peeling it. First, we're not peeling it because it's organic. Second, we're not peeling it because who needs to. I don't know if Robin if you can show the folks how fine and how beautiful that is. Do you see any peel there? You don't see any peel? Not a So, why peel? Why waste and why waste your time as well? All right. In there, then we're going to be putting in a pinch of cayenne. I know we have that >> right here, Deborah. >> Thank you. >> Sure. >> A pinch of cayenne and little salt. We'll get to there. >> Okay. >> Did you finish shredding your ginger? >> Oh, well, I'm getting there. You want to do turmeric now? >> Do you want a tablespoon turmeric? >> Yeah. Okay. >> And turmeric is one of those things that helps um helps allay inflammation in the body. And God knows we're an inflamed society. Everything we do causes inflammation. and our lifestyle, our, you know, running, our everything causes Ooh. Yeah. >> Look at the color. >> Isn't that gorgeous? Can you see that color? Hold it there. So, turmeric is that bright orange color and it won't add too much pepperiness to the soup. What' you do? Drop in a piece. >> He just just he jumped off. All right. Yes. And then just stir with the soup. Stir that. And let's see if we can get the rest into the soup. Perfect. Now, I'm going to take these. I'm going to put them back in my freezer for next time. And Robin, you're going to add about uh Which herb are you adding? I forgot. >> I believe we're going to put some dill in. Uh we're going to garnish it with dill and put some dill in. You don't have >> Where's our dill? Here's our dill. We're going to garnish with dill, but we're also going to put some in just because it tastes good. You don't have to. And we decided yesterday that we had a little bit of a leftover pasta sauce and we decided that'll give it a little bit of color. So, we're going to add a little pasta sauce. >> Yeah. Why not? >> Yeah. So, this is probably just about half a cup. >> And that's tomato and basil. So, that'll go great. >> Yeah. Right. >> We done. >> I don't know. You want salt? >> Yeah. How much? About a teaspoon. That's it. Usually with um soups that have lentils or beans, usually add the salt at the end because it retards the cooking process and makes them a little tougher. But >> Oh, well, you want to wait? >> No, we're not going to wait. We're just going to do it now because we're lazy and because we don't want to forget. So, we're going to do that. >> Uh then we're going to bring that to the oven and bring our swap out. All righty. Comes the the completed soup. Okay. And is that a ladle to dish out? Here's my ladle. Okay. Should we taste it and see if it's okay? >> Sure. >> Let's taste it. >> It's very hot. I'm going to tell you that. >> But let's taste it quickly because we need to know whether um we're going to add more salt or pepper. >> Careful. Didn't add any salt or pepper yet. So, let's add a teaspoon of salt. Again, don't be afraid of good salt. Salt is not the enemy. And a little pepper. >> Oh, that was a lot of pepper. Did you see how much pepper she added? >> Pepper is good. >> That was a lot of pepper. >> That was half of that teaspoon. It just looked like that. >> All right, Robin. Yes. If you'll garnish with some dill. >> Sure. >> Can you see how nice and hearty that is? That really looks lovely. Look at that. All right. Little dill. And I'm going to put that up here. >> Okay. >> I think we have done. We are done. We are done. We're done. >> I think we made beautiful food. >> So, let's say we've done We've done a nante pasta salad that has beans and articho carts and lots of greens and eggs. We've done that. save your life or save your life bread or whatever it is called. >> Life changing >> life change your life which you'll find online um at I want to give her plenty of credit Sarah Britain's website. She's great. And then we've done a revitalizing soup that comes from our cookbook and I think you're going to love this meal. >> I do too. >> All right. Thank you for joining us and remember we want you to eat well and be happy be happy. [Music] [Music] [Music] I am what hunger looks like in America. >> You're watching City of Las Vegas TV. [Music] >> In the middle of extreme drought in the West and historic low water levels at Lake Me, we still live in one of the most water secure communities along the Colorado River. >> Now, we know that may be hard to believe, but the Southern Nevada Water Authority is constantly working to ensure a sustainable water future for all Southern Neadans. A lot of that work is done behind the scenes by hundreds of employees dedicated to providing world-class water service. The following program will take you behind the scenes as we show you SNWA's efforts and yours. We want to thank everyone from schools, businesses, homeowners, HOAs, and even golf courses for staying water smart. Enjoy. Summer is here and we all lean into more. More time in the pool, more air conditioning, maybe even more ice cream. But when it comes to watering your plants and trees, more isn't always better. We'll explain how your plants and trees can still thrive in the summer heat while saving water and helping you save on your water bill. But there's even more you can do to help your plants and trees get sufficient water all while conserving. And today we're joined by Savannah from SMWA's conservation team who's here to give us some more tips on summer watering. Hey Savannah, thanks for joining us. >> Thank you for having me. So Savannah, besides the recommended watering schedule for drip irrigated plants and trees, what else can the community remember for this summer? This summer, Danielle, the community needs to remember that watering between the hours of 11:00 a.m. through 700 p.m. is prohibited. Watering during the high heat of summer can actually cause all that water to evaporate, which means your plants and trees are getting a lot less water than what you are giving them. It is important to remember that watering during these prohibited times or allowing water to spray and flow off of your property could result in a costly water waste fine, and nobody wants that. During summer, you'll also want to slowly ramp up the number of days you water per week and add more days as temperatures rise. And as always, never water on Sundays. Now, if you still have grass, we recommend running your sprinklers for a maximum of 12 minutes per watering day set in 3 4 minute cycles spaced 1 hour apart. That's all your grass really needs. So, grass can be watered 6 days a week in the summer. But there's an even better way to conserve water. That's right. Homeowners can remove their grass with our water smart landscapes rebate program and replace it with water efficient desert landscaping. Desert landscaping like these cactus naturally need less water to thrive, saving water and saving you money on your water bill. There are a few qualifications that are needed for our watermart landscapes rebate program. So, be sure to check out snwa.com for more information. That's great information on water smart landscaping, but right now it is sunny, but that's not always the case for the summer. Here in southern Nevada, summer is also known as monsoon season, which can bring heavy rain, storms, and high winds. So, what should the community remember during these summer storms? It is important to remember to turn off your irrigation clock during these storm events. Your landscape does not need that extra water, and you can actually take advantage of the free water falling from the sky. Overwatering your landscape during these storm events can actually damage your plants and trees, causing you more time and effort to fix. Those are all great summer watering tips. Where can the community go to get more information for summer watering? The community can visit snwa.com for more information on summer watering tips. We all have the responsibility to conserve water here in Southern Nevada. Welcome to summer, everyone. Believe it or not, you can grow a garden in the summer heat. Here are five things you can plant on your drip irrigation system, including trees and vegetables. [Music] Number one is a fig tree. It does amazing in full sun. This one has beautiful fruits on it right now. They're very delicious. They produce around June, so be prepared to eat a lot of them. Number two on my list is a peach. This one happens to be a doughnut peach. Does very well in this Las Vegas heat. It's also drought tolerant once it's established. And this tree will produce fruit around July. And number three on our list is Lantana. This is very drought tolerant once established. Um handles our sun very well. I mean very well. And uh relatively cheap to find. Every nursery has this. [Music] Number four on my list is a Tacoma stance. This one here is a wonderful little flower. Blooms all summer long. Very heat tolerant, very drought tolerant once it's uh established. One of the number one plants I would say for a garden because it has these beautiful flowers all the time. And if you want dwarf, that's fine. But if you don't, this is what they can get into. [Music] And last on my list, number five, are peppers. I have all different types of peppers here, mild to sweet to hot. Trust me, when it gets hot out here, these guys get really hot, delicious. Wow. And those are five things that you can grow in this desert sun on your home's drip irrigation system. And all these should be relatively easy to find your local nursery. Before you go shopping, you can also use the plant search tool at snwa.com to discover even more you may want to add. Visit us at the Springs Preserve to see these in person. And don't forget, summer watering restrictions are in effect. We recommend plants, trees, and your new garden should be watered up to 4 days a week before 11:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m. when temperatures get hot. And never water on Sunday. What if getting your water wasn't as simple as this? This doesn't seem like something you could pick up at a Home Depot and then do do yourself, could you? >> No, but it actually is. >> You don't want to carry it from Lake me and you certainly don't want to be responsible for treating it. >> All that water is recycled, by the way. >> Not everybody does what we're doing. No, this is actually very unique. [Music] On the shores of Lake Meade is the Alfred Merittmith Water Treatment Facility, the biggest in Southern Nevada, treating up to 600 million gallons of water each day. And we want to show you this process that you probably don't want to do on your own. [Music] Making sure your water is safe to drink is not something you want to worry about every day or especially plan for the future and make sure that in spite of something that we don't know that could be coming down the line that your water is safe to drink. And Hannah Ray is here. This is your job research engineer for the water district and the water authority. Hannah, why where are we and and what is this room? Why are we here? Where we are is what we call the pilot plant, but in essence, it's our mini drinking water treatment plant. So, every single treatment process that we do at Fullscale, we have a smaller version here that we're able to test different conditions and look to the future about what changes we might need to make. And we're going to take you through the process so you learn a little bit more about that, but especially about the research that Hannah and her team does again to ensure future safety of drinking water in case there's an event that we didn't plan for that might take place with our water supply. So where's our first stop? >> First stop right here is the raw water skid. So each treatment process we call a skid right here. So this is where we have our raw water coming from Lake Meade just as we do at full scale. We can add chemicals like we do at fullscale for something like kaga muscles or chemicals we'd add before our ozenation. >> So what are some of the typical chemicals that you would add to start the process? >> You would add ammonia as well as bleach. And so that would be something that you would help with our ozone process, but also it helps remove the koaga muscles at the intake so that it doesn't clog up the intake. >> Okay. So people hear ammonia and bleach and naturally freak out, but right these are small levels and it's all under federal safe drinking water standards. >> Okay. So after the raw water, what's the next step? >> The next step is going to be ozenation. So this is really our first treatment process at full scale. So what we're doing here, as you can see, we're bubbling in gaseous ozone. And as it bubbles, the bubbles pop. The ozone dissolves in solution. And then we have our water and our ozone in contact. and it serpentines through these contacttors. And as ozone is in contact with our water, it kills bacteria. It breaks down compounds and it's very quick to dissipate. So by the end of the treatment process, the ozone is gone. And if not, we do add a chemical to remove it cuz we want all of the ozone treatment to happen just during our treatment process. Ozenation kills the bacteria. Now we're on to fauculation, which it sounds like a swear word to me, but what is fauculation? >> So this treatment process is called coagulation fauculation. And what we do here is we need to remove particles. So if we have any dirt or things that are floating in our water that we want to remove, we use a coagulant. So that's really just a sticky compound. You just put it in the water. It causes all the other dirt and stuff to stick to it and you create these really big particles called flocks, which are much easier to remove in the next treatment process. So, we're killing the bacteria first, then we're getting the larger particles together, and then the next process, we get rid of it. >> Exactly. >> Hannah, correct me if I'm wrong. This doesn't seem like something you could pick up at a Home Depot and then do do yourself, could you? >> No. But it actually is a pretty easy process for us because of the fact that the water coming in from Lake Me is very low particles. So, we don't have to add a lot of coagulant. We don't have to remove a lot of particles because they're not there. So, our water is already pretty clean as is, but any residual particles we want to get out, we can. >> So, low particles, but mineralrich, and that's what contributes to our taste. But what if, here's the teaser. What if there might be a storm event that blows a lot of debris into Lake Meade or the Lake Meade water levels go down to the point where the water isn't as cool or as clean where we can take it right now from deeper depths because the the lake levels are a little bit higher. So, we're going to talk about that. Yes, >> we are. Cuz yeah, that is something you have to plan for. [Music] So, the last step in the treatment process in our mini plant and our big plants is filtration. Again, small scale here. We do it on a much bigger scale here at AMS. But what are we looking at? So this is our filters here and this is where we're going to remove all those particles. Those big fat particles recreated the flocks and coagulation fauculation. So you pass the water through those flocks get stuck in the media and then coming out is your particle-free clean water. And so actually the filter media that we have here is the exact same filter media that we use at fullscale. It's going to be anthraite for the majority which is just a carbon-based compound. And then we have sand at the bottom. And this depth is actually the exact same depth that we use at full scale because we want to be as exact as possible when simulating full scale scenarios. >> Hannah, it looks like a big Brit filter. Is that what this is? >> Uh, essentially it is very comparable to a Brit filter. >> Okay. Well, I want to talk to the folks at home for a minute. This is going to be a special moment for you all. If you use filtration devices or anything like a Britta pitcher, Hannah, we clean our filters. Some of the people at home, it might be years since they've cleaned their filters. Yes. >> Yes. and then you can get a bofilm and that makes your water taste bad. But our filters here, we have to clean every couple days where we do something called a backwash where we have too many particles in here. So then we have to push water backwards to dislodge all of the particles we've removed. That dirty water then gets sent to the front of the plant where we'll then treat it again. Um so then these can be put back in line as clean filters. >> Okay, so we're showing you the backwash right now. It looks pretty disgusting. Is this potentially what people have in their home filters and they have no idea? >> Uh to an extent, yeah, this is what as long as you have particles coming in and you have a filter there, you're going to be removing them and they're going to just compile and you're going to have more and more particles. So unless you're cleaning it out or changing out your filter, it's not going to do much at some point. >> So you all got smarter today by learning more about our treatment process. But Hannah, now let's talk about really the utility for this room, which is planning for future events. Making sure our treatment process is state-of-the-art and that we're ready if something unexpected comes. And these are things like major storm events that bring a lot of particles into our raw water at Lake Me. Algae blooms, which have occurred in the past, and also climate change. The temperature at Lake me rising, that means we've got to change our process. Yes, >> it does. Yeah. So an increase in the temperature as the lake levels drop is expected and that will affect all of the treatment processes but really one in particular is ozenation. So ozonation is very uh sensitive to an increase in temperature. So we need to test what do we need to do? What do we need to alter at our full scale treatment plant if we do see a rise in temperature? And so we're able to do that with our pilot. So we actually have here these are heaters. So, we're able to heat up the the water that's coming into our ozone pilot and we're able to look at different temperature points and then we're able to look at what we need to do to change so we meet our treatment goals. So, whether that's add more ozone at a higher concentration, maybe it's increase the contact time for how long the ozone is in contact with the water, but we're able to figure out what we need to do at full scale so that we're always meeting our treatment goals. >> I'm putting you on the spot here. Not everybody does what we're doing. No, this is actually very unique. Most water treatment plants don't even have a research and development team, let alone have something like this where they have a full treatment process that they can test and change conditions for to help prepare for the future. It's very unique. >> Yeah, I really hope that you're understanding how Las Vegas and Southern Nevada really does set the standard for conservation and research and development. We do it here and that's why you have one of the safest water supplies, not only in the country, but in the world. Storm events are are pretty common out here, right? We get high winds, we get monsoons, but we're talking about like major major. If there is a major storm event that affects our water supply, we've got to be ready for that. >> Yes. So, we could call it a particle event where we see a large storm that pulls in a lot of particles, a lot of sediment in from the Colorado River, from Lake Meade, and then we start to see an influx of particles coming into the treatment plant. So, as of right now, we don't have a lot of particles. It's very easy to remove what is in our water right now. But if we have a lot more coming in a high influx, that's going to change what we have to do in terms of how much coagulant that sticky count. >> Wait, wait, wait. Hold on. Our fauculs need to fauculate better. >> Yes, they do. We need we're going to need to produce even more flocks because we're going to have to remove so many more particles. So, we might need to change the dose of that. So, how much more chemical? Is there another chemical we could add that could even optimize the process even better? So, those are the things that we can do and we've actually done that. We've gone and collected sediment from Lake Meade. We've dossed in high amounts of sediment to see what we need to do to change for our full scale if we have an event like this. >> We test your drinking water over 300,000 times annually looking for all sorts of contaminants. And one of those contaminants that we're prepared to deal with if it does happen is algae. We had an event over two decades ago, but unlikely to happen, right? But we have to be prepared for it. Yes. >> Yes. As we pull from the bottom of the lake right now, an algae event is not expected to affect our treatment plant, but we want to be prepared if that ever happens. How are we going to handle that? Because back in 2001, the algae really did affect our filters where, you know, we backwash, we clean those filters out about once every two days. We were down to every couple hours. So we want to see how we can optimize this process so that we can extend the runtime of these filters and not have to backwash so often. So we can simulate algae events on this pilot. We can also even do batch testing even on a smaller scale where we look at different types of algae some that are very harmful. How can we remove those with coagulation, with inauulation or filters? Or even look at something more innovative and look at something called DAFF, which is dissolved air flotation, which is a new technology that we're looking at implementing during these events to help better remove algae so we don't have issues with our filters. >> Okay, so here's the deal. You heard a lot in this video. You heard a lot about things that are over my head. They might be over your head, but the point of this whole thing here, Hannah, and thank you so much for taking us through the pilot plant here at Alfred Meritt Smith, is that you don't have to worry about it. Hannah and our team of hundreds of researchers do this on the daily. So, when you turn on that tap the next time, think about Hannah and think about all the great work that we do at the Southern Nevada Water Authority to ensure your water quality meets or exceeds federal drinking water standards. Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] Did you know that we have approximately 75 wells similar to this one in the Valley U campus that are used to extract groundwater every single year during the summertime? These wells are located in the Las Vegas Valley, Springs Preserve, and then the small systems like Blue Diamond, Kyle Canyon, Search Light, and Sheen. Groundwater pumped from these wells accounts for about 10% of our annual usage where the other 90% come from the Colorado River. So, the way groundwater works in the Las Vegas Valley is snow melt in the Spring Mountains or Mount Charleston percolates in and flows down to the valley floor where we're standing. Now, it takes a very long time, tens of thousands of years, for the water to actually get from up there to right here. So, the groundwater we pump here is about 10,000 years old. The yearly amount of water that the Las Vegas Valley Water District is permitted to pump is just under 41,000 acre feet. An acre foot's about a football field filled with about a foot of water on top of it or 326,000 gallons. But we also have about 340,000 acret of water stored in the aquifer as part of the SNWA groundwater recharge program. From 1989 to 2011, during the winter time, the Las Vegas Valley Water District and the Southern Nevada Water Authority reversed the flows in these groundwater wells to inject treated Colorado River water directly into the ground as a methodology of storage. We generally don't use these wells all at once or even all year around. The redundancy of having more wells than are required to pump out our allocation allows us to repair or rehabilitate some wells while others are in service. And during the winter, the daily use of water is easily supplied by the Colorado River. In the summer, these wells are a valuable addition to our Colorado River supply. And to explain exactly how that's done, I'm going to hand it over to Mike. Thanks, Jason. All of our wells are different sizes, flow rates, and depths. In the rural systems, they're a smaller well, but that is our only source of water for those communities. What you're seeing here today is us bringing our wells online for the season. And then we have different ways of the water getting into the system. Some go directly into the distribution system. Some go into reservoirs where it mixes with water coming from Lake Meat and there it is treated. These wells are also a cost savings for the district being they're mostly located on the west side of the valley at where the water is used. instead of being pumped several times across the valley from Lake Meade. There's different types of pumps. Some are located above ground, some are submersible, like this one. The benefit of these, totally quiet, like this one right behind me that's running at 2100 gallons a minute. Can't even tell it's on. When the heat comes up, the wells come on and that's when we turn on our wells here in the valley. They supplement our water supply for the summertime during the hot months. >> Hello everybody. My name is Savannah Mchek and I am with the Southern Nevada Water Authority and today I am going to talk you through our pre-sight inspection process for the water smart landscapes rebate program. [Music] So the first step in this process will be going to sna.com and applying for the watermart landscapes rebate program. From there, we will give you a call to set up what is called a pre-sight inspection to take a look at your grass area and take a few photos. So, the next step in the process is once we set up the pre-sight inspection, I will come out to your property with my iPad and measuring wheel and what we will do is basically take a few photos of your yard, whichever conversion area you plan on doing, front or backyard, and then I will take a few measurements as well. One important thing to remember before we come out is that we are looking for living and maintained grass areas. We do not rebate for dirt or unmaintained turf areas. So, it does have to be living and maintained before we come out to your pre-sight inspection. So, after I have taken measurements and photos, that is pretty much all you need for me. If a homeowner is home though, I do like to discuss our program requirements, which are mainly you have to have a 50% canopy coverage, lowflow drip irrigation systems, and you have to put in a permeable layer of mulch. If a homeowner has any further questions about that, though, they can always visit snwa.com. All of our program requirements are listed, and there is a wonderful plant search tool that helps to achieve that 50%. And that is kind of all we do at the pre-sight inspection and you are on your way to receiving a water smart landscapes rebate. Here at SNWA, we try to make this process to convert over to DesertFriendly landscape as easy and efficient as possible. So go ahead and give us a call or apply online at snwa.com and from there we come out, inspect your property within a 5minute inspection and you are on your way to getting that rebate. It's all the new construction. It's the casinos and golf courses. It's all California. Many believe those and several other myths are true about water resources in Southern Nevada. However, we do the research and have the facts. It's time to tap the truth. [Music] I'm Colobby Pelgro, the deputy general manager of resources for the Southern Nevada Water Authority. Today's topic is artificial turf is ugly and it's ruining our community. The reality is none of our programs require anyone to use a specific landscape coverage when they remove their grass. You can choose rock, you can choose mulch, you can even put in pavers in some situations. But artificial turf is a choice that we see people making more and more because there's some recreational value and some value for pets associated with it. Like many things, there's lots of different qualities of artificial turf. And we get a lot of feedback that artificial turf is associated with cancer or carcinogens. And the reality is in particular for our school district, there are specifications in place that do not allow the purchase of materials that contain any known substance. That would be an issue. There are lots of old conspiracy theories surrounding artificial turf, but we've yet to find any causation between cancer and the use of artificial turf. So, it becomes a personal choice. Would you like to have artificial turf in your backyard or pavers or rock? That's your choice to make. And the quality of the turf you choose will likely affect how it looks and how long it looks good for. If you'd like to learn more about many other water myths and the truth behind them, you can find us on YouTube at SNWA video. Celebrating Las Vegas's vibrant past with a focus on our region's sustainable future, the Springs Preserve features more than two and a half miles of trails to explore, an 8 acre desert adapted botanical garden, two museums, animal habitats, interactive exhibits, and special events. Located on 180 acres in the heart of Las Vegas, there's always something new to discover at the Springs Preserve. I rescued toast from in a shelter in 2011. I love Toes because she's a lazy diva. Toast does whatever she wants. Obviously, she's sleeping right now. She's an epic snuggler. She's so comforting. She's so loving. Toast makes me laugh. When I walked into the shelter, I knew right then that she was special. [Applause] right there. Why? I'm City of Las Vegas Communications Director David Wgleman. You're watching City of Las Vegas TV, your community connection. The following program is close captioned for the hearing impaired. [Music] It's diffult, but it's real. Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] I got tired of waiting wondering if you were ever coming around. My faith in you was fending when I met you on the outskirts of town. And I said, "Romeo, you're save me. I've been feeling so alone. I keep waiting for you, but you never promised this in my head. I don't know what to think." He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring and said, "Marry me, Juliet. You never have to be alone. I love you and that's all I really want to do. Your dad go out. It's a love story. Baby, just [Music] cuz we were both young when I first saw you. [Music] Leave me on the floor tonight. Show me how to move like the water in between the dancing lights. Be mine. Be mine. I see them. I want to be nowhere but here with you now. I want to be one in this space. I want to be tangled and wrapped in your cloud. I want to be close to your face. What tomorrow can waiting time in this place until the sun is away like a magnet on me. I don't care what they say. We can do it our way. And it love's just a game. Come and play. Eyes. Meet me on the floor tonight. Show me how to move like the water in between the darks and lights. Be mine. Be mine. I [Music] want to get lost in your ocean and drown. I want to be careless and free. I want to live in the moment we found. I want to be all that you see. What tomorrow can waiting time in this place till the sun is away. Be like a magnet on me. I don't care what they say. We can do it our way. And if love's just a game, then come and play [Music] me. Okay. Okay. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. If I could ask you to take your seats. We have a wonderfully rockus crowd this morning. Thank you all so much. The August 6th meeting of the city council is called to order. This meeting has been properly noticed and posted in compliance with the open meeting law. 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If you do not have your ticket, see security personnel while exiting for a validation coupon. Before we proceed with the agenda, would everybody is um is he here? Okay, very good. Um before we proceed with the agenda, would everyone please rise for the invocation given by Dr. Briesh Verll, Hindu and Jane Temple of Las Vegas and remain standing for the pledge which I will ask um him to um to lead for us. Welcome. Nice to see you. >> Thank you. So good morning everyone. >> Good morning. >> So now I am chanting Sanskrit mantras. So I request to everyone pray to God. [Music] for [Music] [Applause] [Music] no shad. foreign. [Music] You're a for a om shanti [Music] shanti shanti sus shantadu sarisha sa [Music] May all be prosperous and happy. May all be free. Freedomless. May all experience goodness. May no one suffer. This is the meaning of this whole Sanskrit mantra. Home peace, peace, peace. God give us, good health, good wealth and peaceful life. Thank you everyone and God bless you all. Thank you. >> Thank doctor. Would you um uh uh lead with me the pledge of allegiance? We'll do the pledge right now. 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. >> I'd now like to invite uh my fellow city council members to um move to the podium for our ceremonials. [Applause] Okay. I'm ready. Hello, Congressman. Nice to see you. We're so happy to have you today. Um uh this is the ceremonial portion of our meeting. Uh and um uh today's city councilwoman Alan Pinsky has the honor of presenting both of our items. So, at this time, I will turn the microphone over to the most esteemed uh councilwoman from Ward 4, Nancy Nancy Francis Alan Pinski. >> Thank you, Madame Mayor. [Applause] >> Good morning, everyone. >> Good morning. >> It's always a joy when we come together to celebrate someone who it truly makes a difference in our community. This morning I have the honor of recognizing a very special person. Her name is Mary Fairhurst and she's our citizen of the month from Ward 4. Mary, come on down. Mary is the kind of person that every neighbor wishes they had. as president of the neighborhood preparedness team in Sun City Summerland. She has gone above and beyond in keeping our community safe, informed, and connected. I want to point out that this is a completely voluntary role. Mary gives of her time, energy, and her heart without receiving a paycheck. She does it she does it because simply she cares. For those that may not know, uh, one of the most impactful things Mary has done just recently is help launch the Knox program in Sun City Summerland. And this is a Knoxbox. The Knoxbox is a secure system that allows first responders, specifically firefighters, to access a home quickly in case of emergency, especially when no one is able to lock the door. The Knox box has been used in commercial buildings in southern Nevada for over 25 years successfully, but throughout the United States, this is the first time they've ever been used for residential purposes. Mary didn't just help organize the program, she got personally involved. She drove to residents homes to get help and have extra sets of keys made. An extra key goes inside the lock and only the fire department has the key to access. She made sure that paperwork was filled out correctly for residents and followed up with residents who had questions. And many residents had questions. She doesn't do this for recognition. She does it because she cares deeply about her neighbors and her community. Mary truly represents the spirit of service and we are so lucky to have her in Ward 4. Mary, thank you for everything you do. You make Sun City Summerland a better place, a more safe place, and a caring place for all of us. Please join me in congratulating our citizen of the month, Mary Fairhurst. you'd like to say. >> Okay. >> First, I would like to thank Councilwoman Francis Ellen Pollinsky and her staff. I'm honored to receive this award. This recognition is not just a personal achievement, but a testament to the collective spirit of our wonderful Sun City Summerland community. My husband and I feel fortunate to be a part of Sun City Summerland. Of all the places we've lived, this is by far the best. And we are grateful to have found our home here. This award is not just for me. It is everyone who worked alongside, supported the team, shared the vision, and contributed their time and energy to make our community a better place. I was fortunate to meet Sherry Alberts and Rose Veranni Cookie who joined me as vice presidents with NPT, our neighborhood preparedness team, and their involvement was like rocket fuel to the organization. Sherry is my right hand in everything NPT and she took the lead role in an idea I had after I helped a 103year-old woman in our community who was living alone. We developed and implemented a living well expo at uh services and support as you age. And our hearts melted when one resident said to Sherry that one of the services we connected her to will quote change my life. Rose took on the neighborhood watch program which NPT coordinates with LVMPD. We started well over 50 watches and restarted others over just the last couple of years. NPT has incredible support from our executive director Mitsy Mills and the entire administration including all of the HOA board members. One of our biggest supporters is Dick Clark, an HOA past president and current board member who is here today. And another great supporter is his wife Beth Clark, who is also here today. And we're happy that this year Beth joined us on our NPT board of directors as our treasurer. In March 2023, NPT hosted our first big event to calm the community after we had an attempted murder. The Clark County DA and the captain of Subland Area Command calmed the community with real world advice to protect residents in the community going forward. NPT offers safety, fire safety and prevention education annually for our residents and we have huge attendance at things like active asalent training with LVMPD. We started an outdoor event called Sun City Night Out with food, music, and entertainment, but the important part is our community partners in preparedness. We're happy that this year the Knox program will be part of Sun City Night Out and we're expecting a large crowd. I have worked closely with Sarah Burke in the Ward 4 office and it has been absolutely awesome to work with someone and collaborate with someone who is so great. I hope that this award serves as a reminder that collective effort, individual contribution and support can make impactful changes to our community. I hope this inspires everyone to support one another and contribute their unique talents to make our community even better. Thank you once again for this incredible honor. I know that all of us at NPT are committed to continuing our service to our community and inspiring others to do the same. Thank you. And if I could just give a shout out to Mitsy Mills, the executive director of Sun City Summerland uh HOA Association. We're so proud to have you here. Thank you for joining us. >> Uh first of all, congratulations. We're all very very happy that you've been recognized in this way. And I want you to know, although I am sure it I do not have to tell you how supportive your councilwoman is of all the things that you are doing to make Sun City an even more fabulous place to live. And I'm just delighted that we're all part of Francis's honoring today because it is um very welld deserved and we're very happy with the program and very happy with the Sun City residents. And after we take a picture, maybe everybody here from Sun City can come and take a picture with us if that would be okay with you. >> All right, let's do this. on the podium. >> Oh, do you need this to want the steel? May we have everybody that's here from city come and join us >> by Too late. Too late. Okay, everybody. Bar mitzvah. Thank you so much. [Applause] Thank you for coming all the way down. Just having the opportunity to recognize an outstanding citizen of the month. I am now truly honored to continue this momentum with today's ceremonial. This next recognition is one I am particularly excited about because it highlights an organization that has made a lasting impact on economic growth. Under its leadership, President Peter Guzman, the Latin Chamber of Commerce has been a champion for Hispanicowned businesses, for education, and for empowerment of our next generation of leaders across Las Vegas. What better way to celebrate this than with a musical performance that reflects the pride, energy, and vibrancy of the Latina community. Please join me in welcoming our incredibly talented performers. If members of the council could go sit down in the the front and they're going to come. >> Yes. >> Lovely. >> Come on down. Oh, thank you, Jace. [Applause] Thank you so much for coming. I don't know. [Music] Merry Christmas. [Music] What is it? [Applause] [Music] Thank you. [Music] [Music] [Applause] Fore. [Music] [Music] [Laughter] [Music] Heat. [Music] [Laughter] [Music] That's it. President Guzman's vision and dedication has helped the chamber grow into much more than a business resource center. It's a place where leaders and development happens and voices are uplifted. And when you honor a guy like Peter, he rolls really deep and everybody in this room is an important person. We've got Seabbach, we've got Hibbitz, Kasama, Suadib, everybody shows up. Bobby Ellis, everybody shows up for Peter, including our very own United States Congressman, Steven Horsford. Come on up and say a few words, Stephen. Go Wolfpack. >> Well, good morning. That's some way to start a council. >> A typ typical day at city hall. >> Thank you, madame mayor, and to the council. Uh thank you, Councilwoman, uh Alan Palinsky for your phenomenal leadership and the honor today. I couldn't think of a better place to be, and it's great to be home to be with all of you to celebrate uh the Latin Chamber of Commerce this morning. I want to thank Peter uh President Guzman for his phenomenal leadership and shephering the legacy of our dear friend Odo Moretta. Congratulations. You founded this organization back in 1976. And next year marks 50 years that the Latin Chamber of Commerce has been enriching the lives here in Southern Nevada. That is a testament and a testimony. I see the emotion, Peter, because you know it hasn't always been easy. And I have had the opportunity to work with this great organization over the years and I can truly say their impact is immeasurable. This organization helps to cultivate talent through scholarships and leadership training. Each investment that is made is lifechanging and helps to elevate our entire community. The Latin Chamber of Commerce helps to support small businesses directly. In fact, one of the or uh resources that we helped to bring was the Valley Center opportunity zone to help small businesses in particularly underserved neighborhoods outperform their competition. And the Latin Chamber of Commerce helps families make ends meet by making and helping to meet caretaker needs. Their senior support allows workers to earn their living without worrying that their aging loved ones are vulnerable and alone. These are just some of the impacts that the Latin Chamber of Commerce has made. So, I truly mean it when I say that your success is a success for the entire community of Southern Nevada and in fact the entire state of Nevada. So, I wanted to be here to join with the mayor and the council in recognizing your phenomenal leadership and your legacy. And we are excited for what the next 50 years will continue to bring. Congratulations and God bless you. >> Thank you, Congress. Thank you very much. >> Someone mentioned to me that Senator Brian is in the house. Senator Brian. Senator Brian, we always have to acknowledge you. You've done so much. Your legacy is very, very uh held tightly here at the city. You passed the Southern Nevada Lands Act 20 years ago, 25 years ago, and uh your legacy of parks and trails in Southern Nevada. Everybody up here, all seven of us, thank you for everything you've done. And now I would like to invite Predator President Peter Guzman to the podium to share a few words. >> Oh, >> you're right. You're right. >> Mr. Wgleman, will you cue the video for us? [Music] We embrace entrepreneurship. Latinos make the United States of America great. [Music] the mission has hasn't changed. I think we was was important to be able to have developed context to have uh be able to get involved in politics and to able to uh uh develop uh businesses. We love the chamber, but they're also a wonderful friend of ours. Um through thick and thin, they've been there. They they partner with us. They share the ideas of you as members. And so I um was my pleasure when when Peter called and said, "Hey, would you do this?" The answer is an immediate yes. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] I think we are a center the backbone we could say of this community. I think politicians and individual have to count on us in order to be able to be effective in this community. [Music] [Applause] Diversity is our strength. Mr. Guzman, come on up. Say a few words. Otto, you too. Right here. I'm going try to do this without choking up. That'll be good. Thank you. Good morning, Mayor Berkeley, esteemed members of the Las Vegas City Council, and of course, a special thank you to a fierce fighter of small business who has proven to me and stood with me on behalf of small business, Councilwoman Francis. Thank you. Wow, I didn't know everybody was going to show up like this. On behalf of the Latin Chamber of Commerce, I stand before you today with immense gratitude and pride. On a personal note, this means so much to me. I love the city of Las Vegas. I love the city of Las Vegas so much. It's my heart. To get this award with our founder, legend Oto Media standing next to me. I don't think there's an award I'm ever going to get that's going to mean more than this one. We all owe a debt of gratitude to you, Otto. Whether directly or indirectly, whether people want to say it publicly, personally, or never say it, we all owe you a debt of gratitude. You kick doors down so that I can now sit at tables that I never imagined I would get to. Our success today could not have happened without your relentless fighting spirit of yesterday. I made you a promise and I continue that promise as hard as I can. I fail some days but we have great days. The main reason why I wanted to do this was to continue your legacy because I promise you, your legacy will never die. To the city of Las Vegas, thank you for your continued partnership, your vision, and your unwavering support of our mission to empower and elevate Latino owned businesses and all small businesses throughout our great city. The Latin Chamber of Commerce has served as a vital resource for our community for over 49 years. And in that time, we have seen firsthand the transformative power of collaboration between civic leadership and the private sector. Today, we thank you for being not just leaders in government, but champions of inclusivity, innovation, and e economic opportunity. Our efforts working together to foster a pro business environment, invest in our underserved neighborhoods, and support programs that uplift minority entrepreneurs have truly paid off. Whether through workforce development initiatives, equitable access to city contracts, or creating safe, vibrant business corridors, we together have helped open doors for countless families and businesses striving for the American dream. The Latin Chamber of Commerce has always believed that when small businesses succeed, communities thrive. And with your help, we are witnessing that progress every day right here in Las Vegas and in Nevada. Regardless of what we read, we are standing up, fighting for the American dream. We also want to express appreciation for your commitment to diversity and recognition of the contribution contributions that Latino businesses make. We are the fabric of this country. Regardless of what we're reading, we are the fabric of this country and nobody will convince me otherwise. Over $2 trillion of the economic buying power. Our members feel seen, heard, and valued. And that is a direct reflection of our leadership together and your willingness to work with the most powerful Hispanic business organization in this state. That's the LCC. This award is for all of us, but in particular to my incredible Beatrice, who you did not see in that video because she won't do video. Carlos, I know you're here. Does amazing work. Andrea, who's pregnant and couldn't get out of her couch today. Jorge. Jorge. Caritos. mate killing it. And of course, you know, I know this is going to be hard to believe. I don't ask for photos. I don't ask for the limelight. Don't even want it. I spent 30 years crushing it in real estate and nobody knew the who the hell I was and I enjoyed under the radar. But this position required something different. But there's no way that I could do this without my incredible LCC board and ambassadors led by our chairwoman Sonia Hoya. And I know Debbie, Alex, Walter, Mate, Diana Jose Alana. Hope I didn't miss anybody. I'm so honored and proud to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with you guys. And I hope I'm making you proud. And I promise you that I'm committed to that. to our incredible legal counsel Carmen who is some days just the greatest thing that I have and other days a pain >> cuz she's a lawyer and a badass one at that. Thank you for giving me the privilege to lead this organization that we all love so much at the core of who I am and the reason why I do every single thing I do. It's because of my wife Mercy, my kids Javanni and Tatiana. And I know they're watching. They're all in different places right now, but I love you guys and I know you're watching. You're my reason. So once again, thank you. We look forward to continuing our work together to ensure that Las Vegas remains not only the entertainment capital of the world, but a shining example of what true partnership means between government, community, and private sector. We can achieve all of our goals together. Otto, once again, thank you for all you've done, continue to do. You're my consigary. You're the man I I call when I need answers, when I'm lost. You're the first call I make, and I hope to have that for a long time. Much gracias. And may our shared efforts continue to build a stronger, more inclusive Las Vegas for generations to come. Thank you guys so much. Can I get the board and this congressman? Everybody wants to take a photo. Come on up. >> Uh Peter, before we take the V more pictures, I love you. Um I you know um I've been here from the beginning when it comes to the Latin Chamber and several decades ago I was in House Council for the Old Sands Hotel and Oto and Judge Mendoza came to my office and wanted to start a monthly uh lunchon series and so the first several uh Latin Chamber lunches were at the Old Sans Hotel. Now in those days if there were a half a dozen tables that was a big deal. So on behalf of this entire community and I say this without fear of contradiction the future of our community is sitting right here today in city hall. But I but now uh when I go to the uh the monthly lunchons and see what you have turned this into, it is nothing short of phenomenal and it reflects the importance of the Latino community in the greater Las Vegas community. We appreciate you. We appreciate everybody that makes Las Vegas a better place to live. As you know, I'm second generation American. When my grandparents came to America, they couldn't speak English. They had no money. They had no skills. And two generations later, they have a granddaughter that's the mayor of Las Vegas. Not bad. That's right. Not bad. So, I I suspect there's a lot of future mayors um throughout this community and I look forward to working with them. >> There definitely is. >> And future governors and the presidents, you never know. So, I I want to thank you on behalf of the entire city council for the extraordinary work that you do. And now, everybody that's involved with the Latin Chamber, come on up for a picture. Sure. That would be amazing. >> Let's do this. [Music] >> That's what [Music] a few more on this side. >> Bobby, what are you doing? Get up. >> Come on, Bob. >> Is our We represent white guys, too. Come on. >> All right, we're gonna need to have a few more people in the back so we can scooch everyone in. So, if you're a little taller, let's go in the back. >> Wonderful. >> Senator. >> All right, everyone. >> We need the senator. >> We need the senator. >> Got to have the senator. >> I cannot go on without senator. Senator [Applause] All right. >> Everybody, we're looking at right there. >> All right. A couple more [Applause] such a good job. [Music] Alto, take over, man. You can have this job back. I'm done. You got camera? >> Let me just sneak in here. We will be starting our city council meeting in five minutes. [Music] Wonder where and when I fell apart. Oh, I fell apart. I had enough of my demons. But angels only meet you where you are. And I'm in the dark. At least for now that I ain't losing hope. That somehow you can make a heart go from this heart of stone. From this heart of stone this heart of stone. [Applause] Cuz I'm wide awake and I'm dreaming. [Music] We are the crowd. We're coming out. Got my flash on the street. Need that picture of you. It's so mag. It'd be so fantasting [Music] lights cuz you know that baby I I'm your biggest spin. I'll follow you until you love me. Papa papa roy baby there's no other superstar you know that I'll be papa papa roy be but I won't stop until you mine baby you'll be famous chase you down until you love me papa papa roy [Music] I'll be your girl backstage at your show. Velvet ropes and guitars. Yeah, cuz you're the rock star in between the sets. Eyeliner and cigarettes. [Music] Shadow is burnt. Yellow dance and return. My lashes are bright. Purple tear drops are crying. Don't have a price. Loving you is terrify. Cuz you know that baby I I'm your biggest fan. I'll follow you until you love me. Papa roy baby. There's no other superstar. I know that I'll be papa papa red kind but I won't stop until that boy is mine [Applause] [Music] baby you'll be famous chase you down until you love me father feel good we dance in the studio snap snap that's on the Radio don't stop for anyone. Will plastic but we still have fun. I'm your biggest fan. I'll follow you until you love me. Papa papa roy baby. There's no other superstar. You know that I'll be your papa papa roy kind. And I won't stop until that boy is mine. [Music] Baby, you'll be famous. Chase you down until you love me. Papa roy. [Music] [Music] She's at the >> Our city council meeting agenda item number seven. Public comment during this portion of the agenda must be limit must must be limited to matters on the agenda for action. The amount of time any single speaker is allowed may be limited. It will be limited to two minutes. 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. This is your opportunity to address the council, but the council is not able to respond or engage in dialogue. As I said, we will set the time for two minutes. Please be advised that if you have a comment on an issue that is not on the agenda, you must wait till the end of the meeting to be heard. So, is there anybody that is going to speak on a specific agenda item? >> I I do. I do. I do. >> All right. Well, please state your name for the record. >> My name is Eric Melzdc Christ Nimrod. My noble my noble name Nimrod means valiant strong in the Hebrew language. You can fact check that in Young's analytical concordance to the Bible page 696. My no my noble name Nimrod received the slanderous insult of fool and stupid from the Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck cartoons. They always outsmarted Elma Fud. Elma Fred was the hunter who always hunted them. They called him a nimrod. So people who consider Nimrod a fool are mentally controlled by the Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck cartoons because my name means Valley Strong in the Hebrew language. Agenda number 25. I say yes. The Las Vegas Master Mobility Plan Update. The July 31st, August 6, 2025 Las Vegas Weekly Magazine has on its cover a ZooX driverless vehicle with the title, No Driver, No Problem, with an inside article about the Las Vegas mobility plan titled Nobody Take the Wheel. It speaks highly about the RTC bus rapid transit line on Maryland Parkway and other projects. It's very interesting. Very interesting what's going on. Also, agenda 63. I say yes. Money for the repairs to the Las Vegas fire and rescue fleet garage. They run to the danger while people are running from the danger. So they deserve the best. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. Is there anybody else wishing to be heard under this agenda item? >> Please come forward and state your name. >> Yeah. And I want to I want to talk about uh item 62. So now is the time for that? Am I correct? >> Oh. Um that item has been held in obeyance to be heard at a different council meeting. So, this would not be the time for you to speak. >> Very good. >> It's uh scheduled for September 3rd. >> September 3rd. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. >> Is there anybody else wishing to address the city council? If not, oh I I think we have to wait. You know what? I'm going to make an exception. Why don't you come this way? Uh your daughter doesn't have to spend the whole morning here. Phoenix, will you come and join us? Please state your name for the record and you will have two minutes to speak. >> Hi, my name is Phoenix and I would like to talk about safe places. >> Speak nice and loud. >> Okay. Good morning, city council members. My name is Phoenix and I'm 9 years old. I'm here today because I want our city to be even safer for kids like me. Sometimes when something bad happens, like if a kid gets lost or feels scared or being bullied, kids don't always know where to go. That's why I think we need more national safe places sites in our community and more awareness. Safe place sites are spa places like fire stations, libraries, or even some stores where kids can go if they're in trouble. And they know an adult will help them. They have a special sign that shows it's a safe place. Through partnerships with local businesses and government agencies, youth in southern Nevada can access a safe place site by walking into one of the hundreds of designated locations, hopping on a bus for a free ride to a safe place site or by calling the toll free crisis hotline at 1866 you are safe 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Right now, there aren't many safe places near my school or house or even where my friends live. If there were more safe, if there were more, I'd feel much safer knowing there's always somewhere we can go for help. No matter where I am in our city, it would make me and all my friends feel a lot better knowing that if we ever needed to help, it's just a short walk away to a safe place. Could you please help us get some more safe place sites in our community? It would make a really big difference for our for kids in our community. Thank you for listening. >> Thank you so much for coming down. We appreciate it. Agenda item number eight for possible action. Any items from the 9:30 a.m. session that the council, staff, and/or applicant wish to be stricken, tabled, withdrawn, or held in obeyance to a future meeting may be brought forward and acted upon at this time. Mayor Prom. >> Thank you, Madam Mayor. I have a few items to read. Item number 48, bill number 2025-13, there's a request by staff to strike. Item number 49, bill number 2025-14, there's a request by staff to strike. 58A through 58 C, 25-0264 EOT1, EOT2, and EOT3. Applicant owner is the Golden Apartments LLC on 3.03 acres at the northwest corner of Vegas Drive and Simmon Street. There's an abraiance request by the applicant to the August 20th, 2025 city council meeting 59A through 59B 24-0508 V1 Z1. Obeyance item public hearing applicant Champion Resource Group LLC owners DFA LLC west of Harvey Munford Street approximately 725 ft south of Washington. There's a request by Councilwoman Summers Armstrong to table item number 6024-05101 at Bay Inside and Reszoning Public Hearing Applicant Champions Resource Group LLC own. >> Thank you, sir. Owner is DFA LLC corner of Washington Avenue and Harvey Munford Street. There's a request by Councilwoman Summers Armstrong to table. Item number 6124-0513 VR1 obeyance item. Applicant is Santos Aguilar. Owner is Leyani Gonzalez Agules on.14 acres at 21104 Santaita Drive. There's an obeyance request by Councilwoman Diaz for the September 3rd, 2025 city council meeting and 62A through 62D 25-0176 V1 VR2 SUP1 and SDR1 obeyance item. Applicant owner is for him for life incorporated on 4.50 acres at the northeast corner of Harris A Avenue and Brew Street. There's an obeyance request by Councilwoman Diaz for the September 3rd, 2025 city council meeting. And that will be my motion. >> Okay. Shall we vote on the motion? I'm having a problem. Nothing is coming up. >> Let me get you back. Hold on one second. >> Ah. >> Okay. Please. Does everybody have a screen? Councilwoman Bernie, do you want to Okay. Okay. Um, please post if you're able. Motion is passed. Agenda item number nine for possible action to approve the final minutes by reference of the July 2nd, 2025 regular city council meeting. Mayor Prom, may I have a motion to approve the minutes? >> Move to approve. >> Please vote. post. Motion passes. Agenda item number 10. Items 10 through 38 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? >> Madame Mayor, I'd like to pull forward item 14. All right. Okay. >> And if there are no others, I would move to approve the consent agenda. >> Okay. Please vote. Post. Motion carries. Are we hearing um >> 14? Are we hearing 14 at this time? If you're okay with >> I am okay. And um let's get started. Do >> you want me to read it in? >> Yes, please. >> Okay. Madame Mayor, item 14 for possible action to approve award of mutual use contract number 25501-63-R crossing guard services using Clark County bid number 607448-25 annual requirements contract for crossing guard services department of public works. Award recommended to all city management services incorporated not to exceed 2.4 million annually. total contract value not to exceed 24 million at general fund. And this is for all wards. And madame mayor, the reason I asked for this to pull forward is is a couple of reasons. And hopefully we've had enough dialogue over the last year. Um this started last year when Clark County, specifically Commissioner Naft, asked us to look at expanding our crossing guard services for for middle schools. Um I very much appreciate the city's approach as doing their due diligence to make sure that it's a warranted expense. It is expensive. We did two pilot studies and I know this kind of leads into the presentation um but we were waiting for data to come back to demonstrate that those crossing guards at a middle school um and a high school do have an impact and I believe the data suggests that and so this contract up for award right now is really just for elementary schools and I wanted to bring this forward to the council to talk about the potential expansion of middle schools and maybe in the future high schools as well. Um, and if it's okay with you, Madame Mayor, I turn it over to our our exclusive and wonderful city team to talk through what data they've learned from. >> Thank you very much. Good morning. This is Tanya Kembell, purchasing and contracts manager. For the record, I just wanted to state that the contract amount was um posted to the agenda at 2.4 million annually. That is incorrect, but unfortunately the when we found out it was incorrect, it had already been posted. We didn't want to pull the contract because if voted upon today, we wanted it in place when um school starts, but um we will be bringing forward a contract modification with the correct amount to city council for approval. And my colleague is going to give some other information which could also impact a future contract modification. So, uh without further ado, Joey Pasi, director of public works. >> Good morning. Good morning, mayor and council. Joey Paskey, director of public works. Um, going to talk a little bit about the crossing guard program here. So, the city really continues to implement our vision zero action plan, which is aimed on eliminating deaths and serious injuries caused by traffic accidents. And a real big pillar of that is our school crossing guard program and school safety. We really want to make sure that school students are getting to and from school safely. So, uh, currently our program is operated at elementary schools. We have, um, up to 287 guards at 72 elementary schools and we run on an annual budget of 2.877 million. That gets us 182 days of school. Crossing guards work for two hours per day and they're paid just shy of $30 an hour. Um, Las Vegas Metro Police Department ran this program through the 2017 2018 school year, at which time it transitioned to the jurisdictions, county, and the cities to run their program. We've been running ours since then. So, how do we place the guards? We don't just put two per school, one per school, or something like that. You we use safety based criteria in order to determine where the crossing guard should go and how many should go within a particular school zone. Uh, Clark County uses similar criteria. We worked with them to develop it so that we're consistent throughout the valley. Um, we use things like roadway frontage. Is the road being directly is the road being directly crossed right in front of the school or not? Things like what type of school crossing is it? Is there a stop sign? Is there a traffic signal? Um, is there a marked crosswalk? We look at vehicle speeds. We look at how many vehicles are on the roadway. um we look at site visibility both from a motorist perspective and also from a pedestrian perspective. So a lot a lot of science and safety based criteria go into our placement of the crossing guards. Um so a little look at the safety data. Clark County School District started um 2023 24 collecting crash incidents in school zones that involve pedestrians, bikes, and scooters. So, just to be clear, this is not vehicle-tovehicle crashes that occur, but this is these are the crashes year-over-year that have occurred within the city jurisdiction um in school zones during school times. If it was at 11:00 at night, that's not included in this information. Uh what this does show is an increase and evidence that we need to place even more attention on making sure that our students are safe. A little bit more about the this just this past year's crash data. Um most attention to the high incident schools. The schools that had the the most crashes during these times was Garside Middle School with five, Palo Verde High School also with five, and Arborview High School with four. There were seven others that had over two crashes. Um but crash crashes are on the rise and so are the severity. So Councilman Kudson alluded to our pilot program. Um, one thing we wanted to do before we expanded the program any further was make sure that we were doing that in the right places. So, we ran a pilot last year to assess the feasibility and effectiveness of placing guards at both a middle school and a high school. So, we placed two guards on Tana at Simron Memorial High School and one guard on Washington at Gibson Middle School. These were chosen um because of past crash data, citizen complaints, the school administration reaching out and we also did extensive walk audits which are safety checks um where our team went out and walked the entire frontage and identified safety concerns along these. So that's how those were chosen. We ran this from beginning of November through the end of the year and had some some really good results. Zero crashes occurred during the school arrivals and departures for both of those which is was down. um we increased pedestrian compliance and motorist awareness. So one important part of this is we weren't just using qualitative or quantitative data. We were also using qualitative data. We went out and we talked to the crossing guards, we talked to the students, we talked to the parents, we talked to the school administration and really got a feel for how they felt the programs were working at both of those and got really positive feedback through these community surveys. Uh and so in in our opinion uh it was an effective traffic management uh technique and it reduced the number of conflicts. So with that where where where do we go from here? Uh we I believe the data supports a safety need for the expansion of the program if it's possible. The pilot results were definitely promising and I think we have opportunities to scale this smartly using our data and funding. So, one option to expand past just the elementary schools would be to implement at middle schools, which we have 16 middle schools. That'd be um up to two per school there. And then increase our high school pilots. So, expand from just Simmeron to also include the other two highest crash locations, which would have been Arborview and Palo Verde. Um the schedule impacts to this would be fairly minimal. Sometimes it takes a little bit for the contractor to bring on all of the crossing guards because it's a lot of people to hire all at one time. So we'll do we would do a rolling start for something like that. Um the additional cost to that would be approximately $415,000 for this next school year. Um and then you know dep economy dependent um may be planned for a potential budget expansion request to look at all of the high schools in future years. And with that I'll be happy to take any questions. >> Thank you. Does anybody have any questions before you make a motion? Um, yes. Uh, Joey, uh, are we also talking about, uh, is it our hope and plan to expand to high schools? >> Yes, we would we would like to do again dependent, budget dependent. Um, I think we would like to get the rest of the high schools. >> So, right, >> in a future year. We're not asking for this at at this point, >> right? >> But that's our future goal. >> That is our future goal. With this proposal, we would be trying to expand to at least two more high schools though this year than we had last year. >> Is there any other municipality or jurisdiction that is expanding to high schools? >> Not to my knowledge. No. >> Okay, that's great. I think that's very important and again given financial considerations, but I think it's an important goal to be working towards. So, we're talking elementary school, middle school, and ultimately high schools as well. >> Yep. >> All right. Thank you so much. Do I hear a motion? >> Madame Mayor, I appreciate you and this council for Oops. Sorry, I didn't break anything. >> I appreciate you and this council for uh allowing me to talk about this. I know it's important to to everyone up here. Um and Joey, for your team, it's you're just as much part of the public safety team as as our firefighters and our police officers. This is a public safety function. Uh and that is one of the priorities of the city council. Um, what is the timing if we I know we're going to move to Well, I'm going to make a motion to approve item number 14 today. What is the timing on bringing those changes back so that we can expand into middle schools? >> We would start I mean if if it was the direction of the council and we had budget to do so, we would start on that right away with all city management um get it done as quickly as they could get it staffed. >> Okay. Uh that's that's my request if it's okay with this council. And with that, Madame Mayor, I just want to point out, I was at Garside Middle School this morning, uh, that it's a brand new school. Those teachers are ready to go. I met with the superintendent this morning at, uh, Hancock. It was a grand opening, and it was the first thing we talked about is that our our collective role in this community is to protect children, and that would be my first and foremost responsibility and priority. With that, Madame Mayor, I'm grateful to the staff for doing their due diligence, and I would move to approve item number 14. >> Please vote. Post post >> I tapped it and it didn't go through. >> Motion passes. >> Okay. Um we will now hear related items 39 and 43 together. This is a public hearing. Item number 39 regarding the fair market value and fair market rent of city of Las Vegas owned vacant real property and based on the appraisal report of June 16th, 2025 by Southwest Property Consultants, Inc. in anticipation of a ground lease with Moki Holdings LLC for the development of a hotel project to be located at 1929 and 2021 West Charleston Boulevard. Should I read the other one as well or take this one? Okay, I'll read this one too. Item related item number 43 R-56-2025. discussion for possible action regarding a resolution finding the ground lease agreement between the city of Las Vegas and Moi Holdings LLC regarding certain real property comprised of approximately 0.54 acres commonly known as uh 2001 West Charleston Boulevard 11:05 Payer Drive and 11:06 Westwood Drive concerning the need for a construction uh staging site and parking parking lot to service this development of a hotel project and it is in the best interest of the public. These items are in ward one, Mr. Kenudson. Item 39 is a public hearing which I now declare open. Miss Babski. >> Good morning, Mayor. Good morning, city council members. Dana Babsky, director of economic and urban development. And with me here today at the podium is Mr. John Moi. He is the uh he's representing uh the other party to the lease agreement. Welcome. >> Thank you, Miss Papsky. My name is John Moi. I'm the manager of Moi Holdings, who is the prospective tenant in this uh lease with the city. Um we are envisioning the development of a Hilton branded home two suites on the the site outlined in the yellow on this chart here. um your parcel, the city's parcel, RTC is involved, um is absolutely essential for us to have enough supplemental parking to support 130 maybe 135 uh room hotel extended stay project. Um I would like to thank the mayor and the city council for uh considering my project here today and also the staff for their very hard work on what was uh a bit of a nuanced ground lease that is for your review today. Um, like I mentioned earlier, uh, Home Two Suites we think is a product that's appropriate for this, uh, burgeoning corridor, uh, the hot medical district. Uh, we're very proud of what's been done there. There's a lot of momentum. Um, without this supplemental parking, which we think will add another 50 to 52 parking spots for the 130 room hotel. This project would not be able to get off the ground. Um, we have spoken with our mostly our business neighbors to the north. Uh, they're all very supportive of the project. Some of them send hotel demand very far away from this area. Um we hope to keep them a lot closer. Um possibly reduce traffic with less need for for cars, rental cars when they come to town. Um yeah, I think that's all I had today. Thank you for your time and consideration. >> Thank you so much for being here. Miss Babsky, is there anything you would like to add to the presentation? >> Yes, thank you, Mayor. Uh thank you, Mr. Moy. Um I would like to actually go over some of the terms and a little background on the parcels. Um, as you see, uh, on the on the map right here, the red arrows is what's pointing to the parcels that are actually the remnants from the, uh, Charleston Complete Streets projects, and they were purchased back then with the RTC's allocation to the city. So, uh, with that said, any proceeds from the lease are going to be put back into that uh, fund. So, the city will then essentially kind of start replenishing the RTC allocation to the city to do more work on the roadways. The lease term is 7 years with two options five years each. Um and it it will commence when the developer is ready to start construction which is uh currently estimated um on June 30th, 2027. The lease rate is set at $4,000 per month. Uh and again, as I mentioned, the all of that uh funding or all of those funds will go back into the city's allocation from the RTC. Um in the vicinity, the site is right across from uh the main UMC campus. So um again it's our vision is that this hotel is going to serve um as you know to help us bring in traveling nurses, families, anybody who need to visit UMC and the the medical district in general. And the point I wanted to make this is a first hotel that is going to go into the core medical district. We do have a Marriott and Symphony Park which is considered part of the medical district as well but it is very exciting that uh this particular project is going to be the very first one and we hope to have more in the future. What you see in front of you, the yellow building is the Debella Flower Shop and that was um on the original on the first map that you saw. That's the properties that the developer is acquiring and where the hotel is going to be constructed on. So um John, would you like to provide a little more information on the actual hotel itself? >> Sure. This is a stock rendering of of a home two suites. I'm sure many of you have seen others in the Las Vegas Valley as well as uh around the country. Um it's it's a solid up and cominging product extended stay focused. Um our entrance to the hotel will will or the the porticoser there will be on the uh on the south side of the building. So um picture that uh oh there you go. Thank you. Um yeah that that's a general site plan that we have mocked up um with 74 uh surface spots on the parcel. Um the additional 50 or 52 spots will be across payor um on uh on the city's parcel which is the subject of the ground lease today. Thank you so much. Is there anybody else uh wishing to speak? This is a public hearing. If not, I will close the public hearing. Are there any questions or comments from the council members? Seeing none, no action is required on item 39. Is there a motion on related item 43? Mayor Prob. Thank you very much, Mayor. And this is six years in the making. So, I want to thank Mike Jansen. I know you've been absolutely critical on this and Dena and your team. Um, and for the the development team that's that's brought this forward. This is absolutely critical for the success of future success of UMC. Um, you called it the hot medical district, so I'm just going to take that and run with it. I appreciate that. Um, a hotel next to a hospital makes a lot of sense, especially if you're spending a lot of time in a hospital. So, I'm very, very, very grateful that you're bringing a hotel project into the medical district. One request is is on Payor Drive, there's eight homes, uh, eight people that eight families that live there, and I made a commitment to them six years ago when I resoneed the property that I would keep them up to date. Um, as you go forward in your plans, if you could let me know how things are progressing and send a picture every now and then. Um, I'm going to walk door to door just like I did six years ago and tell them that the the nature of their neighborhood is changing, but it is for the greater good of Las Vegas and for the the greater good of the hot medical district. So, with that, Madame Mayor, I'm going to move to approve item 43 with appreciation. >> Shall we vote? >> Please post. Motion carries. Thank you so much for being here. >> Thank you. [Music] Agenda item 41. This is administrative discussion for possible action regarding the approval of a property acquisition agreement for the Upper Las Vegas Wash with Monument Hills Partners LLC. Can I do >> Oh, [Applause] I am so sorry. It was attached to the other item. Um, this is agenda item 40 and 44. Um, they will be heard together. Item 40. It's a public hearing regarding the fair market value of the city of Las Vegas owned parking garage located how could I miss this one, Yoshi? Good heavens. Parking garage located underneath the Neonopoulos retail center. based on the appraisal report of March 28th, 2025 by Valbridge Property Advisors in anticipation of the sale of 2.75 acres located at 450 Fremont Street, item 44 R-57-2025, discussion for possible action regarding a resolution authorizing the purchase and sale agreement and joint escrow instructions between the city of Las Vegas and Panther Acquisition itions LLC regarding the Neonopoulos parking garage located at 450 Fremont Street for the purpose of economic development without first offering it to the public and for less than fair market value for the development maintenance parking capabilities and best interests of the citizens of Las Vegas. These items are in Ward 5, Miss Summers Armstrong. Item 40 is a public hearing which I now declare open. Miss Babsky. >> Thank you, mayor. Thank you, city council members. Dina Babsky, director of economic and urban development for the city. And I'd like to welcome our long-term partners and guests. Here today is Mr. John Curran and Mr. John Tippens. John and John, welcome. Um, so, uh, what we're bringing for your consideration today is a purchase and sale agreement of a city asset that is well known in downtown and I'm sure all of us have had a chance to visit, park and, you know, spend some time in that in that particular garage. With that said, I wanted to provide a little bit of background. Um, it is located at 450 East Fremont Street. It is subterranean garage under the Neonopoulos Mall. uh back in the late 90s the city entered into a disposition and development agreement to construct the garage. So you can imagine we've had it for a few decades and we have managed it successfully. It has definitely served its original purpose um for after which the city essentially wanted to achieve is the for the redevelopment of downtown Las Vegas. As you can see um here you know obviously we know that it is on the northeast corner of the Fremont Street. So there's a lot of uh visitation and and traffic coming into the garage to support that area. Um and again, you know, there's so many opportunities currently in downtown that, you know, this particular garage is definitely um going to serve very well under the new uh ownership and management to continue to promote economic development for downtown. So the uh the purchase and sale agreement um as you may mentioned, the garage appraised at $10,30,000. The purchase and sale agreement is currently for 9,718,472. With that said, within 24 months, the buyers will be uh attempting to appeal the current appraised value with the assessor's office uh with the county. And if they are in fact success successful, then uh they will transfer additional funding to the city uh roughly around up to $300,000 depending on what that new assessed value is going to be with the assessor. If all approved today, uh we have a 75day um escro period consisting of 45day due diligence and a 30-day closing period. So these are the deal terms. But before I give the uh word over to uh Mr. Curran and Mr. Tippens, I would be remiss as to not to thank Mr. Rohit Jooshi. Uh he has been an incredible partner for many many years. Uh he's our neighbor on top of the garage. So the relationship has been amazing and um I would just would like to take a moment to thank you for the partnership. All right. With that, I'd like to give the board over to you, gentlemen. >> Good morning, Madame Mayor, members of council. For the record, John Curran, 1081 West Charleston here on behalf of Panther Acquisitions. Uh first just got to shout out Dena and her entire team as always. It's just a pleasure to work through. A little bit of a complicated uh deal in some ways, but we're able to work together through those uh those nuances and come out with equitable outcome that works for everybody. Uh Mr. Tippens and I have had a long involvement in uh this neighborhood, Fremont, East and surrounding area. Uh we understand some of the headwinds the area uh is is facing, but remain long-term bullish and optimistic about the future uh growth and opportunities nearby. Um, so controlling this uh garage will facilitate and enable uh some of those growth opportunities and uh we're really excited about the deal and uh excited to move this forward. So with that, happy to answer any questions. Otherwise, respectfully request your vote for approval. >> Thank you so much and welcome. Happy to see you. Uh this is a public hearing. Does anybody else wish to speak on this issue? Mr. Yoshi. [Music] >> I'm Rick Yoshi of Neianapolis 450 Fremont Street. Mayor Shelley Berkeley and also Shandra. Nice seeing you here and all the council members. Thank you for giving me this opportunity. This is my first time in front of Shelley Berkeley. So, thank you. Uh my 25 tenants at Nanup has also thanked the entire staff. Mike has been fantastic. You too as well. and they've helped me immensely on the parking garage. Uh I welcome investments in downtown as well as at Neianapolis and as such I thank John and John to come into Neianapolis in the parking garage and put their good money into the good project and see if we can all succeed in downtown. The purchase and sale agreement doesn't address some of the recorded and unrecorded agreements between city and Indianapolis. I just want you to know. So I'm here to put it on record that such should be resolved between the buyer and the seller and us as Neianapolis parking garage reciprocal eastment agreement is been recorded but some others are not recorded validations passes for the tenants and other issues of infrastructure requires review and buyers of garage in the city. So, we'll work with them to get this thing resolved. But we are very, very happy to have John and John come into this project. I've known them for years. Very good people. It'll be fantastic to have it for downtown in Las Vegas. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. Is there anybody else wishing to speak on this item? >> Is this item 40? >> Yes, it is. >> 44. >> 40 and 44. >> It's 40 and 44. >> Yes. >> Oh, okay. >> Okay. How you doing? >> Please state your name for the record. >> My name is Eric Melzdc Christ Nimrod. By the way, uh I'm glad you're back, mayor. >> Thank you. >> Missed you last time, you know. and um peace be within your walls and prosperity in your palaces city. Okay. Uh what I'd like to know is why is this um how would selling this below market price be a boon to we the citizens of Las Vegas? >> Okay. Um, Miss Babsky, would you like to explain the uh the art of this deal? >> Absolutely. Thank you. Thank you so much. Uh, Dina Babsky, director director of economic and urban development. As I mentioned in the in the deal terms, once the appraised value or the the assessed value is appealed with the assessor's office, that's when uh essentially the additional funding will bring it back up to the market value. >> Okay. >> All right. Thank you so much for your inquiry. I am going to be closing the public uh public hearing. Are there any questions or comments from the city council? Yes. >> Thank you, mayor. Just one quick question. As a as a visitor to to Fremont East and downtown who parks at Indianapolis, what will the parking changes look like if you know? >> Still working through that. We've uh talked to a number of operators. Uh a lot of great ideas. We're still sort of brainstorming. We've got the 75day period to really hone in on all of those things, but uh generally want to contain, you know, generally want to uh uh ensure adequate, safe, uh clean parking for for the surrounding neighborhood and uh yeah, working through what the exact changes might be. >> Does that answer your question? >> All righty. Um that no action is required on item 40, but is there a motion on related item 44? Councilwoman Summers Armstrong. >> Thank you, Madame Mayor, and thank you uh the John uh Mr. Tippens and I'm sorry, your last name, >> Mr. Kurin. >> Kurin, thank you so much. Um for working with us on this. We appreciate it. Thank you, Dina, always for your hard work. And I move uh for approval. >> All right. Shall we vote? Please post. >> Motion is carried. Thank you so much. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Now, agenda item 41. uh discussion for possible action regarding the approval of a property acquisition agreement for the upper Las Vegas Wash with Monument Hills Partners LLC for the sale of 939.52 acres of land in the northwest Las Vegas in northwest in northwest Las Vegas located east of US Highway 95 and north of moccasin road ward 6 Miss Brunie Oh. Uh, welcome, city manager. >> Good morning, Mayor Berkeley, members of city council. Mike Jansen, city manager. Let me get this, uh, presentation rolling for you on this item. Uh, I'd like to just start off just to give you all a little bit of a location, uh, understanding of where we are. We are at the northern end of the city of Las Vegas limits. And this exhibit you see here just gives you the try to orientate you the land that we're going to be talking about today. Uh what you'll see at the bottom of the page is the US9511 Kyle Canyon interchange. Uh just to the east of that, you'll see one of our newest neighborhoods that are really uh coming out of the ground really fast. That is the Sunstone development by LAR. Just east of that is one of the major roadways that serves this area. That's Sky Canyon Park Drive. And you'll see on the north side of that roadway is a a piece of property that measures just under 940 acres of land. And we're going to uh talk a little bit about what that development plan looks like and the exact shape of the parcel. It's a unique shaped parcel. Immediately to the west is the Pyute Tribes uh Snow Mountain Golf Course and Land Holdings. And then immediately to the east is a very unique piece of property, very large piece of property. It's a 22,650 acre Tuli Springs Fossil Beds National Monument that was established back in 2014. A real uh great uh jewel for our community and visitors to uh experience all that uh is in that fossil beds national monument. And so again, just want to make sure you understand the location that we're talking about. I'm going to move into the conceptual master plan that we have been working very diligently with the Olympia group. Um, and this is the plan as it stood uh just last month. It's very very close to final uh in terms of all the details that we've been trying to capture in the final plan. And the piece that I wanted to highlight for you all is this development uh would uh ultimately as proposed include 6,000 housing units. Uh, and a very unique factor of this development, something that's never been done before that I can think of in Southern Nevada, it would be a subdivision that includes military housing specifically for Creech Air Force Base, Nellis Air Force Base, uh, active duty members of the military. And that was really a cornerstone of the original vision of trying to do this um project was we need to support our um military. And uh as you all know, Creech is such a big part of our national international um military operations. And uh having housing for those officers and soldiers that are all based out of Creech is something that's desperately needed. So again, we're not here today to talk about entitlements at all. As you'll see in the next slide, I'm going to walk you through what that schedule looks like. But I wanted you to understand that ultimately if this land transaction goes through, this is the type of plan that we'll be bringing back to you for uh the entitlement part. I think it's worth taking a moment to understand how did we get here because this particular method of uh delivery is something that had not been done before. Uh it started back in 2018 with our former city manager deputy um uh uh Betsy Fretwell who was our city manager at the time in 2018 and she reached out to the Bureau of Land Management and said, "Hey, we we think that this area uh with the Fossil Bez National Monument to the east and with the Pyute Tribe Holdings to the west, we really want to be careful with how this is developed, but we also want to support Creech and do a lot of things that just made this a unique piece of property." Um and so in 2019, uh Olympia Companies was selected by the city council through an RFP to be the city's development partner on this project. Um and then the calendar turned to 2020 and we all know what happened. We uh got caught in the midst of the COVID pandemic. And what I would tell you is throughout that pandemic, I remember sitting in all the meetings when we were navigating the the challenges of COVID. And uh it's fair to say the city the city and Olympia team, we persevered through all of those issues to keep moving this development plan forward with all of the federal agencies and local agencies that were involved and other interested parties. Um what that led to was uh a BLM appraisal for the property of $94 million. That occurred on September 23rd of 2022. Um the next major step is um BLM has a very uh specialized process to do a transaction like this. They do a lot of public outreach and so you'll see there the transaction requirements and public comments. That was about a three-year period. Uh up until July 21st of 2025, so just a few weeks ago, we received a formal letter from the BLM that was allowing the purchase of this property to move forward. And today um today is a significant step in this process and that is the purchase agreement um that is before you today for your consideration. Uh I mentioned earlier today we're not here to talk about entitlements that will be occurring with the Olympia team and our staff planning commission city council all through this month and November is what we have projected for the entitlement process to be going forward. So with that background I want to just take take you through really the meat of this item. Um and so again, this is a purchase agreement for the Upper Las Vegas Wash property um with um Monument Hills Partners LLC. Uh that is a subsidiary uh related with the Olympia companies. And here's a couple of the key points of the item that's before you. This purchase agreement, it's going to provide for the purchase of 939.52 acres of BLM land through a direct sale agreement for $94 million. that averages out to a little over $100,000 an acre. And I want to point out exactly how the BLM valued each acre uh is not known directly by us because what was unique about this delivery, they were able to see the proposed development plan and take into account land that would be set aside for schools, for parks, for infrastructure, for roadways, not something that normally happens through a regular auction. And so uh that allowed uh the BLM to look at this with a little bit of a different lens. So exactly what the uh methodology they use per acre um we don't know but the the average came out to a little over 100,000 an acre. Uh the method of delivery of how this transaction would occur. It would be a double escrow where essentially the BLM would sell the land to the city. We'd own it for just a few seconds and then it would be uh sold to Monument Hills partners. 100% of all costs for this uh acquisition would be by Monument Hills Partners. That's including the closing cost, the non-refundable deposit, etc. Speaking of the non-refundable deposit, that's the next very significant date in front of us. Uh an $18.8 million non-refundable deposit is due on August 20th to preserve the BLM direct sale opportunity. The balance 75.2 2 million is due on or before February 16th, 2026. And uh before I bring up our partner uh from um Olympia Group, I want to just add this note that you see here at the bottom. Um just this week, yesterday and as well on Monday, we got some information from the BLM that the Pyute tribe has filed an appeal and a petition for a stay of this land sale. And what I can tell you today is that this could result in us coming back before you with an amendment to this PSA or it could delay the transaction for some period of time that as of today I just can't tell you what that looks like. But with that as the background, I'd very much like to welcome up a longtime partner with the city, Mr. Bob Gronower. Bob, welcome. [Music] Uh, your honor, members of the council, Bob Gronower, 1980 Festival Plaza Drive. I'm here representing Olympia Companies and Mr. Larry Canarelli. So on their behalf, um we're happy to be here at this juncture, I want to specifically thank Councilwoman Brun, Mr. Jansen, and the many staff members that we've been meeting on hourly. There's a lot of hours put in on the on a weekly basis. Um so we're excited. Um we're ready to move forward with the PSA with your approval today. we're ready to move forward with the deposit here fairly shortly after the approval of the PSA and continue with this transaction. So, we're excited to bring more homes and another fantastic master plan community by the Olympia companies here to the city of Las Vegas. So, thank you. >> Thank you so much, Mr. Grunau. Are there any questions or comments from members of the city council? >> Mayor, if I may put something on the record. >> Yes, you may. >> I just would like uh Mr. Runner, hello. um put on the record that your client acknowledges that you know there is opposition to this transaction and that the city has no control over the ability to acquire the land from the BLM and that's the deposit when paid may sit with the BLM for a while and that the city has no liability to your your client. >> Yes, we understand that we understand the legal risk that are involved and we want to move forward with development for the city that's in the best interest for everybody. Okay, very good. Thank you so much. Uh, is there a motion, Councilwoman Brunie? >> Thank you, Mayor. And I do want to echo what Bob shared that we have been meeting uh, every week for many hours and I think we've had no fewer than 10 team members and they're from the city. So, I want to thank Mr. Jansen and the entire team for really working on this project to um get to, you know, a final product um that is very unique and special and brings uh homes that are much needed and hopefully an economic driver too that will support continued economic growth in the community. And with that, I will move to approve item 41, the approval of the property acquisition agreement for the Upper Las Vegas Wash with Monument Hills Partner LLC. Thank you so much. Shall we vote? Please post. Motion passes. Thank you so much. >> Agenda item 42. Discussion for possible action regarding a cooperative agreement between Clark County and the cities of Las Vegas, Boulder City, Henderson, Mosquite, and North Las Vegas to establish the Southern Nevada Council of Governments. All wards are involved. Mr. Valleta. >> Good morning, mayor, members of the council. Seth Floyd for the record. Uh, I'm going to introduce this item and then Marco has a short presentation to go over uh what we're doing here. And I had I was thinking through what my intro would be and then when the young lady came up here during public comment uh to speak and did such a wonderful job, I decided I would scrap that one and do a different one. Uh, one of the things that I think we all think about from time to time is why we do this job. And a lot of us do this job because we want to see a community that is great today and more importantly that is great tomorrow. Uh I know a lot of you have families who are growing up here. I do too. Uh and there are a lot of issues that you face and that we deal with as staff that don't have borders. Uh we have a jurisdiction but a lot of these issues cross borders and we can only address them effectively if we do it as a region. So, with that, uh, what we have in front of you today is an item that would essentially rebrand the Southern Nevada, uh, Regional Planning Coalition, something that's been around for about 30 years, into a council of governments. And I don't want to steal all of Marco's thunder in explaining what that is, but I think the I the idea and where we're headed with this is that this will be a more effective way to coordinate and collaborate among the local governments in Southern Nevada. Before I turn it over to Mark, I do have one housekeeping item there. In the agreement that's in your backup on page 8, there is a missing section reference in section 11F. There should have been a reference to section A. That is, I believe it currently just reads error reference source not found. Not sure that how that happened, but when you vote on this, you'll be voting on it with that correct reference to section A. So, I just wanted to put that on the record, John. Hopefully that satisfies to to address what that amendment is. And with that, I'll turn it over to Marco and then we are happy to answer any questions that you have. >> Thank you so much. >> Good morning, mayor and city council members. Marco Vada, City of Las Vegas Department of Community Development. For the record, I think uh to piggyback on Seth's introduction here, I'd like to talk a little bit about uh the kind of the history and how we got here. Uh this has a a saga that spans over over decades. Um but but I wanted to you know little do a little bit of framing for you if you will. Uh planning from a regional context has been around uh the state for decades. I think we have a couple good organizations that we can point to in terms of a clear mission but they have different authorities and what they do. Uh the one that kind of comes to mind uh is in uh northern Nevada Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. The legendary clarity of Lake Tahoe is owed to them. Uh their authority really is to protect the environment of Lake Tahoe and really kind of go back to what Mark Twain said, you know, a century and a half ago that that is the air that angels breathe and their authority really is to help control development and to protect the environment within the Tahoe basin. Regional planning has also been picked up in the Reno Sparks metro area. Truckucky Meadows Regional Planning Agency uh is a statutory agency that oversees a lot of regional issues as well, annexation, infrastructure, housing development, and they've done that for several decades as well. The offshoot to that has been the Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition. And while it not nearly as regulatory as Truckucky Meadows is in that they have a regional planning coalition and a regional planning governing board, Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition or SNRPC is really kind of a flexible organization of the local governments in Southern Nevada as well as the Clark County School District. And really the idea was to provide a framework around a regional plan. And in the early 2000s, you know, they did that. There were a lot of good successes that came out of SNRPC, but when it hit the recession, uh, things kind of died down a little bit and it I I would say the the vision for SNRPC really kind of slowed to the point where there it was looking for something else to to help guide it. uh without a staff, without an executive director, there really wasn't anything to carry the way until uh a regional uh federal planning grant um from the HUD, DOT, and EPA came along and helped uh help us get a regional plan uh which we now know as Southern Nevada Strong. And that federal money uh which was administrated by the city of Henderson got us the plan that has been in place and that all the cities h you know have their master plans conformed to. It is in the process of being updated right now in 2025 uh 10 years after the fact. Um but really it helped guide some regional decisions. It's now being administered by the RTC and they've done a really good job with that. A lot of study has come along the way. But there's also been some other changes over the last 10 years. We've had a repeal of some of the statutory framework that helped set SNRPC up. There was a change to make uh SNRPC or our regional planning coalition be a permissive entity rather than a required entity. Um so again with some of the thought going into like what is SNRPC going to be in the future, you know, we conducted a a little bit of a a study. We had Purdue Marian and Associates take a look at other governance models and from that you know one of the things that came out of it was well maybe look at a council of governments and a council of governments is a little bit different from reg a regional planning agency um and there are a number of models all across the country uh some of them that that are listed here um Councilman Kenudson's interns did a great job in front of the SNRPC board this last month explaining how COGS work But really the the idea is that you can have a regional forum come together uh instead of instead of it being a rigid statutory agency, it could be more voluntary and you could look at advisory things that the members can look to and and adopt. uh you could collaborate and communicate uh with each other a little bit more flexibly and they could be a clearing house for information uh with a with a scope that's either broad or narrowly focused depends on what the it is and that's how a lot of COGS across the country uh operate. Um we do have regional organizations that have specific missions and specific um topics that they cover. Uh you know obviously SNWA covers water for us as the purveyor. The regional housing authority looks at affordable housing. Um, a lot of these agencies are set up under a statutory framework or through another form of interlocal at the local level, but there isn't really one singular organization that brings all everybody together to to talk about some of these uh issues that cross over jurisdictional lines. So this um this cooperative agreement that's before you today really is intended to uh set up a a forum for us to look at issues that are regional in nature and identify a common solutions that individual jurisdictions can go back and implement themselves. Or if we need to go pursue a grant at a state or a federal level or if we need to change legislation at during a bienial session of the legislature, we can advance a bill draft request. Something that we all come together around and say, "Yes, this makes sense for us as a region." A little bit different from the frameworks of TRPA and Truckucky Meadows. So, uh, the the bottom line here is that these six jurisdictions that are that are listed here would come together on an annual basis, and I'll kind of show you how this might look as uh as this goes forward and and is implemented, but to kind coordinate uh our services, our services provisions and our responsibility from a from a regional framework. Um, so there are some general powers that are listed within the within the agreement. Uh and then administratively, um there we're going to help facilitate this to as a city as a city of Las Vegas and get it started um to get it off and running for the for the first year hopefully to to get some momentum behind it under under this new paradigm. Uh and really it's the idea is to provide that forum and study on a regional issue that we all come come together and uh cooperate on uh to make some some change whatever the topic might be and that's something that's going to be ultimately up to the elected officials that sit on the uh this uh COG governing board. So, as an example of how this could possibly work, uh during the first quarter of a year, uh there would be a determination of what topics we wanted to pursue. Maybe it's maybe it's housing, maybe it's water, maybe it's economic development. The the book is open as to what that might be, but there's consensus that that gets developed around that. And then ultimately we can bring together the agencies that are affected or the subject matters matter experts that are uh that that are relevant to whatever that issue is uh and have them come as a committee to uh to help aid in the study throughout the year. During the second and third quarters would be more data collection and information gathering with with updates along the way to the board themselves. what is the issue impact on individual jurisdictions. There might be presentations from uh experts from outside of the region or from a national level or maybe you know some of those affected agencies might come and provide information on what the what the issue is. If there's an opportunity for a grant to pursue or if there's a policy change that is clear that needs to be um sought out. uh we have uh you know somebody you know present some draft legislation that might be enacted at an as an ordinance or put together as a BDR. Those are the types of things that would happen through the bulk of the year. And then the fourth quarter would be where the final report to the board is and that's where there's that direction to the individual jurisdictions that are party to this cooperative agreement go forth and implement. Uh that's that that's that point where there's a okay we we think we have a regional solution here and this is what we're going to go with. So that is what the Southern Nevada Council of Governments is in a nutshell. And with that I'll turn it back over to Seth for some final comments. >> Thank you Marco. Seth Floyd again for the record. So timing is important. Uh the reason why we are going first we would be the if you adopt today we would be the first jurisdiction to adopt the cooperative agreement. Everyone else will have to. The goal is to get that done by the end of the calendar year. But we have volunteered as part of this free branding to take on the staffing responsibilities under the R uh SNRPC. The county had done that for many years. But we thought it was important that because we believe in this effort and we think it's important that we would staff that. And so we also wanted to be out in front on adopting the agreement. So that's why we're asking you all to consider that today. And we are happy to answer any questions that you have. >> Thank you both so very much. Uh there are any questions or comments from members of the city council? >> Oh yes, Miss Seaman. So in other words, we're kind of morphing the Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition into the this new co this new committee. >> Yes, ma'am. So technically, we are actually replacing the SNRPC with this, but but if you look at the >> the function, yeah, it's a bit of a merge of SNRPC and a council governance model. >> Okay. Thank you. Okay, Miss Diaz. >> Thank you. U Madame Mayor, as a former SNRPC um committee person, uh it was always very confusing as to what the purpose of the SNRPC was. And it felt like there was no um no common goals, no we're not rowing in the same direction. Um we just felt really disjointed. Yes, the municipalities that parttook would show up, but it just didn't feel like the work was intentional um or datadriven or any of the sort. So, I'm all for moving in this direction given that born and raised in Las Vegas. Uh I was an assembly woman for four regular sessions and four special. And it becomes really evident and clear uh when you go to the halls of the legislature how much local municipal governments are speaking to each other or not. Um and I think that it is important moving forward um that we capitalize as much uh of our brain power or collective forces. It just helps if we're all rowing in the same direction versus against each other. that's not going to move the needle on many um very difficult um topics that we are battling here at the local uh front. So, I'm all for this um Southern Nevada Council of Governments. I think doing a deep dive into data analyses, bringing subject matter experts to talk to us about potential solutions we can all adopt because I have neighbors from North Las Vegas um that you know that are my boundaries from my city. So on one side it's me, on the other side is North North Las Vegas, on one side it's me, on the other side is Clark County, but our residents don't know that, right? And so I'm getting complaints, they're getting complaints, and it would be nice to have some sound databased solutions that we can point to that we're all trying to implement and uh and uh just do things to make things better for the quality of life of our residents. And so we know like on the tree front, we have so much further to go to combat the heat island effect. We have so many areas that we could really intentionally move the needle on. So that's what makes me super excited that this is going to go to the next level. Thank you. >> Thank you so much, Councilwoman Palinski. >> Thank you, Madam Mayor. I try to keep my marks remarks brief, but uh thank you, Marco. Thank you, Seth, for all your leadership in this arena. Uh I'm struggling with the COGS. uh acronym in my world in in the small business world cog stand for cost of goods sold which people your profitability and your P&L. So uh my business mind and my uh government mind are are conflicting with this one but I'll do my best to adjust. Uh I am too very optimistic that we can do some meaningful work together regionally which has been woefully missing in southern Nevada for many years. uh the the vehicle has existed, but we haven't done meaningful work. So, I'm very uh committed to doing so and sincerely hoping that we can move forward. Uh MPT is now the chair and we're going to do great things. Thanks. >> Thank you so much. Is there a motion, Mayor Prom? >> And thank you, Madame Mayor. And I know there's been an enormous amount of work put into this over decades. Um, but over the last couple years in particular, uh, grateful for the city of Las Vegas team as well as the teams in all of the participating jurisdictions and there are implications at the state level for Southern Nevada, there are also implications at the federal level. This is uh, and if I'm a bureaucrat, a government head, uh, grant grant reviewers at the federal level look for this kind of collaboration. This makes a huge difference in setting up our infrastructure for bringing in more federal dollars into Southern Nevada. So with that, madame mayor, grateful for the support of this council and hopefully the other councils and the commissioners and the other jurisdictions and I will move to approve item number 42. >> Shall we vote? >> Please post. >> No rush. Motion passes. Thank you both so much. >> Thank you, mayor. >> Agenda item number 45, boards and commission. Commissions. Discussion for possible action regarding the appointment of nominee Trish Trusell uh to the W 2 seat on the arts commission. Uh Pauline Lee has resigned and her unexpired term must be filled. Miss Trudale is eligible and wishes to serve. Is there a motion, Councilwoman Seaman? >> Yes. I move to approve Trish Trudale for the W 2 Arts Commission seat. Thank you. >> Shall we vote? Please post. No rush. >> Armstrong. No circles. >> Yes. >> The council woman has circles. Okay. Please post. Motion carries. Thank you so much. Agenda item 46, discussion for possible action regarding the appointment of the following nominee to the board of directors of City of Las Vegas Strong Start Academy Elementary Schools, Inc. Lori McGgoy um is the YDSI director's designate to a two-year term ending August 6, 2027, which is a year from today. This item will appoint Miss McCoy to replace Terry Sehurst uh who will be teaching full-time tutoring and serving on her school site leadership team. While a director's term is two years, the bylaws allow for the staggering of terms for the initial board appointed by the city council. If appointed, Miss McCoy will serve an initial 2-year term ending August 6, 2027. I move to approve this appointment. Shall we vote? Oops. Please post. Motion carries. Thank you all so much. Agenda item 47, recommending committee bills eligible for adoption at this meeting. Bill number 2025-28. Councilman Kenudson, would you like to have the bill read? >> Yes, mayor. >> Yes, mayor. Bill number 2025-28 first amendment an ordinance to amend LBMC title 11 chapter 40 by adding various provisions related to the use of electric bicycles and electric scooters including penalties for violations of certain provisions of title 11 to amend LVMC title 13 chapter 36 section 20 by adding various provisions related to the use of electric bicycles and electric scooters and parks, recreational facilities and recreational trails and adding various penalties for violations of certain provisions of Title 13 and to provide for other related matters. >> Thank you very much. And with appreciation to Councilwoman Brun for allowing me to obey it for two weeks to do my due diligence, I will move to approve. >> And I believe there was an amendment at the recommending committee. Do we need to state that now? >> Um, I identified it as the first amendment. >> Perfect. Thank you. >> All right. With the first vote, >> post motion carries. Thank you so much. Agenda item 48 >> stricken >> has been stricken >> has 49. >> Okay. Agendas item 48 and 49 have been stricken. Agenda item 52. New bills items 52 through 54. Bills 20. >> We're not 50 and 51. Do you want to give her back? [Applause] >> I don't have it. But they didn't pay. >> I don't have it. [Applause] >> Well, you're looking. >> You have to read something. All right. Go ahead, Mr. Kudson. >> Madame Mayor, with your permission. Items 48 and 49, those number 202513 and 2025-14 were stricken earlier in the meeting. Items 50 and 51, bills 2025-29 and 2025-30 will be heard at a later meeting. >> Okay. So, um, >> now we're on new. >> Okay. We will not be uh we will not be voting on agenda item 51. All righty. Agenda item 52, new bills. Items 52- 54, bills 2025-31 through 2025-33, will be heard at the recommending committee meeting on Monday, August 18th, 2025. City attorney, will you read the new bills? Yes, mayor. Bill number 2025-31, an ordinance creating the city of Las Vegas, Nevada Special Improvement District number 819, Summerland Village 3A, ordering a street project, a storm sewer project, a sanitary sewer project, a drainage project, and a water project within the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, and providing other rel matters related there too. Bill number 2025-32, an ordinance concerning the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, special improvement district number 8/19, Summerl Summerland Village 3A, assessing the cost of local improvements against the accessible property benefited by the local improvements and providing other matters related there too. Bill number 2025-33, an ordinance authorizing the issuance and sale by the city of its special improvement district number 819, Summerland Village 38, local improvement bonds series 2025, approving the form of certain documents with respect to such bonds, ratifying actions taken by city officers toward the issuance of such bonds, and providing other matters related there too. >> Thank you. A new bills 2025-31 through 2025-33 are assigned to the August 18th 2025 recommending committee members council Councilman Kenudson and Councilwoman Seaman and Pollinski if if any so designated are unable to attend. The clerk's office will coordinate finding substitutes as necessary at my direction and I thank you. Agenda item number 55. Item numbers 55 through 58 C are on the consent agenda, but items 58A through 58C were held in obeyance earlier in the meeting. Remaining items 55 through 57 are considered to be routine and are recommended for approval by the Department of Community Development. Mayor Prom, may I have a motion to approve this consent agenda? >> Move to approve the consent agenda. >> Please vote. Nothing's popping up. >> Yeah. >> I >> I >> I >> motion passes. Thank you so much. Agenda item 59 was tabled earlier in the meeting. Uh agenda item 60 was tabled earlier in the meeting. Item 61. This item was held in obeyance to the September 3rd city council meeting. Agenda item 62. Item is held in obeyance to the September 3rd city council meeting. Agenda item 63, report by Tanya uh Kremble, purchasing and contracts manager, regarding use of the emergency procurement procedure for repairs to the Las Vegas fire and rescue fleet garage located at 3140 East Bonanza Road. Human Resources Department not to exceed $500,000. Internal services fund liability insurance and property damage. This is ward three, Miss Diaz. Miss Kembell, >> thank you very much. I'm Tanya Kembell, purchasing and contracts manager. For the record, on July 1st, there was a big rain and windstorm that did a significant amount of damage to the roof and the rollup doors at our Las Vegas Fire and Rescue garage, which is located at 3140 East Bonanza Road. Um, the timing is never convenient, but the timing of this was especially crucial because it happened on the evening of July 1st. July 4th being Friday, which was a holiday, which is also a very, very busy time for our fire and rescue team. Um, this garage houses very uh expensive and important equipment that we want to make sure is always in good working order so we can respond to our community. Nevada revised statutes um have standard procurement processes that require multiple quotes and or a formal sealed bid um when we're doing procurements. Uh NRS also recognizes that sometimes there are times when uh competitive bidding can be exempted and one of those is in the case of emergency and that is allowed both under NRS 332 which governs the purchase of goods and services and NRS 338 which covers public works and construction. The city also has a corresponding policy which is FN 601 which details the emergency procurements policy and procedure. Per the policy, an emergency is defined as an incident that results from the occurrence of a disaster including fire, flood, hurricane, riot, power outage, or disease. Uh the mayor, city manager, or other authorized representative can make the determination that an emergency exists. City staff is required to provide a report to the city council to identify any emergency procurements at its next regularly scheduled meeting. Part of the requirement is that the impacted department needs to make a declaration and express a request for emergency procurement that was satisfied by a letter from fire chief Fernando Gray documenting um what needed to happen. All of the facts were taken forward to city manager Mike Jansen who was in support of declaring the emergency and going forward with the emergency procurement. Um I went ahead and initiated these procurement procedures and we progressed from there. The city of public work or the city department of public works really jumped into action early on this as soon as the damage was um reported. They looked for qualified contractors who would be able to do this work and started getting quotes. Um, overall the estimated repair work is scheduled to be about $500,000. Um, I'm going to specifically talk about just two of the vendors that were awarded because these are the only two that rose to the level of an emergency procurement. Anything else that was done was done under standard processes because it was below the dollar threshold. Um, Crawford Door Sales of Nevada was awarded $54,87 and this was for the emergency repairs and some replacements to the roll-up doors. Commercial Roofers Incorporated was awarded $46,652 and again, this was for some immediate waterproofing and repairs and also for a full replacement of that roof. Do you have any questions for me? Does anybody on the city council have any questions? Thank you so much. Uh this was a report only. No action is required. We'll move on to item 64. 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 in dangerous buildings or nuisance uh litter abatements. Thank you so much. [Applause] Agenda item 65, citizens 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, give your name for the record. The amount of discussion will on any single item. Um, as well as the amount of time of any single speaker is allowed may be limited. It will be limited to two minutes. 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? Yes, sir. Please state your name for the record. >> Beloved Mayor Shelley, I'm glad you're here. >> Thank you so much. >> Great council. I'm glad you're here, too. >> My name is Eric Mel. >> And we're glad you're here, too. >> Thank you very much. >> You're very welcome. >> My name is Eric Melzdc, Christ Nimrod. Uh you can find Christ in the uh you can find my twin brother Christ in the Gospels being betrayed by being kissed. The kiss of Judas in the Gospels. A poor mentor can make a mouse out of a man. Uh you the city council is grand. You make the city of Las Vegas the talk of the land. Thank you for your dedication. >> Thank you for your rhyming. Very good. All right. Um, Miss Francis, would you re would you look at your text for a minute? Okay. Does there is there anybody else that would like to address the city council at this time? >> Thank you, Madame Mayor. I'm sure she's out there watching, but uh our very own Saber Smith Newbie is in Palo Alto, California at Stanford University Hospital. Uh she had a brain tumor removed from u near the pituitary gland in the back of her head and uh is recovering well. She's been discharged from the hospital and is conilelesing and is conilelesing in a hotel room right now. We want to send her our best regards. I think she'll be back sometime in Southern Nevada, potentially next week. Uh we love you, Sabra. We're rooting for you. Lots of prayers back home. Uh get well soon and come back only when you're ready. >> And uh at I think we all say that our heads and hearts are with her right now and very excited for a full recovery and a rapid return. Agenda item 66, council emerging issues. Discussion regarding potential items for future city council agendas. This is for all wards. 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 that they would like to bring forward under this item? Seeing none, I thank you so much. And now we're we've come to my favorite part of the agenda. Agenda item 67, council members recognition. Comments made by individual city council members during this portion of the agenda shall not be acted upon by the city council unless that subject is on the agenda and scheduled for action. Miss Summers Armstrong, would you care to start us off? Thank you, Madame Mayor, and thanks to whoever brought the beautiful plant and the additional >> confetti, which is in my favorite color way, >> and we all wish you a very happy birthday. >> Thank you very much. It has been beautiful. My granddaughter was here yesterday at city hall for the first time and got to meet staff who put on a wonderful uh impromptu celebration uh for my birthday. I'm getting old, y'all, but I'm excited to be here. All right, so uh on August the 6th, uh we had a the Las Vegas Municipal Court held its youth offenders court graduation ceremony. Judge Wilson uh presided. I was honored to give certificates of recognition to the five young people uh pictured here who completed uh who successfully completed their 2-year program. Over the course of their journeys, they completed drug counseling, earned their GEDs or diplomas, secured employment, and fostered relationships with their families and friends. Although their roads were not easy, they kept to moving towards their redemption and a better, brighter future. We stand with these individuals as they as a community and we're very, very proud of their achievements. And just special thanks to Judge Whoopson. She did a wonderful job, built some wonderful relationships, and created an environment where these folks really felt that they were heard and seen. And I'm so proud of their accomplishment. On the later that day, July 17th, um at the Martin Luther King statue in North Las Vegas, which is just over the uh the other side, the north side of Kerry, um we had a wonderful John Lewis Day uh proclamation presentation. of this day was uh has been put together to honor uh Congressman John Lewis. Uh the National Action Network and Indivisible Las Vegas put this together. We had representatives from Congressman Horford's office who was here this morning. Senator Cortez Masto, Senator Jackie Rosen, and Commissioner Mccertie was also in attendance. Um John Lewis was a staunch activist and dedicated civil servant who fought tirelessly for voting rights. He was an advocate of getting into good trouble and his legacy inspires all of us uh to be active members of our government and to remain steadfast in the fight against injustice. On July 26, um my special assistants Julius Lightfoot and Ara Ortiz uh represented our office at the Dittle back to school fair. Um the day was filled with music and fun and we were able to hand out uh school supplies and resources and information about resources with other community partners uh who also supported that event. Also on July 26th later that day, Julius Lightoot is one busy guy. Uh he presented a certificate of appreciation to Dr. Marshia Robinson and the staff at the West Las Vegas Arts Center staff actually and volunteers uh for their dedicated service and fostering the community's future visionaries, creatives and and performers. Uh the West Las Vegas Arts C Center's commitment to excellence in arts education makes it an integral part of our community and we are honored to have them in Ward 5. And I just like to say that my children, sons, uh, who the oldest is 37 and the youngest is 23, all went through the summer program there and are better people for it. Um, on July 31st, uh, my staff also attended and represented our office at the Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authorities uh, groundbreaking event in honor of the Senator Joseph M. Neil Jr. apartments. Groundbreaking. Um, as many of you know, Senator Joe Neil uh was a staunch advocate for our community in the Nevada State Legislature. I think he was there over 30 years. Um, his daughter, Senator Dina Neil, uh, is pictured and she spoke on behalf of her family and their legacy here in our state. And we were just really happy to be there. And this was also attended by um Mayor Pamela Goens of North Las Vegas and many others uh just to honor uh the legacy of Senator Joseph Neil and to be encouraged that we have more affordable housing being built in our community. On August 4th, uh the Southern Nevada Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority had a block party saying farewell to the old Marble Manor and hello to the revitalation in our community. Um thank you, Mayor um Shelley Berkeley for being there. We looked very cute in the sunshine, our summer colors. Uh we had lots of community folks show up. Um it was a beautiful event and I think people are really encouraged and excited um for this new um development that is going to go right at Martin Luther King um and Mc Williams. Um we need this in our community and I'm excited to be a part of it. We have some upcoming events still. Uh we have a back to school um event on Saturday the 9th uh with the Sigas. Uh, five Beta Sigma fraternity is hosting an event at Matt Kelly Elementary School. The mayor was invited to, but I'm going to be there on her behalf. Um, and it's right there in W 5 at Matt Kelly. On the 2nd, uh, August 2nd through the 9th, we've got free haircuts. Uh, the Raiders are putting something on. So, please, if you need um um parents, if you need to get your kids tightened up, as we say in the neighborhood, uh their hair and their haircuts, please go on over to Expertise, which is right there on uh Stella Lake next to Grits, and and take advantage of that so your babies can be beautiful and have a lot of confidence the first day of school. Uh Nevada Women in Trades is um having uh some helping re-entry and veterans get prepared um to work in um the trades and this is very important as Marble Manor is being redeveloped. We must have a workforce and would love to have them come from the community. So please take a look at this, call them and get trained if you're interested in being in the trades. Uh next we have just one project is having a popup on the 16th. Um these are the locations. Um please folks if you need a food um support please these folks do a beautiful job and a respectful job and the food is beautiful and so please if you need anything uh please participate. And finally oh not finally Americanore. Next one um we are trying to get folks to sign up for Americanore. Um, here's some information about that. Uh, we need you. You are doing folks uh doing Americanore are supporting our schools. Um, our uh and we need you. So, please sign up for Americanore. All right. We got this last minute, but I'm so excited about it. Nevada Energy is working with United Way to help uh folks 62 years and older with their um with their electric bills. Please reach out to them for assistance. um we don't want anybody's power off um or you not running your air in the summer when it is still very very hot. So please reach out to United Way or Nevada Energy to get assistance if you need it. And finally, we still need to watch our our our weight and our our summer eating all this good barbecue. And if you want to come out and uh pull off a little weight or just get your kids active, we've got green ball at Lorenzie Park. It's a beautiful location. Um they love to see us out there. They even have some stuff for parents. So get out there and hit the ball. Um you'll see me out there in the next couple of weeks. Um and that's all. Oh, and my staff. Last but not least, my folks are available Monday through Thursday to help anyone in the community who may need it. Our number is 702-229-5443. Please reach out to us. We will respond. And thank you, mayor. Thank you so much. And oh, as you know, I have a conflict on August 9th. Uh so I can't join you at Matt Kelly Elementary. Um but I'm sending the best to me. my my son and daughter-in-law will be joining you so they can help give out all of the back to school items that we're planning to give out that night. >> I appreciate you. Thank you so much. >> It's my pleasure. My sorry I can't be there. Um Oh, Miss uh Miss Pinsky, would you care to share with us what you've been doing? >> It's been busy in Ward for Thank you, Madam Mayor. Uh I had a great time attending the Buck Badard Outdoor Foundation fundraiser banquet on July 19th. This event supports their mission of introducing, educating, and involving veterans, first responders, and kids with outdoor activities and adventures for a positive impact. I was able to present prevent present them with a proclamation from all of us for their efforts to bring the community of southern Nevada together. On June 21st, uh, Councilwoman Diaz and I participated in the JAG review meeting in Coun in County Commission Chambers. Uh, we heard presentations for the fiscal year 2025 Edward Burn Memorial Justice Assistant Grant applications. I'm grateful to everyone who participated in this process. It was a pleasure to listen listen to presentations from all our nonprofit applicants. And just as a reminder, we have over $4 million in request yet only $800,000 to distribute. The need out there is great and the resources are few. I look forward to working with Councilwoman Diaz to uh ensure the proper decisions are made on where funding goes. Next up, Simmeron Rose Community Center is located in Ward 4 and is hosting a variety of act activities for children. On Tuesdays, they are beginning to offer uh beginners chess. That's for ages 6 to 12. Wednesdays will feature a messy hands art class for children's four and five. Thursdays they offer junior Picasso art classes for children's age 5 to 9. For more information, please contact Simon Rose Memorial Community Center at 702229-167. I'd also like to wish our students of the city of Las Vegas best of luck as they begin a new school year on Monday, August 11th. Get your butts in the seats and learn, folks. That's what you're there to do. Uh, next up, please take a moment to look at these faces on the slide. 13 children are missing from our community. If you recognize any of them or have any information that could help, please contact LVMPD missing person detail at 7028283111. Even the smallest tip could make a real difference. And if you're a runaway youth or know someone who may be at risk, help is available. Call the nationwide runaway safety hotline for confidential support 247 at 18007862929. Lastly, you can stay up to date with me and everything happening in Ward 4 by following me on Facebook, Instagram, X, all the things. We are constantly sharing updates, community news, and upcoming events. Uh your Ward 4 team is always here to provide any help that we can. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Uh, thank you so much, Mayor Prom. Do you have a guest? >> Yes, Madame Mayor. Thank you very much. I'm going to introduce K Chhloe to provide my comments for me because I don't like to. Um, but I've had three amazing interns uh this summer. Uh, Caleb sitting in the audience. Ayanna is studying for her SAT and Chloe is here to No, she's not studying for SAT. She's studying. She's like the student body president studying for assemblies of of some sorts. Um, but Chloe is gonna go study for SATs this afternoon and she is going to be reading my comments for me today. So, I will turn it over to her. >> All right, Chloe, break a leg. >> Thank you, Mayor and Mayor Prom. My name is Chloe Gregorian. I'm a student at Bishop Gorman. Finish your degree holiday. Today, we celebrate finish your degree holiday, a reminder that it's never too late to go back and complete your education. Over 40 million Americans have college credits but no degree. We want to change that because education opens doors, strengthens families, and builds stronger communities. If you've started college but haven't finished or know someone who has, now is the time to take that next step. Happening in Ward One. Story Slam, no regrets. Regret is a funny thing. It can haunt you, teach you, or even become the punchline of your story. Story slam no regrets dives into the moments we swore we wouldn't regret the bold choices that shaped us and the paths we wouldn't change for anything. Whether it's impulsive tattoos, split-second decisions, or leaps of faith gone a join us on August 23rd at the Charleston Heights Arts Center for a night of stories celebrating the beauty of imperfection in living life with no regrets. Fire engine pushin. You're invited to join us for a fire engine push-in ceremony at Las Vegas Fire and Rescue Station 5, 1020 Henson Street on August 26th from 9 to 10:00 a.m. This timehonored tradition celebrates the arrival of Engine 5, a vital addition to our fleet serving the Ward 1 community. Come be part of this meaningful moment in fire service history. Reaching out to Ward 1. As always, you can reach out to our office via phone call at 702-229-2299 or email Councilman Kudson directly at banudson at loss vegas.gov. Thank you, Mayor and Mayor Prom. >> And thank you, Chloe. Very well done, Miss Diaz. >> Thank you, Madame Mayor. Um it's been quite a happening summer and you've been joining me at several um ribbon cutings throughout W 3. So I just want to highlight some of the businesses that recently opened and are offering uh amazing service to our community. Uh so as you see we the mayor and I were able to uh welcome Velvet Vine Wine on Las Vegas Boulevard and it's an amazing new business. It offers coffee, wine, and a small food menu. Um, and you can also purchase beautiful flowers if you are needing to make someone's day extra special. Um, so make sure you check out Velvet Vine Wine on Las Vegas Boulevard. Prowl is now open and I know that MPT is going to spend a lot of time there cuz he goes to everything in W 3. So, uh, he probably already beat me, >> but if you're sick, you're coming to Ward One. >> Okay. I've been spending a lot of time with my father in your ward actually. So unfortunately um but I love seeing the new UMC uh remodel that has been and I and now we don't have to deal with the construction side of it. So it's been so nice to have to to to be able to just go in quickly. Um but just uh on a lighter note, Prowl is now open next to the popular Stray Pirate on Commerce Street and they offer dectable selection of cocktails. Uh, and for our sports fans, um, cuz sports season is coming. Um, you'll be thrilled to learn that there's a new family-friendly sports bar in the arts district called the Stadium. Um, and, uh, Marissa Prek kiss and her amazing team. Um, we'll have amazing, uh, brews and food for your favorite game day when you want to go and cheer on your team. Uh, so congratulations to all of these business owners on opening their doors and we wish them much success. Uh, we have some highlights with our Las Vegas Fire and Rescue. I was honored to join Fire Station 4 for a push-in ceremony to celebrate the new fire engine that was added there. Thank you to the Las Vegas Fire and Rescue team for their unwavering dedication and keeping our community safe. I heard they had a really busy Fourth of July. Um, so this new engine represents our commitment as a city to upgrade our equipment and to make sure that at every moment in time that commitment to public safety is being upheld and ensuring that our first responders have the tools they need to protect and serve at the highest level. The other picture shows uh when I went to visit fire station 108 in my ward and I'd like to thank the incredible team there for the warm welcome and really insightful information they shared. Um, we engaged with the fire staff who gave me a deeper understanding of the vital work they do and how they serve our community every day. And also what we need to be thinking about as leaders in our as we plan for the future, how are we going to equip our fire team um with handling a higher volume of medical emergencies or um fire calls. So, I'm so grateful that we have one of the most amazing fire teams I think in the nation. Uh, Arts District Parking Garage. I was so proud to celebrate the momentous occasion of the groundbreaking of the new arts district parking garage. And while I understand it will pain some folks who use this lot to park, I'm so sorry, but we're going to add more parking in just a year's time. Super excited that by August 2026, we will see more than 500 parking stalls and some commercial space available for rent um to add to the eclectic vibrancy of our arts district. Uh the project is approximately 10,000 will include 10,000 square feet of retail space for new business opportunities. So I hope people will start to look into it and um the whole design of the parking garage has public art installation in different points of it. So I hope you guys uh as celebrate with us as you see it going up and then when it's ready to be used all of us will be like yes we know where we can park. Um had a very awesome troop visit troop 323. um in my office and they have lots of challenging questions for me. I must admit that uh we have some bright young leaders in the making. Uh and it makes me proud to be their council woman. Uh we had meaningful conversations about the challenges and opportunities facing Ward 3 and I was so inspired by the care and curiosity they uh shared with me. Thank you Troop 323 to the parents and to the troop leader for their interest in local government and being so engaged at such a young age. I never had this opportunity when I was growing up. So, I think we're in great hands moving forward. Um, we've been busy with back to school affairs. More than uh 1,300 students received essential school supplies at our East Las Vegas Community Center. Um, Expertise Barber School also provided free haircuts and about close to hundred were offered that day and refreshing popsicles to help everyone beat the summer heat and the weight outside. We had families lined up since 7:30 in the morning when our fair started at 10:00. And um so the need is great and I'm just so thankful to the over 50 organization and companies that joined us to provide this invaluable service to our families and get our kids ready for the first day. I always had butterflies and I have butterflies for my upcoming freshman uh going into LVA. So I hope he has an amazing uh start to his school year. I this is not so uh amazing, but the paint is coming back. We thought we were uh rid of the con the cones on Charleston. Um but they're coming back to a certain section. We just want to advise everyone starting the first day of school August 11th along uh Charleston between Maryland and Franklin Avenue. Work is going to be underway and I just want to thank everyone ahead of time for their patience. we want you to know so that you can route your um commute elsewhere. Just try to avoid the areas that are going to be impacted by construction. And um also you can email at um email us at info@ charlestonrain.com because eventually the the scope of the work will continue down Charleston. So it's starting at Maryland and Franklin, but it's going to move all the way down from Maryland to Commerce. So, just know that traffic will be impacted or impaired heading into the arts district for a year and a half or more. Learn about the amazing and helpful city resources and services offered by our Department of Neighborhood Services at an upcoming community connections presentation at our East Las Vegas library. It's uh coming up here uh August 13th. Free refreshments are available uh at the presentations while supplies last. And uh it's noon to 2 on a Wednesday. And last but not least, save the date if you have children between the ages of 3 to five. Um August 23rd, East Las Vegas Library as well will be hosting 10th annual kickoff to kindergarten. It's a fun and free event and is co-sponsored by the UNR extension and Las Vegas PBS and will feature hands-on activities, the UNLV dental clinic and special live performances by Mariachi Perla Tapatia and comedian Adam London. First 250 families will also receive school supplies, lunch bags, and a social emotional game for free. So, make sure you spread the word. And as always, my team and I stand here to help serve your needs. Call us at 702229-2359 or email us at w3lo vegasnvada.gov. Stay safe out there and I hope that on the first day of school we're watching our speed as school zones will become activated. >> Yes. So, thank you so much uh councilwoman Councilwoman Seaman. Thank you. We had another successful breakfast buzz and more to biz. It is always a pleasure to connect with the constituents and address their concerns. I enjoyed meeting with the board of directors of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals to discuss their issues and challenges in the Las Vegas real estate market. I had a wonderful time joining my friend Luchio Arans CBF at a prestigious 53rd annual induction gallon dinner held at the Paris. Um he was awarded for over 40 years of outstanding service and unwavering dedication to the hospitality industry. We had an incredible time partnering with the National Latino Peace Officers Association for a lively paws, pup cups, and booties event at Kellogg Zer Park. Guests and furry companions enjoyed free cup pups, dog booties, and treats. Beyond the fun, we highlighted an important message. Protecting your pets from extreme heat. Doggy booties are crucial from shielding paws from scorching pavement. We had animal uh animal protection services out there and while it was 90°, they tested the pavement. It was about 120°. So, we hope we got that message out. We invite you to join us for our monthly uh W 2 breakfast buzz. It's an excellent opportunity to connect with fellow residents, discuss community matters, and hear the latest updates about what's happening in Ward 2. It will be Saturday, August 23rd from 9 to 10 at Veterans Memorial. Meet OS and Nikki, two wonderful pets hoping to find their forever families. OS is a three-year-old, fourmon, and four-week old male, domestic shorthair, weighing about 14 pounds. And Nikki is a four-month-old female pointer German wirehead mixed breed weighing 19.3 lbs. Each has a unique personality and so much love together. And whether you're looking for a calm, affectionate feline or an energetic, playful pup, they are ready to bring joy and comfort and companionship into your life. You can contact the Nevada SPCA for these specific animals or you can adopt from a local rescue. the Animal Foundation or the Nevada SPCA. [Applause] So, you can follow us on our wait small business Saturday. Sorry about that. Do you want to get the word out about your W2 business? Contact my office 70229-2420. Every Saturday on my social media, we feature a business and we film ahead of time. So, we'd love for you to contact contact us so we can feature your business. If you have any issues or inquiries in W 2, please reach out to my office at 702229-2420 or you can always email us at war 2 loss nevada.gov. And you can follow us on social media if you'd like to stay uptodate on what's happening in war 2. be sure to um join us on those and stay connected for events, updates, and important community news. Thank you. >> Uh thank you, Councilwoman Councilwoman Brunie. >> Thank you, mayor, and thank you, Councilman Alan Pollinsky, for your ceremonials this morning. One of the attendees commented that she wish she could start every morning like today because it was such a wonderful reminder of the power of community and um how wonderful the place that we call home is. So, thank you for that. We spent last month sharing the generosity of our local vendors who donated diapers and hundreds of pounds of pet food, blankets, and toys. We distribute those items to an organization that supports kids in foster care, and to several local dog and cat rescues who are helping our furry animals. Special thank you to our own Chief Gray, who saw the heap of donated goods in our office and donated a big bag the very next day. Last month, we celebrated the opening of the Grand Teton overpass in Ward 6. This new bridge will improve traffic flow and shorten first responders response times. Congrats to all involved for completing the project early and under budget. I recently met with our city traffic engineer and public works deputy director Joseph Norby to discuss the new improvements on Buffalo Drive near Arborview High School. Following the tragic death of Mackenzie Scott, who was hit by a drunk driver, our city team conducted a traffic safety study. As a result, improvements have been made, including pedestrian activated lights, new signage, and a painted sidewalk. will be hosting a press conference and a flip the switch event this Friday to highlight all of the new safety enhancements and measures that have been adopted in recent months. Team Brunie attended the campus for hope groundbreaking. The campus will include 900 residential beds, on-site services, and over 300 employees to provide sustainable, effective support for our unhoused community members. Last week, I showed my appreciation for the incredible city teams uh in public works, parks and wreck, and code enforcement. They work hard every day, especially during our hot summer months, to keep our neighborhoods clean, and our streets safe. To say thank you, I treated them to free snow cones, a treat to help beat the heat. Team Brunie attended this the Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority groundbreaking ceremony for the Joseph M. Neil Jr. apartments in North Las Vegas. These apartments are an important part of addressing our attainable housing needs in southern Nevada. Last Saturday, we hosted our Splashback to School Movie by the pool event in partnership with the Centennial Hills Y. Over 500 little swimmers enjoyed free swimming, free ice cream, youth performances, community vendors, and food trucks. Thanks to the student performers from Somerset Academy, Skypoint and Musiccology for getting us in the mood for our showing of Sing 2. This week, team Brun attended Snara's Marble Manor pre-demolition celebration and block party in Ward 5, celebrating upcoming renovations to one of our oldest affordable housing communities in southern Nevada. Marble Manor has tremendous historical importance in our community, has been the home of many, including Ruby Duncan, who have been front and center in fighting for social justice issues. This Saturday, we'll be hosting our first Critters of the Night event on Saturday, August 9th, at 7:30 p.m. at Floyd Land Park. We're pleased to be partnering with the NE Nevada Department of Wildlife who will give us a sneak peek into the nocturnal life of some of our local critters. If you have a small business and or are an inspiring entrepreneur, join us for our small business breakfast next Wednesday, August 13th at 8:30 a.m. at the Centennial Hills Active Adult Center. Please RSVP so we have enough breakfast for everyone. Next Thursday, join us for our monthly Bogatitos with Brunie from 9 to 11 at our satellite office location at the Centennial Hills Y. Finally, as always, we want to hear from you. Please email us at w6los vegasenvada.gov or call us at 229-5463. Thank you. Thank you so much, Miss Brunie. Uh, the August 6th meeting of the city council is now adjourned. [Music] Yeah, life is like a juke box. Just push play. Not everybody's first verse.