01:35:08,159
hero, we we are the first US uh veteran

2314
01:35:08,159 --> 01:35:10,800
uh organization to combine service dogs,

2315
01:35:10,800 --> 01:35:12,560
we also created an integrated wellness

2316
01:35:12,560 --> 01:35:15,280
program because my ask coming in the

2317
01:35:15,280 --> 01:35:17,840
door was how do we ensure that veterans

2318
01:35:17,840 --> 01:35:20,639
continue to move forward in uh working

2319
01:35:20,639 --> 01:35:22,960
on themselves so it's not always just on

2320
01:35:22,960 --> 01:35:25,120
the K9. So we have this course we put

2321
01:35:25,120 --> 01:35:26,960
together a one and three-day course. It

2322
01:35:26,960 --> 01:35:29,040
talks about resilience. It talks about

2323
01:35:29,040 --> 01:35:31,120
mindfulness. It talks about mental

2324
01:35:31,120 --> 01:35:33,120
health. It talks about being have taken

2325
01:35:33,120 --> 01:35:34,880
initiative and moving forward in your

2326
01:35:34,880 --> 01:35:37,120
life, providing them the resources.

2327
01:35:37,120 --> 01:35:39,199
We've seen a great return on investment.

2328
01:35:39,199 --> 01:35:40,880
Most of our classes have been from

2329
01:35:40,880 --> 01:35:42,960
veterans in our Reno area, Reno Sparks

2330
01:35:42,960 --> 01:35:46,159
area. So, uh we recognize that it does

2331
01:35:46,159 --> 01:35:48,719
supply for them stability and the

2332
01:35:48,719 --> 01:35:51,199
ability to move forward in life. Every

2333
01:35:51,199 --> 01:35:53,040
service dog is trained to the highest

2334
01:35:53,040 --> 01:35:55,280
standards. Uh, I think Maddie was our

2335
01:35:55,280 --> 01:35:57,679
first dog. And, uh, when you think about

2336
01:35:57,679 --> 01:36:01,040
anxiety, depression, uh, TBI, traumatic

2337
01:36:01,040 --> 01:36:02,960
brain injuries, and all the things that

2338
01:36:02,960 --> 01:36:05,120
happen, uh, that can't happen in your

2339
01:36:05,120 --> 01:36:07,199
military experience. The service dogs

2340
01:36:07,199 --> 01:36:09,760
are trained specifically for the veteran

2341
01:36:09,760 --> 01:36:12,080
that they're assigned to to make sure

2342
01:36:12,080 --> 01:36:14,639
that they can be intervened to make get

2343
01:36:14,639 --> 01:36:16,960
them in a better place to to to pause

2344
01:36:16,960 --> 01:36:19,679
that. and uh and that has just been

2345
01:36:19,679 --> 01:36:21,760
phenomenal for us in terms of the

2346
01:36:21,760 --> 01:36:24,239
ability to have quality dogs that we

2347
01:36:24,239 --> 01:36:26,320
will send out not just locally, not just

2348
01:36:26,320 --> 01:36:28,639
statewide, but nationwide to work with

2349
01:36:28,639 --> 01:36:30,960
and protect and save our veterans. So,

2350
01:36:30,960 --> 01:36:32,800
we talk about the programs that POS that

2351
01:36:32,800 --> 01:36:34,719
power our mission. Uh, I talked about

2352
01:36:34,719 --> 01:36:36,639
the warrior wellness class where we

2353
01:36:36,639 --> 01:36:39,040
provide great tools and I encourage uh

2354
01:36:39,040 --> 01:36:42,320
as many of uh uh the the veterans that

2355
01:36:42,320 --> 01:36:44,159
can or if anybody wants to just sit and

2356
01:36:44,159 --> 01:36:45,760
learn the class and we're hoping to do

2357
01:36:45,760 --> 01:36:47,840
some partnering with uh some uh city

2358
01:36:47,840 --> 01:36:49,920
organizations as relates to the warrior

2359
01:36:49,920 --> 01:36:52,159
wellness class. Puppy raising. We're

2360
01:36:52,159 --> 01:36:53,920
always looking for puppy razors. You can

2361
01:36:53,920 --> 01:36:55,360
be a puppy raiser. You can be a puppy

2362
01:36:55,360 --> 01:36:57,840
razor. You can be a puppy razor. So, uh

2363
01:36:57,840 --> 01:37:00,320
that we can't be successful if we don't

2364
01:37:00,320 --> 01:37:02,560
have puppy razors. Cannot. It's a big

2365
01:37:02,560 --> 01:37:04,480
commitment, but it's the engine that

2366
01:37:04,480 --> 01:37:06,960
gives us the ability to go forward. And

2367
01:37:06,960 --> 01:37:09,280
because the more canines we have, the

2368
01:37:09,280 --> 01:37:11,040
more pairings we can have with our

2369
01:37:11,040 --> 01:37:15,600
veterans. Uh service dog training and and and placement. We just recently

2370
01:37:15,600 --> 01:37:18,320
trained uh paired we call past the

2371
01:37:18,320 --> 01:37:20,080
leash, which I'll talk about where we

2372
01:37:20,080 --> 01:37:21,679
have uh paired some veterans with

2373
01:37:21,679 --> 01:37:23,840
service dogs here locally. Uh the

2374
01:37:23,840 --> 01:37:26,400
shelter shelter foster program, we get

2375
01:37:26,400 --> 01:37:28,560
dogs out of shelters and train them.

2376
01:37:28,560 --> 01:37:30,320
Matter of fact, the recent pairings we

2377
01:37:30,320 --> 01:37:32,960
have are all shelter dogs. Uh we work

2378
01:37:32,960 --> 01:37:34,880
with two prisons right now. We're about

2379
01:37:34,880 --> 01:37:37,600
ready to go to our third one. And uh the

2380
01:37:37,600 --> 01:37:40,080
prisons are phenomenal partners in being

2381
01:37:40,080 --> 01:37:42,480
puppy raisers for us for for us. And I

2382
01:37:42,480 --> 01:37:45,280
can't tell you the win-win behind the

2383
01:37:45,280 --> 01:37:47,440
those inmates who say, "This changes my

2384
01:37:47,440 --> 01:37:49,199
life. I get to have some degree of human

2385
01:37:49,199 --> 01:37:53,760
touch. I feel like I'm giving back to a a veteran in our community." So that's

2386
01:37:53,760 --> 01:37:55,360
been great for us. Then our guardian

2387
01:37:55,360 --> 01:37:57,199
homes which really work with us in our

2388
01:37:57,199 --> 01:37:58,960
breed in our in the breeding candidates

2389
01:37:58,960 --> 01:38:01,440
and dogs that work in those programs.

2390
01:38:01,440 --> 01:38:04,159
Here's a and I I I can't emphasize this

2391
01:38:04,159 --> 01:38:07,360
enough here. We cannot be successful

2392
01:38:07,360 --> 01:38:09,600
without this great community cannot be

2393
01:38:09,600 --> 01:38:12,960
successful. And so anybody who uh has

2394
01:38:12,960 --> 01:38:16,960
the uh the wherewithal or the space or

2395
01:38:16,960 --> 01:38:19,360
the want to support or want to play a

2396
01:38:19,360 --> 01:38:21,520
role in this, want to be a partner, want

2397
01:38:21,520 --> 01:38:23,040
to be an advocate, want to be a

2398
01:38:23,040 --> 01:38:24,880
champion, want to be a supporter, want

2399
01:38:24,880 --> 01:38:27,119
to have our back, want something to do,

2400
01:38:27,119 --> 01:38:29,679
we're looking for puppy raisers. We're

2401
01:38:29,679 --> 01:38:31,280
also uh we have now we can have

2402
01:38:31,280 --> 01:38:35,040
volunteers. But a big thing is telling

2403
01:38:35,040 --> 01:38:38,000
the story, telling the Liberty Dog

2404
01:38:38,000 --> 01:38:40,560
story, talking about what it's doing,

2405
01:38:40,560 --> 01:38:41,920
talking about the impact to our

2406
01:38:41,920 --> 01:38:43,600
community, talking about how it's

2407
01:38:43,600 --> 01:38:45,440
changing lives and not just of the

2408
01:38:45,440 --> 01:38:47,920
veteran, but also of their families.

2409
01:38:47,920 --> 01:38:50,000
There's a second, third order effect to

2410
01:38:50,000 --> 01:38:51,920
what we're able to do as a part of

2411
01:38:51,920 --> 01:38:54,639
Liberty Dogs. So, everybody should have

2412
01:38:54,639 --> 01:38:56,080
Liberty Dogs material to go out and

2413
01:38:56,080 --> 01:38:57,760
share the story. Uh here's some

2414
01:38:57,760 --> 01:39:00,000
milestones that we just have had. Uh we

2415
01:39:00,000 --> 01:39:01,920
just celebrated our first leash passage

2416
01:39:01,920 --> 01:39:04,080
just this past Friday. Five veterans,

2417
01:39:04,080 --> 01:39:06,320
five shelter dogs in our community who

2418
01:39:06,320 --> 01:39:08,000
are getting trained to be full service

2419
01:39:08,000 --> 01:39:10,000
dogs. We're preparing to train prepare

2420
01:39:10,000 --> 01:39:12,000
our first trained service dogs, which is

2421
01:39:12,000 --> 01:39:14,480
the two-week course. And uh for those of

2422
01:39:14,480 --> 01:39:15,920
you who may not have been on the campus,

2423
01:39:15,920 --> 01:39:18,639
it's a full service campus with not just

2424
01:39:18,639 --> 01:39:20,320
veteran suites, not just a

2425
01:39:20,320 --> 01:39:22,480
state-of-the-art kitchen, but a place

2426
01:39:22,480 --> 01:39:24,480
where they can have peace restoration

2427
01:39:24,480 --> 01:39:26,560
rooms where they can really have the

2428
01:39:26,560 --> 01:39:28,880
time to get back in touch with, you

2429
01:39:28,880 --> 01:39:30,800
know, somebody's recognizing as

2430
01:39:30,800 --> 01:39:32,639
contributing to my moving forward in

2431
01:39:32,639 --> 01:39:35,760
life. Uh we currently have 27 127 dogs

2432
01:39:35,760 --> 01:39:38,639
in our program, mainly golden retrievers

2433
01:39:38,639 --> 01:39:41,440
and Labradors or a mix thereof. Uh we

2434
01:39:41,440 --> 01:39:43,920
have put 118 veterans uh through our

2435
01:39:43,920 --> 01:39:45,920
warrior wellness. I'll leave uh tomorrow

2436
01:39:45,920 --> 01:39:48,400
going to a conference in Indianapolis

2437
01:39:48,400 --> 01:39:50,080
and it's going to be a representation of

2438
01:39:50,080 --> 01:39:52,400
quite of all 54 states territory in

2439
01:39:52,400 --> 01:39:54,159
District Columbia and I'll get a chance

2440
01:39:54,159 --> 01:39:56,480
to be like the the champion of talking

2441
01:39:56,480 --> 01:39:58,080
about what's here. I think we're going

2442
01:39:58,080 --> 01:40:00,639
to get so much interest in what we're

2443
01:40:00,639 --> 01:40:03,760
having here. Uh big news for the city of

2444
01:40:03,760 --> 01:40:07,280
Reno. Uh, on September 14th, you don't

2445
01:40:07,280 --> 01:40:11,040
want to miss it. At 10:30 a.m., we will

2446
01:40:11,040 --> 01:40:13,280
officially announce the city's

2447
01:40:13,280 --> 01:40:16,239
partnership with Liberty Dogs. I figure

2448
01:40:16,239 --> 01:40:17,600
I know you're not allowed to cheer or

2449
01:40:17,600 --> 01:40:19,679
anything, but that's a big deal. Okay.

2450
01:40:19,679 --> 01:40:22,000
Trying to follow the rules. Um, and then

2451
01:40:22,000 --> 01:40:23,679
we'll also get a chance to introduce the

2452
01:40:23,679 --> 01:40:26,080
city's official Liberty Dog and reveal

2453
01:40:26,080 --> 01:40:29,760
the name. We are beyond excited. Thank

2454
01:40:29,760 --> 01:40:32,080
you for your support. Thank you for your

2455
01:40:32,080 --> 01:40:34,480
partnership. Thank you for having at our

2456
01:40:34,480 --> 01:40:36,400
back and cheering us on. Thank you for

2457
01:40:36,400 --> 01:40:39,920
telling the story. Uh major gratitude uh

2458
01:40:39,920 --> 01:40:41,760
on behalf of the Dave and Show Duffield

2459
01:40:41,760 --> 01:40:44,320
Foundation and all of our employees and

2460
01:40:44,320 --> 01:40:45,920
all of those champions we have out

2461
01:40:45,920 --> 01:40:48,320
there. Uh this is a bright and shining

2462
01:40:48,320 --> 01:40:50,560
gym for our community. There's nothing

2463
01:40:50,560 --> 01:40:52,800
like this in the world and we get a

2464
01:40:52,800 --> 01:40:54,400
chance to talk about the great things

2465
01:40:54,400 --> 01:40:55,920
that are happening right here in

2466
01:40:55,920 --> 01:40:58,480
Northern Nevada as we take care of those

2467
01:40:58,480 --> 01:41:00,320
who've taken care of this great nation.

2468
01:41:00,320 --> 01:41:02,000
Having said that, I will stand by for

2469
01:41:02,000 --> 01:41:03,199
any questions.

2470
01:41:03,199 --> 01:41:05,920
>> Okay. If that's not inspiring, I don't

2471
01:41:05,920 --> 01:41:09,360
know what is. You are I always love

2472
01:41:09,360 --> 01:41:11,440
hearing you speak. When are you writing

2473
01:41:11,440 --> 01:41:12,880
a book?

2474
01:41:12,880 --> 01:41:14,880
>> When I get I don't know. I don't have

2475
01:41:14,880 --> 01:41:16,505
any 2 or 3 in the morning. I don't know.

2476
01:41:16,505 --> 01:41:18,629
[laughter]

2477
01:41:18,639 --> 01:41:21,280
» I just love love love what you do. That

2478
01:41:21,280 --> 01:41:22,960
is so cool. I did not know we were

2479
01:41:22,960 --> 01:41:25,840
getting our own our very own uh City of

2480
01:41:25,840 --> 01:41:28,880
Reno Liberty dog. That's fantastic.

2481
01:41:28,880 --> 01:41:31,360
I love it. Any

2482
01:41:31,360 --> 01:41:34,320
questions? Go ahead, council member. Um,

2483
01:41:34,320 --> 01:41:35,600
I'll just Anderson.

2484
01:41:35,600 --> 01:41:37,360
>> That's me. Okay.

2485
01:41:37,360 --> 01:41:39,119
>> I I was looking over at both of you, so

2486
01:41:39,119 --> 01:41:40,000
I apologize.

2487
01:41:40,000 --> 01:41:42,639
>> That's okay. I don't mind being mistaken

2488
01:41:42,639 --> 01:41:46,639
for Council Member Taylor.

2489
01:41:46,639 --> 01:41:50,400
>> General Barry, I'm just you're just like

2490
01:41:50,400 --> 01:41:53,440
glowing with enthusiasm and love for

2491
01:41:53,440 --> 01:41:55,280
this project and for the work that

2492
01:41:55,280 --> 01:41:56,960
you're going to be doing. And I hope

2493
01:41:56,960 --> 01:41:59,040
that I'm doing the same for the fact

2494
01:41:59,040 --> 01:42:02,239
that this is in my neighborhood, in my

2495
01:42:02,239 --> 01:42:03,840
community.

2496
01:42:03,840 --> 01:42:06,080
The transformation of what this is going

2497
01:42:06,080 --> 01:42:09,040
to do for Ward 6 when downtown Demani is

2498
01:42:09,040 --> 01:42:11,920
developed, the culture and the vibe of

2499
01:42:11,920 --> 01:42:13,760
this neighborhood and this community

2500
01:42:13,760 --> 01:42:15,840
with the Liberty Dogs there being

2501
01:42:15,840 --> 01:42:17,679
integrated into that environment is

2502
01:42:17,679 --> 01:42:18,800
going to be one of the most special

2503
01:42:18,800 --> 01:42:21,199
things we have in this country. And it's

2504
01:42:21,199 --> 01:42:23,119
a stones throw from my house. And so I

2505
01:42:23,119 --> 01:42:24,239
want to say thank you for your

2506
01:42:24,239 --> 01:42:26,719
leadership there. The people that in the

2507
01:42:26,719 --> 01:42:28,480
community that have seen the development

2508
01:42:28,480 --> 01:42:30,880
that has happened at Liberty Dogs think

2509
01:42:30,880 --> 01:42:33,119
that it is homes for sale and it's

2510
01:42:33,119 --> 01:42:36,400
downtown Demani. That is how fabulously

2511
01:42:36,400 --> 01:42:38,719
this campus has been developed. It is

2512
01:42:38,719 --> 01:42:41,520
absolutely stunning. No detail has been

2513
01:42:41,520 --> 01:42:43,119
overlooked.

2514
01:42:43,119 --> 01:42:45,360
And though the most important thing that

2515
01:42:45,360 --> 01:42:47,840
I want to say to you and to the Duffels

2516
01:42:47,840 --> 01:42:50,719
and to you Mr. Dorettto.

2517
01:42:50,719 --> 01:42:52,960
I've, you know, I'm 51 years old. I've

2518
01:42:52,960 --> 01:42:54,800
been in Northern Nevada my my whole

2519
01:42:54,800 --> 01:42:57,760
life. And we've all heard how we do or

2520
01:42:57,760 --> 01:43:01,520
do not take care of our veterans.

2521
01:43:01,520 --> 01:43:04,480
This program is going to teach Reno and

2522
01:43:04,480 --> 01:43:07,840
Wo County at large how important our

2523
01:43:07,840 --> 01:43:10,960
veterans are, how actually tactical

2524
01:43:10,960 --> 01:43:12,880
things that everyone in the community

2525
01:43:12,880 --> 01:43:15,600
can actually do to give back to the

2526
01:43:15,600 --> 01:43:17,600
service that they gave us. That is an

2527
01:43:17,600 --> 01:43:20,560
incredible gift for our community to

2528
01:43:20,560 --> 01:43:23,040
teach us how to care for our veterans,

2529
01:43:23,040 --> 01:43:25,199
but teach us how to care for each other.

2530
01:43:25,199 --> 01:43:26,880
Teach us how to care. I mean, shelter

2531
01:43:26,880 --> 01:43:30,960
dogs. You are picking shelter dogs out

2532
01:43:30,960 --> 01:43:33,040
of shelters on the West Coast and across

2533
01:43:33,040 --> 01:43:35,600
the country to give them a new life and

2534
01:43:35,600 --> 01:43:37,280
purpose. Not just a new life and purpose

2535
01:43:37,280 --> 01:43:40,000
to be loved, but a new life and purpose

2536
01:43:40,000 --> 01:43:43,040
to love. And I'm just I'm sure I could

2537
01:43:43,040 --> 01:43:45,119
go on for many, many minutes. And that's

2538
01:43:45,119 --> 01:43:46,960
when Council Member Taylor will throw

2539
01:43:46,960 --> 01:43:48,960
something at me. So, I just want to say

2540
01:43:48,960 --> 01:43:50,880
thank you for the opportunity, everybody

2541
01:43:50,880 --> 01:43:53,280
here that brought this to Nevada and to

2542
01:43:53,280 --> 01:43:55,199
Northern Nevada because you are teaching

2543
01:43:55,199 --> 01:43:56,639
us how to be better people.

2544
01:43:56,639 --> 01:43:57,040
>> Thank you.

2545
01:43:57,040 --> 01:43:57,679
>> So, thank you.

2546
01:43:57,679 --> 01:43:59,440
>> Appreciate Taylor.

2547
01:43:59,440 --> 01:44:01,119
>> Go ahead. I would never throw anything

2548
01:44:01,119 --> 01:44:02,877
at you, Council Member Anderson.

2549
01:44:02,877 --> 01:44:03,360
[laughter]

2550
01:44:03,360 --> 01:44:06,320
>> Thank you, Madame Mayor. So proud,

2551
01:44:06,320 --> 01:44:08,560
beyond proud, beyond words of this

2552
01:44:08,560 --> 01:44:11,040
facility and the community. It just is a

2553
01:44:11,040 --> 01:44:13,199
gamecher for our region and for our

2554
01:44:13,199 --> 01:44:16,719
state. My question for you is what

2555
01:44:16,719 --> 01:44:19,600
what's the the cost approximately of

2556
01:44:19,600 --> 01:44:22,080
this facility?

2557
01:44:22,080 --> 01:44:26,080
>> The cost approximately of this facility.

2558
01:44:26,080 --> 01:44:29,199
>> Well, he was in the middle of all that.

2559
01:44:29,199 --> 01:44:30,239
>> I'm sorry.

2560
01:44:30,239 --> 01:44:34,080
>> What was the cost of the facility?

2561
01:44:34,080 --> 01:44:36,000
>> The investment. Let's call it an

2562
01:44:36,000 --> 01:44:40,202
investment.

2563
01:44:40,212 --> 01:44:41,040
[laughter]

2564
01:44:41,040 --> 01:44:41,360
>> Okay.

2565
01:44:41,360 --> 01:44:42,239
>> Did you catch that?

2566
01:44:42,239 --> 01:44:43,760
>> What was that?

2567
01:44:43,760 --> 01:44:45,920
It's approximately $350 million.

2568
01:44:45,920 --> 01:44:49,760
>> About $350 million.

2569
01:44:49,760 --> 01:44:52,960
>> How many public dollars did you receive?

2570
01:44:52,960 --> 01:44:54,960
>> No public dollars.

2571
01:44:54,960 --> 01:44:57,199
>> So, this community

2572
01:44:57,199 --> 01:44:59,679
with some key leaders

2573
01:44:59,679 --> 01:45:02,080
provided this facility for our veterans

2574
01:45:02,080 --> 01:45:05,840
with no public dollars.

2575
01:45:05,840 --> 01:45:07,760
That's amazing.

2576
01:45:07,760 --> 01:45:09,440
This community is amazing. And it's

2577
01:45:09,440 --> 01:45:11,280
because of people like you and Perry D.

2578
01:45:11,280 --> 01:45:14,320
Lorettto, the Duffield Foundation, and

2579
01:45:14,320 --> 01:45:16,719
we can't do it without you. So, thank

2580
01:45:16,719 --> 01:45:17,280
you.

2581
01:45:17,280 --> 01:45:20,960
>> Thank you. I sometimes I don't think

2582
01:45:20,960 --> 01:45:25,199
people realize what we have here. Um,

2583
01:45:25,199 --> 01:45:27,280
and it's and it's been talked about this

2584
01:45:27,280 --> 01:45:30,080
morning, but uh when a community comes

2585
01:45:30,080 --> 01:45:32,400
together, when you have people who care

2586
01:45:32,400 --> 01:45:36,800
so much, so much uh the Duffields uh are

2587
01:45:36,800 --> 01:45:41,040
just so generous and have a love and uh

2588
01:45:41,040 --> 01:45:43,280
care for our community, our veterans,

2589
01:45:43,280 --> 01:45:45,440
and have done so many other things. And

2590
01:45:45,440 --> 01:45:47,360
then you get, you know, the community

2591
01:45:47,360 --> 01:45:50,400
pillar back there, Mr. Dorettto, and

2592
01:45:50,400 --> 01:45:52,719
come together to create this excellence.

2593
01:45:52,719 --> 01:45:56,480
And um and when you see and hear what's

2594
01:45:56,480 --> 01:45:59,199
happening on a regular basis in terms of

2595
01:45:59,199 --> 01:46:00,880
veterans and I the word right word was

2596
01:46:00,880 --> 01:46:09,040
transformed, how they're transformed. I had a spouse call me and says this my my husband had not talked to me about

2597
01:46:09,040 --> 01:46:11,040
the war since the Gulf War until they

2598
01:46:11,040 --> 01:46:13,280
went to this class that you gave

2599
01:46:13,280 --> 01:46:16,400
speaking more now, interacting more now.

2600
01:46:16,400 --> 01:46:18,320
Uh doesn't talk about being afraid

2601
01:46:18,320 --> 01:46:22,880
anymore. I mean, I I have stories and and when you're doing something this

2602
01:46:22,880 --> 01:46:26,239
noble and saving and changing lives in a

2603
01:46:26,239 --> 01:46:29,600
community that co coaleses behind it, um

2604
01:46:29,600 --> 01:46:32,639
it's a story to be told and uh we have

2605
01:46:32,639 --> 01:46:35,679
not seen the return on investment that

2606
01:46:35,679 --> 01:46:38,000
is happening in this community. It's

2607
01:46:38,000 --> 01:46:39,119
going to be phenomenal.

2608
01:46:39,119 --> 01:46:41,280
>> And I wish I wish Mr. Morgan was Oh, he

2609
01:46:41,280 --> 01:46:42,080
is still here.

2610
01:46:42,080 --> 01:46:44,880
>> He's back there.

2611
01:46:44,880 --> 01:46:47,199
I'm proud that the builders in this

2612
01:46:47,199 --> 01:46:50,080
community support these kind of efforts.

2613
01:46:50,080 --> 01:46:51,840
They're not just building our community

2614
01:46:51,840 --> 01:46:53,440
with houses. They're building our

2615
01:46:53,440 --> 01:46:56,800
community. And I know, but I can see you

2616
01:46:56,800 --> 01:46:57,600
all.

2617
01:46:57,600 --> 01:46:59,840
>> Exactly. So, the builders in this

2618
01:46:59,840 --> 01:47:03,119
community are phenomenal. Thank you.

2619
01:47:03,119 --> 01:47:04,239
>> Thank you.

2620
01:47:04,239 --> 01:47:05,760
>> He's a big supporter, too. He just like

2621
01:47:05,760 --> 01:47:09,360
to be in the background, but he's uh

2622
01:47:09,360 --> 01:47:12,400
>> he's shy. Dan's shy over there.

2623
01:47:12,400 --> 01:47:16,104
>> Dan shy. Look at him now. He's all red.

2624
01:47:16,104 --> 01:47:16,719
[laughter]

2625
01:47:16,719 --> 01:47:21,119
>> So oxymoron dam. Okay.

2626
01:47:21,119 --> 01:47:22,639
>> All right.

2627
01:47:22,639 --> 01:47:24,619
>> So funny. He is. Look, he's getting

2628
01:47:24,619 --> 01:47:27,280
[laughter] red.

2629
01:47:27,280 --> 01:47:29,199
>> All right. Thank you. Thank you. Thank

2630
01:47:29,199 --> 01:47:29,600
you.

2631
01:47:29,600 --> 01:47:30,480
>> Before you [laughter] go.

2632
01:47:30,480 --> 01:47:33,280
>> All right. Council light on as well. Um

2633
01:47:33,280 --> 01:47:36,400
well, first of all, um General Barry,

2634
01:47:36,400 --> 01:47:38,800
>> welcome to our chambers. Um, I've had

2635
01:47:38,800 --> 01:47:40,480
the privilege of knowing you for quite a

2636
01:47:40,480 --> 01:47:43,840
few years and while I was surprised when

2637
01:47:43,840 --> 01:47:46,000
you took this role, I was not shocked.

2638
01:47:46,000 --> 01:47:47,760
And I was not shocked because of your

2639
01:47:47,760 --> 01:47:49,280
past history both here at the city of

2640
01:47:49,280 --> 01:47:51,840
Reno, helping uh the men and women with

2641
01:47:51,840 --> 01:47:55,119
the Reno Police Department, moving on to

2642
01:47:55,119 --> 01:47:57,040
the Nevada National Guard where I got

2643
01:47:57,040 --> 01:47:59,280
to, you know, have tours with you, see

2644
01:47:59,280 --> 01:48:02,480
programs with you, celebrate our uh

2645
01:48:02,480 --> 01:48:04,480
guard and all the things they do, which

2646
01:48:04,480 --> 01:48:07,280
they are doing right now, flying water

2647
01:48:07,280 --> 01:48:10,560
to to um help us with the fire. I saw

2648
01:48:10,560 --> 01:48:12,639
Emerson and Marcus yesterday, Marcus and

2649
01:48:12,639 --> 01:48:16,080
Emer. and he um you know said we're out

2650
01:48:16,080 --> 01:48:17,760
there now you know and he had his camera

2651
01:48:17,760 --> 01:48:20,480
in hand as he always does and then I did

2652
01:48:20,480 --> 01:48:22,560
have a chance to tour the facility you

2653
01:48:22,560 --> 01:48:24,480
were not there unfortunately that day I

2654
01:48:24,480 --> 01:48:26,239
came with a number of other electeds and

2655
01:48:26,239 --> 01:48:29,280
we were blown away blown away by the

2656
01:48:29,280 --> 01:48:32,960
quality the the commitment to detail um

2657
01:48:32,960 --> 01:48:34,960
and and what you really described which

2658
01:48:34,960 --> 01:48:37,520
I think needs to be mentioned again it's

2659
01:48:37,520 --> 01:48:40,000
not just about dogs right I mean it's

2660
01:48:40,000 --> 01:48:41,840
phenomenally about dogs but it's about

2661
01:48:41,840 --> 01:48:44,639
the entire life cycle of a veteran and

2662
01:48:44,639 --> 01:48:46,080
what they're focusing what they're

2663
01:48:46,080 --> 01:48:47,840
dealing with, what what made them commit

2664
01:48:47,840 --> 01:48:49,760
to service in the first place, their

2665
01:48:49,760 --> 01:48:53,280
experiences in um their service, uh

2666
01:48:53,280 --> 01:48:56,320
their life after their service, and many

2667
01:48:56,320 --> 01:48:58,080
of them, you know, the challenges that

2668
01:48:58,080 --> 01:48:59,679
they faced. And the fact that you're

2669
01:48:59,679 --> 01:49:01,760
doing the mental health programs that

2670
01:49:01,760 --> 01:49:04,080
you are to basically bring back the

2671
01:49:04,080 --> 01:49:06,159
whole veteran um and help them

2672
01:49:06,159 --> 01:49:08,560
reintegrate to society if they've been

2673
01:49:08,560 --> 01:49:10,639
closed up, uh get different kind of

2674
01:49:10,639 --> 01:49:13,840
jobs. All all of it is so important. I

2675
01:49:13,840 --> 01:49:15,760
was first exposed to this kind of

2676
01:49:15,760 --> 01:49:17,920
program about 10 years ago. A friend of

2677
01:49:17,920 --> 01:49:20,320
mine back in Florida works with a

2678
01:49:20,320 --> 01:49:22,639
Warrior K9 Companion, I think it's

2679
01:49:22,639 --> 01:49:24,639
called, and she has trained dog after

2680
01:49:24,639 --> 01:49:28,560
dog, mostly Golden. Um, uh, mostly Labs,

2681
01:49:28,560 --> 01:49:31,440
Golden Labs. Um, and I always felt that

2682
01:49:31,440 --> 01:49:33,440
I never had the time, but I, you know, I

2683
01:49:33,440 --> 01:49:35,360
am about to be off council. I'm I have a

2684
01:49:35,360 --> 01:49:36,719
lot to take care of, but I know there's

2685
01:49:36,719 --> 01:49:38,719
going to come a day um that I may be

2686
01:49:38,719 --> 01:49:40,480
able to help out personally, you know,

2687
01:49:40,480 --> 01:49:43,119
as you called for volunteers um and help

2688
01:49:43,119 --> 01:49:45,360
raise these dogs because I've heard that

2689
01:49:45,360 --> 01:49:47,920
is your greatest challenge is getting

2690
01:49:47,920 --> 01:49:49,840
the amount of dogs that you want into

2691
01:49:49,840 --> 01:49:52,800
the program brought up and our community

2692
01:49:52,800 --> 01:49:54,480
probably doesn't have enough homes and

2693
01:49:54,480 --> 01:49:56,080
so you're reaching out all over is what

2694
01:49:56,080 --> 01:49:59,199
I understand. Um so I just, you know,

2695
01:49:59,199 --> 01:50:00,880
I've been blown away from day one. I

2696
01:50:00,880 --> 01:50:02,639
think you know I've been chair for a

2697
01:50:02,639 --> 01:50:05,600
decade of the Wo County Animal Services

2698
01:50:05,600 --> 01:50:07,840
and I've gotten exposed to the shelter

2699
01:50:07,840 --> 01:50:10,320
of course the issues that we have um

2700
01:50:10,320 --> 01:50:13,199
managing um the population the mayor and

2701
01:50:13,199 --> 01:50:15,760
I early in our career worked to get rid

2702
01:50:15,760 --> 01:50:18,800
of puppy stores in Reno the spread to

2703
01:50:18,800 --> 01:50:21,440
Sparks um so that we were not having

2704
01:50:21,440 --> 01:50:23,440
backyard breeders and that we were

2705
01:50:23,440 --> 01:50:26,000
adopting the animals out of the shelters

2706
01:50:26,000 --> 01:50:28,000
um and and that was something we're

2707
01:50:28,000 --> 01:50:29,840
really proud of in the beginning but to

2708
01:50:29,840 --> 01:50:31,920
be able to be here at the end and to be

2709
01:50:31,920 --> 01:50:33,440
able to have this kind of program

2710
01:50:33,440 --> 01:50:37,040
blossom in our community and um you know

2711
01:50:37,040 --> 01:50:38,719
be such a showpiece for the whole

2712
01:50:38,719 --> 01:50:40,400
America and and my understanding is

2713
01:50:40,400 --> 01:50:42,320
there may be others spread maybe to the

2714
01:50:42,320 --> 01:50:45,119
other coast ultimately is is just

2715
01:50:45,119 --> 01:50:48,320
phenomenal. I I do have an ask and it's

2716
01:50:48,320 --> 01:50:50,639
a small one but in your world but big to

2717
01:50:50,639 --> 01:50:52,960
me. We've just gone through the fire and

2718
01:50:52,960 --> 01:50:55,600
we had an incredible shortage of staff

2719
01:50:55,600 --> 01:50:58,239
in Wo County Animal Services. They were

2720
01:50:58,239 --> 01:51:00,400
running the shelter. They had a 30 cat

2721
01:51:00,400 --> 01:51:02,639
hoarding situation that they had to deal

2722
01:51:02,639 --> 01:51:05,040
with. Um there the livestock event

2723
01:51:05,040 --> 01:51:07,440
center was full. They could not use it

2724
01:51:07,440 --> 01:51:09,679
to evacuate large animals. They had to

2725
01:51:09,679 --> 01:51:12,880
pick one ironwood 25 miles away out

2726
01:51:12,880 --> 01:51:15,360
pyramid way. Um they had to go out there

2727
01:51:15,360 --> 01:51:16,800
and take care of all kind of large

2728
01:51:16,800 --> 01:51:19,040
animals. There was another group, the

2729
01:51:19,040 --> 01:51:20,639
it's called the least resistance

2730
01:51:20,639 --> 01:51:22,159
technical training, but it's all about

2731
01:51:22,159 --> 01:51:24,719
moving large animals out of danger. They

2732
01:51:24,719 --> 01:51:26,719
were evacuating animals and taking them

2733
01:51:26,719 --> 01:51:28,960
out to Ironwood. Well, meanwhile, there

2734
01:51:28,960 --> 01:51:31,119
was no one left to set up any kind of

2735
01:51:31,119 --> 01:51:35,199
shelter for the pets of the evacuees.

2736
01:51:35,199 --> 01:51:37,440
And so eventually I went and did it,

2737
01:51:37,440 --> 01:51:39,199
right? And eventually animal services

2738
01:51:39,199 --> 01:51:41,599
was able to bring extra supplies. And

2739
01:51:41,599 --> 01:51:43,440
one of the things I want to work on post

2740
01:51:43,440 --> 01:51:44,960
emergency and that I could use your

2741
01:51:44,960 --> 01:51:47,520
coaching on and and also probably Mr.

2742
01:51:47,520 --> 01:51:50,560
Deredto is um I want to set up volunt

2743
01:51:50,560 --> 01:51:52,560
emergency volunteers that are ready to

2744
01:51:52,560 --> 01:51:54,800
take care of animals that could be your

2745
01:51:54,800 --> 01:51:57,199
dogs. If a fire came to South Reno,

2746
01:51:57,199 --> 01:51:58,880
where are all if you have to evacuate,

2747
01:51:58,880 --> 01:52:00,960
where are all these dogs going? Um, if

2748
01:52:00,960 --> 01:52:02,400
we have to evacuate the shelter, where

2749
01:52:02,400 --> 01:52:04,239
are they going? If the livestock event

2750
01:52:04,239 --> 01:52:05,920
centers shut down again, what's

2751
01:52:05,920 --> 01:52:07,920
happening? I'd love to have volunteers

2752
01:52:07,920 --> 01:52:10,800
that are trained in emergencies um to

2753
01:52:10,800 --> 01:52:13,840
immediately set up and help evacuees

2754
01:52:13,840 --> 01:52:15,840
deal with the issues because many of

2755
01:52:15,840 --> 01:52:17,920
them would not come to the shelter. They

2756
01:52:17,920 --> 01:52:20,080
slept in their cars being told that

2757
01:52:20,080 --> 01:52:21,920
animals were not allowed in in the

2758
01:52:21,920 --> 01:52:24,320
shelter in the uh convention center.

2759
01:52:24,320 --> 01:52:27,520
Eventually, I was worked with JW and we

2760
01:52:27,520 --> 01:52:30,000
were able to get this evacuation center

2761
01:52:30,000 --> 01:52:31,840
open for animals and there were at least

2762
01:52:31,840 --> 01:52:34,320
17 there at one moment. Um, more later

2763
01:52:34,320 --> 01:52:36,080
and then fewer now as they're closing

2764
01:52:36,080 --> 01:52:38,159
the shelter. But you see the issue and

2765
01:52:38,159 --> 01:52:40,080
I'd love to connect later with both of

2766
01:52:40,080 --> 01:52:42,400
you about what we can do because this is

2767
01:52:42,400 --> 01:52:44,400
a whole new effort, but I think it'll

2768
01:52:44,400 --> 01:52:47,360
help both your facility and our entire

2769
01:52:47,360 --> 01:52:49,920
community with with issues and you're so

2770
01:52:49,920 --> 01:52:51,760
trained for this, right? So, thank you

2771
01:52:51,760 --> 01:52:53,520
both. Thank you all for what you have

2772
01:52:53,520 --> 01:52:55,360
done. I know the dumbfields care

2773
01:52:55,360 --> 01:52:56,800
tremendously about animals.

2774
01:52:56,800 --> 01:52:57,360
>> Your eggs.

2775
01:52:57,360 --> 01:52:57,760
>> I know.

2776
01:52:57,760 --> 01:52:58,560
>> Look forward to hearing.

2777
01:52:58,560 --> 01:53:00,480
>> Back to you.

2778
01:53:00,480 --> 01:53:02,560
>> So, do we get our When do we get our

2779
01:53:02,560 --> 01:53:04,400
dog? The 13th. Did you say it looked

2780
01:53:04,400 --> 01:53:05,119
like the 13th?

2781
01:53:05,119 --> 01:53:06,080
>> Yes. 14th.

2782
01:53:06,080 --> 01:53:08,320
>> 14th. Can we make sure the dog's here at

2783
01:53:08,320 --> 01:53:11,830
every council meeting? [laughter]

2784
01:53:11,840 --> 01:53:14,639
» That it's such a great mental health

2785
01:53:14,639 --> 01:53:16,400
initiative. I love it. Love it. Love it

2786
01:53:16,400 --> 01:53:16,880
so much.

2787
01:53:16,880 --> 01:53:17,760
>> Get to your call.

2788
01:53:17,760 --> 01:53:21,520
>> Oh, yeah. I love it. Love it. Um,

2789
01:53:21,520 --> 01:53:23,840
>> okay. We're gonna take a picture if you

2790
01:53:23,840 --> 01:53:25,040
wouldn't mind.

2791
01:53:25,040 --> 01:53:25,679
>> I think Council Member

2792
01:53:25,679 --> 01:53:27,599
>> Eert has

2793
01:53:27,599 --> 01:53:29,040
ahead.

2794
01:53:29,040 --> 01:53:30,719
>> Yeah. I just wanted to say, General

2795
01:53:30,719 --> 01:53:32,800
Barry, I I had the pleasure of going to

2796
01:53:32,800 --> 01:53:35,040
your retirement

2797
01:53:35,040 --> 01:53:37,360
um dinner and I should have known better

2798
01:53:37,360 --> 01:53:39,440
that that wouldn't be your your actual

2799
01:53:39,440 --> 01:53:41,199
retirement. I'm just so grateful to see

2800
01:53:41,199 --> 01:53:43,280
you doing more in the community and this

2801
01:53:43,280 --> 01:53:45,840
is such a wonderful project. I'm such a

2802
01:53:45,840 --> 01:53:48,639
dog person myself and um you know

2803
01:53:48,639 --> 01:53:50,239
they're they're called man's best friend

2804
01:53:50,239 --> 01:53:52,320
for a reason and relationships with

2805
01:53:52,320 --> 01:53:54,480
animals are so healing and I just think

2806
01:53:54,480 --> 01:53:57,199
this is such a wonderful program and I'm

2807
01:53:57,199 --> 01:54:00,560
so happy to see you um you know still

2808
01:54:00,560 --> 01:54:02,480
out here serving the community. You're

2809
01:54:02,480 --> 01:54:04,880
so passionate about it and just really

2810
01:54:04,880 --> 01:54:07,679
grateful for um the support that that

2811
01:54:07,679 --> 01:54:09,440
you're providing for veterans. So just

2812
01:54:09,440 --> 01:54:11,760
wanted to to chime in and say thank you

2813
01:54:11,760 --> 01:54:12,639
also.

2814
01:54:12,639 --> 01:54:14,000
>> Thank you. I appreciate that. Oh, thank

2815
01:54:14,000 --> 01:54:17,040
you so much.

2816
01:54:17,040 --> 01:54:20,080
Picture here.

2817
01:54:20,080 --> 01:54:21,440
>> I'm not in [snorts] charge, but I you

2818
01:54:21,440 --> 01:54:22,800
know,

2819
01:54:22,800 --> 01:54:23,840
>> I'm used to giving orders.

2820
01:54:23,840 --> 01:54:25,760
>> I didn't realize that u Megan had

2821
01:54:25,760 --> 01:54:31,109
stopped talking, so yeah,

2822
01:54:31,119 --> 01:54:35,360
» come on over. Come on, Dan.

2823
01:54:35,360 --> 01:54:37,920
>> Perry. Mike.

2824
01:54:37,920 --> 01:54:40,880
Hey, Mike. Dan, Perry, all of you guys

2825
01:54:40,880 --> 01:54:43,280
have worked on this project. Come on.

2826
01:54:43,280 --> 01:54:46,560
Don't be shy. Get over here,

2827
01:54:46,560 --> 01:54:50,639
Mike. Ponyie, come on. Yes. Get over

2828
01:54:50,639 --> 01:54:52,639
here.

2829
01:54:52,639 --> 01:54:54,880
>> He hates it. Look at his face getting

2830
01:54:54,880 --> 01:54:56,080
red, too. Come on, Dan.

2831
01:54:56,080 --> 01:54:58,480
>> Not lay down. I guess you can be

2832
01:54:58,480 --> 01:54:59,520
sitting.

2833
01:54:59,520 --> 01:55:01,599
>> Yeah, we're not leaving until you take a

2834
01:55:01,599 --> 01:55:02,239
picture.

2835
01:55:02,239 --> 01:55:03,360
>> She's sick of us already.

2836
01:55:03,360 --> 01:55:06,159
>> Ycca

2837
01:55:06,159 --> 01:55:07,440
will take picture.

2838
01:55:07,440 --> 01:55:10,719
>> Oh, it's okay. I don't mind.

2839
01:55:10,719 --> 01:55:13,520
All right. Um, hurry. Right after. I'll

2840
01:55:13,520 --> 01:55:16,320
just go right over and it'll It's on.

2841
01:55:16,320 --> 01:55:18,800
Yeah. Okay. Ready? Here. Everyone get

2842
01:55:18,800 --> 01:55:20,719
here. Hold on a second.

2843
01:55:20,719 --> 01:55:23,920
>> Hold on. Let's all get in here. Come on.

2844
01:55:23,920 --> 01:55:26,239
Okay. Is everyone in

2845
01:55:26,239 --> 01:55:28,880
>> in your frame? Okay. Ready? One, two,

2846
01:55:28,880 --> 01:55:31,520
three. Dogs.

2847
01:55:31,520 --> 01:55:34,950
Suck it in. [gasps]

2848
01:55:34,960 --> 01:55:37,184
» You got it.

2849
01:55:37,184 --> 01:55:37,679
[applause]

2850
01:55:37,679 --> 01:55:40,950
>> Awesome.

2851
01:55:40,960 --> 01:55:43,520
Thank you. Okay, Perry, come say a few

2852
01:55:43,520 --> 01:55:44,639
words.

2853
01:55:44,639 --> 01:55:46,800
>> Speech, speech, speech, speech.

2854
01:55:46,800 --> 01:55:47,280
>> Speech.

2855
01:55:47,280 --> 01:55:49,599
>> Just very briefly. Um,

2856
01:55:49,599 --> 01:55:51,440
>> this is this is this is wonderful. This

2857
01:55:51,440 --> 01:55:53,040
is uh going to gone down as a really

2858
01:55:53,040 --> 01:55:54,239
good day in our lives.

2859
01:55:54,239 --> 01:55:54,880
>> Oh my gosh.

2860
01:55:54,880 --> 01:55:55,599
>> Um,

2861
01:55:55,599 --> 01:55:58,480
>> the day I met David Duffield and he

2862
01:55:58,480 --> 01:56:00,000
explained his [laughter]

2863
01:56:00,000 --> 01:56:01,679
goal here.

2864
01:56:01,679 --> 01:56:04,639
>> U, it was quite an amazing conversation.

2865
01:56:04,639 --> 01:56:06,239
So,

2866
01:56:06,239 --> 01:56:09,199
um, what a point I want to make is

2867
01:56:09,199 --> 01:56:11,599
there's a couple things that happened,

2868
01:56:11,599 --> 01:56:13,679
uh, that we should not overlook. And

2869
01:56:13,679 --> 01:56:16,880
number one, the day David told me what

2870
01:56:16,880 --> 01:56:18,800
he wanted to do. And he said, Perry, I

2871
01:56:18,800 --> 01:56:21,440
need you to make this happen. And would

2872
01:56:21,440 --> 01:56:23,599
you believe over the five years of this

2873
01:56:23,599 --> 01:56:26,159
project, Dave and I probably had 12

2874
01:56:26,159 --> 01:56:28,639
meetings to talk about it. The direction

2875
01:56:28,639 --> 01:56:31,679
was, go make it happen. That could not

2876
01:56:31,679 --> 01:56:33,920
have happened without the city of Reno's

2877
01:56:33,920 --> 01:56:36,320
cooperation. I want to compliment the

2878
01:56:36,320 --> 01:56:38,400
city of Reno. I've done this with you

2879
01:56:38,400 --> 01:56:41,679
before. Your staff performed excellent

2880
01:56:41,679 --> 01:56:44,320
for us. We did our homework. We came in

2881
01:56:44,320 --> 01:56:46,800
with what we needed, but there was buyin

2882
01:56:46,800 --> 01:56:49,440
by the city of Reno and the cooperation

2883
01:56:49,440 --> 01:56:52,560
on this is was exemplary. So, thank you

2884
01:56:52,560 --> 01:56:54,880
for the leadership that you all provide

2885
01:56:54,880 --> 01:56:56,960
to your city staff to enable that to

2886
01:56:56,960 --> 01:56:58,960
happen because it couldn't have got done

2887
01:56:58,960 --> 01:57:00,560
without it. Well, that's

2888
01:57:00,560 --> 01:57:02,560
>> Chris Pingry over here and his whole

2889
01:57:02,560 --> 01:57:06,320
team. So, there he is. Thank the man

2890
01:57:06,320 --> 01:57:09,280
right there. Thank you, Chris.

2891
01:57:09,280 --> 01:57:11,360
>> Chris Pangry, you are amazing, young

2892
01:57:11,360 --> 01:57:14,239
man. Thank you.

2893
01:57:14,239 --> 01:57:15,840
>> Sorry. I My my hearing has been

2894
01:57:15,840 --> 01:57:17,280
terrible, so I've been just trying to

2895
01:57:17,280 --> 01:57:18,480
really focus. So, is mine.

2896
01:57:18,480 --> 01:57:19,599
>> I've been sitting back there adjusting

2897
01:57:19,599 --> 01:57:20,400
my hearing aids.

2898
01:57:20,400 --> 01:57:22,639
>> My eyesight, my hearing. We're all in

2899
01:57:22,639 --> 01:57:26,390
good company together.

2900
01:57:26,400 --> 01:57:28,239
» All right, you guys have a wonderful

2901
01:57:28,239 --> 01:57:30,800
day. let us know how we can help. Um,

2902
01:57:30,800 --> 01:57:33,520
anything we can do, we're excited to get

2903
01:57:33,520 --> 01:57:35,440
our dog and we'll we look forward to

2904
01:57:35,440 --> 01:57:37,360
seeing you guys soon.

2905
01:57:37,360 --> 01:57:44,470
>> Thanks so much.

2906
01:57:44,480 --> 01:57:47,840
» I believe we're moving into item B14.

2907
01:57:47,840 --> 01:57:50,239
>> Thank you.

2908
01:57:50,239 --> 01:57:53,760
Yeah, I I pulled this item B14, which is

2909
01:57:53,760 --> 01:57:56,239
um to highlight a very important program

2910
01:57:56,239 --> 01:57:58,000
and our partnership with the state of

2911
01:57:58,000 --> 01:58:00,480
Nevada on things that if they weren't

2912
01:58:00,480 --> 01:58:03,440
there, we couldn't do what we do. And to

2913
01:58:03,440 --> 01:58:06,320
my understanding, we are getting a $50

2914
01:58:06,320 --> 01:58:11,199
million loan, $50 million

2915
01:58:11,199 --> 01:58:14,560
loan. And the fact that it's a loan is

2916
01:58:14,560 --> 01:58:16,400
one thing, but the interest rate I think

2917
01:58:16,400 --> 01:58:19,199
is incredibly low, like beyond belief

2918
01:58:19,199 --> 01:58:23,520
low. Um, so I just wondered if you could

2919
01:58:23,520 --> 01:58:25,119
just briefly highlight it between you

2920
01:58:25,119 --> 01:58:29,280
and our public works and or in our um I

2921
01:58:29,280 --> 01:58:31,440
guess it's our utility services and just

2922
01:58:31,440 --> 01:58:33,679
talk about, you know, it a little bit.

2923
01:58:33,679 --> 01:58:35,760
>> Sure. Thank you, Vicky Van Beern,

2924
01:58:35,760 --> 01:58:38,080
director of finance. For the record, um

2925
01:58:38,080 --> 01:58:39,760
this item before you today is a

2926
01:58:39,760 --> 01:58:41,520
resolution for intent for us to move

2927
01:58:41,520 --> 01:58:43,119
forward with the application with the

2928
01:58:43,119 --> 01:58:45,520
state revolving loan funds. Um you're

2929
01:58:45,520 --> 01:58:47,119
familiar with this. This is the same

2930
01:58:47,119 --> 01:58:49,520
process that we went through with the

2931
01:58:49,520 --> 01:58:52,080
American Flats project, the advanced

2932
01:58:52,080 --> 01:58:54,239
purified water facility. We did a

2933
01:58:54,239 --> 01:58:56,719
similar process. They offer funding

2934
01:58:56,719 --> 01:58:59,119
through the state program that is has

2935
01:58:59,119 --> 01:59:01,440
very low rates and it's a draw down

2936
01:59:01,440 --> 01:59:03,199
program. So, we spend the money, then we

2937
01:59:03,199 --> 01:59:04,719
can draw the money down. So, we don't

2938
01:59:04,719 --> 01:59:07,119
start paying for it until we've actually

2939
01:59:07,119 --> 01:59:09,440
drawn it all down, which is one benefit.

2940
01:59:09,440 --> 01:59:11,840
The other benefit, as you mentioned, um

2941
01:59:11,840 --> 01:59:14,639
the last one for the APWF, that one came

2942
01:59:14,639 --> 01:59:16,880
in at 2.47%.

2943
01:59:16,880 --> 01:59:17,360
>> Yeah.

2944
01:59:17,360 --> 01:59:19,280
>> Um can't go out on the market and get

2945
01:59:19,280 --> 01:59:21,760
anything like that. It's a great value

2946
01:59:21,760 --> 01:59:24,560
for the city. Um it really secures those

2947
01:59:24,560 --> 01:59:27,760
funds in a way that we get the best bang

2948
01:59:27,760 --> 01:59:29,760
for the buck for what we're doing. Um

2949
01:59:29,760 --> 01:59:31,679
and it's a really good program. This

2950
01:59:31,679 --> 01:59:33,760
item isn't issuing the bonds or getting

2951
01:59:33,760 --> 01:59:35,520
the loan. This is just part of the

2952
01:59:35,520 --> 01:59:38,159
application process um for you to

2953
01:59:38,159 --> 01:59:40,320
declare intent that you're okay with us

2954
01:59:40,320 --> 01:59:42,639
moving forward with the application.

2955
01:59:42,639 --> 01:59:45,280
>> This project is approved in the capital

2956
01:59:45,280 --> 01:59:48,000
improvement plan for the year um with

2957
01:59:48,000 --> 01:59:50,400
this anticipated funding as the budget

2958
01:59:50,400 --> 01:59:52,639
mechanism for it. Um and we have public

2959
01:59:52,639 --> 01:59:54,159
works here if there's questions as far

2960
01:59:54,159 --> 01:59:55,840
as like the project itself.

2961
01:59:55,840 --> 01:59:58,880
>> Right. Well, just a a brief comment. And

2962
01:59:58,880 --> 02:00:00,719
I mean it's a deatering facility which

2963
02:00:00,719 --> 02:00:02,880
is not so sexy as they say but just tell

2964
02:00:02,880 --> 02:00:06,719
us about it for a minute if you will.

2965
02:00:06,719 --> 02:00:08,800
>> Uh for the record John Simpson utility

2966
02:00:08,800 --> 02:00:11,840
services. Um so yes the deatering

2967
02:00:11,840 --> 02:00:14,560
building out at um Tommorph is being

2968
02:00:14,560 --> 02:00:16,639
replaced. The existing building that's

2969
02:00:16,639 --> 02:00:19,760
there is um I believe it's almost 40

2970
02:00:19,760 --> 02:00:21,440
years it's over 40 years old.

2971
02:00:21,440 --> 02:00:23,119
>> What is a deatering building? And so the

2972
02:00:23,119 --> 02:00:24,960
deatering building as the the sewer

2973
02:00:24,960 --> 02:00:31,440
process is is is is managed there's a waste product that is is

2974
02:00:31,440 --> 02:00:33,679
produced through the the treatment of

2975
02:00:33,679 --> 02:00:39,040
the of the sewer. Um, the deatering will take that

2976
02:00:39,040 --> 02:00:41,520
waste and it basically puts it almost

2977
02:00:41,520 --> 02:00:43,599
like a salad spinner and it pulls out

2978
02:00:43,599 --> 02:00:46,239
all the water that's that's left in that

2979
02:00:46,239 --> 02:00:49,679
um that waste material where we can um

2980
02:00:49,679 --> 02:00:52,080
make it more compact and easier and and

2981
02:00:52,080 --> 02:00:55,920
that material is transported away to a a

2982
02:00:55,920 --> 02:00:58,719
waste facility somewhere else. And so um

2983
02:00:58,719 --> 02:01:00,800
that's ultimately the the purpose of the

2984
02:01:00,800 --> 02:01:03,040
deatering building. But um this has been

2985
02:01:03,040 --> 02:01:05,440
in the CIP for 15 years, right?

2986
02:01:05,440 --> 02:01:08,080
>> It has been planned for a long time.

2987
02:01:08,080 --> 02:01:09,840
We're excited to get this for moving

2988
02:01:09,840 --> 02:01:12,880
forward. I know the operations sta staff

2989
02:01:12,880 --> 02:01:18,639
with uh with uh in city of Sparks has listed this as the number one item

2990
02:01:18,639 --> 02:01:20,159
that they want to get taken care of out

2991
02:01:20,159 --> 02:01:21,920
of the plant because it's it's it's a

2992
02:01:21,920 --> 02:01:24,400
crucial infrastructure and in need of

2993
02:01:24,400 --> 02:01:25,199
updating.

2994
02:01:25,199 --> 02:01:26,880
>> Okay. So, we're excited to get this

2995
02:01:26,880 --> 02:01:30,400
moving forward and appreciative of um

2996
02:01:30,400 --> 02:01:32,400
our Nevada Department of Environmental

2997
02:01:32,400 --> 02:01:35,040
Protection that is um has this program

2998
02:01:35,040 --> 02:01:36,400
in place to allow us to get this

2999
02:01:36,400 --> 02:01:36,880
funding,

3000
02:01:36,880 --> 02:01:39,040
>> right? I mean, because the alternative

3001
02:01:39,040 --> 02:01:42,480
going out for $50 million in bonds and

3002
02:01:42,480 --> 02:01:44,960
having to go to the market and get money

3003
02:01:44,960 --> 02:01:47,760
to do this uh would be, you know, again,

3004
02:01:47,760 --> 02:01:49,520
it'd be sitting on a shelf for another

3005
02:01:49,520 --> 02:01:51,920
15 years till we felt like we could pay

3006
02:01:51,920 --> 02:01:53,599
for this kind of bond. and it would have

3007
02:01:53,599 --> 02:01:54,639
come through the debt management

3008
02:01:54,639 --> 02:01:56,560
commission and you know it would be

3009
02:01:56,560 --> 02:01:58,320
competing with much more interesting

3010
02:01:58,320 --> 02:02:00,800
projects like the Moana pool and the

3011
02:02:00,800 --> 02:02:03,119
public safety center things that people

3012
02:02:03,119 --> 02:02:05,760
can see and touch and go to versus a

3013
02:02:05,760 --> 02:02:07,679
place they will never go but it's

3014
02:02:07,679 --> 02:02:09,840
critical to their life right I mean they

3015
02:02:09,840 --> 02:02:13,360
take all this for granted um we we you

3016
02:02:13,360 --> 02:02:16,560
know we use our infrastructure and it's

3017
02:02:16,560 --> 02:02:19,199
uh we're blind to it but unless you have

3018
02:02:19,199 --> 02:02:21,040
this stuff operational we're not

3019
02:02:21,040 --> 02:02:22,400
operational right

3020
02:02:22,400 --> 02:02:24,800
>> that's correct Yeah, I mean I I doubt

3021
02:02:24,800 --> 02:02:26,639
anyone's going there. They're not going

3022
02:02:26,639 --> 02:02:29,119
there to swim or, you know, visit with

3023
02:02:29,119 --> 02:02:30,719
our police or anything, but it's

3024
02:02:30,719 --> 02:02:32,560
critical. So, thank you for being here.

3025
02:02:32,560 --> 02:02:34,639
Thank you for making the application to

3026
02:02:34,639 --> 02:02:37,199
the state and, you know, thinking this

3027
02:02:37,199 --> 02:02:38,880
through and finally feeling like we have

3028
02:02:38,880 --> 02:02:40,320
the wherewithal to move forward. So,

3029
02:02:40,320 --> 02:02:42,000
thank you. And I don't know that there's

3030
02:02:42,000 --> 02:02:43,599
any questions. I'm happy to make a

3031
02:02:43,599 --> 02:02:47,040
motion to approve it.

3032
02:02:47,040 --> 02:02:49,920
Okay, I'll make a motion that we approve

3033
02:02:49,920 --> 02:02:53,360
applying for um this financing through

3034
02:02:53,360 --> 02:02:55,119
the Department of Conservation Natural

3035
02:02:55,119 --> 02:02:58,080
Resources for $50 million.

3036
02:02:58,080 --> 02:02:59,840
>> Second.

3037
02:02:59,840 --> 02:03:01,520
>> Okay, we have a motion and a second. All

3038
02:03:01,520 --> 02:03:02,719
those in favor say I.

3039
02:03:02,719 --> 02:03:03,360
>> I.

3040
02:03:03,360 --> 02:03:05,920
Any opposed? Motion passes

3041
02:03:05,920 --> 02:03:08,400
unanimously.

3042
02:03:08,400 --> 02:03:10,000
>> Thank you, Madam Clerk. I think we're

3043
02:03:10,000 --> 02:03:11,679
moving on to item C2.

3044
02:03:11,679 --> 02:03:13,599
>> Yes, that's correct.

3045
02:03:13,599 --> 02:03:15,840
>> Director Van Beern.

3046
02:03:15,840 --> 02:03:18,480
I good afternoon Vicky Van Buren

3047
02:03:18,480 --> 02:03:20,960
director of finance for the record

3048
02:03:20,960 --> 02:03:22,880
before you today I have your monthly

3049
02:03:22,880 --> 02:03:27,990
update for this is for August

3050
02:03:28,000 --> 02:03:30,080
aligns with the strategic plan through

3051
02:03:30,080 --> 02:03:33,199
fiscal stewardship

3052
02:03:33,199 --> 02:03:35,199
and today I want to talk about the

3053
02:03:35,199 --> 02:03:37,599
status of fiscal year 26 closing out

3054
02:03:37,599 --> 02:03:40,239
those books through June 30. Uh I do

3055
02:03:40,239 --> 02:03:41,520
want to remind you that we are still

3056
02:03:41,520 --> 02:03:44,560
recording some entries and uh preparing

3057
02:03:44,560 --> 02:03:47,360
some uh reconciliations and some other

3058
02:03:47,360 --> 02:03:49,360
items. So there may be some changes as

3059
02:03:49,360 --> 02:03:51,520
we move forward, but we're very close to

3060
02:03:51,520 --> 02:03:53,119
where the books are and I have a good

3061
02:03:53,119 --> 02:03:54,560
idea of where we are at this point for

3062
02:03:54,560 --> 02:03:56,719
you today. The audit is currently

3063
02:03:56,719 --> 02:03:58,880
underway. The auditors were here in

3064
02:03:58,880 --> 02:04:00,880
August. They will be back on site in

3065
02:04:00,880 --> 02:04:03,280
October for two weeks. They will

3066
02:04:03,280 --> 02:04:06,239
finalize um their audits. As they're

3067
02:04:06,239 --> 02:04:08,880
doing that, we will finalize the um

3068
02:04:08,880 --> 02:04:10,960
statements in November and then those

3069
02:04:10,960 --> 02:04:12,800
come back to you. The annual

3070
02:04:12,800 --> 02:04:14,639
comprehensive financial report, the ACT

3071
02:04:14,639 --> 02:04:17,119
for comes back to you in December. So,

3072
02:04:17,119 --> 02:04:19,679
we're very busy right now with that. Um

3073
02:04:19,679 --> 02:04:21,599
and we are also shifting gears toward

3074
02:04:21,599 --> 02:04:23,920
budget and building budget for next year

3075
02:04:23,920 --> 02:04:26,400
as well. Um topics for today again are

3076
02:04:26,400 --> 02:04:28,239
closing out last year and then I have

3077
02:04:28,239 --> 02:04:30,159
the special topic today of the medical

3078
02:04:30,159 --> 02:04:32,239
internal service fund for you. So, I'm

3079
02:04:32,239 --> 02:04:35,280
going to stop after I get through the

3080
02:04:35,280 --> 02:04:37,520
last year kind of results and I'll stop

3081
02:04:37,520 --> 02:04:39,360
for questions before I go on to the

3082
02:04:39,360 --> 02:04:41,520
medical internal service fund just to

3083
02:04:41,520 --> 02:04:43,440
give you an idea. It's not a long

3084
02:04:43,440 --> 02:04:46,800
presentation. I just wanted to give that

3085
02:04:46,800 --> 02:04:49,520
little bit. So, um general fund I want

3086
02:04:49,520 --> 02:04:50,800
to talk about this a little bit. Again,

3087
02:04:50,800 --> 02:04:52,560
these are unodudited numbers. I pulled

3088
02:04:52,560 --> 02:04:55,760
them as of last week on August 20th.

3089
02:04:55,760 --> 02:04:57,360
There may be a few changes, but I don't

3090
02:04:57,360 --> 02:05:00,159
expect anything material at this point

3091
02:05:00,159 --> 02:05:03,360
right now. Um what you're seeing the

3092
02:05:03,360 --> 02:05:06,960
gold bar shows the FY26 estimated amount

3093
02:05:06,960 --> 02:05:09,040
where we anticipated to come in as we

3094
02:05:09,040 --> 02:05:11,920
built this year's budget and then the

3095
02:05:11,920 --> 02:05:14,239
actuals where we actually are with these

3096
02:05:14,239 --> 02:05:16,639
revenue sources. We've received all of

3097
02:05:16,639 --> 02:05:19,119
the payments for property tax, se tax,

3098
02:05:19,119 --> 02:05:20,960
and franchise fees at this point. So

3099
02:05:20,960 --> 02:05:23,280
these are updated. Again, I don't think

3100
02:05:23,280 --> 02:05:24,880
there are any material changes in here

3101
02:05:24,880 --> 02:05:26,080
unless we find something through

3102
02:05:26,080 --> 02:05:29,199
reconciliation or some other method. um

3103
02:05:29,199 --> 02:05:32,480
property taxes, franchise fees, um

3104
02:05:32,480 --> 02:05:34,159
licenses, which are your business

3105
02:05:34,159 --> 02:05:36,400
licenses and charge for permits. You see

3106
02:05:36,400 --> 02:05:38,159
at the top of the bar up there, those

3107
02:05:38,159 --> 02:05:40,320
all have negative percentages, just a

3108
02:05:40,320 --> 02:05:42,639
little bit, not large, any ranging from

3109
02:05:42,639 --> 02:05:45,520
anywhere from negative.7%

3110
02:05:45,520 --> 02:05:48,480
to negative 1.7%.

3111
02:05:48,480 --> 02:05:51,199
Um and that's compared to where we

3112
02:05:51,199 --> 02:05:52,639
thought we would come in for the year.

3113
02:05:52,639 --> 02:05:54,080
So all of those are showing just

3114
02:05:54,080 --> 02:05:56,639
slightly below. You'll see that um the

3115
02:05:56,639 --> 02:05:58,159
difference is listed on the bottom

3116
02:05:58,159 --> 02:05:59,840
between those and the negative columns

3117
02:05:59,840 --> 02:06:03,119
there. Cax is actually performing very

3118
02:06:03,119 --> 02:06:05,360
well. Consolidated taxes, consumer

3119
02:06:05,360 --> 02:06:07,679
spending is still continuing to be very

3120
02:06:07,679 --> 02:06:11,440
robust um and is driving this this bus

3121
02:06:11,440 --> 02:06:15,679
really well. Um above uh estimates at

3122
02:06:15,679 --> 02:06:17,760
3.8%.

3123
02:06:17,760 --> 02:06:20,480
Um, and so with that one coming in a

3124
02:06:20,480 --> 02:06:22,239
little bit higher and the others a

3125
02:06:22,239 --> 02:06:25,119
little lower, we're in a very good spot

3126
02:06:25,119 --> 02:06:28,080
still overall for where we estimated.

3127
02:06:28,080 --> 02:06:31,440
Um, so it's good news on this front.

3128
02:06:31,440 --> 02:06:34,079
And then on the expenditure side, um,

3129
02:06:34,079 --> 02:06:35,599
you can see salary and benefits. I

3130
02:06:35,599 --> 02:06:37,760
talked about this last month. Salary and

3131
02:06:37,760 --> 02:06:40,639
benefits are within 3% of what we

3132
02:06:40,639 --> 02:06:43,840
anticipated. Extremely extremely close.

3133
02:06:43,840 --> 02:06:46,000
They are a little bit over than what we

3134
02:06:46,000 --> 02:06:48,000
estimated, but we have revenues that are

3135
02:06:48,000 --> 02:06:50,400
a little bit more. So, we're okay there.

3136
02:06:50,400 --> 02:06:52,400
And then service and supplies. This does

3137
02:06:52,400 --> 02:06:54,239
include some capital in that, but just

3138
02:06:54,239 --> 02:06:56,480
for presentation purposes, I included it

3139
02:06:56,480 --> 02:06:59,679
in service and supplies. Um, that

3140
02:06:59,679 --> 02:07:01,599
includes the incumbrances that we

3141
02:07:01,599 --> 02:07:03,760
currently out have outstanding. And by

3142
02:07:03,760 --> 02:07:06,159
encumbrances, I mean purchase orders.

3143
02:07:06,159 --> 02:07:08,320
So, any contracts or purchase orders

3144
02:07:08,320 --> 02:07:10,239
that we've already committed up to this

3145
02:07:10,239 --> 02:07:12,480
point for last year, they have not been

3146
02:07:12,480 --> 02:07:14,719
finished yet. we will encumber those

3147
02:07:14,719 --> 02:07:16,800
funds and bring those forward. We are

3148
02:07:16,800 --> 02:07:19,599
still in the process of um going through

3149
02:07:19,599 --> 02:07:22,480
those to see if if if it has been

3150
02:07:22,480 --> 02:07:24,719
completed, we will close those out and

3151
02:07:24,719 --> 02:07:26,480
then that will be additional savings

3152
02:07:26,480 --> 02:07:28,400
here and that gap will get a little

3153
02:07:28,400 --> 02:07:31,040
closer. Right now, we're showing 2.2%

3154
02:07:31,040 --> 02:07:33,040
above where we estimated, but that does

3155
02:07:33,040 --> 02:07:34,800
include almost $5 million in

3156
02:07:34,800 --> 02:07:37,599
incumbrances and we're in that process

3157
02:07:37,599 --> 02:07:40,320
of uh going through those and not all of

3158
02:07:40,320 --> 02:07:42,159
those will be brought forward. So that

3159
02:07:42,159 --> 02:07:44,159
will get a little bit closer. Debt

3160
02:07:44,159 --> 02:07:47,040
service on here. It's um on track

3161
02:07:47,040 --> 02:07:48,800
because we know what the schedule is for

3162
02:07:48,800 --> 02:07:51,440
those. That's the Moana pool, the public

3163
02:07:51,440 --> 02:07:53,840
safety center, and the fire apparatus

3164
02:07:53,840 --> 02:07:55,440
program in that debt service that we

3165
02:07:55,440 --> 02:07:57,760
have here.

3166
02:07:57,760 --> 02:08:00,480
So overall fiscal year 26, the results,

3167
02:08:00,480 --> 02:08:02,000
you know, they're coming in as expected.

3168
02:08:02,000 --> 02:08:03,520
I don't have anything that I really want

3169
02:08:03,520 --> 02:08:05,760
to call out to say this is, you know,

3170
02:08:05,760 --> 02:08:08,960
out of the norm or anything going on. Um

3171
02:08:08,960 --> 02:08:11,280
which is a good thing at this point. So,

3172
02:08:11,280 --> 02:08:13,119
it's really good to see things starting

3173
02:08:13,119 --> 02:08:15,440
to level out and being able to predict

3174
02:08:15,440 --> 02:08:18,239
them as we start to move forward. So,

3175
02:08:18,239 --> 02:08:20,560
looking ahead, we do have some major

3176
02:08:20,560 --> 02:08:22,800
items that we're thinking about already

3177
02:08:22,800 --> 02:08:25,760
for the current year and for next year.

3178
02:08:25,760 --> 02:08:27,840
We are currently still working on the

3179
02:08:27,840 --> 02:08:30,079
FLSA analysis and with the bargaining

3180
02:08:30,079 --> 02:08:32,719
groups on that as well. We would like to

3181
02:08:32,719 --> 02:08:34,960
have that wrapped up by December, by the

3182
02:08:34,960 --> 02:08:37,679
end of this year. That is the goal. Um,

3183
02:08:37,679 --> 02:08:39,840
so we are still working on that. We have

3184
02:08:39,840 --> 02:08:42,480
open collective bargaining agreements.

3185
02:08:42,480 --> 02:08:45,040
We have local 39

3186
02:08:45,040 --> 02:08:47,840
uh supervisory and non-supervisory are

3187
02:08:47,840 --> 02:08:50,000
currently open and in negotiation for

3188
02:08:50,000 --> 02:08:52,800
the current year. Um starting with

3189
02:08:52,800 --> 02:08:55,360
fiscal year 28, we will have seven other

3190
02:08:55,360 --> 02:08:59,119
groups that open up at that point. Um

3191
02:08:59,119 --> 02:09:01,199
there's a lot of unknowns. We have a

3192
02:09:01,199 --> 02:09:03,119
potential pers rate increase that would

3193
02:09:03,119 --> 02:09:05,920
be for next year as well. um medical

3194
02:09:05,920 --> 02:09:08,800
costs and workers compensation. Over the

3195
02:09:08,800 --> 02:09:10,800
last two years, we've seen a dramatic

3196
02:09:10,800 --> 02:09:13,679
increase in the costs of those. A lot of

3197
02:09:13,679 --> 02:09:15,679
it is geared because medical costs in

3198
02:09:15,679 --> 02:09:18,400
general have increased. Um and then with

3199
02:09:18,400 --> 02:09:21,920
workers comp um state legislature has

3200
02:09:21,920 --> 02:09:24,079
changed some things there. So that um

3201
02:09:24,079 --> 02:09:25,679
we're going to see some changes I think

3202
02:09:25,679 --> 02:09:27,199
as we move forward. We haven't seen the

3203
02:09:27,199 --> 02:09:31,119
impact of it yet, but um future we're

3204
02:09:31,119 --> 02:09:33,520
starting to plan for that as well.

3205
02:09:33,520 --> 02:09:36,000
capital funding needs for next year.

3206
02:09:36,000 --> 02:09:38,000
Current year, we use some one-time funds

3207
02:09:38,000 --> 02:09:41,280
that we found next year for fiscal year

3208
02:09:41,280 --> 02:09:44,880
28. We're already starting to look and try to figure out how we're going to

3209
02:09:44,880 --> 02:09:47,119
fund those capital needs because we

3210
02:09:47,119 --> 02:09:49,119
don't have really any one-time money

3211
02:09:49,119 --> 02:09:51,440
identified at this point. And then the

3212
02:09:51,440 --> 02:09:54,000
ERP system replacement is moving forward

3213
02:09:54,000 --> 02:09:56,320
right now. Um Barry Dunn is working on

3214
02:09:56,320 --> 02:09:59,520
the proposal on that as far as going out

3215
02:09:59,520 --> 02:10:01,520
um to figure out what type of system we

3216
02:10:01,520 --> 02:10:04,159
need. um and that information. So, a lot

3217
02:10:04,159 --> 02:10:05,679
of those meetings are going on right now

3218
02:10:05,679 --> 02:10:08,159
with staff um and we have to figure out

3219
02:10:08,159 --> 02:10:10,320
what the actual cost will be with that

3220
02:10:10,320 --> 02:10:12,880
and then um figure out a plan for that

3221
02:10:12,880 --> 02:10:14,880
as well. So, these are the really big

3222
02:10:14,880 --> 02:10:17,840
items right now that are on our plate as

3223
02:10:17,840 --> 02:10:19,360
we're starting to look ahead and start

3224
02:10:19,360 --> 02:10:23,360
to think about um building the budget.

3225
02:10:23,360 --> 02:10:25,679
September 23rd, I'll be back in front of

3226
02:10:25,679 --> 02:10:28,079
you again for the next update. Um,

3227
02:10:28,079 --> 02:10:29,840
again, I'll have results from last year

3228
02:10:29,840 --> 02:10:32,079
un audited, but they will be very close

3229
02:10:32,079 --> 02:10:33,679
to final at that point because we're

3230
02:10:33,679 --> 02:10:34,960
actually putting together these

3231
02:10:34,960 --> 02:10:37,440
statements at that point um to finalize

3232
02:10:37,440 --> 02:10:39,599
them. So, we'll really know at that

3233
02:10:39,599 --> 02:10:41,679
point what the impact will be to the

3234
02:10:41,679 --> 02:10:43,199
current year because if we're on track

3235
02:10:43,199 --> 02:10:45,679
with all of our estimates and where we

3236
02:10:45,679 --> 02:10:47,440
think we're going to be, um, there

3237
02:10:47,440 --> 02:10:48,960
really won't be an impact to the current

3238
02:10:48,960 --> 02:10:51,199
year budget. If we're not, then it would

3239
02:10:51,199 --> 02:10:52,800
impact the current year budget and

3240
02:10:52,800 --> 02:10:54,320
obviously beyond that. But at this

3241
02:10:54,320 --> 02:10:56,719
point, everything's really coming in as

3242
02:10:56,719 --> 02:10:58,560
anticipated.

3243
02:10:58,560 --> 02:11:00,560
So, um, with that, I'm going to stop

3244
02:11:00,560 --> 02:11:03,119
right here if there are any questions

3245
02:11:03,119 --> 02:11:05,199
here.

3246
02:11:05,199 --> 02:11:06,960
Vicky, really quick, what did we budget

3247
02:11:06,960 --> 02:11:09,679
for property tax? Um, was it a 6%

3248
02:11:09,679 --> 02:11:12,079
increase that we had budgeted?

3249
02:11:12,079 --> 02:11:13,760
Um

3250
02:11:13,760 --> 02:11:16,880
top of my head I thought it was around

3251
02:11:16,880 --> 02:11:20,480
six, but it's usually between six and

3252
02:11:20,480 --> 02:11:22,239
seven and eight is what we've

3253
02:11:22,239 --> 02:11:24,880
historically had. Um for the current

3254
02:11:24,880 --> 02:11:27,199
year, I know for current year it's only

3255
02:11:27,199 --> 02:11:29,199
4 and a.5%. We're starting to see some

3256
02:11:29,199 --> 02:11:32,239
flattening for last year. I think it was

3257
02:11:32,239 --> 02:11:36,480
around 6% um for that growth for last

3258
02:11:36,480 --> 02:11:38,000
year, but the current year we did see

3259
02:11:38,000 --> 02:11:40,000
some kind of flattening. And so I think

3260
02:11:40,000 --> 02:11:41,599
it's only around four and a half.

3261
02:11:41,599 --> 02:11:44,560
>> Okay. Thank you,

3262
02:11:44,560 --> 02:11:45,760
>> Council Member Taylor.

3263
02:11:45,760 --> 02:11:47,040
>> Thank you. Um Vicki, I have a question

3264
02:11:47,040 --> 02:11:50,320
about the consolidated taxes. Um so I

3265
02:11:50,320 --> 02:11:52,400
think it was last year the state

3266
02:11:52,400 --> 02:11:55,360
switched their system and we started to

3267
02:11:55,360 --> 02:11:58,400
see our C tax fluctuate differently.

3268
02:11:58,400 --> 02:12:00,000
There was a couple of really low months

3269
02:12:00,000 --> 02:12:01,920
and then there was a high month. My

3270
02:12:01,920 --> 02:12:03,679
question is what are we doing to ensure

3271
02:12:03,679 --> 02:12:06,639
that we are um receiving the amount of

3272
02:12:06,639 --> 02:12:09,599
sea tax that is due to us? Is it through

3273
02:12:09,599 --> 02:12:12,239
the audit? Is it through your team? And

3274
02:12:12,239 --> 02:12:14,800
do we feel confident that that we've

3275
02:12:14,800 --> 02:12:16,480
seen it kind of level out over the last

3276
02:12:16,480 --> 02:12:17,760
couple of months?

3277
02:12:17,760 --> 02:12:20,639
>> Um, so are we confident that that things

3278
02:12:20,639 --> 02:12:22,159
are

3279
02:12:22,159 --> 02:12:24,639
I guess uh the fluctuation has gone and

3280
02:12:24,639 --> 02:12:26,880
that now we can accurately predict with

3281
02:12:26,880 --> 02:12:28,719
the new system in place?

3282
02:12:28,719 --> 02:12:30,800
>> You know, I just had a conversation with

3283
02:12:30,800 --> 02:12:32,560
taxation this morning. they are still

3284
02:12:32,560 --> 02:12:34,960
having some challenges with some some of

3285
02:12:34,960 --> 02:12:36,239
the implementation because they're

3286
02:12:36,239 --> 02:12:38,159
rolling it out over several years in

3287
02:12:38,159 --> 02:12:40,960
different areas. Um we have seen it

3288
02:12:40,960 --> 02:12:44,000
stabilize in CAX. We did have the very

3289
02:12:44,000 --> 02:12:48,560
first month for last year July of 25. So

3290
02:12:48,560 --> 02:12:50,239
it would still be part of fiscal year

3291
02:12:50,239 --> 02:12:53,040
26. That one was still a little weird

3292
02:12:53,040 --> 02:12:55,199
because we had that overlap. We also had

3293
02:12:55,199 --> 02:12:58,239
the the um attack at the state that

3294
02:12:58,239 --> 02:13:00,639
cyber attack that impacted that and that

3295
02:13:00,639 --> 02:13:03,599
overlapped fiscal years. But following

3296
02:13:03,599 --> 02:13:07,760
that, we've had very consistent um

3297
02:13:07,760 --> 02:13:10,400
allocations that look normal. We

3298
02:13:10,400 --> 02:13:12,320
obviously, you know, do our own analysis

3299
02:13:12,320 --> 02:13:15,040
on our side. We talk to other agencies.

3300
02:13:15,040 --> 02:13:17,920
As such, taxation has also been doing

3301
02:13:17,920 --> 02:13:19,840
some open forums where they've been

3302
02:13:19,840 --> 02:13:21,840
talking about the process, talking about

3303
02:13:21,840 --> 02:13:24,000
some of the challenges or things that

3304
02:13:24,000 --> 02:13:26,560
they fixed in the system as well. But

3305
02:13:26,560 --> 02:13:28,880
right now, everything appears to be, you

3306
02:13:28,880 --> 02:13:30,560
know, on track. I think we have a good

3307
02:13:30,560 --> 02:13:34,960
full year of um information that we can

3308
02:13:34,960 --> 02:13:37,119
continue to build on for next year

3309
02:13:37,119 --> 02:13:39,040
whereas we lost about two years there

3310
02:13:39,040 --> 02:13:41,199
over this whole period where it's hard

3311
02:13:41,199 --> 02:13:44,000
to do analysis from last year to this

3312
02:13:44,000 --> 02:13:45,520
year in different timing.

3313
02:13:45,520 --> 02:13:47,440
>> So I guess for my understanding I want

3314
02:13:47,440 --> 02:13:49,760
to make sure that we are monitoring it.

3315
02:13:49,760 --> 02:13:51,679
We are continuing the conversations with

3316
02:13:51,679 --> 02:13:53,840
the department of taxation and should

3317
02:13:53,840 --> 02:13:57,280
there be a need to adjust or um you know

3318
02:13:57,280 --> 02:13:59,520
go after se tax that we thought that we

3319
02:13:59,520 --> 02:14:01,679
were do you're working with other

3320
02:14:01,679 --> 02:14:04,800
agencies. That's an ongoing process that you're working.

3321
02:14:04,800 --> 02:14:05,360
>> Absolutely.

3322
02:14:05,360 --> 02:14:09,440
>> Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Madam Mayor.

3323
02:14:09,440 --> 02:14:10,880
>> Council member Der.

3324
02:14:10,880 --> 02:14:12,000
>> No, I'm sorry. Didn't

3325
02:14:12,000 --> 02:14:13,040
>> No worries. Yeah, I just had your light

3326
02:14:13,040 --> 02:14:15,040
on. Well, I just wanted to say I had a

3327
02:14:15,040 --> 02:14:16,480
really good briefing, which is why I

3328
02:14:16,480 --> 02:14:18,960
don't have questions. And um I spent a

3329
02:14:18,960 --> 02:14:20,639
lot of time asking questions there and

3330
02:14:20,639 --> 02:14:24,239
really got up to speed and so I just

3331
02:14:24,239 --> 02:14:26,239
appreciate these briefings. I do because

3332
02:14:26,239 --> 02:14:28,480
they really help, you know, get the

3333
02:14:28,480 --> 02:14:30,400
understanding better than reading a

3334
02:14:30,400 --> 02:14:32,159
staff report. So, thank you.

3335
02:14:32,159 --> 02:14:33,280
>> Of course,

3336
02:14:33,280 --> 02:14:35,119
>> Council Member Eert, do you have any

3337
02:14:35,119 --> 02:14:38,719
questions or comments online?

3338
02:14:38,719 --> 02:14:40,239
>> Not at this time. Thank you.

3339
02:14:40,239 --> 02:14:42,159
>> Yeah, of course. I don't have [laughter]

3340
02:14:42,159 --> 02:14:44,480
anything. Director Raman, if you want to

3341
02:14:44,480 --> 02:14:45,040
continue.

3342
02:14:45,040 --> 02:14:46,880
>> Thank you. I'm going to go on to the

3343
02:14:46,880 --> 02:14:48,639
special topic this month. This special

3344
02:14:48,639 --> 02:14:50,880
topic is the medical internal service

3345
02:14:50,880 --> 02:14:53,280
fund. If you remember last month, we

3346
02:14:53,280 --> 02:14:55,119
talked about the fleet internal service

3347
02:14:55,119 --> 02:14:57,440
fund. It's a fund where we have separate

3348
02:14:57,440 --> 02:14:58,719
accounting, kind of like a separate

3349
02:14:58,719 --> 02:15:01,520
checkbook if you want to call it, and we

3350
02:15:01,520 --> 02:15:04,239
account for the services that are

3351
02:15:04,239 --> 02:15:06,480
performed by the city and then the city

3352
02:15:06,480 --> 02:15:09,040
pays for it um through their department

3353
02:15:09,040 --> 02:15:11,119
budget. So the city's providing the

3354
02:15:11,119 --> 02:15:13,520
service and paid for through the city.

3355
02:15:13,520 --> 02:15:16,320
And so in the medical internal service

3356
02:15:16,320 --> 02:15:18,639
fund, um again I mentioned it's a

3357
02:15:18,639 --> 02:15:21,040
separate fund and we use it to manage

3358
02:15:21,040 --> 02:15:23,679
the employee health benefits um for the

3359
02:15:23,679 --> 02:15:26,320
medical plans. And so instead of the

3360
02:15:26,320 --> 02:15:28,880
city having a separate insurance company

3361
02:15:28,880 --> 02:15:30,719
like a box store, you go out and you buy

3362
02:15:30,719 --> 02:15:33,280
insurance, the city actually self-funds

3363
02:15:33,280 --> 02:15:35,840
the medical plan. Um, and we do that

3364
02:15:35,840 --> 02:15:38,880
through the employee portion and the and

3365
02:15:38,880 --> 02:15:41,040
the city's portion of the health benefit

3366
02:15:41,040 --> 02:15:42,800
premiums.

3367
02:15:42,800 --> 02:15:44,960
So, how does it really work? You know,

3368
02:15:44,960 --> 02:15:46,960
similar to the fleet fund, we have to

3369
02:15:46,960 --> 02:15:49,040
collect the money from somewhere within

3370
02:15:49,040 --> 02:15:51,520
the city. Um, we collect the money from

3371
02:15:51,520 --> 02:15:53,840
the employee contribution and from the

3372
02:15:53,840 --> 02:15:55,679
city contribution. So, not all of it

3373
02:15:55,679 --> 02:15:57,760
comes from the city. In this case, the

3374
02:15:57,760 --> 02:15:59,920
employee does have a contribution based

3375
02:15:59,920 --> 02:16:02,639
on the health coverage that they choose.

3376
02:16:02,639 --> 02:16:05,599
The city currently pays for 100% of the

3377
02:16:05,599 --> 02:16:07,840
employees healthc care coverage and then

3378
02:16:07,840 --> 02:16:10,239
they pay a portion of the dependent care

3379
02:16:10,239 --> 02:16:12,800
coverage depending on what um the

3380
02:16:12,800 --> 02:16:15,199
employee chooses and that's based on the

3381
02:16:15,199 --> 02:16:17,920
collective bargaining agreement. Um

3382
02:16:17,920 --> 02:16:20,880
those are contributed to this fund and

3383
02:16:20,880 --> 02:16:22,960
then the health care costs for the

3384
02:16:22,960 --> 02:16:24,800
medical claims, drugs and the other

3385
02:16:24,800 --> 02:16:27,760
things are paid out of this fund. Um,

3386
02:16:27,760 --> 02:16:29,520
this is an internal service fund because

3387
02:16:29,520 --> 02:16:31,599
it spreads the cost across the city

3388
02:16:31,599 --> 02:16:33,359
department. So, each department pays

3389
02:16:33,359 --> 02:16:35,439
based on the employees they have and the

3390
02:16:35,439 --> 02:16:37,280
actual coverage that the employees in

3391
02:16:37,280 --> 02:16:39,679
that department are signed up for. So,

3392
02:16:39,679 --> 02:16:41,679
we recalculate that every year during

3393
02:16:41,679 --> 02:16:43,840
the budget process and we actually use

3394
02:16:43,840 --> 02:16:47,840
the actuals for what this is costing.

3395
02:16:47,840 --> 02:16:49,840
So, what does it pay for? You know, re

3396
02:16:49,840 --> 02:16:52,080
really high level. We pay for the

3397
02:16:52,080 --> 02:16:55,280
medical claims from the city um and the

3398
02:16:55,280 --> 02:16:57,200
city claims that come in. We pay for

3399
02:16:57,200 --> 02:16:59,439
prescription drug costs. Those also come

3400
02:16:59,439 --> 02:17:01,120
in. And we have a third-party

3401
02:17:01,120 --> 02:17:04,399
administrator. That's UMR in this case.

3402
02:17:04,399 --> 02:17:07,519
And so you go to the doctor. That um

3403
02:17:07,519 --> 02:17:09,599
explanation of benefits is generated.

3404
02:17:09,599 --> 02:17:12,160
UMR is the person that determines what

3405
02:17:12,160 --> 02:17:14,800
is applicable, what is our portion to

3406
02:17:14,800 --> 02:17:16,639
pay, what is the employees portion to

3407
02:17:16,639 --> 02:17:19,679
pay. Um and then that is done through

3408
02:17:19,679 --> 02:17:21,200
UMR through that third party

3409
02:17:21,200 --> 02:17:23,120
administration. the actual claims

3410
02:17:23,120 --> 02:17:24,719
payment and the actual payment for the

3411
02:17:24,719 --> 02:17:28,080
drug cost that is the uh cost of the

3412
02:17:28,080 --> 02:17:30,080
insurance comes back to the city and is

3413
02:17:30,080 --> 02:17:31,599
paid through this fund. That's the

3414
02:17:31,599 --> 02:17:34,240
self-funded piece of this. This is not

3415
02:17:34,240 --> 02:17:39,120
all um it's not all risk in it is it is

3416
02:17:39,120 --> 02:17:41,280
risky for the city because we are

3417
02:17:41,280 --> 02:17:43,920
accepting the burden of knowing that we

3418
02:17:43,920 --> 02:17:45,519
have to be responsible for all the

3419
02:17:45,519 --> 02:17:47,679
claims that come in because we do not

3420
02:17:47,679 --> 02:17:50,719
have an outside source of insurance. Um,

3421
02:17:50,719 --> 02:17:53,120
we do have a stop-loss insurance that

3422
02:17:53,120 --> 02:17:55,439
kicks in. So, if we get a very large

3423
02:17:55,439 --> 02:17:58,319
claim for a benefit, so say we have a

3424
02:17:58,319 --> 02:18:00,000
claim that's a million dollars for

3425
02:18:00,000 --> 02:18:02,000
something, some hospitalization or some

3426
02:18:02,000 --> 02:18:04,080
kind, stop-loss would kick in at

3427
02:18:04,080 --> 02:18:06,559
400,000. So, the city would pay up to

3428
02:18:06,559 --> 02:18:08,880
$400,000 and then stop-loss insurance

3429
02:18:08,880 --> 02:18:11,760
kicks in after that. Any other claims

3430
02:18:11,760 --> 02:18:13,840
the city is responsible for paying

3431
02:18:13,840 --> 02:18:16,319
through this process. We have staffing

3432
02:18:16,319 --> 02:18:18,479
and other costs um that are associated

3433
02:18:18,479 --> 02:18:20,800
with managing this fund. Um staffing

3434
02:18:20,800 --> 02:18:22,880
costs include the HR. They have

3435
02:18:22,880 --> 02:18:25,040
dedicated people that work on this. We

3436
02:18:25,040 --> 02:18:26,960
in finance have a portion of our time

3437
02:18:26,960 --> 02:18:28,880
that's dedicated to this and other

3438
02:18:28,880 --> 02:18:32,240
things. So um that's really the cost um

3439
02:18:32,240 --> 02:18:34,719
at a high level of what's in the fund.

3440
02:18:34,719 --> 02:18:36,800
Um why do we do it this way? Why don't

3441
02:18:36,800 --> 02:18:38,319
we just go out and buy health care

3442
02:18:38,319 --> 02:18:39,439
through a regular health [clears throat]

3443
02:18:39,439 --> 02:18:41,679
care plan? We just pay a premium. We

3444
02:18:41,679 --> 02:18:43,760
don't worry about what the claims are.

3445
02:18:43,760 --> 02:18:45,519
Well, really we do it this way for a lot

3446
02:18:45,519 --> 02:18:48,000
of reasons. Um, we have more control

3447
02:18:48,000 --> 02:18:49,760
over the health care plan and you as

3448
02:18:49,760 --> 02:18:52,000
council obviously has more control in

3449
02:18:52,000 --> 02:18:54,719
the city over what types of plans are

3450
02:18:54,719 --> 02:18:58,000
offered um and if the premiums are going

3451
02:18:58,000 --> 02:19:00,880
to increase or not. Um, we have

3452
02:19:00,880 --> 02:19:03,200
transparency on the cost of the benefits

3453
02:19:03,200 --> 02:19:04,880
because we track it in a totally

3454
02:19:04,880 --> 02:19:07,439
separate fund. We have flexibility of

3455
02:19:07,439 --> 02:19:09,599
the plan designs. You deciding what

3456
02:19:09,599 --> 02:19:11,359
plans you want, what things you want in

3457
02:19:11,359 --> 02:19:14,000
the plan versus this is what we offer

3458
02:19:14,000 --> 02:19:16,719
and you get all of this in this package.

3459
02:19:16,719 --> 02:19:19,120
We have the ability as the city to

3460
02:19:19,120 --> 02:19:22,000
manage that. Um there's savings

3461
02:19:22,000 --> 02:19:25,200
potential long term. So we do keep a

3462
02:19:25,200 --> 02:19:27,280
reserve in this fund. We have to have a

3463
02:19:27,280 --> 02:19:29,920
healthy reserve in this fund in order to

3464
02:19:29,920 --> 02:19:31,840
ensure that we have money on hand in

3465
02:19:31,840 --> 02:19:35,200
case there are very large claims or even

3466
02:19:35,200 --> 02:19:37,200
though we have the stop-loss insurance,

3467
02:19:37,200 --> 02:19:40,479
you can have a lot of, you know, $50,000

3468
02:19:40,479 --> 02:19:43,120
claims or so, we have to make sure we

3469
02:19:43,120 --> 02:19:45,679
have enough to pay the claims as they

3470
02:19:45,679 --> 02:19:47,599
come due because we are accepting that

3471
02:19:47,599 --> 02:19:50,399
risk as the city. We have a lot of good

3472
02:19:50,399 --> 02:19:52,960
data with the claims experience. So, we

3473
02:19:52,960 --> 02:19:55,200
know kind of not who's doing it, but we

3474
02:19:55,200 --> 02:19:57,040
know what types of things people are

3475
02:19:57,040 --> 02:19:58,800
using. Are they using more medical? Are

3476
02:19:58,800 --> 02:20:01,280
they using more um prescription drugs,

3477
02:20:01,280 --> 02:20:03,280
other things? We get a lot of data from

3478
02:20:03,280 --> 02:20:06,319
it in order to figure out what we think

3479
02:20:06,319 --> 02:20:07,840
um

3480
02:20:07,840 --> 02:20:09,439
the future looks like as far as

3481
02:20:09,439 --> 02:20:12,160
providing this and then protection

3482
02:20:12,160 --> 02:20:14,240
through the stop-loss again. And we also

3483
02:20:14,240 --> 02:20:16,399
have an employee insurance advisory

3484
02:20:16,399 --> 02:20:18,560
committee. This is a committee is

3485
02:20:18,560 --> 02:20:21,760
advisory in nature. However, they um do

3486
02:20:21,760 --> 02:20:23,920
have a lot of input. We do meet with

3487
02:20:23,920 --> 02:20:26,960
them quarterly. It's comprised of a lot

3488
02:20:26,960 --> 02:20:28,720
of city employees and a lot of

3489
02:20:28,720 --> 02:20:30,800
representation from a lot of collective

3490
02:20:30,800 --> 02:20:33,200
bargaining groups because benefits are

3491
02:20:33,200 --> 02:20:35,920
important to people and um they provide

3492
02:20:35,920 --> 02:20:38,479
that information they receive from those

3493
02:20:38,479 --> 02:20:41,520
meetings back to their groups um so they

3494
02:20:41,520 --> 02:20:43,200
can know what we're seeing, what it

3495
02:20:43,200 --> 02:20:44,960
looks like and what we see for the

3496
02:20:44,960 --> 02:20:48,560
future for premiums or um plans or

3497
02:20:48,560 --> 02:20:50,479
different types of things. So that's a

3498
02:20:50,479 --> 02:20:53,359
quarterly meeting uh and we get a lot of

3499
02:20:53,359 --> 02:20:57,359
um good participation in that.

3500
02:20:57,359 --> 02:20:59,280
The last slide I have for you here is

3501
02:20:59,280 --> 02:21:01,120
just the medical and terminal service

3502
02:21:01,120 --> 02:21:03,920
fund history. So every year about this

3503
02:21:03,920 --> 02:21:06,319
time of the year, we start to look at

3504
02:21:06,319 --> 02:21:08,319
what do the claims look like? What's the

3505
02:21:08,319 --> 02:21:12,640
cash balance in this fund? And do um do

3506
02:21:12,640 --> 02:21:14,560
we need to look at changes to the plan

3507
02:21:14,560 --> 02:21:17,359
or changes to the premium at this point?

3508
02:21:17,359 --> 02:21:19,600
The reason we typically do it now is

3509
02:21:19,600 --> 02:21:21,200
because we have a good solid year to

3510
02:21:21,200 --> 02:21:24,000
look at for last year for 26. We can

3511
02:21:24,000 --> 02:21:26,160
look at trends up to that point and we

3512
02:21:26,160 --> 02:21:28,160
also know that open enrollment is coming

3513
02:21:28,160 --> 02:21:30,399
up in the fall. So we want to if we're

3514
02:21:30,399 --> 02:21:32,319
going to look at doing anything we would

3515
02:21:32,319 --> 02:21:34,319
like to do it prior to open enrollment

3516
02:21:34,319 --> 02:21:36,319
so employees can choose the best option

3517
02:21:36,319 --> 02:21:39,840
for them at that point. Um, one of the

3518
02:21:39,840 --> 02:21:41,680
things I want to point out on here, for

3519
02:21:41,680 --> 02:21:44,479
about a decade, we did not have to

3520
02:21:44,479 --> 02:21:47,359
increase premiums or we very we only

3521
02:21:47,359 --> 02:21:50,479
increased them very slightly. Back 2017,

3522
02:21:50,479 --> 02:21:52,960
we increased premiums 5% across the

3523
02:21:52,960 --> 02:21:56,240
board and then in this January, uh, we

3524
02:21:56,240 --> 02:21:58,560
increased them 10%. But that's what

3525
02:21:58,560 --> 02:22:00,800
we've done almost over a 10-year period.

3526
02:22:00,800 --> 02:22:02,880
So, that tells you how well this this

3527
02:22:02,880 --> 02:22:05,359
fund works. There are some years where

3528
02:22:05,359 --> 02:22:07,280
claims will be higher and some years

3529
02:22:07,280 --> 02:22:09,920
where claims will be lower and then that

3530
02:22:09,920 --> 02:22:11,760
remaining balance will stay in the

3531
02:22:11,760 --> 02:22:14,319
reserve. So that in that way we're able

3532
02:22:14,319 --> 02:22:18,160
to stabilize and keep the costs even for

3533
02:22:18,160 --> 02:22:20,720
employees and for the city as a whole.

3534
02:22:20,720 --> 02:22:22,800
So you'll see the top line, the red line

3535
02:22:22,800 --> 02:22:25,200
shows the claims. These are the claims

3536
02:22:25,200 --> 02:22:28,000
going back to fiscal year 20. And then

3537
02:22:28,000 --> 02:22:29,760
the blue line shows you the cash

3538
02:22:29,760 --> 02:22:33,120
balance. very steady has been for almost

3539
02:22:33,120 --> 02:22:37,040
a decade up until about fiscal year 24.

3540
02:22:37,040 --> 02:22:38,720
If you looked down at the bottom, fiscal

3541
02:22:38,720 --> 02:22:41,359
year 24, we're starting to see a real

3542
02:22:41,359 --> 02:22:43,920
increase in the claims. Claims totaled

3543
02:22:43,920 --> 02:22:47,840
uh $33.5 million. Going into fiscal year

3544
02:22:47,840 --> 02:22:51,840
25, we went up to $37 million. Between

3545
02:22:51,840 --> 02:22:54,640
those fiscal year 24 and 25, we saw a

3546
02:22:54,640 --> 02:22:57,760
10% increase in claims. That's one of

3547
02:22:57,760 --> 02:22:59,359
the reasons that we increased the

3548
02:22:59,359 --> 02:23:02,240
premiums in January 10%. We saw these

3549
02:23:02,240 --> 02:23:04,880
trends coming and we increased. What we

3550
02:23:04,880 --> 02:23:07,280
didn't anticipate is that for fiscal

3551
02:23:07,280 --> 02:23:09,680
year 26, it didn't level out, it

3552
02:23:09,680 --> 02:23:11,600
continued to increase. And it not only

3553
02:23:11,600 --> 02:23:14,640
increased, it increased 20%. So now

3554
02:23:14,640 --> 02:23:16,880
you're seeing that gap on the edge. So

3555
02:23:16,880 --> 02:23:19,359
from fiscal year 25 to 26, we've seen

3556
02:23:19,359 --> 02:23:22,560
the cost and claims increase 20%. Um

3557
02:23:22,560 --> 02:23:25,439
really this is a f it's a factor of

3558
02:23:25,439 --> 02:23:28,399
hospital prices that have risen. Um

3559
02:23:28,399 --> 02:23:31,040
they've seen costs in labor go up, cost

3560
02:23:31,040 --> 02:23:33,120
in supplies go up, the inflation that

3561
02:23:33,120 --> 02:23:34,640
they're seeing on their side, it's

3562
02:23:34,640 --> 02:23:36,479
coming through in hospital prices going

3563
02:23:36,479 --> 02:23:39,200
up. There are newer newer drugs,

3564
02:23:39,200 --> 02:23:41,280
expensive drugs in the prescription

3565
02:23:41,280 --> 02:23:44,640
plan, so costing more and you know um

3566
02:23:44,640 --> 02:23:47,760
usage is also a factor in it. um people

3567
02:23:47,760 --> 02:23:49,520
know their benefits, people are able to

3568
02:23:49,520 --> 02:23:50,880
use their benefits, and they have really

3569
02:23:50,880 --> 02:23:53,040
good benefits. And so there are a lot of

3570
02:23:53,040 --> 02:23:55,120
things going on in this. We're currently

3571
02:23:55,120 --> 02:23:58,640
working with HR and their team to um

3572
02:23:58,640 --> 02:24:00,960
work with UMR and get some more analysis

3573
02:24:00,960 --> 02:24:02,880
so we can look at what this looks like

3574
02:24:02,880 --> 02:24:05,920
for the future, either changing the plan

3575
02:24:05,920 --> 02:24:09,280
a little bit, um increasing premiums

3576
02:24:09,280 --> 02:24:11,760
potentially or doing a combination of

3577
02:24:11,760 --> 02:24:14,000
both. But now is the time really that we

3578
02:24:14,000 --> 02:24:17,200
always look at it every year. figuring

3579
02:24:17,200 --> 02:24:19,280
this out first because then it'll impact

3580
02:24:19,280 --> 02:24:20,880
the budget as we continue to move

3581
02:24:20,880 --> 02:24:22,800
forward. So, just wanted to give you a

3582
02:24:22,800 --> 02:24:25,280
little heads up that this is this is the

3583
02:24:25,280 --> 02:24:27,359
item on the radar as we're moving in

3584
02:24:27,359 --> 02:24:30,640
this time of year. Um, and then we will

3585
02:24:30,640 --> 02:24:32,640
move on to full budget development after

3586
02:24:32,640 --> 02:24:34,080
this. But this is going to be a

3587
02:24:34,080 --> 02:24:36,800
challenge. I'm not sure, you know, I

3588
02:24:36,800 --> 02:24:40,319
think when we met with um we met with

3589
02:24:40,319 --> 02:24:42,960
the advisory group, I think the proje

3590
02:24:42,960 --> 02:24:45,439
projections from uh the consultant that

3591
02:24:45,439 --> 02:24:48,720
works on this is uh somewhere around

3592
02:24:48,720 --> 02:24:50,560
five or six% is what they're thinking

3593
02:24:50,560 --> 02:24:52,319
for next year whether that's really true

3594
02:24:52,319 --> 02:24:53,680
because again there are a lot of factors

3595
02:24:53,680 --> 02:24:57,359
in this. Um so we need to kind of find a

3596
02:24:57,359 --> 02:24:59,520
happy medium and then continue to

3597
02:24:59,520 --> 02:25:01,760
monitor what the claims look like as we

3598
02:25:01,760 --> 02:25:06,880
go forward. So questions here.

3599
02:25:06,880 --> 02:25:08,880
>> Council member T.

3600
02:25:08,880 --> 02:25:10,399
>> Thank you. This slide is very

3601
02:25:10,399 --> 02:25:21,120
concerning. Um and it looks like it's not sustainable financially. We're the claims are going up and the cash is going down. So when you said

3602
02:25:21,120 --> 02:25:23,040
that we have a consultant that is

3603
02:25:23,040 --> 02:25:25,359
looking at this, are they going to be

3604
02:25:25,359 --> 02:25:28,160
preparing some ideas for us to look at

3605
02:25:28,160 --> 02:25:32,080
to close this gap a little bit? Well, I

3606
02:25:32,080 --> 02:25:34,160
said consultant. It's it's more UMR and

3607
02:25:34,160 --> 02:25:35,840
the claims history. They look at claims

3608
02:25:35,840 --> 02:25:38,640
history and they can tell us what um

3609
02:25:38,640 --> 02:25:39,280
what happened.

3610
02:25:39,280 --> 02:25:40,399
>> It's not even necessarily about the

3611
02:25:40,399 --> 02:25:41,600
consultant. Vicki, I'm wondering what

3612
02:25:41,600 --> 02:25:43,920
are the plans? When are you going to We

3613
02:25:43,920 --> 02:25:44,960
need to come up with some

3614
02:25:44,960 --> 02:25:46,560
recommendations to close this gap.

3615
02:25:46,560 --> 02:25:48,240
>> We are we are working on that. We are

3616
02:25:48,240 --> 02:25:50,240
actively working. Monica's here if you

3617
02:25:50,240 --> 02:25:52,160
have some specific questions for them.

3618
02:25:52,160 --> 02:25:54,640
But Monica and Adria are here. I'm

3619
02:25:54,640 --> 02:25:56,560
working with their team to figure out

3620
02:25:56,560 --> 02:25:58,560
what we do here. I mean, clearly we

3621
02:25:58,560 --> 02:26:00,880
could raise premiums to try to cover it,

3622
02:26:00,880 --> 02:26:03,280
but I don't necessarily know that that's

3623
02:26:03,280 --> 02:26:05,200
um what everyone wants. And so, we're

3624
02:26:05,200 --> 02:26:06,080
working out what that

3625
02:26:06,080 --> 02:26:07,600
>> our employees are our greatest asset. We

3626
02:26:07,600 --> 02:26:08,960
need to invest them. I'm not saying

3627
02:26:08,960 --> 02:26:11,680
that, but we can't have a a shortfall

3628
02:26:11,680 --> 02:26:14,319
like we're having in this. It just it's

3629
02:26:14,319 --> 02:26:15,520
not sustainable.

3630
02:26:15,520 --> 02:26:17,760
>> We have a very rich plan and there's

3631
02:26:17,760 --> 02:26:20,880
potential for changes to the plan. Um

3632
02:26:20,880 --> 02:26:22,800
and they're working on calculations on

3633
02:26:22,800 --> 02:26:24,960
what that would look like if we change

3634
02:26:24,960 --> 02:26:27,120
the plan a little bit as well. So, I

3635
02:26:27,120 --> 02:26:29,439
think there's an opportunity for both. I

3636
02:26:29,439 --> 02:26:31,200
definitely think there probably going to

3637
02:26:31,200 --> 02:26:34,080
have to be some plan changes and another

3638
02:26:34,080 --> 02:26:36,720
premium increase.

3639
02:26:36,720 --> 02:26:38,479
>> When do you think that you would have

3640
02:26:38,479 --> 02:26:40,319
some recommendations for us to look at

3641
02:26:40,319 --> 02:26:42,080
or options?

3642
02:26:42,080 --> 02:26:44,319
>> We're planning to the next we called a

3643
02:26:44,319 --> 02:26:46,880
special uh meeting. They meet quarterly

3644
02:26:46,880 --> 02:26:49,920
that advisory committee. Uh Adri just

3645
02:26:49,920 --> 02:26:51,680
scheduled that this morning to meet with

3646
02:26:51,680 --> 02:26:54,720
them um in September. So, we'll be

3647
02:26:54,720 --> 02:26:56,640
meeting with them in September, going

3648
02:26:56,640 --> 02:26:58,319
through this with the broker, our

3649
02:26:58,319 --> 02:26:59,840
insurance broker, that was the

3650
02:26:59,840 --> 02:27:01,680
consultant I was talking about, the

3651
02:27:01,680 --> 02:27:03,280
insurance broker that brings us the

3652
02:27:03,280 --> 02:27:05,680
analysis of the claims and what it looks

3653
02:27:05,680 --> 02:27:08,560
like on the go forward. And so, once we

3654
02:27:08,560 --> 02:27:10,720
have all of that information and talk to

3655
02:27:10,720 --> 02:27:13,200
the employees that rec that represent

3656
02:27:13,200 --> 02:27:15,600
their bargaining groups, find out what's

3657
02:27:15,600 --> 02:27:18,080
most important to people. Um, because if

3658
02:27:18,080 --> 02:27:19,840
we change the plan, they may lose some

3659
02:27:19,840 --> 02:27:21,920
benefits that they really want. Maybe

3660
02:27:21,920 --> 02:27:23,680
they would prefer to pay more in a

3661
02:27:23,680 --> 02:27:25,760
premium. We really need to get a little

3662
02:27:25,760 --> 02:27:27,200
more input before

3663
02:27:27,200 --> 02:27:28,080
>> Sure. That sounds

3664
02:27:28,080 --> 02:27:29,520
>> make some recommendations on it.

3665
02:27:29,520 --> 02:27:31,359
>> That sounds like a a good plan for it.

3666
02:27:31,359 --> 02:27:33,040
I'd be interested. It's for discussion

3667
02:27:33,040 --> 02:27:34,240
only. So, I'm going to be really

3668
02:27:34,240 --> 02:27:35,840
interested in seeing what what we bring

3669
02:27:35,840 --> 02:27:37,280
forward. Thank you. Thank you for the

3670
02:27:37,280 --> 02:27:39,040
presentation. This is very helpful.

3671
02:27:39,040 --> 02:27:40,080
>> Council member Der.

3672
02:27:40,080 --> 02:27:42,399
>> Yeah. Thank you. I I too appreciate this

3673
02:27:42,399 --> 02:27:44,960
presentation. Um this is another one I

3674
02:27:44,960 --> 02:27:46,800
was able to get a little briefing on.

3675
02:27:46,800 --> 02:27:49,359
Could you go back a slide or two to

3676
02:27:49,359 --> 02:27:51,600
right here? Um, I thought this was

3677
02:27:51,600 --> 02:27:54,160
really important. You know, there we

3678
02:27:54,160 --> 02:27:57,280
could be getting our medical insurance

3679
02:27:57,280 --> 02:27:59,920
through an insurance broker, right? And,

3680
02:27:59,920 --> 02:28:03,040
uh, the by managing it ourselves, I

3681
02:28:03,040 --> 02:28:05,359
think we're really,

3682
02:28:05,359 --> 02:28:07,200
um, affecting

3683
02:28:07,200 --> 02:28:09,359
payments to insurance brokers. In other

3684
02:28:09,359 --> 02:28:10,880
words, a lot of people in America are

3685
02:28:10,880 --> 02:28:12,720
very unhappy with insurance companies

3686
02:28:12,720 --> 02:28:15,280
generally. And by taking them out of the

3687
02:28:15,280 --> 02:28:17,040
equation and making it very personal

3688
02:28:17,040 --> 02:28:19,760
between the city and our employees, I

3689
02:28:19,760 --> 02:28:22,240
think we're doing them um a good

3690
02:28:22,240 --> 02:28:24,640
service. I really do. Uh the second

3691
02:28:24,640 --> 02:28:27,359
thing that you have here, so so that

3692
02:28:27,359 --> 02:28:29,280
contributes directly to savings because

3693
02:28:29,280 --> 02:28:31,520
otherwise if we did use an insurance

3694
02:28:31,520 --> 02:28:33,520
broker, they would be getting money.

3695
02:28:33,520 --> 02:28:35,760
They would be making money on on finding

3696
02:28:35,760 --> 02:28:37,520
us the right insurance coverages and

3697
02:28:37,520 --> 02:28:38,800
those kind of things. Right.

3698
02:28:38,800 --> 02:28:40,560
>> Right. You're cutting out the income

3699
02:28:40,560 --> 02:28:42,240
piece of it of an insurance company

3700
02:28:42,240 --> 02:28:44,080
making a profit off of it. Yes.

3701
02:28:44,080 --> 02:28:46,479
>> Right. Which I think should make our

3702
02:28:46,479 --> 02:28:48,399
employees pretty happy. You know that we

3703
02:28:48,399 --> 02:28:50,640
have come up with a cost savings here.

3704
02:28:50,640 --> 02:28:52,479
And the second thing is just this

3705
02:28:52,479 --> 02:28:54,800
employment employee insurance advisory

3706
02:28:54,800 --> 02:28:56,800
committee I think is also very important

3707
02:28:56,800 --> 02:28:59,120
because you pointed out they are more

3708
02:28:59,120 --> 02:29:01,920
sensitive uh to changes in the insurance

3709
02:29:01,920 --> 02:29:04,399
program. They may be willing to pay more

3710
02:29:04,399 --> 02:29:06,800
to get this high level of insurance.

3711
02:29:06,800 --> 02:29:08,640
they may be more price sensitive and

3712
02:29:08,640 --> 02:29:10,640
want to take a cut in insurance

3713
02:29:10,640 --> 02:29:15,280
benefits, medical insurance benefits to be able to uh not have an increase in

3714
02:29:15,280 --> 02:29:17,359
price and I think they are a very

3715
02:29:17,359 --> 02:29:20,479
valuable part of this um communication

3716
02:29:20,479 --> 02:29:22,319
and these decisions that we're making.

3717
02:29:22,319 --> 02:29:24,399
So, thank you for highlighting those.

3718
02:29:24,399 --> 02:29:28,950
>> Sure. Thank you.

3719
02:29:28,960 --> 02:29:30,720
» Do you have anything council member?

3720
02:29:30,720 --> 02:29:31,200
>> Yeah.

3721
02:29:31,200 --> 02:29:35,920
So, um I I worked in benefits for

3722
02:29:35,920 --> 02:29:38,960
20 years before coming here um in

3723
02:29:38,960 --> 02:29:44,080
different capacities. Um but

3724
02:29:44,080 --> 02:29:46,080
I'm really interested in making sure

3725
02:29:46,080 --> 02:29:48,000
that we're getting the best possible

3726
02:29:48,000 --> 02:29:49,840
plan. Like there's other insurance

3727
02:29:49,840 --> 02:29:52,800
companies um besides I'm really

3728
02:29:52,800 --> 02:29:55,200
interested in and kind of going out and

3729
02:29:55,200 --> 02:29:57,280
seeing what other plans are available. I

3730
02:29:57,280 --> 02:29:59,760
know I've talked with um Jackie about

3731
02:29:59,760 --> 02:30:02,880
brokers that have been really helpful um

3732
02:30:02,880 --> 02:30:04,720
with other businesses in the past.

3733
02:30:04,720 --> 02:30:07,040
There's um different agencies that can

3734
02:30:07,040 --> 02:30:11,840
help um you know uh lower premiums. I'm

3735
02:30:11,840 --> 02:30:14,560
not sure if a municipality can join

3736
02:30:14,560 --> 02:30:18,000
anything similar to um a PEO to help

3737
02:30:18,000 --> 02:30:22,000
reduce insurance costs, but um I I want

3738
02:30:22,000 --> 02:30:23,520
to make sure we're looking at all the

3739
02:30:23,520 --> 02:30:25,840
different possibilities for different

3740
02:30:25,840 --> 02:30:28,000
insurance plans. I don't I don't know if

3741
02:30:28,000 --> 02:30:31,359
we're locked in to UMR, but um there's

3742
02:30:31,359 --> 02:30:34,479
other providers out there for sure. Um

3743
02:30:34,479 --> 02:30:36,640
the other thing I'm interested in

3744
02:30:36,640 --> 02:30:41,040
knowing is um what kind of data do we

3745
02:30:41,040 --> 02:30:43,040
have on the claims? I know that there's

3746
02:30:43,040 --> 02:30:46,080
HIPPA regulations. So, we don't we don't

3747
02:30:46,080 --> 02:30:49,120
want to know who did what, but do we

3748
02:30:49,120 --> 02:30:53,439
have particular um high claims that are

3749
02:30:53,439 --> 02:30:57,600
spiking our costs or um like one-offs or

3750
02:30:57,600 --> 02:31:00,800
do we have um kind of a trend of a

3751
02:31:00,800 --> 02:31:04,399
certain health issue that's raising our

3752
02:31:04,399 --> 02:31:06,000
rates because a lot of people are

3753
02:31:06,000 --> 02:31:08,479
experiencing it? And I ask that because

3754
02:31:08,479 --> 02:31:11,200
we could potentially work on a wellness

3755
02:31:11,200 --> 02:31:14,160
program to help reduce those those

3756
02:31:14,160 --> 02:31:15,920
risks. And I I'll just use the example

3757
02:31:15,920 --> 02:31:18,880
of smoking, right? If you invest in and

3758
02:31:18,880 --> 02:31:22,640
smoking uh sessation pro uh programs,

3759
02:31:22,640 --> 02:31:24,479
you can help reduce some of the the

3760
02:31:24,479 --> 02:31:27,040
rates for um you know, cancer treatments

3761
02:31:27,040 --> 02:31:30,720
and things like that. Um, so just um

3762
02:31:30,720 --> 02:31:33,920
want to make sure that we have accurate

3763
02:31:33,920 --> 02:31:35,760
information to make sure that we're

3764
02:31:35,760 --> 02:31:40,720
looking for the right area to invest in

3765
02:31:40,720 --> 02:31:43,439
to help lower our premiums. You know,

3766
02:31:43,439 --> 02:31:45,600
things like premature babies, you can't

3767
02:31:45,600 --> 02:31:47,359
really help that, but you can make sure

3768
02:31:47,359 --> 02:31:49,520
that we have good prenatal care, you

3769
02:31:49,520 --> 02:31:51,439
know, for employees and their

3770
02:31:51,439 --> 02:31:53,680
dependents. Um, so just things like

3771
02:31:53,680 --> 02:31:55,840
that. I'm not sure if we get that data

3772
02:31:55,840 --> 02:31:57,760
from our insurance company now, but I

3773
02:31:57,760 --> 02:32:00,479
think if we're not, we should um just

3774
02:32:00,479 --> 02:32:02,960
again to make sure if if there's things

3775
02:32:02,960 --> 02:32:04,640
that we could reduce through wellness

3776
02:32:04,640 --> 02:32:07,200
programs, we should be doing that. And

3777
02:32:07,200 --> 02:32:10,080
um uh I think it would be worth an

3778
02:32:10,080 --> 02:32:13,920
investment on that. Um I know that um

3779
02:32:13,920 --> 02:32:17,600
there's um options to do biometric

3780
02:32:17,600 --> 02:32:19,840
screenings um with some insurance

3781
02:32:19,840 --> 02:32:23,200
companies that um again they keep your

3782
02:32:23,200 --> 02:32:25,280
information private but they use uh

3783
02:32:25,280 --> 02:32:28,160
aggregate data to find out what kind of

3784
02:32:28,160 --> 02:32:30,000
wellness programs you should offer for

3785
02:32:30,000 --> 02:32:33,840
people um as well. So, um, just want to

3786
02:32:33,840 --> 02:32:35,920
make sure that we're not kind of just

3787
02:32:35,920 --> 02:32:38,399
continuing what we've always done in the

3788
02:32:38,399 --> 02:32:43,040
past. Like, let's really make sure we're looking for the best possible

3789
02:32:43,040 --> 02:32:46,150
option.

3790
02:32:46,160 --> 02:32:48,560
» Yes, thank you for that. We are

3791
02:32:48,560 --> 02:32:50,800
definitely I mean, my answer to that is

3792
02:32:50,800 --> 02:32:52,640
yes, we are doing all of the things that

3793
02:32:52,640 --> 02:32:55,359
you're talking about. Um mostly because

3794
02:32:55,359 --> 02:32:59,120
we the things that we thought were going

3795
02:32:59,120 --> 02:33:01,200
to happen, you know, cost increasing 10%

3796
02:33:01,200 --> 02:33:04,080
and potentially another 6 to 10% and we

3797
02:33:04,080 --> 02:33:06,800
get 20%. Because of that, we need to

3798
02:33:06,800 --> 02:33:08,800
really do a deeper dive and we're going

3799
02:33:08,800 --> 02:33:10,800
to really do that um over the next

3800
02:33:10,800 --> 02:33:12,080
month. Yes.

3801
02:33:12,080 --> 02:33:15,520
>> Okay. So, is is UMR providing any kind

3802
02:33:15,520 --> 02:33:17,760
of reporting like that to us? Currently,

3803
02:33:17,760 --> 02:33:20,240
>> they do. they provide um not names or

3804
02:33:20,240 --> 02:33:21,840
anything but they say you have a high

3805
02:33:21,840 --> 02:33:26,080
claim related to NICU or something else.

3806
02:33:26,080 --> 02:33:28,720
So we are aware of things as they

3807
02:33:28,720 --> 02:33:30,560
happen. Um and then they also do

3808
02:33:30,560 --> 02:33:32,640
quarterly reporting to us. They may even

3809
02:33:32,640 --> 02:33:35,120
do monthly to the HR department but I

3810
02:33:35,120 --> 02:33:37,120
see quarterly reports um with the

3811
02:33:37,120 --> 02:33:40,080
committee. Um they present at it. they

3812
02:33:40,080 --> 02:33:43,760
are seeing an increase in um the $40 to

3813
02:33:43,760 --> 02:33:46,240
$50,000 range claim

3814
02:33:46,240 --> 02:33:48,640
>> and you'll know that those are you know

3815
02:33:48,640 --> 02:33:50,160
not they don't meet the stop-loss

3816
02:33:50,160 --> 02:33:50,960
threshold.

3817
02:33:50,960 --> 02:33:51,439
>> Yeah.

3818
02:33:51,439 --> 02:33:54,000
>> So those type of claims are increasing.

3819
02:33:54,000 --> 02:33:55,680
So we are kind of asking some more

3820
02:33:55,680 --> 02:33:58,560
details on that as far as what's causing

3821
02:33:58,560 --> 02:34:01,439
this. Are these oneoffs? Is this

3822
02:34:01,439 --> 02:34:02,720
something

3823
02:34:02,720 --> 02:34:04,960
>> going on in that space? Because if you

3824
02:34:04,960 --> 02:34:07,520
have, you know, a hundred of those type

3825
02:34:07,520 --> 02:34:10,240
of claims, that's that's a big deal. You

3826
02:34:10,240 --> 02:34:13,280
may not have a giant claim, but you may

3827
02:34:13,280 --> 02:34:15,840
have a lot of smaller type procedure

3828
02:34:15,840 --> 02:34:18,720
claims or surgeries or other things

3829
02:34:18,720 --> 02:34:20,240
>> and maybe there's something else we

3830
02:34:20,240 --> 02:34:22,960
could be doing or having the plan in a

3831
02:34:22,960 --> 02:34:25,040
different way to match what's going on.

3832
02:34:25,040 --> 02:34:26,560
So, yes, we are looking at it.

3833
02:34:26,560 --> 02:34:28,240
>> Okay. and really focus on wellness

3834
02:34:28,240 --> 02:34:30,560
programming as well because that's you

3835
02:34:30,560 --> 02:34:32,880
know preventative health care is is the

3836
02:34:32,880 --> 02:34:35,520
best way to go really. Okay. Thank you.

3837
02:34:35,520 --> 02:34:37,040
>> Yeah. Council member Anderson.

3838
02:34:37,040 --> 02:34:38,880
>> Yeah. I just have one more thing. I have

3839
02:34:38,880 --> 02:34:41,760
been hearing from police and fire and it

3840
02:34:41,760 --> 02:34:46,479
could be happening in public works and parks and wreck. I'm not sure that

3841
02:34:46,479 --> 02:34:49,840
because of the extreme amount of not you

3842
02:34:49,840 --> 02:34:52,319
know hours that they're working fatigue.

3843
02:34:52,319 --> 02:34:54,160
We've got a lot of injured police

3844
02:34:54,160 --> 02:34:56,399
officers and firefighters that I'm sure

3845
02:34:56,399 --> 02:34:59,280
is contributing to these numbers in

3846
02:34:59,280 --> 02:35:01,680
terms of, you know, claims and things.

3847
02:35:01,680 --> 02:35:03,760
So, I think that on the front end, I

3848
02:35:03,760 --> 02:35:05,200
know that we're constantly working on

3849
02:35:05,200 --> 02:35:06,880
staffing. We're constantly look working

3850
02:35:06,880 --> 02:35:08,479
on the number of hours that our

3851
02:35:08,479 --> 02:35:11,040
employees are working. Um, and a lot of

3852
02:35:11,040 --> 02:35:13,840
that we can't really control because it

3853
02:35:13,840 --> 02:35:16,160
really requires upstaffing and bringing

3854
02:35:16,160 --> 02:35:18,560
on new employees. But anything that we

3855
02:35:18,560 --> 02:35:22,240
can be doing on um injury prevention and

3856
02:35:22,240 --> 02:35:24,000
what that takes, whether it's scheduling

3857
02:35:24,000 --> 02:35:26,240
number of hours, you know, required time

3858
02:35:26,240 --> 02:35:28,560
off for rest, I'm sure that we're going

3859
02:35:28,560 --> 02:35:30,640
to be having a lot of injuries after

3860
02:35:30,640 --> 02:35:32,800
these the summer of fires that we're

3861
02:35:32,800 --> 02:35:34,720
experiencing. So, I don't I don't really

3862
02:35:34,720 --> 02:35:37,920
see that trend changing in terms of our

3863
02:35:37,920 --> 02:35:39,760
claims, but we could be changing the way

3864
02:35:39,760 --> 02:35:41,680
that we are

3865
02:35:41,680 --> 02:35:43,280
working.

3866
02:35:43,280 --> 02:35:47,990
>> Thank you. That's a great point.

3867
02:35:48,000 --> 02:35:49,920
Are there any other comments?

3868
02:35:49,920 --> 02:35:50,880
>> Yeah, madame mayor.

3869
02:35:50,880 --> 02:35:54,000
>> Okay, great job as always. Um, couple

3870
02:35:54,000 --> 02:35:56,800
things. Did Angela leave?

3871
02:35:56,800 --> 02:36:00,399
She did. Did I miss her goodbye or what?

3872
02:36:00,399 --> 02:36:01,439
happened?

3873
02:36:01,439 --> 02:36:04,560
>> She retired and did not want to say

3874
02:36:04,560 --> 02:36:05,520
goodbye.

3875
02:36:05,520 --> 02:36:07,760
>> Oh my. Can I tell you what an asset that

3876
02:36:07,760 --> 02:36:09,520
woman was? She's

3877
02:36:09,520 --> 02:36:10,560
>> We all know

3878
02:36:10,560 --> 02:36:12,479
>> amazing. Amazing. So,

3879
02:36:12,479 --> 02:36:15,120
>> wanted to sneak out the door. Of course.

3880
02:36:15,120 --> 02:36:18,880
I trust me, I get it. Um, I totally

3881
02:36:18,880 --> 02:36:20,319
understand that. If there's some way you

3882
02:36:20,319 --> 02:36:22,080
can connect us, that would be amazing. I

3883
02:36:22,080 --> 02:36:23,840
just want to thank her for her service.

3884
02:36:23,840 --> 02:36:27,280
She helped I'm sure all of you here at

3885
02:36:27,280 --> 02:36:30,240
this DAS many, many, many times. She

3886
02:36:30,240 --> 02:36:32,800
helped me many, many, many times. What a

3887
02:36:32,800 --> 02:36:36,560
wonderful woman. And just what what an

3888
02:36:36,560 --> 02:36:39,040
example of

3889
02:36:39,040 --> 02:36:41,760
someone that knows this industry inside

3890
02:36:41,760 --> 02:36:44,880
and out and is responsive and kind and

3891
02:36:44,880 --> 02:36:48,960
caring. So please um let's somehow

3892
02:36:48,960 --> 02:36:50,880
connect with her so we can at least send

3893
02:36:50,880 --> 02:36:53,680
her something so that way she doesn't

3894
02:36:53,680 --> 02:36:55,920
feel embarrassed but we can at least

3895
02:36:55,920 --> 02:36:59,200
thank her for her service. Um and then

3896
02:36:59,200 --> 02:37:00,880
explain to me what the employee

3897
02:37:00,880 --> 02:37:03,680
insurance advisory committee is.

3898
02:37:03,680 --> 02:37:05,359
It's just an advisory committee similar

3899
02:37:05,359 --> 02:37:06,399
to that other

3900
02:37:06,399 --> 02:37:08,000
>> committee we've had it or

3901
02:37:08,000 --> 02:37:09,359
>> at least a couple years.

3902
02:37:09,359 --> 02:37:10,880
>> What does it do exactly?

3903
02:37:10,880 --> 02:37:12,720
>> They meet quarterly and there's a

3904
02:37:12,720 --> 02:37:14,479
presentation for from our insurance

3905
02:37:14,479 --> 02:37:15,920
broker that goes through the type of

3906
02:37:15,920 --> 02:37:17,200
claims that they're seeing. You know,

3907
02:37:17,200 --> 02:37:18,800
again, no names, just yeah,

3908
02:37:18,800 --> 02:37:21,359
>> the claims are going up and this is the

3909
02:37:21,359 --> 02:37:23,280
cost that we're seeing, prescription

3910
02:37:23,280 --> 02:37:26,000
drug drug usage, is it up, down, how's

3911
02:37:26,000 --> 02:37:28,479
it compared to prior years? And then we

3912
02:37:28,479 --> 02:37:31,200
talk um from finance on our side. What's

3913
02:37:31,200 --> 02:37:32,720
the what is the fund balance in the

3914
02:37:32,720 --> 02:37:35,520
fund? How is it handling the claims that

3915
02:37:35,520 --> 02:37:37,760
are coming in? Do we anticipate any

3916
02:37:37,760 --> 02:37:39,359
challenges with it? And it really keeps

3917
02:37:39,359 --> 02:37:41,439
us on track on a quarterly basis of

3918
02:37:41,439 --> 02:37:44,560
looking at this all the time. Um it's

3919
02:37:44,560 --> 02:37:47,280
not easy to predict. So it's a really

3920
02:37:47,280 --> 02:37:48,800
good thing that uh we have this

3921
02:37:48,800 --> 02:37:50,399
committee to do this and there's a lot

3922
02:37:50,399 --> 02:37:52,319
of representation from the employee

3923
02:37:52,319 --> 02:37:54,319
groups, the collective bargainings

3924
02:37:54,319 --> 02:37:57,040
agreements. And so those employees are

3925
02:37:57,040 --> 02:37:59,120
very involved and they go back and they

3926
02:37:59,120 --> 02:38:00,640
talk to their groups about it. And so we

3927
02:38:00,640 --> 02:38:03,359
get a lot of really good input um to the

3928
02:38:03,359 --> 02:38:04,160
group.

3929
02:38:04,160 --> 02:38:06,640
>> Okay. All right. Is there ever any talk

3930
02:38:06,640 --> 02:38:09,520
of getting rid of your um pharmacy

3931
02:38:09,520 --> 02:38:12,720
benefits manager?

3932
02:38:12,720 --> 02:38:14,720
>> Not that I've heard, but maybe Monica

3933
02:38:14,720 --> 02:38:15,359
has a

3934
02:38:15,359 --> 02:38:16,000
>> You know, there's like

3935
02:38:16,000 --> 02:38:17,280
>> I haven't heard that. No.

3936
02:38:17,280 --> 02:38:17,920
>> Yeah.

3937
02:38:17,920 --> 02:38:18,399
>> No,

3938
02:38:18,399 --> 02:38:21,120
>> I don't know. there there's,

3939
02:38:21,120 --> 02:38:23,359
you know,

3940
02:38:23,359 --> 02:38:25,120
a lot of the stuff that I've read about

3941
02:38:25,120 --> 02:38:28,160
them has not been great. Not like ours

3942
02:38:28,160 --> 02:38:31,840
per se, but like having those in place

3943
02:38:31,840 --> 02:38:33,840
can be

3944
02:38:33,840 --> 02:38:37,600
um the the uh what do they call them? O

3945
02:38:37,600 --> 02:38:40,319
is it OPM?

3946
02:38:40,319 --> 02:38:43,359
Is it what? There's a name for it, but

3947
02:38:43,359 --> 02:38:44,880
oftentimes

3948
02:38:44,880 --> 02:38:47,359
it can hinder us actually getting the

3949
02:38:47,359 --> 02:38:48,880
best price when we sort of have a

3950
02:38:48,880 --> 02:38:49,760
middleman.

3951
02:38:49,760 --> 02:38:50,080
>> Okay.

3952
02:38:50,080 --> 02:38:53,359
>> So, I've had a lot of difficulty with

3953
02:38:53,359 --> 02:38:57,439
them personally, like continually

3954
02:38:57,439 --> 02:38:58,880
ongoing, like

3955
02:38:58,880 --> 02:38:59,840
>> with ours.

3956
02:38:59,840 --> 02:39:01,520
>> Yeah. Like the people that work there

3957
02:39:01,520 --> 02:39:02,960
are great. They're very friendly and

3958
02:39:02,960 --> 02:39:05,760
helpful, but I like

3959
02:39:05,760 --> 02:39:07,760
>> Yeah. When I need prescription refills,

3960
02:39:07,760 --> 02:39:10,720
I have to call multiple times

3961
02:39:10,720 --> 02:39:14,399
for each prescription and it's

3962
02:39:14,399 --> 02:39:16,880
I am not really happy with the service

3963
02:39:16,880 --> 02:39:19,359
they provide. I know um Angela said she

3964
02:39:19,359 --> 02:39:21,600
did a survey before of employees and

3965
02:39:21,600 --> 02:39:24,240
everybody else was happy with it. Um I

3966
02:39:24,240 --> 02:39:26,080
think it's odd that I would be the only

3967
02:39:26,080 --> 02:39:29,040
person that has this issue. Um but it's

3968
02:39:29,040 --> 02:39:33,040
been extremely frustrating for me. Um,

3969
02:39:33,040 --> 02:39:36,640
so just wanted to let put that on the

3970
02:39:36,640 --> 02:39:38,319
record, I guess. Thank you.

3971
02:39:38,319 --> 02:39:40,160
>> Put it on the list and we'll talk bring

3972
02:39:40,160 --> 02:39:41,040
it back up.

3973
02:39:41,040 --> 02:39:44,080
>> They're just typically those in general

3974
02:39:44,080 --> 02:39:46,800
have a, you know, they end up, like I

3975
02:39:46,800 --> 02:39:50,080
said, becoming the middleman and um

3976
02:39:50,080 --> 02:39:51,840
anyway, so I'm just curious.

3977
02:39:51,840 --> 02:39:54,160
>> Okay. No, we're certainly looking at a

3978
02:39:54,160 --> 02:39:56,000
lot of companies are taking them out of

3979
02:39:56,000 --> 02:39:59,040
the equation. Yeah. So

3980
02:39:59,040 --> 02:40:02,640
>> anyway, okay, that's it. back at you,

3981
02:40:02,640 --> 02:40:03,600
Vice Mayor.

3982
02:40:03,600 --> 02:40:05,120
>> Thank you. I think that was just for

3983
02:40:05,120 --> 02:40:07,600
discussion. Thank you. Uh it sounds like

3984
02:40:07,600 --> 02:40:08,960
a lot of members of the body, if you're

3985
02:40:08,960 --> 02:40:10,080
okay with that, madame mayor, would like

3986
02:40:10,080 --> 02:40:11,920
to go on break and then we can continue

3987
02:40:11,920 --> 02:40:12,800
with the agenda.

3988
02:40:12,800 --> 02:40:15,120
>> We have a break for attorney client.

3989
02:40:15,120 --> 02:40:15,520
Yes.

3990
02:40:15,520 --> 02:40:17,600
>> Okay. All right. Then we will go on

3991
02:40:17,600 --> 02:40:18,800
break. Thanks so much.

3992
02:40:18,800 --> 02:41:25,110
>> Okay. Thank you.

3993
02:41:25,120 --> 02:41:29,030
Perfect.

3994
02:41:29,040 --> 02:41:31,120
» Okay, Madame Clerk, I think we're going

3995
02:41:31,120 --> 02:41:32,880
to reconvene

3996
02:41:32,880 --> 02:41:36,000
our meeting. If you can get us on track,

3997
02:41:36,000 --> 02:41:38,319
please. Yes, I believe we are going into

3998
02:41:38,319 --> 02:41:39,920
item D1 and we'll need to open the

3999
02:41:39,920 --> 02:41:42,640
public hearing.

4000
02:41:42,640 --> 02:41:44,240
>> Okay,

4001
02:41:44,240 --> 02:41:46,479
you said D1.

4002
02:41:46,479 --> 02:41:47,200
>> D1.

4003
02:41:47,200 --> 02:41:48,720
Let the record reflect that the

4004
02:41:48,720 --> 02:41:50,160
council is opening the public hearing on

4005
02:41:50,160 --> 02:41:52,880
item D1. Madame clerk, was proper notice

4006
02:41:52,880 --> 02:41:56,640
given and any correspondence received?

4007
02:41:56,640 --> 02:41:58,240
>> Proper notice was given and we did

4008
02:41:58,240 --> 02:41:59,840
receive one letter in favor that has

4009
02:41:59,840 --> 02:42:02,479
been distributed.

4010
02:42:02,479 --> 02:42:02,640
Thank

4011
02:42:02,640 --> 02:42:06,080
>> you. Do any council members have to make

4012
02:42:06,080 --> 02:42:09,520
any disclosures at this time?

4013
02:42:09,520 --> 02:42:13,040
Doesn't look like it. We will move on to

4014
02:42:13,040 --> 02:42:16,880
our staff presentation.

4015
02:42:16,880 --> 02:42:18,960
Good afternoon. My name is Brenna

4016
02:42:18,960 --> 02:42:20,560
Nichols. I'm a senior management analyst

4017
02:42:20,560 --> 02:42:22,479
in the public works department. Today

4018
02:42:22,479 --> 02:42:24,319
I'm joined by JD Clippenstein from the

4019
02:42:24,319 --> 02:42:26,800
Reno Housing Authority. Uh and today uh

4020
02:42:26,800 --> 02:42:28,319
we are looking at a resolution of sale

4021
02:42:28,319 --> 02:42:30,880
and hearing of objections for 14180

4022
02:42:30,880 --> 02:42:37,030
Mount Charleston Street.

4023
02:42:37,040 --> 02:42:38,720
This item aligns with the quality of

4024
02:42:38,720 --> 02:42:41,200
life priority, specifically the

4025
02:42:41,200 --> 02:42:42,640
affordable housing goal within that

4026
02:42:42,640 --> 02:42:45,750
priority.

4027
02:42:45,760 --> 02:42:47,680
Some details on this property. Uh

4028
02:42:47,680 --> 02:42:51,040
it's.35 acres uh located in Ward 4 just

4029
02:42:51,040 --> 02:42:52,960
south of the Renoad airport at the

4030
02:42:52,960 --> 02:42:54,479
corner of Mount Charleston Street and

4031
02:42:54,479 --> 02:42:56,800
Coco Avenue. It's been leased to the

4032
02:42:56,800 --> 02:42:59,359
Reno Housing Authority since 1994 at

4033
02:42:59,359 --> 02:43:03,670
zero cost.

4034
02:43:03,680 --> 02:43:05,359
A little bit more on the uh public

4035
02:43:05,359 --> 02:43:08,080
benefit of this item. Uh Ste Manor is a

4036
02:43:08,080 --> 02:43:10,880
68 unit affordable housing community. It

4037
02:43:10,880 --> 02:43:12,880
rents are capped at 30% of household

4038
02:43:12,880 --> 02:43:14,720
income.

4039
02:43:14,720 --> 02:43:16,800
And the clubhouse specifically supports

4040
02:43:16,800 --> 02:43:19,200
youth programs, workforce development,

4041
02:43:19,200 --> 02:43:21,359
and technology access as well as uh

4042
02:43:21,359 --> 02:43:25,670
community meeting space.

4043
02:43:25,680 --> 02:43:28,000
» A quick timeline. Uh we purchased this

4044
02:43:28,000 --> 02:43:30,160
property in 1975.

4045
02:43:30,160 --> 02:43:32,640
Uh in 1994, RHA began leasing the

4046
02:43:32,640 --> 02:43:35,040
property. Uh moving ahead to this year,

4047
02:43:35,040 --> 02:43:38,399
in June, RHA submitted a letter this uh

4048
02:43:38,399 --> 02:43:40,640
council approved. Two weeks ago, on

4049
02:43:40,640 --> 02:43:42,319
August 12th, this council approved a

4050
02:43:42,319 --> 02:43:44,560
resolution of intent to sell. And today

4051
02:43:44,560 --> 02:43:46,479
marks the final action uh needed from

4052
02:43:46,479 --> 02:43:51,269
council, the resolution of sale.

4053
02:43:51,279 --> 02:43:52,880
And with that, here is the re

4054
02:43:52,880 --> 02:43:55,120
recommended motion uh to sell this

4055
02:43:55,120 --> 02:43:57,439
property to the Reno Housing Authority

4056
02:43:57,439 --> 02:44:00,399
um for a nominal cost of $10 plus

4057
02:44:00,399 --> 02:44:02,319
closing costs.

4058
02:44:02,319 --> 02:44:03,920
>> Thank you so much. I'll turn over to the

4059
02:44:03,920 --> 02:44:05,200
body. See if there are any questions or

4060
02:44:05,200 --> 02:44:07,920
comments.

4061
02:44:07,920 --> 02:44:09,600
>> We'll make a motion. Yeah.

4062
02:44:09,600 --> 02:44:11,120
>> I move to adopt the resolution of sale

4063
02:44:11,120 --> 02:44:12,560
to approve purchase.

4064
02:44:12,560 --> 02:44:14,000
>> Council member, you were hat.

4065
02:44:14,000 --> 02:44:16,080
>> Yeah. Yeah. Just wanted to say what this

4066
02:44:16,080 --> 02:44:18,880
is going to be used for. I mean, just to

4067
02:44:18,880 --> 02:44:20,720
say it on the record because this is in

4068
02:44:20,720 --> 02:44:23,840
my ward and I think this is a great um

4069
02:44:23,840 --> 02:44:26,479
project there. I've taken a tour. Um

4070
02:44:26,479 --> 02:44:29,200
it's a really um nice location, very

4071
02:44:29,200 --> 02:44:31,920
well-maintained. So, just real quick,

4072
02:44:31,920 --> 02:44:33,680
what are we going to do with this spot?

4073
02:44:33,680 --> 02:44:35,920
>> Definitely. I'll have JD talk about

4074
02:44:35,920 --> 02:44:37,520
that.

4075
02:44:37,520 --> 02:44:39,760
>> JD Clippenstein, deputy executive

4076
02:44:39,760 --> 02:44:41,200
director for the Reno Housing Authority.

4077
02:44:41,200 --> 02:44:42,560
Council Member Eert, thank you for the

4078
02:44:42,560 --> 02:44:44,399
question. So, this property is going

4079
02:44:44,399 --> 02:44:47,279
through a $20 million rehab. Um, so and

4080
02:44:47,279 --> 02:44:49,439
the clubhouse is included in that. We're

4081
02:44:49,439 --> 02:44:51,040
should be set that's gonna be wrapping

4082
02:44:51,040 --> 02:44:52,880
up at the end of this month. Uh, so

4083
02:44:52,880 --> 02:44:54,399
there's going to be a community kitchen.

4084
02:44:54,399 --> 02:44:56,319
There's going to be a like computer

4085
02:44:56,319 --> 02:44:58,479
nook. So this place this space will use

4086
02:44:58,479 --> 02:45:00,640
for community programming. Our resident

4087
02:45:00,640 --> 02:45:02,720
councils will meet there. Um, we also

4088
02:45:02,720 --> 02:45:04,319
have a workforce development program

4089
02:45:04,319 --> 02:45:06,240
that uses that space. So our staff meet

4090
02:45:06,240 --> 02:45:08,080
with residents there. It's just kind of

4091
02:45:08,080 --> 02:45:10,240
a hub of what is the affordable housing

4092
02:45:10,240 --> 02:45:11,040
community out there.

4093
02:45:11,040 --> 02:45:13,680
>> That's wonderful. So, can um residents

4094
02:45:13,680 --> 02:45:17,120
kind of um use this space for

4095
02:45:17,120 --> 02:45:19,200
programming that maybe they want to do?

4096
02:45:19,200 --> 02:45:20,720
Maybe they want to have their kids get

4097
02:45:20,720 --> 02:45:22,880
together and read books or something

4098
02:45:22,880 --> 02:45:24,800
like that or schedule somebody to come

4099
02:45:24,800 --> 02:45:27,040
out and and talk with them with the

4100
02:45:27,040 --> 02:45:28,880
library or something. They could do

4101
02:45:28,880 --> 02:45:29,359
that.

4102
02:45:29,359 --> 02:45:31,200
>> Yeah, absolutely. We've uh I think both

4103
02:45:31,200 --> 02:45:33,680
the scouts, Girl Scouts troops have meet

4104
02:45:33,680 --> 02:45:35,279
there. Um there's some other programming

4105
02:45:35,279 --> 02:45:37,760
as well uh that is offered. So we our

4106
02:45:37,760 --> 02:45:39,040
resident services team works really

4107
02:45:39,040 --> 02:45:40,960
closely with residents to identify what

4108
02:45:40,960 --> 02:45:44,319
the needs are and also what some of the programs that they're interested in

4109
02:45:44,319 --> 02:45:46,160
and then we partner with those agencies

4110
02:45:46,160 --> 02:45:47,040
to bring it out there.

4111
02:45:47,040 --> 02:45:48,960
>> That's great. Well, thank you for that.

4112
02:45:48,960 --> 02:45:51,520
>> Of course. Thank you.

4113
02:45:51,520 --> 02:45:52,399
>> Council member two,

4114
02:45:52,399 --> 02:45:54,080
>> I move to adopt the resolution of sale

4115
02:45:54,080 --> 02:45:55,680
to approve a purchase and sale agreement

4116
02:45:55,680 --> 02:45:57,840
to sell city owned property located at

4117
02:45:57,840 --> 02:46:00,479
1418 Mount Charleston Street to the Reno

4118
02:46:00,479 --> 02:46:02,560
Housing Authority for a nominal fee of

4119
02:46:02,560 --> 02:46:05,200
$10 plus closing cost.

4120
02:46:05,200 --> 02:46:06,560
Second.

4121
02:46:06,560 --> 02:46:08,240
>> Great. We have a motion and a second.

4122
02:46:08,240 --> 02:46:09,840
All those in favor say I.

4123
02:46:09,840 --> 02:46:10,560
>> I.

4124
02:46:10,560 --> 02:46:12,960
Any opposed? Motion passes

4125
02:46:12,960 --> 02:46:17,190
unanimously. Thank you.

4126
02:46:17,200 --> 02:46:22,080
Close item D1 and move on to item D2.

4127
02:46:22,080 --> 02:46:23,600
Let the record reflect the council's

4128
02:46:23,600 --> 02:46:25,840
opening public hearing on item D2.

4129
02:46:25,840 --> 02:46:27,600
Madame clerk, was proper notice given

4130
02:46:27,600 --> 02:46:30,080
and any correspondence received?

4131
02:46:30,080 --> 02:46:31,760
>> Proper notice was given and we did

4132
02:46:31,760 --> 02:46:36,070
receive three letters in opposition.

4133
02:46:36,080 --> 02:46:38,000
Thank you. Are there any disclosures

4134
02:46:38,000 --> 02:46:39,760
from any of the council members at this

4135
02:46:39,760 --> 02:46:42,640
time?

4136
02:46:42,640 --> 02:46:47,279
Now I will ask um Mr. Shipman or Mr.

4137
02:46:47,279 --> 02:46:49,520
Hall to read the ordinance.

4138
02:46:49,520 --> 02:46:51,040
>> Thank you. Ordinance introduction bill

4139
02:46:51,040 --> 02:46:52,880
number 7341

4140
02:46:52,880 --> 02:46:56,160
case number LDC 25-000065

4141
02:46:56,160 --> 02:46:58,800
moves Ridge zoning map amendment

4142
02:46:58,800 --> 02:47:00,560
ordinance to amend title 18 chapter

4143
02:47:00,560 --> 02:47:02,720
18.02 02 of the Renom Municipal Code

4144
02:47:02,720 --> 02:47:06,319
entitled zoning reszoning a 42.3 acre

4145
02:47:06,319 --> 02:47:09,520
42.43 acre site located north of the

4146
02:47:09,520 --> 02:47:12,640
tournament of Moose Ridge Drive 115 ft

4147
02:47:12,640 --> 02:47:14,640
north of its intersection with Foxtail

4148
02:47:14,640 --> 02:47:17,760
Drive from 42.43 43 acres of single

4149
02:47:17,760 --> 02:47:19,279
family residential, three units per

4150
02:47:19,279 --> 02:47:23,230
acre, SF3 to 22.43

4151
02:47:23,230 --> 02:47:24,560
[clears throat] acres of single family

4152
02:47:24,560 --> 02:47:27,920
residential, 8 units per acre, SF8, and

4153
02:47:27,920 --> 02:47:29,920
20 acres of parks, greenways, and open

4154
02:47:29,920 --> 02:47:31,200
space together with matters which

4155
02:47:31,200 --> 02:47:33,040
pertain to or are necessarily connected

4156
02:47:33,040 --> 02:47:35,200
there with W 5.

4157
02:47:35,200 --> 02:47:37,680
>> Thank you. I think it's up to you, Mr.

4158
02:47:37,680 --> 02:47:41,750
Picotti.

4159
02:47:41,760 --> 02:47:44,000
» Good afternoon, members of the council.

4160
02:47:44,000 --> 02:47:46,000
For the record, my name is Leah Picotti

4161
02:47:46,000 --> 02:47:48,000
and I am an associate planner with the

4162
02:47:48,000 --> 02:47:50,880
City of Reno Development Services.

4163
02:47:50,880 --> 02:47:52,800
This afternoon, I am presenting an

4164
02:47:52,800 --> 02:47:55,520
application for a zoning map amendment.

4165
02:47:55,520 --> 02:47:57,520
We are calling this one the Moose Ridge

4166
02:47:57,520 --> 02:47:59,760
zoning map amendment.

4167
02:47:59,760 --> 02:48:04,000
So this site is approximately 42 acres

4168
02:48:04,000 --> 02:48:08,160
and it is located in the northn

4169
02:48:08,160 --> 02:48:11,040
northwest portion of Reno kind of north

4170
02:48:11,040 --> 02:48:13,760
of Somerset right there, Rob Drive and

4171
02:48:13,760 --> 02:48:16,160
McQueen High.

4172
02:48:16,160 --> 02:48:18,800
The request before you today is a zoning

4173
02:48:18,800 --> 02:48:21,439
map amendment. However, I will point out

4174
02:48:21,439 --> 02:48:24,000
that this request was submitted and is

4175
02:48:24,000 --> 02:48:26,399
being processed concurrent with a

4176
02:48:26,399 --> 02:48:29,680
tenative map for 46 single family

4177
02:48:29,680 --> 02:48:32,479
residential units and a major site plan

4178
02:48:32,479 --> 02:48:37,439
review for grading cuts and fills um

4179
02:48:37,439 --> 02:48:39,200
grading in the parks, greenways, and

4180
02:48:39,200 --> 02:48:41,520
open space and a major drainage way,

4181
02:48:41,520 --> 02:48:44,319
which I'll get into here. Now, while the

4182
02:48:44,319 --> 02:48:46,160
tenative map and the major site plan

4183
02:48:46,160 --> 02:48:48,160
review are not necessarily something

4184
02:48:48,160 --> 02:48:50,399
that is approved by council, I think

4185
02:48:50,399 --> 02:48:52,000
it's important to talk about it because

4186
02:48:52,000 --> 02:48:54,319
it was unanimously approved by the

4187
02:48:54,319 --> 02:48:56,960
planning commission back on July 15th.

4188
02:48:56,960 --> 02:48:59,200
Should the zoning map amendment be

4189
02:48:59,200 --> 02:49:01,760
approved um because the tenative map and

4190
02:49:01,760 --> 02:49:03,279
major site plan review have been

4191
02:49:03,279 --> 02:49:05,520
approved is contingent upon approval of

4192
02:49:05,520 --> 02:49:07,760
this zoning map amendment.

4193
02:49:07,760 --> 02:49:11,840
So, the request that you have before you

4194
02:49:11,840 --> 02:49:14,399
is a zoning map amendment. And I want to

4195
02:49:14,399 --> 02:49:16,479
just step back a little bit because I

4196
02:49:16,479 --> 02:49:17,600
talked about it a little bit in

4197
02:49:17,600 --> 02:49:20,080
briefing, but we've been working on this

4198
02:49:20,080 --> 02:49:22,880
for about a year and a half. And

4199
02:49:22,880 --> 02:49:25,760
originally when this request came in, it

4200
02:49:25,760 --> 02:49:28,319
was to go from single family residential

4201
02:49:28,319 --> 02:49:30,720
three units per acre to single family

4202
02:49:30,720 --> 02:49:33,120
residential eight units per acre. And

4203
02:49:33,120 --> 02:49:34,560
when we took that before the planning

4204
02:49:34,560 --> 02:49:37,359
commission in July 2025, they said,

4205
02:49:37,359 --> 02:49:39,439
"Hey, why can't we make a portion of

4206
02:49:39,439 --> 02:49:41,279
this park's greenways and open space

4207
02:49:41,279 --> 02:49:43,520
since the majority of the parcel has

4208
02:49:43,520 --> 02:49:45,520
slopes that exceed 30% and isn't

4209
02:49:45,520 --> 02:49:47,840
necessarily developable anyways and

4210
02:49:47,840 --> 02:49:49,600
something that kind of complements that

4211
02:49:49,600 --> 02:49:52,160
SF8 and parks, greenways, and open space

4212
02:49:52,160 --> 02:49:54,399
as you can see below." So, they came

4213
02:49:54,399 --> 02:49:57,200
back with this. And so, the request

4214
02:49:57,200 --> 02:49:59,279
that's before you today is to go from

4215
02:49:59,279 --> 02:50:03,680
SF3 to 22.43 43 acres of single family

4216
02:50:03,680 --> 02:50:05,760
residential, eight units per acre just

4217
02:50:05,760 --> 02:50:08,160
on the southern portion of the parcel.

4218
02:50:08,160 --> 02:50:10,960
And then the northern portion, that 20

4219
02:50:10,960 --> 02:50:13,600
acres up there will be zoned parks,

4220
02:50:13,600 --> 02:50:17,600
greenways, and open space.

4221
02:50:17,600 --> 02:50:20,160
So the second request that kind of just

4222
02:50:20,160 --> 02:50:22,800
goes with this is the tenative map for a

4223
02:50:22,800 --> 02:50:24,960
46 unit single family detach

4224
02:50:24,960 --> 02:50:27,359
subdivision. You can see the site on the

4225
02:50:27,359 --> 02:50:28,880
screen right now and you can see that

4226
02:50:28,880 --> 02:50:31,600
all 46 of those units are proposed on

4227
02:50:31,600 --> 02:50:34,319
the southern portion of that site. There

4228
02:50:34,319 --> 02:50:36,240
is no development proposed on the

4229
02:50:36,240 --> 02:50:38,399
northern portion of the site and if this

4230
02:50:38,399 --> 02:50:40,640
zoning map amendment is approved then

4231
02:50:40,640 --> 02:50:42,479
that portion of the site will be zoned

4232
02:50:42,479 --> 02:50:44,319
parks, greenways and open space which

4233
02:50:44,319 --> 02:50:47,760
will preserve it in perpetuity. So with

4234
02:50:47,760 --> 02:50:49,840
this single with the tentative map, we

4235
02:50:49,840 --> 02:50:51,600
also have an application for a major

4236
02:50:51,600 --> 02:50:53,680
site plan review and that's grading

4237
02:50:53,680 --> 02:50:56,240
resulting in cuts greater than 20 ft and

4238
02:50:56,240 --> 02:50:58,240
fills greater than 10 ft grading within

4239
02:50:58,240 --> 02:51:01,040
the parks greenways and open space um

4240
02:51:01,040 --> 02:51:02,800
hillside development and disturbance of

4241
02:51:02,800 --> 02:51:05,359
a major drainage way. Again, this isn't

4242
02:51:05,359 --> 02:51:06,960
necessarily part of what you guys are

4243
02:51:06,960 --> 02:51:08,479
looking at today, but I think it's

4244
02:51:08,479 --> 02:51:10,399
important to look at what has been

4245
02:51:10,399 --> 02:51:11,680
approved and what's going to be

4246
02:51:11,680 --> 02:51:12,960
developed should the zoning map

4247
02:51:12,960 --> 02:51:16,000
amendment be approved.

4248
02:51:16,000 --> 02:51:19,200
Um on the screen for you is a slope map.

4249
02:51:19,200 --> 02:51:21,359
This just gives you kind of an idea of

4250
02:51:21,359 --> 02:51:24,080
how the terrain on this site actually

4251
02:51:24,080 --> 02:51:26,720
looks. So you can see the green area

4252
02:51:26,720 --> 02:51:30,000
down at the bottom. That is the least

4253
02:51:30,000 --> 02:51:33,600
sloped area under 15% and that is the

4254
02:51:33,600 --> 02:51:35,760
area that's going to be developed.

4255
02:51:35,760 --> 02:51:37,680
pretty much everything on that northern

4256
02:51:37,680 --> 02:51:41,840
portion of the site is uh orange or red,

4257
02:51:41,840 --> 02:51:46,550
which means it's above 30%.

4258
02:51:46,560 --> 02:51:49,279
Looking at the overall site design, we

4259
02:51:49,279 --> 02:51:52,560
have about 9 acres of development area

4260
02:51:52,560 --> 02:51:54,640
that includes all of the roads and the

4261
02:51:54,640 --> 02:51:58,160
proposed lots. This will leave about 33

4262
02:51:58,160 --> 02:52:01,600
acres of open space, which will be

4263
02:52:01,600 --> 02:52:03,680
parks, greenways, and open space and

4264
02:52:03,680 --> 02:52:06,800
deed restricted. It will accommodate 46

4265
02:52:06,800 --> 02:52:08,960
single family detached homes with an

4266
02:52:08,960 --> 02:52:13,279
average lot size of 6,000 to 7200 square

4267
02:52:13,279 --> 02:52:17,279
ft. It's important to note that lot size

4268
02:52:17,279 --> 02:52:19,439
and density are not always the same

4269
02:52:19,439 --> 02:52:23,040
thing. So, while the lot sizes are

4270
02:52:23,040 --> 02:52:25,680
slightly smaller than the subdivision to

4271
02:52:25,680 --> 02:52:27,600
the south, which range somewhere in the

4272
02:52:27,600 --> 02:52:31,439
9 to 12,000 range, the actual density of

4273
02:52:31,439 --> 02:52:35,600
this site, 46 units on 42.43 43 acres

4274
02:52:35,600 --> 02:52:39,920
comes out to one unit per 92 acres. So

4275
02:52:39,920 --> 02:52:42,080
it's almost one unit per acre. So the

4276
02:52:42,080 --> 02:52:45,600
density is low, but that's because the

4277
02:52:45,600 --> 02:52:47,520
housing is all at the bottom and the

4278
02:52:47,520 --> 02:52:49,920
rest of it is uh preserved in open

4279
02:52:49,920 --> 02:52:51,520
space.

4280
02:52:51,520 --> 02:52:53,600
This application did go to the W 5

4281
02:52:53,600 --> 02:52:55,359
neighborhood advisory board back in

4282
02:52:55,359 --> 02:52:58,640
December and there were concerns um and

4283
02:52:58,640 --> 02:53:00,399
I kind of put this table together to

4284
02:53:00,399 --> 02:53:01,920
kind of talk about what those concerns

4285
02:53:01,920 --> 02:53:04,160
were. As you all know, we cannot

4286
02:53:04,160 --> 02:53:06,720
condition a zoning map amendment, but we

4287
02:53:06,720 --> 02:53:08,640
can condition a tenative map in a major

4288
02:53:08,640 --> 02:53:10,560
site plan review. So, the conditions

4289
02:53:10,560 --> 02:53:12,880
that you're looking at today um can't

4290
02:53:12,880 --> 02:53:14,960
necessarily be amended, but I do want

4291
02:53:14,960 --> 02:53:16,880
you to know that they have been approved

4292
02:53:16,880 --> 02:53:19,120
by the planning commission and should

4293
02:53:19,120 --> 02:53:21,439
the council approve the zoning map

4294
02:53:21,439 --> 02:53:23,520
amendment, these would move forward with

4295
02:53:23,520 --> 02:53:27,040
that tenative map. So, we looked at

4296
02:53:27,040 --> 02:53:29,600
density and compatibility.

4297
02:53:29,600 --> 02:53:32,640
Um that was one of the concerns. And so

4298
02:53:32,640 --> 02:53:35,200
the applicants have um agreed to deed

4299
02:53:35,200 --> 02:53:37,760
restrict the open space and also

4300
02:53:37,760 --> 02:53:39,520
continue to work with Truckucky Meadow

4301
02:53:39,520 --> 02:53:41,920
Trails. There are some existing

4302
02:53:41,920 --> 02:53:46,560
pedestrian and um dirt bike and jeep

4303
02:53:46,560 --> 02:53:49,040
trails that are up in that area. Some of

4304
02:53:49,040 --> 02:53:51,600
them can be preserved, some of them

4305
02:53:51,600 --> 02:53:53,600
cannot. So they're going to work with

4306
02:53:53,600 --> 02:53:55,200
Truckucky Meadow Trails to figure out

4307
02:53:55,200 --> 02:53:57,359
which ones can be preserved and which

4308
02:53:57,359 --> 02:53:59,760
ones need to be blocked off. any of the

4309
02:53:59,760 --> 02:54:01,520
ones that do need to be preserved.

4310
02:54:01,520 --> 02:54:02,880
They'll work with Truckucky Meadow

4311
02:54:02,880 --> 02:54:05,520
Trails to fix those trails, correct any

4312
02:54:05,520 --> 02:54:07,680
erosion and issues like that moving

4313
02:54:07,680 --> 02:54:10,960
forward. Um, also they are going to do

4314
02:54:10,960 --> 02:54:12,960
rockery walls and rip wrap natural

4315
02:54:12,960 --> 02:54:15,040
landscape back filled with soil and

4316
02:54:15,040 --> 02:54:17,279
reveated

4317
02:54:17,279 --> 02:54:20,160
and um those again all those dirt roads

4318
02:54:20,160 --> 02:54:23,040
will be maintained and reveated. I think

4319
02:54:23,040 --> 02:54:24,720
one a couple of things I want to touch

4320
02:54:24,720 --> 02:54:27,200
on here is um there's been some current

4321
02:54:27,200 --> 02:54:30,000
concerns about wildlife. So, I did want

4322
02:54:30,000 --> 02:54:32,000
to let everybody know that we do have a

4323
02:54:32,000 --> 02:54:34,399
condition of approval on here and this

4324
02:54:34,399 --> 02:54:36,960
was the condition that was requested by

4325
02:54:36,960 --> 02:54:39,439
Nevada Department of Wildlife and that

4326
02:54:39,439 --> 02:54:41,680
is that prior to the recordation of the

4327
02:54:41,680 --> 02:54:44,560
final map, the applicant shall identify

4328
02:54:44,560 --> 02:54:47,439
wildlife corridors and include wildlife

4329
02:54:47,439 --> 02:54:49,760
mitigation and maintenance plan that

4330
02:54:49,760 --> 02:54:51,920
will be reviewed and approved by the

4331
02:54:51,920 --> 02:54:54,560
Nevada Department of Wildlife and city

4332
02:54:54,560 --> 02:54:57,680
staff. um implementation of any

4333
02:54:57,680 --> 02:55:00,720
mitigation or maintenance measures need

4334
02:55:00,720 --> 02:55:04,240
to be uh reflected on the final plan. So

4335
02:55:04,240 --> 02:55:05,760
any of those trails or any of the

4336
02:55:05,760 --> 02:55:07,600
mitigation that needs to be done will be

4337
02:55:07,600 --> 02:55:09,760
done in coordination with Nevada

4338
02:55:09,760 --> 02:55:11,359
Department of Wildlife and will be

4339
02:55:11,359 --> 02:55:14,720
reflected on that final plan. The other

4340
02:55:14,720 --> 02:55:15,840
thing we're going to talk about a little

4341
02:55:15,840 --> 02:55:18,880
bit about here is fire safety. Now I

4342
02:55:18,880 --> 02:55:20,640
know that this is all on the top of

4343
02:55:20,640 --> 02:55:22,720
everyone's mind right now. So I want to

4344
02:55:22,720 --> 02:55:23,920
talk about the things that we've

4345
02:55:23,920 --> 02:55:26,720
implemented here uh related to fire

4346
02:55:26,720 --> 02:55:29,520
safety. So everything all the conditions

4347
02:55:29,520 --> 02:55:32,399
7 through 13 are directly related to

4348
02:55:32,399 --> 02:55:34,160
this and I'm just going to read them so

4349
02:55:34,160 --> 02:55:37,200
that we have that on record. So prior to

4350
02:55:37,200 --> 02:55:38,800
the approval of the final map the

4351
02:55:38,800 --> 02:55:41,040
applicant will pro shall provide plans

4352
02:55:41,040 --> 02:55:44,319
that demonstrate that all landscaping

4353
02:55:44,319 --> 02:55:46,560
uh complies with the international

4354
02:55:46,560 --> 02:55:48,880
wildland urban interface code. That's

4355
02:55:48,880 --> 02:55:51,760
the WOOI code um adopted by the Nevada

4356
02:55:51,760 --> 02:55:54,640
State Fire Marshall's Office.

4357
02:55:54,640 --> 02:55:57,200
The Reno Def Fire Department requires

4358
02:55:57,200 --> 02:55:59,279
that vegetation management plans be

4359
02:55:59,279 --> 02:56:01,760
submitted to the state forester first

4360
02:56:01,760 --> 02:56:03,840
and then the approved plans along with

4361
02:56:03,840 --> 02:56:05,760
any comments will be submitted to City

4362
02:56:05,760 --> 02:56:08,319
of Reno for review.

4363
02:56:08,319 --> 02:56:10,080
The developer will establish a

4364
02:56:10,080 --> 02:56:12,160
homeowners association or equivalent

4365
02:56:12,160 --> 02:56:14,720
organization that shall be tasked to

4366
02:56:14,720 --> 02:56:16,640
maintain requirements regarding the

4367
02:56:16,640 --> 02:56:19,359
establishment and maintenance of fuel

4368
02:56:19,359 --> 02:56:21,840
modification zones.

4369
02:56:21,840 --> 02:56:23,760
All dwelling units shall be equipped

4370
02:56:23,760 --> 02:56:25,600
with emergency fire suppression

4371
02:56:25,600 --> 02:56:27,680
sprinklers that meet or exceed the

4372
02:56:27,680 --> 02:56:29,680
standards outlined in the National Fire

4373
02:56:29,680 --> 02:56:33,040
Protection Association 13D.

4374
02:56:33,040 --> 02:56:35,840
All decks, roofs, and walls shall be

4375
02:56:35,840 --> 02:56:39,359
constructed of fireresistant material.

4376
02:56:39,359 --> 02:56:41,359
The development and the private roadways

4377
02:56:41,359 --> 02:56:44,319
will not be gated or obstructed and

4378
02:56:44,319 --> 02:56:47,120
there will be all temporary access roads

4379
02:56:47,120 --> 02:56:48,960
will be constructed in accordance with

4380
02:56:48,960 --> 02:56:51,279
permanent fire department access road

4381
02:56:51,279 --> 02:56:54,000
standards. The fire access roads may be

4382
02:56:54,000 --> 02:56:56,479
engineered compacted base material which

4383
02:56:56,479 --> 02:56:58,880
may or may not include paving. The road

4384
02:56:58,880 --> 02:57:01,120
base shall support fire trucks, be

4385
02:57:01,120 --> 02:57:03,040
resistant to wear from travel and

4386
02:57:03,040 --> 02:57:05,120
weather, and shall be maintained as a

4387
02:57:05,120 --> 02:57:06,720
drivable surface throughout the

4388
02:57:06,720 --> 02:57:09,200
construction process. Construction

4389
02:57:09,200 --> 02:57:11,279
activity may be prohibited by the fire

4390
02:57:11,279 --> 02:57:13,200
department for failure to service and

4391
02:57:13,200 --> 02:57:16,560
maintain those fire uh apparatus access

4392
02:57:16,560 --> 02:57:19,920
roads. Also, I want to point out too

4393
02:57:19,920 --> 02:57:22,560
that I don't have a slide for it, but I

4394
02:57:22,560 --> 02:57:24,479
can put it on the overhead if we need

4395
02:57:24,479 --> 02:57:26,720
to. I'm just going to move back here.

4396
02:57:26,720 --> 02:57:30,640
So, um, if we're looking at the screen

4397
02:57:30,640 --> 02:57:32,960
on the right portion of the screen, that

4398
02:57:32,960 --> 02:57:35,680
roadway is going to extend out and go

4399
02:57:35,680 --> 02:57:38,640
into the neighborhood that is to the

4400
02:57:38,640 --> 02:57:40,880
west of this. That's going to provide

4401
02:57:40,880 --> 02:57:44,880
another fire access ingress and egress,

4402
02:57:44,880 --> 02:57:47,279
not only for the residents here, but the

4403
02:57:47,279 --> 02:57:49,760
residents that are on Moose Ridge, um,

4404
02:57:49,760 --> 02:57:52,319
and, uh, Morgan Court, where the woman

4405
02:57:52,319 --> 02:57:54,880
that spoke earlier was. So now she

4406
02:57:54,880 --> 02:57:56,960
actually will have another way to get

4407
02:57:56,960 --> 02:58:00,160
out of her subdivision um should there

4408
02:58:00,160 --> 02:58:02,640
be some other emergency situation where

4409
02:58:02,640 --> 02:58:04,560
she needs to be able to leave. So this

4410
02:58:04,560 --> 02:58:08,800
project is going to improve the fire uh

4411
02:58:08,800 --> 02:58:11,840
access in this area. [snorts] And with

4412
02:58:11,840 --> 02:58:14,960
that um zoning map amendments are on the

4413
02:58:14,960 --> 02:58:16,880
board. Planning commission saw this on

4414
02:58:16,880 --> 02:58:18,960
July 15th. Got a unanimous

4415
02:58:18,960 --> 02:58:21,520
recommendation of approval for that. And

4416
02:58:21,520 --> 02:58:23,760
the recommended motion is on the board.

4417
02:58:23,760 --> 02:58:26,399
The applicant has a presentation. I am

4418
02:58:26,399 --> 02:58:28,319
available for questions and our fire

4419
02:58:28,319 --> 02:58:29,600
department is here and available for

4420
02:58:29,600 --> 02:58:33,760
questions as well. Thank you.

4421
02:58:33,760 --> 02:58:42,710
>> Thank you.

4422
02:58:42,720 --> 02:58:44,640
» Good afternoon. Uh Derek Wilson on

4423
02:58:44,640 --> 02:58:47,359
behalf of the property owner. Um, as

4424
02:58:47,359 --> 02:58:49,760
always, uh, uh, that was a very thorough

4425
02:58:49,760 --> 02:58:51,920
presentation from staff. Uh, so I'm

4426
02:58:51,920 --> 02:58:53,840
going to do my best to not, uh, take up

4427
02:58:53,840 --> 02:58:55,760
too take up too much of people's time

4428
02:58:55,760 --> 02:59:00,080
and not be repetitive. Um, uh, so I will

4429
02:59:00,080 --> 02:59:02,160
move through this as quickly as I can.

4430
02:59:02,160 --> 02:59:04,640
U, that's the site.

4431
02:59:04,640 --> 02:59:07,040
Um, so as mentioned, uh, we're not

4432
02:59:07,040 --> 02:59:12,319
maximizing development in any way. we're, uh, preserving, uh, nearly half

4433
02:59:12,319 --> 02:59:14,640
the site as open space. Uh so the goal

4434
02:59:14,640 --> 02:59:18,000
here is is not to to maximize our unit

4435
02:59:18,000 --> 02:59:22,399
count. It's to it's to have u uh

4436
02:59:22,399 --> 02:59:24,720
sensitively sized lots that that match

4437
02:59:24,720 --> 02:59:26,800
the topography uh and the and the

4438
02:59:26,800 --> 02:59:29,120
grading of the area. So the SF8 zone

4439
02:59:29,120 --> 02:59:31,520
would allow us uh to to do those more

4440
02:59:31,520 --> 02:59:35,120
compact lots uh on the on the flatter

4441
02:59:35,120 --> 02:59:36,640
areas of the site without extending our

4442
02:59:36,640 --> 02:59:38,479
grading up into the steeper parts of the

4443
02:59:38,479 --> 02:59:41,200
site. Um, and as mentioned, uh, we have

4444
02:59:41,200 --> 02:59:42,880
a tenative map already approved for

4445
02:59:42,880 --> 02:59:45,600
this. Um, that's our technical

4446
02:59:45,600 --> 02:59:46,960
description of what we're asking for

4447
02:59:46,960 --> 02:59:48,080
right there. I think you're familiar

4448
02:59:48,080 --> 02:59:50,399
with that.

4449
02:59:50,399 --> 02:59:52,960
Um, existing zoning,

4450
02:59:52,960 --> 02:59:54,560
uh, proposed zoning. Again, we're we're

4451
02:59:54,560 --> 02:59:56,720
cutting it in half. Uh, we're only using

4452
02:59:56,720 --> 02:59:59,680
the the the lower angled, uh,

4453
02:59:59,680 --> 03:00:01,279
developable slopes on the on the

4454
03:00:01,279 --> 03:00:03,920
southern part of the site.

4455
03:00:03,920 --> 03:00:07,040
Uh, master plan uh, supports SF zone,

4456
03:00:07,040 --> 03:00:10,880
SF8 zone in this area. uh we're um we're

4457
03:00:10,880 --> 03:00:13,760
next to uh SF8 zoning already. It's

4458
03:00:13,760 --> 03:00:14,880
present in the neighborhood. So, we're

4459
03:00:14,880 --> 03:00:16,880
not bringing a new zone to that area.

4460
03:00:16,880 --> 03:00:18,800
It's already present uh in the

4461
03:00:18,800 --> 03:00:21,120
neighborhood.

4462
03:00:21,120 --> 03:00:24,399
Um so, that's that's a subject that that

4463
03:00:24,399 --> 03:00:26,080
arrow that yellow line is is pointing

4464
03:00:26,080 --> 03:00:27,520
roughly to the developable part of the

4465
03:00:27,520 --> 03:00:29,120
site, the southern part of the site. Uh

4466
03:00:29,120 --> 03:00:32,720
that's that's um more easily developable

4467
03:00:32,720 --> 03:00:34,560
uh easily accessible from Moose Ridge

4468
03:00:34,560 --> 03:00:36,880
Drive.

4469
03:00:36,880 --> 03:00:38,960
Uh and that's our layout. That's our our

4470
03:00:38,960 --> 03:00:42,160
site plan. Um, lots of parking, lots of

4471
03:00:42,160 --> 03:00:43,840
access. We're we intend to maintain

4472
03:00:43,840 --> 03:00:46,800
public access um through the site so

4473
03:00:46,800 --> 03:00:48,880
hiking and and bike riding and such can

4474
03:00:48,880 --> 03:00:53,439
continue through the site and we have uh parking and and uh we're prepared to

4475
03:00:53,439 --> 03:00:55,120
put up a sign identifying that that

4476
03:00:55,120 --> 03:00:57,680
trail head area. Uh so we're in no way

4477
03:00:57,680 --> 03:01:01,200
uh removing public access uh uh to this

4478
03:01:01,200 --> 03:01:03,040
through this site and and to the the

4479
03:01:03,040 --> 03:01:06,000
area further up the hill.

4480
03:01:06,000 --> 03:01:08,720
Um, so obviously, uh, fire safety is a

4481
03:01:08,720 --> 03:01:10,160
big issue and and we're we're sensitive

4482
03:01:10,160 --> 03:01:12,240
to that and we we respect people's

4483
03:01:12,240 --> 03:01:14,399
concerns about that and and we want to

4484
03:01:14,399 --> 03:01:16,560
be a positive element to this. Um,

4485
03:01:16,560 --> 03:01:18,880
earlier in this meeting today, uh, it

4486
03:01:18,880 --> 03:01:20,960
was stated that we need uh better fire

4487
03:01:20,960 --> 03:01:22,479
infrastructure and and obviously that's

4488
03:01:22,479 --> 03:01:26,240
the case. We need that everywhere. Um,

4489
03:01:26,240 --> 03:01:30,479
that I I don't mean this uh to to make

4490
03:01:30,479 --> 03:01:32,000
light of any issue, but that's exactly

4491
03:01:32,000 --> 03:01:34,319
what this project is doing. Uh we're

4492
03:01:34,319 --> 03:01:36,800
adding a a fire access road that that

4493
03:01:36,800 --> 03:01:39,600
links uh two uh two existing

4494
03:01:39,600 --> 03:01:41,520
neighborhoods. Uh those neighborhoods

4495
03:01:41,520 --> 03:01:43,520
function somewhat as a as a culde-sac.

4496
03:01:43,520 --> 03:01:44,560
Uh they're they're separate

4497
03:01:44,560 --> 03:01:46,240
neighborhoods that that come to an end.

4498
03:01:46,240 --> 03:01:48,319
We're linking those so it loops uh that

4499
03:01:48,319 --> 03:01:52,160
emergency access. Uh we're also um

4500
03:01:52,160 --> 03:01:54,000
interconnecting the water system. So the

4501
03:01:54,000 --> 03:01:55,279
water system will connect through those

4502
03:01:55,279 --> 03:01:57,200
neighborhoods as well. Uh which and

4503
03:01:57,200 --> 03:01:59,439
that's that's requested by Toma. Uh they

4504
03:01:59,439 --> 03:02:01,439
want to see that additional um

4505
03:02:01,439 --> 03:02:04,640
redundancy in the water system. So uh we

4506
03:02:04,640 --> 03:02:09,040
are improving emergency water supply and

4507
03:02:09,040 --> 03:02:11,359
emergency road network with this

4508
03:02:11,359 --> 03:02:13,279
project. Uh and all that's going to be

4509
03:02:13,279 --> 03:02:15,120
provided at private expense at the at

4510
03:02:15,120 --> 03:02:17,600
the the developer's expense. That's not

4511
03:02:17,600 --> 03:02:19,600
something the city has to take on. It's

4512
03:02:19,600 --> 03:02:21,600
not something we have to wait for

4513
03:02:21,600 --> 03:02:23,760
capital expenditures to to come around.

4514
03:02:23,760 --> 03:02:25,680
Uh that's something that would happen uh

4515
03:02:25,680 --> 03:02:29,680
with our tenative map. Um so that's the important point that I wanted

4516
03:02:29,680 --> 03:02:31,439
to make. Um, I don't think there's

4517
03:02:31,439 --> 03:02:33,200
anything else that we're not aware of.

4518
03:02:33,200 --> 03:02:37,120
Um, we uh we've we've done our best to

4519
03:02:37,120 --> 03:02:39,200
uh communicate with the neighborhood.

4520
03:02:39,200 --> 03:02:40,960
Uh, we had a community forum meeting.

4521
03:02:40,960 --> 03:02:44,080
Uh, I went door to door and and handed

4522
03:02:44,080 --> 03:02:48,720
out uh project descriptions. Uh, so we we think we we we hope we've done a

4523
03:02:48,720 --> 03:02:50,000
good job communicating to the public

4524
03:02:50,000 --> 03:02:51,760
what's going on. Uh, so that's the end

4525
03:02:51,760 --> 03:02:53,439
of my uh, presentation. I'm happy to

4526
03:02:53,439 --> 03:02:57,760
elaborate as needed. Thank you.

4527
03:02:57,760 --> 03:02:59,840
>> Thank you, Madam Cler. Do you have any

4528
03:02:59,840 --> 03:03:01,520
public comment on this item?

4529
03:03:01,520 --> 03:03:03,359
>> There's no one registered to speak.

4530
03:03:03,359 --> 03:03:04,399
>> Thank you. We'll bring it back to the

4531
03:03:04,399 --> 03:03:07,600
body. Council member Anderson.

4532
03:03:07,600 --> 03:03:08,720
>> Yes. [clears throat] Thank you for the

4533
03:03:08,720 --> 03:03:10,160
presentation. This is a question for

4534
03:03:10,160 --> 03:03:13,279
you, the developer. Um, I appreciate the

4535
03:03:13,279 --> 03:03:18,160
PGOS plan on the slopes. One thing that

4536
03:03:18,160 --> 03:03:20,319
we know and what we've learned is that

4537
03:03:20,319 --> 03:03:22,880
the vegetation in the PGOS in that

4538
03:03:22,880 --> 03:03:24,880
specific area that you're going to be

4539
03:03:24,880 --> 03:03:27,120
developing or you want to develop could

4540
03:03:27,120 --> 03:03:29,760
be problematic. So what is the plan to

4541
03:03:29,760 --> 03:03:31,840
make sure that you just don't have that

4542
03:03:31,840 --> 03:03:34,560
many acres of PGOS that's overgrown and

4543
03:03:34,560 --> 03:03:37,760
becomes sparkable on the edge of those

4544
03:03:37,760 --> 03:03:38,960
houses?

4545
03:03:38,960 --> 03:03:41,359
>> Um so it would be a pretty simple matter

4546
03:03:41,359 --> 03:03:44,479
to include in um the HOA document for

4547
03:03:44,479 --> 03:03:46,080
the site uh that maintenance of that

4548
03:03:46,080 --> 03:03:47,520
area is required.

4549
03:03:47,520 --> 03:03:49,680
>> Okay. And inspected like have it

4550
03:03:49,680 --> 03:03:51,040
inspected and things like that.

4551
03:03:51,040 --> 03:03:52,080
>> Yeah, there's a routine for that.

4552
03:03:52,080 --> 03:03:53,600
Somerset does this. they come around

4553
03:03:53,600 --> 03:03:56,080
with with uh guys that cut they you know

4554
03:03:56,080 --> 03:03:57,600
they they somehow get machines into

4555
03:03:57,600 --> 03:03:59,120
those into those gullies and they and

4556
03:03:59,120 --> 03:04:00,479
they cut some of that vegetation. So

4557
03:04:00,479 --> 03:04:02,160
yeah, we'd replicate exactly that sort

4558
03:04:02,160 --> 03:04:02,960
of agreement.

4559
03:04:02,960 --> 03:04:04,399
>> Okay, great. And then one other

4560
03:04:04,399 --> 03:04:05,680
question. I don't know if you've gotten

4561
03:04:05,680 --> 03:04:07,600
this far in your plan, but do you have a

4562
03:04:07,600 --> 03:04:11,680
plan for um fire resistant fencing?

4563
03:04:11,680 --> 03:04:14,399
Um I don't recall if that was in the

4564
03:04:14,399 --> 03:04:15,680
conditions, but we'd be happy to have

4565
03:04:15,680 --> 03:04:17,279
that as a condition for

4566
03:04:17,279 --> 03:04:20,000
>> I'm just noticing that the fences um

4567
03:04:20,000 --> 03:04:22,240
that they end up being ignition points

4568
03:04:22,240 --> 03:04:24,240
as well. So if you have the opportunity

4569
03:04:24,240 --> 03:04:26,160
to use those materials, we would

4570
03:04:26,160 --> 03:04:26,880
appreciate it.

4571
03:04:26,880 --> 03:04:27,279
>> Sure.

4572
03:04:27,279 --> 03:04:30,000
>> Thank you.

4573
03:04:30,000 --> 03:04:31,680
Yeah, Council Member Der.

4574
03:04:31,680 --> 03:04:34,560
>> Yeah, thank you. Um this is going to be

4575
03:04:34,560 --> 03:04:37,439
a really tough one for me. Um I support

4576
03:04:37,439 --> 03:04:40,080
housing pretty much everywhere. Um, you

4577
03:04:40,080 --> 03:04:42,000
said that you were leaving part of the

4578
03:04:42,000 --> 03:04:45,520
property as PGOS and what I see is that

4579
03:04:45,520 --> 03:04:47,439
you showed the slope map. This the part

4580
03:04:47,439 --> 03:04:50,560
you're leaving as PGOS is over 30% slope

4581
03:04:50,560 --> 03:04:52,560
and so it'd be very difficult to build

4582
03:04:52,560 --> 03:04:54,240
up there. I'm not even sure if it's

4583
03:04:54,240 --> 03:04:57,760
allowed. Um, but that being said, here

4584
03:04:57,760 --> 03:04:59,840
here's my challenge and this is really a

4585
03:04:59,840 --> 03:05:02,399
conversation for council. Over the

4586
03:05:02,399 --> 03:05:05,120
years, I have advocated for a couple

4587
03:05:05,120 --> 03:05:07,840
things. I've advocated for more than two

4588
03:05:07,840 --> 03:05:10,960
ways in and out of a development as I'm

4589
03:05:10,960 --> 03:05:12,399
thinking of the Santara development

4590
03:05:12,399 --> 03:05:14,479
right now, which I voted against for a

4591
03:05:14,479 --> 03:05:16,800
couple reasons. Six fires had started on

4592
03:05:16,800 --> 03:05:19,439
that property. Um they were proposing

4593
03:05:19,439 --> 03:05:24,479
two ways in and out to meet our code for I think it's thousand thousands of

4594
03:05:24,479 --> 03:05:26,479
acres and 3,000 homes, something like

4595
03:05:26,479 --> 03:05:29,920
that. And um I was working really hard

4596
03:05:29,920 --> 03:05:32,000
to acquire them a third access point

4597
03:05:32,000 --> 03:05:34,000
through a bridge which was ultimately

4598
03:05:34,000 --> 03:05:37,359
closed and deemed not not usable for um

4599
03:05:37,359 --> 03:05:40,399
egress even in a fire. Um, we originally

4600
03:05:40,399 --> 03:05:42,960
had we were worried about fire there and

4601
03:05:42,960 --> 03:05:45,200
we had recommended using a house for a

4602
03:05:45,200 --> 03:05:48,960
twoerson crew I think temporarily and um

4603
03:05:48,960 --> 03:05:51,760
I did not support this but the developer

4604
03:05:51,760 --> 03:05:53,279
suggested that they get rid of that

4605
03:05:53,279 --> 03:05:55,040
house and just give us a couple

4606
03:05:55,040 --> 03:05:57,600
hundred,000 for an emergency vehicle

4607
03:05:57,600 --> 03:06:00,640
down in South Reno and I did not support

4608
03:06:00,640 --> 03:06:02,399
that um because I didn't feel like that

4609
03:06:02,399 --> 03:06:04,160
addressed the fire safety over there at

4610
03:06:04,160 --> 03:06:08,720
Santara. Um and and so today there is no

4611
03:06:08,720 --> 03:06:10,560
that we have 200,000 sitting in a bank

4612
03:06:10,560 --> 03:06:13,439
for a future fire station sometime which

4613
03:06:13,439 --> 03:06:15,439
compared to multi multi-million dollar

4614
03:06:15,439 --> 03:06:18,880
is not going to get us very far. Um on

4615
03:06:18,880 --> 03:06:21,840
other projects um looking at the

4616
03:06:21,840 --> 03:06:24,080
infrastructure out in north valleys I

4617
03:06:24,080 --> 03:06:27,439
recommended widening extending Virginia

4618
03:06:27,439 --> 03:06:29,680
Street before we ever began the road

4619
03:06:29,680 --> 03:06:31,680
work on 395 so that there would be an

4620
03:06:31,680 --> 03:06:34,319
alternate route. Um that was not

4621
03:06:34,319 --> 03:06:37,840
supported. the the the NDOT and RTC etc

4622
03:06:37,840 --> 03:06:39,920
said no we have to fix this road first

4623
03:06:39,920 --> 03:06:42,080
and I absolutely did not agree I felt

4624
03:06:42,080 --> 03:06:43,920
like we need an alternate route while

4625
03:06:43,920 --> 03:06:47,359
we're fixing the road um there have been

4626
03:06:47,359 --> 03:06:49,200
other projects too that I have

4627
03:06:49,200 --> 03:06:51,520
recommended denial because of fire risk

4628
03:06:51,520 --> 03:06:55,279
and so I voted no and um today I I

4629
03:06:55,279 --> 03:06:57,520
cannot get uh support this project and

4630
03:06:57,520 --> 03:06:59,680
here's why if you could put up the map

4631
03:06:59,680 --> 03:07:02,080
the first map I think you showed shows

4632
03:07:02,080 --> 03:07:04,800
this area would have been in the area

4633
03:07:04,800 --> 03:07:07,920
that um was first declared where the

4634
03:07:07,920 --> 03:07:11,040
fire was. So um if you there's a maybe a

4635
03:07:11,040 --> 03:07:13,359
bigger view of this I think the same map

4636
03:07:13,359 --> 03:07:15,680
but a bigger view I think on your maps.

4637
03:07:15,680 --> 03:07:17,200
Um

4638
03:07:17,200 --> 03:07:18,319
is there not

4639
03:07:18,319 --> 03:07:19,520
>> you mean closer?

4640
03:07:19,520 --> 03:07:22,800
>> Yeah, that's a good one. So, um, to the

4641
03:07:22,800 --> 03:07:25,760
left is Sand Destin, as I recall, and

4642
03:07:25,760 --> 03:07:28,240
the line for this fire went right along

4643
03:07:28,240 --> 03:07:30,080
the interface of the yellow and the

4644
03:07:30,080 --> 03:07:34,240
green, and everything north of there was

4645
03:07:34,240 --> 03:07:36,000
in the red, and everything south was in

4646
03:07:36,000 --> 03:07:37,920
the get ready to evacuate. This property

4647
03:07:37,920 --> 03:07:40,080
would have been in the red in in the

4648
03:07:40,080 --> 03:07:44,880
original map that was posted. Um, they

4649
03:07:44,880 --> 03:07:47,279
are in the WOOI. Uh, there's been

4650
03:07:47,279 --> 03:07:48,960
numerous fires started up there,

4651
03:07:48,960 --> 03:07:51,200
including this most recent one. Okay,

4652
03:07:51,200 --> 03:07:53,920
which is right there. So, until we

4653
03:07:53,920 --> 03:07:56,319
figure out this infrastructure issue and

4654
03:07:56,319 --> 03:07:59,520
how we evacuate properties,

4655
03:07:59,520 --> 03:08:01,840
um I don't know how to support this. I

4656
03:08:01,840 --> 03:08:05,680
mean, we have a fire going on today. Um

4657
03:08:05,680 --> 03:08:07,439
this whole entire Somerset had to

4658
03:08:07,439 --> 03:08:08,880
evacuate. These people would have been

4659
03:08:08,880 --> 03:08:10,960
the furthest out, would have had the

4660
03:08:10,960 --> 03:08:15,920
longest um egress. Uh, and I I I just I

4661
03:08:15,920 --> 03:08:18,000
don't know how in good conscience that

4662
03:08:18,000 --> 03:08:20,800
we move forward and change the zoning.

4663
03:08:20,800 --> 03:08:22,800
So, let me explain one more thing and

4664
03:08:22,800 --> 03:08:25,840
I'll hand it over. Um, every property

4665
03:08:25,840 --> 03:08:28,000
isn't designed to be everything. Like,

4666
03:08:28,000 --> 03:08:30,319
we're not recommending putting a

4667
03:08:30,319 --> 03:08:31,920
warehouse out there and we're not

4668
03:08:31,920 --> 03:08:33,600
recommending putting a grocery store out

4669
03:08:33,600 --> 03:08:36,319
there or changing it to commercial. Um,

4670
03:08:36,319 --> 03:08:39,520
it is registered today, I think, as SF3,

4671
03:08:39,520 --> 03:08:41,840
single family 3, which says three homes

4672
03:08:41,840 --> 03:08:44,800
per acre. That is probably a reasonable

4673
03:08:44,800 --> 03:08:47,600
um zoning. It It says you can build and

4674
03:08:47,600 --> 03:08:49,840
you can build three homes in this acre.

4675
03:08:49,840 --> 03:08:50,960
That would have been three people

4676
03:08:50,960 --> 03:08:53,439
evacuating, not 46 families. Three

4677
03:08:53,439 --> 03:08:57,359
families. What's that? You're saying no.

4678
03:08:57,359 --> 03:08:58,880
And then there's how many acres?

4679
03:08:58,880 --> 03:09:01,040
>> Property is 42 acres. So times three

4680
03:09:01,040 --> 03:09:03,520
would have been a 120.

4681
03:09:03,520 --> 03:09:06,319
>> 120. Okay. So, but you've also pointed

4682
03:09:06,319 --> 03:09:08,160
out that's incredibly difficult to build

4683
03:09:08,160 --> 03:09:10,240
on over half of this property because

4684
03:09:10,240 --> 03:09:13,680
it's over 30% slopes. So, I think that

4685
03:09:13,680 --> 03:09:15,520
it's probably half of that at least at

4686
03:09:15,520 --> 03:09:18,960
the best. Okay. So, let's just say 20

4687
03:09:18,960 --> 03:09:22,880
times three might be 60. Um and I just I

4688
03:09:22,880 --> 03:09:25,120
really you know that's what would be my

4689
03:09:25,120 --> 03:09:27,840
recommendation is that we don't um

4690
03:09:27,840 --> 03:09:31,040
densify in this particular area that has

4691
03:09:31,040 --> 03:09:33,120
had fire started has a fire going on

4692
03:09:33,120 --> 03:09:36,800
today has very difficult egress um is at

4693
03:09:36,800 --> 03:09:39,200
the furthest point from let's say the

4694
03:09:39,200 --> 03:09:42,000
highway I I 80 as compared to all the

4695
03:09:42,000 --> 03:09:44,640
other housing around there and and

4696
03:09:44,640 --> 03:09:46,560
that's where I struggle and I struggle

4697
03:09:46,560 --> 03:09:49,600
because for literally and and this is no

4698
03:09:49,600 --> 03:09:51,359
um hit to our fire department. But what

4699
03:09:51,359 --> 03:09:54,080
I've asked for 12 years is that the fire

4700
03:09:54,080 --> 03:09:55,680
department get more involved in these

4701
03:09:55,680 --> 03:09:57,439
developments. And there's obviously a

4702
03:09:57,439 --> 03:09:59,600
lot of recommendations that you've put

4703
03:09:59,600 --> 03:10:02,399
on there, right, to deal with fire. And

4704
03:10:02,399 --> 03:10:04,080
you think about why are we putting so

4705
03:10:04,080 --> 03:10:05,920
many recommendations on. We don't put

4706
03:10:05,920 --> 03:10:07,600
the same level of recommendations on

4707
03:10:07,600 --> 03:10:09,520
every property. That was like, I think

4708
03:10:09,520 --> 03:10:12,160
10 additional conditions or six. I'm not

4709
03:10:12,160 --> 03:10:14,080
sure how many they translate in because

4710
03:10:14,080 --> 03:10:16,080
you read them into the record. But the

4711
03:10:16,080 --> 03:10:18,560
point is is it's a very uh risky area to

4712
03:10:18,560 --> 03:10:20,479
build in my opinion. And I don't think

4713
03:10:20,479 --> 03:10:22,479
we should be doing things to be moving

4714
03:10:22,479 --> 03:10:24,240
people into this particular area. So

4715
03:10:24,240 --> 03:10:26,800
that's just my perspective. Others may

4716
03:10:26,800 --> 03:10:28,160
not share it, but it's been a

4717
03:10:28,160 --> 03:10:30,640
longstanding concern. I have voted on

4718
03:10:30,640 --> 03:10:33,040
fire over and over again, even when the

4719
03:10:33,040 --> 03:10:34,720
fire department said it's all right. You

4720
03:10:34,720 --> 03:10:37,200
can build this. I've said I I I'm very

4721
03:10:37,200 --> 03:10:39,840
concerned about the egress and it's

4722
03:10:39,840 --> 03:10:41,200
those are the things we're supposed to

4723
03:10:41,200 --> 03:10:41,840
worry about.

4724
03:10:41,840 --> 03:10:43,120
>> Thank you, Council Member.

4725
03:10:43,120 --> 03:10:45,040
>> Yeah. Council member Taylor.

4726
03:10:45,040 --> 03:10:46,800
>> Thank you, Mr. Vice Mayor. I certainly

4727
03:10:46,800 --> 03:10:48,720
appreciate my colleagues comments. Um,

4728
03:10:48,720 --> 03:10:50,479
I'm going to ask if Chief Mandel can

4729
03:10:50,479 --> 03:10:53,279
come up and maybe answer the fire

4730
03:10:53,279 --> 03:10:54,720
question. I know there's a lot of

4731
03:10:54,720 --> 03:10:56,319
emotion in making these decisions,

4732
03:10:56,319 --> 03:10:57,760
especially right now. So, I want to

4733
03:10:57,760 --> 03:11:00,960
understand um is this a project that you

4734
03:11:00,960 --> 03:11:04,160
have seen and um your team has reviewed

4735
03:11:04,160 --> 03:11:06,240
and what is it looks like they could

4736
03:11:06,240 --> 03:11:08,720
possibly do and something homes and

4737
03:11:08,720 --> 03:11:10,640
they're reducing it a little bit. I just

4738
03:11:10,640 --> 03:11:12,080
want to I want to hear it from your

4739
03:11:12,080 --> 03:11:13,520
mouth what your thoughts are.

4740
03:11:13,520 --> 03:11:15,920
>> Yeah, I will defer to um Captain Charl

4741
03:11:15,920 --> 03:11:17,040
Bryan who's reviewed the

4742
03:11:17,040 --> 03:11:19,359
>> Thank you. Hi, Cam. I'm Sean O'Brien,

4743
03:11:19,359 --> 03:11:20,720
Fire Prevention and Reno Fire

4744
03:11:20,720 --> 03:11:23,680
Department. Um, so this project, I mean,

4745
03:11:23,680 --> 03:11:25,200
as we just went over the numbers, it's

4746
03:11:25,200 --> 03:11:27,600
actually under, so if we were to take

4747
03:11:27,600 --> 03:11:30,240
half and say 60, it's going to be uh

4748
03:11:30,240 --> 03:11:33,200
under 50. It's 46 as far as the density

4749
03:11:33,200 --> 03:11:35,680
goes. We are adding more access for our

4750
03:11:35,680 --> 03:11:37,920
firefighters, which is good. The other

4751
03:11:37,920 --> 03:11:39,359
big thing about this being a newer

4752
03:11:39,359 --> 03:11:40,880
development, to your point,

4753
03:11:40,880 --> 03:11:43,439
Councilwoman, um, it will fall under the

4754
03:11:43,439 --> 03:11:45,120
WOOI, our new WOOI standards that we

4755
03:11:45,120 --> 03:11:47,040
have adopted. So, these homes are going

4756
03:11:47,040 --> 03:11:48,720
to be built through a higher ignition

4757
03:11:48,720 --> 03:11:50,880
resistance standard than the homes that

4758
03:11:50,880 --> 03:11:54,080
are behind it um by our code with the

4759
03:11:54,080 --> 03:11:55,600
vegetation management plan, which is

4760
03:11:55,600 --> 03:11:57,359
going to provide a buffer. So, any

4761
03:11:57,359 --> 03:11:58,800
future fires, that's going to give our

4762
03:11:58,800 --> 03:12:00,640
firefighters a lot of room to be able to

4763
03:12:00,640 --> 03:12:03,120
work and protect these homes. On top of

4764
03:12:03,120 --> 03:12:04,640
that, they will have the extra water

4765
03:12:04,640 --> 03:12:06,000
infrastructure to help protect them as

4766
03:12:06,000 --> 03:12:06,560
well.

4767
03:12:06,560 --> 03:12:08,640
>> So, to Councilwoman Der's point, it

4768
03:12:08,640 --> 03:12:10,319
sounds like you have been involved in

4769
03:12:10,319 --> 03:12:12,479
this process and you are giving feedback

4770
03:12:12,479 --> 03:12:14,399
and I I appreciate you guys very much.

4771
03:12:14,399 --> 03:12:20,150
Thank you very Thank you,

4772
03:12:20,160 --> 03:12:20,960
» Madam.

4773
03:12:20,960 --> 03:12:24,240
>> Yeah. Um why don't you come on back?

4774
03:12:24,240 --> 03:12:28,479
Okay. Um you made some comments that um

4775
03:12:28,479 --> 03:12:32,240
I I need you to repeat. You said wild

4776
03:12:32,240 --> 03:12:35,040
fire mitigation plan, I think, or you

4777
03:12:35,040 --> 03:12:36,080
said you were updating

4778
03:12:36,080 --> 03:12:37,760
>> vegetation management.

4779
03:12:37,760 --> 03:12:40,080
>> Yeah, vegetation management. You also

4780
03:12:40,080 --> 03:12:42,319
said you were updating or you had

4781
03:12:42,319 --> 03:12:44,080
recently updated.

4782
03:12:44,080 --> 03:12:47,200
>> We adopted the 2024 wildland urban

4783
03:12:47,200 --> 03:12:49,120
interface code for the city of Reno for

4784
03:12:49,120 --> 03:12:50,319
the first time last year.

4785
03:12:50,319 --> 03:12:50,880
>> Okay.

4786
03:12:50,880 --> 03:12:51,520
>> Correct.

4787
03:12:51,520 --> 03:12:54,319
>> Um and it would be helpful to kind of go

4788
03:12:54,319 --> 03:12:58,080
through that. Um but talk a little bit

4789
03:12:58,080 --> 03:13:01,760
about what that what you're saying there

4790
03:13:01,760 --> 03:13:04,399
would be new standards that we didn't

4791
03:13:04,399 --> 03:13:05,840
have before is what I'm hearing.

4792
03:13:05,840 --> 03:13:06,319
Correct.

4793
03:13:06,319 --> 03:13:08,560
>> Correct. And those standards are what

4794
03:13:08,560 --> 03:13:09,760
exactly?

4795
03:13:09,760 --> 03:13:12,080
>> So the developers are having a map and

4796
03:13:12,080 --> 03:13:14,240
then the wildland urban interface code

4797
03:13:14,240 --> 03:13:16,399
has a table where we get to dictate

4798
03:13:16,399 --> 03:13:18,319
depending on the map the ignition

4799
03:13:18,319 --> 03:13:21,040
resistance of how the house is built. So

4800
03:13:21,040 --> 03:13:23,040
things like now the house has to have a

4801
03:13:23,040 --> 03:13:25,439
certain classification of roof material

4802
03:13:25,439 --> 03:13:28,000
that's ignition resistant. Uh 1 hour

4803
03:13:28,000 --> 03:13:30,479
rated walls, maybe even a 6-in flashing

4804
03:13:30,479 --> 03:13:32,239
at the base depending on where the house

4805
03:13:32,239 --> 03:13:34,000
is located and the wildfire threat in

4806
03:13:34,000 --> 03:13:36,479
the area. So they have a lot more

4807
03:13:36,479 --> 03:13:38,640
development into the actual construction

4808
03:13:38,640 --> 03:13:41,520
of each structure, including vents,

4809
03:13:41,520 --> 03:13:44,239
gutters, doors, windows, things so that

4810
03:13:44,239 --> 03:13:45,760
those embers when we're fighting the

4811
03:13:45,760 --> 03:13:47,279
fire and trying to keep it out of the

4812
03:13:47,279 --> 03:13:49,600
houses, those embers that we can't stop

4813
03:13:49,600 --> 03:13:51,760
that come over us, they land and they

4814
03:13:51,760 --> 03:13:52,880
don't set anything on fire.

4815
03:13:52,880 --> 03:13:57,520
>> Okay. And tell me why this um this exit

4816
03:13:57,520 --> 03:13:59,680
I assume

4817
03:13:59,680 --> 03:14:02,720
triggers something that requires this

4818
03:14:02,720 --> 03:14:06,399
exit or now you're telling me oh you

4819
03:14:06,399 --> 03:14:08,720
know this will also provide another

4820
03:14:08,720 --> 03:14:10,399
exit.

4821
03:14:10,399 --> 03:14:15,279
Why are we um approving that now and not

4822
03:14:15,279 --> 03:14:17,600
a year ago?

4823
03:14:17,600 --> 03:14:19,439
Well, I I would have to look at the map

4824
03:14:19,439 --> 03:14:22,960
again, but with this section particular

4825
03:14:22,960 --> 03:14:25,439
being sprinklered, this additional

4826
03:14:25,439 --> 03:14:27,279
access point that they're giving to us

4827
03:14:27,279 --> 03:14:30,239
is actually it's a benefit. It's not

4828
03:14:30,239 --> 03:14:32,479
required by code. They're doing an above

4829
03:14:32,479 --> 03:14:35,120
and beyond to for the fire reasons.

4830
03:14:35,120 --> 03:14:35,920
>> Oh, okay.

4831
03:14:35,920 --> 03:14:37,200
>> Yeah, there's already that that

4832
03:14:37,200 --> 03:14:40,960
neighborhood already has two exit uh two

4833
03:14:40,960 --> 03:14:44,640
sorry, two fire access points. Uh, if we

4834
03:14:44,640 --> 03:14:46,479
look at the map and with these buildings

4835
03:14:46,479 --> 03:14:48,080
being sprinklered, another one wouldn't

4836
03:14:48,080 --> 03:14:49,680
be required and they're adding that in

4837
03:14:49,680 --> 03:14:51,359
for our ability to

4838
03:14:51,359 --> 03:14:53,040
>> Thank you. I really appreciate that.

4839
03:14:53,040 --> 03:14:55,120
That's you as the developer representing

4840
03:14:55,120 --> 03:14:56,880
the developer saying we want to put in

4841
03:14:56,880 --> 03:15:00,880
this extra access, right? Thank you. I

4842
03:15:00,880 --> 03:15:03,439
really appreciate that. That is that is

4843
03:15:03,439 --> 03:15:04,239
fantastic.

4844
03:15:04,239 --> 03:15:05,680
>> And I'm not here. He's doing a great

4845
03:15:05,680 --> 03:15:06,640
job. I should shut up.

4846
03:15:06,640 --> 03:15:08,160
>> No, he is doing a great job.

4847
03:15:08,160 --> 03:15:09,920
>> I I just want to clarify. There might

4848
03:15:09,920 --> 03:15:11,359
have been an incorrect statement

4849
03:15:11,359 --> 03:15:14,319
earlier. Um, our access road runs east

4850
03:15:14,319 --> 03:15:16,080
from our project. So, it goes from our

4851
03:15:16,080 --> 03:15:17,520
project to the neighborhood to the east.

4852
03:15:17,520 --> 03:15:18,560
So, that was the only point I wanted to

4853
03:15:18,560 --> 03:15:20,960
make. It creates a loop uh between the

4854
03:15:20,960 --> 03:15:22,479
Moose Ridge neighborhood and then the

4855
03:15:22,479 --> 03:15:24,000
project the neighborhood to the to the

4856
03:15:24,000 --> 03:15:25,600
east. So, that's all I want to clarify.

4857
03:15:25,600 --> 03:15:27,439
>> But you're here today saying you want to

4858
03:15:27,439 --> 03:15:30,080
provide an extra access point. Correct.

4859
03:15:30,080 --> 03:15:30,720
>> Yeah, absolutely.

4860
03:15:30,720 --> 03:15:32,800
>> And you're here today telling me that

4861
03:15:32,800 --> 03:15:35,120
you approve of this extra access point.

4862
03:15:35,120 --> 03:15:35,840
Correct.

4863
03:15:35,840 --> 03:15:37,600
>> Oh, yeah. We'll take every access we can

4864
03:15:37,600 --> 03:15:38,000
get.

4865
03:15:38,000 --> 03:15:40,560
>> So, then here's Thank you so much. I'm

4866
03:15:40,560 --> 03:15:42,239
glad you just pointed that out. So,

4867
03:15:42,239 --> 03:15:44,399
here's my problem. It shouldn't be that

4868
03:15:44,399 --> 03:15:46,720
the developer comes in and says, "Here

4869
03:15:46,720 --> 03:15:48,720
you go. We think this is a nice

4870
03:15:48,720 --> 03:15:51,600
gesture."

4871
03:15:51,600 --> 03:15:54,239
It should be up to us

4872
03:15:54,239 --> 03:15:58,080
to say, "Hey, council, wait a minute.

4873
03:15:58,080 --> 03:16:01,279
This is what we need." That's where we

4874
03:16:01,279 --> 03:16:03,840
can be proactive and it can help. And

4875
03:16:03,840 --> 03:16:06,080
so, let me ask you this next question.

4876
03:16:06,080 --> 03:16:09,439
If we would have had 25 homes or even

4877
03:16:09,439 --> 03:16:13,200
one home um burn

4878
03:16:13,200 --> 03:16:15,840
in any area, I don't care whether it's

4879
03:16:15,840 --> 03:16:18,160
the North Valleys or Somerset, would you

4880
03:16:18,160 --> 03:16:19,920
be standing here today saying this is a

4881
03:16:19,920 --> 03:16:21,200
good idea?

4882
03:16:21,200 --> 03:16:22,720
>> I would say that everything that's been

4883
03:16:22,720 --> 03:16:24,640
proposed meets code.

4884
03:16:24,640 --> 03:16:26,960
>> It meets code. That's very different

4885
03:16:26,960 --> 03:16:29,920
than it than if it just because you can

4886
03:16:29,920 --> 03:16:32,239
doesn't mean you should. And it's

4887
03:16:32,239 --> 03:16:33,920
something that I've been frustrated with

4888
03:16:33,920 --> 03:16:36,479
and wanted our chief to come back with

4889
03:16:36,479 --> 03:16:38,640
out of the box thinking, fire mitigation

4890
03:16:38,640 --> 03:16:40,319
plans. I've been saying it forever and

4891
03:16:40,319 --> 03:16:42,399
ever and ever. So much like Councilwoman

4892
03:16:42,399 --> 03:16:45,359
Der, I could not get there and this is

4893
03:16:45,359 --> 03:16:48,160
not the answer, especially coming off we

4894
03:16:48,160 --> 03:16:50,319
are still in an event today,

4895
03:16:50,319 --> 03:16:51,200
>> if I may.

4896
03:16:51,200 --> 03:16:51,920
>> Yes, please.

4897
03:16:51,920 --> 03:16:53,840
>> Part of our upset with you.

4898
03:16:53,840 --> 03:16:55,680
>> Oh, no. I totally understand where I

4899
03:16:55,680 --> 03:16:58,080
appreciate your honesty. I appreciate

4900
03:16:58,080 --> 03:17:01,439
your honesty very much. Part of the big

4901
03:17:01,439 --> 03:17:03,279
part for me is so we have ignition

4902
03:17:03,279 --> 03:17:04,880
resistant construction. So the houses

4903
03:17:04,880 --> 03:17:06,800
that will be there are going to be built

4904
03:17:06,800 --> 03:17:09,359
to the high standards. Also with what

4905
03:17:09,359 --> 03:17:10,479
we're talking about the vegetation

4906
03:17:10,479 --> 03:17:12,560
management plan for the property that's

4907
03:17:12,560 --> 03:17:14,800
going to give us an actual bigger buffer

4908
03:17:14,800 --> 03:17:16,560
than they have by far for that whole

4909
03:17:16,560 --> 03:17:18,399
neighborhood right now in fire

4910
03:17:18,399 --> 03:17:20,800
protection. So when you add in an extra

4911
03:17:20,800 --> 03:17:22,800
road, you add in the extra water, and

4912
03:17:22,800 --> 03:17:24,399
then you add in this buffer that's going

4913
03:17:24,399 --> 03:17:25,600
to be created by the vegetation

4914
03:17:25,600 --> 03:17:28,319
management plan for defensible space, it

4915
03:17:28,319 --> 03:17:29,840
actually does add to safety in the

4916
03:17:29,840 --> 03:17:30,399
neighborhood.

4917
03:17:30,399 --> 03:17:32,640
>> Okay. Thank you.

4918
03:17:32,640 --> 03:17:34,720
>> All right, I'm going to send it back to

4919
03:17:34,720 --> 03:17:36,560
you.

4920
03:17:36,560 --> 03:17:39,359
>> Thanks. Yeah, council member.

4921
03:17:39,359 --> 03:17:44,160
>> Yeah. So on the No, it's you guys can

4922
03:17:44,160 --> 03:17:46,239
take a seat for a minute probably if you

4923
03:17:46,239 --> 03:17:47,760
like.

4924
03:17:47,760 --> 03:17:54,319
So on the um the map for the project,

4925
03:17:54,319 --> 03:17:58,160
I don't know if you can come up um

4926
03:17:58,160 --> 03:18:01,359
there's a page where it shows um

4927
03:18:01,359 --> 03:18:06,560
proposed emergency roadway uh in Tumla

4928
03:18:06,560 --> 03:18:09,520
water main easement. There you go.

4929
03:18:09,520 --> 03:18:13,680
>> Is that yellow line going to become

4930
03:18:13,680 --> 03:18:17,120
paved or maintained? Is it going to be a

4931
03:18:17,120 --> 03:18:19,120
permanent feature?

4932
03:18:19,120 --> 03:18:20,880
>> Permanent paved emergency road.

4933
03:18:20,880 --> 03:18:23,040
>> Okay. Is do you think that in the future

4934
03:18:23,040 --> 03:18:25,417
that will become, you know, developed

4935
03:18:25,417 --> 03:18:26,880
[clears throat] as well that there there

4936
03:18:26,880 --> 03:18:30,720
will be additional houses put along that road?

4937
03:18:30,720 --> 03:18:32,640
>> I strongly doubt it. That parcel is

4938
03:18:32,640 --> 03:18:36,720
owned by the city of Reno. So So we have worked with the city of Reno

4939
03:18:36,720 --> 03:18:39,439
with Tama with fire on on this layout.

4940
03:18:39,439 --> 03:18:41,760
Uh so we certainly have no plans to try

4941
03:18:41,760 --> 03:18:43,120
to acquire a parcel from the city of

4942
03:18:43,120 --> 03:18:43,520
Reno.

4943
03:18:43,520 --> 03:18:45,760
>> Yeah. So, because it's City of Reno, are

4944
03:18:45,760 --> 03:18:47,600
you going to pave it?

4945
03:18:47,600 --> 03:18:49,439
>> It's at the developer's expense.

4946
03:18:49,439 --> 03:18:52,720
>> Okay. Okay. And at the other side of the

4947
03:18:52,720 --> 03:18:55,840
project, is there any additional um

4948
03:18:55,840 --> 03:18:58,080
access or emergency access going to be

4949
03:18:58,080 --> 03:18:59,040
connected

4950
03:18:59,040 --> 03:19:00,560
>> to the existing neighborhood to the

4951
03:19:00,560 --> 03:19:01,040
east?

4952
03:19:01,040 --> 03:19:03,840
>> Uh on the other side of the project. So,

4953
03:19:03,840 --> 03:19:05,840
there's one on that side.

4954
03:19:05,840 --> 03:19:07,680
>> Oh, sorry. The other the west end of our

4955
03:19:07,680 --> 03:19:08,000
project.

4956
03:19:08,000 --> 03:19:08,800
>> Yeah.

4957
03:19:08,800 --> 03:19:12,560
>> Uh no, no. Uh there there's very little

4958
03:19:12,560 --> 03:19:16,000
development there now. Um that's a privately owned parcel. I've

4959
03:19:16,000 --> 03:19:17,680
talked to that owner. He plans to to

4960
03:19:17,680 --> 03:19:19,200
build a family house there.

4961
03:19:19,200 --> 03:19:19,600
>> Okay.

4962
03:19:19,600 --> 03:19:21,040
>> Um so there isn't a complete

4963
03:19:21,040 --> 03:19:22,160
neighborhood over there.

4964
03:19:22,160 --> 03:19:24,640
>> Okay. So I know it was mentioned that

4965
03:19:24,640 --> 03:19:28,239
the density is lower for the area, but

4966
03:19:28,239 --> 03:19:32,080
it's the houses are densely

4967
03:19:32,080 --> 03:19:33,840
shown in the map. They're really close

4968
03:19:33,840 --> 03:19:38,550
together. Um,

4969
03:19:38,560 --> 03:19:41,279
is there any concern for fire risk

4970
03:19:41,279 --> 03:19:43,040
regarding that? I mean, I only ask

4971
03:19:43,040 --> 03:19:45,760
because I know that there's a lot of um

4972
03:19:45,760 --> 03:19:47,760
insurance companies that are no longer

4973
03:19:47,760 --> 03:19:50,000
offering fire insurance in in the entire

4974
03:19:50,000 --> 03:19:52,319
state. Um, and I know that some people

4975
03:19:52,319 --> 03:19:54,080
in my community were told they had to

4976
03:19:54,080 --> 03:19:55,760
remove their trees, otherwise they would

4977
03:19:55,760 --> 03:19:58,239
lose their coverage. Um, so when you

4978
03:19:58,239 --> 03:19:59,920
have homes that are close together and

4979
03:19:59,920 --> 03:20:02,319
with trees and things like that, do you

4980
03:20:02,319 --> 03:20:05,520
think that that poses a safety risk just

4981
03:20:05,520 --> 03:20:08,160
from them uh being in such close

4982
03:20:08,160 --> 03:20:10,319
proximity to each other?

4983
03:20:10,319 --> 03:20:11,920
>> Um,

4984
03:20:11,920 --> 03:20:14,080
I I personally feel like that's a lower

4985
03:20:14,080 --> 03:20:15,680
risk. Uh, we could get a technical

4986
03:20:15,680 --> 03:20:17,200
answer from from more [snorts] important

4987
03:20:17,200 --> 03:20:19,279
people than me, but I think smaller lots

4988
03:20:19,279 --> 03:20:21,600
people uh tend to keep them clear. Um,

4989
03:20:21,600 --> 03:20:23,680
I've lived on a halfacre lot and I can

4990
03:20:23,680 --> 03:20:27,920
tell you controlling the trees there was a lot of work. Um, I prefer a

4991
03:20:27,920 --> 03:20:29,680
smaller lot. Uh, so I think smaller lots

4992
03:20:29,680 --> 03:20:32,160
people do a better job of controlling uh

4993
03:20:32,160 --> 03:20:34,000
debris and tumble weeds and and dead

4994
03:20:34,000 --> 03:20:37,760
trees. Uh, but the structures themselves

4995
03:20:37,760 --> 03:20:40,560
given the the higher um fire resistance

4996
03:20:40,560 --> 03:20:42,560
standards we just discussed, uh, I think

4997
03:20:42,560 --> 03:20:44,399
they're lower risk than a lot of stuff

4998
03:20:44,399 --> 03:20:46,399
that was built 20, 30 years ago.

4999
03:20:46,399 --> 03:20:49,920
>> Okay. All right. Um,

5000
03:20:49,920 --> 03:20:54,880
I do have other comments, but um

5001
03:20:54,880 --> 03:20:57,600
I I'm I'll wait if other people want to

5002
03:20:57,600 --> 03:20:58,560
have another round.

5003
03:20:58,560 --> 03:21:00,479
>> Yeah, Council Member Anderson.

5004
03:21:00,479 --> 03:21:02,800
>> Um, okay. Fire, if you could come up one

5005
03:21:02,800 --> 03:21:06,950
more time.

5006
03:21:06,960 --> 03:21:09,359
You have a wingman. At least he escorts

5007
03:21:09,359 --> 03:21:12,160
you up there, right? Yeah.

5008
03:21:12,160 --> 03:21:15,920
Um would you say that with this

5009
03:21:15,920 --> 03:21:18,960
development by adding the vegetation

5010
03:21:18,960 --> 03:21:21,920
plan, the fireresistant building

5011
03:21:21,920 --> 03:21:24,160
materials and then the additional space

5012
03:21:24,160 --> 03:21:26,560
between this neighborhood and the

5013
03:21:26,560 --> 03:21:28,319
neighborhood below that you are

5014
03:21:28,319 --> 03:21:31,520
effectively and then bringing water the

5015
03:21:31,520 --> 03:21:34,000
extra access road

5016
03:21:34,000 --> 03:21:37,760
um and then sprinklered homes. Would you

5017
03:21:37,760 --> 03:21:39,760
agree that that's actually improving the

5018
03:21:39,760 --> 03:21:42,000
break for the houses that are existing

5019
03:21:42,000 --> 03:21:42,640
down here?

5020
03:21:42,640 --> 03:21:43,439
>> Yes, ma'am.

5021
03:21:43,439 --> 03:21:46,080
>> Okay. Thank you.

5022
03:21:46,080 --> 03:21:47,120
>> Thanks.

5023
03:21:47,120 --> 03:21:48,080
>> Before you go.

5024
03:21:48,080 --> 03:21:49,520
>> Yeah. Council member.

5025
03:21:49,520 --> 03:21:51,279
>> Yeah. Um I wanted to understand about

5026
03:21:51,279 --> 03:21:53,279
this road. So it's an emergency access.

5027
03:21:53,279 --> 03:21:55,040
So there'll be a gate. Is that correct?

5028
03:21:55,040 --> 03:21:58,160
Or is it a regular open road?

5029
03:21:58,160 --> 03:21:59,040
>> Yeah.

5030
03:21:59,040 --> 03:22:00,960
>> Be a gate and it's like a breakaway gate

5031
03:22:00,960 --> 03:22:03,040
or what? What kind of How do people know

5032
03:22:03,040 --> 03:22:06,160
this is a good way to go? Um, we would

5033
03:22:06,160 --> 03:22:08,720
do whatever is current safety standards.

5034
03:22:08,720 --> 03:22:10,560
>> Okay. And is it a good way to go?

5035
03:22:10,560 --> 03:22:12,319
Because when you pulled back, I think we

5036
03:22:12,319 --> 03:22:14,880
had a a bigger picture here. Uh, the

5037
03:22:14,880 --> 03:22:16,640
lady who was here earlier today, she

5038
03:22:16,640 --> 03:22:19,279
lives actually downhill from this point.

5039
03:22:19,279 --> 03:22:22,319
So, she these people are higher, she's

5040
03:22:22,319 --> 03:22:24,880
lower. Um, it took her x amount of time.

5041
03:22:24,880 --> 03:22:27,040
I didn't hear the full amount, hour, two

5042
03:22:27,040 --> 03:22:29,920
hours, I don't know, three hours. Um,

5043
03:22:29,920 --> 03:22:32,960
how does this help? This gives these

5044
03:22:32,960 --> 03:22:34,960
people two ways to go, right? They can

5045
03:22:34,960 --> 03:22:36,399
come out of the main development or they

5046
03:22:36,399 --> 03:22:37,359
can go east.

5047
03:22:37,359 --> 03:22:38,080
>> Yes.

5048
03:22:38,080 --> 03:22:40,160
>> But I'm missing the point about how it

5049
03:22:40,160 --> 03:22:42,560
helps somebody else. Can you explain

5050
03:22:42,560 --> 03:22:46,389
somebody?

5051
03:22:46,399 --> 03:22:46,880
» Map.

5052
03:22:46,880 --> 03:22:47,279
>> Sure.

5053
03:22:47,279 --> 03:22:51,590
>> A different map.

5054
03:22:51,600 --> 03:22:53,279
» Okay.

5055
03:22:53,279 --> 03:22:55,520
So, you've drawn it in because it wasn't

5056
03:22:55,520 --> 03:22:57,279
part of the original plan. Is that it's

5057
03:22:57,279 --> 03:22:57,920
a new thing?

5058
03:22:57,920 --> 03:22:59,520
>> I just drew this in so that you guys

5059
03:22:59,520 --> 03:23:00,720
would be able to see it.

5060
03:23:00,720 --> 03:23:02,800
>> Right. But I mean was it added something

5061
03:23:02,800 --> 03:23:04,640
required more recently?

5062
03:23:04,640 --> 03:23:07,680
>> No. So I I think what we're saying here

5063
03:23:07,680 --> 03:23:10,399
is that with this connection between

5064
03:23:10,399 --> 03:23:11,520
these

5065
03:23:11,520 --> 03:23:13,760
>> whereas the woman who was speaking

5066
03:23:13,760 --> 03:23:15,760
earlier was on Morgan Court, right?

5067
03:23:15,760 --> 03:23:18,880
>> So that's right here. Now I don't know

5068
03:23:18,880 --> 03:23:20,960
exactly how she tried to access but we

5069
03:23:20,960 --> 03:23:22,479
have Rob Drive over here.

5070
03:23:22,479 --> 03:23:23,200
>> Right.

5071
03:23:23,200 --> 03:23:24,399
>> And we also

5072
03:23:24,399 --> 03:23:27,920
>> and avenue avenue dinda.

5073
03:23:27,920 --> 03:23:33,190
>> I can go even bigger here if we need to.

5074
03:23:33,200 --> 03:23:38,160
me down. Okay, so we do have I mean you

5075
03:23:38,160 --> 03:23:39,120
guys can talk about this.

5076
03:23:39,120 --> 03:23:41,359
>> So you see where this star is? I mean

5077
03:23:41,359 --> 03:23:43,279
this is just about as far away as you

5078
03:23:43,279 --> 03:23:43,760
can get.

5079
03:23:43,760 --> 03:23:46,160
>> It is. But I but I want to point out

5080
03:23:46,160 --> 03:23:48,000
that

5081
03:23:48,000 --> 03:23:50,560
there's several ways to exit out here.

5082
03:23:50,560 --> 03:23:53,279
So we have Seventh Street.

5083
03:23:53,279 --> 03:23:55,439
>> This I think is Seventh Street. This is

5084
03:23:55,439 --> 03:23:56,319
Mayanne.

5085
03:23:56,319 --> 03:23:57,120
>> Yep.

5086
03:23:57,120 --> 03:23:59,920
>> We have down here on Rob.

5087
03:23:59,920 --> 03:24:03,680
We have uh Mayberry, I think, over here.

5088
03:24:03,680 --> 03:24:06,560
So, what this does is it gives people

5089
03:24:06,560 --> 03:24:09,439
another avenue. If they're trying to

5090
03:24:09,439 --> 03:24:12,560
exit from here, like let's say let's say

5091
03:24:12,560 --> 03:24:13,840
there was a fire.

5092
03:24:13,840 --> 03:24:14,160
>> Yeah.

5093
03:24:14,160 --> 03:24:16,080
>> Right. And people can't get out over

5094
03:24:16,080 --> 03:24:19,120
here, then this neighborhood could then

5095
03:24:19,120 --> 03:24:20,479
take this

5096
03:24:20,479 --> 03:24:22,479
>> over and come down through this way.

5097
03:24:22,479 --> 03:24:23,120
>> I see.

5098
03:24:23,120 --> 03:24:24,640
>> Same thing as this. They would be able

5099
03:24:24,640 --> 03:24:26,720
to go around and take it down through

5100
03:24:26,720 --> 03:24:29,279
there. So, it's just adding an extra

5101
03:24:29,279 --> 03:24:30,800
level of protection.

5102
03:24:30,800 --> 03:24:35,120
>> So, let me ask our chief. Um, does you said something to the mayor earlier

5103
03:24:35,120 --> 03:24:36,560
and I wasn't sure if I caught it

5104
03:24:36,560 --> 03:24:38,479
correctly. You said sprinklering is not

5105
03:24:38,479 --> 03:24:40,720
required, but they're doing it. Is that

5106
03:24:40,720 --> 03:24:41,040
correct?

5107
03:24:41,040 --> 03:24:42,640
>> No, sprinkling is required.

5108
03:24:42,640 --> 03:24:44,080
>> Oh, I thought you said it's not required

5109
03:24:44,080 --> 03:24:45,520
under the new

5110
03:24:45,520 --> 03:24:48,080
>> No, no, the road would not be required

5111
03:24:48,080 --> 03:24:50,160
because they are sprinkling.

5112
03:24:50,160 --> 03:24:52,640
>> Which this red road that she drew in is

5113
03:24:52,640 --> 03:24:53,120
not required.

5114
03:24:53,120 --> 03:24:55,439
>> The access road would not be required.

5115
03:24:55,439 --> 03:24:58,160
>> Okay. The spring clearing is required.

5116
03:24:58,160 --> 03:25:00,239
>> Okay. All right. I'm going to just

5117
03:25:00,239 --> 03:25:02,239
explain one more thing. Up above this

5118
03:25:02,239 --> 03:25:04,399
property to the north, there is a whole

5119
03:25:04,399 --> 03:25:06,399
there are quite a few. It's it doesn't

5120
03:25:06,399 --> 03:25:08,160
butt up against the wilderness. It butts

5121
03:25:08,160 --> 03:25:10,319
up against a number of private lots. And

5122
03:25:10,319 --> 03:25:12,160
those private lots, it's it's one of

5123
03:25:12,160 --> 03:25:14,239
these things where it's lading. I

5124
03:25:14,239 --> 03:25:16,239
thought saw this happen in South Reno.

5125
03:25:16,239 --> 03:25:17,920
We approved one and then the one above

5126
03:25:17,920 --> 03:25:19,840
it came in and the one above it came in.

5127
03:25:19,840 --> 03:25:21,840
I don't believe this area on the flank

5128
03:25:21,840 --> 03:25:24,479
of this mountain is a good place to add

5129
03:25:24,479 --> 03:25:26,080
additional housing. It's not that I'm

5130
03:25:26,080 --> 03:25:28,479
opposed to more housing. It's not like I

5131
03:25:28,479 --> 03:25:31,200
don't like the plan or the density or

5132
03:25:31,200 --> 03:25:33,600
the sprinklering or anything. I don't

5133
03:25:33,600 --> 03:25:35,840
like the location and I think that it

5134
03:25:35,840 --> 03:25:37,279
opens the door for additional

5135
03:25:37,279 --> 03:25:39,520
developments up the hill which I looked

5136
03:25:39,520 --> 03:25:41,680
up on the map. We had the meeting with

5137
03:25:41,680 --> 03:25:44,800
staff and as I as I looked there was

5138
03:25:44,800 --> 03:25:49,040
private property, private property, till you finally got to

5139
03:25:49,040 --> 03:25:51,520
either federal or state or city-owned

5140
03:25:51,520 --> 03:25:53,600
property. And so I think it's a bad

5141
03:25:53,600 --> 03:25:55,359
precedent. I think we should stop right

5142
03:25:55,359 --> 03:25:58,800
here and not continue to to go and I I

5143
03:25:58,800 --> 03:26:00,399
just don't think it's a good place to be

5144
03:26:00,399 --> 03:26:01,760
developing. So, I'll just leave it at

5145
03:26:01,760 --> 03:26:04,640
that. Thank you.

5146
03:26:04,640 --> 03:26:06,960
>> Thank you, Council Rever, you have more?

5147
03:26:06,960 --> 03:26:09,680
>> Yeah. Um, just to kind of piggyback off

5148
03:26:09,680 --> 03:26:11,760
of some other comments made by Council

5149
03:26:11,760 --> 03:26:14,800
Member Der and I believe Mayor Shivi as

5150
03:26:14,800 --> 03:26:18,319
well. So, there's things that

5151
03:26:18,319 --> 03:26:20,239
this development is doing that is not

5152
03:26:20,239 --> 03:26:22,000
required by code, right? they're going

5153
03:26:22,000 --> 03:26:26,479
above and beyond what's required. Um,

5154
03:26:26,479 --> 03:26:29,680
do you think that this council has a

5155
03:26:29,680 --> 03:26:32,960
responsibility to maybe change the code

5156
03:26:32,960 --> 03:26:36,160
to include these additional

5157
03:26:36,160 --> 03:26:38,880
um safety

5158
03:26:38,880 --> 03:26:40,800
measures, especially given what's

5159
03:26:40,800 --> 03:26:46,720
happening currently? Um, you know, this development has how many would have

5160
03:26:46,720 --> 03:26:49,200
access points?

5161
03:26:49,200 --> 03:26:50,720
>> With this one, it'd be three.

5162
03:26:50,720 --> 03:26:52,720
>> Three. Okay. So, that development would

5163
03:26:52,720 --> 03:26:55,279
have more access routes than the entire

5164
03:26:55,279 --> 03:26:57,200
north valleys, which is great, right,

5165
03:26:57,200 --> 03:27:00,640
for them. So, do you think that, you

5166
03:27:00,640 --> 03:27:04,000
know, in your opinion, I'm trusting you

5167
03:27:04,000 --> 03:27:06,000
guys to be subject matter experts here

5168
03:27:06,000 --> 03:27:09,600
on fire safety. Do you think that

5169
03:27:09,600 --> 03:27:13,680
council should prioritize making um some

5170
03:27:13,680 --> 03:27:19,439
changes to the code to require more um

5171
03:27:19,439 --> 03:27:23,840
access points and and safety measures um

5172
03:27:23,840 --> 03:27:24,960
for development?

5173
03:27:24,960 --> 03:27:26,960
>> I I'd be more than happy to meet with

5174
03:27:26,960 --> 03:27:28,560
you and discuss the pros and cons of

5175
03:27:28,560 --> 03:27:29,840
that. Absolutely.

5176
03:27:29,840 --> 03:27:32,319
>> Okay. Um, I that's something I would

5177
03:27:32,319 --> 03:27:34,479
like to request to be agendaized, that

5178
03:27:34,479 --> 03:27:36,880
we review this, especially with what's

5179
03:27:36,880 --> 03:27:39,439
happening currently and with what I

5180
03:27:39,439 --> 03:27:40,720
personally had to go through with

5181
03:27:40,720 --> 03:27:42,960
evacuation and only having one road to

5182
03:27:42,960 --> 03:27:45,040
get in and out of with 40,000 other

5183
03:27:45,040 --> 03:27:48,399
people. Um, so um, thank you.

5184
03:27:48,399 --> 03:27:50,479
>> We're going to do a much bigger um,

5185
03:27:50,479 --> 03:27:53,040
afteraction and it'll be a much bigger

5186
03:27:53,040 --> 03:27:55,279
broader. Yeah, it's it's not just about

5187
03:27:55,279 --> 03:27:57,760
this particular fire which was a

5188
03:27:57,760 --> 03:28:00,960
nightmare to leave, but I think code

5189
03:28:00,960 --> 03:28:02,479
needs to make some modifications

5190
03:28:02,479 --> 03:28:04,800
[clears throat] for what's required

5191
03:28:04,800 --> 03:28:05,359
because

5192
03:28:05,359 --> 03:28:07,359
>> that's what I'm saying. We This is like

5193
03:28:07,359 --> 03:28:11,600
a very big big conversation. So,

5194
03:28:11,600 --> 03:28:13,760
absolutely.

5195
03:28:13,760 --> 03:28:15,439
>> Chief, could you you said three. I just

5196
03:28:15,439 --> 03:28:16,880
want to get this on the record. You said

5197
03:28:16,880 --> 03:28:18,239
there were three ways in and out of

5198
03:28:18,239 --> 03:28:20,720
this. I You still said three. We have we

5199
03:28:20,720 --> 03:28:21,760
have three access points.

5200
03:28:21,760 --> 03:28:24,239
>> My time my time's not up. I apologize.

5201
03:28:24,239 --> 03:28:33,510
>> Okay. Yeah. So, um

5202
03:28:33,520 --> 03:28:35,840
do you think that this project would be

5203
03:28:35,840 --> 03:28:37,840
safer if there was less density than

5204
03:28:37,840 --> 03:28:40,319
what they're showing now? Or are you

5205
03:28:40,319 --> 03:28:42,000
you're totally fine? You think this is

5206
03:28:42,000 --> 03:28:44,319
great and it's not just well code says

5207
03:28:44,319 --> 03:28:49,520
this is okay. Do you think that this is fine? you don't have any

5208
03:28:49,520 --> 03:28:51,359
concerns about it

5209
03:28:51,359 --> 03:28:52,880
>> with the construction that's going to be

5210
03:28:52,880 --> 03:28:54,560
required that's going to be stipulated

5211
03:28:54,560 --> 03:28:55,359
by the WOOI.

5212
03:28:55,359 --> 03:28:56,080
>> Yeah.

5213
03:28:56,080 --> 03:28:58,000
>> Whether they're on, you know, the third

5214
03:28:58,000 --> 03:28:59,760
acre or halfacre lots, it's not going to

5215
03:28:59,760 --> 03:29:01,120
make much of a difference for us on the

5216
03:29:01,120 --> 03:29:02,560
fire side. No.

5217
03:29:02,560 --> 03:29:07,990
>> Okay. All right. Um

5218
03:29:08,000 --> 03:29:08,960
» Okay. Thank you.

5219
03:29:08,960 --> 03:29:10,000
>> Of course.

5220
03:29:10,000 --> 03:29:13,040
>> Maybe we talk a little bit too about um

5221
03:29:13,040 --> 03:29:14,960
Sorry, Vice Mayor. Is it okay?

5222
03:29:14,960 --> 03:29:15,600
>> Yeah, of course.

5223
03:29:15,600 --> 03:29:19,439
>> Okay. um talk a little bit about what's

5224
03:29:19,439 --> 03:29:24,319
the I guess um sprinklers

5225
03:29:24,319 --> 03:29:27,359
versus exit roads, those kinds of

5226
03:29:27,359 --> 03:29:29,920
things. And give me some statistics on

5227
03:29:29,920 --> 03:29:33,359
sprinklers and why we're giving one up

5228
03:29:33,359 --> 03:29:35,120
for the other. Is there a reason that

5229
03:29:35,120 --> 03:29:37,920
I'm not aware of or tell me tell us

5230
03:29:37,920 --> 03:29:41,359
educate us on this thought. Essentially,

5231
03:29:41,359 --> 03:29:43,040
depending on which study you look at,

5232
03:29:43,040 --> 03:29:46,800
sprinklers reduce the um not only the

5233
03:29:46,800 --> 03:29:48,800
damage to the structure, but the chances

5234
03:29:48,800 --> 03:29:51,520
of injury and death by over 90%, most of

5235
03:29:51,520 --> 03:29:54,800
the time over 95%. So fire code actually

5236
03:29:54,800 --> 03:29:56,560
requires when you're building individual

5237
03:29:56,560 --> 03:29:59,600
homes what we consider you know R3's uh

5238
03:29:59,600 --> 03:30:02,080
single and you know single family homes

5239
03:30:02,080 --> 03:30:04,080
anytime that you have an area like this

5240
03:30:04,080 --> 03:30:06,479
and it goes over 30 homes without a

5241
03:30:06,479 --> 03:30:09,439
secondary access for fire department

5242
03:30:09,439 --> 03:30:11,200
that it needs to be sprinklered and

5243
03:30:11,200 --> 03:30:12,479
that's the acknowledgement of the

5244
03:30:12,479 --> 03:30:14,960
effectiveness of sprinklers. So if the

5245
03:30:14,960 --> 03:30:16,880
roadway does get jammed up because

5246
03:30:16,880 --> 03:30:19,200
people are while trying to evacuate jam

5247
03:30:19,200 --> 03:30:20,960
up the road or there's a bad accident

5248
03:30:20,960 --> 03:30:23,600
and then an emergency happens, uh the

5249
03:30:23,600 --> 03:30:25,840
sprinklers we understand and have faith

5250
03:30:25,840 --> 03:30:27,600
that they will act and they will help

5251
03:30:27,600 --> 03:30:30,319
people make sure they get out unharmed.

5252
03:30:30,319 --> 03:30:33,040
Um where if you add another access point

5253
03:30:33,040 --> 03:30:34,800
now we can all of a sudden go up to a

5254
03:30:34,800 --> 03:30:36,640
couple hundred houses before we start

5255
03:30:36,640 --> 03:30:39,359
talking about sprinklers. So our adopted

5256
03:30:39,359 --> 03:30:41,920
amendments also have a over 5,000 square

5257
03:30:41,920 --> 03:30:44,080
feet or a six minute response time.

5258
03:30:44,080 --> 03:30:45,680
Again, that response time is based on

5259
03:30:45,680 --> 03:30:48,319
the same concept as these as we're

5260
03:30:48,319 --> 03:30:50,720
expanding as the city's expanding. If

5261
03:30:50,720 --> 03:30:52,399
you know, for instance, station 12, as

5262
03:30:52,399 --> 03:30:54,880
we brought up earlier, if they're

5263
03:30:54,880 --> 03:30:56,479
building and it's going to be past the

5264
03:30:56,479 --> 03:30:58,319
six minute response time, then we want

5265
03:30:58,319 --> 03:31:00,080
sprinklers there to make sure that the

5266
03:31:00,080 --> 03:31:02,399
people in the house if the fire does

5267
03:31:02,399 --> 03:31:04,800
occur that they're safe.

5268
03:31:04,800 --> 03:31:08,239
>> Okay. What's the response time now from

5269
03:31:08,239 --> 03:31:10,319
uh the closest station there

5270
03:31:10,319 --> 03:31:13,040
>> for for this plan? We have um what we

5271
03:31:13,040 --> 03:31:14,960
put on the LDC when we looked at it, it

5272
03:31:14,960 --> 03:31:17,279
was 7 minutes for both for the two

5273
03:31:17,279 --> 03:31:19,200
stations for either station 8 or station

5274
03:31:19,200 --> 03:31:21,120
11. Both are about a seven minute

5275
03:31:21,120 --> 03:31:22,160
response time.

5276
03:31:22,160 --> 03:31:24,479
>> And that's to the beginning of the Yeah.

5277
03:31:24,479 --> 03:31:25,439
of the parcel.

5278
03:31:25,439 --> 03:31:26,160
>> Seven minutes.

5279
03:31:26,160 --> 03:31:26,800
>> Yes, ma'am.

5280
03:31:26,800 --> 03:31:31,040
>> Okay. And then um Leah, just confirm,

5281
03:31:31,040 --> 03:31:35,359
how many homes are we looking at? 46.

5282
03:31:35,359 --> 03:31:36,399
>> Yes, ma'am.

5283
03:31:36,399 --> 03:31:37,120
>> I'm sorry.

5284
03:31:37,120 --> 03:31:38,560
>> That's okay. Thank you.

5285
03:31:38,560 --> 03:31:39,680
>> 46 homes.

5286
03:31:39,680 --> 03:31:41,680
>> Thank you so much. I appreciate it.

5287
03:31:41,680 --> 03:31:44,560
Okay. No further questions.

5288
03:31:44,560 --> 03:31:47,359
>> I had one followup for a one minute if I

5289
03:31:47,359 --> 03:31:47,680
may.

5290
03:31:47,680 --> 03:31:48,160
>> Yeah.

5291
03:31:48,160 --> 03:31:51,200
>> Um I I've gotten confusing information.

5292
03:31:51,200 --> 03:31:54,720
Please stay up here. Um Leah, um do we

5293
03:31:54,720 --> 03:31:59,600
have three or two points of access? I'm now very confused. Could you put

5294
03:31:59,600 --> 03:32:02,560
that up again? On this particular site,

5295
03:32:02,560 --> 03:32:04,000
there are two point there's going to be

5296
03:32:04,000 --> 03:32:04,880
two points of access.

5297
03:32:04,880 --> 03:32:07,439
>> Okay. Well, the chief said three, so I'm

5298
03:32:07,439 --> 03:32:08,399
confused.

5299
03:32:08,399 --> 03:32:08,960
>> How many?

5300
03:32:08,960 --> 03:32:10,319
>> Yeah, that's fine.

5301
03:32:10,319 --> 03:32:11,600
>> Do you have your other one?

5302
03:32:11,600 --> 03:32:13,279
>> Yeah, we've got lot we've got lots of

5303
03:32:13,279 --> 03:32:14,720
them here.

5304
03:32:14,720 --> 03:32:15,279
>> Your pen?

5305
03:32:15,279 --> 03:32:16,080
>> Yeah, of course.

5306
03:32:16,080 --> 03:32:18,080
>> Thank you. When I said three, where I'm

5307
03:32:18,080 --> 03:32:19,680
looking at three is you're going to have

5308
03:32:19,680 --> 03:32:21,600
the new road connecting these. Yes.

5309
03:32:21,600 --> 03:32:24,640
>> Yeah. Um, so from us from the fire

5310
03:32:24,640 --> 03:32:26,000
perspective, we would kind of be looking

5311
03:32:26,000 --> 03:32:28,640
at this whole area even though this is

5312
03:32:28,640 --> 03:32:31,200
this these 46 homes would only have two.

5313
03:32:31,200 --> 03:32:31,680
>> Okay.

5314
03:32:31,680 --> 03:32:34,160
>> But this area where the, you know, the

5315
03:32:34,160 --> 03:32:36,160
GO

5316
03:32:36,160 --> 03:32:38,560
Yeah. We have one there, one there, and

5317
03:32:38,560 --> 03:32:39,600
then the new one.

5318
03:32:39,600 --> 03:32:41,359
>> So we kind of look that as one big

5319
03:32:41,359 --> 03:32:43,040
cluster really. So that's why we're

5320
03:32:43,040 --> 03:32:43,840
saying three.

5321
03:32:43,840 --> 03:32:44,720
>> Okay. And then

5322
03:32:44,720 --> 03:32:46,319
>> from our perspective, it'd be three.

5323
03:32:46,319 --> 03:32:47,840
From their lot, it's two.

5324
03:32:47,840 --> 03:32:49,439
>> And then on sprinklers, I just want to

5325
03:32:49,439 --> 03:32:51,040
make sure I understand. It's always been

5326
03:32:51,040 --> 03:32:53,439
explained that sprinklers are very good

5327
03:32:53,439 --> 03:32:55,760
for a fire that starts inside the house,

5328
03:32:55,760 --> 03:32:56,560
>> right?

5329
03:32:56,560 --> 03:32:58,479
>> And not so great for the fire that

5330
03:32:58,479 --> 03:32:59,760
starts outside the house, like a

5331
03:32:59,760 --> 03:33:00,880
wildland fire,

5332
03:33:00,880 --> 03:33:05,279
>> because you're not watering the roof and all the land. You're watering inside

5333
03:33:05,279 --> 03:33:07,120
in the kitchen where the fire started or

5334
03:33:07,120 --> 03:33:08,800
whatever. Right. I just want to make

5335
03:33:08,800 --> 03:33:10,479
sure we're talking apples and apples.

5336
03:33:10,479 --> 03:33:11,120
Yes, we are.

5337
03:33:11,120 --> 03:33:12,239
>> Okay. Thank you.

5338
03:33:12,239 --> 03:33:16,872
>> Of course.

5339
03:33:16,882 --> 03:33:17,040
[clears throat]

5340
03:33:17,040 --> 03:33:19,439
>> Do any of the members have any? Yeah.

5341
03:33:19,439 --> 03:33:22,960
>> Um so with the last fire, do we have any

5342
03:33:22,960 --> 03:33:25,040
time estimates

5343
03:33:25,040 --> 03:33:29,359
now that we have some um

5344
03:33:29,359 --> 03:33:32,239
experience unfortunately with these

5345
03:33:32,239 --> 03:33:34,399
fires? Do we know about how long it

5346
03:33:34,399 --> 03:33:36,880
takes for people in Somerset to evacuate

5347
03:33:36,880 --> 03:33:41,520
or the north valleys? Like do we no

5348
03:33:41,520 --> 03:33:43,760
information? There's no kind of tracking

5349
03:33:43,760 --> 03:33:46,479
of that whatsoever to say this many

5350
03:33:46,479 --> 03:33:50,560
people take this long to evacuate.

5351
03:33:50,560 --> 03:33:52,239
>> I am not familiar with any studies on

5352
03:33:52,239 --> 03:33:53,760
that with that data. No.

5353
03:33:53,760 --> 03:33:57,920
>> Okay. Are you aware of any other areas

5354
03:33:57,920 --> 03:34:00,319
doing anything like that?

5355
03:34:00,319 --> 03:34:02,479
>> Areas in our city doing studies on time?

5356
03:34:02,479 --> 03:34:04,960
>> No, just in general like how long it

5357
03:34:04,960 --> 03:34:08,640
takes to evacuate because it's relevant,

5358
03:34:08,640 --> 03:34:13,200
right, for safety and

5359
03:34:13,200 --> 03:34:14,239
There's [clears throat]

5360
03:34:14,239 --> 03:34:16,560
how many more homes in this project?

5361
03:34:16,560 --> 03:34:17,520
>> 46.

5362
03:34:17,520 --> 03:34:19,840
>> So, what is the impact of at least 46

5363
03:34:19,840 --> 03:34:23,920
more cars on this? You know what what

5364
03:34:23,920 --> 03:34:26,160
how long does it take per car to

5365
03:34:26,160 --> 03:34:28,399
evacuate an area? Like is are we going

5366
03:34:28,399 --> 03:34:31,120
to hit an upper limit where we say it

5367
03:34:31,120 --> 03:34:34,000
takes too long? Just kind of like you

5368
03:34:34,000 --> 03:34:36,160
guys having a response time that you

5369
03:34:36,160 --> 03:34:38,880
want to hit. We likewise should have

5370
03:34:38,880 --> 03:34:41,840
like an evacuation timeline, right? Or

5371
03:34:41,840 --> 03:34:44,239
like it's it would take too long for

5372
03:34:44,239 --> 03:34:45,680
people to get out. There's too many

5373
03:34:45,680 --> 03:34:48,479
cars. It would be too much traffic.

5374
03:34:48,479 --> 03:34:50,399
People would not be able to get out in a

5375
03:34:50,399 --> 03:34:52,640
timely manner. So, I was just curious if

5376
03:34:52,640 --> 03:34:54,080
there's any kind of information like

5377
03:34:54,080 --> 03:34:54,720
that.

5378
03:34:54,720 --> 03:34:56,560
>> So, we don't I don't know of any studies

5379
03:34:56,560 --> 03:34:59,040
that actually take that into account.

5380
03:34:59,040 --> 03:35:02,000
Um, a lot of that comes down to from

5381
03:35:02,000 --> 03:35:03,279
prevention bureau comes down to

5382
03:35:03,279 --> 03:35:05,680
education. you know, when that yellow

5383
03:35:05,680 --> 03:35:07,600
area hits and it's saying get prepared

5384
03:35:07,600 --> 03:35:09,120
to evacuate. We need to make sure our

5385
03:35:09,120 --> 03:35:10,800
citizens understand that means be

5386
03:35:10,800 --> 03:35:12,399
prepared. So that it is, hey, you're

5387
03:35:12,399 --> 03:35:13,920
within your you're in your car within

5388
03:35:13,920 --> 03:35:16,239
five minutes. Also, you know, there's

5389
03:35:16,239 --> 03:35:18,000
homes with multiple cars. Instead of

5390
03:35:18,000 --> 03:35:20,239
taking one vehicle, they want to remove

5391
03:35:20,239 --> 03:35:21,359
all vehicles because [clears throat]

5392
03:35:21,359 --> 03:35:22,640
rightfully so, they're worried about

5393
03:35:22,640 --> 03:35:24,319
their personal property and that really

5394
03:35:24,319 --> 03:35:25,600
clogs the road.

5395
03:35:25,600 --> 03:35:27,200
>> There's also only so much we can do when

5396
03:35:27,200 --> 03:35:28,640
it comes to the number of exits. And

5397
03:35:28,640 --> 03:35:30,800
when you have a site like this, even if

5398
03:35:30,800 --> 03:35:33,279
you have, you know, two or three more

5399
03:35:33,279 --> 03:35:35,520
additional exits, at some point it's

5400
03:35:35,520 --> 03:35:37,680
kind of like the football stadium that

5401
03:35:37,680 --> 03:35:39,680
has a 100 exits, but if everybody was to

5402
03:35:39,680 --> 03:35:41,840
leave at the same time in a panic, it

5403
03:35:41,840 --> 03:35:43,200
would still be tight and it would take

5404
03:35:43,200 --> 03:35:43,680
longer to

5405
03:35:43,680 --> 03:35:46,880
>> exit. Yeah, that's just curious to see

5406
03:35:46,880 --> 03:35:51,359
how long from evacuate now till people

5407
03:35:51,359 --> 03:35:54,080
are done evacuating. you know, we we can

5408
03:35:54,080 --> 03:35:55,439
get a lot of information about the

5409
03:35:55,439 --> 03:35:57,520
downtown area, track how many cars are

5410
03:35:57,520 --> 03:35:59,040
going on different streets and things

5411
03:35:59,040 --> 03:36:01,840
like that. So, um just curious to see

5412
03:36:01,840 --> 03:36:03,920
if, god forbid, we have another fire

5413
03:36:03,920 --> 03:36:06,000
like this, we can figure out how long it

5414
03:36:06,000 --> 03:36:07,840
takes for everybody to clear out that's

5415
03:36:07,840 --> 03:36:10,880
leaving. Okay. Thank you,

5416
03:36:10,880 --> 03:36:12,080
>> Council Member.

5417
03:36:12,080 --> 03:36:14,560
>> Um Missy Bert, I just wanted to and you

5418
03:36:14,560 --> 03:36:16,239
might you guys may know about this

5419
03:36:16,239 --> 03:36:18,640
process. we may be able to learn from

5420
03:36:18,640 --> 03:36:21,120
the firewise process that the HOA in

5421
03:36:21,120 --> 03:36:23,200
Somerset went through. I think your

5422
03:36:23,200 --> 03:36:25,520
questions are really interesting. Um

5423
03:36:25,520 --> 03:36:30,399
Somerset did a mass um mock evacuation

5424
03:36:30,399 --> 03:36:32,319
to prepare their their whole

5425
03:36:32,319 --> 03:36:34,080
neighborhood for exactly what they went

5426
03:36:34,080 --> 03:36:36,479
through. And Jacob Williams, who was on

5427
03:36:36,479 --> 03:36:38,800
our planning commission, is the HOA

5428
03:36:38,800 --> 03:36:40,560
president. So, I think it might be

5429
03:36:40,560 --> 03:36:42,319
interesting to have him come and talk to

5430
03:36:42,319 --> 03:36:44,960
us about what they learned during their

5431
03:36:44,960 --> 03:36:47,040
mock evacuation compared to what

5432
03:36:47,040 --> 03:36:49,040
happened in their real evacuation. Yeah.

5433
03:36:49,040 --> 03:36:52,479
And if the if Somerset's HOA has any

5434
03:36:52,479 --> 03:36:54,000
advice

5435
03:36:54,000 --> 03:36:56,399
>> for other neighborhoods in the in the

5436
03:36:56,399 --> 03:36:59,920
valley for how we can better prepare um

5437
03:36:59,920 --> 03:37:02,720
for evacuations and learn from what they

5438
03:37:02,720 --> 03:37:03,520
have learned.

5439
03:37:03,520 --> 03:37:04,960
>> Yeah. Yeah. Because I think it's not

5440
03:37:04,960 --> 03:37:07,680
necessarily just distance, right? should

5441
03:37:07,680 --> 03:37:09,680
be access points and how long it takes

5442
03:37:09,680 --> 03:37:12,880
people to get out maybe should help

5443
03:37:12,880 --> 03:37:15,120
guide how many access points we need as

5444
03:37:15,120 --> 03:37:17,439
well. So, okay, that's great

5445
03:37:17,439 --> 03:37:21,040
information. Thank you.

5446
03:37:21,040 --> 03:37:24,319
>> Thank you all. Are there any other

5447
03:37:24,319 --> 03:37:25,840
questions? If not, we'll look for a

5448
03:37:25,840 --> 03:37:39,110
motion.

5449
03:37:39,120 --> 03:37:41,279
I'll try a motion based on what is in

5450
03:37:41,279 --> 03:37:45,200
the staff report in the matter of LDC

5451
03:37:45,200 --> 03:37:47,760
25-000065

5452
03:37:47,760 --> 03:37:49,520
based upon compliance with applicable

5453
03:37:49,520 --> 03:37:51,520
findings. I move to uphold the

5454
03:37:51,520 --> 03:37:52,720
recommendation of the planning

5455
03:37:52,720 --> 03:37:54,720
commission and refer for a second

5456
03:37:54,720 --> 03:37:59,429
reading and adoption.

5457
03:37:59,439 --> 03:38:01,920
» I'll second for discussion. Is there

5458
03:38:01,920 --> 03:38:04,319
any? Yeah, council. Yeah, just a comment

5459
03:38:04,319 --> 03:38:06,319
on the motion. Um, I just want to tell

5460
03:38:06,319 --> 03:38:08,239
our fire department that I really

5461
03:38:08,239 --> 03:38:10,000
appreciate the work they put into the

5462
03:38:10,000 --> 03:38:13,040
WOOI changes. We they brought them to

5463
03:38:13,040 --> 03:38:17,760
us. We went over them. Um, it was that time I asked we amend the WOOI

5464
03:38:17,760 --> 03:38:20,319
recommendations to ACR to include three

5465
03:38:20,319 --> 03:38:22,720
points of access or egress in certain

5466
03:38:22,720 --> 03:38:25,680
areas. Uh, they said no, the national

5467
03:38:25,680 --> 03:38:27,439
was two. And I said, "Well, that's great

5468
03:38:27,439 --> 03:38:29,520
for the national, but we're a different

5469
03:38:29,520 --> 03:38:31,040
place with different grass with

5470
03:38:31,040 --> 03:38:33,439
different fire risk, and can't we make

5471
03:38:33,439 --> 03:38:35,279
our own changes? Like, do we have to

5472
03:38:35,279 --> 03:38:39,590
follow some Americans,

5473
03:38:39,600 --> 03:38:41,680
our level of fire?" And at that time,

5474
03:38:41,680 --> 03:38:43,600
the answer was no. And I hope that the

5475
03:38:43,600 --> 03:38:46,399
answer could be yes going forward. Um, I

5476
03:38:46,399 --> 03:38:47,920
really appreciate the time and attention

5477
03:38:47,920 --> 03:38:50,239
that you all have put in. I don't

5478
03:38:50,239 --> 03:38:53,439
believe this is a good location for a

5479
03:38:53,439 --> 03:38:56,640
new development. and um based on not

5480
03:38:56,640 --> 03:39:01,840
being able to find uh for um finding F,

5481
03:39:01,840 --> 03:39:04,399
which is protect life and property in

5482
03:39:04,399 --> 03:39:06,239
areas subject to floods, landslides, and

5483
03:39:06,239 --> 03:39:08,239
other natural disasters, which includes

5484
03:39:08,239 --> 03:39:10,239
fires. I'm not going to be able to

5485
03:39:10,239 --> 03:39:12,319
support the motion. It's nothing

5486
03:39:12,319 --> 03:39:13,920
personal to anybody, and it's not

5487
03:39:13,920 --> 03:39:16,080
against our fire department. It's more

5488
03:39:16,080 --> 03:39:19,359
about my years of experience and where

5489
03:39:19,359 --> 03:39:21,120
we've put what I think are risky

5490
03:39:21,120 --> 03:39:23,680
developments, including in my ward.

5491
03:39:23,680 --> 03:39:27,439
Okay. Not W five, my ward, W two. And um

5492
03:39:27,439 --> 03:39:29,600
that I also did not support for the very

5493
03:39:29,600 --> 03:39:31,840
same reasons. Um it's only a matter of

5494
03:39:31,840 --> 03:39:34,960
time. So with that, um it's again I

5495
03:39:34,960 --> 03:39:36,399
appreciate the direction we're going in

5496
03:39:36,399 --> 03:39:38,560
and I'm really excited, mayor, that

5497
03:39:38,560 --> 03:39:39,840
you've said we're going to have a big

5498
03:39:39,840 --> 03:39:41,680
debrief that the council can participate

5499
03:39:41,680 --> 03:39:45,040
in as well, not just our staff. And um I

5500
03:39:45,040 --> 03:39:46,640
think those are all good moves. I'm just

5501
03:39:46,640 --> 03:39:48,720
not prepared at this time to approve

5502
03:39:48,720 --> 03:39:53,200
this vote yes on this. So, thank you,

5503
03:39:53,200 --> 03:39:55,279
>> Mr. Mer. I think that that's an

5504
03:39:55,279 --> 03:39:57,600
excellent point. I don't I didn't see it

5505
03:39:57,600 --> 03:39:59,279
as we are approving a development or

5506
03:39:59,279 --> 03:40:00,960
we're not approving a development. I

5507
03:40:00,960 --> 03:40:02,640
think they can I think they can build no

5508
03:40:02,640 --> 03:40:05,920
matter what. Um, so if that was the

5509
03:40:05,920 --> 03:40:08,239
actual discussion of whether we're

5510
03:40:08,239 --> 03:40:10,000
saying they can build or they can't

5511
03:40:10,000 --> 03:40:12,720
build, I think my position would be

5512
03:40:12,720 --> 03:40:17,520
different. Um, so that that is why I can

5513
03:40:17,520 --> 03:40:23,750
make this motion. Thank you.

5514
03:40:23,760 --> 03:40:27,120
It's just they they already can build.

5515
03:40:27,120 --> 03:40:28,880
They're making a zoning recommendation.

5516
03:40:28,880 --> 03:40:31,520
So, we're not saying by by denying this,

5517
03:40:31,520 --> 03:40:34,720
we're not stopping the development.

5518
03:40:34,720 --> 03:40:36,880
>> I I don't know. That's a question for

5519
03:40:36,880 --> 03:40:41,269
our staff, I guess.

5520
03:40:41,279 --> 03:40:42,399
» Was that

5521
03:40:42,399 --> 03:40:44,960
>> We have Patty for the record. Um, so the

5522
03:40:44,960 --> 03:40:47,359
zoning is currently SF3 and the

5523
03:40:47,359 --> 03:40:49,439
applicants could come in and build

5524
03:40:49,439 --> 03:40:51,520
something under the SF3 standard right

5525
03:40:51,520 --> 03:40:55,359
now. Um, what they're asking for is SF8

5526
03:40:55,359 --> 03:40:57,200
so that they can do the smaller lot

5527
03:40:57,200 --> 03:40:59,200
sizes, focus that on the southern

5528
03:40:59,200 --> 03:41:00,800
portion of the property and zone the

5529
03:41:00,800 --> 03:41:02,880
northern portion.

5530
03:41:02,880 --> 03:41:04,319
>> I have a question. Didn't you say that

5531
03:41:04,319 --> 03:41:05,920
the rest of the property really couldn't

5532
03:41:05,920 --> 03:41:08,080
be developed anyways? It was really

5533
03:41:08,080 --> 03:41:11,359
steep. it's over 30% and that we do have

5534
03:41:11,359 --> 03:41:13,439
standards for hillside development.

5535
03:41:13,439 --> 03:41:15,359
However, if they were going to build

5536
03:41:15,359 --> 03:41:18,319
single family residences on larger lots

5537
03:41:18,319 --> 03:41:21,200
out there, there are some

5538
03:41:21,200 --> 03:41:22,720
>> there are some ways that they could do

5539
03:41:22,720 --> 03:41:25,040
that. They just couldn't do what they

5540
03:41:25,040 --> 03:41:27,359
are proposing today

5541
03:41:27,359 --> 03:41:28,720
>> up the hill.

5542
03:41:28,720 --> 03:41:31,200
>> Okay. Looks like he might want to chime

5543
03:41:31,200 --> 03:41:32,640
in too.

5544
03:41:32,640 --> 03:41:34,800
>> Yes. Thank you. Just to clarify, um,

5545
03:41:34,800 --> 03:41:36,000
yes, absolutely. There there are

5546
03:41:36,000 --> 03:41:37,920
existing development rights out there.

5547
03:41:37,920 --> 03:41:40,560
uh with the current zoning, we we could

5548
03:41:40,560 --> 03:41:43,120
push the grading further up the hill. We

5549
03:41:43,120 --> 03:41:46,960
could we could get more aggressive with walls and and getting and building

5550
03:41:46,960 --> 03:41:49,359
road access to some of the some of the

5551
03:41:49,359 --> 03:41:52,560
pockets of of smaller slopes. Uh to me,

5552
03:41:52,560 --> 03:41:53,760
that feels like a lot of aggressive

5553
03:41:53,760 --> 03:41:55,920
grading uh to not gain very much. I

5554
03:41:55,920 --> 03:41:57,840
think what we've proposed is a is a much

5555
03:41:57,840 --> 03:42:00,080
cleaner and more accessible design.

5556
03:42:00,080 --> 03:42:01,600
>> And how many homes should you have

5557
03:42:01,600 --> 03:42:03,840
proposed before this requested zone

5558
03:42:03,840 --> 03:42:10,319
change or did you get that far? Uh there have been other projects approved

5559
03:42:10,319 --> 03:42:12,720
on this site. Yes. Um my personal

5560
03:42:12,720 --> 03:42:14,399
experience doesn't extend that far back.

5561
03:42:14,399 --> 03:42:16,000
So I I don't have those numbers in my

5562
03:42:16,000 --> 03:42:16,239
head.

5563
03:42:16,239 --> 03:42:17,600
>> Okay. Leah, do you have any information

5564
03:42:17,600 --> 03:42:19,359
on that?

5565
03:42:19,359 --> 03:42:21,680
Like what's the difference in number of

5566
03:42:21,680 --> 03:42:25,840
homes in the uh existing zoning

5567
03:42:25,840 --> 03:42:28,080
>> to this requested change?

5568
03:42:28,080 --> 03:42:31,040
>> Right now they could build um they could

5569
03:42:31,040 --> 03:42:33,760
build approximately

5570
03:42:33,760 --> 03:42:36,800
120 homes. Um, as Councilwoman Door

5571
03:42:36,800 --> 03:42:38,640
pointed out, there are some points that

5572
03:42:38,640 --> 03:42:41,600
are above that 30%. So, that would have

5573
03:42:41,600 --> 03:42:43,520
to be looked at. But even if that were

5574
03:42:43,520 --> 03:42:46,880
reduced to in half and it was 60, it's

5575
03:42:46,880 --> 03:42:49,840
still less than they're asking for 46

5576
03:42:49,840 --> 03:42:50,560
today.

5577
03:42:50,560 --> 03:42:53,520
>> Okay. So, right now they could build 100

5578
03:42:53,520 --> 03:42:55,680
>> 100ish 100ish.

5579
03:42:55,680 --> 03:42:58,640
>> Okay. With the zone change, it's reduced

5580
03:42:58,640 --> 03:43:04,080
to 40ish with parks and open space.

5581
03:43:04,080 --> 03:43:07,439
>> Correct. Okay, thank you for that.

5582
03:43:07,439 --> 03:43:10,880
>> Okay, we have a motion and a second. All

5583
03:43:10,880 --> 03:43:12,319
those in favor say I.

5584
03:43:12,319 --> 03:43:13,600
>> I.

5585
03:43:13,600 --> 03:43:14,800
>> All those opposed?

5586
03:43:14,800 --> 03:43:16,399
>> No.

5587
03:43:16,399 --> 03:43:19,359
>> Motion passes 42, I believe. Madame

5588
03:43:19,359 --> 03:43:20,720
clerk,

5589
03:43:20,720 --> 03:43:21,840
>> that's correct.

5590
03:43:21,840 --> 03:43:25,374
>> Thank you.

5591
03:43:25,384 --> 03:43:27,670
[clears throat]

5592
03:43:27,680 --> 03:43:30,960
» We'll move on to agenda item F1.

5593
03:43:30,960 --> 03:43:33,279
Uh, Madame Clerk, or we'll send it over

5594
03:43:33,279 --> 03:43:36,000
to Mr. Mr. Shipman or Mr. Hall for an

5595
03:43:36,000 --> 03:43:39,040
ordinance adoption bill reading

5596
03:43:39,040 --> 03:43:41,199
>> item F1 ordinance adoption ordinance

5597
03:43:41,199 --> 03:43:46,000
number 6748 case number LDC 26-000082

5598
03:43:46,000 --> 03:43:48,319
one mic place zoning map amendment

5599
03:43:48,319 --> 03:43:50,160
ordinance to amend title 18 chapter

5600
03:43:50,160 --> 03:43:52,399
18.02 02 of the Reno Municipal Code

5601
03:43:52,399 --> 03:43:55,920
entitled zoning reszoning a 14.92 acre

5602
03:43:55,920 --> 03:43:58,160
site comprised of two parcels from

5603
03:43:58,160 --> 03:44:00,080
general commercial GC to multif family

5604
03:44:00,080 --> 03:44:04,080
residential 21 units per acre MF21

5605
03:44:04,080 --> 03:44:06,239
site is located on the north side of

5606
03:44:06,239 --> 03:44:09,359
Marine Way 160 ft west of North Virginia

5607
03:44:09,359 --> 03:44:11,279
Street and has a master plan designation

5608
03:44:11,279 --> 03:44:15,670
of suburban mixed use SMU.

5609
03:44:15,680 --> 03:44:17,439
» Thank you.

5610
03:44:17,439 --> 03:44:19,199
Um, madam clerk, will there any public

5611
03:44:19,199 --> 03:44:20,960
comment received on this item?

5612
03:44:20,960 --> 03:44:22,239
>> There is none.

5613
03:44:22,239 --> 03:44:24,319
>> Awesome. Great. Any questions or

5614
03:44:24,319 --> 03:44:26,960
discussion from the council?

5615
03:44:26,960 --> 03:44:28,239
>> All right, I'll look for a motion.

5616
03:44:28,239 --> 03:44:29,840
>> Mr. Vice May, I move to adopt the

5617
03:44:29,840 --> 03:44:31,760
ordinance.

5618
03:44:31,760 --> 03:44:32,960
>> Second.

5619
03:44:32,960 --> 03:44:34,720
>> Okay, we have a motion and a second. All

5620
03:44:34,720 --> 03:44:35,920
those in favor say I.

5621
03:44:35,920 --> 03:44:36,399
>> I.

5622
03:44:36,399 --> 03:44:38,800
Any opposed? Motion passes

5623
03:44:38,800 --> 03:44:41,120
unanimously.

5624
03:44:41,120 --> 03:44:43,680
Great. With that, we'll move on to

5625
03:44:43,680 --> 03:44:47,120
agenda item G1.

5626
03:44:47,120 --> 03:44:50,960
Um, I'd like to move to appoint Animan

5627
03:44:50,960 --> 03:44:53,439
Aran to the Youth City Council for a

5628
03:44:53,439 --> 03:44:56,720
partial term from September 1st, 2026

5629
03:44:56,720 --> 03:45:00,239
through January 31st, 2027. I move to

5630
03:45:00,239 --> 03:45:04,640
appoint Analia Rodriguez and Satvic Vad

5631
03:45:04,640 --> 03:45:06,399
Lakinta

5632
03:45:06,399 --> 03:45:09,600
to the U City Council for partial terms

5633
03:45:09,600 --> 03:45:11,600
from September 1st, 2026 through

5634
03:45:11,600 --> 03:45:14,640
November 11th, 2027.

5635
03:45:14,640 --> 03:45:16,960
>> Second. We have a motion and a second.

5636
03:45:16,960 --> 03:45:18,319
All those in favor say I.

5637
03:45:18,319 --> 03:45:18,880
>> I.

5638
03:45:18,880 --> 03:45:21,760
Any opposed. Motion passes

5639
03:45:21,760 --> 03:45:23,760
unanimously.

5640
03:45:23,760 --> 03:45:25,760
Thank you. With that, we'll move on to

5641
03:45:25,760 --> 03:45:27,520
G2.

5642
03:45:27,520 --> 03:45:29,760
Believe this is you and city manager.

5643
03:45:29,760 --> 03:45:30,720
>> Thank you, Vice Mayor. After

5644
03:45:30,720 --> 03:45:32,319
consultation with the ward one council

5645
03:45:32,319 --> 03:45:33,840
member, the recommendation is Janice

5646
03:45:33,840 --> 03:45:37,030
McKenzie.

5647
03:45:37,040 --> 03:45:39,840
» Second.

5648
03:45:39,840 --> 03:45:41,680
>> Oh, sorry. Sorry. [laughter] We did

5649
03:45:41,680 --> 03:45:43,199
receive public comment on this item

5650
03:45:43,199 --> 03:45:44,960
which was distributed as one letter of

5651
03:45:44,960 --> 03:45:46,399
neutral or concern.

5652
03:45:46,399 --> 03:45:48,640
>> Thank you, madame clerk. And sounds like

5653
03:45:48,640 --> 03:45:50,880
we have a motion from council member.

5654
03:45:50,880 --> 03:45:52,800
Second from council member Anderson. All

5655
03:45:52,800 --> 03:45:53,920
those in favor say I.

5656
03:45:53,920 --> 03:45:54,399
>> I.

5657
03:45:54,399 --> 03:45:55,920
Any opposed?

5658
03:45:55,920 --> 03:45:56,479
>> No.

5659
03:45:56,479 --> 03:45:59,040
>> Motion passes unanimously.

5660
03:45:59,040 --> 03:46:01,920
Thank you. With that, we will move to

5661
03:46:01,920 --> 03:46:04,479
our redevelopment agency.

5662
03:46:04,479 --> 03:46:05,199
Um,

5663
03:46:05,199 --> 03:46:06,640
>> did you want to do council comments

5664
03:46:06,640 --> 03:46:07,120
first?

5665
03:46:07,120 --> 03:46:08,800
>> Oh, yeah. Thank you for the reminder.

5666
03:46:08,800 --> 03:46:11,760
We'll do council comments um and see if

5667
03:46:11,760 --> 03:46:14,960
there are any comments or updates from

5668
03:46:14,960 --> 03:46:17,920
any of the members.

5669
03:46:17,920 --> 03:46:18,399
Not

5670
03:46:18,399 --> 03:46:20,319
>> yet. Council member Eert.

5671
03:46:20,319 --> 03:46:24,000
>> Yeah. Just again want to um thank all

5672
03:46:24,000 --> 03:46:25,760
the firefighters from all the different

5673
03:46:25,760 --> 03:46:28,960
agencies that have come out and spent

5674
03:46:28,960 --> 03:46:30,560
time away from their families and risk

5675
03:46:30,560 --> 03:46:33,279
their lives to um work on this fire.

5676
03:46:33,279 --> 03:46:37,040
That was just incredible. and um um

5677
03:46:37,040 --> 03:46:39,120
remind everyone that it's not it's not

5678
03:46:39,120 --> 03:46:40,720
completely over yet. There's still

5679
03:46:40,720 --> 03:46:44,000
people in my community without power. Um

5680
03:46:44,000 --> 03:46:45,680
people that are not comfortable leaving

5681
03:46:45,680 --> 03:46:49,040
evacuation zones because of um livestock

5682
03:46:49,040 --> 03:46:51,199
type animals that they they can't take

5683
03:46:51,199 --> 03:46:54,080
with them and they can't leave behind

5684
03:46:54,080 --> 03:46:56,640
without anybody to take care of them.

5685
03:46:56,640 --> 03:47:00,479
So, it's um ongoing for my awards still

5686
03:47:00,479 --> 03:47:03,359
and um

5687
03:47:03,359 --> 03:47:07,199
just if anybody can help in any way um

5688
03:47:07,199 --> 03:47:11,600
it would be really appreciated um

5689
03:47:11,600 --> 03:47:13,520
please reach out to me. My city cell

5690
03:47:13,520 --> 03:47:16,800
number is um available online at on

5691
03:47:16,800 --> 03:47:20,640
reno.gov. But um just want to remind

5692
03:47:20,640 --> 03:47:23,439
everybody again that access is a is a

5693
03:47:23,439 --> 03:47:27,840
huge um issue in my ward and um a lot of

5694
03:47:27,840 --> 03:47:30,239
the roads that we have are getting

5695
03:47:30,239 --> 03:47:33,439
widened and that's wonderful but having

5696
03:47:33,439 --> 03:47:41,760
the 395 and um Military and Buck and um

5697
03:47:41,760 --> 03:47:44,800
next will be Moya and Virginia Street

5698
03:47:44,800 --> 03:47:47,840
all under construction at the same time

5699
03:47:47,840 --> 03:47:50,640
is extremely dangerous to public safety

5700
03:47:50,640 --> 03:47:53,680
when you live in an area that um might

5701
03:47:53,680 --> 03:47:58,080
have to evacuate um you know 40,000 plus

5702
03:47:58,080 --> 03:48:02,800
people on um one one road um and

5703
03:48:02,800 --> 03:48:05,439
Virginia is is quite parallel and close

5704
03:48:05,439 --> 03:48:10,479
to the 395. So if if we have a fire and

5705
03:48:10,479 --> 03:48:14,000
um it jumps to 395,

5706
03:48:14,000 --> 03:48:15,600
my community is not going to have a

5707
03:48:15,600 --> 03:48:17,920
whole lot of options. So just want to

5708
03:48:17,920 --> 03:48:19,199
put that on the radar. I know that

5709
03:48:19,199 --> 03:48:21,279
there's been comments made by council

5710
03:48:21,279 --> 03:48:23,279
members on RTC that there's been a lot

5711
03:48:23,279 --> 03:48:26,880
of money put into Ward 4, but I'm just

5712
03:48:26,880 --> 03:48:29,840
going on the record to say we need more.

5713
03:48:29,840 --> 03:48:32,479
access points and if

5714
03:48:32,479 --> 03:48:34,560
nothing else, even just a

5715
03:48:34,560 --> 03:48:37,040
well-maintained dirt road that people

5716
03:48:37,040 --> 03:48:40,640
can use to get in and out. Um it's it's

5717
03:48:40,640 --> 03:48:43,920
really gotten to the point where um we

5718
03:48:43,920 --> 03:48:47,920
cannot ignore this anymore. And I know a

5719
03:48:47,920 --> 03:48:49,439
lot of people have compared it to the

5720
03:48:49,439 --> 03:48:52,319
Paradise fire, myself included. Um

5721
03:48:52,319 --> 03:48:53,840
they're just the fires are getting

5722
03:48:53,840 --> 03:48:56,319
progressively worse and we're going to

5723
03:48:56,319 --> 03:48:58,800
get to a point where people can't get

5724
03:48:58,800 --> 03:49:01,359
out. they'll be in their cars and get

5725
03:49:01,359 --> 03:49:04,560
overcome by fires. It's just not if, but

5726
03:49:04,560 --> 03:49:06,720
when at this point if we don't address

5727
03:49:06,720 --> 03:49:09,920
it and um this is my community that I

5728
03:49:09,920 --> 03:49:13,520
care about deeply and we cannot ignore

5729
03:49:13,520 --> 03:49:16,960
this anymore and we have to um give this

5730
03:49:16,960 --> 03:49:22,000
area the resources um just to survive

5731
03:49:22,000 --> 03:49:26,560
um safely in an emergency. Thank you.

5732
03:49:26,560 --> 03:49:28,640
>> Thank you, Council Member D. Yeah.

5733
03:49:28,640 --> 03:49:30,479
Similarly,

5734
03:49:30,479 --> 03:49:31,680
>> Yep. You want to go first?

5735
03:49:31,680 --> 03:49:32,640
>> Yes.

5736
03:49:32,640 --> 03:49:35,439
>> Um, okay. Thank you. I appreciate it. I

5737
03:49:35,439 --> 03:49:37,920
can I just say I I'm confused as because

5738
03:49:37,920 --> 03:49:40,880
you keep saying my community and um what

5739
03:49:40,880 --> 03:49:43,840
does that mean because I feel like

5740
03:49:43,840 --> 03:49:47,680
there's a different community and

5741
03:49:47,680 --> 03:49:49,600
we're we're being excluded. So, maybe

5742
03:49:49,600 --> 03:49:51,680
you can address that.

5743
03:49:51,680 --> 03:49:54,960
Uh, my community means the people I was

5744
03:49:54,960 --> 03:49:57,279
elected to represent and the area where

5745
03:49:57,279 --> 03:50:00,479
I live, which only has one access point.

5746
03:50:00,479 --> 03:50:02,399
So, I I had assumed that the mayor would

5747
03:50:02,399 --> 03:50:04,640
understand that we are ward

5748
03:50:04,640 --> 03:50:05,439
representatives.

5749
03:50:05,439 --> 03:50:06,880
>> I represent that area, too.

5750
03:50:06,880 --> 03:50:09,040
>> Okay. Well, I haven't seen you. I

5751
03:50:09,040 --> 03:50:10,640
haven't heard from you. I know that you

5752
03:50:10,640 --> 03:50:13,120
are very involved with Somerset, but I

5753
03:50:13,120 --> 03:50:14,399
haven't seen you at all.

5754
03:50:14,399 --> 03:50:15,760
>> I let you speak.

5755
03:50:15,760 --> 03:50:17,279
>> You asked me a question and I'm

5756
03:50:17,279 --> 03:50:20,080
answering it. My community is who

5757
03:50:20,080 --> 03:50:22,239
elected me to represent them.

5758
03:50:22,239 --> 03:50:24,720
>> Megan, it's my turn. I don't interrupt

5759
03:50:24,720 --> 03:50:26,399
you and when you call me out on it, I

5760
03:50:26,399 --> 03:50:27,760
say, "You're right." And then I let you

5761
03:50:27,760 --> 03:50:30,880
finish. First of all, I did call you.

5762
03:50:30,880 --> 03:50:33,840
Um, I checked in with JW. JW has called

5763
03:50:33,840 --> 03:50:35,920
you over 24 times. I said, "Have you

5764
03:50:35,920 --> 03:50:37,920
checked in with Megan?" I have it on my

5765
03:50:37,920 --> 03:50:40,080
phone that I called you to check on you.

5766
03:50:40,080 --> 03:50:41,120
First of all, you need to know

5767
03:50:41,120 --> 03:50:42,880
>> I've been checking my phone. I have no

5768
03:50:42,880 --> 03:50:45,199
missed call for text messages. is I

5769
03:50:45,199 --> 03:50:47,199
texted you yesterday and said, "Please

5770
03:50:47,199 --> 03:50:48,000
come in."

5771
03:50:48,000 --> 03:50:50,080
>> Councilwoman, hold on a second.

5772
03:50:50,080 --> 03:50:51,600
>> I'm going to address something right

5773
03:50:51,600 --> 03:50:53,279
now. What you're talking about is

5774
03:50:53,279 --> 03:50:55,840
campaign rhetoric. And if it wasn't that

5775
03:50:55,840 --> 03:50:58,640
last

5776
03:50:58,640 --> 03:51:00,560
counciloman, you wouldn't have voted

5777
03:51:00,560 --> 03:51:03,279
like this on a development in Somerset.

5778
03:51:03,279 --> 03:51:06,479
And you just did. So, it's it's clearly

5779
03:51:06,479 --> 03:51:07,680
campaign rhetoric.

5780
03:51:07,680 --> 03:51:10,239
>> No, it's not. Yes, it is. Yeah. 100

5781
03:51:10,239 --> 03:51:14,239
homes 40. Is it 100 homes or 40?

5782
03:51:14,239 --> 03:51:15,439
>> Port of order.

5783
03:51:15,439 --> 03:51:17,040
>> You've allowed them to You would have

5784
03:51:17,040 --> 03:51:19,600
allowed them to build a 100 home. I've

5785
03:51:19,600 --> 03:51:20,560
had enough.

5786
03:51:20,560 --> 03:51:21,600
>> No, I've had enough.

5787
03:51:21,600 --> 03:51:23,680
>> You're creating You're creating a divide

5788
03:51:23,680 --> 03:51:26,160
saying my community all of us represent

5789
03:51:26,160 --> 03:51:27,439
that community. Matter of fact, my

5790
03:51:27,439 --> 03:51:29,920
boyfriend lives there. So, please stop

5791
03:51:29,920 --> 03:51:31,359
saying that.

5792
03:51:31,359 --> 03:51:33,600
>> Anyway, um

5793
03:51:33,600 --> 03:51:36,399
>> nobody in my community feels represented

5794
03:51:36,399 --> 03:51:38,720
by you. No one.

5795
03:51:38,720 --> 03:51:43,349
>> That's fine.

5796
03:51:43,359 --> 03:51:46,160
the Reno City Council meeting. We're um

5797
03:51:46,160 --> 03:51:48,880
still looking at item H1, city council

5798
03:51:48,880 --> 03:51:50,239
comments, and I'll send it over to you,

5799
03:51:50,239 --> 03:51:51,199
Council Member Der.

5800
03:51:51,199 --> 03:51:53,520
>> Thank you. I too wanted to do a huge

5801
03:51:53,520 --> 03:51:55,120
shout out to all of the first

5802
03:51:55,120 --> 03:51:58,239
responders, fire, police, the sheriff,

5803
03:51:58,239 --> 03:51:59,920
the Truckucky Meadows, the people that

5804
03:51:59,920 --> 03:52:03,120
have come in from all 15 states, I

5805
03:52:03,120 --> 03:52:04,720
understand, as well as several

5806
03:52:04,720 --> 03:52:07,680
countries. Um, and the the offers are

5807
03:52:07,680 --> 03:52:09,920
still coming in. had an offer from the

5808
03:52:09,920 --> 03:52:12,239
Israeli consulate to send both

5809
03:52:12,239 --> 03:52:15,279
firefighters, predictive, also people to

5810
03:52:15,279 --> 03:52:17,920
help with sheltering. Um, I've had

5811
03:52:17,920 --> 03:52:20,800
offers from Target, offers from all kind

5812
03:52:20,800 --> 03:52:23,520
of resources. So, it we do live in an

5813
03:52:23,520 --> 03:52:26,000
incredibly giving community and

5814
03:52:26,000 --> 03:52:28,640
apparently we're respected both in the

5815
03:52:28,640 --> 03:52:30,960
West and worldwide, the people that are

5816
03:52:30,960 --> 03:52:33,199
coming to help us. And I hope we can

5817
03:52:33,199 --> 03:52:35,120
return the favors. I know we go help

5818
03:52:35,120 --> 03:52:37,439
people with other fires when necessary.

5819
03:52:37,439 --> 03:52:39,920
and I'm just incredibly grateful that

5820
03:52:39,920 --> 03:52:43,359
they've come to help us. Um,

5821
03:52:43,359 --> 03:52:46,399
long time ago and prior to virtually the

5822
03:52:46,399 --> 03:52:48,960
people remaining on council here, um, I

5823
03:52:48,960 --> 03:52:52,960
advocated for us to pave and, um, extend

5824
03:52:52,960 --> 03:52:55,199
Virginia Street, which turns into Long

5825
03:52:55,199 --> 03:52:56,960
Valley Road, which turns into Scott

5826
03:52:56,960 --> 03:53:01,439
Road, which is a parallel road to 395.

5827
03:53:01,439 --> 03:53:04,160
if we I reason I advocated for it was I

5828
03:53:04,160 --> 03:53:05,840
knew that construction was going to be

5829
03:53:05,840 --> 03:53:07,840
difficult and it seemed like we needed

5830
03:53:07,840 --> 03:53:09,680
an alternate road before we closed down

5831
03:53:09,680 --> 03:53:13,040
the main 395. So I think it really could

5832
03:53:13,040 --> 03:53:14,720
have helped us through these terrible

5833
03:53:14,720 --> 03:53:17,840
difficult years of building 395 and the

5834
03:53:17,840 --> 03:53:20,000
impacts it's had on so many. I talked to

5835
03:53:20,000 --> 03:53:22,080
one person that lives up north valleys.

5836
03:53:22,080 --> 03:53:24,319
He said he used to have 12 mill minutes

5837
03:53:24,319 --> 03:53:26,960
to get to city hall. He now has an hour

5838
03:53:26,960 --> 03:53:29,600
regularly. That's that's his life. you

5839
03:53:29,600 --> 03:53:31,279
know, he went from buying a house and

5840
03:53:31,279 --> 03:53:33,760
having 12 minutes to having an hour

5841
03:53:33,760 --> 03:53:36,960
commute. Um, the second thing, so I

5842
03:53:36,960 --> 03:53:39,520
really think that we should talk to RTC

5843
03:53:39,520 --> 03:53:41,920
about re-evaluating their schedule based

5844
03:53:41,920 --> 03:53:44,000
on what we've just been through and look

5845
03:53:44,000 --> 03:53:45,840
at what it would take to upgrade

5846
03:53:45,840 --> 03:53:47,920
Virginia Street where it's basically

5847
03:53:47,920 --> 03:53:50,640
dirt and gravel to become a traversible

5848
03:53:50,640 --> 03:53:53,520
road that's parallel to 395. We could

5849
03:53:53,520 --> 03:53:55,760
have evacuated much more easily. we

5850
03:53:55,760 --> 03:53:57,040
could have turned both sides of

5851
03:53:57,040 --> 03:54:00,319
Virginia's street going south. That

5852
03:54:00,319 --> 03:54:02,399
would have been um three, four, five

5853
03:54:02,399 --> 03:54:04,560
lanes. Who knows? Um and it would have

5854
03:54:04,560 --> 03:54:06,960
still left lanes to go north for the for

5855
03:54:06,960 --> 03:54:09,760
the emergency response. So, I really I'm

5856
03:54:09,760 --> 03:54:12,000
going to recommend this to our city

5857
03:54:12,000 --> 03:54:14,239
manager and also to our RTC

5858
03:54:14,239 --> 03:54:16,000
representatives that before we start on

5859
03:54:16,000 --> 03:54:17,920
the next roads up there in North Valleys

5860
03:54:17,920 --> 03:54:20,399
that we look at providing an additional

5861
03:54:20,399 --> 03:54:22,880
parallel road to 395.

5862
03:54:22,880 --> 03:54:26,640
Um the second thing is um I am very I

5863
03:54:26,640 --> 03:54:29,600
saw a lot of social media about when I

5864
03:54:29,600 --> 03:54:31,359
posted about what the requirements are.

5865
03:54:31,359 --> 03:54:33,760
The federal requirements are in this

5866
03:54:33,760 --> 03:54:36,880
season you can do target shooting up to

5867
03:54:36,880 --> 03:54:39,600
1 p.m. I think in red flag days we

5868
03:54:39,600 --> 03:54:41,600
shouldn't be having target shooting at

5869
03:54:41,600 --> 03:54:43,520
all. I don't care if it's on federal

5870
03:54:43,520 --> 03:54:45,920
land, state land, any kind of open land,

5871
03:54:45,920 --> 03:54:48,800
Reno land. I don't believe on red flag

5872
03:54:48,800 --> 03:54:50,479
days there should be any kind of target

5873
03:54:50,479 --> 03:54:52,640
shooting at all. They said that you can

5874
03:54:52,640 --> 03:54:54,560
also hunt

5875
03:54:54,560 --> 03:54:57,279
um on red flag days and and that might

5876
03:54:57,279 --> 03:54:59,279
be something different, but even when

5877
03:54:59,279 --> 03:55:01,040
you hunt, you often have a problem of

5878
03:55:01,040 --> 03:55:03,120
hitting a rock and that generates a

5879
03:55:03,120 --> 03:55:05,600
spark and there you go. So, I I just

5880
03:55:05,600 --> 03:55:07,120
think we should take a really hard look

5881
03:55:07,120 --> 03:55:10,479
at restricting use in this open country

5882
03:55:10,479 --> 03:55:13,359
that is so susceptible fire. And last

5883
03:55:13,359 --> 03:55:15,279
comment I want to make um and I've

5884
03:55:15,279 --> 03:55:17,439
already talked to JW about this but

5885
03:55:17,439 --> 03:55:18,880
sharing with everyone and you got a

5886
03:55:18,880 --> 03:55:20,160
little flavor when we're talking to

5887
03:55:20,160 --> 03:55:22,160
Liberty dogs but the animal sheltering

5888
03:55:22,160 --> 03:55:25,520
was very difficult. The Wo County Animal

5889
03:55:25,520 --> 03:55:27,199
Services had been on three backto-back

5890
03:55:27,199 --> 03:55:31,600
fires. They um had 400 animals at the

5891
03:55:31,600 --> 03:55:34,560
livestock event center. Uh the livestock

5892
03:55:34,560 --> 03:55:36,160
event center unfortunately was closed

5893
03:55:36,160 --> 03:55:37,600
and I think that that should be looked

5894
03:55:37,600 --> 03:55:39,359
at like if there was an event going on

5895
03:55:39,359 --> 03:55:40,399
there it probably should have been

5896
03:55:40,399 --> 03:55:42,800
cancelled. um if the animals were

5897
03:55:42,800 --> 03:55:44,319
already there, we should have I don't

5898
03:55:44,319 --> 03:55:45,840
know what we maybe that's just how it

5899
03:55:45,840 --> 03:55:48,319
had to be. But they they luckily were

5900
03:55:48,319 --> 03:55:51,199
able to find but it took many many hours

5901
03:55:51,199 --> 03:55:53,040
to find an alternate to the livestock

5902
03:55:53,040 --> 03:55:54,560
event center. That should just be

5903
03:55:54,560 --> 03:55:55,760
automatic. We should have several

5904
03:55:55,760 --> 03:55:57,920
backups north, south, wherever. And I'm

5905
03:55:57,920 --> 03:55:59,199
going to work on that because I'm chair

5906
03:55:59,199 --> 03:56:01,680
of animal services advisory board for

5907
03:56:01,680 --> 03:56:03,920
two more months. And even after I go off

5908
03:56:03,920 --> 03:56:05,439
council, I'm going to be keep keep

5909
03:56:05,439 --> 03:56:06,880
working on it because I think it's

5910
03:56:06,880 --> 03:56:10,000
really important. Um, related to this is

5911
03:56:10,000 --> 03:56:12,160
for the other animals. The shelter is

5912
03:56:12,160 --> 03:56:14,239
often at capacity during the summer.

5913
03:56:14,239 --> 03:56:17,040
They've sent us numerous letters or

5914
03:56:17,040 --> 03:56:18,640
messages that we've had to put on social

5915
03:56:18,640 --> 03:56:20,800
media that the shelter's closed. Why?

5916
03:56:20,800 --> 03:56:22,399
Because we still have in our community

5917
03:56:22,399 --> 03:56:26,640
animal hoarding cases. 30 cats, 40 dogs

5918
03:56:26,640 --> 03:56:28,479
that are living in substandard

5919
03:56:28,479 --> 03:56:30,479
conditions, horrific conditions where

5920
03:56:30,479 --> 03:56:32,479
they have to be impounded and taken to

5921
03:56:32,479 --> 03:56:35,359
the shelter. 30 dogs. 30 cats. I mean,

5922
03:56:35,359 --> 03:56:37,279
there's just not that kind of room. Um,

5923
03:56:37,279 --> 03:56:39,040
I think the shelter should be expanded.

5924
03:56:39,040 --> 03:56:41,760
It has not been expanded for decades,

5925
03:56:41,760 --> 03:56:44,239
okay? Going back to 2003.

5926
03:56:44,239 --> 03:56:46,160
Um, if that takes extra money from us,

5927
03:56:46,160 --> 03:56:47,920
then so be it. But I believe the county

5928
03:56:47,920 --> 03:56:50,000
has the funds to do it, and there is

5929
03:56:50,000 --> 03:56:51,680
room. I think the shelter should be

5930
03:56:51,680 --> 03:56:53,359
expanded, the staffing should be

5931
03:56:53,359 --> 03:56:56,720
expanded. And then finally, I think that

5932
03:56:56,720 --> 03:56:58,000
pets should be allowed to come with

5933
03:56:58,000 --> 03:56:59,760
their people. We have too many people in

5934
03:56:59,760 --> 03:57:02,479
this last fire who [laughter]

5935
03:57:02,479 --> 03:57:04,960
uh slept in their cars even in the um

5936
03:57:04,960 --> 03:57:07,920
Reena Sparks Convention Center because

5937
03:57:07,920 --> 03:57:09,520
they had a pet and they would not let

5938
03:57:09,520 --> 03:57:11,760
them in. And we just need to prepare for

5939
03:57:11,760 --> 03:57:13,680
that. We've done it before. We've set up

5940
03:57:13,680 --> 03:57:15,760
parts of the convention center with

5941
03:57:15,760 --> 03:57:18,319
cages with staffing. They cannot do it

5942
03:57:18,319 --> 03:57:20,399
this time. They were out 25 miles out

5943
03:57:20,399 --> 03:57:22,560
pyramid. They had a full shelter.

5944
03:57:22,560 --> 03:57:24,800
They're out of people. And so one of the

5945
03:57:24,800 --> 03:57:27,040
things I'm going to work on is I already

5946
03:57:27,040 --> 03:57:29,279
talked to JW about this is setting up a

5947
03:57:29,279 --> 03:57:32,000
volunteer emergency CP for animals that

5948
03:57:32,000 --> 03:57:33,840
will be prepared whether it's to go out

5949
03:57:33,840 --> 03:57:37,040
to a large animal sheltering or or pet

5950
03:57:37,040 --> 03:57:39,279
sheltering so that people can stay with

5951
03:57:39,279 --> 03:57:41,359
their pets. It's it's embarrassing to me

5952
03:57:41,359 --> 03:57:43,359
that we have a shelter there but people

5953
03:57:43,359 --> 03:57:44,960
aren't coming in and they're sleeping in

5954
03:57:44,960 --> 03:57:46,720
their car and it's pretty hard to sleep

5955
03:57:46,720 --> 03:57:49,199
in your car. So, I just I'm going to be

5956
03:57:49,199 --> 03:57:51,120
keep pushing on these three issues about

5957
03:57:51,120 --> 03:57:53,199
Virginia Street, about changing the

5958
03:57:53,199 --> 03:57:54,880
rules of the road for the open country

5959
03:57:54,880 --> 03:57:57,600
during red flag days and for animals.

5960
03:57:57,600 --> 03:58:00,080
And I I know that I believe most of you

5961
03:58:00,080 --> 03:58:02,080
will support those kind of ideas whether

5962
03:58:02,080 --> 03:58:03,680
I'm here or not. So,

5963
03:58:03,680 --> 03:58:05,439
>> thank you, Council Member D. Yeah,

5964
03:58:05,439 --> 03:58:06,960
Council Member Anderson.

5965
03:58:06,960 --> 03:58:09,279
>> Um, I just I wanted to bring attention

5966
03:58:09,279 --> 03:58:12,000
to something that often gets overlooked

5967
03:58:12,000 --> 03:58:18,640
in these big events. We're often um

5968
03:58:18,640 --> 03:58:20,319
importantly thanking our first

5969
03:58:20,319 --> 03:58:22,640
responders that are out there doing the

5970
03:58:22,640 --> 03:58:25,680
crazy hard dangerous work. But I think

5971
03:58:25,680 --> 03:58:28,000
what we the people that we overlook is

5972
03:58:28,000 --> 03:58:29,680
their families.

5973
03:58:29,680 --> 03:58:31,760
And something that I don't think that um

5974
03:58:31,760 --> 03:58:33,760
I mean most of us should understand that

5975
03:58:33,760 --> 03:58:35,199
there's nobody in this room that wasn't

5976
03:58:35,199 --> 03:58:37,279
affected by this fire or we don't know

5977
03:58:37,279 --> 03:58:40,479
someone that was affected by this fire.

5978
03:58:40,479 --> 03:58:42,880
The first responders on the fire were

5979
03:58:42,880 --> 03:58:46,239
having their partners evacuate and their

5980
03:58:46,239 --> 03:58:48,560
families were evacuating while their

5981
03:58:48,560 --> 03:58:51,279
partners were working the emergency

5982
03:58:51,279 --> 03:58:55,199
whether it was paramedic, sheriff, RPD,

5983
03:58:55,199 --> 03:58:57,760
Reno fire, Truckucky Meadows fire. So

5984
03:58:57,760 --> 03:58:59,520
every one of those firefighters that

5985
03:58:59,520 --> 03:59:02,560
were local, let's say 500 of them, they

5986
03:59:02,560 --> 03:59:05,760
had families that were left to do their

5987
03:59:05,760 --> 03:59:08,080
evacuating on their own and then also

5988
03:59:08,080 --> 03:59:10,319
parenting and managing and dealing with

5989
03:59:10,319 --> 03:59:12,399
the animals and everything else. So I

5990
03:59:12,399 --> 03:59:15,359
just want to acknowledge their families

5991
03:59:15,359 --> 03:59:17,760
and I want to acknowledge um a specific

5992
03:59:17,760 --> 03:59:21,920
group with fire because the partners

5993
03:59:21,920 --> 03:59:23,680
within the fire family and I mean the

5994
03:59:23,680 --> 03:59:25,439
regional fire family, there's no real

5995
03:59:25,439 --> 03:59:29,120
borders here. They have a subgroup that

5996
03:59:29,120 --> 03:59:32,800
helps each other in these times. They're

5997
03:59:32,800 --> 03:59:35,120
meal prepping. They're housing their

5998
03:59:35,120 --> 03:59:36,640
animals. They're inviting them into

5999
03:59:36,640 --> 03:59:38,000
their homes. They're watching each

6000
03:59:38,000 --> 03:59:40,560
other's children. They're having the

6001
03:59:40,560 --> 03:59:42,479
grit and determination that their

6002
03:59:42,479 --> 03:59:44,720
partner that's out there doing the work,

6003
03:59:44,720 --> 03:59:46,640
they're having it times 10 because

6004
03:59:46,640 --> 03:59:48,800
they're managing their families. And so

6005
03:59:48,800 --> 03:59:50,319
I just want to acknowledge that because

6006
03:59:50,319 --> 03:59:53,439
they often get overlooked and um they

6007
03:59:53,439 --> 03:59:56,399
were impacted multiple ways by these by

6008
03:59:56,399 --> 03:59:59,840
this emergency all of the first

6009
03:59:59,840 --> 04:00:02,560
um responder families. So just wanted to

6010
04:00:02,560 --> 04:00:04,960
call attention to that.

6011
04:00:04,960 --> 04:00:05,680
>> Thank you.

6012
04:00:05,680 --> 04:00:09,199
Council Member Anderson.

6013
04:00:09,199 --> 04:00:11,040
>> Um

6014
04:00:11,040 --> 04:00:12,640
with that, we'll close out and open up

6015
04:00:12,640 --> 04:00:14,160
the redevelopment agency.

6016
04:00:14,160 --> 04:00:15,760
>> Yes. Uh, real quick, I just wanted to

6017
04:00:15,760 --> 04:00:17,120
note for the record that council member

6018
04:00:17,120 --> 04:00:20,560
Taylor did join us remotely at 3:46.

6019
04:00:20,560 --> 04:00:22,239
Now we can move into redevelopment

6020
04:00:22,239 --> 04:00:22,800
agency.

6021
04:00:22,800 --> 04:00:24,160
>> Thank you. Yeah, if we can take role,

6022
04:00:24,160 --> 04:00:26,560
please.

6023
04:00:26,560 --> 04:00:29,439
>> All right. So, we are calling ro for the

6024
04:00:29,439 --> 04:00:31,920
redevelopment agency board. Council

6025
04:00:31,920 --> 04:00:33,279
member Taylor

6026
04:00:33,279 --> 04:00:34,160
>> here.

6027
04:00:34,160 --> 04:00:35,120
>> Council [clears throat] member Der

6028
04:00:35,120 --> 04:00:36,319
>> here.

6029
04:00:36,319 --> 04:00:37,520
>> Vice Mayor Martinez

6030
04:00:37,520 --> 04:00:38,000
>> here.

6031
04:00:38,000 --> 04:00:39,439
>> Council member Eert

6032
04:00:39,439 --> 04:00:40,239
>> here.

6033
04:00:40,239 --> 04:00:42,160
>> Council member Reese is absent. Council

6034
04:00:42,160 --> 04:00:42,960
member Anderson

6035
04:00:42,960 --> 04:00:45,439
>> here. and Mayor Shivi is absent. You do

6036
04:00:45,439 --> 04:00:46,960
have a quum.

6037
04:00:46,960 --> 04:00:48,560
>> Thank you. Can we please open up the

6038
04:00:48,560 --> 04:00:51,359
first section of public comment? Do you

6039
04:00:51,359 --> 04:00:53,199
have any public commenters today?

6040
04:00:53,199 --> 04:00:54,960
>> Uh we do not have anyone registered to

6041
04:00:54,960 --> 04:00:56,960
speak, but we did receive uh one letter

6042
04:00:56,960 --> 04:00:58,160
of correspondence that has been

6043
04:00:58,160 --> 04:00:59,680
distributed and is available to the

6044
04:00:59,680 --> 04:01:01,680
public on the meeting portal.

6045
04:01:01,680 --> 04:01:04,319
>> Thank you so much. And with that, we'll

6046
04:01:04,319 --> 04:01:06,800
look for an approval of the agenda. And

6047
04:01:06,800 --> 04:01:08,800
just double checking with our assistant

6048
04:01:08,800 --> 04:01:10,640
city manager. Are there any updates?

6049
04:01:10,640 --> 04:01:11,840
>> There are no updates.

6050
04:01:11,840 --> 04:01:13,520
>> Thank you.

6051
04:01:13,520 --> 04:01:15,920
I move to approve the agenda.

6052
04:01:15,920 --> 04:01:19,120
>> Great to have a motion. I'll second. All

6053
04:01:19,120 --> 04:01:22,560
those in favor say I. I. I. Any opposed?

6054
04:01:22,560 --> 04:01:25,520
Motion passes unanimously.

6055
04:01:25,520 --> 04:01:27,359
Thank you. With that, we will move on to

6056
04:01:27,359 --> 04:01:29,120
an approval of the minutes. Are there

6057
04:01:29,120 --> 04:01:31,120
any edits or changes from anybody from

6058
04:01:31,120 --> 04:01:33,439
the body? Now, I'll look for [snorts] a

6059
04:01:33,439 --> 04:01:34,000
motion.

6060
04:01:34,000 --> 04:01:36,960
>> Move to approve the minutes.

6061
04:01:36,960 --> 04:01:38,880
>> I'll second. So, there's a motion in a

6062
04:01:38,880 --> 04:01:40,399
second. All those in favor say I.

6063
04:01:40,399 --> 04:01:40,800
>> I.

6064
04:01:40,800 --> 04:01:44,080
Any opposed? Motion passes

6065
04:01:44,080 --> 04:01:45,840
unanimously.

6066
04:01:45,840 --> 04:01:48,720
Thanks. With that, we will open up the

6067
04:01:48,720 --> 04:01:51,439
consent items um and see if anybody

6068
04:01:51,439 --> 04:01:53,199
would like to pull the one consent item

6069
04:01:53,199 --> 04:01:55,279
that we have or if not, we will look for

6070
04:01:55,279 --> 04:01:56,319
a motion on that one.

6071
04:01:56,319 --> 04:01:58,319
>> I'll make a motion to approve the

6072
04:01:58,319 --> 04:02:01,120
consent agenda item.

6073
04:02:01,120 --> 04:02:01,840
>> Second.

6074
04:02:01,840 --> 04:02:03,439
>> Great. We have a motion in a second. All

6075
04:02:03,439 --> 04:02:04,720
those in favor say I.

6076
04:02:04,720 --> 04:02:05,359
>> I.

6077
04:02:05,359 --> 04:02:08,080
Any opposed?

6078
04:02:08,080 --> 04:02:10,080
>> Mr. Vice Mayor, this is Councilwoman Tim

6079
04:02:10,080 --> 04:02:11,920
Taylor. I'm opposed. I don't think it's

6080
04:02:11,920 --> 04:02:13,439
responsible to spend a quarter of a

6081
04:02:13,439 --> 04:02:15,520
million dollars on a feasibility study

6082
04:02:15,520 --> 04:02:17,920
for the Lyric Theater. Thank you.

6083
04:02:17,920 --> 04:02:20,640
>> Thank you. Motion passes

6084
04:02:20,640 --> 04:02:23,040
4 to one.

6085
04:02:23,040 --> 04:02:24,880
>> Thank you.

6086
04:02:24,880 --> 04:02:26,000
With that, [snorts] we will move on to

6087
04:02:26,000 --> 04:02:29,680
agenda item C1 and uh get a presentation

6088
04:02:29,680 --> 04:02:33,199
of the redevelopment ay's fisc year Q4

6089
04:02:33,199 --> 04:02:37,279
update for discussion only. Mr. Mardo.

6090
04:02:37,279 --> 04:02:41,830
Chair.

6091
04:02:41,840 --> 04:02:45,279
I'm here to give an update on what the

6092
04:02:45,279 --> 04:02:48,640
redevelopment agency now called REUP was

6093
04:02:48,640 --> 04:02:50,560
um participating in the last quarter. So

6094
04:02:50,560 --> 04:02:54,000
these are the months from uh April, May

6095
04:02:54,000 --> 04:02:56,720
and June.

6096
04:02:56,720 --> 04:02:58,080
So the first thing you'll notice is we

6097
04:02:58,080 --> 04:03:00,960
have a new name. Uh this is now the

6098
04:03:00,960 --> 04:03:02,800
redevelop Reno Redevelopment urban

6099
04:03:02,800 --> 04:03:04,800
placemaking agency otherwise known as

6100
04:03:04,800 --> 04:03:07,760
REUP. Uh the website is live. We're

6101
04:03:07,760 --> 04:03:09,920
introducing people. We're introducing

6102
04:03:09,920 --> 04:03:11,600
ourselves uh to the community through

6103
04:03:11,600 --> 04:03:12,960
the social media channels. So, I

6104
04:03:12,960 --> 04:03:15,040
encourage you all to go on Facebook,

6105
04:03:15,040 --> 04:03:17,279
Instagram, uh LinkedIn to follow those

6106
04:03:17,279 --> 04:03:18,479
new channels. And we're starting to

6107
04:03:18,479 --> 04:03:21,359
communicate on what we do as an agency.

6108
04:03:21,359 --> 04:03:23,040
Uh so, I always say we're the Reno

6109
04:03:23,040 --> 04:03:24,720
Redevelopment and Urban Placemaking

6110
04:03:24,720 --> 04:03:27,439
Agency, but you can call us Rio. And you

6111
04:03:27,439 --> 04:03:29,840
notice the new uh branding as well as

6112
04:03:29,840 --> 04:03:33,199
the new presentation deck.

6113
04:03:33,199 --> 04:03:34,720
We also have a new website, which is

6114
04:03:34,720 --> 04:03:36,319
very exciting. I think council member

6115
04:03:36,319 --> 04:03:38,560
Taylor uh really wanted to know when the

6116
04:03:38,560 --> 04:03:40,080
website was going live. Last time I gave

6117
04:03:40,080 --> 04:03:42,080
an update. It is live. It's fully

6118
04:03:42,080 --> 04:03:44,800
populated. It looks fantastic. Uh there

6119
04:03:44,800 --> 04:03:46,479
is a video that pops up on the main

6120
04:03:46,479 --> 04:03:49,359
page. All the programs, the application

6121
04:03:49,359 --> 04:03:52,000
processes, uh agency documents,

6122
04:03:52,000 --> 04:03:54,160
descriptions of our activities are all

6123
04:03:54,160 --> 04:03:56,080
on the website as well as some news and

6124
04:03:56,080 --> 04:03:58,479
updates uh and newsletters on there as

6125
04:03:58,479 --> 04:04:00,479
well. So, I encourage you to take that

6126
04:04:00,479 --> 04:04:02,000
for a spin. It's pretty exciting and

6127
04:04:02,000 --> 04:04:05,359
it's it came out great.

6128
04:04:05,359 --> 04:04:07,520
To summarize the agency operations for

6129
04:04:07,520 --> 04:04:09,680
the last quarter, uh the budget was

6130
04:04:09,680 --> 04:04:11,760
approved for this fiscal year as well as

6131
04:04:11,760 --> 04:04:13,920
all the identified capital improvements.

6132
04:04:13,920 --> 04:04:16,800
Uh that includes uh the riverfront

6133
04:04:16,800 --> 04:04:18,560
improvements that includes beastro

6134
04:04:18,560 --> 04:04:20,479
lighting on Four Street as well as

6135
04:04:20,479 --> 04:04:22,319
lighting for the University Village

6136
04:04:22,319 --> 04:04:24,800
area. As I mentioned, we just got

6137
04:04:24,800 --> 04:04:26,319
through the rebrand, so that is fully

6138
04:04:26,319 --> 04:04:27,760
live. It's been announced. We're now

6139
04:04:27,760 --> 04:04:29,760
known as REUP. Uh there were some

6140
04:04:29,760 --> 04:04:32,720
governance resolutions around uh signing

6141
04:04:32,720 --> 04:04:34,160
limits, the role of the executive

6142
04:04:34,160 --> 04:04:40,560
director uh and then cleaning up some aging uh policy guidance uh that

6143
04:04:40,560 --> 04:04:42,960
was passed. And then in June, the RAB

6144
04:04:42,960 --> 04:04:44,960
held a half-day workshop where we went

6145
04:04:44,960 --> 04:04:48,640
through uh proposing or discussing the

6146
04:04:48,640 --> 04:04:50,880
uh extension of RDA2.

6147
04:04:50,880 --> 04:04:52,239
uh they learned about sort of

6148
04:04:52,239 --> 04:04:54,160
redevelopment best practices across the

6149
04:04:54,160 --> 04:04:57,040
nation as well as updates to uh to our

6150
04:04:57,040 --> 04:05:01,269
programs and processes.

6151
04:05:01,279 --> 04:05:03,279
Some capital improvements that are being

6152
04:05:03,279 --> 04:05:04,960
undertaken or were undertaken last

6153
04:05:04,960 --> 04:05:07,520
quarter is mainly the Amtrak ADA

6154
04:05:07,520 --> 04:05:09,040
restroom improvements which are almost

6155
04:05:09,040 --> 04:05:11,279
completed. uh that will separate the

6156
04:05:11,279 --> 04:05:14,160
Amtrak station from the historic rail

6157
04:05:14,160 --> 04:05:16,000
depot so that we can start looking

6158
04:05:16,000 --> 04:05:18,319
towards reinvisioning and and sort of

6159
04:05:18,319 --> 04:05:21,199
bringing online uh that historic site.

6160
04:05:21,199 --> 04:05:22,640
And you may have noticed the Riverwalk

6161
04:05:22,640 --> 04:05:23,840
banners throughout the Riverwalk

6162
04:05:23,840 --> 04:05:26,000
districts. Those were replaced and

6163
04:05:26,000 --> 04:05:27,840
supported with uh some some of the

6164
04:05:27,840 --> 04:05:31,990
agency funds.

6165
04:05:32,000 --> 04:05:33,920
You all passed resolutions in that

6166
04:05:33,920 --> 04:05:36,080
quarter uh sort of streamlining the

6167
04:05:36,080 --> 04:05:39,199
process to create a small walls uh mural

6168
04:05:39,199 --> 04:05:41,680
program that was announced uh we

6169
04:05:41,680 --> 04:05:44,000
received applications. The winners have

6170
04:05:44,000 --> 04:05:45,520
been notified but we do not have signed

6171
04:05:45,520 --> 04:05:47,040
contracts yet but those will be

6172
04:05:47,040 --> 04:05:48,800
announced soon. Same thing with the

6173
04:05:48,800 --> 04:05:51,199
rescue program that's a crimerevention

6174
04:05:51,199 --> 04:05:54,080
through environmental design program. Uh

6175
04:05:54,080 --> 04:05:56,880
that program went live. Uh we received

6176
04:05:56,880 --> 04:05:59,520
applications. We're speaking with those

6177
04:05:59,520 --> 04:06:01,120
uh business owners and property owners

6178
04:06:01,120 --> 04:06:03,279
right now. And then you heard some

6179
04:06:03,279 --> 04:06:05,040
proposals on a vacant storefront

6180
04:06:05,040 --> 04:06:07,279
program. How do we uh handle and address

6181
04:06:07,279 --> 04:06:09,359
some of the challenging empty

6182
04:06:09,359 --> 04:06:11,439
storefronts in downtown that our restore

6183
04:06:11,439 --> 04:06:14,239
program has not been able to address? Uh

6184
04:06:14,239 --> 04:06:15,680
there'll be more information to come

6185
04:06:15,680 --> 04:06:20,000
about that program in the coming months.

6186
04:06:20,000 --> 04:06:21,279
Some new development activities.

6187
04:06:21,279 --> 04:06:22,880
Although the redevelopment agency now

6188
04:06:22,880 --> 04:06:25,120
reup didn't play a role in the 118 West

6189
04:06:25,120 --> 04:06:27,359
apartments, this is a new development

6190
04:06:27,359 --> 04:06:29,760
downtown. It's 86 apartments that were

6191
04:06:29,760 --> 04:06:32,000
rehabbed. This is the formal colonial

6192
04:06:32,000 --> 04:06:34,720
apartments. Um, everyone else knows as

6193
04:06:34,720 --> 04:06:37,279
Ross Manor, but that was rehabbed. Uh,

6194
04:06:37,279 --> 04:06:39,840
the historic character was was retained

6195
04:06:39,840 --> 04:06:42,720
in that. Medaf did a a fantastic job.

6196
04:06:42,720 --> 04:06:44,720
Um, they're leasing now, so that's 86

6197
04:06:44,720 --> 04:06:47,920
units downtown. And then this body

6198
04:06:47,920 --> 04:06:50,160
approved our parking gallery operational

6199
04:06:50,160 --> 04:06:51,439
assessment as well as all the

6200
04:06:51,439 --> 04:06:53,520
implementation activities for us to

6201
04:06:53,520 --> 04:06:55,439
renew and improve the parking gallery

6202
04:06:55,439 --> 04:06:57,520
and bringing on a new parking operator

6203
04:06:57,520 --> 04:06:59,439
over there.

6204
04:06:59,439 --> 04:07:03,040
And then we did uh bring to the ra uh

6205
04:07:03,040 --> 04:07:05,040
two tiff applications. One of those was

6206
04:07:05,040 --> 04:07:08,160
for Lake Street. Uh that is a workforce

6207
04:07:08,160 --> 04:07:11,120
housing project uh on Lake Street. uh

6208
04:07:11,120 --> 04:07:13,680
that was sort of continued while we make

6209
04:07:13,680 --> 04:07:15,439
some changes to our application process

6210
04:07:15,439 --> 04:07:17,600
and criteria that will likely come back

6211
04:07:17,600 --> 04:07:20,000
in a month. And then the RAB heard uh

6212
04:07:20,000 --> 04:07:22,239
the gap analysis for the red retail

6213
04:07:22,239 --> 04:07:24,880
project but that was um continued uh

6214
04:07:24,880 --> 04:07:28,560
delayed for some additional information

6215
04:07:28,560 --> 04:07:30,000
and that was what we're up to last

6216
04:07:30,000 --> 04:07:31,920
quarter.

6217
04:07:31,920 --> 04:07:33,520
Happy to answer any questions.

6218
04:07:33,520 --> 04:07:35,279
>> Thank you so much. Turn it over to the

6219
04:07:35,279 --> 04:07:37,279
board. Yes,

6220
04:07:37,279 --> 04:07:38,800
>> I don't have any questions, but I just

6221
04:07:38,800 --> 04:07:40,479
wanted to comment on the social media

6222
04:07:40,479 --> 04:07:43,040
content. The imagery is really, really

6223
04:07:43,040 --> 04:07:45,120
engaging and it looks different than

6224
04:07:45,120 --> 04:07:47,199
other Reno imagery. I don't know if it's

6225
04:07:47,199 --> 04:07:50,000
the filter or if it's like just the the

6226
04:07:50,000 --> 04:07:51,760
offset with the colors and the branding,

6227
04:07:51,760 --> 04:07:54,000
but it's really eye-catching in places

6228
04:07:54,000 --> 04:07:56,399
like LinkedIn, which nothing is

6229
04:07:56,399 --> 04:07:58,479
eye-catching in LinkedIn. So, I just

6230
04:07:58,479 --> 04:08:00,479
wanted to give you a shout out for that.

6231
04:08:00,479 --> 04:08:01,680
>> Well, thank you. Uh the comm's

6232
04:08:01,680 --> 04:08:03,520
department has been helpful uh as well

6233
04:08:03,520 --> 04:08:05,199
as Rachel McIntyre has done a great job

6234
04:08:05,199 --> 04:08:08,000
sort of taking the lead on that.

6235
04:08:08,000 --> 04:08:10,160
>> Awesome. Any of the other members have

6236
04:08:10,160 --> 04:08:12,800
questions or comments

6237
04:08:12,800 --> 04:08:15,040
this [snorts] piece?

6238
04:08:15,040 --> 04:08:20,389
>> Great job. Thank you for the update.

6239
04:08:20,399 --> 04:08:23,680
» Okay, that item was for discussion only.

6240
04:08:23,680 --> 04:08:26,239
Um I think D1

6241
04:08:26,239 --> 04:08:28,720
>> I I have a question on D1. Yeah, I I see

6242
04:08:28,720 --> 04:08:30,720
that Mr. Klein's not here. I don't blame

6243
04:08:30,720 --> 04:08:33,279
him, but I wanted to ask Brian if he has

6244
04:08:33,279 --> 04:08:35,279
an update on that. Are we going to have

6245
04:08:35,279 --> 04:08:38,960
an update from the RAB ever again or

6246
04:08:38,960 --> 04:08:41,760
what what is the thought? And this is

6247
04:08:41,760 --> 04:08:44,000
irrespective of any future changes to

6248
04:08:44,000 --> 04:08:46,319
the structure. I just would like to have

6249
04:08:46,319 --> 04:08:47,199
some engagement.

6250
04:08:47,199 --> 04:08:48,880
>> Yep. Brian McCarter, for the record, um

6251
04:08:48,880 --> 04:08:51,120
it is agenda to have the chair come and

6252
04:08:51,120 --> 04:08:53,840
speak. Um he does plan to make it when

6253
04:08:53,840 --> 04:08:55,520
he can, I imagine.

6254
04:08:55,520 --> 04:08:56,080
>> Um

6255
04:08:56,080 --> 04:08:57,600
>> I would say that at least the last six

6256
04:08:57,600 --> 04:08:59,199
times he has not made it. So, I don't

6257
04:08:59,199 --> 04:09:01,600
think he's planning to come. Um, not

6258
04:09:01,600 --> 04:09:03,120
saying that he doesn't have a busy work

6259
04:09:03,120 --> 04:09:06,239
life, but then could he delegate this to

6260
04:09:06,239 --> 04:09:08,160
someone else on the RAB that maybe could

6261
04:09:08,160 --> 04:09:10,960
attend? That would be my recommendation.

6262
04:09:10,960 --> 04:09:13,439
>> That would be a fair representative of

6263
04:09:13,439 --> 04:09:15,600
whatever happened there. I think we'd

6264
04:09:15,600 --> 04:09:17,040
love to hear what they're doing.

6265
04:09:17,040 --> 04:09:17,840
>> Right.

6266
04:09:17,840 --> 04:09:19,840
>> Okay. Thanks.

6267
04:09:19,840 --> 04:09:22,239
>> Yeah. Thank you.

6268
04:09:22,239 --> 04:09:24,399
Uh we'll close that up and then see if

6269
04:09:24,399 --> 04:09:27,600
there are any member comments on the

6270
04:09:27,600 --> 04:09:30,080
redevelopment agency.

6271
04:09:30,080 --> 04:09:32,319
Seeing none, madame clerk, we'll move on

6272
04:09:32,319 --> 04:09:34,479
to our final public comment for the

6273
04:09:34,479 --> 04:09:36,160
redevelopment agency. Do you have any

6274
04:09:36,160 --> 04:09:37,520
public commenters?

6275
04:09:37,520 --> 04:09:39,199
>> Uh there's no final public comment, but

6276
04:09:39,199 --> 04:09:40,640
I did want to note for the record that

6277
04:09:40,640 --> 04:09:42,479
we did receive one letter of support for

6278
04:09:42,479 --> 04:09:44,560
item B1. So we just wanted to get that

6279
04:09:44,560 --> 04:09:45,920
on the record.

6280
04:09:45,920 --> 04:09:47,840
>> Thank you so much. With that, we'll look

6281
04:09:47,840 --> 04:09:49,040
for a motion to adjourn the

6282
04:09:49,040 --> 04:09:51,040
redevelopment agency. Is this our final

6283
04:09:51,040 --> 04:09:52,000
public comment?

6284
04:09:52,000 --> 04:09:53,520
>> No, we still have one more.

6285
04:09:53,520 --> 04:09:54,479
>> Thank you.

6286
04:09:54,479 --> 04:09:57,120
>> So move to

6287
04:09:57,120 --> 04:09:57,760
>> second.

6288
04:09:57,760 --> 04:09:59,439
>> Great. We have a motion and a second.

6289
04:09:59,439 --> 04:10:01,199
All those in favor say I.

6290
04:10:01,199 --> 04:10:03,520
>> I. Any opposed? Motion passes

6291
04:10:03,520 --> 04:10:04,960
unanimously.

6292
04:10:04,960 --> 04:10:07,279
>> Close that up and move back to the Reno

6293
04:10:07,279 --> 04:10:09,920
City Council meeting. Um if I can,

6294
04:10:09,920 --> 04:10:12,399
Madame Clerk, I forgot to mention

6295
04:10:12,399 --> 04:10:16,720
something on the H1 section of uh

6296
04:10:16,720 --> 04:10:18,560
council comments. So, I'll just open

6297
04:10:18,560 --> 04:10:21,942
that up just to quickly um mention

6298
04:10:21,942 --> 04:10:24,479
[snorts] that earlier today we got an

6299
04:10:24,479 --> 04:10:26,880
email with a letter attached um from

6300
04:10:26,880 --> 04:10:29,279
Madame Mayor. She wanted me to put that

6301
04:10:29,279 --> 04:10:31,680
on the record and I think JW, assistant

6302
04:10:31,680 --> 04:10:33,040
city manager Hodgej, she had a

6303
04:10:33,040 --> 04:10:35,120
conversation with you um about it, but

6304
04:10:35,120 --> 04:10:38,160
she just wanted me to inform um the

6305
04:10:38,160 --> 04:10:39,680
public and put on the record that we're

6306
04:10:39,680 --> 04:10:40,880
probably going to address some of the

6307
04:10:40,880 --> 04:10:44,479
issues um that she has been reviewing

6308
04:10:44,479 --> 04:10:47,520
when it comes to human caused wildfire

6309
04:10:47,520 --> 04:10:50,640
prevention policies in particular local

6310
04:10:50,640 --> 04:10:53,040
ignition analysis, existing authority

6311
04:10:53,040 --> 04:10:55,279
and policy gaps, extreme fire date

6312
04:10:55,279 --> 04:10:57,680
protections, no ignition zones,

6313
04:10:57,680 --> 04:11:00,160
enforcement and accountability, regional

6314
04:11:00,160 --> 04:11:01,680
coordination,

6315
04:11:01,680 --> 04:11:04,080
public communication, and a broader

6316
04:11:04,080 --> 04:11:06,880
wildfire policy. So, as this continued

6317
04:11:06,880 --> 04:11:08,720
conversation is relevant for today's

6318
04:11:08,720 --> 04:11:10,239
purposes, I just want to make sure to

6319
04:11:10,239 --> 04:11:12,640
put that on the record for our mayor and

6320
04:11:12,640 --> 04:11:14,720
make sure that was captured. So, with

6321
04:11:14,720 --> 04:11:16,960
that, we'll close that and move on to

6322
04:11:16,960 --> 04:11:20,080
our final public comment for the Reno

6323
04:11:20,080 --> 04:11:22,160
City Council. Uh there's no one

6324
04:11:22,160 --> 04:11:24,000
registered to speak, but we did receive

6325
04:11:24,000 --> 04:11:26,239
four comments after 4 p.m. yesterday uh

6326
04:11:26,239 --> 04:11:27,840
that will be distributed and available

6327
04:11:27,840 --> 04:11:30,560
on the meeting portal.

6328
04:11:30,560 --> 04:11:32,239
>> Will you be sending those to us?

6329
04:11:32,239 --> 04:11:34,080
>> Who or do we have to go look for them or

6330
04:11:34,080 --> 04:11:35,120
are you sending them to us?

6331
04:11:35,120 --> 04:11:36,000
>> We'll send them to you.

6332
04:11:36,000 --> 04:11:36,399
>> Thank you.

6333
04:11:36,399 --> 04:11:38,399
>> Yes.

6334
04:11:38,399 --> 04:11:39,760
>> Thank you. With that, we'll look for a

6335
04:11:39,760 --> 04:11:41,840
motion to adjurnn city council meeting.

6336
04:11:41,840 --> 04:11:44,319
>> I had a final comment.

6337
04:11:44,319 --> 04:11:48,800
>> Okay. I just wanted to say um

6338
04:11:48,800 --> 04:11:52,399
again um my family and I evacuated on

6339
04:11:52,399 --> 04:11:56,000
Saturday. We got home yesterday. Um this

6340
04:11:56,000 --> 04:11:58,960
is the third time we've evacuated in

6341
04:11:58,960 --> 04:12:02,160
since 2020. Um this was the second time

6342
04:12:02,160 --> 04:12:06,800
this month. Um multiple roads we used to

6343
04:12:06,800 --> 04:12:10,000
evacuate were under construction. The

6344
04:12:10,000 --> 04:12:12,239
power was out. The traffic signals were

6345
04:12:12,239 --> 04:12:14,640
out. there was miles of cars on the

6346
04:12:14,640 --> 04:12:18,319
roads. Um, and I don't think it's um

6347
04:12:18,319 --> 04:12:22,479
appropriate for um

6348
04:12:22,479 --> 04:12:25,920
the mayor to personally attack me for

6349
04:12:25,920 --> 04:12:29,840
asking for safety precautions for a

6350
04:12:29,840 --> 04:12:33,359
community of 40,000 plus people to get

6351
04:12:33,359 --> 04:12:37,040
out of an area safely for an evacuation.

6352
04:12:37,040 --> 04:12:39,359
um and make an accusation that a vote to

6353
04:12:39,359 --> 04:12:42,800
reduce density on a project that has

6354
04:12:42,800 --> 04:12:44,960
more access points in the entire North

6355
04:12:44,960 --> 04:12:48,399
Valleys currently um is becoming of

6356
04:12:48,399 --> 04:12:50,800
somebody in that position. Um, I do

6357
04:12:50,800 --> 04:12:53,439
apologize for for yelling in that

6358
04:12:53,439 --> 04:12:57,359
situation, but um

6359
04:12:57,359 --> 04:13:00,239
to call that campaign rhetoric when the

6360
04:13:00,239 --> 04:13:03,439
intent was literally to reduce density

6361
04:13:03,439 --> 04:13:05,680
and to make sure that they had enough

6362
04:13:05,680 --> 04:13:08,159
access points and to request that we

6363
04:13:08,159 --> 04:13:09,680
agendaize

6364
04:13:09,680 --> 04:13:13,920
um making more conditions on um code

6365
04:13:13,920 --> 04:13:16,880
regarding fire safety. Um frankly, it's

6366
04:13:16,880 --> 04:13:19,439
appalling. And to piggy back that off

6367
04:13:19,439 --> 04:13:22,479
the fact that I was asking for residents

6368
04:13:22,479 --> 04:13:26,159
of W 4 to be able to safely evacuate is

6369
04:13:26,159 --> 04:13:30,800
unbelievable to me. So, um

6370
04:13:30,800 --> 04:13:33,760
I'm not exactly sure why public safety

6371
04:13:33,760 --> 04:13:35,760
for that particular ward is so

6372
04:13:35,760 --> 04:13:38,239
triggering to the mayor. Um, but

6373
04:13:38,239 --> 04:13:39,760
nonetheless,

6374
04:13:39,760 --> 04:13:44,800
um, it's relevant and it's overdue and,

6375
04:13:44,800 --> 04:13:48,880
um, I I I'll stand by my vote to help

6376
04:13:48,880 --> 04:13:52,080
reduce the risk for the community. Um,

6377
04:13:52,080 --> 04:13:53,680
again, that was a project that was

6378
04:13:53,680 --> 04:13:55,359
already approved to be built for 100

6379
04:13:55,359 --> 04:14:00,000
homes. It was over 50% reduction in in

6380
04:14:00,000 --> 04:14:04,399
the project. So, um it's just really

6381
04:14:04,399 --> 04:14:06,720
disappointing to have that kind of

6382
04:14:06,720 --> 04:14:11,680
reaction because of a an ask for

6383
04:14:11,680 --> 04:14:16,000
um help for the people that need it the

6384
04:14:16,000 --> 04:14:20,560
most during emergencies. So, thank you.

6385
04:14:20,560 --> 04:14:22,960
>> Thank you. Yeah, that

6386
04:14:22,960 --> 04:14:24,960
>> one final public comment, I guess, for

6387
04:14:24,960 --> 04:14:27,359
me. Um, you know, my record speaks for

6388
04:14:27,359 --> 04:14:29,439
itself, but over and over the things

6389
04:14:29,439 --> 04:14:32,239
that I voted no on are exactly this,

6390
04:14:32,239 --> 04:14:35,439
public safety. And, um, although many of

6391
04:14:35,439 --> 04:14:37,120
them occurred before my current

6392
04:14:37,120 --> 04:14:39,439
colleagues are here on the dis, many of

6393
04:14:39,439 --> 04:14:40,880
them were in the north valleys.

6394
04:14:40,880 --> 04:14:44,640
Everything from Hogue Road to things out

6395
04:14:44,640 --> 04:14:48,960
by Swan Lake to um, most recently voting

6396
04:14:48,960 --> 04:14:53,439
no on the Stonegate uh, re changes. So,

6397
04:14:53,439 --> 04:14:56,080
a lot of u my issues with Stonegate

6398
04:14:56,080 --> 04:14:57,840
initially had to do with both flooding,

6399
04:14:57,840 --> 04:15:00,560
drainage, and fire. And I felt like the

6400
04:15:00,560 --> 04:15:03,199
applicant had addressed it, but they

6401
04:15:03,199 --> 04:15:05,600
walked away from that application. But

6402
04:15:05,600 --> 04:15:08,640
it doesn't matter what W it is. If I,

6403
04:15:08,640 --> 04:15:10,479
you know, it's happened in W five. I

6404
04:15:10,479 --> 04:15:12,640
gave some examples. It's happened on W

6405
04:15:12,640 --> 04:15:15,279
two when W 2 went to South Reno. Um it's

6406
04:15:15,279 --> 04:15:17,520
happened in W three on related to

6407
04:15:17,520 --> 04:15:20,080
flooding in that case on um Talis

6408
04:15:20,080 --> 04:15:23,760
Valley. Um it it when when I see what I

6409
04:15:23,760 --> 04:15:26,239
think is risk that we can't handle. It's

6410
04:15:26,239 --> 04:15:28,319
not that it can never be handled but

6411
04:15:28,319 --> 04:15:30,159
it's difficult to handle at a particular

6412
04:15:30,159 --> 04:15:32,399
point in time and maybe a future time

6413
04:15:32,399 --> 04:15:33,920
when things are different and maybe it

6414
04:15:33,920 --> 04:15:40,640
could be handled but um over and over I think it's really important that in

6415
04:15:40,640 --> 04:15:44,000
you know these findings that we make can

6416
04:15:44,000 --> 04:15:45,439
be changed. They're they're not in

6417
04:15:45,439 --> 04:15:47,600
stone. It's not the only things we

6418
04:15:47,600 --> 04:15:49,840
should ever be looking at. And we know

6419
04:15:49,840 --> 04:15:51,600
this because we're also now looking at

6420
04:15:51,600 --> 04:15:53,680
data centers, something that was never

6421
04:15:53,680 --> 04:15:55,840
in front of us before. And we're looking

6422
04:15:55,840 --> 04:15:57,840
at amending our ordinances. We amended

6423
04:15:57,840 --> 04:16:02,000
them to deal with um the secondary ADUs.

6424
04:16:02,000 --> 04:16:04,319
You know, we we have a capacity to

6425
04:16:04,319 --> 04:16:06,000
change. And I think that's something

6426
04:16:06,000 --> 04:16:07,760
that I'm really proud of our council for

6427
04:16:07,760 --> 04:16:10,560
doing is stepping up to the plate and

6428
04:16:10,560 --> 04:16:12,800
making changes where warranted. And so

6429
04:16:12,800 --> 04:16:14,640
as I think it's really good that we just

6430
04:16:14,640 --> 04:16:17,600
keep that mindset, that attitude of

6431
04:16:17,600 --> 04:16:19,359
dealing with issues as they come and

6432
04:16:19,359 --> 04:16:21,920
always seeking to de do better and keep

6433
04:16:21,920 --> 04:16:25,120
our residents um safe the the best that

6434
04:16:25,120 --> 04:16:26,960
we can provide. There's no perfection.

6435
04:16:26,960 --> 04:16:29,040
We can we can do three exits and we're

6436
04:16:29,040 --> 04:16:30,880
still going to have people's houses go

6437
04:16:30,880 --> 04:16:33,760
up and even people lose their lives.

6438
04:16:33,760 --> 04:16:36,479
there there's no guarantee in life, but

6439
04:16:36,479 --> 04:16:40,880
we can make um decisions that avoid,

6440
04:16:40,880 --> 04:16:43,120
you know, risky challenges that we know

6441
04:16:43,120 --> 04:16:46,080
about. And so, um I just want to

6442
04:16:46,080 --> 04:16:48,479
continue to encourage the council to,

6443
04:16:48,479 --> 04:16:51,040
you know, take this seriously, adopt new

6444
04:16:51,040 --> 04:16:54,000
ordinances if we need to um to meet new

6445
04:16:54,000 --> 04:16:56,560
demands. And then that's it. And just

6446
04:16:56,560 --> 04:16:59,120
keep up the keep charging forward and

6447
04:16:59,120 --> 04:17:01,920
keep doing the good work really. Okay,

6448
04:17:01,920 --> 04:17:03,680
so that's it.

6449
04:17:03,680 --> 04:17:06,159
>> Thank you. With that, we'll get look for

6450
04:17:06,159 --> 04:17:07,680
a motion to adjurnn.

6451
04:17:07,680 --> 04:17:09,040
>> Sorry, really quick. I just wanted to

6452
04:17:09,040 --> 04:17:10,479
note that council member Taylor is

6453
04:17:10,479 --> 04:17:12,239
absent as of 4:09 p.m.

6454
04:17:12,239 --> 04:17:14,560
>> Thank you for the update.

6455
04:17:14,560 --> 04:17:16,159
>> Can we get a motion to adjurnn?

6456
04:17:16,159 --> 04:17:18,000
>> Motion to adjurnn.

6457
04:17:18,000 --> 04:17:19,359
>> Have a motion to second. All those in

6458
04:17:19,359 --> 04:17:20,640
favor say I.

6459
04:17:20,640 --> 04:17:22,800
>> I. Any opposed? Motion passes

6460
04:17:22,800 --> 04:17:27,399
unanimously. Thank you all.