Okay.
Happy New Year everyone and welcome to our first meeting of 2026. And we would love just to welcome you to the city council meeting and the redevelopment agency meeting.
There are four public comments, four public forums set aside for public comments. One at the beginning and the end of the redevelopment agency meeting and one at the beginning and the end of the city council meeting.
If you wish to speak please complete one of the blue cards that are located on
the podium rail and outside in the main entrance. Please give the card to the
city clerk and when called upon to speak we request that you limit your
comments to no more than two minutes and that you avoid repetition. Madam
City Clerk are we in compliance with Nevada Open Meeting Law? Yes mayor we
are. Thank you ma'am. Today we have the opportunity to have the invocation
given by Mayor Pro Tem Scott Black, following that will be the Pledge of Allegiance as led by
Councilwoman Garcia Anderson and please note that Councilman Richard Churchill is joining us on the
phone and Councilman Isaac Barone is not here today. So would you please rise?
Our Father in
Heaven at this time we pause and express gratitude for the many blessings that we receive from the
as community and as individuals at this time express gratitude for a new year that is upon
us an opportunity to live and to grow and to learn from one another and an
opportunity to serve those in our community. At this time I pray for a
blessing of watchfulness and protection to be upon our first responders here in
our city and throughout our community. Those that serve us each day and put
themselves in harm's way that they can be watched over and protected. I pray
for the families and youth of North Las Vegas that they can have their needs
met and that as a city council we can be guided and have discernment to
meet their needs through the decisions that we make, and I pray for these things in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Please remain standing. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America
and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Back
from your point of view, Gloria, how do they go, hello?
I'm just telling them to put it.
Today we have a presentation for the certificate of the business of the month, so Council let's
go down for the presentations.
And Councilman Churchill, if you could just put your phone on mute when you're not talking
please.
Hello, I'm Councilman Isaac Barron, and it's an honor to represent Ward 1 here
in the city of North Las Vegas.
Each month, we shine a light on a local business or organization that truly represents the heart
of our community.
This month, I'm excited to recognize Maya Cinemas as our January 2026, business of the month.
Located at 2195 Las Vegas Boulevard North, Maya Cinemas goes far beyond being a place
to see the latest blockbuster, with 14 screens, state-of-the-art presentation technology,
comfortable seating and fun amenities like an arcade and full concessions this
theater has become a go-to entertainment destination right here in
Raja Vegas. Residents love being able to catch the latest movies close to home
without having to travel across the valley. Maya Cinema delivers a quality
experience with something for everyone from family movie nights to date night
and everything in between. The friendly staff and welcoming atmosphere are a
January 10, 2019, when legendary civil rights activists turn movie producer Mr. Mokdusuma
Esparza brought Maya Cinema to our community, it has been at the heart of our downtown
redevelopment efforts, helping bring new energy, economic opportunity, and beautiful public
spaces to our downtown quarter.
To the entire Maya Cinema team, thank you for bringing entertainment, community, and
a place for families to make lasting memories here in Norfolk, Vegas.
Congratulations on being our January 2026,
the next of the month.
Felicia, that is.
Desiree, thank you for being here.
I'm sorry, my voice is just really scratchy.
And on behalf of Councilman Morone,
who is not with us today,
but wanted to just send his congratulations as well.
But we are excited that you are in the city
of North Las Vegas and that you provide great entertainment.
Other than movies, there's so much that you offer in
when you come to my assembly.
So thank you for being part
of our North Las Vegas family.
And so I'm going to present this certificate of recognition to my cinemas on today, January 7,
2026, for exemplifying the heart of our community through exceptional entertainment,
outstanding service, and contributions to North Las Vegas' downtown revitalization.
We celebrate your commitment to creating joyful experiences and lasting memories
for families throughout our city. Congratulations on being our business of the month.
I just want to thank you all for this recognition. We hope to host your families soon.
We're just across the street for the ones who work here after work date night. We're here. Thank you. All right. Thank
you
All right, let's go ahead and move on to council comments. We're going to start with you mayor pro tem
Thank you mayor this morning. Uh, it was really a beautiful scene at the
northwest
Command center at washburn
It was the dedication of that building to one of our our fallen police officers
A few people asked me who is on the lapel pin that I have on my jacket.
His name is Chad W. Parkay.
He joined the Norah Philosophy Police Department in 2007.
He served as an officer.
He was on the problem-solving unit, and he was working as a detective at the time of
his passing, this day, nine years ago, in 2017.
And so his family was there.
The parking lot was filled with people that believe in law enforcement and support the
men and women that serve our community.
And it was humbling to be there.
It was a great experience.
Mayor was there, Councilman Garcia Anderson
and Councilman Barone, our city manager
made some beautiful remarks as well.
And so it was bittersweet, kind of somber,
but also a celebration of a person
who dedicated a great deal to our community.
Also on January 13th, I just wanted to announce
if you want to be inspired by something
that's awesome in our community,
attend the care court graduation.
It's at our municipal court under the direction
of Judge Christopher Cannon.
It's a court that enables people
that come into our justice system
to overcome their challenges and barriers
of what brought them in there
to be able to course correct and move on with their lives
and reconnect with families, gainful employment,
all types of great gains come out of the hard work
that people put in through the care court.
So that's on the 13th at 9 a.m.
Thank you, Mayor.
Thank you, Councilwoman.
Thank you, Mayor.
Happy new year everyone. It's great to be back. I traveled to see family and I'm
ready to start the year. So many great things are happening in the community. I'm
going to go back a couple weeks because I want to highlight some events that we
participated in that it's worth mentioning. On December 18th, several
members of our team and I, we had the privilege of attending the I Am
possible. Graduation at the North Las Vegas Municipal Court we celebrated the
graduation of three amazing men who finished a six-week very intensive
rehabilitation program to help them with substance abuse challenges and help them
make positive choices after they are released. This is an amazing program
one that we are very proud of and we just want to wish them success and
thank our team and all our partners for ensuring the success of this
program. And then on December 20th, Mayor Potemman and I, we attended, we were invited
to the Donna Street Community, Donna Street Block Party. And so I just want to give a
shout out to Mr. Robert Strotter, who hosts, has an amazing job hosting an annual party
for all the residents in this area. And it was just great to be able to be there
with the residents and interact with them, chat with them, and also learn about some
of the initiatives Mr. Strouder is doing in the North Las Vegas community.
He's a great partner.
And so we want to thank him for his efforts, and we are just excited for the great partnership
to be able to work together and lift our community.
Also, I want to invite the public to the Martin Luther King Parade that will be taking
place this Monday, January 19th.
This will be at downtown Las Vegas.
The parade will be at 10 a.m.,
so we encourage you to come early and pick your spot.
It's really, really fun.
We will be there as a council
to represent our awesome city of North Las Vegas.
And then last but not least, Baby's Bounty Diaper Bank
will be in our community.
They'll be at the Martin Luther King Senior Center
in order to on January 14th from 9 to 11 a.m. so register on the babies bounty app
and make sure you bring require registration that's it thank you mayor
thank you very much I'm gonna join adjourn excuse me the city council meeting
at this time and hand over the gavel to chairwoman Garcia Anderson for the
redevelopment agency.
Thank you, Mayor.
Let's go ahead and move on to the redevelopment agent first,
public forum.
This time it's set aside to comment on posted agenda items.
So if you wanna speak on any items on today's agenda,
now is the time.
Let's go ahead and open that public forum.
Madam City Clerk, do we have any blue card
to read in comments?
No, we do not.
Okay, thank you.
Let's go ahead and close the public forum.
And now let's move on to the redevelopment agency agenda item one redevelopment agency regular meeting agenda of January 7 2026 staff recommends approval of the redevelopment agency agenda is published.
Thank you. Do I have a motion to approve the redevelopment agency agenda.
Motion to approve.
Thank you.
And
the motion passed. Let's move on to the consent agenda. The consent agenda consists of one item staff recommends approval of the consent agenda.
Okay, do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda? Motion to approve consent.
Thank
you. That motion passed.
City Clerk. It says Madam City Clerk. Oh, moving on to
the second public, sorry. Let's move on to the second public forum. Let's go ahead and
open that public forum. Madam City Clerk, do we have any blue cards or in comments?
No, ma'am. Oh, okay. Let's go ahead and close that public forum. I'm now adjourning
this meeting of the redevelopment agency back to the City Council meeting and back
to you, Mayor. Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. Moving on to the City Council's first public
forum, this is the time set aside to comment on posted agenda items. The items listed under
the public hearing section of the agenda will have their own public hearing when those
items are called. So if you wish to speak on any items on today's agenda, other than
the public hearing items, now is the time. Madison Lee Curb, do we have any blue cards
for posted agenda items? No, ma'am. Thank you. So after that, we'll go ahead
close the first public forum and let's move on to the agenda. Item 3 City Council
regular meeting agenda of January 7, 2026. I'll call for a motion for the
agenda. Motion to approve.
And that motion passes. Moving on to the consent agenda.
Consent agenda consists of items 4 through 25. Staff recommends approval of the consent agenda.
Okay, if there are no questions on consent, I'll entertain a motion to approve the consent agenda.
I'll make the motion to approve the consent agenda.
And that motion passes. Moving on to public hearings.
Thanks.
Item 26, VAC-10-2025, BTS Village 2, Phase 1, Detention Basin, KB Home, Las Vegas, Inks
application to vacate a portion of the existing Detention Basin area under BLM Grant N36864
on property located northwest of the intersection of North Fifth Street and Thule Springs Parkway.
Do we have anyone here representing this item?
If you just want to…
Did you fill out a blue card?
You can fill out one when you come up and just state your name and address for the record and then you can go ahead and speak. Welcome.
Hello. Yes, so for the vacation of the detention basin.
Can you state your name and address for the first please? Thank you.
John Cole with Westwood Professional Services 5725 Badura Avenue, Las Vegas 89118.
This was conditionally approved or recommended approval by the staff following a drainage
study and a FEMA map update. So we're looking to process this through the city as well.
Thank you and I will go ahead and thank you for your comments. Open the public hearing on
on this item.
It is a public hearing item.
So Madam City Clerk,
do we have any blue cards or in comments for item 26?
No, ma'am, we do not.
Thank you.
I'll go ahead and close the public hearing.
Councilman Churchill,
I'll open the lineup to you since this is in Ward 4,
if you have any comments or questions.
No, I don't mayor,
but I'd be happy if none of my colleagues
that we can make a motion to approve.
Okay, just a second.
Let me see if council has any other comments or questions.
Okay.
Now you can make your motion.
motion to approve mayor thank you very much and
your vote councilman church
yeah I and
that motion passes with condition thank you very much thank you
council item 27 VAC dash 12 that's dash 2025 the new Windsor Park the new
Windsor Park LLC's application to vacate an existing exclusive public
utility easement welcome good afternoon mayor council Dave Turner 1210
Henson Street representing the applicant. Excuse me. What we're asking for here is a
vacation of what was MacDonald Court at one time with the Highland Village project, but
this is in conjunction with the New Windsor Park. It's a requirement to vacate that and
we ask for your approval.
All righty. Thank you. I'm just looking at the map for a second here.
Well, this
is a public hearing item, so I'm going to go ahead and open the public hearing for
Item 27.
Clark, do we have any blue cards or written comments for this item?
No, ma'am, we do not. Okay, I'll go ahead and close the public hearing.
Cal Floman, any comments or questions?
Just a quick comment. Thank you so much for being here.
I'm just excited that this is moving forward, and I know this is part of the process, so thank you.
Thank you.
No further comments or questions, so we'll go ahead and entertain a motion.
Yes, motion to approve VAC 12, 2025.
Thank
you very much. Have a good evening. Thank you. Same to you.
Moving on to business. Item 28 set future public hearing dates.
Madam city clerk, I direct you to set hearing dates as necessary.
Yes, mayor so noted.
Item 29 discussion and our action regarding annual review of city attorney Andrew Andy Moore.
Please state your name and address for the record.
I'm just kidding.
Well, my name is Andy Moore, and I did prepare just some statements.
I know I had provided all of you with a memo about the city's accomplishments over the
past year and city attorneys, the attorneys' efforts in making those things happen.
But I wanted to just kind of give a general speech about some of the highlights.
I did want to say that when I got up this morning, I had two things on my mind.
I was at 59 days on my wordle streak, and I was only one day away from getting my 60-day
badge, and then obviously this evaluation was hanging over my head, but I'm happy to report
that I got my 60-day badge and wordle, and I'm hoping I can ride that hot streak into
a positive evaluation today.
Admittedly, I'm a bit nervous.
Like I've had awkward evaluations in the past where I've been evaluated by
an attorney I never worked with at a law firm, but I've never had an evaluation actually
at a public meeting, so I hope my comments make sense and go smoothly.
When you appointed me a city attorney in November of 2024, in the comments I made, I made reference
to like a quote from Clark Griswold, and I made reference to the Milford Academy
and Arrested Development, and it was kind of in the context of whether or not I was
actually going to be able to perform this job, because I had some worry about being
able to perform this job. But I think, I mean, I still suffer from a bit of imposter syndrome,
albeit a milder case than I had in November of 2024, but I feel like after serving as
acting city attorney for six months and city attorney for 13 months, I'm starting to
get the feeling that I can actually thrive in this position rather than just merely
surviving. In preparation for this evaluation, like I said, I reviewed the various projects
that the city attorney's office is handled in late 2024 and all of 2025 and after doing so I
can definitively state that the civil and criminal divisions of the city attorney's office are getting
things done for the city and its residents. Before highlighting the city attorney's office
accomplishments, I do want to acknowledge that there have been some missteps like in my service
as city attorney. I really feel like when I served as a parade organizer at the Hispanic
Heritage Month kickoff event back in September. I really did the city of
disservice. I was tasked with capping the number of entries in that parade at 50.
And when I walked the parade route, I noticed there was about 12 to 15 other
cars that had entered the parade after I had like thought that I had stopped at 50.
So I really don't think I should be any kind of a parade organizer in the
future. And I did want to acknowledge a major solid that no lights more
assistant city attorney did for me back in August of 2024. I learned a
valuable lesson on that.
Chief Gravatt had called me in the middle of the night
related to an officer involved shooting
and I had unbeknownst to myself,
turned my phone off that night,
and Noel sprung into action
and took care of whatever needed to be done that night
and I've learned my lesson since then.
I haven't had that happen, so.
Anyway,
so here are some of the highlights
that the city attorney's office has accomplished in 2025.
There's been a lot of effort and time spent
in assisting with the city's
downtown redevelopment efforts.
After entering into an exclusive negotiation agreement with Agora in May of 2025,
Rihanna Marisa put an incredible amount of time and effort to draft a disposition and development agreement with Agora
for the former City Hall property that went before Council in October of 2025.
Rihanna continued working on this project over the next month or two
and drafted a lease related to the civic building Agora is developing as part of the project.
Madison, I saw them saying this, I should use the full names, obviously I'm talking about
Chief Deputy City Attorney Rian Jarvis Denman and Chief Deputy City Attorney Marissa Rodriguez.
Senior Deputy City Attorney Madison Zornsvella worked closely with Economic Development throughout
2025 on various drafts of an agreement related to the proposed Nevada State University
campus in downtown.
Ultimately, the city entered into an interlocal agreement with NSU related to the city providing
a rent subsidy paid by the RDA for the higher education campus.
A lot of time was spent in 2025, obviously dealing, there were two legislative sessions.
In 2025 we had the regular session and then a special session.
All the attorneys in the civil division and the criminal division assisted government affairs by reviewing and analyzing bills.
Rihon was responsible for a large portion of this work.
and I also assigned a lot of bills to a senior deputy city attorney, Adrienne
Villesca and Daniel Holt, deputy city attorney to join this city in October of
2024. And they did a great job. Everybody that worked did a great job and
provided the advice and guidance that government affairs needed for like a
smooth legislative session for the city. Throughout 2025 Marissa Rodriguez
has assisted planning, public works and communications with legal advice
related to the new Windsor Park development. And she also assisted the planning division
with zoning code amendments that went before council in December of 2025 and the Tully
Springs East master plan that went before council in November of 2025. Marissa also
played an integral role in the negotiations of the services contract for the animal shelter
operator with Clark County, Las Vegas and the Animal Foundation. Senior Deputy City
Attorney Chris Kraft first got involved in the Fire Station 53 litigation matter
in 2019, so that's dating back over six years, and has been assisting outside counsel on
that matter ever since.
That matter resolved in 2025 and the construction and design defendants involved in the matter
have agreed to pay the city $2.95 million in the settlement.
Assistant City Attorney Noel Eidsmore continues to handle the bulk of the city's employment
and labor matters and provides advice to the city's police department and handles
various litigation matters involving the PD.
In 2025, the Firefighters Union and the PSA CBAs were approved by Council in both NOAL
and Madison assisted on those matters.
Adrian has been integral in assisting Cass Palmer, Director of Strategic Initiatives
in the formation of the city's nonprofit North Star.
And he's been a – like we got approval for the nonprofit earlier in 2025.
And he's also been integral with the transition to Microsoft and providing advice related to
email retention issues, document retention issues, and also like providing advice related
to litigation holds.
I can highlight in litigation matters, both Madison and Danielle had summary judgment
motions granted in matters they were handling in 2025, Madison in an employment litigation
matter, and Danielle in a negligence matter.
We had a number of ordinances that went before council in 2025 to amend portions of the city's
municipal code. Chris, Adrian, and Danielle assisted on a number of those ordinances.
And we also had a number of franchise agreements that went before council in 2025,
and Marissa and Danielle assisted on those franchise agreements as well.
Much to my relief, Madison took over as the primary person responsible for public
records matters after I became city attorney. And she has done a tremendous job on this
often overlooked and thankless responsibility. And I do want to highlight, I know Deep is
here, I want to highlight all the efforts of our criminal team. Our criminal team right
now is comprised of five prosecutors, Deep Goswami, George Ward, Brandon Pankowski, Kayla Taylor,
and Suzanne Rohrhaus. And along with Felicia Hernandez and Danny, they're serving
as victim witness advocates, and Jessica Cappuccino, who's the office manager and oversees
all the legal assistance over there. They continue to amaze and impress me with the
way that they are able to get through their large case load. The prosecutors on the criminal
team experienced a lot of turnover in 2024 and 2025, with four attorneys departing
at various times. But this current group of five prosecutors do an amazing job of
handling an incredibly high volume of cases that continues to grow. And to highlight
that both George and Deep actually won bench trials this week and battery
domestic violence trials. And then one other, there's also some turnover in the
Civil Division as well. Tammy Bonner who served as legal office administrator for
a number of years, retired in February 2025, and Liz Correa who had been
previously promoted to senior legal assistant took on the job of legal
Office Administrator in February of 2025, and she's done absolutely tremendous job acclimating
to that new role and is providing the support I need in terms of budget issues and all those
types of things. And then also to replace Liz as Office Secretary, we hired Anjali Sandoval
in March of 2025, and she's been doing a fantastic job as well. And lastly, I'd be remiss if I
stepped up when Chris Kraft was out of the office for a prolonged period of time in 2025.
Everyone stepped up to assist and make sure nothing was missed on all the various litigation
matters that Chris was handling.
This includes the attorneys whose accomplishments I've highlighted, the paralegals Monica
and Matoya and Crystal Williams and also Liz and Anjali and I appreciate all of their
hard work.
I provide that overview to highlight the various achievements and efforts of the
people I get to work with in the city attorney's office. After having served in
this role now for, like I said, acting city attorney for about six months and
city attorney for 13 months, I feel very fortunate to have this job and to work
closely with all of you on council and all of the dedicated and fantastic team
members at the city. So that was the extent of my prepared remarks. Are you
still nervous? I am nervous. If there's one thing, I get nervous public
speaking, but when I have to talk about myself, that nerve kind of
I understand, but thank you for that, and thank you for prob-
Providing some backup documents as well.
I appreciate what you said today and what I have read because
your department is only as good as its leader and their top person. And I love the way that
you highlighted the great work of the people that work under you. What you and your team
has to do in and out every single day in the city attorney's office is just only thing
I can think of as massive, from the criminal side, everything that you do to protect the
city, the litigation, the public records request, that could be a job within itself.
And then all of the franchise agreements, all the projects, the things that you get
to read and sign off on, it could be daunting.
You handle it with such stride, first of all, with passion, with confidence.
And I've noticed I've just watched that grow over the time you're extremely confident in this role
I remember when you first were you know, I kept saying what are you going to do?
And you're just like I just I don't know because you so I can and I think we all ask that question
Are we up for this task?
Can we handle these roles because they are very important and very vital for the success of the city?
And I think you've done that quite well
We don't see that stress side of you when you come into my office
is there's always a smile on your face
and you're always very cordial and very pleasant.
So I totally appreciate that.
So I wanna just say thank you for the work that you've done
and that you will continue to do for a long time.
We're excited to have you as our city attorney
and I couldn't be more proud.
Okay.
Comments or question council?
Andy, you have been a great chief legal advisor
And I want you to know that you are thriving because we all are in this, we're a team and
I can see it in our community, we're all doing great things and I'm the news member of our
city council and I know that feeling, not feeling like we're doing the best that
We should, the imposter syndrome,
but I think with the right support, we can thrive.
And I've seen that in you as well.
I want to, I named a few,
I listed a few qualities that I've been thinking about
while I was preparing or thinking about what I would say.
And one of the greatest quality that I appreciate
from you as our city attorney
is that you're a great listener.
and I appreciate that. I'm really grateful for your legal guidance. You're very, very
knowledgeable and I can see that during our meetings or in our briefings and when you don't
know something you take the time to go out and search for the right answers and I think
that's the sign of great leadership because there's not one person who knows all the
answers, right? And I also appreciate the fact that you recognize your team members.
I think that's a testament that you're a great leader and I know that they
respect you and they see your potential. And so I'm really grateful to have
the opportunity to work with you and learn from you. Like I said, we're all
a team and it's just a privilege being a part of the Northwest Vegas family.
So thank you again for everything. And like the mayor, I hope, you know, you can stay with us for a long, long time.
Councilman Churchill, I wanted to go to you next. If you have any comments.
Yes, yes, yes, I do mayor. You can hear me. Okay.
And just for a second, it keeps saying Churchill. Maybe I'm not saying Churchill good enough because of your Councilman Churchill onwardly. So it is Churchill. Go ahead, Councilman.
I'm going to keep it fairly simple because my reception where I am is kind of going in
and out, but I could say without a doubt, since I got on council in 2009 to 2011 as an appointment
and then continuing on after I became an actual elected candidate, councilperson, I felt that
that we as a city have been blessed with the quality of city attorneys that we've
had all along. I think in these last few years though, particularly what we're
going through right now, the growth pattern that we're going through, it's been
an extra burden on our city attorneys to keep us updated. And I really had no
doubt that Andy was capable of doing the job when he got on board. But after the fact right
now, I could say that I'm extremely happy with his way of working with me. He's extremely detailed.
He keeps me informed. When I say he keeps me informed, I know he keeps all of us informed.
And then that's something that the average resident probably
doesn't fully understand the importance
of having solid briefings from our city attorney
when we come out to council meeting as we are right now,
even though I'm not there and I miss being there.
We know exactly what we're doing
based on the team that is behind us.
And in this particular case,
Andy has been second to none with letting me know, letting us know exactly what is going
on and when he needs to call me back and when I have a question or sometimes when I don't
even have a question, he'll call me back and make sure that I don't have a question.
So that gives me a lot of confidence in doing what I'm doing.
And lastly, he's really a pleasure to work with.
He's got a good sense of humor, and he's very professional,
and he's a good person, and I just enjoy working alongside him.
Thank you, Mayor.
Thank you.
Thank you, Mayor.
So the word unflappable means not easily upset or confused,
especially in a crisis, imperturbable,
which means incapable of being upset or agitated,
not easily excited or calm.
And I think that really captures you as a colleague
and as a person, you're very calm, you're very humble
and I respect your humility
and I think you lead with humility
and that's a trait that's very, very valuable
and very important and you're funny.
We've had some laughs together
and laughter and a little bit of levity,
especially in difficult situations goes a long way and I think there's great
value in that. So Andy has been someone that I've relied upon well before
became the city attorney when I was on the housing authority board as the chair.
There were some challenges that I was trying to navigate through with that
organization and you were a tremendous guide there and then also at the
workforce development board when I was the chair navigating that and so I just
think about the the job that we have as as council members and how important it
is and how we take it seriously and to be able to make decisions with
confidence comes from great legal guidance and support and advice and I
would not personally be able to make the decisions that I make or do the job
that I try to do with the level of confidence that I do without your
support and that of your team you have a professional team they're very
capable. They're super committed to North Las Vegas and it shows if if I show up to a briefing
or a meeting and any one of the folks that are on your team are in that room I have that same
level of confidence that I'll be able to do my job to the best of my ability because of
their skill set and their commitment. The last thing I would say is that you know being
being a humble leader and someone who I think truly cares about the city that you work for
It shows by the fact that you're at many city events. You're at the fun runs
You're with your your wife planting trees in the park on a Saturday
You know, you're not a clock in clock out kind of person and I have tremendous respect for that as well
Thank you, ma'am
Thank you. I said we were going to just totally roast you after this
But on a serious note the fun walk for him and me not a run
We're getting walking right
Yeah that I do appreciate that you are right there with us in all the community
events that our council does so we would truly appreciate that. If there are no
other comments I would like to make a recommendation Mr. City Manager, I mean
City Attorney, that we award you with a 5% bonus today and
that would be my
recommendation. So City Council I'd ask if you have any other additional
comments or questions. So do we need a formal motion for that as well? So I will
entertain a motion. I will make that motion to extend a 5% bonus to our city
attorney, Mr. Andrew Andy Moore. We have a motion. You're
still nervous now? You
ought to be good. Okay, they have motion passes. Congratulations. Thank you
much. All right moving on to ordinances for introduction only. Item 30 ordinance
number 3267 an ordinance of the city of North Las Vegas repealing and replacing
chapter 5.05 ambulance and other medical services of the municipal code
relating to the licensing of providers of ambulance and other mobile medical
services by amending definitions providing for updated application
procedures providing for certain duties and exemptions and providing for
or other matters properly related there too.
Item 31, ordinance number 3268
and ordinance of the city of North Las Vegas
repealing and replacing chapter 8.08 ambulances
of the municipal code by amending language
relating to ambulance franchising,
amending definitions,
providing for updated application procedures,
updating the annual adjustment to ambulance service rates
and providing for other matters properly related there too.
Thank you.
Let's move on to the city manager's report.
Okay, I am excited to share that Dan Herman from our Public Works Department was named
January 26, Team Member of the Month.
Dan is known for strong work ethic, positive attitude, and willingness to step in whenever
he's needed.
He leads by example and plays an important role in keeping our city running smoothly.
And I'd also like to recognize two city team members who are reaching incredible service
milestones this month.
Congratulations to Police Records Supervisor, Luz Cheng, who's celebrating 30 years with
the city, and to Senior Office Assistant Sherry Hoffman from Utilities, who's celebrating
25 years with the city.
So thank you both for your longstanding dedication and commitment to our community.
I wanted to highlight some of the things that our CSC team did in December.
They were very, very busy during the holiday season, providing meaningful events and services
to bring us all together, and I also want to highlight the ongoing efforts of our
home team for the commitment to assist our cities unsheltered and connect them with
essential resources to assist with their transition from homelessness to permanent
sustainable housing.
So, we did a few toy drives, there were 39, 3,978 toys distributed, 40 bicycles, 150 gift
cards, 571 individuals served at the DHRC, 1,000 toys distributed on site, and 250 toys
donated to partner non-profits.
And our home team was able to reach or contact 237 individuals, 99 accepted service with
successful referrals to shelter, health care, and stabilization services through
UMC Crisis Stabilization Center. And so we do need some volunteers. You don't
have to be an employee. This could go out to anybody to do a point-in-time count
on January 29th. And so I know some of you have done this, actually all of you
have done this, starting at 4 in the morning. And this is a really important
event for us to know and understand and support our individuals that are
experiencing homelessness in our community. And so please contact Jason
Lilly at LillyJayatcityofNorthlosVegas.com for more information or scan
the QR code on the screen. Parks and Rec also had some major highlights. So
from upgraded parks to vibrant programs, our Parks and Rec team has tirelessly
invested in North Las Vegas' quality of life. Their year-round efforts bring
joy and opportunity to all ages and the busy holiday season is no exception. So
some of the highlights include 34 city parks benefiting from the holiday tree
recycling, 620 Christmas trees dropped off by residents in Chipfermulch, 50 new
trees planted at Centennial, Lawrence Trailhead, and that adds to our
progress towards the 5,000 tree goal by 2030. 350 residents engaged in
and holiday recreation events including the 200 serve
that a breakfast would stand at Silver Mesa
and the 150 participants at the Ugly Sweater Run
at Craig Ranch.
And we had two of the floorings
at our recreation centers upgraded.
And so again, we are reaching out to the community
to give us your input.
We are doing our plan today and play tomorrow's survey.
So again, you can scan the QR code
or visit our website to share your ideas and feedback as we plan for the future of our parks
and recreation in North Las Vegas.
Thank you very much. All right, so we're going to go ahead and move on to the second public forum.
Now is the time for the public to speak on issues that were not on the agenda tonight,
but that are within the jurisdiction or control of the city council.
Speakers are limited to two minutes. Remember, no items raised during the second public forum
may be deliberated or acted upon by the city council. However, the items discussed may be
referred to the city manager or other other city staff for action by the city
council at a later date. Madam City Clerk, do we have any blue cards or written
comment for the second public forum? Yes ma'am we do. First speaker is Gina
Anderson.
Welcome Ms. Anderson.
These are copies for everyone. Not everyone,
but
copy. I guess I lost a paper clip. Here's a paper clip. And then these are
There's five copies here.
Okay, thank you.
Okay.
Gina Anderson, 3434 Edge Hill Way, North Las Vegas. Good evening.
Thank you for mayor and council member for letting me speak.
I'm here to respectfully ask that the angel tree not be removed.
The angel tree is a memorial tree planted more than 30 years ago in honor of our child that did not survive.
Over time it's become meaningful not only to our family but to the surrounding
community, an asset to the city and the state. The tree has been measured and
evaluated by the Nevada Department of Forestry due to its exceptional size
and stature and is considered a monumental tree. Currently it's under
professional review.
These trees take decades to grow and cannot quickly be
replaced.
They providing substantial canopy and cooling effects and beauty.
Concern has been raised about regarding a short section of sidewalk near the angel
tree that's uneven about an inch.
We're not opposed to repairing the sidewalk.
We're asking that the solution be made for the the solution not be to remove
a healthy monumental tree. We respectfully request the opportunity to work collaboratively
with the city to explore reasonable alternatives to protect the safety while preserving the
angel tree. Any action affecting it be paused at this time and allowed for rational, elaborative
decision-making appropriate for our community. Before I close, I'd like to gift this poster
I created in hopes to North Las Vegas in hopes that it may inform future tree
preservation practices. Thank you. Can you just put the other picture up there just
for a second? I wanted to look at the sidewalk a little bit closer. Yeah. I had
a photograph that was a little curious. There's right here and here.
It's marked
with red. They put in a little filler of black top. Okay. Thank you for your
comments and we if you can hang out just after we adjourn the meeting will be
happy to have staff and council woman will meet with you again. Thank you Ms.
Boyle. Thank you so much. Thank you.
Yes. Thank you.
And this picture can you
can take that and make copies.
And Mayor we do have another speaker Mr. Kent
Anderson. Welcome Mr. Anderson. Thank you.
Good evening Mayor and Council
members, thank you for allowing me to speak tonight. I'm Kent Anderson. My address is
3434 Edge Hill Way, North Las Vegas, Ward 2.
I'm a 50-year resident in North Las Vegas.
I'm a disabled United States Air Force veteran and I'm on a fixed income. I went to high
school here. And I raised my family here. North Las Vegas is my home. When my wife
When I purchased our home 30 years ago, I hand planted trees in our front yard, including
the Memorial Angel Tree, which
was purchased from the Nevada Division of Forestry Tree
Nursery at Tule Springs.
At that time, the yard was bare and in the afternoon sun made it almost impossible to
sit in our living room.
It was recently brought to our attention that one branch of the tree did not make
the 10-foot clearance requirement above the sidewalk.
Sidewalk.
The sidewalk enforcement told us that and we were working with them.
And then I contacted the
Nevada Division of Forestry regarding that branch and the tree
status as one of the significant trees of its kind in Nevada.
While I awaited this information, code enforcement came by several times and then they observed
that the sidewalk was slightly uplifted, which my wife discussed.
And said about six of the five by five squares of sidewalk would need to be replaced.
The gentleman then told me it would be $50,000, but I've done searches on that and it's quite different, quite lower than that.
But anyway, when I called to confirm the branch to be cut off, I was told by the gentleman, I don't care about the branch anymore.
I'm coming after the whole tree.
I want it gone.
Because of these trees, our energy costs are lower. Our home is up to 30 degrees cooler in the summer.
The angel tree is an asset to the community. It's loved by many
How much more do you have about 20 seconds?
Thank you. The choice in front of us is simple replace concrete versus an irreplaceable living tree
Six squares of sidewalk can be replaced a healthy tree with 30 years of growth cannot I
Respect the city's duty to protect public safety. I'm asking that the solution not be to remove a healthy historic
irreplaceable tree over a concrete sidewalk issue. I respectfully request
the city to grant a stay on this issue and stand back while we gather more
information before any final decision is made. Thank you for your time and
service. Thank you and again after we adjourn we'll have staff and councilman
speak with you. Thank you so much. Thank you. Here we also have Terrence or
for Terry Maria.
Terry Maria, thank you and welcome.
Thank you for your time.
I wanted to say, first of all, Mayor,
thank you for your services and council members,
same as with you.
Hope you had a great Christmas and safe New Year.
I want to start off totally off
with what I wasn't going to do,
which is I got a knock on my door at 8.30
on Christmas night,
which was unreal. I don't have anybody that I know. Anyway, it was a young lady with her
husband holding a baby. She says, I'm looking for an old man. I'm like, that's not me. But anyway,
my wife said, yeah, that was you and your neighbor across the way. The fireman that's retired had
come out on the middle of May and she was in an accident. She t-boned the person who made
an illegal U-turn on the street that last meeting I talked to you with a racing it was
going on excuse me racing still going on happened happens all time but the young lady was talking
to my me and my wife and she I looked over and the husband's holding the baby I'm like
how old is the baby she goes three months do the math May the accident Christmas three
months. She was pregnant when she t-boned the person. She came out of, found me to say thank
you. So again, I wanted to say if you can do anything on the issues I brought up on Coleman
from Tropical to Centennial and then from Centennial to Coleman on Clayton in that
whole area it's really needing to be done because two days after Christmas we had
two cars racing side by side up Coleman and then come back down to Tropical. Two
days after that we had the rice rockets excuse me the motorcycles excuse for a
couple more seconds please same scenario they were racing up and down
The last thing is the buses, they're not going the speed limit, school buses, with kids or
without kids, and in fact we had one today, and the last thing is post office, they had
a truck that just literally blew right through our whole street with, I mean, no content
sent to stop at all, not even breaks at all. So, but again, I wanted to say there was some
good that came. I had some person come.
Thank you very much. Appreciate your comments.
Thank you again.
Thank you so much.
Is there an Anthony North in the room?
Anthony North?
Anthony North.
Welcome to North.
sent in an email to us stating that he might be here in person, but I brought
his email just in case he didn't show. Did you want to speak to Councilor
yourself? Yes ma'am. Go right ahead. Good evening, Mayor. Good evening Council
members and the audience here. First of all, thank you for allowing me the
right to use my free speech. I do very much appreciate that. I stand before
you as a Marine that has held the line. Can you state your name and address
for the record, please. Yes, ma'am. Anthony Joe North, I live at 401 East
Charleston Boulevard. This is on the corner of 4th and Charleston. I am a marine who's
held the line. In the old sagas, the shield wall only holds if every person values the
life of their brother or sister as their own. Today, this wall is crumbling, not because
of the people, but because the leaders in the chairs held high have forgotten what it means
to keep an oath. My flesh bears the truth you may find uncomfortable. There will be no peaceful
revolution. This is not a threat of violence. This is a promise of resistance. There is no
peace when over 900 of my brothers and sisters in arms are left to rot on the
concrete of this valley. While you scrambled to attract tourists to a city
that is bleeding out there's an old song about a soldier named Johnny. He went
to war with drums and guns but when he came home those who loved him
hardly knew it. He was low in flesh and high in bone, left with nothing but a
bolt of back. That is the story of the North Las Vegas veteran today. You
cheered for us when we left, but now that we're back, broken by your housing
cost, and forgotten by your clinics, you hardly know us. And yet you're
rolling out. I'll give you by 10 more seconds and then you're going to wrap it up. No worries man.
I'm reminded of a woman from the Ukraine who said to a Russian invader,
take these seeds and put them in your pockets so that when you lay in our soul,
sunflowers may grow. However, the drought leaves nothing to grow here. Thank you for your time.
Thank you very much for your comments.
And Mayor, that was the end of my list of speakers.
Thank you. So I will go ahead and close the second public forum. And again, I want to wish
everyone a happy new year. It's day seven of January. So if you made a new year's resolution,
I hope you're keeping to that and then you're going to go way past the first week.
Too late. Uh-oh. With that being said, this meeting is adjourned.
Thank you, Councilman Church.