let us know when you're ready good good morning vice mayor I am all set and ready to go okay everyone we will start with the Pledge of Allegiance and given the week we've had Madame clerk could you please lead us gladly to the flag of the United States of America for it stands Nation God indivisible withy andice for all thank you and we'll have roll call now please calling roll for our special Reno city council meeting on Friday November 15th council member breus here D here Martinez here eert absent at this time Taylor here Rees here shivi absent at this time Madame vice mayor you do have a quorum of the Reno city council great thank you may we move into item A3 public comment please all right Madame vice mayor our first item today is opening public comment members of the public public may hear observe and provide public comment virtually by registering through the following link which can be found on reno.gov meetings https colon l i n KS period r e n o period G oov SL c u n c i l 1-en 15y 24 it should be noted for those in attendance that comments are to be addressed to the mayor and Council as a whole comments heard under this item will be limited to 3 minutes per person and may pertain to matters both on and off the council's agenda Council may not take action upon any matter not agendized on today's agenda when you're called on for public comment please state your name for the record and begin speaking the timer will begin when you say your name and you will be afforded 3 minutes for those participating in Chambers in accordance with Council rules 6.3.1 one while in this room please be respectful disruptive behavior from audience members like clapping yelling whistling Etc which impede the meeting May result in a warning issued by the presiding officer if this Behavior continues you may be removed from chambers if you're an attendee in the zoom meeting and would like to make public comment please raise your hand at this time our first public commenter today is Pablo Nava Duran followed by Tom Dunn um okay okay I want to um say congratulations cathine Taylor to for being newly reect uh Vice man for War I you're not war five War one towntown weo because I am a campaign manager for Frank press I want to say congratulation cathine Taylor and hopefully you doing best for Z Areno so I will support you so thank you and um for war three congratulations Miguel for winning victory victory your newly real alette Miguel Martinez for War I congratulation Deon re you are new Willette we five no longer at large de conso and I want to con congratulate Benny Anderson for new war South wienner War 6 congratulation Benny Anderson so this is all all we got thank you Pablo Tom dun good morning Madame vice mayor members of the council for the record my name is Tom Dunn I'm the vice president of the Reno Airport and Sparks firefighters Association first of all I'd like to congratulate all the candidates who have been elected to office or who will be shortly elected to office based on the canvasing of the vote today uh it takes a lot of dedication from not only a personal level but your the family the community that gets get behind anybody running for higher office and we really appreciate to both all the candidates as well as your families for taking on this dedication to our community uh a couple other things I like to let be let you guys let uh be aware of is just yesterday we had a in the fire department we had a uh award ceremony recognizing uh 40 individuals in the Reno Fire Department that were either new hires to the department uh or were promoted to the positions of uh operator Captain as well as Chief level officer so we thank vice mayor Taylor for attending that event it was very well attended by members of council the public as well as City staff so we thank you yesterday afternoon the Civil Service Commission approved the three I'm sorry four new positions for airport firefighter airport operator airport captain and Airport battalion chief as we continue the merger between the Reno Airport fire department and the Reno Fire Department we are looking forward to working with the two hopefully soon to be appointed candidates to continue working with civil service and uh Staffing our departments uh we'd like to uh thank the uh Civil Service Commission and the Civil Service staff as well uh for the Recently completed uh fire captain operator I'm sorry fire captains promotional exam uh the Civil Service Commission is doing great work for this city we really appreciate what they're doing um and finally our commitment to the city and to our our community continues as the elections uh for both Reno Sparks and was County County move forward and you continue to have our commitment to improve uh Public Safety in our community and our region thank you very much thank you Mr dun with that Madam vice mayor we have no additional public comment okay we will close excuse me um Madam Clark or vice mayor um I don't see a board comment section on our agenda so I think I should speak in public comment okay the floor is yours you have three minutes all right thank you um first of all I know that this is council member proses last day um I she served our community for 12 years and um while that uh you know we can't always agree we don't always agree with everyone she often brought very thoughtful um ideas and um Concepts to the council for their consideration and I really appreciated that um and I think it's worth recognizing um secondly uh I want to um also recognize Brandy Anderson um in that I will be uh my Ward will be moving um to take over a portion of council member bre's former W Ward one will include now Colin Ranch and Old Southwest um it will go out to white fur and areas south of the river um including Idle Wild um and so I look forward to working with um council member bre's former constituents um it's an honor to be able to um play that role and also it be a learning experience for me in that I will be taking on a new set of issues um I also want to recognize Brandy Anderson who as I uh move my ward um she will be taking over the south end of my ward uh from essentially Mount Rose Highway up to about the roundabout on Neil Road roughly uh and so I look forward to working with her in a transition uh phase uh to get her up to speed on the issues down there so thank you for allowing me to make public comment I do really appreciate the work of all the council members um including my colleague council member breus so thank you so much for allowing me to speak thank you councilwoman D do we have any other public comment online Madam clerk there is no additional public comment Madam vice mayor okay we'll close public comment move on to A4 approval of the agenda and I'll ask the interim city manager if we have any revisions to the agenda at this time we do not thank you looking for a motion second we have a first and a second any discussion all those in favor I I all those I opposed motion carries and we do not have any minutes in A5 so we will move on to item B1 Madam do we have any public comment for this item uh Madame mayor we have not received any public comment in correspondence form no this is after no we do not have any public comment onto this item okay then we are looking if there are no questions from the body I do not see any we are looking for a motion move second we have a first and a second any questions comments all those in favor I I all those opposed motion carries Madame clerk we are now moving into o o of office for our newly elected officials sounds good we will go in order so we will start with you vice mayor as our W one representative got it Mr hail Will you please join me [Music] you weren't shy when you were putting out signs all right raise your right hand and I'll go in small sections jeez all right I state your name I Kathleen Taylor do solemnly swear do you solemnly swear that I will support protect and defend support that I will support protect and defend the Constitution and government the Constitution and government of the United States of America of the United States of America the Constitution and government of the state of Nevada the Constitution and government of the state of Nevada and the charter and ordinances of the City of Reno and the charter and ordinances of the City of Reno against all enemies against all enemies whether domestic or foreign whether domestic or foreign and that I will bear true faith and that I will be bear truth faith um uh Allegiance and loyalty to the same Allegiance and loyalty to the same uh any ordinance resolution or law any ordinance resolution or law of any state notwithstanding of any state notwithstanding and that I am not under and I I am not under any direct or indirect obligation any direct or direct obligation to vote for to vote for appoint appoint or elect any person to any office or elect any person to any office position or employment in the City of Reno government position or employment in the City of Reno government and that I will and that I will well and Faithfully perform well and Faithfully perform all the duties of all the duties of Reno city council member W one Reno city council member W one on which I'm about to enter so help me God on which I'm about to enter so help me God thank you [Applause] Bo three Madam clerk I'd like to note for the record that council member eert has joined us via Zoom and Madam clerk can you um show the zoom screen that shows all of us on so know that we're present or have your assistant do that I think she it on the room so that every is that it I think that's everybody they're taking pictures I think so okay all right please raise your right hand ready ready okay I state your name I Miguel Martinez do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will support protect and defend that I will support protect protect and defend the Constitution and government the Constitution and government of the United States of America of the United States of America the Constitution and government the Constitution and government of the state of Nevada of the state of Nevada and the charter and ordinances of the City of Reno and the charter and ordinances of the City of Reno against all enemies whether domestic or foreign against all enemies whether domestic or foreign and that I will bear true faith and that I will bear true Faith Allegiance and loyalty to the same Allegiance and loyalty to the same any ordinance resolution or law any ordinance resolution or law of any state notwithstanding of any state notwithstanding and that I am not under and that I am not under any direct or indirect obligation any direct or indirect obligation to vote for appoint or elect to vote for appoint or direct um any person to any office to any office position or employment in the City of Reno position or employment to the city Arena and that I will and that I will well and Faithfully perform well and Faithfully perform all the duties of all the duties of Reno city council member W 3 Reno city council member W 3 on which I'm about to enter so help me God on which I'm about to enter so help me God thank you so [Applause] [Music] much you she hi okay right hand I state your name I Devon Reese do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will support protect and defend that I will support protect and defend the Constitution and government the Constitution and government of the United States of America of the United States of America and the Constitution and government of the state of Nevada and the constitution of the government of the state of Nevada and the charter and ordinances of the City of Reno the charter and ordinances of the City of Reno against all enemies against all enemies whether domestic or foreign whether domestic or fore and that I will bear true faith and I will bear true Faith Allegiance and loyalty to the same Allegiance and loyalty to the same any ordinance resolution or law any ordinance resolution or law of any state notwithstanding of any state not notwithstanding and that I am not under and that I am not under any direct or indirect obligation any direct or indirect obligation to vote for or appoint to vote for or appoint or elect any person to any office or elect any person to any office and that I oh uh or employment in the City of Reno government or employment in the City of Reno government and that I that I will and that I will well and Faithfully perform well and Faithfully perform all the duties of the office all the duties of the office Reno city council Ward five Reno city council Ward five on which I'm about to enter so help me God on which I'm about to enter so help me God [Applause] Brandy Anderson I wanted you to have the good all right right hand you've heard it three other times I've said it three other times and I'm ready to go all right I state your name I Brandy Anderson do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will support protect and defend that I will support protect and defend the Constitution and government the Constitution and government of the United States of America of the United States of America the Constitution and government of the state of Nevada the constitu Constitution and government of the state of Nevada and the charter and ordinances and the charter and ordinances of the City of Reno and the City of Reno against all enemies against all enemies whether domestic or foreign whether domestic or foreign and that I will bear true faith and I will bear true Faith Allegiance and loyalty Allegiance and loyalty to the same to the same any ordinance resolution or law any ordinance resolution or law of any state notwithstanding of any state notwithstanding and and that I am not under and that I am not under any direct or indirect obligation any direct or indirect obligation to vote for appoint or elect to vote for appoint or elect any person to any office any person to any office position or employment in the City of Reno government position or employment in the City of Reno government and that I will and that I will well and Faithfully perform well and Faithfully perform all the duties of all the duties of Reno city council member board six Mareno city council member award six on which I'm about to enter so help me God on which I'm about to enter so help me God good [Applause] job okay there just have to match my voter ID C it better thank you all right please take your seat [Applause] [Applause] congratulations and now we are moving on to item D which is adjournment Council actually vice mayor we do have one public commenter Dan Morgan for item D1 sorry Mr Morgan Madam vice mayor Madam CL I also have public comment you know uh I wouldn't miss an opportunity to speak and you all know that I just wanted to say on behalf of the Builder Association our 700 member companies and all their employees congratulations to you all um you all worked very very hard and we very much look forward to working with this group and this body to help solve some of the challenges regarding housing throughout the region and just wanted to take a moment to congratulate you all so thank you for your service to our community and congratulations on behalf of the builders thank [Applause] you Devon ree thank you so so much Madam vice mayor Madam clerk uh just a couple of things since we don't often have the opportunity to have public comment as council members but I'm so grateful and thankful to the community uh for their support of each and every one of the folks on this Das I look forward to working with each of you I also wanted to just briefly read a poem by Amanda Gorman and not all of it but just a portion of it which has uh some awareness for where my heart lies today and she writes yes we are far from polished far from pristine but that does not mean we are striving to form a union that is perfect we are striving to forge a Union with purpose to compose a country committed to all cultures colors characters and conditions so we lift up our gazes not to what stands between us but what stands before us we close the Divide because we know to put our future first we must first put forth our differences and put them aside we lay down our arms so we can reach out our arms to one another we seek harm to none and harmony for all Let The Globe if nothing else say it is true that even as we grieve we grow even as we hurt we hope that even as we Tire we tried and that we'll forever be tied together Victorious not because we'll never again no defeat but because we will never again so division thank you council member ree is there any other public comment yeah actually um council member you online please don't know can you guys hear me we can go ahead okay yeah I'm sorry I couldn't be there today and I had some technical difficulties joining this morning so I'm sorry I missed the the vote to C Was the vote I just wanted to say congratulations to everyone I know how incredibly difficult it is to um campaign um it's such hard work and um I appreciate everybody um stepping up and and putting in that work to um to be on the city council and I just wanted to say thank you to everybody and um thank you for engaging in our uh political process in this country it's so important here that we keep that that going um I know that there's um times and people that that um disparage it and I just wanted to thank everybody that um that put in the work and and got elected and and thank you so much and and also I wanted to acknowledge um council member breus who's no longer um going to be on Council she's uh termed out just want to thank her for her time um you know she had 12 years on the council and um she shared a lot of uh knowledge with with us the City of Reno and the the rest of council and I know sometimes there was um some different points of view um but I just wanted to thank her for her time um it was 12 years that she she shared with us so thank you for everybody um on this Council so thank you Pablo Nava Duran um I want to say congratulations to all the elect official so today the new day for C weo so we have all the representatives over there so congratulation let's get to work begins councilman Martinez thank you so much Madam vice mayor I just wanted to take a second you know to thank everybody who believed um in our campaign from the beginning for those of you who supported um us even even before we got appointed two years ago so I appreciate your support up here on the Das i f felt nothing but supported and appreciated and uh embraced with open arms so thank you to all the staff who's taken hours of their time to help educate me and get me up to speed to what it takes to run a city and be a representative of War I and thank you to all the voters um in War I who decided to cast their vote for me I as Pablo said we got work to do and today uh all of that begins and we're looking forward to continuing the projects and priorities that we set forth um in the campaign and appreciative of all my family especially for those that have known me obviously all my life my parents my brother is here along with my wife and my two girls Victoria and esperansa who are in Chambers for the first time ever uh so hopefully it isn't the last time that they get to experience this and just grateful for the opportunity uh to be here and be a representative of War I thanks for the time councilwoman D yeah thank you I just wanted to also give my thanks and congratulations to our new members uh whether you're elected reelected uh I embrace all of you I'm looking for W to working with you and and uh I think Mr Martinez just said it's a it's a always a new day a fresh start and I'm looking forward to that collaboration so Kudos and congratulations to you all and our last public commenter is Shirley fulkin Roberts Good morning Shirley fulkin Roberts I'm with panat Tony development but I'm here today to thank you on behalf of naop the commercial real estate organization I have watched you all work so hard as you've campaigned in your constituents knowing your constituents knowing what the city needs really truly deeply caring and I want to say congratulations to all of those who are elected and thank you so much to all of the city council I know that we have we are very lucky here in Reno you all care deeply and you work really hard thank you so much thank you Shirley all right Madame vice mayor with that we have no additional public comment and we are looking for a motion to adjourn councilwoman Anderson motion to to adjourn all those in favor I I all those opposed motion carries thank you [Applause]