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You must have your ticket with you to use the machine. If you do not have your ticket, see security personnel when exiting for a validation coupon. We'll now move on to item number three and our compliance with the open meeting law. [Applause] >> Yes, we are. >> Thank you very much. Public comment during this portion of the agenda must be limited to matters on the agenda for action. The amount of time any single speakers allowed may be limited. All comments made will be cross reference to those specific items. If anyone submitted a speaker card or who wishes to speak under this portion of the agenda, please come to the podium and state your name for the record. We'll set the time at one minute. hearing and seeing none, we'll move on to item number four for possible action to approve the final minutes by reference of the regular redevelopment agency meetings of June 4th and 18th, 2025. Councilwoman Diaz, is there a motion? >> Move to approve. >> There's a motion. Please vote and post. [Applause] And that motion passes. Moving on to item number five, RA-17-2025. discussion for possible action regarding a resolution finding the project proposed by the commercial visual improvement program agreement between the city of Las Vegas redevelopment agency and Ham Fremont and all ACES hospitality located at 518 Fremont Street to be in compliance with and in furtherance of the goals and objectives of the redevelopment plan and authorizing the execution of the CBIP agreement by the RDA not to exceed $25,000 RDA special revenue fund redevelopment area 1 or three with Councilwoman Dia Diaz. Note this item is related to council item 36R-24-205. Good morning, Miss Babsky. >> Good morning, Mayor Prom. Uh, city council members. My name is Dina Babsky, director of economic and urban development for the city of Las Vegas. And with me here today is Mr. Zach Jordan and Mr. Mark White House, uh, representing the applicant. For your consideration today is the VIP grant in the amount of $25,000 for the project located at 518 Fremont Street. This project uh this site this site is located in the Fremont East District and as we all know there's a lot of food and beverage places, a lot of energy. Uh you might recognize that uh the former therapy site, the restaurant used to be at the site which is currently uh the site that is being applied for for the VIP grant. This is the future site. Uh it is the electric mushroom nightclub. Um, so going from therapy to electric mushroom, I think there's a lot of synergy in that transition. And we're very excited to be able to help the applicant to bring in new uh new signage out on the front, some new lighting, LED lighting around the fence, windows, doors. This is the night version of the signage that's going to uh be uh installed with the per with the assistance of our grant. and the applicant is undertaking a pretty large investment on their own, over $200,000 to remodel the whole place. That makes them uh eligible for the full $25,000 investment by the redevelopment agency. And the work is is scheduled to be completed in August of this year. So, with that, I'd like to give the word over to our applicants. >> Good morning, Mayor Prom Council, men and women. My name is Mark White House with Vision Sign Company. We are the designer and creator of the signage and uh I am here to field any questions about the signage in particular. Otherwise with me Zach Jordan, the proprietor and he can answer any questions you have about the business itself and we thank you for the time you've given us today. >> Good morning. My name is Zachary Jordan. I'm the owner of this business. Um thank you guys for your time. So just a couple things that I just wanted to talk about with this. So the sign has started going up. Um it's not fully complete. Um, we went the sign went up, I believe, Monday of last week. Okay. Within 12 hours, we had over 70,000 views on social media that it went viral. We have some of the biggest bloggers in Las Vegas that have already posted articles for us. Vegas Vital, so on and so on. And it's the plan is to just bring as many new people down to East Fremont Street as possible. Um, I've worked on the strip for the last 18 years. I have all new clientele that I plan on bringing down there. And I think this sign, if you just go down there right now, if you just stand there, there's going to be 50 people in the next 10 minutes of you standing there just watching, taking pictures of everything that's going on there, and it's not even complete yet. So, we're really looking forward to that. >> Any questions? >> That that is awesome. Super exciting. I love that part of town. Councilman Diaz, I'm always a little bit jealous of of your your ward. Um I love my ward, but I'm a little bit jealous of your ward. Um but Miss Absky, I think I'd go from electric mushroom to therapy after. That would be the order. I think we all will. >> Just to say that, are there any questions or comments from the board? >> Okay, Councilman Diaz, I'll turn it over to you. >> Thank you. And before I make my motion, Mr. Jordan, can you um educate our council on electric mushrooms, music, and offerings just so that we could help either partake or spread the word in what you'll have uh going on in there. >> So, on that note, we are doing a grand opening party on Janu on the July 26th, okay? And anybody will collect emails if anybody'd like to be invited to that. It's a private party. We have lots of sponsors. I believe Titos is going to be sponsoring that. We have a really cool uh 360 degree like photo op that's going to be there. We're going to have a whole uh ribbon cutting ceremony as well as a step and repeat out front which I think is going to be really cool. As far as the business, we are going to be um in the in the EDM genre. Okay. Um but we don't want to just pigeon hole ourselves to just one thing. Okay. We are not going to be a hip-hop venue at all. We are doing electric music but stuff with words. Okay. And then what I always want to tell people also is we want to do anything that's just fun music that people like to sing and dance to. So I revert back to the the Gwin Stefani song of Ba Nas or even Journey of We're halfway there. That's the kind of music we want to come in. So every time somebody walks by there, they're going to be able to sing and dance and know every word. In addition to that, we're also going to be a craft cocktail bar during the day. And we brought in a real executive chef who's done numerous restaurants around town to make sure that the quality of food is going to be on is going to be great. Uh the way the menu is working is we have um shockingly simple and electrically elevated. So that way we have two different options for people with the with a more uh advanced pallet and with the easier pallet. There's lots of different things that we're doing over there to make sure that we drive business down there. >> Awesome. We appreciate your 18 years of uh experience and bringing that to Fremont East now. So with that, I'm going to move to approve agenda item five. >> Thank you. There's a motion. Please vote and post. And that item passes. Congratulations. >> Thank you very much. Appreciate you. >> For future presenters, if you can all have that much energy, it's going to make this meeting super fun. >> I'm a nighttime guy. It's 8:30 in the morning. So, >> thank you everybody. >> Thank you. We're now moving on to item number 6, RA-18-2025. discussion for possible action regarding a resolution finding the project proposed by the commercial visual improvement program agreement between the city of Las Vegas redevelopment AG and Sticky Sticky 6 LLC and BMAB LLC DBA biking mics located at 1500 South Main Street to be in compliance with and furtherance of the goals and objectives of the redevelopment plan and authorizing the execution of the CVIP agreement by the RDA not to exceed $25,000 RDA special revenue fund redevelopment area 1 word 3 Councilwoman Gia has and note this item is related to council item 37 R-47-2025 and Miss Babsky you're up again. >> Yes, good morning again. Dina Babsky, director of economic and urban development for the city and with me here today is the applicant, Mr. Jared Howard. This is also a VIP grant in the amount of $25,000 for a project located at 1500 South Main Street. the property uh is inside our gateway district and this area is seeing uh some carryover growth due to the district kind of you know how fast the district is growing. So there's a lot of things already happening on the food and beverage side the retail side in the gateway district. So this is pro this is the property the exterior before it's a vacant building vacant boarded up building. So, we're really excited to be a to start seeing, you know, some changes here and be able to assist with the renovations. Um, yesterday when I briefed, everybody got very excited about a Scandinavian Viking themed restaurant. So, this is the project and I can't wait to hear to hear a bit more about that from our applicant. But these are some um elevation renderings of the property. Um, the owner is investing almost a million dollars into the renovations with exterior costs of 188,000. that makes them eligible for the full amount of 25,000 and the expected completion date is third or fourth quarter of this year. Without further ado, if you'd like uh Mr. Howard to provide some comments on the project. >> Yeah, thank you. I won't have as much energy as the previous guy. Um but yeah, we're excited about the project. My name is Jared Howard. Um so yeah, 1500 South Main Street. Um, you know, I started in the arts district in 2016 with Vesta Coffee and we've seen it grow and these funds are uh super helpful when we're developing these older properties. Um, so we're very appreciative of the consideration and yeah, if you have any questions, let me know. It to clarify, it won't be a full restaurant. Um, it's going to be more of a bar offering with food. Um, 21 and up. Um, so it won't be all ages. I am also very excited about this area, but I kind of pretend this area is part of my area too. I apologize. Um, but one can imagine and hope. Uh, so are there any questions up here on the board? >> Hearing and seeing none, I'll turn it over. >> It's a very odd project. It's okay to have questions. No, we're excited. It's definitely there's not a blueprint um for what we're doing, but we think it's going to be a really cool addition to the neighborhood. And the name of it is Viking Mike's. >> So there's uh the the short name is Viking Mike's. Uh the the complete name is Viking Mike's Alpine Yurt Bar. We're building a 1,600 ft² like full wood construction yurt in the back. You can um you can see it being erected this week. It's it's already going vertical. >> And initially the offerings are um you're going to be open to the public mostly afternoon evenings. >> Afternoon evenings. Um, we're going to test, you know, opening up earlier on the weekends, but essentially, you know, from happy hour to the evening. Um, small food program, housemade sausages, potato, like fresh potato, like >> real Viking hats to wear, too. >> There'll be, you know, horns and all all of the fun stuff. It's It's very kitschy, uh, very tongue and cheek. Escapism at its at its fullest. >> Cool. Can I ask one? >> Yes, go ahead. Sorry, I'm remembering a conversation that we've had a few months ago. Maybe. Is this where the yurts are going? >> This is where the yurt's going. Yes. >> Can you describe a yurt again? >> So is uh historically it's a nomadic structure. Um they're round with like a cone-shaped top. Um I think their original ones are from like Mongolia. They're usually like a lattice wall with uh canvas. There's been a lot of iterations and different types of beers over the years just because they're so fast and easy to make. Um, there's a a guy in the east coast. I don't have his name right now, but he created what's called a taper wall yurt, which the the walls taper out and it has this really pretty silhouette uh and like this extra like thing on top. Um, and those were made out of all wood. Um, so we're taking that essentially design concept and making it into like a a commercial building with actual insulation and you know engineering and it's it's been quite the project. Yeah. But no, it's it's it's a round around building essentially. >> And just uh just to illuminate us, where did you come up with the Viking concept? >> So the Viking concept. So uh my partner Dan uh Dan Coughlin Uh, every year we go skiing somewhere for our birthday in January. We used to go to Park City a lot and halfway up the mountain in Park City is a yurt. It's a one of those um, lattice wall yurts. Inside there's like a little bar, a piano, a fire, and it's like a really cool welcoming spot that we could all kind of meet at if we got lost from skiing or snowboarding. Um, so we wanted to kind of create that feeling and that energy here in Las Vegas. >> Really cool. Awesome. Thank you so much, Mr. Howard. Um, obviously we're very familiar with Vesta and how successful you've been at operating and running that and how it's become one of the most popular coffee shops in the arts district and that writing >> and outside of the arts district because you've grown other places and spaces too. So proud of that for you and for us. Um, and I'm just looking forward to this next endeavor. And um, with that, I'm going to move to approve agenda item six. >> Thank you. >> There's a motion. Please vote >> and post. And that item passes. Congratulations. >> Thank you. >> So maybe you'd go to the electric mushroom, take the Vegas shuttle to the Viking mics, and then you need to go to therapy. >> Okay. And now we're going to move on to items number seven and 8, which will be read together. RA-9-2025. Discussion for possible action regarding a resolution finding the office lease between the city of Las Vegas redevelopment agency and Blue Dream concerning the lease of the third floor of 2050 South Pinto Lane is in compliance and in furtherance of the goals and objectives of the redevelopment plan and authorizing the execution of the office lease agreement by the city of Las Vegas redevelopment agency at 11,25,000. This is from the RDA special revenue fund redevelopment area 1. And number eight is a public hearing and discussion for possible action regarding a resolution finding the subleasase agreement proposed by the city of Las Vegas redevelopment agency and the Nevada system of higher education board of regents of Nevada State University concerning the subleasase of the third floor of 2050 South Pinto Lane is in compliance with and in furtherance of the goals and objectives of the redevelopment plan and authorizing the execution of the office subleas agreement by the RDA redevelopment area 1. These items are in ward number one with councilman Kudson. Item eight is a public hearing which I now declare open and Miss Babsky. >> Uh thank you may prom city council members Dina Babsky director of economic and urban development for the city. And with me here today I have very notable guests. Uh Miss Dr. uh Dr. Paulard the president of the Nevada State University and Amber Lopez Lacader. She is the chief of staff. Welcome. >> Thank you. Um before we move forward with our presentation, I'd like to make a correction um on the record on item seven, the total lease amount to be corrected to $12,327,750. Thank you. Well, today's a very exciting day. This is a project that we've been working on for a few months now and um it's going to be, I want to say, transformative for downtown. That's how excited we are. Uh we're presenting for your consideration today is two lease agreements. One with the Blue Dream LLC uh which is a group of partners uh with Dr. Spirittos and Dr. Peru uh being uh two of them and then also the subleasase agreement with Nevada State University. So a little bit about the project and how we got here. Nevada State University main campus is in Henderson uh far away from here a little bit. Um and they have grown so much just in 10 years they've doubled in size. their last enrollment counts for last academic year were se was was 7,500 and I was very excited and impressed with the number the statistics that 80% of your alumni are employed in Nevada. We just absolutely are excited for that. Um with this partnership we're bringing an educational or higher educational presence into Las Vegas Medical District to assist us with our workforce development in uh efforts. As we all know, the health care field is growing in Las Vegas and we need as many health uh care workers as we possibly can get. And so through this partnership and working with NSU, uh we are bringing forward this concept where they will provide education for four different programs. Among those is youth speech language pathology, psychology, nutrition and kinesiology. uh and these areas uh align very very closely with the results of the study we did two years ago by ECG group which identified the largest gaps in disciplines in the medical district and pediatric specialty and behavioral health were one of the top few. So very not it is not only very beneficial for the students to be able to access education in downtown versus you know having maybe to drive further. It is also very beneficial for our most precious little youth children that need the services so much. So we're excited to essentially get both of those sites together. Um it is also very important that uh this project was done in collaboration with UNLV and other medical community partners and I will uh let our guest from NSU describe uh that relationship. So uh Nevada State University is bringing forward a very very big investment. So this lease is the full term is 20 years. Over the 20 years based on their budget for staffing, student fees, lease agreements and all those things is over $40 million which is very significant. uh the enrollment for the for the new campus is estimated at 500 students and 60 courses per term. Uh the clinic itself that will be a component of the campus is going to be able to see up to 250 patients a week all youth. Um the economic impact in the in on the area overall uh based on our model over the 10 years is $33 million plus and that is the small businesses residential with construction around it everything that's surrounding it that will benefit from the NSU students being on there in the heart of the Las Vegas medical district. The graduation numbers that were provided by the by the university um our model estimates that within 10 years that will derive over 9,000 jobs overall. So these numbers are very very impressive. Now about the lease agreement itself. Uh as I mentioned the redevelopment agency will be leasing the space from the blue dream LLC uh led by Dr. Pu and Dr. Spirtos. The location is 2050 Pinto Lane. This is a brand new fantastic class A medical office building. And the floor it is the third floor that's going to be the home for the new campus. Um, as I mentioned, it's a 10-year lease with two five-year extensions, base rent at $2.50, which is in line with the market. Um, the overall RDA contribution over the first five years for the rent itself is $1.8 million. Uh, the rent will commence October of this year and uh hopefully with the TI going as fast as we'd like them to go, uh there will be already some activity in the spring of this upcoming school year. Um, in addition, we have a parking lease agreement with Dr. Spirittos and his partners on the parking lot across the street. Uh so there's definitely going to be a lot of collaboration. We'll man, you know, managing the lot and having a tenant in the building. Um so this is the preliminary floor plan. I know it's very small to be able to read, but I just wanted to showcase how well their vision fit into the into the floor and the layout works perfectly. They'll have classroom space, kinesiology and nutrition labs. They'll have space where our children can do can receive uh physical therapy and the clinic itself will be on the east side of the building and where the students can practice whatever they learn in the classroom hands-on under the supervision of their professors. So without further ado, I'd like to give the word over to our wonderful guests. Good. Thank you. Well, good morning everyone. I'm Dr. Darian Pard. D E R I O N E P O L L A R D. For the record, I'm honored to be here today to speak briefly about uh this project. First, let me extend my deep appreciation to the city, in particular, the city manager, the economic development team, and all of the staff who have been instrumental in putting this deal together. They had a dream and they came to us and said, "Let's figure out how to get this done." I I believe, and I say this wholeheartedly, the future of our region is about municipalities connecting with higher education to do this work. So, thank you to the city for the work you've done and looking forward to that. Uh, just by brief introduction to tell you that Nevada State University is the community's university. We've been doing this work for a little bit over 20 uh years and you will see we continue to serve large numbers of students. I draw your attention to a few statistics about Nevada State. About 50% of our students are first generation college students. 80% receive some form of federal financial aid. roughly about 27 million dollars a year that we're processing just in 23 alone. We are very proud of the glorious diversity of our student body and also of our faculty and staff. So we continue to do the work that needs to be done to make sure that all means all in a community that represents such a wide variety of folks. In addition to that, you can see our growing enrollment. We continue uh through a series of partnerships with these types of programs as well as uh direct outreach into our high schools through concurrent enrollment to have seen continuous growth even in the midst of COVID where we saw a lot of higher education contract. We recognize and we know our space and we continue to operate at that and our enrollments reflect that. As Dena mentioned earlier, the most important part of what we do and why we were created is that 80% of our graduates from Nevada State reside in Nevada. 90% of those graduates are in the southern part of the state. So, we're very proud of the value proposition that we bring to the community. And most importantly, we know that if we're going to actually do workforce and economic development, it is incumbent upon Nevada State University and other universities to do this work with the municipalities. Um, let me turn it over uh to do a brief uh project summary expanding it upon what we heard. Uh, Dr. Amber Lopez Lacer, she's a chief of staff and strategy. while I get to introduce this. This has been her project. Shepherd this uh project through including a number of other things that we have going on. And with that, I'll turn over to you Dr. >> Um thank you so very much. Uh as President Pard expressed, we are simply delighted about this opportunity. And I do want to emphasize um for Dena and her team, the entire city working at mock speed. So you don't typically hear um you know city and also on our side. So, we're just delighted to continue to advance this. Um, we'll are looking to have two of our current academic offerings and that includes speech language pathology and our educational psychology and are working to develop two new degree programs that include nutrition and kinesiology as well as that juvenile health clinic. Um, as Dena summarized, this really was uh an idea of how to further advance all of the great work that's happening in the medical district and then thinking through how Nevada State could be a partner. The Juvenile Allied Health Education Center, uh, you saw what the rendering look like, but it'll be a mix of classrooms, but also have that clinic component. The Y. So this is a great graphic where you can see down there in the corner Nevada State University. We do have a cluster of our students there, but our students live all across Southern Nevada. And so really looking at in addition to being in the heart of the medical district of taking that access to higher ed right there to the student. The community need, I think you guys know this acutely well. There are so many reasons as to why we need to further expand higher education and also delve into these critical health care needs. One of the benefits we hear um often from our students that transportation is a barrier. And so this is a great graphic that shows just for this location alone alone what the accessibility with RTC looks like and connecting um here in this area as well as down to campus. on the how part and Dina touched on this briefly. We are the state college and so we're right between the R1 UNLV and with the community college and we have been working very closely with both uh institutions to ensure that those partnerships are secured and that the experience for the student is streamlined. So whether you're starting with us and the kinesiology faculty at UNLV have been fantastic and so they'll be prepared for us to go on to uh continue their graduate degree or if they're starting at CSN then we will be well prepared to receive them at Nevada State. Again increasing capacity alone looking at the number of students that we're able to serve and to expand and then also the number of course offerings in addition that 250 patients per week. um we see as uh a very significant value ad. >> Yes, we went through this timeline. So, we are here before you today and we are packaging everything up on our end to advance to our board of regents for their September quarterly meeting uh which happened September 11th and 12th and very much appreciate your time, consideration and support. Thank you. >> Thank you, Amber. Um I also would like to invite Dr. Pu and Dr. Spirittos is our partners on the lease side to say a few words. [Music] >> Honorable mayor prom and council members, thank you for the opportunity to speak to you. My name is Rudy Prabu MD and I'm here with Dr. spiritual to represent the Blue Dream LV LLC, the owner of 2050 South Pinto, the first newest medical building in the medical district located in Ward One under your leadership, Mayor Prodson. We are here today because the council will award an resolution to authorize a lease agreement between RDA and our team for the third floor of 2050 South Pinto Lane. This project aligns perfectly with city's goals for economic revitalization, community development, and long-term sustainability. Here is why this resolution deserves your anonymous support. Number one, it is a catalyst for medical district growth. Our building is a state-of-the-art medical facility designed to meet the growing demand for health care services in Las Vegas. By leasing this space, the RDA will anchor a high impact tenant that complements the district vision for a thriving medical and professional hub. This partnership ensures the space is utilized efficiently, avoiding vacancy and blight, a critical step in the redevelopment area's progress. Number two, we are compliant with the redevelopment plan. your this resolution confirms that this le advances the RDS objectives including job creation, infrastructure improvement and public private collaboration. Our project has undergone rigorous review to ensure it meets the standards. The investment reflects a commitment to quality development, not just short-term fix and also it is a testament to perseverance and partnership. Completing this building was a multi-year effort overcoming delays and challenges. Today, it stands as a model of modern design and functionality. By approving this lease, the council sends a message that Las Vegas rewards persistence, innovation, and collaboration. As one of the council members recently emphasized in another context, partnership like these are not takeovers. They are shared victories for the community and there is economic and community benefits. This lease will generate long-term revenue for the city while supporting local health care services. It also aligns with broader efforts such as the commercial visual improvement program to enhance Tmont Street and the surrounding areas. And this is a oath for the future. In one of the council women, I think in her words during the water treatment agreement debate, it they resonate here. This is what she said. We need projects that are complete, not pieced together. This lease is a holistic solution that will serve Las Vegas for decades. In closing, I urge you to vote us on this resolution. Let's continue transforming W one and the medical district into a beacon of progress. Thank you. >> Thank you, Dr. Spirto. We're we're getting close to our council meeting time, so I'll I'll >> Dr. Spirtos learned long ago never to follow Dr. Pu's speech. >> Uh well, uh anything else, Miss Babsky? >> Uh yes. So, uh at this point, we'd like to present the both leases for your consideration and uh open to any questions. >> Thank you. This is a public hearing for anybody who would like to comment on this uh either of these items hearing. And seeing none, I'm going to close public comment. Are there any questions or comments on the board? >> Councilman Das first. >> Thank you. Um uh Mr. Mayor Prom, I just want to reiterate the marks that Dr. Pard made. Uh if you're out there listening in the general public, the city is very open for business. Our executive team does a great job fasttracking great projects like this one. Uh Dr. Spirtos has been around forever. He's a a longtime friend of the city and uh we're grateful for this partnership and moving Las Vegas forward in a very meaningful way. So, thank you. >> And I'm a little envious of your medical district, too, MPT. So, yeah, you're jealous of my W three gems, but um this area is also near and dear to my heart, and I want to say how incredibly um exciting this is for me as a former state legislator who had nauseium heard about the woes of the workforce and attracting them to our state. And so, I am of the mindset that if we can attract them, why not build it here in our home, in our backyard? We have talented youth that need these career opportunities. As we've heard, a lot of students at Nevada State University are first generation and they need to be catapulted to these um incredible job opportunities, but also be kind of honed in to the need in our community. And so there's a m so many benefits to our residents, to our upand cominging collegiate students, but also our medical practice as a whole. Uh we know that we have a long ways to go yet to grow in this field um locally and uh I'm just so excited about the economic development opportunities this opens up. I'm so excited about the workforce uh that we are having a hand in molding and shaping and providing here without people having to leave Las Vegas. And um it's just an amazing project and feat. And so I just want to thank all of you involved including Mayor Prom's leadership on this. So thank you so much. Super excited to hit the yes button. Miss Amber Arm. >> Thank you, Mayor Prom, and thank you all for your presentation. I'm not going to be jealous because I'm looking at the benefit that this is going to have for my community, which is W five, which is your near neighbor to the north. Um, I've worked for years at the regional transportation commission and I think that oftent times we forget that we have communities that don't have access to transportation. And for us to have this opportunity that in my neighborhood where I live, it's the 208 to the 104. That means that people for $1 and however much it is can get to school and walk one block and a half to get to your facility and to be educated in not a job, but a career. When we talk about pathways out of poverty, they're not a job. They are sustainable careers that help people build generational wealth. And I'm looking for so excited about this partnership. I'm going to be talking about this when we do our doortodoor uh that we're going to be doing in the fall about some other things we're having at Wetsy. Um and we can just make connect the dots. And we have not I think talked enough about what public transportation can do for our community. And for you all to plan this with that in mind makes my heart warm. So, thank you so much. I'm super super proud and I'm excited to vote. >> Um, and I'm I'm going to come at it from a bit more personal perspective. So, about a year or two years ago, um, I held a forum with a lot of the university presidents and um, Miss Lopez, you were there. uh and we kind of challenged the universities uh and to come up with something for children and it's really based solely on my personal experience with my own children um and UNLV came up with a pretty ex exciting uh program related to children's behavioral health and is coming up with micro credentials and you all came out of nowhere uh and so I I can tell you that for the services and trainings you're and education you're going to be providing in the medical district uh my own children when I go to a doctor they they prescribe some of those services and it's a 9month to two-year waiting list. Uh so as a parent to hear someone say it's going to be 9 months before we can have you in for an initial assessment, uh your heart drops. Uh and so you hear me getting emotional because I'm so so proud of the fact that you all came to the table in a way that's so meaningful for for parents of our community. Um, and Miss Babsky, it's so impressive the way the city came together and did something for our community in a way that benefits our economy, that benefits students in our education system, and benefits the parents who are working with children who deserve access to quality healthcare. So, I'm so grateful. So, so, so grateful. Thank you for your leadership and guidance and making sure this is a a reality that Nevada can be better than we are today. So, with that, I'm going to move to approve item number seven. Please vote. And that item passes. And now move to item number eight. And I will also move to approve item number eight. Please vote. That item also passes with eternal gratitude. And Mr. Spertos, you have the last word. >> Yes. >> Last word is of thanks. Uh thank you Mayor Prom for all of your work over the years. It's been um just an amazing amount of work and Dina, the whole team. Uh thank you all for your for your time and effort. I know it's sometimes been tough, but we appreciate it. >> Thank you, sir. >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you, Miss Pepski. Congratulations everyone. We are at now on to item number nine, citizen participation. Public comment during this portion of the agenda must be limited to matters within the jurisdiction of the redevelopment agency. No subject may be acted upon by the redevelopment agency unless that subject is on the agenda and is scheduled for action. If you wish to be heard, come to the podium and give your name for the record. The amount of discussion on any single subject as well as the amount of time any single speaker is allowed may be limited. Is there anyone willing to speak on this portion of the agenda hearing? And seeing none, we are a little bit late, but thank you everyone. 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[Music] If you got a little left in your back pocket, rain it down like pennies in this wish and well of tears. I know that you're busy, but if you could hear me talking, we could use a >> 2025 meeting of the city council is called to order. Please note that Mayor Berkeley is excused from this meeting. She is fortunate enough to be one of the mayors selected for the Bloomberg Harvard city leadership initiative. Mayors from around the globe are chosen to take part in this prestigious program is designed to offer insights and expertise to help our city be even better at providing positive results for our residents. So, we want to congratulate Mayor Berkeley and we look forward to what she and her fellow mayors will learn and ultimately bring back to their respective cities. We also want to thank the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative for selecting Mayor Berkeley and for providing this dynamic program at no cost to the taxpayers of Las Vegas. 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You must have your ticket with you to use the machine. If you do not have your ticket, see security personnel when exiting for validation coupon. Before we proceed with the agenda, I'd like to introduce Caleb, who's sitting here next to me. Caleb's going to be speaking at the end of the at the end of the meeting in our council comment. So, I'll I'll introduce him. That's why he's up here. But before we proceed, will everyone please rise for the invitation given by Pastor Shawn Taylor, Victory Missionary Baptist Church. And please remain standing for the pledge. Hello, sir. [Applause] Good morning, Mayor Pro Tim. Council members, let us pray. Lead us, Lord. Lead us in your righteousness. Make your way plain before our face. For it is you and you only that cause us to dwell in safety. God, our father, we thank you for the fresh gift of another day. We realize that every good gift and every perfect gift comes from your hand. I do thank you for these wonderful servant leaders that you have granted to us with the responsibility to lead our city in uh development, life, health and unity. I pray Lord for them personally as well as collectively. They are fathers and wives and parents and brothers and sisters. I pray Lord that you will cover them and as they seek to serve us that you will give them a support system and hold them up. I pray for every boy, girl, and man, and woman in our city. I pray that you will grant us the wisdom to be able to contribute our part to making this a better city. Where there is discord, I pray that you'll give unity. Where there is confusion, I pray that you'll give clarity. Where there are wounds, I pray that you'll give healing. And I pray that the decisions that are made will end with the result of the sentiments of Micah to do justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with you. I ask this in the name of Jesus who is the Christ. Amen. >> Amen. >> Thank you very much. And would you mind leading us in the pledge of allegiance? >> I pledge algiance 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. >> Thank you very much, sir. And we are going to make our way down to the galley there to do our ceremonial items. Thank you very much. Well, good morning. This is the ceremonial portion of our agenda. And this is a super exciting part for me because we're recognizing someone today that I worked with, I'm going to say 12 years ago. And I specifically remember like having meetings with him and talking about how we could make the city a better place. And he was passionate back then. So I'm sure the passion has just grown. Uh so I'm just excited about this part. So I'm just going to get right into it. For our first item, I'd want to invite our human resources director, Vince Samura, to join us. Our employees strive to meet our values of being kind, committed, and smart. and they work to build our community to make life better. I am proud to announce that the employee of the month is Ron Puit. Ron, come on up. [Music] [Applause] [Music] I have more to read. Ron joined the city in 2004 as an a is a senior human resources analyst. Ron consistently goes above and beyond to not only analyze and re-evaluate our processes, but he works tirelessly to identify and attract highly qualified job candidates. His innovative approach to recruitment strategies, including outreach initiatives and community engagement, has resulted in successfully meeting the needs of our public safety departments. Ron takes the time to build meaningful relationships with potential recruits offering guidance and support throughout the recruitment process which has had a positive impact on selections for themies. Just personally, I I work a lot with our DPS staff and our fire staff and they talk about you all the time. So that that that's me. It's personal knowledge. I know what's going on. Uh, one recent example of Ron's exceptional work is his initiative to partner with the Department of Public Safety to hold an in-person candidate openhouse and recruiting event, as well as finding ways to administer our physical testing with the challenges of our summer heat. All of this helps ensure that the city is attracting the top potential candidates for these important jobs. In addition to Ron's recruiting achievements, he consistently displays a positive attitude, teamwork, and a strong work ethic. Ron, thank you for all your hard work. I want to give Vince a chance to say a few words, and then we'll have a photo. Mr. Zamora. >> Thank you, Mayor Proam and council members. Um, I really appreciate the opportunity to speak on behalf of our our team and I want to thank you in particular for continuing to support this program as well as the city manager's office. And in particular, we want to thank the employee recognition committee led by Jasmine Freeman. They do such a wonderful job of promoting our employees and doing um so many different types of events for us and recognizing the work that we do. So, thank you all very much. We appreciate it. If you've ever had a chance to work with Ron or even receive an email from him, one of the first things you'll get is you don't get a good morning, you get great morning. That's how he starts off his emails. And if you're going to have that conversation with Ron, he's going to be very deliberate in his um time with you. He's going to spend an awful lot of time sharing with you his his opinions and his thoughts and processes on things. So, you typically have to get very comfortable because he's going to take his time and explain all of that to you. But Ron is just such a fantastic person. He's a great employee. We've had conversations about his son Winston and how, you know, parenting is such a wonderful thing for him. So, aside from him being a fabulous employee, he's just a wonderful human being. And I couldn't be happier for you, Ron. Congratulations. You're very welcome. Time for you to say a few words. Okay. A few words. A few words. I did make a little cheat sheet. >> Really small font. Really, really small. Get comfortable. >> I made a cheat sheet to keep me on track here. What a great honor and I thank you very, very much. Um, I always say that uh law enforcement recruitment is like doing the laundry. It's ongoing and there's always more laundry. So right at the beginning, it takes a strong commitment, but that commitment is a lot bigger than me. So I share this day with many, many people. First, city council for making public safety a priority and my recruitment's a priority. I love that. To the leadership both on the HR side and DPS, thank you for listening to every kooky idea I have and allowing me to do some of them. uh law enforcement recruitment doesn't end after I certify the list. There's a whole lot more that we have to do. And I think the background team uh it starts with them after the uh certification. It takes a lot of coordination and a lot of prioritizing our conversations, meaning I don't get to ignore them. um training staff and department volunteers who help us with the physical readiness testing. I thank you for getting up early and working in all types of weather. To city employees, anyone can help us volunteer. So, with the permission of your supervisor, you can email me. I'll let you know and you can help us table time. A shout out to the department recruitment team. uh they've worked with Jacqueline to expand our outreach uh way beyond that I can imagine. So I'm really happy to see them getting that off the ground and finding their own feet. Last but not least, my recruitment team, records team, and customer service team. I could be up here all day. So, thank you very much. I couldn't do what I do without you guys taking my interruptions. I'd like to say that 97% of the population you meet do not want to be law enforcement officers. Of the 3% that want to be, half of them shouldn't be. So, I'm left with 1.5% of the population. So, I'm going to deputize everyone here as a law enforcement recruiter and help me find that 1.5%. Thank you. Thank you. I'm going to hand this to you and we're going to do a picture. Don't get your fingerprints on it. And this is the the HR team up here, I'm assuming. >> Okay. Shout out to human resources at the city of Las Vegas. And for our final ceremonial item today, Councilwoman Diaz will recognize a group of local businesses for their very kind efforts in our community. Councilwoman, thank you, Mayor Prom. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to our July 16th very toasty meeting uh this summer, but I'm very incredibly proud not only to share um the stage today with Ron and his amazing um accolades for the work he does daily. We have so we're so blessed as a city. We have so many amazing city employees that every day go to bat for community and they're trying to do their best in their roles to make sure that they're building life to make it better for every or they're building community to make life better for all of us. And I think it really gives us some relief as council members knowing that we have many people um rallying behind us to make sure that we're all looking out for each other as neighbors. Um, and so, uh, I'm today very incredibly proud of our city's mission to make life better for over 600,000 residents that call Las Vegas home. And I'm just as grateful and proud to have community partners who without hesitation generously step up to join us, helping residents in need um, and assisting the city and our different departments without expecting anything in return. Our Department of Neighborhood Services has a team of dedicated individuals who work hard every day to help our neighbors by providing them with resources addressing different diverse community needs from homeless services to senior services to housing services. Areia Barahas and her army and staff stand ready to assist our residents. One of the programs administered under housing services is a safe home improvements funding and training program, better known as shift, which aims to help low-income homeowners address code enforcement issues so they can age in place. I want to welcome Marcelia Barahas to share and some of her shift member teams if they're here, if they can come on down uh so that we can so that we can hear about this amazing work that her team carries out through this amazing program. Thank you, Councilwoman. Thank you um for um recognizing our community partners and their commitment and compassion to coming um together to help our most vulnerable community residents. This is um most of the shift team. Pat is our um manager over the shift team. and our shift team, not just code enforcement um response. We receive various grants from um the federal government and the state to help support families to um live safe, to have secure homes. And as you mentioned, for our u most vulnerable residents to age in place and so they do God's work. They're out there every day. They're um going to their homes when needed to take applications. um they leverage all of our different programs and resources to maximize all of our services to provide the best outcome for our residents. And so I want to, you know, thank the team. I want to commend the team for um being really committed to this work. They are very tight-knit and um work well also with all of our um partner departments to make sure that we are providing the best service to our residents. Um I want to thank our partners today. Um um N&M I always want to I've got to look because it's the alphabet soup. N&M Construction, LFP Restoration and Home Depot. Um they are wonderful partners for us. They came together when they identified a need to help one of our most vulnerable residents in your ward, Councilwoman. And so um thank you to the team and them for working together to really help this um family continue to age in place. Um and so thank you Thank you, Arcelia. Um, our W three residents, Ivan and Andrea, were referrals to our shift program um to help address several safety issues in their home, including plumbing repairs and a yard cleanup. the shift program expand expended all of the eligible funds that this family uh would be able to tap into. And unfortunately, we were left kind of dry and unable to help them address other concerning issues such um as a fence that had fallen in complete disrepair due to a fire. our fabulous Charles Chaon, a former team member at Shift who was recently honored as employee of the month and is now blissfully enjoying the beach life in Hawaii, put out a call for help with businesses. The call for help was answered by three generous, kind-hearted entities who are represented here today by Mr. Jose Na Navaro with N&M Construction. Mr. Lucas Perotat, I may have butchered your last name. I apologize for that. With LFP um restoration and Mr. Justin Perry with Home Depot. Can you three and your other members of your teams come on down so that we can celebrate your amazing contributions? Come on this side. Let's spread the love. Welcome. Thank you so much for being here today. Welcome. >> Thank you. >> Mr. Navaro is a proud Army veteran and owner of N&M Construction and has served our community in the construction remodeling business for 5 years. Like Mr. Navaro, Mr. Parrot >> Parrotat is a local small business owner of LFP Restoration and has been in business since 2021. Together, they work to divide and conquer this task and inind the necessary manual labor amongst their respective teams in order to complete the project over the course of a week. Mr. Navaro also worked closely with Mr. Justin Perry, the account manager at Home Depot to coordinate the donation of materials needed to construct the fence through Team Home Depot program. This project is estimated to have cost around 7 to $10,000 with 1,400 worth of inkind material donated by Home Depot. Don't they deserve a huge round of applause? I know all of my colleagues and I have come across many viral videos of good Samaritans doing good deeds that brighten our day. And I just feel incredibly fortunate that I'm able to share one uh a very special story that happened right here in the heart of our city. I'm grateful to count on business community members like LFP Restoration, N&M Construction, and Home Depot who heeded the call to help out and um out of the kindness of their hearts, especially since the benefactors were a senior family on very limited means. On behalf of the mayor, the entire Las Vegas city council, and all of the residents, over 600,000 in our city, we thank you, Mr. Navaro, Mr. Perry and Mr. Peritat. Um, thank you for coming together like a family does to ensure that Ivan and Andrea did not have to worry about how to cover the significant cost to protect their home. Your selflessness, generosity, and leadership were instrumental in this collaborative effort, which brought much needed protection and peace of mind to this family in Ward 3. And so I'd like to give you the mic so that you can share what it meant to be part of this amazing feat and and giving back to our community. >> Well, thank you for the recognition to for all three of us. Uh it was an honor, an opportunity to work for you guys and do what we do for the community. And thank you. >> Sure. Yeah, thank you again. It's greatly to appreciate this award, but really it was very easy for our company to do this. This is definitely one of our biggest things is giving back to the community. So, it's great to work for a company uh like Home Depot. I've been there 29 years. I'm a second generation Las Vegas. So, it's great to help with the community any chance we get. >> What high school do you play? >> I went Chapperel High School. So, I'm a East Side boy. Yes. >> Yes. >> Okay. Thank you. Like Jose say, it was an honor to to uh work with T Las Vegas and we did this project from our heart. So we're happy to help. Thank you guys. [Applause] And so I'm just going to read one and then we're going to hand them out and then take our pictures. So it says, "The Las Vegas City Council recognizes Jose Navaro for his exceptional act of kindness. Mr. Navado selflessness, generosity, and leadership were instrumental in bringing muchneeded safety to residents in need. Thank you and your team at N&M Construction for making this project possible. And this is awarded to you this July 16th of 2025. And each one of you get one. Thank you so much. >> Thank you very much. And last but not least, we um they got their own they self-awwarded. No, I wanted to also give our department of neighborhood services shift program. They literally do handhold our residents through the entire process from going to the their homes, identifying the needs, um helping them fill out the paperwork because uh we're government and so we need that paperwork, right? And so, um, but it it wouldn't this wouldn't have come together if we didn't have all these amazing people joining forces to make it happen. So, thank you so much. And we're ready for our picture. Congratulations. [Applause] I'll be happy to check. Very good. [Applause] to the agenda. Who ever tasted better than ain't got a story to tell and ain't made it through some hell who don't love somebody. Don't miss somebody. If you're down singing with somebody turn it up and sing along. We all wait till the daylight's gone. We all knock off the edge around five. Falling up from a kiss on Friday night. We've all had a broken heart. We all close down a few good bars. Take a look around. Y'all tell me I'm wrong. Ain't the whole wide world just one big country song. Yeah, it's just one big song. Not everybody knows the words. So mama try city boy, country boy. Yeah, we all just trying to survive. So raise them high, turn it up and sing along. We all work till the daylight's gone. We all knock off the edge around 5. Fall in love from a kiss on Friday night. And we've all had a broken heart. We all have a few good bars. Take a look around. Y'all tell me I'm wrong. Ain't the whole wide world just one big country song. It's just one big country song. Yeah, we all live one big country song. Just one big country song. [Music] River rolling, open road. Don't know where we're going, but I like it when we go up all night. on the stars. It's just you and the sound of passing cars. And out of the blue, a new kind of emotion. You set it in motion. Unfamiliar feeling. Yeah. You broke my heart open. And we got this crazy cool connection. Little bit obsession. And I'm high on knowing a new kind of emotion. Well, I was sleeping. You woke me up to sunshine in the morning and coffee in my cup. >> There must be limited to matters on the agenda for action. The amount of time any single speaker is allowed may be limited. All comments will be cross referenced those specific times. If anyone submitted a speaker card or who wishes to speak under this portion of the agenda, please come to the podium and state your name for the record. This is your opportunity to address the council. But the council we are we are getting started now folks. >> We're in session. >> We are in session. Thank you. Uh if you'd like to come to the podium to for public comment, the time is now. I do have two individuals who submitted cards. One is an Alberto Villa Lobos and a Jordan Kraen Bull. So I'll invite those two gentlemen to come forward and anybody else can follow them. We'll set the clock at two minutes. Hello Mayor Prom Council members. My name is Alberto Voboos. Um the purpose of my public comment is simply to introduce myself. I am a union organizer for the United Food and Commercial Workers International. Uh I particularly work with uh cannabis workers. I am a former cannabis worker. My co-workers and I organized our three stores here in Southern Nevada uh owned by the MSO for air. I understand there is some cannabis licensing on the agenda today. So, just simply wanted to introduce myself and let you guys know that our presence is here. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Please step forward and state your name for the record. >> My name is Jordan Crane Bule. I've been called worst so right. I'll work on it. >> Uh I am the executive director of the plumbing, heating, cooling contractors of Nevada. I'm here to speak on items 53 and 54, the adoption of the uniform mechanical code and uniform plumbing code. Um I I am also a lifetime member of IAMO who writes the uniform plumbing code and uniform mechanical code and on the board of directors for IWISH. I have been involved in code adoption process in southern Nevada since 1988. I am retired from Clark County Building Department. I believe this is my 10th code adoption process over the last 37 years. I I am here to really thank Mike Cunningham and his staff in the building department. They've done a great job. Uh and this is a big process and takes a long time in regards to code adoption. And you need to know what a great job Mike and his staff do. Uh to my knowledge every every uh state and local jurisdiction uh are have either adopted or in the process of of adopting the 2024 UPC and UMC. The adoption of the UPCUMC are critical to our industry and our association. It is extremely important that all jurisdictions adopt the same code. This provides consistency in training, installation and enforcement. back in the late 80s uh every all jurisdictions were doing their own thing and it simply was a disaster and over time that has been fixed for great people uh like Mike and his department. Uh again, thank you to the city city of Las Vegas and to Mike and his staff. He they do a great job. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. Anybody else ready for public comment? Please step forward to the mic now. Hello, mighty city council. >> Good morning. Please state your name for the record. >> Peace be within your walls and prosperity in your palaces. Psalm 122:7. Um, my name is Eric Melzdc, Christ Nimrod. Nimrod. My named means valiant strong in the Hebrew language. And you can fact check that in Young's Analytical Concordance to the Bible, page 696. Okay. My name does not mean rebel and it certainly does not does not mean fool. That's a Bug's Bunny trip there. But be as may I'm here to speak on agendas 25 and 21 through 32. Um, agenda 25 says death of prisoners in city jails. Does that include the courtyard homeless shelter because deaths happen there also? And this sounds like Jeffrey Epstein files in the FBI. No death of prisoners. um 21, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 public works are concerning constructions of funding with the RTC, but the forever present construction, especially on Maryland Parkway, has no ending date, causing bus passengers harm and traffic jams in the triple digit heat. There's all around Las Vegas. There's streets torn up and don't and there seems to be a forever situation there. It's no stoppage, especially on Maryland Parkway. It's torn up. There's big beautiful look like going to be um bus stops, but nothing happening there. It's I believe it's supposed to stopped on June the 30th. I I think, but evidently not because it's still going. So, I appreciate y'all not tearing up any more streets until the streets that are already torn up are fixed. Thank you very much. >> Thank you, Mr. Nimrod. Anybody else here for public comment? Hearing and seeing none, we'll close the public comment period. We're on to agenda item number eight for possible action. Any items from the 9:30 a.m. session that the council staff and or the applicant wish to be stricken, tabled, withdrawn, or held in obeyance to a future meeting may be brought forward and accepted upon at this time. Councilwoman Diaz. >> Thank you, MPT. Uh, agenda item 59, bill number 2025-28, and obeyance to the 86205 has been requested by staff. Agenda item 6425-0101- SNC1 street name change applicant University Medical Center of Southern Nevada owner Clark County Clark County of Clark UMC atall from Willow Street to iare way extending south of wellness way approximately 300 ft obeyance to 917 2025 requested by applicant items number 71A through 71 C and 71E 24-0190-GPA a-zone-variance 1 and SDR1. Applicant William Brown, owner H&H Investments Realy LLC on a 1.18 acres on the southwest corner of Owens Avenue and Gateway Road advance to 820 2025 requested by applicant 71D 24-0190-variance 2 to allow 32 parking spaces where 44 spaces are required. We uh this is a strike requested by staff 7224-0513-variance 1 obeyance item applicant Santos Aguilad owner leani Gonzalez Auees on4 acres at 21104 Sanorita Drive obeyance to 86205 requested by Councilwoman Diaz. Agenda item 742-0046- SDR1 obeyance item applicant owner Good Luck West LLC on 1.69 69 acres at the southeast corner of Martin Luther King Boulevard and Kerry Avenue. Obeyance is requested to 917205. Uh and this is a request by the applicant. And that is all I have on this sheet. MPT >> and that will be the motion is we can vote and post and that item passes. We're now moving on to agenda item number nine for possible action to approve the final minutes by reference of the June 18th, 2025 regular city council meeting. Councilwoman Diaz, may I have a motion to approve the minutes? >> I move to approve. >> There is a motion. Please vote and post. That motion passes. Moving on to agenda item number 10. Items number 10 through 39 are on the consent agenda, are considered to be routine, are recommended for approval by the departments, and may be enacted in one motion. Are there any items the council wishes to bring forward? >> Not seeing any, Councilwoman Diaz may have a motion for the consent agenda for items 10 through 39. >> Yes, MPT, I move to approve agenda items number 10 through 39. >> There's a motion. Please vote and post. And items 10 through the n 39 have passed. Moving on to agenda item number. Let's see. Excuse me. >> 40. >> Yes. We'll now hear related items 40, 43, and 73A through 73 together. Number 40, public hearing regarding the fair market value of the city of Las Vegas and owned vacant real property based on the current appraisal report in anticipation for the sale and development of 94.99 acres located at the southeast corner of Bonanza Road and Mojave Road. Number 43R-50-2025 discussion for possible action regarding a resolution authorizing the city of Las Vegas to sell Desert Pines Golf Course for the purpose of economic development without first offering it to the public and for less than fair market value to Desert Pines's Master Development LLC for the development of multifamily and affordable housing for sale market rate single family homes, town homes, recreation area and commercial amenities and execute the disposition and development agreement 7324-0603. Three. This is an oveance item on the following land use entitlement project request on 97.99 acres at the southeast corner of Mojave Road and Bonanza Road. 73A24-0603 GPA1 obeyance item from PR-OS Parks Recreation and Open Space to TND Traditional Neighborhood Development. 73B 24-60N1 obeyance item from CV Civic to TD Traditional Development. 73 C24-603 DI1 obeyance item regarding the adoption of the Desert Pines Development Agreement between the city of Las Vegas and Desert Pines Master Development LLC. 73D24-6031 BAC1 obeyance item petition to vacate public rideway located along Mojave Road and bicycle path easements generally located along Mojave Road, Bonanza Road, and Picos Road 73E24-063 TMP1. Oveance item Desert Pines for a proposed 17 lot subdivision parent tentative map. The applicant is Desert Pines Master Development LLC and the owner of City of Las Vegas. The planning commission and staff recommend approval on the entire land use entitlement project. These items are in Ward 3. Councilwoman Diaz. Items 40 and 73A through 73E are public hearings which I now declare open. Miss Babsky. >> Good morning. Uh Dina Babsky, director of economic and urban development for the city of Las Vegas. Thank you, Mayor Prom. Uh today here with me uh sitting in the reserve uh row, I'd like to introduce our guest before I move over to our presentation. Uh because we have been working with uh with this team for a few years now. So we're very excited to be here at this point uh to move this project forward with your approval of course. Um so I'd like to just say that uh with us here today is Vincent Bennett. He's the CEO of McCormack Bar and Salazar, our developer. Along with him is Dan Falconee, the president of Falcone Group. He works uh with McCormack Baron Salazar and of course Jennifer Lazley. She will be presenting on the uh land use portion of the agenda. Without further ado, I'd like to uh to start the presentation and just I can't express enough how excited we are to present this transformative opportunity uh the redevelopment the proposed redevelopment of Desert Pine Golf Course. And it's not just about the redevelopment of the golf c of the golf course. It's really about our smart land use, our uh intent to diversify housing options in W 3 and the greater Las Vegas community. We all know that uh you know we have land limitations uh for all of the region, but even more so for W three. There's really very little land left available for uh for our housing and for redevelopment purposes. So with this proposal and this project uh this is really a great opportunity for us the city to use a city controlled land especially of this size 95 acres uh to move forward our goal of expanding our housing uh offerings as well as advance the city's long-term vision specific to the East Las Vegas uh special area plan uh that you will bring the affordable housing component uh it will bring parks and recreation education into the area. So, all of these items, all of this vision is what has driven us back in 2022 to hire the Smith Group um to put together a scope of work for their request for proposal uh to to redevelop Desert Pines. Back in April of 2022 is when it was presented to city council and uh just and essentially addressed all of the items I uh mentioned earlier for open space, affordable housing, mixed use, commercial, and retail. We took that scope and then we went out for an RFP. During the request for proposal, we received uh multiple proposals and McCormic Baron Salazar was the winning bidder. So within their current proposal that is in front that will be in front of you today is a multi-use uh of redevelopment of Desert Pines. The project will deliver a minimum of 1566 units um in a mix of affordable multifamily mixeduse for sale town homes and for sale single family residential homes. It also includes open recreation space uh and also a proposed early learning center. Um, as you can see on the depiction on in on the screen, the northeast corner is what city is carving out from the Desert Pines Golf Course to reserve for for future construction of the CSN training center. Uh, the CSN training center on the east side is going to be very similar to the one that is currently under construction on the west side. Um, the city applied for the grant with the uh economic development uh administration with the federal government and our application has been pulled for award which is amazing. um their representatives will be here in September to tour the site. Uh and then with that in mind, there's we're we are planning to have the grant finalized later this fall. Some of the renderings you see on the screen are uh conceptual uh product types that were submitted during the proposal. Uh so that's something that you know that uh reflects the multifamily, the condos for sale as well as single family residential. I would like to highlight how much how many partnerships are in place for this redevelopment project. Um the overall cost to develop the affordable housing component of the proposal is almost a billion dollars. So $440 million. Um Nevada State Infrastructure Bank approved a loan for this project for $25 million to uh help with infrastructure costs for phase one. Clark County affordable housing funds were set aside at $8 million. That's from their affordable housing ARPA allocation to help fund the part the construction of parcel one for affordable housing. As I mentioned, the economic development administration grant at 5 million for the CSN training center that will be finalized very soon. Uh the city through the American Rescue Plan allocation back a few years ago set aside another $8 million to fund the remainder of the construction costs for the CSN training center. And finally, what made this all really possible is the $6 million from the ARPA allocation by the city back in 2022 that helped us uh come to a deal with a golf course operator and uh revised the 99-year lease term uh for the golf course, which essentially made it now available for us to move forward with with this very transform transformative project. And not to say the least is the actual land deal with the city that's going to make this project pencil and feasible. So let me go over about uh over the details of how that will work. The city will sell the entire site which is the 95 acres uh to the Desert Pines's master developer uh which consists of 51% of McCormack Baron Salazar and 49% of their development partner urban strategies. This the purchase price is 17.45 million. it it is a discounted price from appraised market value. With that said, the project was specifically structured that way so that in the future the parcels that are um planned to be for sale market rate housing and sold off to homebuilders, there will be a pro there will be proceeds generated from those sales that will then be routed back into the affordable housing development in Desert Pines. Another portion of the deal is the land will be placed in a deed of trust under promisary note. So uh as developer gets ready to develop each individual parcel as individual project they will pull down that parcel and transact on that particular parcel at that time. The reason it was done that way is specifically to uh enable the developer to apply for the Nevada state infrastructure bank loan. Uh so as I mentioned in the in the earlier slide that was uh awarded and approved. So with this deal structure that's essentially how we're going to move forward. It is also important to remind uh you all that there is a land water conservation fund encumbrance on the site. Uh many many years ago uh certain funding s source was used that essentially made the site restricted from certain types of development. We're currently uh working with the state and the federal government to have this incumbrance relocated to a different site and that is planned to be completed at the end of November. The site, the whole site, 95 acres will be de developed in two phases. Phase one uh consists of 10 different parcels, five for affordable housing and five for sale. It will also include recreation and open space. Phase two of the schedule uh consists of the remainder of the parcels, which is two affordable housing and three parcels for sale and one proposed early learning center. The development schedule overall meaning the next steps is first we will address the landwater conservation easement uh as I mentioned removed in November. Uh the golf course operator uh will require per lease terms a 6 months notice uh you know in order to finalize their work on the site. So with that timeline we expect the redevelopment of desert pines to start taking place in June of 2026. with that. Once that happens, then the very first parcel for affordable housing will break ground uh later in 2027 towards the end uh with the last parcel in phase one to break ground in 2030. Phase two will start uh following that and the overall project is uh scheduled to be completed by 2036. So, with that, um, I'd like to just summarize that this is a once in a-lifetime opportunity for us to do something this significant. Take take 95 acres of city controlled land and redevelop it into something that not only the future residents will be able to live and enjoy, but also the community around, you know, from the CSN training center, the childhood early childhood center, um, all the commercial and retail. So, there's really a lot of uh great things that will come from the redevelopment of this site. And before I uh invite our developer partners to come and speak, I'd like to say a few awards of gratitude to the departments that were involved in pulling all of this together. Uh city attorney's office, specifically Sandy Turner, Jim Lewis, uh they were just doing everything they can to bring us to this point. Uh our community development department, Peter Loenstein team. Um, and not to forget our own redevelopment division in EUD, Tracy Reich and her folks. So, we're super thrilled. We hope for support or ask for support. And then with that, I'd like to invite our developers to say a few words. >> Thank you, Miss Pepski. >> Good morning. Uh my name is Vincent Bennett and I'm the CEO of McCormic Baron Salazar uh BNT. Uh first of all, I'd like to uh thank you uh Mayor Pro Tim City Council for the opportunity to uh partner uh with the city and special thanks uh Councilwoman Diaz for your vision and bringing mixed income development to the community. Um I've been with the uh company over 32 years. Uh the company's been in existence uh for over 50 years and since its founding in the early 70s uh the focus has been not only on public private partnerships but really focused on places where families and children can thrive. Uh we focus on a quality mixed income approach. Uh resilient housing is key but also places where families and children can be resilient. And I'll talk about that in a moment. Uh over our 50 years we've developed in uh 24 states uh over uh 54 cities including Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands and we've helped in many of these places, states and cities develop a model and uh tools differ from state and locality but the financial engineering towards uh public policy goals remain the same in terms of providing places where families and children can can really grow and thrive. And what that means is thinking about attainable and workforce housing where there's a housing ladder for both rental home ownership and there's a way that uh we can support our families. Uh joining me today is a representative of urban strategies Julian Wyatt and their focus is not to deliver human capital and social services but is really to work with uh uh local partners in delivering best practices and also through their uh experience bring in national foundations So the key for us has been leverage. How do we leverage private debt and equity with local and state resources and put together a financial model that will uh test this test uh time? You know, we need to really focus not on the short term but over decades and really create a community that's uh operationally uh sustaining. And so what we do through uh our financial uh leverage and strategy is one identify what the priorities are of the local uh agencies, public policy and other and then lever up the private debt and equity with other resources. And so leverage is key. And so one of our goals uh through this approach is we have a national partnership with the parent company of uh Summit Health System Centine. and they've uh brought resources to really uh create an opportunity to do early stage and increase the velocity of work. And so they've committed three million to date to really advance uh some of the the work uh early stage. And we're hopeful that that can also lever uh human capital strategies. And so um for me personally uh over my 30 years, it's not about the great buildings and the buildings will be great. the community and the physical infrastructure will be great, but I think it's how do families and children thrive? And for us, that's been our philosophy. So, I'd like to again thank you for the opportunity. I'm going to turn this over to uh Dan Falconee who I've known for over uh 30 years to talk through the specifics, but uh the the approach to uh mixed income has been uh demonstrated in in many places across the country and we look forward to the opportunity to partner with you to uh establish really uh not only a demonstration uh but a focus on on how this can be done through communities throughout uh this community. So, thank you. Thank you, Mayor Port and council members and especially Counciloman Diaz. Uh it's it's been a bit a bit of a road here to get here. Uh but all good things are worth a good travel. So, so it so so we appreciate the opportunity and um and you know one of the things that uh for MBS they developed about 25 over 25,000 units and as I like to say we put uh about 60,000 people to bed every night and so with that we try to take lessons learned um and they're always lessons that continuous uh and and apply them to the next project and and make sure we're uh doing a good quality uh innovation and and making sure everything works together. Um you you uh noted from uh staff uh the original plan that was developed by the Smith group was one is was a great plan. Um but we looked at and we said okay let's let's analyze this and and bring some of those lessons learned and some of that experience and say what does it do um and how would it interact in in in the neighborhood that we're going to be developing in. And one of the things we recognized was the uh the plan had a lot of units um but they didn't quite match what we see the demographics for the community. And so we took we took a step back and said, you know, rather than doing about, you know, twothirds of the project as uh studios and onebedrooms, which was the original plan, we said, let's make let's flip that around. And so we end up with about twothirds of the project with two and threebedroom units. Uh did a few few less uh units for sure u because of space needed um and about one-third are are for uh onebedrooms and we don't have any studios on the site. So, it's just just trying to trying to align things a little bit better um uh to reflect the community that we're going to be working in. Um and as part of that, um we uh also looked and said, "Okay, what can we do with uh affordability and and create that ladder of opportunity for folks?" And so we have uh committed to a at least 593 units of affordable housing. Um our goal is to do about 999 that to get there. Um, a lot of that will depend on on financial capital and financial engineering to bring things together. Uh, but we know we can do it at minimum a certain amount and at least half the the multif family rental units. The four cell units will be at market rate. Um and uh not to mean that folks have to make always market income because we'll be working what they call uh soft seconds to fin it's it's a financing structure that financial engineering um so that folks that may not make as much um can still live there and we get them uh work with them to get them grants and soft dollars so they can live in those and buy those homes at market rate. And we do that also to protect the community because we we've learned that uh homeowners that might be in the area aren't aren't going to be happy if they go to refinance your house um and find out that hey a brand new house down the street selling for you know 30% less than your house so sorry your your value just went down. And we don't want to do that. We we want to we we want to uplift the community um and not just what we're building but what's surrounding us. And so we make sure that things sell at at a market rate um and and bring the financing resources to families that may not earn as much uh but still care about their neighborhoods and still want to be homeowners invested in those neighborhoods. and that's what we care about. Um in in that we we also uh bring in uh tremendous public leveraging and so um as as noted we uh have worked with uh uh treasur's office and and treasure lavine and and the state infrastructure bank um to get that $25 million and secure that. So that that's critical to to be able to bring bring forth all the infrastructure. Um and uh at the end of the day um we're looking at u making sure that those uh opportunities for folks to live and and bring in the mixed income and and also um some of those lessons learned uh in operations go to how we ensure uh selection of tenants, how we ensure the outreach is done correctly. Um background checks are done for for for residents. Uh we want to make sure that people care about the neighborhood whether they're renting at low income or whether home buying. Uh market the markets uh aren't going to be left to their own just to see what could happen. We want to make sure things are are done correctly um and work together on that. Um as noted um you the project will be done in two phases. So we look forward to that. I won't go in into a deep dive since that was already discussed. And um I wanted to take a second to uh to go through again recognize and thank staff. Um I started doing my list and I I was I stopped at 20 names for I said you know I better not go through this uh recognizing time and period but I I do want to thank everybody that that that worked and all all the all the individuals that were there uh uh they've been noted or or will be noted. So, I appreciate uh that activity and and that that that uh uh all all their time and and and bringing it together. Um also note that uh we will be working with uh a project labor agreement to bring in uh union labor on on the site. So, um we are committed to doing that and and that'll be involved in all the infrastructure as well as the multif family uh construction. Um so so that's that we look forward to working that and have worked with and have an LOI with the Southern Nevada um building trades council already in place. So so all all that is is is in place and coming forward. Um I'll turn the specifics uh for the land use over to Jennifer and uh let her make that discussion. >> Good morning. Jennifer Lazvich, 1980 Festival Plaza Drive here today on behalf of McCormick Baron Salazar. Uh just a couple of minutes and yes, I am going to be the person that takes the extra time to go through all those individual names because we met on a bi-weekly basis for the better part of two years. It was a lot of time and we wouldn't be where we are today without the steadfast support and vision of Councilwoman Diaz, which cannot go understated um enough that her vision and her team in in knowing that this was the right thing for her community and for the city of Las Vegas as a whole has been uh truly amazing and we thank you very much for getting us there. Miss Babsky showed you this plan. I'll I'll touch on a few things just uh quickly. As Dan mentioned, we're going to be uh developing in phases with phase one being closer to Bonanza and this area and then phase two coming closer to the freeway. The different colors represent different types of commu of uh development within the community. As noted, it's a mixeduse and mixed income project. So, uh, the first kind of out of the gate that you'll start to see, we will need to come back through for individual site plan reviews so you can see what it's going to look like. But we anticipate that that will be in the purple. Those are mixeduse buildings. Uh, one of those buildings were will be affordable seniors and then we'll have, of course, in the other buildings the mixed income. As you move over towards POS, you have commercial along with the not aart, which is where the CSN uh portion of the development will be. And then parcel 10. I think this is important to note. This is our recreation area, our open space area. That combined with the trail uh that moves along Cedar Avenue as well as other open space areas that we have within the community is about 10 acres of recreation space that we will uh maintain um for our residents for the city. In the yellow areas is the homeownership and as Dan mentioned that's a key component to this. It's not just a a rental project. It also has that mixture with the for sale. So we have uh concepts for both single family attached and single family detached. And then as you come over into this area, you have more multifamily with the opportunity for possibly an early education center if we can make that work. Back in December of last year, we did our required neighborhood meeting, but we have wonderful uh team members who helped us really spread the word, and we just didn't do one neighborhood meeting, which the required one was on a Thursday night. We did a Saturday meeting as well because people may be working and may not have been able to get there. So we did an additional meeting on Saturday which actually got more people there. And uh I would say all comments or questions that we got were very positive in nature. Um we certainly didn't hear anything negative at the planning commission. No opposition of any kind and planning commission did recommend approval. One thing that on a personal note, I have never had the wonderful opportunity of representing a project quite like this. I have learned a tremendous amount. But probably the the best thing that I did um is that early on before we we really started the process with your city staff, we um in combination with your city staff and councilwoman Diaz went to California so we could see what do these projects look like when um Vince or Dan talk about, you know, this is how you live, it's how you live. What does that look like? Because it's easy to look at a piece of paper and say, "Well, these are the different colors, but how does that translate in reality?" It was an eyeopening, amazing experience. You would not know that those were mixed income properties and projects. When you walk through beautiful treeline streets for walkability, there was home ownership mixed with um rental and everything was just coexisted beautifully. And it was a wonderful introduction, at least from my standpoint personally, to see what the vision of what this project could look like, seeing it in reality for myself um in one of their projects, which was in California. So, I'm going to wrap up with the thing that um everybody has been avoiding. I certainly hope this is like an Oscar speech. Who do you think? I certainly hope that I capture everyone's name. Some of these people have retired and I'm still going to name them because they have been part of this project for the past couple of years. So, in no particular order, I'd like to start by thanking uh Mike Jansen, Dena Babsky, Tracy Reich, Jonathan King, Rich Atkins, Peter Loenstein, Seth Floyd, Fred Cis, Lucian Payatt, Sher Shupe, Chief Nolan, Sandy Turner, Jim Lewis, Rosa Cortez, Joey Pasi, Arcelia Barahas, um you had mentioned Treasurer Conine, and then retired and no longer with us, but that started on this project with us and certainly provided valuable help and insight is Tom Periggo, Bart Anderson, Alan Ricky, and Steve Ford. And then the final thanks again goes out to Councilwoman Diaz and her team steadfast support. Her vision for this project is what got us here today. So with that, I think um we would all be happy to answer any questions that you might have. >> Can we turn it over to Mr. Loenstein first for a staff report first >> last word. >> Thank you Miss Lazovich. Peter Loenstein for the record. So Mayor Prom and council members, thank you. I'd also like to take a moment to thank all the parties involved in making this project come to fruition. This project has touched all levels of government from Washington DC to Carson City to our bi-weekly meetings that we've had for quite a while. to achieve such took a large effort from a lot of individuals inside and outside the city and I would like to say thank you for that. This project has a long planning history uh starting with the adoption of the Las Vegas 2050 master plan in July of 2021. then the city council's adoption of a resolution uh adopting the desert pines vision plan in 22 and then once again the city's adoption of the east Las Vegas area plan in June of 23. This project cons uh is consistent with the goals and objectives and policies of those four mentioned uh documents as well as conforms to the applicable NRS requirements for development agreements and mapping actions as well as all title 19 requirements with adherence to the development agreement and the associated development standards. this community will be consistent and compatible with the surrounding area and as such staff is recommending approval of the development agreement and all associated entitlement applications and is requesting the city council's approval of the project. Thank you. >> Thank you very much Lawrence. Mr. Longstein and this is a public hearing unless there's any other comments from the team here. Okay. Okay, I'll invite the public if anybody has anything to add or question hearing. And seeing none, I will close the public comment period. I have a few questions if it's okay. Uh my first one, Mr. Salazar, since you're standing here. The the state recently approved a significant chunk of money um to go towards affordable housing. Do you all mind talking about is the city doing everything we can to help allocate that funding? Are we are we working with our private sector partners to allocate that funding? So, we're competitive within the city of Las Vegas. Is there anything else that the private sector can do to allocate that funding? >> Uh, yes. Yes. Thank Thank you. Uh, the um the program is as and legislation has drafted is very promising. Um, actual working program guidelines have not been adopted yet. So, we we anticipate using that fund this funding and it would align perfectly with the with the mixeduse concepts we have. Um, so my my answer is yes, we plan on using it. Yes, we believe it'll be be be beneficial and and available. Um, and certainly we're we're going to incorporate it. Um, ultimately guidelines will help us define how it would be used and and we'll make sure it's it's it can work within the development. >> I appreciate that answer. Maybe we can help draft some of those guidelines with the state of Nevada. That would be helpful to we have to give insight if we can. >> We we'd love to get some of that funding into the city of Las Vegas. And Miss Babsky, I have a few questions for you if that's okay. The first one, and I ask these questions in briefings. I just think they're important for people to understand. The first one is within each site on that map. Um they have to finish completion before they before they uh go on to the next site and they pay us as they finish. >> Right. There has to be Dina Babsky for the record uh there has to be progress on the first side and then as they become ready to develop the next site is when they come to the city with their performer make sure that all the financials are in place capital stack and then they move forward with the that parcel >> and the funding that comes uh from our partners will go into the city's general fund. Uh, no. It will not go into the city's. So, you mean like when the the parcels that will be sold as market rate, any proceeds from that sale is going back into the construction escrow account for the affordable housing. The $17.45 million for the land. That's the money that will go back to the city's general fund. Yes. >> So, $17.45 million going back into the city's general fund because of this sale. >> Thank you. Um the the other question I had is as a as a service provider uh working with affordable housing you guys um the team provides client services and management services of those properties is or is there other partners involved? >> Uh there there's there's two parts into that question that you that you asked. Um there is property management and NBS uh does property management internally um and through their management company. um they they will be uh involved and uh the uh social service side um we will look to provide services and our partner urban strategies um we'll look to identify local service providers um and and help drive the scope of services for each particular property and depending on their uh specific needs. For example, uh program uh services for seniors will differ from program services for uh family housing. Um, so they they they they align uh those services uh uh for each property and then secure the right uh partners and and financing to help funding to help that make that work. >> That's a great answer. Thank you very much. Are there any questions up here on the council? Any comments? >> So, I just want to say I'm so proud of you, Councilwoman Diaz. Um, it gives me courage and hope that if you worked on this this long and you're going to make this move that there's hope for us in historic West Las Vegas and other areas of W 5. When I spoke to Miss um Jennifer yesterday um I said to her that um this can be done, but we have to be intentional about it and we have to believe that there's more than one way. We can't do things the same way we've always done them and expect that we're going to meet the needs of our community which is miles larger than it was when I came here in 2000 well 1990. Um we have more people we have more need and we have to be uh innovative which is one of the things that you said in your comments. Um you also talked about lessons learned. Um, and we know that we've had a crisis of home for since 2020 at least. And we know that we've got 90,000 people who make 60% of the local AMI or less. We are 90,000 units short. And if you open that number up to folks who make about 120 to 150% of the local area median income, you're well over 200,000 homes short for people to be able to have affordability. Um, your project gives us hope and hopefully a template so that the people in this community can cease to be afraid of their neighbors. We have a big problem with nimiism here. People are afraid of the word affordable housing. They think it's going to affect them disproportionately. And we need folks to understand that your neighbor is the person you sit next to in church. It's the person you go to synagogue with, the person you go to mosque with. It's the person who's mixing your coffee. It's the person who is checking out your groceries at the grocery store. They all need housing. And if we're not intentional about how we do that, those people are either going to be homeless, which no one wants to see, or they're going to lose, they're going to leave our community, and then we have another problem alto together. And so, I'm really, really proud of you, uh, Councilwoman Diaz, and I'm proud of your team. Um, and I encourage other developers in our community to pay attention. This is the future. This is what we're going to be fighting for in every well I can't speak for anybody else but for me in everything that happens in W five. This is what I'm going to be fighting for so that we have a comprehensive and inclusive template for housing. And I thank you all and I'm really really glad to see this. >> And then I I would before I pass it on to Councilwoman Diaz I would just say in all of our briefings what's been consistent is the vision from Councilwoman Diaz. So, thank you for bringing this what is a catalytic development into our community. And for Mr. Jansen, a whole bunch of people's names were read prior to us voting, by the way. It should have been after, but um it's it's the team of Las Vegas that's really taken uh what is a growing challenge in our community and put forth an effort that uh is a solution. So, we we should all be incredibly proud of this effort and proud of the councilwoman who's leading it. So, I will turn it over to the Councilwoman Diaz to to make our motions. Thank you, Mayor Pertam, and thank you for your kind words. Um, my colleague from W 5, this is Christmas in July for me. A really long Christmas coming. Um, I can tell you, we started to have conversations about this vision in 21. And then we started to have to hash out the details of how this vision, this pie in the sky, this very innovative, intentional, value added, masterplanned community project happened on shy of 100 acres left in WI rarely get to see. I I'm not um privileged like some of my other colleagues who have large swats of land still undeveloped. I am very much infill like some of us in the urban city. Um and so obviously I want to say first and foremost thank you to the public to my residents. They helped us craft um this vision. So if we didn't hear housing was a necessity, if we didn't hear education is a priority, we wouldn't have had the holy grail that made this vision come together. So, I I can't take all the praise. It really is um the residents of War II who participated, who made this happen. Um let me take a minute and gather cuz it's a lot. Um I want to say thank you to all of our amazing city staff um who when we threw everything in the kitchen sink, they're like, "Let me figure out how we make this happen. Let me figure out what angle we can take, what funding opportunities are available. I want to say, oh my gosh, ARPA dollars couldn't have come at a better time for us so that we did have control of this site and we're still holding our fingers and toes crossed for the last few hurdles um to be met, but we feel fairly confident that we will achieve it and then um be able to put this um landholding in the appropriate hands. um know that we had to basically go back and forth, back and forth, hash things out. Um I want you to know that we're taking a huge leap of faith as a city in this space. I don't think we've ever trusted this magnitude of a of a project. um to believe that we can offer a mix of affordable and market rate housing, that we can provide families like mine the opportunity of firsttime home ownership, and then that builds generational wealth for that family. um for them to if they had to leave high school because of unforeseen economic circumstances, they can go back to our education and training center and get their career back in check, whether it be a trade or advanced manufacturing or what whatever other workforce need, we're going to plug into our east side training center. Um then we have um you know open spaces that we know that we lack on the east side. And I held these people's feet to the fire over my trees and greenery and making it beautiful because we want to mitigate the heat island effect that we suffer from every summer increasingly on the east side where we lack it. So they never said no, we're not going to do that or it costs too much money. If anything, they are a proponent of keeping the spaces beautiful and inspiring, and they want people out there walking their community and building that um camaraderie um amongst their neighbors. And so, I just want to say um wow, this is a first momentous step. I know that there's still so many more steps to follow. Um, but I do want to say bravo to McCormick Baron Salazar for always saying we can do this and we can do it in a way that will be something you're proud of, councilwoman, not just when we first build it and have people move in, but 40, 50 years down the line, because we promise that what we build we keep up with and we're going to maintain to the highest standard and quality. And so, um, I want to say just thank you. Thank you to Miss Lazovich who's been there from the initial tour, Mr. Loenstein who has sacrificed countless years of his life on the on the planning side. Um, I just want to thank also um the Smith Group and Etica Ailles for opening our minds initially to the possibilities and getting that feedback from our community. It's very important to me that people see me as a responsive con um public leader and servant. Uh that I I am listening to what you're telling me and then I'm figuring out the how to and sometimes the how-to takes four years in the making, but know that we are listening and we are hammering and chipping away and working on a plan to hopefully bring what you're telling me um is a great need. So, I just want to finish by saying um I'm so proud that we're bringing uh different levels of housing or different kinds of housing needs to the community. Commercial uh use is in there. Workforce development is in there. Short-term and long-term employment opportunities will be located on Desert Pines Golf Course and Early Learning um center. I'm hoping I'm keeping my fingers and toes crossed. Um and then obviously our um educ education training center um which I feel is the first uh presence of higher ed on the east side where we know our educational attainment levels need so much love and and watering and support to make people retake certain pathways so that they can be making a better living and be less stressed and not have to have three jobs to make ends meet. And so, um, with that, I am ready to make my motions. MPT. Um, so I'm going to move to approve. No action is required on agenda item 40. So, um, I'm going to move to approve agenda item 43. And item 43 passes. >> We still have more to go. No clapping yet. More to go. >> That's the first one. >> Okay. >> And then um I also need to move to approve agenda item 73A through 73E. >> And there is a vote. Please vote and post. And that item also passes. All items And if if it's okay, there's a there's a bunch of staff that worked on this. If you're in the audience or up here or down there, if you're able to stand up just so we can recognize you. This is monumental for the city of Las Vegas. Let's celebrate you. >> We are building community to make life better. Thank you for being our partners. Let's continue to do that. >> Thank you. >> Thank Thank you very much. >> And we will now move on to item number 41. This will be another exciting item. Discussion for possible action regarding the neighborhood partners fund board recommendations to allocate $40,000 for eight neighborhood projects. All wards. Miss Barahus. >> She's coming. >> Yeah. All right. Good morning um Mayor Proming Council Areelio Barahas, director of neighborhood services. For the record, I am here today with Aaron Batista. He is our neighborhood um partners fund board chair and he'll be sharing with you today the fund um the board's recommendations for funding for fiscal year 25 and 26. But before I hand it over to him, um I wanted to provide a brief introduction to the program. Um, the Neighborhood Partners Fund has provided funding for homeowners, homeowner associations, and volunteer neighborhood associations um, in all six wards since 1998. Um, the program helps build community by supporting the volunteer efforts of these associations. Volunteers design, plan, and implement projects to improve the communities where they live. Associations can apply for up to $5,000 for public safety, physical improvement, and community engagement projects each year. Associations match their grant requests with volunteer labor and may also contribute in kind donations and their own funding. The match leverage are fund the match leverages are funding um that the city provides to the neighborhoods. So with that, I'm going to hand it over to Aaron and I think you start here. Yes. Yes. Good morning, city council. For the record, I'm Aaron Batista, 865 Dust Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 89110. I am vice chair of the 2025 2026 neighborhood partners fund board. >> And University region, >> I can't. >> You can. >> Okay. >> I don't know where to click it. >> It has been my pleasure to serve on the NPF board. Neighborhood and Homeowners Associations came forward with some exciting projects that we would like to share with you. I'd like to take a moment to thank my fellow board members for their participation. The NPF board is comprised of six city staff members and seven neighborhood volunteers appointed by the mayor and city council offices. The members evaluated each project and have made recommendations for the city council's consideration. I would also like to recognize the other NPF board members for their thoughtful deliberation in this process. If board members are present, would you please stand as I call your name? Jan Churchill. Ward one, Matt and Alex Fuller. W two, Shannon Nordstrom and Samantha Bergus. W three, Vice Chair and Batista and Arlene Alvarez. W four, Chair Liz Becker and Brenda Flank. W five, Angela Escono and Nora Les. Word six, Robert Eststrada and Blanca Lindseay. It is rewarding to serve my community by participating in this amazing program. The success of the NPF program requires extensive outreach to the hundreds of neighborhoods within the city of Las Vegas. That outreach requires a well-coordinated effort by neighborhood services, the council offices, and the office of communications. The board would like to thank them for promoting this program through emails, social media, war newsletters, press releases, and meetings with potential applicants. We would also like to thank each association that applied. The board recommends eight NPF projects for the fiscal year 2025 to 2026. The projects generally fall within the following categories with some crossover. Four, neighborhood improvement projects. two public safety projects, two neighborhood engagement projects. The neighborhood partners fund board has the following recommendations. Buffalo Coalition Neighborhood Association awarded $5,000. Crestwood Neighborhood Association awarded $5,000. Fremont Street Loft Homeowners Association $5,000. Lakeside Village Homeown Owners Association 5,000 Rainbow Family Park Neighborhood Association 5,000 Rock Springs Vista 35,000 Tangle Wood Homeowners Association 5,000 Timberlake Street and Landscape Maintenance Association $5,000. The grand total is 40,000 with a total match of $88,644.30. These enthusiastic associations applied for NPF funds to address critical neighborhood issues, build upon their sense of community, and generate greater volunteer involvement. The neighborhood partners fund board, including Liz Becker and myself, recommend these projects for council approval. For more information on the NPF program, please check the city's website at www.lo vegasnvada.gov or email npflo vegasnvada.gov. Thank you. >> Thank you very much, Mr. Batista and Miss Perez. Uh I think this is wonderful program. I love that the city does it. It's really uh good to have the neighbors engage and the the requirement the requirements are tough. The time commitment, the the labor commitment. Um but it's tough to go out and get your neighbors to engage with you. And so this kind of encourages it. And having filled out these applications before, I uh grateful for the neighborhoods that participate and continue to do that because you know those are the strongest neighborhoods we have in our community. Um, are there any questions or comments from the council >> hearing? And seeing none, I'm going to turn it over to Councilman Diaz for a motion. >> And thank you for um leading this effort, Regent Bautista. Uh, thank you for giving your time and uh, rating everyone and being supportive of the different neighborhood associations. So, with that, I'm going to move to approve all of the grants recommended by the Neighborhood Partners Fund board. >> There's a motion. Please vote and post. That item passes. Thank you for your recommendations. >> Thank you. >> Appreciate your time and effort. >> And we are now on to item number 44. >> 42, >> excuse me, 42. This is a resolution R45-2025. Discussion for possible action regarding a resolution for approving the attached disposition and development agreement buy and between the city of Las Vegas and OSO development Nevada for the sale of property located at the corner of West Vampern Avenue and F Street to be used for the development of affordable housing in accordance with NRS 268.058. This is in W five Counciloman Summers Armstrong's word. Miss Braus >> here I am. >> You're up >> here again. Um for the record department of neighborhood services. So this item is to request your approval of a disposition and development agreement between the city of Las Vegas and OOS development Nevada for the sale of property located on West Van Burren and F Street for the H for housing in accordance with NRS268.058. The land use entitlements for this um site were approved by city council on April 21st, 2025 for a proposed fourstory 22 unit uh multifamily residential development. So, this is the final part of this process. Um, the next and last step is for you to approve this agreement for us to be able to sell um this land that was previously previously purchased using our redevelopment set aside housing funds for affordable housing. And Chico clerk is here in the audience if you have any questions relating to the development. >> Thank you for that. Is there anybody up here that would have any questions or comments? Okay, it's all yours, Councilwoman. >> Thank you, Mayor Pro Tim. Uh we're excited for this. Uh this is another step in the right direction for affordability in our community. And um if no one has any questions, I'd like to make a motion for approval. >> There's a motion. Please vote and post. That item passes. Thank you very much for the presentation. >> Look forward to another partnership in the community. >> Now we're moving on to item number 44, boards and commissions. Discussion for possible action regarding the reappointment of Michelle Michelle Laramie to the Historic Preservation Commission. Miss Laramie was originally appointed in July 2017 and she currently serves in seat designated as category 8 members at large. She is eligible has the recommendation of the community community development director and wishes to continue serving. And I will turn this over to Councilman Diaz for a motion. I move to reappoint Michelle Larmy to the Historic Preservation Board. >> There's a motion. Please vote. And post. We are waiting. And that item passes with appreciation for Miss Laram. Moving on to item number 45. Recommending committee bills eligible for adoption at this meeting. Bill number 2025-12. City attorney, would you mind reading the bill? >> Yes, sir. Bill number 2025-12, an ordinance to amend various provisions of LVMC title 19 to update the standards applicable to residential tiny house parks and to provide for other related matters. >> I will move to approve. Please vote and post. And that item passes. Bill number 2025-15. City attorney, would you please read the bill? >> Bill number 2025-15, an ordinance to extend the boundaries of the city to particularly describe the land to be annexed, to make its inhabitants subject to laws, obligations, and benefits of the city, and to provide for other related matters 25-018-x1. I move to approve. Please vote. and post. That item passes. Moving on. Bill number 2025-16. Mr. City attorney, would you please read the bill? >> Bill number 2025-16, an ordinance to extend the boundaries of the city, to particularly describe the land to be annexed, to make its inhabitants subject to laws, obligations, and benefits of the city, and to provide for other related matters. 25-0148- ANX1. Move to approve. Please vote and post. And that item passes. Moving on to bill number 2025-17. Mr. Dorcott, please read. >> Bill number 2025-17, an ordinance to adopt the 2024 edition of the International Building Code together with amendments there too and to provide further related matters. >> Move to approve. Please vote and post. And that item passes. Bill number 2025-18. Mr. Dorcat. >> Bill number 2025-18, an ordinance to adopt the 2024 edition of the International Residential Code together with the amendments there too and provide for other related matters. >> Move to approve. Please vote and post. That item passes. Bill number 2025-19. Mr. City Attorney. Bill number 2025-9, an ordinance to adopt the 2024 international existing building code together with amendments there too and to provide further related matters. Move to approve. Please vote and post. That item passes bill number 2025-20. Mr. Dor act >> bill number 2025-20 an ordinance to adopt the 2024 edition of the international energy conservation code together with amendments there too and to provide for other related matters move to approve please vote and post that item passes bill number 2025-21 Mr. Act bill number 2025-21, an ordinance to adopt the 2024 edition of the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code together with amendments there too and to provide for other related matters. Move to approve. Please vote and post item. And that item passes 2025-20220, excuse me, 2025-22. Mr. City attorney, please the bill. >> Bill number 2025-22, an ordinance to adopt the 2024 edition of the Uniform Mechanical Code together with amendments there too and to provide further related matters. >> Move to approve. Please vote and post. That item passes bill number 2025-23. Mr. Door cut >> bill number 2025-23, an ordinance to adopt the 2024 edition of the uniform plumbing code together with amendments there too and to provide for other related matters. Move to approve. Please vote and post. That item passes. Bill number 2025-24. Mr. City attorney. >> Bill number 2025-24. an ordinance to adopt the 2023 edition of the National Electrical Code together with local amendments there too and to provide further related matters. Move to approve. Please vote and post. That item passes. Bill number 2025-25. Mr. City Attorney. >> Bill number 2025-25. An ordinance to adopt as a city's fire code the international fire code 2024 edition together with local modifications there too repeal LVMC chapter 16.18 relating to emergency radio coverage and provide for other related matters. Move to approve please vote and post that item passes. Bill number 2025-26 Mr. City Attorney. Bill number 2025-26, an ordinance to adopt the 2024 International Wildland Urban Interface Code together with amendments there too and to provide further related matters. Move to approve. Please vote and post. That item passes. Bill number 2025-27. Mr. City Attorney. >> Bill number 2025-27, an ordinance to amend LVMC section 6.9.10 10 to update provisions regarding landlord training programs and to provide for other related matters. Move to approve. Please vote and post. That item passes and item 59 recommending commit. Uh I don't read that. That item has been a to the August 6 city council meeting. Moving on to item number 60, recommending committee bills eligible for adoption at a later meeting. Item number 60 and 61, bills number 2025-13 and 2025-14 will be heard at a later meeting. New bills, agenda item number 62, items 62 and 63, bills number 2025-29 and 2025-30 will be heard at the recommending committee meeting on Monday, August 4th, 2025. City attorney, would you read the new bills? Yes, sir. Bill number 2025-29, an ordinance relating to land development, amending various provisions of LVMC title 19 relating to the deferral of public improvements, public and private street standards, building frontage standards and checklists and requirements pertaining to map related applications and to provide for other related matters. Bill number 2025-30, an ordinance to amend the uniform development code LVMC title 19 to include provisions for the use condominium hotel and to provide for other related matters. >> Thank you. The new bills 2025-29 and 2025-30 are assigned to the August 4th, 2025 recommending committee. Members, myself and Councilwoman Seaman and Alan Pinsky. If so, if any so designated are unable to attend, the clerk's office will coordinate at finding substitute as necessary at the mayor's direction. Items number 64 through 70 appear on the one motion, one vote agenda, but item 64 was held in obeyance earlier in the morning. Remaining items 65 through 70 may be considered in one motion, one vote as they are routine items with no condition changes. Any person representing an application or a member of the public or member of the council not in agreement with the conditions and all standard conditions for the applications recommended by staff should request to have that item removed from this portion of the agenda. Item 6525-0146 SDR1. Applicant owner owner is MEQCR LLC on a land use entitlement project request for a proposed commercial development consisting of a 5,450 foot square foot restaurant with a drive-thru and an 8,630 ft commercial building on 1.69 acres generally located on the south side of Craig Road approximately 260 ft west of Jones Boulevard. This is C2 general commercial zone ward five Councilman Summers Armstrong. Item 66 25-0161 SUP1. Applicant is AI California LLC. Owner is 99 cents at Decatur LLC on a land use entitlement project for a proposed 20 thou excuse me 24,500 square f foot alcohol off- premise beer wine use in conjunction with the grocery store with a waiver to allow a 60oot distance separation from a church house of worship where 400 ft is required at 1200 South Decar Boulevard. This is C1 limited commercial zone with ward 1. Councilman Kudson 6725-0177 applicant owner is D&W Incorporated on the following land use entitlement project request on 11.77 acres at 240 North Jones Boulevard suites E and F C1 limited commercial zone with ward 1 Councilman Kudson 67A 25-0177 SUP1 for proposed gaming establishment restricted use 1 to5 machines 67B 25-1772 for a major amendment to an approved special use permit for a proposed 664 ft expansion to an existing 1,328 ft package liquor off sale establishment use alcohol off- premise full 6825-0189 RQR1 applicant outfront media owner is 840 844 Rancho LLC on a land use entitlement project request for a required review of an approved special use permit for a 40ft tall 14t x 48t off- premise sign at 840 North Rancho Drive C1 limited commercial zone ward Five. Councilwoman Summers Armstrong 25-0214 ROC1. Applicant is Dapper Development. Owner is Chicks Dig Scars LLC on a land use entitlement project request to amend conditions number one, number two, and number four, and to remove conditions number five from approved vacation on a portion of Rideway, Alley, Artway, and Casino Center Boulevard generally bounded by Casino Center Boulevard, Kage Avenue, First Street, Boulder Avenue, and Artway. This is Councilwoman Diaz in Ward 3 and item 7025-0252 RQR1. Applicant is the Cannabis Co. owner is Charlie LLC on a land use entitlement project request for a required review of of an approved special use permit SUP 77273 for a proposed 6260 ft marijuana dispensary use at 200 East Charleston Boulevard C2 general commercial zone. This is Councilman Diaz in Ward 3. The planning commission recommends approval on items 65- 67. Staff recommends approval of all items. These are public hearings that I now declare open. Is there anyone wishing to be heard on items 65 through 70 hearing and seeing none, Mr. Floyd, Mr. Loenstein, I understand you need to make a comment on item 69. >> Yes, Mayor Prom Peter Loin for the record. Um, I don't know if Lucian wants to read it, but I have it as well. Uh, we have an amended condition number two as follows. Condition of approval number one of vacation 240451-VAC1 is hereby deleted and replaced with the following condition. The limits of this petition of vacation shall be defined as the east west right of way between Kulage Avenue and Boulder Avenue currently assigned assessor's parcel number parenthesis APN139-34-499-13 along with the pocket area within APN139-34-499-1 any other p public rightway requested for vacation under 24-045 51-VAC1 are specifically removed from the original approval. Thank Thank you very much, Mr. Loine. Again, is there anybody that needs to comment? The public hearing is now closed. I will now move to a motion by Councilwoman Diaz. >> Yes, Mayor Prom. I move to approve agenda item 65 through 70, including amended conditions for item 69. >> There's a motion. Please vote. and post. And those items pass. Thank you. We'll now pull items 82 forward before proceeding with the rest of the agenda. Item 8225-0190 RQ1 required review. This is a public hearing. Applicant is outfront media owner Sahara Rancho office center LLC for possible action on a land use entitlement project. Request for a required review of an approved variance that allowed a 14t x 48t off- premise sign at 2320 South Rancho Drive C1 limited commercial zone is ward one Councilman Kudson. Uh staff did recommend a approval. This is a public hearing and I asked for this item to be pulled forward because it was originally intended to be on the one motion one vote. Uh with that being said, is there anybody that would like to comment on this prior to me turning it over to staff hearing? And seeing none, I'll close public hearing. Is there anything from staff? Uh thank you mayor prom Seth Floyd for the record. There have been no significant land use changes in the area since the last review. The site therefore remains suitable for offer assigned use and remains compatible with the adjacent land uses and therefore staff is recommending approval with conditions requiring a three-year review. >> Thank you very much. I'm going to move to approve item number 82. Please vote and post. And that item passes. Let's see. Now we're moving on to >> 75 [Applause] 7525-0067. This is an oveance item on the following land use entitlement project requests of 15.92 acres at 707, excuse me, 7038 7058 and 7078 Sky Point Drive TC Town Center zone SX-T suburban mixed juice town center special land use designation 75A 25-0067 GPA1 obeyance item to amend the Las Vegas 2050 master plan trails and bike street map to relocate an approved shared use trail segment generally located east of Sky Point Drive north of Deer Springs Okay. 75B 25-0067 V1 obeyance item to allow 471 parking spaces where 570 spaces are required. 75 C 25-0067 SUP1 obeyance item for a major amendment to an approved special use permit SUP 45941 for a proposed addition to an existing public or private school primary and secondary use. 75D25-0067 SDR1 a bayance item for a major amendment of an approved site development plan review for a proposed 28,612 ft addition to an existing 145,287 ft primary and secondary school with on-site parking and playground improvements with waiverss of the town center development standards manual and title 19 perimeter landscape buffer requirements. The applicant is Somerset Academy of Las Vegas and the owner is Somerset Academy of Las Vegas Ed. The planning commission recommends approval on the entire land use entitlement project. Staff recommends approval on 25-0067 GPA1 and denial on 25-0067 V1 SUP1 and SDR1. These are in W 6 with Councilman Brun and our public hearings which I now declare open. Is the applicant present? >> Yes, Mayor Prom, members of the council, Bob Gronower. Good morning. I'm here representing Somerset Academy. Um, as you can see on the overhead is this is an existing school. Somerset Academy has been here approximately about 15 plus years. It's located up in the northwest. It currently is a elementary, middle, and high school. I'm excited to stand before you today to tell you that we're going to make some expansions here to help make some improvements to the school in the surrounding area. Quickly up in this is the existing school that you see here in light blue. We have existing ball field play area that's located in this area. Um, what we are looking to do is we will be adding a theater building in here um, to the north of our property. And then this triangular piece of property here that I'm showing you, which I'm going to call like kind of the bottom third, is we're actually adding this property to the entire campus here. So, what you'll be having here is we're going to have some more additional green space, open space for playground area. We're adding more parking down here and it's going to increase and help out with queuing situations for the school. And we're also adding an additional ingress egress area. Zoom in a little bit quickly. You can see in this area, these will be the improvements that we'll be making along with the theater expansion. So, we're excited uh what's before you here. Um I want to thank uh Councilwoman Brun over the last couple of several weeks. I think we've had neighborhood meetings with the neighbors with the HOA representatives from the north and to the east of us and generally in the area. We will continue to work with the neighbors on any type of uh circulation ingress egress uh concerns that they may have. Uh we have another meeting scheduled with the neighbors. Uh sometime it's going to be in the first week or second week of September as we continue on with the existing operations and we're going to continue that communication as we move forward here with the future development. So that being said, we'd ask you to approve the applications um that were approved at the planning commission and I'm here to answer any questions that you may have. >> Thank you very much. may turn it over to planning staff for their report. >> Thank you, Mayor Prom. Peter Loansstein. For the record, the proposed realignment of the shared use trail is appropriate as it ensures the continuity of the public trail system without disrupting normal school operations. The new route would provide a safer alternative to the existing required trail segment as a shared use trail section is in conformance with the requirements of title 1904.420. Staffer M recommends approval of the general plan amendment. However, staff has determined that the site is as proposed to be overbuilt beyond its capacity to accommodate town center and title 19 requirements for parking, landscape buffer widths and building facade treatment. Therefore, SCAF is recommending denial of the variance the use permit and site development review. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Lawrence. And this is a public hearing. Would anybody like to comment on this project hearing? And seeing none, I'll close the public hearing. Are there any questions or comments from the board? Councilwoman Bernie, I'll turn it over to you. >> Thank you, Mayor Prom. I want to say I'm super glad uh what this project represents. Somerset is one of our crown jewel schools. It's a five-star school and it really adds a great opportunity for our residents. Um so I think what we're seeing is uh growing pains associated with growing the student body enrollment. I want to thank you and also Joseph Norby and Sean Robinson for taking the time to meet with the neighbors and the HOA members over the last few months. I think we have a great communications plan in place. Um so thank you for your effort with that. And with that I am happy to make a motion to approve 75 number 75 um item 25-0067 A through D. Please >> there's a motion. Please vote and post. Those items pass. Thank you very much. >> Thank you and have a good day. Take care. >> Moving on to item number 76 24-05 STR1 site development plan review public hearing. Applicant Peter Ozig Ozigboo, owner is the Ketchi Trust at AL for possible action on a land use entitlement project request for proposed outdoor storage development on point4 acres at 3702 Vegas Drive, M Industrial Zone, W 5 with Councilwoman Summers Armstrong. The planning commission and staff recommend approval. This is a public hearing. I now declare it open. Is the applicant present? >> I am. Good afternoon, uh, Mayor Prom and Council. Uh I'm Winston Henderson, architect on behalf of the applicant. We have reviewed staff uh conditions of approval and concur and we wish to uh have your approval. >> Thank you very much. I'll turn it over to staff for your report. >> Thank you, Mayor Prom. Seth Floyd for the record. Uh the site is currently zoned M industrial and the applicant has proposed an outdoor storage facility at this location. The site plan indicates the site will be utilized to store at least two vehicles and four self-contained metal shipping containers, although more items may be added in the future. As proposed, the site complies with title 1908, outdoor storage screening requirements, as well as perimeter landscaping, and staff recommends approval. Thank you. >> Thank you for that. Is there anybody that wishes to be heard on this item? This is a public hearing. Please step forward and state your name for the record. >> Good afternoon. Uh, my name is Lee Ducec. I'm directly across from this property. Um, currently it's kind of a junk pile with cars and shipping containers already there. I'm more here from I've gotten several calls from the other neighbors around me. Um, little Maggie's preschool is also across the street. Little Roundup uh directly next to them. They apparently from what they I they told me they sent in a bunch of protest cards that were never counted. I don't know that. I know I sent in one. Um they're they couldn't be here. I have to take vacation time to be here. Um I think they're more concerned about the static look. I don't know what um input or comments they would have, but they requested that I if I could come down and just address this in front of you. I don't know what they they claim. I haven't seen it myself, but there's a lot of homeless in that area. Um trash, human feces. Um they just if this goes through I think they just want it to look look good because right now it's kind of already what he wants. Cars, cargo, shipping containers, that kind of stuff. >> Thank you, sir. Hopefully with the rest of your vacation time, you can go sit by the pool. But I'm going to see if there's any questions or comments up here. >> Hearing and seeing none, I'm going to turn it over to the councilwoman representing that ward. >> Thank you. Sir, before you sit down, would you please state your name once again? >> Lee Ducec, 3701 Vegas Drive. >> I I don't know if there's been an aesthetic review or anything like that. >> Yes. So, while you're here, um I'd like Mr. um uh I'm sorry, I just lost your name. I'd gotten got nervous. uh to kind of go through some of the details about what's going to happen on this site so that you can take that information back to your neighbors. Um we had a chat yesterday and I think we can um safely say that he got chewed out. Um and you can take that back to your neighbors and let them know. And so I think Mr. Um sir, if you could please give a clear um breakdown of what your client is going to do and how they're going to proceed if we approve this. >> Yes. So if we can uh have the overhead please. And so we have worked with uh uh planning and with the councilwoman's staff and what we are proposing is a new masonary wall around the entire perimeter of the project so that it will then uh shield and uh uh beautify the entire project. And then within the wall will be a landscaping buffer that will be added as well. And the intent is to try to preserve uh a couple of the older growth trees there uh along Vegas Drive. the front elevation in working with staff is that there will be a CMU wall split face with colored block and a meshed rod iron gate on the front so that it will conceal completely the yard as you go along the street and hopefully that will alleviate the concerns. How tall is it? >> Uh it will be 8t tall. So, we think with that that that should satisfy the neighbors. >> Do you do you have a current picture it looks like over there of what it looks like? >> Well, no, it hasn't been built yet. >> No, no. I meant what is currently >> and so that >> containers there's yes bar over here. >> So, none of that will will be visible. Okay. >> Once the wall is introduced. >> 5443. Do you know if you got any of their cards that they sent? >> I haven't seen any and I didn't get any emails, but we try to be very responsive. I live not far, so I drive the neighborhood and I understand your concern and your neighbors concern. >> It it's more them. They >> Okay. Well, and and whoever it is and the D I was concerned about the daycare center immediately to the east. Uh I think that's a little roundup, >> right? >> And and I was concerned that I spoke to Mr. Henderson about this yesterday, how close some of the storage was to their existing fence. >> I have observed through the years people hopping over the fence and stealing stuff out of there. So, I I don't know if that's an ongoing thing or not, but >> that's the reason for the extended height of the wall so that we can stop some of that from happening. >> All right. >> Thank you so much for coming down. >> And sir, Jeff Dork, city attorney, I think we received two protest cards if that was what your question was. The clerk's office has them. So with that, Mayor Pro Tim, I just like to say thank you, Mr. Henderson, for meeting with me yesterday. I think our discussion was pretty transparent. Um that um you know, we want the old growth trees maintained to the best of their ability. So they need to just ensure that their contractor is careful and that we have the new trees so that we can address the heat island effect which is rampant throughout wards uh three and five and I think also parts of ward one. We don't need to lose trees. We need to keep the cooling. Um and the importance of them maintaining their landscaping inside the wall will also help with um alleviating some of the heat. Um, and I also expect that they will stick with the plan that they will only have the parking spots with cars and only have the um containers that are outlined in the description because we don't want it to turn into a junk pile. The view from uh the satellites um is not encouraging. Um, and so I'll be keeping an eye out. Um, I've asked my staff to tickle this for one year to look to see what has happened. Um, and we'll be reaching out if your client is is not compliant. Um, because this is important. Uh, how we keep our communities is the responsibility of all of us. Um, both citizens and businesses. Um, and with that, uh, Mayor Pro Tim, I'd like to make a motion for approval. >> There's a motion. Please vote and post. And that item passes. Thank you, sir. Thank you. >> We are now moving on to items 77 through 77 C 25-0153 on the following land use entitlement project requests on 3.83 83 acres located adjacent to the southwest corner of Clark County 215 and Gowen Road planned development zone VC Village commercial lone mountain west special land use designation 77A 25-0153 V1 to allow a 6oot sideyard setback where 10 ft is required 77B 25-153 STR1 for a major amendment to a approved site development plan review SDR 8833 for the proposed addition of a two-story 14,53q ft childcare development and storage building and parking lot reconfiguration with waiverss of perimeter landscape buffer requirements and Lone Mountain West development standards to an existing commercial office development 77 C25-0153 TMP1 West Gowen Office Park for a proposed one lot commercial subdivision. The applicant is Ardura Group Incorporated and the owners are Dura Properties LLC and West 20th Properties LLC. The planning commission recommends approval on the entire land use entitlement project. Staff recommends denial on the entire land use entitlement project. These are in Ward 4 with Councilwoman Alan Pollinsky and on public hearings which I now declare open. Is the applicant present? >> Yes. Good morning. My name is Tyler Grove. I am on representing Adura and the owner Gog and Verma. Um unfortunately uh Ardura could not be here today. >> Thank you. Is there would you like to tell us about the project? >> So yes. So the project's a 14,000 foot um twotory uh preschool. Um they they they up to up to grade five. Um we've is there anything more than that? I mean >> thank you. And is there anything else you'd like to add or >> Okay, I'm going to turn it over to >> I'm open to answer any questions that you guys might have. >> Thank you. I'll turn it over to our planning staff for their report. >> Thank you, Mayor Pro Pet for the record. Uh the proposed development does not meet the required sideyard setback, landscape buffering and premier walls. Uh as such uh those variances have been implied for um the hardships uh are determined to be self-imposed and therefore staff is recommended in a applications. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. And again, this is a public hearing. Does anybody anybody on the audience like to comment hearing? And seeing none, I will close the public comment period and turn it over to count. Well, any questions up here? Let me check here. Hearing and seeing none. Councilwoman, this is all yours. >> Uh, thank you, Mayor Prom. Uh, of course, early education is so important and uh definitely the people in my area have very limited options in this um in this space. This is a definitely an infill piece that abuts the 215. Uh don't have a lot of options with this piece of land. So, I welcome you to Ward 4. And with that, I uh move to approve item number 77. That's A through C. >> There's a motion on the floor. Please vote. And post. >> We have an I from Councilwoman Diaz as well. And that item passes. Thank you, John. >> Thank you so much. >> Have a good day. >> Moving on to item number 78 25-0156. V1 variance. This is a public hearing. Applicant is Rise dispensary. Owner is Chitak Development Corporation for possible action on a land use entitlement project request to allow a proposed projecting sign and wall sign that does not conform to title 19.8 development standards for projecting signs and wall signs on 1.89 acres at 2233 South Las Vegas Boulevard. This is C2 commercial general commercial zone with W 3. Our Councilwoman Diaz, the planning commission recommends approval. Staff recommends denial. This is a public hearing. I now declare it open. Is the applicant present? Yes. >> Hello. >> Good morning. My name is Frank Vivivero. I work for Hartler Signs, 3900 West Dewey Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89118. Um, we are proposing a double face blade sign for on the building. Um, and we're just looking for your approval. >> Thank you very much. I will turn it over to staff for their report. >> Thank you, Mayor Prom. Seth Floyd for the record. No evidence of a unique or extraordinary circumstance has been presented in that the applicant has created a self-imposed hardship by proposing wall and projecting signs that do not conform to title 19 sign requirements. Therefore, staff's determined that the applicant's request is preferential in nature and recommends denial. Thank you. Is there anyone here that would like to comment on this project? Hearing and seeing none, I will now turn this Well, anybody up here like to comment? I will turn it over to Councilwoman Diaz. >> Thank you, Mayor Prom. Um, I've been thinking about it and I did vet with staff that um there's no um com there's really not a conflict uh with our scenic byway guidelines uh with the signage as proposed. uh you this location is in close proximity to the strip and so that's why I think I'm amanable with it being the way that you guys are wanting to install it just because it will heighten the visibility and um I my the thing that I wanted it is to not not be in concert with our scenic byway or highway conditions but it is neon I understand >> um and so for those reasons I'm going to support planning Commission's recommendation to approve. So that's my motion. Move to approve. >> There's a question if it's green. >> What color? Can you can because it's looking black and white before we make the take the vote. Uh my colleague's asking if it's green. >> Um yes, the acrylic with a vinyl graphic which is green. >> There's a vote. Please or a motion. Please vote and post. That item passes. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Moving on to item number 79 25-0164 SUP1 special use permit public hearing. Applicant is Christian P. Hernandez. Owner is Nevada TE and Sumsaki TE for possible action on the land use entitlement project with a proposed motor vehicle sales used vehicles with a waiver to allow the minimum area for a site designated exclusively for the sale of used motor vehicles to be less than 25,000 ft at 1410 Northeastern Avenue. This is C2, general commercial zone, W three with Councilwoman Diaz. The planning commission and staff recommend approval. This is a public hearing which I now declare open and the applicant is standing before us. Please tell us your name and tell us about your project. >> Uh my name is Christian Hernandez and I'm here to get uh approval for a special use permit for the use of selling vehicles for a dealership. >> Thank you. I'll turn it over to our planning staff for report. >> Thank you, Mayor Prom Lone for the record. Uh staff finds the proposed motor vehicle sales use supports the goals, policies, and objectives outlined in the city of Las Vegas redevelopment plan for area 2 by eliminating blight and deterioration of a commercial building that was previously vacant. Additionally, staff finds the requested waiver is minimal in nature and will not negatively impact adjacent commercial land uses and is appropriate for the segment of Eastern Avenue. Therefore, our staff finds the use can be conducted in a compatible and harmonious manner with the surrounding area and recommends approval of the special use permit. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Loenstein. This is a public hearing for anybody who would like to comment. Hearing and seeing none. Anyone from the board? Not seeing any. I'll turn it over to Councilman Diaz. >> Thank you, Mayor Prom and Mr. Hernandez. I just wanted to know um if there are any future improvements that will be made to the site. I know that per the planning commission hearing, I think the gate needs to be uh coming down the fence that's currently around it. Um but I wanted to know if there's any upgrades going to be made to the building or even secure the premises in a in a different fashion down the road. Well, not at the moment. Uh, but the fence will be coming will be coming down. >> All right. Um, it's been sitting vacant there for a long time with no life to it. But what I do kind of want to impress upon you is that >> we want to lift the neighborhood as much as we can. And so I'm going to trust that as you are doing well with this endeavor that we put some resources behind making the facade look better. And there's ways that the city can sometimes offer assistance uh through our visual improvement program up to $25,000. So, um I just wanted to impress upon you that if there could be more greenery added in the future, lift the the the presence of the building. Um just because it I drove past it and it needs a lot of TLC. And I'm not saying anything you don't know. >> No, of course. Yeah, it will be repainted. It will be cleaned up. Yes, it will look a lot better than it is. >> Just continue that work and progress hopefully over time. >> Of course. Yeah. All right. We will do that. >> Okay. Uh with that, I'm going to move to approve agenda item 79. There's a motion. Please vote and post. And item 79 passes. >> Thank you so much for your time. >> Thank you very much. We're now moving on to items 80 through 80D 25-0165 on the following land use entitlement project requests on 89 acres on the west side of Tom Boulevard approximately 100 ft north of Donnie Avenue C2 general commercial zone 8A 25-0165 V1 to allow an existing 8ft tall solid front yard wall where 5T with a twoft solid base is the maximum height allowed. ADB 25-165 V2 to allow no offsite improvements where such are required. ADC25-0165 SUP1 for a proposed trucking company use with a waiver to allow more than five trucks or trailers on the site at any one time and ADD25-0165 SDR1 for proposed trucking company vehicle storage facility with waiverss of the perimeter landscape buffer requirements. The applicant owner is R&T Sparks Family Trust Edal. The planning commission recommends approval on the entire land use entitlement project. Staff recommends denial on the entire land use entitlement project. These are in W five with Councilwoman Summers Armstrong and our public hearings which I now declare open. Is the applicant present? >> Yes. Good morning, Mayor Prom and members of the council. Jim Diori from Diori Consulting and with me is Rick Sparks who is the owner of the property and I want to show you some renderings uh if we have the overhead of the proposed uh changes to the landscape. um which in which include do it this way which include um trees in the front and an extension of the sidewalk from the uh uh west of the property to the east of the property. And there will be paved driveway and paved surface on the inside. I'm going to switch here a little bit. The inside will look like this. And uh there will be uh 36-inch box trees all around the perimeter of the uh facility. And uh the vehicles that will be parked will be parked near the rear of the facility. So they won't be facing the front of the street. Again, this would be an aerial view of the inside of the property and again from a three-dimensional uh picture of the property from the inside. And again, it will all be paved. So, we're open to any questions if you have any questions about the project. Thank you very much. I'll turn it over to our staff for a report. >> Thanks, Mayor Prom. Seth Floyd for the record. So, Mayor Prom, this is the first time we are seeing that particular landscape plan. Uh, it does appear that it um makes the site less intense than it was approved for, but uh I would appreciate an obeyance so that we can actually get those plans in, review it, and get the proper information in front of you. Uh 30 days would be ideal. >> Okay. There's a a request. Uh I just this is a public hearing. Is there anybody that needs to comment on this item or issue? I'm not seeing any. Before we ask uh if it's okay, is there any questions or comments up here? Okay, Councilwoman Summers Armstrong, I'll turn it over to you. >> Thank you. I did not realize when we met that these uh new drawings had not gone through staff. Um so if there is no real issue um I would support their u request for 30 days. >> I I can add that we tried to detail from the planning commission's u uh recommendations moving the the parking back toward the 60% of the property basically and then adding the 36-in box trees. I thought we were just following what you had requested, but I guess we didn't submit the the changes. This this is slightly different than than what we presented before. >> So, the request would be for a 30-day obeyance until which council meeting? >> The August 20th city council meeting. Are you comfortable with that? Council when? >> Yes, I would be if that's okay with you all. >> Yeah, we'll we'll need a motion for that. >> So moved. So, we'll move that to the August 20th city council meeting. There's a motion. Please vote and post and that item is obeyed. Thank you gentlemen. >> Thank you. >> Moving on to items number 81 through 81D. 25-0176 on the following land use entitlement project request on a 4.50 acres at the northeast corner of Harris Avenue and Bruce Street. C1 limited commercial zone 81A 25-0176 VA1 to allow 75 foot residential adjacency setback where 111 ft is required. 81B 25-0176 VA2 to allow 242 parking spaces where 340 are required. 81 C2-176 SUV1 for residential multif family use. 81D25-0176 STR1 for a proposed three-story 204 unit multifamily residential development with waiverss of the perimeter landscape buffer and building orientation requirements. The applicant owner is for him for life incorporated. The planning commission recommends approval on the entire land use entitlement project. Staff recommends denial on the entire land use entitlement project. These are in W three with Councilwoman Diaz. This is a public hearing which I now declare open. Is the applicant present? And Mayor Prom, I have been made aware that the applicant is not present. And just out of respect for everyone's time, I'm going to move to a bay 81A through D um to the first August meeting in two weeks. When would that be? >> August 6th. >> August 6th. So I move to obey 81A through D to August 6th meeting. >> Do I need to open that up anymore or we close the public hearing and then take the motion? Yeah, if you already opened a public hearing, just go ahead and close it. But the obeyance motion is on the floor. That's fine. >> Okay, let's do that. There's a motion for the August 6, 2025 city council meeting. Please vote and post. That item is until August 6th. Moving on to item number 825 D. Sorry, we already did that one. >> Reports and presentations. Item number 83, report by the Clark County School District on the current educational operations in schools within CCSD in the city of Las Vegas. This is for all wards and I will ask Dr. Malich to introduce the item. Thank you, Mayor Prom, city council members. This is the quarterly report for quarter 1 from January through March per NRS 388G.630 630 and CCSD regulation 2130 as a result of AB469 passed during the 2017 legislative session. Here with us today is the Clark County School District. Um we have new leadership. I mentioned that in briefings and so this presentation that has been done in the past by Dr. Cis Rayford will now be done by our new region 2 superintendent, Dr. Ree Oswalt. And with that, I will turn it over to Dr. Oswalt. Good. >> Good morning, uh, Mayor Proemp Kudson, and city council members. My name is Ree Oswalt, and I'm the new region 2 superintendent. I've served, uh, in CCSD for 26 years as an elementary and secondary teacher, assistant principal, and principal. For the last 5 years, I've been a school associate superintendent in region 3, supervising as many as 36 elementary, middle, and high schools. Uh, first order of business is to inform you that there are no notices of deficiency related to the compliance with NRS 388G 500-820 aligned with administrative regulations codified in the Nevada administrative code and this regulation. Second order of business is to highlight some celebrations. Bonanza High School is celebrating 14.3% increase in English language arts on the ACT exam. They also have a preliminary graduation rate of 92.6, six, which is the highest in school history. Howard Wazden Elementary School is celebrating a 6% decrease in chronic absenteeism. And last but not least, Las Vegas Academy is celebrating student Chris Hayes, who won the National Jimmy Awards, one of the highest honors in high school musical theater, and from my understanding, the first in Nevada to do so. Yes. Next order of business um is the data. The written report contains uh reflect contents reflect disagregate disagregated data that was presented to a board of trustees during the first calendar year quarter of 2025. Topics include graduation rate gaps in graduation rate, middle school advanced coursework, diversity and achievement, chronic absenteeism, and student behavior. First, graduation rates. The graduation rate in Las Vegas schools has decreased from 86.3 to 82.8% but remains the overall district rate of 81.5%. The gap between the highest and lowest graduation rates among student groups in Las Vegas schools has shrunk by8 percentage points. In relation to middle school advanced coursework diversity and achievement, schools in Las Vegas increased middle school advanced coursework participation, showing an 18% improvement over the previous year. All student groups have seen an increase in participation with notable improvements for students eligible for special education and English language learners. In relation to chronic absenteeism, interventions at schools in Las Vegas resulted in a steady decrease of chronic absenteeism each year with a 9.8% 8% reduction from two years prior. Reductions in chronic absenteeism rates are evident amongst all student groups. With student discipline, schools in Las Vegas have seen a decrease in both suspensions and discretionary expulsions during the first semester of the school year in comparison to the previous year. When considered together, nearly all student groups show a decrease in removals from instruction due to behavioral issues. A notable exception is a small increase in suspensions for students with eligible eligible for special education suggesting that additional work is required. And then in closing, um I've been on the job for approximately 2 weeks. Uh and I've been in close contact with Dr. Malich, knowing her from her great work she did in CCSD. Um, and we've already had some dialogue in terms of opening up uh our communication between the city and CCSD and specifically to ensure this presentation covers what uh you want to know about the work going on in CCSD. Thank you. >> Thank you very much and congratulations on your new spot. And since you're new, I'm going to make some requests because it's it's we've had a lot of presentations over the last years and they haven't quite met the expectation of this council. And so, uh, I specifically want to focus in on, you mentioned there's a 6% decrease in in absenteeism at Wen Elementary that's in Ward One. I've been pushing as hard as I can on the school district to think through their policy around magnet schools. I think that's an ideal magnet school. And I'm offering myself, but I think the city of Las Vegas as well as a partner, I think that partnership demonstrates at Boston, uh, we can do better by those kids. Um, and I think a magnet school designation would be great for the community, great for the medical district. And so since you've only been on the job for two weeks, this is an assignment from the city of Las Vegas. >> Okay. >> I would appreciate your effort and energy in reporting back to me because I won't stop. >> Okay. >> So, I appreciate it. >> We'll do. Thank you. >> Any questions or comments up here? >> Go ahead. Go ahead. >> Well, welcome to the new position, Mr. Oswald. Um, you're going to find that those of us up here really are invested in our communities and we want to be a partner and an ally. We're not here to antagonize the school district's work. We're really here to help elevate and you know there's sometimes gaps um that are happening in our schools that we want to step in if it's something that's in our lane. And so, for example, I'm just going to highlight there's sometimes traffic issues that are happening in the front of schools and it's a really hard endeavor to try to get through it during drop off and pickup time and sometimes we are an ally in that space and getting our traffic team out there to analyze seeing what other traffic calming measures we can be providing. So, that that's a stress that's relieved from the principles and the staff having to go weather that that type of traffic storm. Um, so I just want to articulate that we really are invested in knowing where our schools are, what the what the challenges are in our different schools because a W three school is very different than a W six school and a very different thing from a W four school. And so we just want to kind of seize those opportunities where we can be a united front and really try to get to root causes and try to think through solutions where we could be helping each other because at the end of the day my zone kids go to the schools that CCSD are um you know valiantly um making sure that that are staffed and are there ready to receive our children. But sometimes there's other things that a city could be more nimble in in addressing and I feel like sometimes the communication isn't as fluid and isn't happening as much as it could be. So I just wanted to impress that we're not here again we're not here to make your lives worse. We're trying to hopefully add value and uh move our our our parents and our kids along that continuum a lot faster. I know that um Dr. Melanch and her department are also another department that want to do what's in best interest of all of our kids. We're very invested. Um I know that chronic absenteeism has been a real thing in many of u my inner city schools and we through collaboration have I think helped to at least um get that number to be better than what it was during the pandemic and after. Right. And so just wanted you to take that in. Um, we like to meet with our principles. We have what we call principles roundt and that's a way that we can hear directly from those that are in our neighborhoods about what are things that they feel at a city level and to educate them too about how to flag things for us. Because a lot of people think that when a light goes out, we have it on a dashboard and actually if the school staff don't report it to us and they know about it, then that light goes unressed. if no community member is putting it on our radar to go fix. So just those kinds of things and I know that weather events have downed a lot of light poles and so when schools know about this it helps us then intervene and look at aging infrastructure so that it's on everyone's radar and I know that you know um we have the windy storms coming through. Thankfully, right now it's July and no kids are in session, but it has happened to when kids are in session and it just it just helps us gel better as one team because we're all wanting what's best for our kids and what's best for parents. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, Mayor Prom. Thank you for your presentation. I'd like to plant a seed. Um, in May we had a very tragic accident, as I'm sure you know, where McKenzie Scott was um, killed in front of Arborview High School. And I think the incident revealed that we could do better around communication with our marshals, our traffic engineering department, and CCSD school police. And so I don't know how this happens, but I would like to see if we can set up a standing meeting with maybe um some of our marshals, our city traffic engineering department, and the CCSD school police. Maybe we can look at the data to figure out where the hotspot areas are. But we definitely need better communication around, as Councilman Diaz said, uh the school safety and traffic safety issues. Please. >> Thank you. Hi. Um, welcome to the new role. Um, I have known Dr. Rayford since well, many years and um, sorry to see her leave. She's earned it. But what a great opportunity for you and wonderful to have you here. Just want to reiterate the principal roundts. Um we have very sort of lukewarm participation at our first couple um for ward five and um maybe you can impress upon um your principles um that we're trying and um I'm not going to stop trying but I think it it's an indicator of the uh commitment um from principles whether or not they're interested in partnering whether or not they are present or whether they send someone um we have to work together. Dr. Malach's team is there. They go through all the uh you know effort to make it a hospitable and um an engaging environment and we've had both sort of a dinner and then we had sort of a casual one and we had the same people participate in both. Um and there was really good information shared about addressing the issue of absenteeism. If kids aren't in seats, they're not learning, right? and and so um just impress upon them that we really are trying to build relationship um and it's a but relationships are a two-way street. So welcome and uh I hope that we can help you all and our community do things together to address some of these issues because it matters to all of our communities. So thank you. >> Thank you. >> Uh thank you Mr. Mayor Pro Tim Mr. Oswwell. Thanks for coming today. I'm very excited with our new superintendent that we see meaningful and positive changes in the future for the school kids here in Southern Nevada. Uh, and I echo the sentiments of my uh, fellow council women who talk about the working relationship with our principles and our schools. I work very hard at it. Uh, sometimes that two-way street is not always reciprocated, but I would implore you to keep trying because eventually uh, it does make a meaningful difference. I've done in my poor powers to uh help increase um resources to my individual schools and I will continue to do that. But one of the things that you've your predecessor always hear from us and I will because I have new fresh years I'll reiterate uh when you provide us the data we love to see that data further broken down showing us the difference between different municipalities and the schools in those municipalities their performance and further broken down I want to know how Olivia's district ward is doing and councilwoman Armstrong's area and Councilwoman Brun's broken down into specific wards. so that we can surgically go in there and uh offer support and aid in a meaningful way. That's all I got. >> Understood. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. And since you're new, I'm going to make another request. Get your pen out. Take notes. Uh so so I we all know that there's a substantial change in federal funding. Uh it's definitely impacting the city of Las Vegas. I know it's impacting the Clar County School District. However, the school district plans to respond to those funding cuts. It would be great to know that in advance. It'd be great if you're able to send us regular communication on what those plans look like because at the end of the day, we're all responsible for those for those children uh and for the teachers and principles and everybody else who's affected by it. So, it's great if we're all kind of unified and if there are areas where we as individuals or council offices or city can uh maybe be a better partner, we would love to know that. So, I think the message you're hearing from all of us is about enhanced communication and since you're in that role, you get to do it from now on. Yep. Uh I I'm pretty sure that all of us will remember this conversation if you're here next time. So So be prepared for that. >> I plan to be here. >> That's wonderful. Thank you. Okay. Anything else? >> No. Thank you. >> Any requests of us? >> All right. >> Would you like just I appreciate it and I I appreciate the dialogue and and I hope we can open up more dialogue, right? To build relationships because they are our kids together and um so I I plan to be in this as as for quite a while. And um so I I look forward to building relationships and doing some work together. And I think with our new superintendent and our new team, um there's certainly a lot of opportunity to do that right now. Thank you. >> We very much appreciate you and I know uh because I've heard every single one one person up here, every single person up here publicly and privately, we want to support you. We want you to be successful. Thank you. So, thank you very much. >> Thank you, Mayor Pro Tim, city council. Um just in closing this item, I did take copious notes, so I will follow up on all of those things. Um and secondly, uh Nathan W here from government relations for CCSD and he has reached out prior to this item to say to all the municipalities, can we sit down and meet and talk about these presentations and how they can be more helpful, beneficial, um and meet the needs of your municipality elected officials. So know that that work is also going on behind the scenes and we will continue working with the school district to make this more uh participatory and two-way street of communication. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. And this is report only. No action is needed. We are now moving on to item number 84. Say set date on any appeals filed or required public hearings. I would instruct the city clerk to set the public hearing dates and appeals from the city planning commission meetings and dangerous buildings or nuisance litter abatements. >> Thank you. We'll do >> this. >> And Mr. Barlo, we held your item in abance for two weeks. >> Okay. Um >> we are moving into public comment period, but your item's already been held. >> Okay. What was it held to? Because it would only take like less than five minutes. I mean the presentation is >> we don't have planning staff here anymore. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Cuz 82 had already happened. >> Okay. >> So agenda item 82 was pulled forward. We didn't have anything to buffer it. So we needed to hold it in advance. >> Okay. Cuz I was just trying to time it. I didn't realize that that there was one that was canceled before mine adjusted sooner. So what was the date? >> Uh next meeting uh August 6th. >> August 6th. Okay. Great. Thank you. Appreciate it. >> We're at item number 85, citizen participation. Public comment during this portion of the agenda must be limited to matters within the jurisdiction of the city council. No subject may be acted upon by the city council unless that subject is on the agenda and is scheduled for action. If you wish to be heard, come to the podium and give your name for the record. The amount of discussion on any single subject as well as the amount of time any single speaker is allowed may be limited. This is your opportunity to address the council, but the council is not able to respond or engage in dialogue. Are there any members of the public who wish to speak under this portion of the agenda? We'll offer up two minutes. >> Okay. Mr. Nimrod. >> Hello council again. Um, my name is Eric Melzd Christ Nimrod. Nimrod means valiant strong. You can find that in Young's Analytical Concordance to the Bible page 696. Now, uh, peace be within your homes and prosperity in your palaces. Uh Psalms 122:7, we all need prosperity. Um this is a public safety situation that I'm talking about and it also will be able to help CCSD also. Um and you'll probably never heard this, but so-called black people were never cursed in Genesis 9:25. There's a thing in the Bible says black people are cursed to be the lowest of slaves to white people in the Jew. Well, that's incorrect. It's a covenant blessing in the Hebrew language, but it's been misconstrued. And so, it's been taught for hundreds of years that black people are to be cursed. Black people are cursed. But so-called black people are not cursed. But it has created in socalled black people a self-hate, self-killing situation, especially on the weekends with drugs, gangster rap, uh gangster rap music, and alcohol. There's a lot of killing, black-on-black crime, so to speak. And that's the underlying situation is religion and the way religion has been taught to uh so-called black people. There's a book called the art of war by Suns Soo which says the supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. Now, what's the best way to subdue the enemy without fighting is to have your enemy killing each other. And until this um so-called curse situation is taken out of so-called black people's spirits and they have an understanding of who Nimrod is, there'll always be this um confusion. >> Thank you, Mr. Nimrod. you know, and uh that must be dealt with. >> Thank you, sir. >> And there's nobody dealing with it but Nimrod. >> So, thank you very much. >> I look forward to the next meeting >> for your uh for your time. >> Thank you. >> Come on forward and state your name for the record, please. >> Yes. Uh thank you. My name's Grace Albanesey's Aban Es. And uh if only the government would acknowledge what everybody knows, I wouldn't have to come here and tell you uh and that is that I'm microchipped without my consent. Uh microchips are being smuggled into this country from Israel. They're winding up in this c in this city and inside of Americans like myself uh with help from the Mormons uh who I met these people and they somehow got the microchip in me through food and put it all online. Everybody's afraid to help me because they may be next um they may be next uh getting microchipped. So uh also there was a trip taken by President uh Biden in 2021. It was a cyber security uh meeting with President Putin in Switzerland. And President Putin has the code to the microchip. Only President Putin has it. He's only going to give it to a president of the United States. Uh Trump had it. He took it with him when he left the White House. And so Biden had to fly over to uh meet Putin to get this uh code to this microchip. This is how important this is. I guess that um uh microchips are being smuggled into this country from Israel. They're winding up in Las Vegas and inside of American citizens like myself with the help of the Mormons who are doing this. And uh you can thank Israel and the Mormons for all those pictures you see on your phone of my thoughts and my dreams that are being developed by with negatives uh in people's closets in people's garages. Pictures of my thoughts and dreams from negatives being print out sold resold on printers sold and resold by people and you can thank Israel. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. Anybody else here for public comment? If this is how you spend your vacation, sir, there's other things to do, but come on down. >> Um, my name is Lee Ducec. I would like to just comment on an item you've already passed in the in the past, and this concerns the mega church that's uh being built in the rural preservation zone. I just want to remind you that the rural preservation zone has quite a few restrictions about what can be built, how it can be built. You promised us the residents on this. You signed a contract and yet you've broken most of those rules with allowing this church. What I find more concerning is your attorney probably knows about this. Um there's an LLC that was created that is bringing some lawsuits um against you and the church. Um recently the city has reached out to individual residents threatening them with financial bills um on a lawsuit that is not won or lost. I'm not a lawyer, but that doesn't seem very right to be threatening individual people on an unresolved lawsuit. It sounds like intimidation. And I don't know if you guys are aware of what's going on. That's why I brought it up. But we're trying to stand strong. And I just think some of the tactics are just not right. >> Thank you. Is there anybody else here for public comment? Hearing and seeing none, we will close the public comment period and move on to council emerging issues. Discussion regarding potential items for future city council agendas. All awards. Any discussion must be limited to whether or not such proposed items shall be placed on a future agenda. And no discussion regarding the substance of any such proposed topic shall occur. No action shall be taken. Do any members of the council have any topics they would like to bring forward under this item? Not seeing any, we'll now move on to council member participation. Council member recognition. Comments made by individual city council members during this portion of the agenda will not be acted upon by the city council unless that subject is on the agenda and scheduled for action. Thank you. And I will move on to Councilwoman Brunie first. >> Thank you, Mayor Pro Tim. I want to start by saying you've done a great job cheering today's meeting and Councilman Diaz, you've been a you've done great as wing person. W 6 started off the month of July with a bang as we join Mayor Berkeley and Councilwoman Francis Alen Pollinsky to celebrate our nation's birthday and 249 years of independence. We had more than 15,000 individuals attend our Blastoff in the Basin annual celebration and enjoy the amazing drone show and fireworks display. Thanks to our special event team for organizing this event which gets bigger and bigger every year and you always make it look so easy. And I will say with that many people we didn't have a single medical incident. Thank you to fire and to our marshals for also being there. After hosting the best party of the year, what do you do but clean up? Ward Six joined with Ward 4 and our parks and recreation staff and city team volunteers to clean up Bucks Buckskin Basin in Wayne Bunker Park after our Fourth of July party. We know that summer is almost over and our families are getting ready to head back to school. Ward 6 is looking forward to hosting our annual splashback to school on August 2nd from 7 7:30 to 10:30 at our Centennial Hills YMCA. We'll kick off the evening by enjoying musicology student performances before we watch Singoo. Please RSVP so we can make sure we have enough frozen treats for our guests. On August 9th, we'll be partnering with the Nevada Department of Wildlife to host a critters of the night event where we where we will look for and learn about the wildlife that come out at night at our beautiful Floyd Lamb Park. 7:30 p.m. is the start time. Please note that this event has sold out or reached capacity. We had more than 300 people respond in 48 hours of posting, but please know that we have noted the demand for an interest in this type of programming. So, we will be adding a few more evening events. Please sign up for our newsletter so you can stay informed about these types of events. If you're a small business or an aspiring entrepreneur, please feel free to join us on Wednesday, August 13th from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. at our Centennial Hills Active Adult Center. We'll be offering speakers information about resources to support your business and free breakfast tacos. RSVP at W6 loss nevada.gov. As always, we want to hear from you. Please feel free to reach out at 702229-5463 or email us at w6los vegasnvada.gov. Thank you. >> Thank you, Councilwoman and Councilwoman Seaman. >> Thank you. What a joy it was to ride on Big Red in the Summerland Fourth of July parade for the sixth year representing World War II. It was heartwarming to see families, friends, and neighbors come together in patriotic spirit to celebrate this special day. It was a joy to attend the Nevada Chamber Orchestra's from Bernstein to Berlin concert at the Emerald at Queens Ridge in Ward 2 to present a city proclamation to Dr. Gregory Maldonado for his 35 years of leadership and over 40 years of excellence in music. His dedication to the arts continues to inspire our community. And then I got to attend the Atrius Seville's in War II fun-filled chef showdown where in-house chef and a talented resident went head-to-head in a terramisu bakeoff. It was a heartwarming celebration of f food, community, and friendly competition. I had a great time at the NBA summer leagues puppy race with Pink Box. I presented my good friend Lori Heron and the Nevada SPCA with certificates of recognition for their outstanding service to our animal community. I want to invite you to join us for our monthly W 2 breakfast buzz. an excellent opportunity to connect with fellow residents, discuss community matters, and hear the latest updates about what's happening in war 2. Also, stop by the senior Saturday adoption event at Nevada SPCA, where adoption fees will be waved for all seniors aged 60 and up. We're looking forward to our back- toschool fundraiser bash with the NLPA chapters. Uh that would be the national um association of police officers, a special event supporting our annual school supply drive to ensured every student in our community starts to school year prepared and ready to succeed. Don't miss our paws, pup cups, and booties at Kellogg Zayer dog park where we'll have free dog booties, free pup cups, and plenty of puppy love for all our furry friends. Okay. Now, I'd like you to meet Pongo and Dory's, two lovable pets hoping to find their forever families. Pongo is a three-year-old two-month threeyear and two-month-old male beagle mix weighing 25 lbs, and Doris is an 8-year-old uh female domestic shorthair weighing about 7.2 lb. Each has a unique personality and so much love to give. And whether you're looking for a playful pup or a gentle feline companion, they are ready to bring joy, comfort, and companionship into your life. If you're ready to open your heart and home, consider adopting one of these amazing animals and giving them the second chance they deserve. You can go to the Nevada SPCA. You can go to the Animal Foundation. There's hundreds of rescues just waiting for you to adopt one of these precious animals. Do you want to get the word out about your W 2 business? Contact my office 702229-2420 or email us at W2 at loss vegasnvada.gov. If you have any issues or inquiries in W 2, please reach out to my office. Same phone number and same email. We are always here to help you. Thank you temporary mayor uh Kenson. Thank you very much, Councilwoman Seaman and Councilwoman Diaz. >> Thank you, Mayor Prom. Um, I'm just going to take a moment of privilege and uh wish my ride and die partner. Um, we can't be functioning elected officials if we don't have a support system in our homes for that that for me. Uh, the man that makes sure that I can get my work done here at city hall is my husband and today's our 25th wedding anniversary. So, happy silver anniversary and thank you for putting up with me cuz I know it's not easy all of the ribbon cutings and events and time consumed here in the office, but you're always a champ and you always uh welcome anything that I have to do for our community. So, thanks Frank. May we have 50 in the making. Um, just wanted to cover the dust land opened in the arts district or adjacent. It's actually in the gateway adjacent the arts district. uh 1433 South Commerce Street and I was very happy to join the special celebration of the soft opening to welcome the Dust Land Bar and Music Venue um to this space. It's an exciting new venue that has indoor and outdoor bars and plenty of space to enjoy the music. So, congratulations to Jennifer Taylor who um started the Ferguson's back with Tony Sheay. So that um very eccentric awesome spot was actually started by her and now she's moving on to her own business with the different business partners on this new project. So wishing them lots of success at the dust land. Just want to remind everyone that summer break is in full swing, but we all know that uh school will be back in session too soon. Uh so don't miss this opportunity. Uh we're hosting a back to school fair on Saturday, July 26th out of the East Las Vegas Community Center. Um and it'll be 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. And admission is free, free school supplies for students while supplies last. And uh we have about enough resources for the first thousand participants that come. And I just want to thank all of the partners that are listed on the flyer for making this event possible. Uh just want to highlight the wonderful work that our neighborhood services team is continuing to do through their community connections uh sessions and the one in Ward 3 is still slated to happen August 13th at East Las Vegas Library on 2851 East Bonanza Road noon to 2. So, I want you to save the day. And this is just an opportunity for W3 residents to hear about all of the wonderful services that uh are offered through our Department of Neighborhood Services. Um, I think my very last slide to cover is the 10th annual kickoff to kindergarten happening at the East Las Vegas Library, Saturday, August 23rd, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Um, so make sure that if you have kids 3 to 5, you save the date. and uh they're going to be lots of fun and uh co-sponsored by the UNR extension and Las Vegas PBS that will feature hands-on activities, the UNLV dental clinic, and special live performances by Mariachi Pearl Tapatia and comedian Adam London. The first 250 families will receive free school supplies, lunch bags, and a social emotional game to take home with them. So, go ahead and um register for that event. I see a QR code. And uh hope you guys take advantage of all of these awesome uh goodies that are being um offered through different community partners. And as always, my team in W 3, we're here to serve you. Follow me on my social media channels. Text us uh to subscribe to our newsletter that goes out monthly. Call us in the office 702229-2359 or email us w3 vegas.gov. >> Thank you very much, Councilwoman. And moving on to Councilwoman Alan Pinsky. >> You got nothing. >> Him doing it. >> Oh, awesome. Awesome. Okay. Uh, I had a great time attending the Summerland Patriotic Parade the morning of the 4th. Walking in the parade was such a fun way to celebrate with the community and show our patriotic spirit. Thank you to everyone who came out and cheered us on. Next up, later in the evening, Blastoff in the Basin featured its first ever drone show. It was a beautiful site and as you can see some of the slides here, uh, thank you everyone who joined in, Mayor Berkeley, Councilwoman Brun, and myself for our festive Fourth of July celebration at Bugskin Basin. We are thrilled to share that the event attracted over 12,000 attendees. That's a 50% increase from last year. The energy, excitement, and sense of community was unforgettable. From the live DJ to delicious food trucks to amazing performance by Somerset Skyoint marching band, the evening was filled with uh celebration for the 249th year of uh America. Of course, the night ended with a spectacular fireworks show that truly lit up the basin and had the greatest grand finale we've had yet. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who made this event successful up to and including the Department of Public Safety for keeping everyone safe. Las Vegas Fire Benefits Association for their active participation and their continued support. All the food vendors who kept the crowd wellfed with fantastic options. And of course, the City of Las Vegas events team for their tireless planning and coordination behind the scene. We couldn't have done it without all of you. Thank you again for making this year's celebration one of the best yet, and I'm already looking forward to next year, the 250th anniversary of Freedom. Next up, uh the Las Vegas Fire and Rescue is hosting a community boot camp. It's o open to everyone over 14 years of age or older. Attendees will be able to meet LVFR staff, participate in challenging workouts with firefighters, and learn how to prepare for the application process. the fire academy and various skills to support their long-term career success. Be sure to check it out Sunday, July 26th from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the LBFR Training Center. Remember, it's not just a job, it's a calling. Next up, please take a moment to look at these faces on the slide above. Nine children are missing from our community. If you recognize any of them or have any information that could help, please contact LVMPD's missing person detail. Even the smallest tip could make a difference. With the new school year fast approaching, it's now time to come together and help bring these kids home. Uh if you're at risk youth or runaway, please remember the contact information on the slide. There's always a bus ride home for free. And lastly, please don't forget to stay up to date with everything that's happening in our ward by following us on social media channels. We are here to share updates, community news, and upcoming events. If you ever need any assistance from us or have any questions, please don't hesitate to call our office directly. You can reach us at 702-229-2524. My team and I are always here to help however we can. Thanks. Thank you, Councilwoman and Councilwoman Summers Armstrong. >> Good morning and thank you. Uh W five was been pretty busy. Uh on July 8th, we attended a retirement uh celebration for uh Cassandra Lewis. Many folks know her from her amazing work at the Dittle Active Adult Center. And after 32 years of dedicated service to the city, she has decided to hang it up. We are so proud of her um and the work that she's done um in our community. she secured the very first um meals assistant grant uh for seniors in our community and uh it's just been a remarkable career and we're happy for her new uh phase of life and we're grateful that uh Councilman Cedric Krier attended Congressman Steven Horford uh Commissioner uh William McCertie II and other federal delegation members were there. So it was really beautiful and we wish her the absolute best. We also attended on July the 10th the annual hoops for hope basketball camp and parent workshop at Dittle which is a very active uh community center in W 5. The quiet storm foundations uh this is their 22nd annual uh camp. Uh I presented a certificate of recognition and this camp really brings children and parents together through sports and service learning engagement. The foundation seeks to provide underserved youth and educational and recreational opportunities to show them how they can reach their goals and it also helps their parents learn wonderful skills on how to handle pre-teens and that's a lot. All right, we on the 10th um my special assistant Julius Lightoot uh presented a certificate to Changing Smiles Pediatric Dentistry. They are a nonprofit pediatric dental clinic located in historic West Las Vegas uh providing our kids uh with services and we also presented them with a procla not a proclamation but a certificate and we're really happy to have them providing these services in our ward. Um on the 11th in the evening I attended um a convocation. We have lots of churches in W 5. Uh and we we attended the Nehemiah Kingdom Fellowship convocation. It was a wonderful gathering of faith and community. They celebrated Bishop Bill H. McDonald who is the pastor of Wealthy Place Ministries in Ward 5. and we were delighted to be there uh to um support them and also present a certificate and that is a picture of Bishop McDonald and his beautiful family in particular Lady Fay who's right to his left. Um just some upcoming things July 19th the just one project will have a popup and give event. Um so uh for folks can go there to receive groceries. So that is this Saturday. If you need assistance, please reach out to them. On the 26th, uh there will be a back to school event at Dittle. Um we will have backpacks and supplies available. So parents, please um come out if you need assistance to this event. Uh we'll have plenty of folks there to offer other services if needed. Um that's at 1950 North J. Uh we um the Las Vegas firefighters have an open recruitment. Um would love to see uh community members who may not have thought that this could be their calling to please consider the fire service. We have a wonderful team um amazing folks um who are fire service, but we're aging out and we need new blood and we want to see folks from our community represent our community. So, please uh come out to this uh event. Also, what's going on? Lorenzie Park is offering tennis lessons. You all know I'm a big fan. Um and I also heard that um Peter Loenstein was out, brought his son out on Sunday, and that means I've got to go out and hit the ball against Peter. Uh hopefully he won't make me have a heart attack on the court or me him. So, please uh bring your kids out, come out to Lorenzi Park and enjoy um the last of the summer. And in finality, I'd like to just say that our team is here to serve the community. Um please subscribe to my newsletter uh at and at las vegasnvada.gov newsletters. It has lots of information that we would like to share. And please know that our team is here to serve you. Julius, Nora, and Aura. We are here to um help you in any way we can. And our number is 702-229-5443. Thank you. Thank you very much, Councilwoman. And as some of you know, I have three interns uh this summer. They're doing a fantastic job. I have Ayanna, Caleb, and Chloe. And Caleb is here. He's going to read my comments for me because I don't like to. and we're getting them ready to present to the SNRPC in next week. So, I appreciate his willingness to jump on the mic. >> All right. Thank you, Mayor Prom. So, July is National Park and Recreation Month, a time to celebrate the vital role parks and recreation play in creating healthy, connected, and vibrant communities. Since 1985, this nationwide observance led by the N National Recreation and Park Association has highlighted how local parks support physical and mental well-being, provides safe spaces for play and connection, and contribute to environmental stewardship. Here in the city of Los Here in the city of Las Vegas, we invite residents to get involved by visiting a local park, participating in community events, and volunteering. Join us as we recognize the people and places that make our parks an essential part of life in Las Vegas. some upcoming productions. There are two amazing productions coming up at Charleston Heights Art Center over the next month. On Saturday, July 26th at 2 p.m., you can enjoy the production titled Celebrating the Women of Broadway. The concert by Rose Kingsley will feature iconic songs from beloved m musicals such as Funny Girl, My Fair Lady, Westside Story, and many more. And then on August 16th from 600 p p.m. to 9:00 p.m. join us on the best ballroom dance floor in Vegas as we welcome back live dances to the Charleston Heights Art Center. Locals here local heroes the Moonshiners will be playing a mix of top 40 and classic songs in their signature pro prohibition pop style to get you grooving on the dance floor. Beverages will be available for purchase from the bar. And as always, you can reach out to our office via phone at 702229-2299 or email Councilman Kudson directly at banudson loss vegas.gov. Thank you again, Mayor Prom. >> Nice job, Caleb. And this will be the conclusion of our meeting, but before we do that, there's a lot of people here that support these council meetings. So, we have communication staff in the back. We have our marshals protecting us. Thank you. We have clerk's office. We have IT. And we have the manager's office. So, thanks everyone for a great meeting. And we are adjourned. [Music] >> Just push. Not everybody's first verse sounds the same, but we all get born and we all get raised. Where there is some boondocks or marina del. Everybody turns wild when 16. Slow roll big time. And on Main Street, everybody's got holes in their blue jeans. If you bought them that way or not, turn it up and sing along. We all work till the daylight's gone. 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