May I invite everybody to join me at the podium? I'm gonna put right here. >> Right there. I think I need you here. >> They Yeah, I think. Let me Lann, is this the correct configuration? >> Okay, very good. Okay, Vasa, mayor. Vesa. Um, uh, joining Councilwoman, uh, uh, Kelly is her wonderful husband, Paul Larson, and her wonderful daughter, Katherine. We're very pleased to have you here with Carara today. And at this time, I am pleased to administer your oath of office. Uh, Katherine, you'll be holding the Bible for your mom. Okay, very good. Carara, please raise your right hand. Do you solemnly swear that you will support, protect, and defend the Constitution and government of the United States and the Constitution and government of the state of Nevada against all enemies, domestic or foreign, and that you will bear true faith, allegiance, and loyalty to the same any ordinance, resolution, or law of any state notwithstanding. that you are not under any direct or indirect obligation to vote for, appoint or elect any person to any office, position, or employment in our city government. That you are a bonafide resident at your stated address and I know that for a fact and we live in the same neighborhood. [laughter] And that you will faithfully perform the duties of the office in which you are about to enter. So help you God. I do. >> In that case, congratulations. [laughter] [applause] >> And councilwoman, would you like to share a few words? >> Thank you so much. >> Yes. Thank you, mayor. I want to thank the mayor and the council for giving me this opportunity uh and my family who have who always support me and everything I do. But, uh, this isn't one person's journey. when you get an opportunity like this uh you bring people along with you who have been part of of your life and part of your your your own journey and I have so many of you in this uh audience today who I couldn't I can't I just can't tell you how important it what how much it means to me honestly that you've taken time to be here uh that you've walked so many paths with me and yet here you show up again and um that that is, I think, a testament to to our friendship and our love for each other. And hopefully I'm going to perform for W 2 and its residents the same way that has engendered the loyalty and the support from each of you. Uh, and that will be the greatest uh accomplishment I can make and that will be how I will be judged. So, thank you very much for being here and I appreciate uh the the the the not only the confidence uh maybe, but also the little bit of crossing the finger and making sure and I've been working hard to show you that you made the right decision. And so, I will continue to do that. Thank you very much Mayor. [applause] >> Let's Why don't you take some pictures with your fam and then with all of us? >> Okay. I have to Take a picture of the family. And then for a welloiled Just so we'll put you in this kind of move over this way. So we have the right body. Please join me in congratulating our newest. [applause] [applause] And we will now proceed with our ceremonials. Okay. All right. Thank you. Is everybody ready? Okay. Uh this is the ceremonial portion of our council agenda. And for our first item, it is my pleasure to recognize our citizen of the month, retired staff sergeant Lee Moy. Lee, please join us at the podium while I tell our audience a little bit about you. [applause] Please join us. Thank you for your service. >> Thank you for being here again. I do fine. [laughter] Lee is a Korean War veteran and served in the United States Air Force from April 1951 to April 1959 in the 28th Strategic Recon Bombardment Wing with the First Strike Force. He was a crew chief responsible for all maintenance on the aircraft. Lee served five years on active duty and five years in active reserves and Air National Guard. He served two missions in Korea beginning in February 1952 until July of 1953 and received three honorable discharges. When Lee left the military, he took advantage of the GI Bill and received a bachelor's degree in business and a master's degree in marketing. He spent 50 years in personal financial planning and securities investment, managing personal financial folios for many prominent companies. He also assisted individuals with their own personal investments. Lee moved to Las Vegas in 2012 and joined the Southern Nevada Korean War Veteran Association. He has served on the board for eight years and served in every position with the association, including commander. Lee has received numerous rewards and recognitions over the years for his service to the Southern Nevada Korean War Veterans Association. And at 93 years old, he is or 93 years young, I should say, he is still active with organizing events to honor the Korean War veterans. With Veterans Day next week, we all thought it was very fitting that today we honor Lee as our November 2025 citizen of the month. Thank you for your service to our country and to the city of Las Vegas. We greatly appreciate you and thank you. [applause] >> Can I get a copy of that? >> Yes. Yes. May I? [applause] And >> would you like to would you like to say a few words? >> Thank God for being in the United States of America. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. [applause] >> Well, this congratulations. Sir, I'm going to hand you this. >> We'd like to take a picture with you and all of it. May I ask you to join me right there? >> Right here. >> Yes, sir. >> Oh, well, would you care? >> May we do Why don't we take the first photo and then you'll come on up. Is that all right with everybody? Outstanding. >> [laughter] >> And I'm ready to >> [applause] [applause] >> Thank you again. [applause] >> Thank you. >> I'll give um Yes. Let me I can't give it to you. Yes, on this for the next >> Oh, you have an extra one. >> Okay. Very good. >> All right. >> And now we plan And now we plan to recognize the Trauma Intervention Program of Southern Nevada. Our final item, Councilwoman Cara Kelly will recognize a special organization that helps people throughout the city of Las Vegas. Councilwoman, thank you, Mayor. Good morning, everyone. It is a true honor to be here today as we recognize an extraordinary organization, one that brings compassion, calm, and care to our community in the most difficult times. Today we celebrate the trauma intervention program of Southern Nevada, simply tiff. If I may invite Jill Roberts, chief executive officer of TIP, to come up. [applause] Thank you. And as they're coming up, Jill and her TIP crew, uh, TIP is a nonprofit organization that provides immediate emotional and practical support to individuals and families affected by tragedy, ensuring that no one must ever face this crisis alone. Their specialty trained volunteers, often called Quiet Comfort in the storm. are requested by emergency personnel to stand beside families and victims after events such as sudden deaths, serious accidents, homicides, fire, and other heartbreaking crises. When our first responders managed the scene, TIP volunteers care for the hearts of those left in shock and in grief. Often calm, guidance, and compassion are offered when words are often hard to find. Today, TIP operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week with 60 dedicated volunteers who respond to more than 2,000 calls every year from large-scale tragedies to deeply personal uh tragedies at accidents and uh times in homes and hospitals throughout Southern Nevada. For 31 years, Las Vegas Fire and Rescue as its first partner, TIP has been a trusted companion to first responders, hospitals, law enforcement, and the city of Las Vegas, helping our community heal, one scene at a time. But perhaps the best way to understand the heart of TIP is to hear from those who they have helped, said one family member. Lanny was so thoughtful and gentle with me. I was in shock and trying to make sense of what happened to my husband. He listened to all I had to say and was so kind. It was so nice to have Lanny just be present. I wasn't alone and he made the day easier. And I'm so thankful for his heart. God knew exactly what I needed. And Nicola was very kind, very supportive, and she stayed with our family for a long time to make sure we were all right. She was gentle, reassuring, and positive, doing everything she could to comfort us and to help us through our grief. Presley was the most understanding, comforting, and personable young lady that my family had met in a long time. During a time of sadness, despair, grief, and anger, Presley was there to comfort us all, offering words of encouragement and support. She was more than we knew we would need at the time. I wasn't alone. She made sure we were all right. More than we know we needed. These stories capture the tip truly what TIP truly represents. Compassion and action and the power of presence when it matters most. For those inspired by their work, TIP is always looking for new volunteers. Its volunteer training academy begins in February. So for any additional information, it can be found at tipoflo vegas.org or by calling 7022290426. And I want to note historically this organization was founded 40 years ago in San Diego and TIP came to Las Vegas nine years later thanks in part to the leadership and the partnership of Las Vegas Fire and Rescue. And since then, TIP has stood with our community in moments of crisis for over three decades. It is my pleasure, Jill, to present this proclamation to you and your team. Therefore, we the mayor and I'll have you if you will hold that for me, Jill. Thank you. And the members of the Las Vegas City Council hereby proudly procla proclaim November 5th, 2025 as trauma intervent pro. Let me say this again. We hereby proudly and articulately claim November 5th, 2025 as trauma intervention program of Southern Nevada Day. Congratulations and thank you for everything that you [applause] do. Would you like to say a few words? Thank you so much. This is very meaningful, especially since this is your first meeting and your first celebration. So, thank you very much for honoring us. And um of course, it wouldn't be possible without we have tip volunteers that are here, members of our board of directors and advisory board. Thank you all so much for everything you do to make TIP what it is. Thank you. Thank you. And I are we going to take some pictures. [applause] So you can Thank you. >> Stand by the mayor. Right in the middle. >> [applause] >> Okay, let me >> we will go back to regular order in five minutes. The November 5th uh meeting of the city council is called back in order. Agenda item number eight. Public comment during this portion of the agenda must be limited to matters on the agenda for action. The amount of time any single speaker is allowed may be limited. All comments made will be cross reference to those specific items. If anyone submitted a speaker card or who wishes to speak under this portion of the agenda, please come to the podium, 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. We will set the time limit at two minutes. Please come up to the podium if you wish to speak. Good morning, Madame Mayor and members of the city council. My name is Jana Wright, and I'm here to speak in support of item 39, the bill on the pet shop ordinance. I feel that the city council is being very generous allowing three years for uh businesses to come into compliance and businesses can change their business model. And I would just close by saying that uh people in the United States are going to spend 157 billion on their pets. So there's money to be made just not selling them. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. >> Welcome. >> Good morning. Thank you again to the council for looking at this issue. As a reminder, you had a ban in 2016. Then in 2017, Siroka, Barlo, and Fiori along with the the former mayor, all various with criminal and improper behavior charges against them, overturned it and uh said that they would convene a committee to stamp out puppy mills. Nine years later, nothing has been done. It's time that we take a look at the jurisdictions. All of the jurisdictions have increased animals coming into shelters and rescues from illegal breeders, costing taxpayers and animal rights people to bear the burden of paying for the inction. Your operation pause has a chance and I think over the time period that you'll be able to get that up and running to help with backyard breeders. But pet stores as a business were set up to provide supplies and grooming for people's companions, not as a retailer of animals. Around 2001 is when retailers like Petland back in the day made to that change to selling animals. To help curb the overpopulation and inhumane living conditions, you must look for how to shut down the source. In Nevada, some of the source is illegal backyard breeders. Then illegal puppy mills. Some of them in NY County um Elco um are just two of the counties that have puppy mills. Then illegal puppy mills in other states like Missouri, North Carolina, Pennsylvania. That's where many of these animals are sold in our pet stores. You can listen, you can liken it to human trafficking, only it's with animals. That's why I'd urge you to add to your first amendment section 5B1 to include the address, where they are, and as well as any local license that may exist from their local breeders. And then I would suggest that you add to subsection section 3 subsection 3 a notice that the animals must be spayed and neutered according to the city spayneuter laws so that there's a disclosure. Personally, I would prefer that they be spayed or neutered if they're over the four months of age prior to sale, but at least the posting of it could be handled as far as people being made aware. I believe the retailer should have to disclose that the store has a monetary um arrangement with the veterinarians and that that contract should be provided to the city. I'd also suggest language in section section 6A to include eye diseases like entropian which is a genetic issue with badly bred um bulldogs, pugs, sharpes, re uh retrievers and boxers. Overall, I don't think you need three years, but I do appreciate you brought this forward and commend you for supporting it will make a difference for your constituents. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. >> And for the record, I believe you were Miss Christian Jun Killone. Is that is that accurate? >> And Chris, would you mind even though Oh, no. You're Christian. >> Yeah. All even though uh Chris, come back. Come back. Um even though all of us know you very well, would you mind spelling your last name for the record? >> This is a test, isn't it? You want to see if I can buy a vowel? Um it's Jun Kilani. G I U N C H I G L I A N I. [laughter] But thank you all very much. And for those of you who don't know, uh, Chris G has a very long, um, uh, pedigree when it comes to public service, having served as an assembly woman and then a county commissioner for many, many years. Thank you for being here. Good morning. >> Good morning, mayor and council members. Anula Wildri for the record, Wy Li. I recently reviewed a report about an emergency, a large-scale um dog rescue at a commercial breeding facility in the Midwest. Every single animal was matted, filthy, and caked with feces. And these, of course, are not the ones that we see in the pet stores, and we know that this was not the exception. I fully support this bill, and I commend you for uh drafting it. But I think it's vital to pair it with efforts that will close loopholes in the animal welfare act that allow commercial breeders to sell to uh direct to consumers. Addressing both issues together will not only ensure lasting progress, but I think it will prevent new problems from arising. And our animal welfare organizations that are endorsing these bans are well positioned to lead that effort and we would of course support them. Thank you. Thank you so much. >> Good morning. >> Good morning, Mayor Berkeley and council members. My name is Rebecca Goff G and girl O Eis and Frank Ephes and Frank and I'm the Nevada state director for Humane World for Animals. I'm here today on behalf of our organization and all of our Las Vegas members to strongly urge your support of this ordinance. It's gonna you know what it's going to do. [laughter] Due to the serious animal welfare and consumer protection issues posed by puppy selling pet shops, eight states, including the entire West Coast and 500 localities, including Clark County, City of North Las Vegas, Reno, and Mosquite, already have prohibited the sale of puppies and pet stores. Puppy stores in Vegas were given a chance to clean up their act and prove they could run ethical businesses. That's why the current law only regulates them. But the current law's increased transparency has exposed just how awful the puppy mail to pet store pipeline is here and that this model of selling weeks old puppy puppies at retail is simply too broken to fix through regulations alone. Through an undercover investigation we conducted last year and public records, we could clearly see that Vegas pet shops have a massive problem with sick puppy sales, deceptive sales tax tactics, and predatory lending. Stopping the sale of puppies and pet shops entirely is the only solution for wide-ranging problems puppy stores pose. Fortunately, this ordinance does not need to have a negative impact on businesses. Most stores already do not sell puppies, and the ones that do will have a three-year time to transition to a new business model and ramp up in demand products, sales, and services like grooming. In fact, 45 Nevada pet stores already endorsed laws ending the sale of puppies in pet shops, including 15 here in Vegas. These stores know no one needs to engage in puppy mill cruelty to run a profitable business. This is also a solution to the problem because no one needs a pet store to find a dog of their choice. Our region is a wide network of shelters, rescues full of wonderful adoptable pets as well as responsible breeders who sell directly to the public because they aren't ashamed to show how and where their dogs are raised. It's also an important tool in tackling pet overpopulation. Pet shop puppies are likely to be sick and often are relinquished to shelters or sometimes people just realize they're in over their head with a brand new puppy. We love our pets here in Vegas and allowing pet shops to continue to import thousands of puppies from awful puppy mills and selling them like mere products, especially while our shelters are bursting at the seams, is just not in line with who we are. Thank you so much for bringing this forward and we urge your support. >> Thank you so much. >> Thank you. >> Welcome. Good morning, madame mayor and council members. My name is Laura Venegas. L A R A V as in Victor E N G. And I am urging the council to uh support the bill 2025-37, which is agenda item 39 today, to align the city of Las Vegas with Clark County in North Las Vegas and the ban of retail sales of certain animals and pet stores. This is a matter not only of compassion but of fiscal responsibility. Retail pet sales often rely on commercial breeders or mills to provide their inventory. And every year, as we know, thousands of animals end up in local shelters at the expense of taxpayer dollars. And as this council is well aware, millions of dollars have been allocated and approved just this year for the continued operation of the animal foundation and for the construction of supplementary facilities to handle the intake of these animals. Reducing the supply of commercially bred animals directly lowers those shelter intake numbers and allows those funds to be uh moved elsewhere to support community activities and public education. By supporting this measure, the city promotes adoption from local shelters and from rescues. It will ease the burden on our animal shelters and the system and it will ensure taxpayer money is used more efficiently. It is a policy that makes sense, not only morally, but financially. So, we ask that you please vote yes on this bill and show that Las Vegas values not only compassion for the pets in our communities, but also accountability with our taxpayer dollars. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. >> Welcome. >> Hi. Thank you so much, uh, Alyssa Miller with the Pet Advocacy Network. Um, and I'm here in opposition to item number 39 on the agenda. I first want to thank the council for taking a thoughtful approach to this and for taking the time to meet with myself and our members here in Las Vegas, which make up a number of small businesses. The first thing I'd like to really address is the assertion that a bill like this has any measurable impact on the shelter population. Unfortunately, we have seen in places like California, where a ban has been in place since 2019, that there has been no decrease in the shelter population. And in fact, you have places like LA County that have put a moratorium on breeding because the shelter population is still so large. In Las Vegas, we know that there is a problem with illegal backyard breeding. And we know that that's where the majority of these shelter animals come from. Additionally, this bill with the assertion that uh some of these small businesses can just reasonably transfer their business model is unfortunately not the case. In California, 95% of all of the pet shops closed after their ban was enacted. In New York, 95% of all of the pet shops closed after their ban was enacted. These are businesses that have built their model on selling these animals and selling these responsibly bred animals to the public and making sure that they're able to provide a source for safely bred dogs, safely bred cats. We know for a fact that this kind of business model is something that is sustainable when you have good regulations in place. We also know that bans like this are business killers and our job killers. The World Pet Association, in fact, has come out in strong opposition to this and in August sent a letter to the council saying that if they were to pass a ban that they would be forced to re-evaluate bringing Super Zoo here, which is the North America's largest pet trade show. Super Zoo every year brings over 4,000 businesses to Las Vegas and 22,000 visitors. It's also on the gold 100 for largest conventions every year within the United States and is something that they take very seriously because as an industry we're constantly trying to move forward and better the industry and rather than enforcing a ban what we would look at doing is building on the good regulations that Las Vegas already has thing doing things that increase consumer protection increase transparency and then working with the industry to make sure that we can help pay for it. We would appreciate a vote no on this and bringing everyone to the table for common sense regulation. >> Thank you so much. >> Thank you. >> Welcome. >> Good morning, Mayor Berkeley and members of council. My name is Bridget Murphy, last name MURPHY, and I'm here to read a statement on behalf of the board of directors of the Las Vegas Valley Humane Society. First, we want to sincerely thank Mayor Shelley Berkeley and Councilwoman Nancy Brun for bringing forward bill 2025-35 and for recognizing the urgent need to address the cruel puppy mill pipeline in our city. Your leadership and willingness to confront this issue means so much to those of us who deeply care about animal welfare. While this ordinance is a meaningful step toward ining the sale of commercially bred animals in Las Vegas, and we strongly encourage you to vote yes in support of it, we do share concerns about the three-year delay in enforcement, as we've learned from experience that time and loopholes can undo good intentions. In 2016, the city council passed a strong ordinance banning the sale of animals from breeders and require pet stores to partner with shelters and rescues. But just a year later, that progress was reversed under industry pressure in a narrow four-3 vote. By 2018, weakened rules once again allowed the sale of commercially bred animals, provided they were spayed or neutered, offering little to no real protection for these animals. When Clark County enacted its own ban in 2022, many of those same stores simply moved into Las Vegas city limit, exploiting the loophole that remains today. Now nearly a decade later, Las Vegas has the chance to close the gap and show real leadership. Neighboring jurisdictions have already taken meaningful action. Clark Countyy's ban went into effect last year, and both Henderson and North Las Vegas have adopted similar restrictions on retail pet sales. Las Vegas should be a leader in animal welfare, not the last city in our community to stand up to puppy mills. It is time for Las Vegas to stand with the more than 500 communities across the nation that have already ended the sale of puppies and pet shops and demonstrate that our city chooses compassion and progress over outdated policies. This time we must ensure the loophole is closed once and for all so that no pet store can continue to profit from the cruelty under the guise of compliance and for these businesses to be held accountable to phase out and close their doors for good. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. Welcome. >> Hi, I'm Danielle Roth with Retriever Rescue of Las Vegas. Uh, [clears throat] good morning. I hope you all are having a good day. I'm here today to ask you to vote yes in ordinance of bill 2025-35. Why buy from a pet store when you can adopt? That's obviously where a rescue stand. Shelters everywhere are filled with puppies and wonderful dogs, too. In fact, 29% of the dogs in shelters are puppies. So, there is no need for a pet store or an online store to be selling these innocent lives. In addition, we have ethical human breeders here in Nevada that uh families can go to. And these are very good breeders that have been licensed by you and by our state. Um, if ethical breeders won't sell their puppies to puppy stores, then why are why is Las Vegas pet stores to sell puppies in un unimaginable puppy mills? Please make the ethical choice and responsible choice. Please vote yes in ordinance to stop the retail sales of puppies and kittens in puppy stores. Thank you for your time. >> Thank you so much. Welcome. >> Thank you. Um, my name is Kent Kirkpatrick. I'm the owner of Petland Land Las Vegas. I thought I had three minutes. I wrote a three-minute speech. I'm going to do my best to talk really, really fast. Okay. [laughter] Puppy mills, the truth. Humane world tells you that puppy pet store puppies come from puppy mills. About four months ago, the humane world even created a document attacking my petland Las Vegas store. It listed 20 bad breeders that we recently sourced from. That was their words. The document included pictures of the breeders facilities taken from USDA reports and driveby photos. Most of the photos were dated from 2021 and earlier over four years ago. What they didn't tell you is that 90% of those breeders, 18 out of 20, we had already stopped using from before their document was ever created. We did this due to our continuing review of the breeders and a commitment to standards that these breeders did not meet. 13 of them we had not sourced from over three years prior to that document being issued. This is the type of misleading narrative that Humane World continues to use for fund fundraising and to push pet stores to closure in Las Vegas. Predatory lending. Humane world will also tell you that the our stores use predatory financing to sell puppies that contain crazy interest rates to unsuspecting customers. The truth is that we the truth is that we use three outside financing sources. If qualified, they range from 0% interest from 6 to 12 months, 5.99% from 18 to 60 months, or revolving Petland branded credit card that carries a 35.9% rate. For reference, Dillards is 32.5 and Macy's is 33.5. There's a the closure of pet stores is not going to change the demand at all in the city of Las Vegas. According to the Better Business Bureau, online pet scams um make up 35% of all online shopping scams. The Better Business Bureau scam risk report previously identified pets as the number one subject of online purchase scams. It's estimated that 80% of pet ads online may be fraudulent. Due to the emotional nature of pet adoption, buyers often let their guard down, making puppy sales an exceptionally effective and prevalent online scam. That's better business's words. Animal Foundation Humane World makes the claim that puppies from pet stores can be readily found at the local animal shelter. Last night, I reviewed the website. I found there was 295 dogs available for online um adoption. Of those 119 were pitbull or pitbull mix and 35 were shepherd or shepherd mix. That makes over 52% of the dogs available for adoption. There's a glaring absence of golden retrievers, French bulldogs, golden doodles, yorks, dachshunds, all the type of breeds that our customers come looking for. Finally, in a summary, we have we are an iconic store. Petland Las Vegas has been there for over 25 years. My grandkids and my children have went there. Oh, one other thing. We found one puppy on the adoption site for the animal uh foundation. One, not 29%. That's less than 1%. If we practice bad business and treated our customers poorly, why would we still be doing business 25 years later? We've never had a citation by animal control. >> Thank you so much. I'm sorry. >> Last point. You're going to lose millions of dollars of sales tax revenue and you're killing small businesses. Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you so much. Good morning, your honor, members of the council. Warren Hardy representing humane world from Nevada. >> Good morning. >> Or for animals humane with good morning. I am not going to engage in non on ad hominant attacks this morning. I want to talk more generally about philosophy. I've gotten discouraged that this somehow has become a litmus test as to whether or not you as council members are pro business or not pro business. I think I can speak to this as well as anyone. And I've known most of you for a long time. Some of you a really long time. I spent my career defending business. I would s I would suggest that there was probably never a member of the legislature that was considered more pro business than I was in defending pro business. What does that mean? Does that mean I have an obligation to allow businesses to do whatever they want and continue to defend them and continue to defend their right to stay open and do what they want? I got very frustrated with that at the end of my career because there's moral obligations, there's ethical obligations as businesses. I have told many of you, all of you, I think that I think the window of responsibility and obligation for government to get involved in businesses is about that narrow. I've spent my entire career saying to elected officials, don't get involved in business. But there comes a point when morals and ethics has to rule or has to be considered. I've argued many time for letting common sense regulation go into effect before we do these kinds of bans and these kinds of regulations. I would submit that you did do common sense regulation in 2016 and it has not fixed the problem. With regard to all the comments that were made before me, we have documentation. As the kids say, we have receipts and facts are stubborn things. Very much appreciate your support on this as a common sense approach to helping um the businesses in in in Nevada be better. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. >> Welcome. Good morning, um, Madame Mayor and members of the council. My name is Lori Herren, L O R I, Her EN, and I'm the executive director of Nevada SPCA. We are a privately funded, no kill animal shelter. Yesterday, we had to stop intake of our dogs because our shelter is full. And it's not full just because of backyard breeders. uh it's full for all of the reasons that are causing pet homelessness in our community. Pet overpopulation and subsequent pet homelessness is a multi-headed monster and we need to cut off all the heads. Spayanne resources. Thank you madame mayor for supporting funding and our organization will continue to fund to raise private funds to support more free spayanut resources. backyard breeding. I applaud uh the city of Las Vegas um animal protection services for Operation Positive Change for their recent crackdown on illegal breeders. And finally, we need to cut the head off of the puppy pipeline to the pet stores. If you go to our website right now, you're going to see lots of breeds, including purebred dogs and puppies. We literally have people turn puppies into our shelters with their receipts, including receipts from pet land because the puppy has grown up and they've not done enough in the first year. And sadly, because of our economic times, they do not have the resources oftentimes to take care of the puppies and their dogs and all of their other animals. So, I'm here today to implore you to join the other jurisdictions in Southern Nevada to ban pet stores in the near future. Thank you. Thank you so much. >> Good morning. My name is Lindseay Amar. A I M A R. I am a Las Vegas resident, voter, and small business owner who sells pet products, not pets. I'm here to urge you to vote yes on the Humane Pet Store ordinance, bill number 2025-35. As someone who cares deeply about animals, I believe this ordinance is an essential step in the right direction. Our shelters are in crisis as you just heard and it's only getting worse. They are overflowing with dogs and cats all waiting for a home. Every day more animals are arriving and resources are stretched extremely thin. The last thing we should be doing is bringing in more animals from outofstate inhumane breeding operations, better known as puppy mills, where animals are kept in heartbreaking conditions, bred repeatedly, and transported across state lines only to be sold to unsuspecting families. Opponents are claiming laws like this don't work. They say they will increase backyard breeders, but that argument isn't backed by evidence. In states where similar laws have already taken effect, there is no verified data showing a rise in illegal breeding. Humane laws work. In states and cities where these laws have passed, we've seen the amount of puppy mills licensed to sell online and a pet stores decline, meaning tens of thousands of dogs are no longer suffering in confined cages in horrific conditions. We also know the size of the breeding facilities have declined. Change doesn't happen overnight and we know some sellers will break the law and avoid getting a license, but that is an issue that has always existed even before pet store laws and with and those without a license can and should be reported to authorities. Dismantling the puppy pip pipeline will take time, enforcement, and education, but we have to start somewhere. By passing bill 2025-35, you'll be making a clear statement that Las Vegas stands for kindness over cruelty and responsibility over exploitation. I urge you to please vote yes on the Humane Pet Store ordinance. I appreciate your time. >> Thank you so much. Is there anyone else? Oh, yes. Welcome. >> Good morning. Uh my name is Marola Latska. I'm a local foster mom and rescuer. Um I am here to urge you to ban the retail sale of pets in Las Vegas. We know from recent investigations that our puppy source source from awful puppy mills. Is there a way to show photos >> today? >> Okay, perfect. >> Okay, >> there we go. >> Yeah, we're good. >> This one. Okay, perfect. Um, under USDA standards, these dogs are often confined in cramped wire cages that are only 6 in larger than their bodies. This is not just temporarily. This is how they live their entire lives. Um this is from um humian word for the animals. The these pictures um they are bred with little regard regard for their health leading to sick puppies that are shipped all over the country and sold at puppy stores like the ones we allowed to operate in Las Vegas. I don't know about you, but if if I had the chance to take businesses away from or business away from places like this, I wouldn't even think twice. Buyers of these puppies are often misled into thinking that they are getting a healthy, ethically bred dog, and they would never buy from these stores if they were truly aware of the cruelty behind it. This is Wyatt. Let's see. Um, he's a parva positive puppy that was purchased from Petland at the end of August. Wyatt's owner was given a clean bill of health when she purchased him, only to find out that he was very sick. She immediately let the store know and they refused to help or take any accountability for the emotional distress and thousands of dollars in vet bills that resulted from trying to save his life. They [snorts] also didn't quarantine the remaining puppies in their store, proving that they value profit over the health and safety of their animals. Voting yes on this ordinance today is a step in the right direction and this is just a small part of the massive complex animal crisis in Las Vegas. And this is something that we have control over. I wish it was less than three years because as a rescuer I see the urgency of what's going on firsthand. Um shipping in all of these puppies into our city is absurd. While every single day our rescues have to say no to pets in need. Every single day. >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> Welcome. >> Good morning, Mayor Berkeley and members of the council. My name is Taran Tall. T U L. I'm the chief operating officer at the Animal Foundation. I'd like to thank you for revisiting the issue of puppy mill stores within the city of Las Vegas and taking this issue seriously. It will make a tremendous difference for both animals and our community. As you're aware, our shelter and other local rescue organizations, many of which you've heard from today, are facing a critical overcrowding crisis. As of this morning, we have almost 700 animals on site at our shelter, approximately 500 of which are dogs and puppies. One of the major drivers behind this is the ongoing availability of puppies through retail pet stores, many of which source their animals from out of state puppy mills and from unregulated breeders. We regularly receive animals who are purchased from these stores or from other irresponsible breeders. Many arrive with serious medical issues, including congenital defects and untreated illnesses. These are a direct result of poor breeding practices and inadequate care. It's truly heartbreaking. This ordinance would also create an opportunity for responsible businesses to partner with shelters and rescues. A partnership model that's been successful in other communities and one that we would welcome here. The variety of cats, kittens, dogs, and puppies available for adoption in our community is nearly endless. We see everything arrive at our shelter from Yorks and French bulldogs to golden retrievers and poodles alongside countless wonderful mixed breeds at our shelter. We also receive large numbers of rabbits, guinea pigs, and other small pocket pets. There are also breed specific rescues and responsible licensed breeders who provide humane alternatives. In order to protect animals, consumers, and the integrity of our communities, we as your partner urge you to lead the way by voting yes for bill 2025-35. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. Welcome here. Good morning. And Mayor Berkeley, Council Bernie, thank you for bringing this forward. Uh Patricia Reed, for the record, I'm sorry, Reid's last name. Miss Kelly, I want to welcome you to the council. This is my first time speaking since you've joined. So hopefully I won't offend you today, but I want you all to know that you're getting a pass on the grievances side, at least from me, because none of you were here in 2017 for that last fiasco. This is deja vu for me because there were so many of us here in 2017 when that bill that was ready to go was killed by Fiori, Sarroa, Barlo, and former mayor Goodman. The problem is is that when we left, we were furious and I apologize because you have incurred some of that wrath that we have felt as a result of what happened then. But let's look at what happened since then. You talk about karma. Ricky Barlo went to jail. Soka doesn't have a job here anymore. I mean, we could go on and on. But the biggest issue has to be the fact that we were called criminals by the former Ward Six council person. And I would like to put that up because this is what I thank you. This is what I posted in the back of my last day that I was here when she sat up there. She called us criminals. Now, because of that, we have continued to fight and fight and fight. And this is an opportunity for us to have some good news because if you haven't read and you haven't seen, we need some good news right now. As for the pet sales, tens of thousands of dollars have been given in campaign donations. And for a fact, we know I remember back when uh this Fiori was involved with all of this that we did see thousands of dollars on her campaign list. So, I am just here to ask please, please pass this bill. We need it desperately. The animals need it desperately. >> Thank you so much. >> Thank you. And um just for the record, I received a letter from State Treasurer Zack Conine uh early this morning in support of this ordinance which and I will submit it for the record. Thank you all. Oh yes, [laughter] >> welcome. >> Good morning. Good morning, Madame Mayor and council members. Um, I just wanted to bring something to your attention on the agenda. Item number 12 is why we're here for possible action to approve the ratification of the commission. I'm sorry, Shawn Del Newsome for the record. Um, the ratification of commission for the Las Vegas Centennial Award for 213,600 to the Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority. I think that should be the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Committee for the 2026 and 27 parade. So, I just wanted to make sure that you didn't vote that in and then we start spending money and then you guys come back and tell us we don't have money. So, uh just wanted to point that out. Thank you. >> Okay. Uh city attorney, do we uh is that just a simple fix? >> I apologize. I missed what was the correction he wanted to make? Oh. Uh, right now it, uh, if you look at agenda item number 12, which is on the consent agenda, it says that the money that was voted on by the commission for the Las Vegas Centennial, uh, uh, um, awarded $213,600 and it says to the Southern Nevada Regional House, >> and it's the committee. Yeah, that was actually mayor one that was flagged by community development. I uh I'll restate it when we get to the consent item just so we clear it put it clearly on the record for the clerk's office. But yeah, we will just make that verbally. >> Thank you for uh helping us with that clarification. Agenda item number nine for possible action. Any items from the 9:30 a.m. session uh 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, >> I have no items. >> All right. In that case, is there a need to vote? No, there's no need to vote. Agenda item number 10 for possible action to approve the final minutes by reference of the September 30th, 2025 special city council meeting. Mayor Prom, may I have a motion to approve the minutes? Move to approve the minutes. Please post. Motion passes. Agenda item number 11. Item numbers 11 through 32 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? >> Do you clarify at this time? >> Yes, ma'am. I'll make the clarification now. As uh you just mentioned along with the gentleman on item number 12, the community development consent item, the payment from the centennial award of $213,600 is in fact going to the MLK parade committee rather than the Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority. So, we'll make that correction in the clerk's notes. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. Mayor Prom, may I have a motion for the consent agit uh agenda for items 11 through 32? >> Move to approve the consent agenda. Please vote. >> Post. >> We don't have a popup. Miss >> I >> I [laughter] >> motion I I believe passes. Agenda item 33, report by Mike Jansen, city manager, and discussion for possible action regarding a new two-year collective bargaining agreement between the city of Las Vegas and Las Vegas Police Protection Association not to exceed $3,8,075 from the general fund. This affects all wards. Mr. Jansen. >> Good morning, Mayor Berkeley, members of city council. Mike Jansen, city manager. With me today on this item 33 to my right is >> uh Sue Brown and to my right >> Morgan Davis. >> All right. Uh mayor and council, as you know, we're only as good as our team. And our our team is made up of a whole lot of city employees that many of which are represented by labor contracts. And earlier this year, we brought before you a two-year contract with our city employees association. We followed that by a two-year contract with our Las Vegas Fire and Rescue. And today, we're here to bring before you a two-year contract with our Police Protective Association. This is the union that represents our Department of Public Safety Marshals as well as our municipal court marshals. And so, I have some specific words I need to enter into the record as required by NRS. But what I would like to do before uh I get into those official NRS words is just take a moment to thank our negotiating team uh on this particular contract. And uh Sue and Morgan certainly were uh key to the team, but also our HR director Vincora, our HR manager, Rick Hunt, our uh deputy city attorney Nicole Garcia, and um a whole bunch of other folks. But the key core team to work through the process that is necessary for a labor contract as many of you know um the team is really important and I want to take a minute to thank them. Also I want to thank the negotiating team on the LVPA that was Dan Coin the treasurer and Kelly Sweeney the director of employee relations. And so with that kind of setup, mayor, uh the message that I need to enter into the record is as follows. Per NRS, in accordance with NRS 288153, as city manager, I am required to report on the fiscal impact of the new 2-year agreement with the Las Vegas Police Protective Association. The new agreement will be in effect from July 1, 2025 to June 30th, 2027. The estimated fiscal impact of the agreement is not to exceed $3,8.75. And with that official NRS message into the record, I'd like to turn the next portion of this presentation over to our deputy director of human resources, Sue Brown. >> Thank you, Mike. Good morning, Mayor Council. >> Good morning. >> For the record, Sue Brown, deputy director of human resources. Um, I just have a very short presentation today to go over some of the highlights of the contract. Um, by way of background, the LVPA Bargaining Unit is the Las Vegas Police Protective Association and they represent approximately 124 city of Las Vegas employees, including court marshals, um, deputy city marshals and sergeants. Um, negotiations started in March of 2025. The LVPA declared impass after eight meetings. However, even after impass, we continued our conversations and on September of 20 September 29th, we reached a tenative agreement. The LVPA membership voted to approve the 2-year agreement with 90% of the membership voted and 86% were in favor of the contract. Uh wages in it is a two-year contract. So, in year one of the collective bargaining agreement, we are providing a 2.6 6% COLA which is aligned with CPI. In addition to that, we're also giving a 1.6% salary increase for a total of 4.2%. We will also be doing a partial merge of the two-tier wage structure that was put in place back in 2011. Employees who are at the top of the salary range as of July 1st, 2025 will receive a $1,500 one-time cash that is not pur compensible. And finally, we're also adding K9 pay to the um wage article in the contract. In year two of the contract, we are aligning the COLA with CPI. This is standard language that's currently in the contract and it is staying in the contract. We won't know what the CPI is until January of 2026. Um, but we do have a range. It's a floor of 2% and a ceiling of 3%. In addition to the COLA, we are doing the final merge of the two-tier wage structure and then also again a $1,500 one-time cash for employees at the top of the salary range on July 1st, 2026. The estimated total cost of the 2-year agreement is not to exceed not to exceed 3 million $8,75. And this is the total cost of the 2-year agreement. In terms of non-compensible changes, we did go through a number of articles that has um mostly language changes and I've listed them here for you to review. Article five is employee rights and association business. We are allowing up to three board members to attend annual convention. Article 8, holiday, 13, disability, and article 14, grievance procedures are just minor language updates. Article 15, medical. Currently, PPA employees are um covered under the city's health plan. As of January 1, 2026, they will be moving over to teamsters. Article 16, reductions in fours. article 20 seniority are both language updates. Um we did add a new article to cover special assignments and it outlines all the rotation um periods and we do have a new letter of agreement to conduct open and continuous recruitments for entry level and lateral deputy city marshalss and munic marshals. Um this letter of agre excuse me this letter of agreement will allow us to recruit and hire employees at a much faster rate. Um, once again, as Mike mentioned, I we would like to thank the LBPA negotiating team. Dan Corin and Kelly Sweeney is in the audience today, as well as thanking Harmony Bergman, Jonathan Berdett, Kevin D. Rosa, Stephanie Hunter, Matthew Long, and Troy Williams. And on the city side, of course, I would like to thank Morgan Davis, and Nicole Garcia from the city attorney's office, Rick Hunt, and Vince Samura in human resources, as well as the city manager's office for their support. Oops. And that is the end of the presentation. Do you have anything to add, Morgan? >> Thank you. Do you have Okay. Thank you so much. Are there any questions or comments from members of the council? Seeing none, is there a motion? Mayor Prom. >> Thank you, Madam Mayor, and thank you for the presentation. I just would like to say uh for the marshals who are in the room and the marshalss who are out protecting our city parks and our facilities and doing all the other things that they are asked to do at this point in time. They are some of the finest officers that I've worked with and I'm really grateful for the team that the city has and for the work they put into that with the with that I would like to make a motion to approve. >> Thank you so much. Um and let me echo everything the mayor prom just said. Uh shall we vote? >> Please post. Oh, are we doing eyes? Is this verbal? >> Okay. >> Um, yeah, we're not Okay. Um, I I believe um that this is uh this motion has passed. That's I think >> I got Okay. Thank you so much and thank you all so much. >> So, why are they not coming up? >> Do you want to reset mine? I don't know why I haven't even navigated. the page sometimes when you're doing other things, but I haven't even >> Okay. All right. She's gonna try. While we're trying to fix our tech technological glitch, let's go to agenda item 35. Uh 34, I'm sorry. Hearing a discussion for possible action regarding a complaint for disciplinary action against A2 Management LLC doing business as US Motel and Arpit Patel managing member whose place of business is located at 2500 East Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada 89102 as holders of the motel license number G72-06385 for violations of the Las Vegas Municipal Code. This is Ward Three. Councilwoman Diaz. >> Yeah. >> Good morning. >> Good morning. Would you all mind identifying yourself? >> Sure. Paul Mata, deputy city attorney in the civil division. >> Darcy Edelhurd, business licensing manager. >> Adam Cely, captain, downtown area command. >> Uh Jesse Colberstein, Lieutenant with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. >> Good morning. Mike Bey on behalf of A2 management and uh respondent RP Patel. >> Okay. Can I hear from the city please? >> Yes, mayor. Um we are ready proce to proceed with the hearing. Um we are here today to discuss possible disciplinary action involving US Motel, a motel located at 2500 East Fremont Street at the corner of Charleston and Fremont. I will give a brief overview of the sit of the situation. Darcy Adelbeay Herd will then go over some of the specific misconduct at issue and then officers from Metro uh will get go into further detail about the serious concerns with this property. US Motel will then have an opportunity to respond. While the current Ly which is A2 management and Arpit Patel have only been uh licensed to operate for just over a year now. Throughout this time this business has been the source of continuous serious criminal activity. As a result, Metro had no choice but declared this business a chronic nuisance and issued an emergency shutdown of the business business in September. The factual evidence presented will show that there is good cause to find that US Motel operates as a chronic and public nuisance and that US motel has operated in an unlawful and impermissible manner. So, at the end of today's presentation, I will ask this council to make these conclusions and move to permanently revoke the business license of A2 Management LLC, DBA US Motel, and its managing member, Arbit Patel. We are also recommending that council add an additional condition pursuant to Las Vegas Municipal Code section 6.188120 that A2 Management LLC armpit Patel and any of its agents may not seek a new business license at this location for the next year. So with that I will turn it over to Darcy Adelbehard. >> Good morning. Um so as uh Paul has already said um I'm going to have a brief summary and then Metro has a presentation as well. Most of the um activities of are on the criminal nature. So the item is for a complaint for disciplinary action filed um by the department against A2 Management LLC doing business as US Motel. This is located at 2500 Fremont Street and its managing member um Arpit Patel. Uh staff is recommending revocation of this license due to the property's continued operation as a public nuisance under LBMC 6.02330. The US Motel has been the subject of numerous investigations and enforcement actions over the past year both by business licensing and LBMPD. Um Metro will identify ongoing criminal activity including sex trafficking of minors prostitution narcotics activity, and violent crimes occurring on the property. The property was declared a chronic nuisance on August 20th, 2025 and Metro issued an emergency suspension of the business license on September 12th, uh, 2025. The department's record further further shows multiple violations of Title 6 and Title 19, including failure to maintain a guest register, unlicensed long-term occupancy, and repeated bounce checks um, and non-payment for room taxes. Over the course of this year, corre correction notices were issued for failure to main the prop the proper public register. um long-term stays beyond the six days that they're allowed and the failure to report changes in the business operations. Um at the time the complaint was filed, lean assessments were filed for unpaid room taxes totaling 15 totaling over $15,000 for this location alone with additional leans and return checks tied to Mr. Patel for two other motel properties on Fremont Street, City Center Motel and the Economy Motel. As of yesterday, the balances for this location have been paid in full. Uh, collectively these properties have accum accumulated eight leans totaling over $66,000 and over 20 return checks. The ongoing pattern of non-compliance, failure to correct violations and criminal activity at the site demonstrates a disregard for the city's regulations and the safety to the public. With uh that background on the licensing actions, we'll turn it over to Metro to present their findings and provide um additional details on law enforcement um activity at the property. Um we staff recommends replication. However, if the license is um not revoked, staff recommends the following 12 conditions. Um do I read all 12? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Let me read into the record the 12 conditions. Uh this license authorizes motel transient rental activity as defined in title 19. Rental periods may not exceed seven consecutive days and reoccurring rentals to the same individual are prohibited. The lency must remit month monthly room tax payments. Failure to pay within 30 days may result in civil fines. A current roster of all staff, including full-time or part-time uh employees or independent contractors, volunteers must be kept on file and made available to city staff or LBMP LVMPD. Upon request, this roster shall include contact information and legal place of residence information. All guests, visitors, and staff must have a valid governmentissued photo identification in their possession while on the property. A copy of the photo identification for all guests and visitors must be retained and attached to the room registration record. The property must have and maintain adequate and sufficient exterior lighting to deter criminal activity. The property must have and maintain functional security cameras that provide full coverage of all interior common areas and exterior areas. Security footage must be stored for at least 30 days and shall be made available upon request to LVMPD and city staff. A city and state licensed security company approved under NRS 648 must be contracted to provide continuous security services. Cameras must be actively monitored and at least one security guard shall patrol the exterior at all times. Any arrest, citations, or police calls for service initiated by the business must be reported to business licensing via email tobl compliance at las vegasnvada.gov of within 48 hours of the incident. The director may place the Lency on the next available agenda for city council for disciplinary action if there are any violations of license conditions or any applicable local, state or federal laws or regulations. And the last one, uh, LVMPD may order an emergency closure if these conditions are violated. So, uh, with that, I'll turn it over to Metro for their presentation. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. For the record, I am Adam Cely, S E L Y. I'm the captain of LVMPD's downtown area command. Uh the first picture uh that you'll see is uh the US Motel at 2500 East Fremont. I wanted everybody to see the opportunity where it was located based on some of the things I'm going to be sharing um comparative motel in the area. And this area is often referred to uh by LVMPD as uh five points. So, in the summer of 2025, specifically in the months of July and August, I saw as the captain of downtown area command, a significant uptick in violent crime in the area of Five Points, again, Charleston, Eastern, and Fremont, where they all meet in that intersection. I asked for assistance from LBMPD analytical support, and they were able to provide me with several properties that were seeing a significant uptick in violent calls for service, narcotics, prostitution. Uh the most uh prolific of those uh properties or rather the one that had the most the highest amount uh was in fact the US motel. Those calls for service included narcotic stealing, overdoses, prostitution, sex trafficking of children uh and violent calls for service. Uh I will go into it a little bit further, but meetings with the owner and myself uh did garner no overall change. Uh so Arpit Patel uh through H2 Management and Boulevard Motel Crew LLC purchased the property uh in July of 2023. Um and now where I'd like to bring everybody's attention on this slide, if you look at the first column where it says CFS, that stands for calls for service. And then if you go down to uh where it says 1124 to 91624, you will see that for approximately 9 months in 2024, we had seven calls for service at that property. Uh once that property was owned and the ownership group changed uh year to date from 1125 to 91625, we had 77 calls for service. Um, I I do want to specifically say that those were calls for service not generated or uh by LVMPD or proactive activity in that area. Those were calls for service being called in by citizens in that area. Prostitution related activity increased on Fremont Street in that five points area in the surrounding area of the motel. Again, I've included some numbers here. As you could see from 2022, 75 events, slight decrease in 2023 to 65, but from 2024 to 2025 and the 2025 numbers year to date, we went from 88 to 98. So, we are trending at this point at uh we're expecting to finish based on analytics about a 15% increase in prostitution related activities in that immediate area. Uh comparative motel 2855 Fremont Street. So, at right near 28th and Fremont, the Crown Motel, again, I'll bring your attention to just 2025. Uh, if you look year to date, they have had four calls for service and uh four and that includes um any proactive metro um car stops, vehicle stops um in that area. By comparison, the US Motel has 350. And again, they are immediately located in that same area. They're similar in size and have similar uh business models as to the length that people are allowed to stay there and so on and so forth. Uh 1808 Fremont Street, the Sterling Gardens again 2025 year to date 26 calls for service and proactive uh incidents involving LVMPD compared to the US Motel at 350. So on August 7, 2025, an in-person meeting occurred at downtown area command uh with Mr. Arpit Patel, Meyer Patel, myself, Lieutenant Ransom Beza, Sergeant uh Tom Harmon, and administrative assistant uh Aaron Blakey Kelly. The following topics were discussed. Requesting photo IDs, conducting background checks for tenants. Enforcing visitors to register, enforcing unregistered persons to be removed, hiring reputable security guards. On August 14th, 2025, an email was sent from Sergeant Harmon to RPI Patel following up on the inperson meeting. We did not receive a reply uh from Mr. Patel or a representative uh uh for Mr. Patel. Uh recommendations contained within the email were again the following. the completion of a crime-free multi-ousing program through LVMPD and the implementation of a crime-free multi-housing program policy governing lighting, door locks, window locks, security cameras, and signage. The implementation of a policy requiring guests to present picture identification prior to renting space and to register their vehicles at check-in. The use of public data.com or some similar website to check the backgrounds of all prospective tenants. The imple implementation of a policy requiring the owner to keep records of all background checks. The implementation of policies governing visiting hours, trespassers, and evictions. The trespassing and eviction of any visitors at the property after visiting hours. The implementation of a policy preventing any lease less than one month in length or the hiring of private security uh and to include multiple other security measures. On August 20th, 2025, chronic nuisance letter was mailed via certified mail to the owner of the US uh motel, Mr. Armpit Patel. Uh we did receive receipt of delivery on August 25th. On August 21st, an inspe 2025, an inspection of the US motel with Arpit Patel, uh myself, Sergeant Harmon, uh and the occurred and the chronic nuisance letter was handd delivered to the owner um of the Mo US motel. Uh there at that point uh there were no changes made of any of the recommendations we had made up to that point. Uh that was noted in that inspection. Um and again during that inspection that we did on-site with the owner, we also requested again requesting of photo IDs, conducting background checks for tenants, and forcing visitors to register, enforcing unregistered persons uh to be removed. And then we also requested uh that the manager will should live off uh site. Lieutenant Kl Bernstein will go over that a little bit in his part of the presentation. On September 12th, 2025, emergency suspension of business license handd delivered to Yash uh Gandhi at the US Motel after search warrant service resulted in three arrests of US motel employees. These arrests were for pandering and living under wages of a prostitution related to activities occurring at the US Motel. I'm now going to allow Lieutenant KL Bernstein from our safe neighborhoods uh bureau to uh talk about the significant events that occurred at that property. >> Okay. >> Thank you, Captain Celely. >> Good morning, uh mayor and council. Again, for the record, Jesse Colernstein and like the captain said, I'm in charge of the vice section which is housed in the safe neighborhoods bureau and also encompasses the narcotics section. I'm going to talk to you about some specific um investigations and [clears throat] incidents that occurred on property. will start in January 18th of 2025. Um, officers recovered a 14-year-old child that was being trafficked near Charleston, Fremont during a person stop. That child told those officers they were a victim of sex trafficking and that a man staying at the US motel in room number five was forcing her to engage um in commercial sex acts. The search warrant was obtained by my detectives and served on room number five. and they located and arrested a 42-year-old male suspect for sex trafficking of a child under 16, kidnapping of a minor in the first degree, sex assault of a child under 16, and abuse and neglect. Of note, that person was a documented crypt gang member. They were wanted for a separate case involving kidnapping and battery domestic violence. And the reason that that child was recovered is because they were approaching vehicles and that officer felt they looked young. Um the victim also disclosed that they were um made to complete a sex act upon that trafficker at the US Motel. Next I'll speak to you about is in March 18th of 2025 involving another sex trafficking of a child investigation. It was a 17-year-old child that was recovered by my vice detectives during an undercover prostitution operation. That child identified her trafficker and vice detectives were able to locate him in the US motel room number six. Again, a search warrant was served on that room and a 19-year-old trafficker was arrested. During the service of that warrant, another child victim of sex trafficking was recovered and returned to their guardian. That trafficker was arrested again for sex trafficking of a child under 16, kidnap of a minor in the first degree, sex assault of a child under 16, and child abuse and neglect. And just to expand a little bit about that, originally there was a victim that was found in the area of Tropican and Cameron. They disclosed their victimization through followup at our major violators detectives who are responsible for finding um violent suspects, located the suspect at the US motel. When they went there, they found another child victim um that was within that motel. So, it's two child victims located um found attached to that same trafficker who was operating out of the US motel. Next, in July 30th of 2025, there was a battery with a deadly weapon. um in layman's term, a shooting. Officers responded to the US motel into room number 14. When they arrived, they found a male who was shot in the face. He was subsequently transported to an area hospital. Um a suspect was seen fleeing from the US Motel. Officers made a stop of a ride share. Uh took that suspect into custody. When they did, they found eight bags of methamphetamine weighing a 3.6 gram. Um and they arrested him for that investigation. And also of note, he had felony warrants unrelated to that case for assault with a deadly weapon, discharging a gun into a structure and child abuse, and he was arrested for that shooting that occurred at the US motel. On August 8th, uh, excuse me, August 11th of 2025, our narcotics section initiated a um narcotics investigation which led to a search warrant being served at the US Motel room number seven. During that time, they recovered 1.3 grams of methamphetamine, 7.6 6 gram of fentanyl, 10.3 grams of marijuana. They also recovered the money they used during the undercover purchase operation. So, we know that the money that was used by our detectives to buy that in undercover capacity was actually recovered within the room connecting that investigation. And they recovered a revolver. The suspect in that case had multiple violent prior arrests to include murder, robbery, and assault with a deadly weapon. Next, we talk about an arson that occurred in August on August 13th of 2025. Um, an officer was conducting checks at the US Motel due to an increase in crime. They noticed a building on fire and they requested uh the fire department to respond. Once that fire was put out, they reviewed video surveillance vid uh footage showing a man with um lighter fluid going in and starting that fire. suspect was located down the street and he was also charged with arson first degree. Of note, if you look at that picture, um there is a gas meter directly next to where that fire occurred. So, um thankfully due to the fire department arriving quickly and extinguishing that fire, we didn't have a bigger um explosion occur. Next, another search warrant for the from the narcotics section. That was in September 10th of 2025. They conducted another undercover operation at US Motel. search warrant was obtained um related to selling drugs at three different rooms. During the service of that warrant, they located uh two firearms, 36.1 grams of fentanyl and two people were charged uh with trafficking and fentanyl, possession of a firearm during a drug offense and child abuse and neglect. The child abuse and neglect charge hinges upon as they were doing surveillance, they saw one um of the target go from one room to another and they made a connection served warrants on both. What they found was the two people that were arrested were within one room, but the room that the female suspect had left had two children in there. Within that room, there was a firearm as well as narcotics and paraphernalia that were easily accessible to the children. So that was why they were charged with that. And then uh this will go into the search warrant and operation that my folks completed. So obviously we were concerned about the recovery of juveniles within this property and so we initiate a proactive investigation to see if employees were complicit with that activity. So over and I'll detail kind of the three different um days of operation as well as a search warrant that we took. So on August 8th, a uh undercover female detective approached uh the managers and the maintenance worker. Um, and the manager agreed to give the room for 2 hours as opposed to the normal rental period. He also agreed to steer clients towards the room that she would be in, believing that she was involved in prostitution. The maintenance worker provided um water and condoms, agreed to assist in the future, and exchanged phone numbers. The next day we were there for our operation was the 21st of August. Uh, both the managers were present. They offered a reduced room rate for two hours um for $90. Our undercover detective, again posing um as somebody involved in prostitution, said she had three dates. The maintenance worker provided condoms and lubricant for free to help her in that operation. On August 28th, uh we went with our you undercover again. Um we actually had a male detective that walked up and pretended to be a client of hers. Um and they went there together again. They got a room rate that was reduced. They agreed to take a portion of the payment for the room after the sex acts occurred. Um the manager uh Annie uh acknowledged that the UC was conducting prostitution and would then pay with those proceeds again from that date. The manager Yash asked about um was asked about purchasing condoms and directed them to um Williams who is the maintenance worker and they also agreed to direct dates towards that room. We had another male detective that came in and I won't share with you the very explicit um thing that he said but he to the effect of I'm here for the prostitution date. Um and that manager actually directed them to the specific room where they were at. When we were in those rooms, we staged them as though prostitution activities occurred um and document all that with photographs um as well as reports documenting the steps taken during each one of those. On September 12th, we served a search warrant with the vice section of the downtown area command. We recovered uh US currency condoms, cell phones, and then as well as video surveillance equipment. We conducted interviews um with two of the three people involved. Um, one of the managers, Yash, agreed to be interviewed. His wife did not, as well as the maintenance worker. Um, Yash acknowledged that the UC's were um um prostitutes, acknowledged the condoms um and acknowledged that he co-mingled uh proceeds that he received from prostitution with the actual business money. That was verified when we searched his room and found those monies co-mingled. Um, when speaking with the maintenance worker, he said there was lots of lots of prostitution that occurs on the property. He acknowledged that he gave condoms to our undercover detective, acknowledged that he accepted money from our undercover detective, and acknowledged that he had in text conversations said he would provide free rooms that were outside of the camera coverage area to that undercover detective, believing that she was involved in prostitution. As a result, uh those three subjects, both managers as well as the maintenance worker who lived on site, were all charged with pandering and living from the earnings of a prostitute. Those are felony offenses. Just giving you a picture of medical responses specific to overdoses. Um, looking at data from Las Vegas Fire and Rescue from January to June of 2025, there was nine distinct fire and medical responses related specifically to overdose response or overdoses that occurred on their property. So, in summary, the US Motel is a chronic nuisance under LVMC 90410. three or more nuisance activities exist or have occurred during any 30-day period. when a person associated with the property has engaged in three or more nuisance activities during any 30-day period on the property within 100 ft of the property. when a building or place is used for the purpose of unlawfully selling a controlled substance as defined in NRS chapter 453 which is controlled substances uh meetings with the owner guard no significant change uh during the several meetings that we had um to include August 7th, August 14th and August 21st all of 2025 uh which is what resulted in us issuing an emergency suspension of business license on September 12th uh 2025 under LVMC 602. 2.363 for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, morals, good order, and general welfare uh within the city. Um the one thing that I would like to close with and just be very candid for a moment, um the violent crime problem during the months of August uh and July and September that stem from this property, I wasn't sure what we were going to do. Um most of our traditional crime fighting methods um just simply weren't working. and uh at the direction of LVMPD's executive staff, specifically the sheriff, uh I had a marked patrol unit parked in that property for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Um that is an extremely rare occurrence when we have to dedicate a full-time resource to a motel um that is uh you know experiencing that much issue with public disorder um and uh violent crime. Thank you for allowing us to present. >> Thank you so much. Would you care to address the council? Yes, madame mayor, coun uh council people, uh there's no question that the crimes that are alleged at this property are aborting there. There is no no universe where they should continue. Um but I would like to make it clear that my clients have undertaken significant efforts to remediate these issues u and to address them. Now, the first thing that they've done is they are currently evaluating 24-hour a day security proposals from licensed security professionals. I've got copies of those proposals here um if the council would like to review them. Um that will go a long way towards preventing these types of activities from going forward. In addition, my clients have retained the services of uh former uh former Sergeant Victor VNA of Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department to consult with them on the prevention of these crimes. Uh Sergeant Vikna has spent uh more than 10 years in the vice unit um preventing these types of crimes specifically. And so the efforts to to remediate these issues to prevent these issues from going forward um are serious. The my clients agree and in fact proposed many of the conditions that were proposed by the city attorney's office uh to to retain their license. There's no objection to the idea that um they should be under close supervision of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. There is no question um that they should meet their obligations to the city and they're prepared to do that. Um, that being said, the vast majority of the crimes that have occurred on the property were reported by hotel staff. The vast majority of them. And each and every one of the employees um that were implicated in these issues have since been terminated. Um, and I will note that the charges against them were dismissed with prejudice um by by the courts. Um and while it is uh certainly unfortunate that these incidents are alleged to have happened uh without there being convictions, I think it would be improper to attribute those crimes um specifically to the management or the ownership of A2 management and RP Patel. And so I would ask the I would ask the council to consider these efforts. Um, I'd ask council also to hear from uh, Sergeant Bigna so that he can describe the types of training uh, and the types of efforts that he'll be in instilling um, to ensure that the security personnel are able to prevent these activities going forward. Um, and that they'll have the proper training and the proper education to recognize these types of activities when they are uh, potentially about to occur. U, and so with council's permission, I'd like to invite uh, Sergeant McNav, >> please. >> [clears throat] >> Good morning, Madame Mayor. >> Good morning. State your name for the record. >> Councilwoman Kelly. Congratulations. My name is Victor Vna, VIGNA. I'm a retired sergeant with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. I'm here on behalf of the US Hotel. I was asked to uh review the complaints and come up with some corrective measures so these problems uh wouldn't occur in the future. Um to give you a snapshot of my background, I am a 25-y year veteran with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. During my tenure, uh majority of my career was spent in the vice narcotic section um as a detective and as a supervisor. I had direct responsibility involved investigating all vice related crimes including arresting prostitutes and their clients, pandering and human trafficking suspects, prostitution related grand lararseny trick roles, businesses that front for prostitution, escort alcohol services, pornography involving minors and child prostitution investigations and also the demand side John Sting customer investigations. I was uh federally deputized uh as a [clears throat] United States Marshal as a special deputa deputizization which I ran an innocence loss task force was federal task force. I was uh a primary uh investigator in the development and implementation of a program called Operation STOP in 1997 which stood for stop turning out child prostitutes which gained national attention and dealt with the rehabilitation of child victims. Uh I've been involved in over 500 investigations with the rehabilitation involving child uh victims. I was a supervisor in the vice section of the vice narcotics bureau. I ran the human trafficking task force, the innocence loss task force, the pimp investigation team, and I was involved with hundreds of investigations dealing with violent pimps, human traffickers, and of uh and child and adult victims. I've instructed on the pimp and prostitute subculture, the game or the ism and the exploitation of child prostitutes to the tourist safety security seminars, police departments, FBI field offices throughout the country, western states, eastern states, vice investigators conference, the University of Nevada Las Vegas and at Quantico uh Virginia for uh the um uh FBI Police Academy. I reviewed the uh uh complaints and the um violations that were documented by the police and and again I would like to commend uh all the hard work of the police department because as an investigator I know the hard work that they put into it and I understand that this is a very serious problem and that's why we want to correct it. After reviewing the uh complaints or the violations, I came up with a corrective action plan which I shared with uh Mr. Bey and also with the owner. First and foremost was the termination of all employees that were involved with the business and to hire all new employees with a clear background investigation. I inquired and walked the property with a professional security company, Securas. We uh went over surveillance equipment. We went over security and we also went over lighting and corrective correcting the perimeter uh fencing. In this packet, there's a proposal for the security guard uh presence hours and what his duties will be. Unfortunately, the representative cannot be here today. He was in a prior commitment um out of state. Also, uh I have a submitt from Securitas for upgrading the security surveillance equipment that will capture um all of the area of the US motel which um the captain alluded to earlier repair replace um the perimeter and surrounding wall which was when in despair. [snorts] I'm also going to teach a comprehensive six to eight hour vice human trafficking sex trafficking class to every new employee. Um uh which will include human trafficking, pimps and prostitutes and their subculture, child victims of prostitution, viceereated thefts, trick rolls, grope and grabs which are basically a pickpocket, alcohol entertainment services, uh HIV and prostitution related crimes, prostitution free zones, the demand side, john's and tricks and customers. And then I'll also talk about crossing the line about how officers have crossed the line and uh have uh been involved now in prostitution. Some of the uh uh signs that I'll be more specific to the employees signs to recognize will address the front desk reception security bellman if if applicable housekeeping maintenance and valet if applicable how to document report and response. checklist of indicators, training, signage, and the communication with law enforcement. I've also reached out to uh Children of the Night in Los Angeles, and I have a commitment from them uh that they will provide any resource that I need to include outreach, signage, and or any counseling. Um it it was a program we used when I was in the vice narcotic section. Also, I have ordered signs for the property u for human trafficking awareness um which are on order to address uh more specifically uh as the captain alluded to, screen the tenants diligently. Watch out for suspicious tenant activity such as high turnover occupancy in a room, use of m multiple names at check-in. Establish a strict visitor policy. Consider limiting the number of visitors per room and banning visitors after certain hours. Hiring a professional uniform security service on a 24-hour basis, which I have here in the proposal. Create a checklist for management, which I already created. It's in this um also in this binder um on what to look for, red flags, and how to report. require all guests to be present uh all guests to present photo identification and vehicle information at check-in. No room rental by the hour. All guests must be legal age and that rent the room. Monitor online activity uh register for alerts or property name used in any sex uh advertisements online. Additional signage and postage which I discussed earlier. I've also created a formal trespass log to monitor and document trespass persons from the property uh which they can provide to law enforcement and also a suspicious activity report uh which they could be either handwritten or implemented into their software which could be sent to the police department. as a supervisor with the vice narcotic section, I had a uh ongoing rapport with the hotel industry where I had a liaison at every hotel that were providing you with information. I would extend that invitation to the police department again where we would have open dialogue with the police department to where we would didn't have to call 911, didn't have to call 311. we would have an officer we could call and deliver this suspicious activity in person. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Thank you so much. Are there any questions and or comments from the council members? >> Miss Falinski. >> Thank you, Madame Mayor. Um, retired Sergeant Vegan, thanks for joining us today. Uh, when were you retained by Mr. Patel or A2 management? >> About three weeks ago. three weeks ago. >> Yes, ma'am. >> This has been a public nuisance for over two years. Horrible crimes have taken place here and you were retained three weeks ago to help ameliate the problem. >> That's when I was contacted. Yes, ma'am. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Miss Summers Armstrong. >> Thank you, Madam Mayor. Uh thank you all for your information and for um providing us with this background. Um and thank you Sergeant uh for giving us an overview of the type of training that you um could provide this business. Um I have a dear friend of mine whose daughter um was trafficked. This is not a game and it's not funny. And for this business to know all this time what is what was going on in its property and doing absolutely zero to address the issue is maddening to me. I'm going to just ask >> when we have young ladies who are trafficked, the amount of work that it takes to try and re to rehabilitate them is unbelievable. I was a legal secretary before I got into politics and I worked at the courthouse and I know a lot about the programs that were put into place much like our specialty courts. They have specialty courts for young women or just people who have been trafficked. The trauma, the PTSD, the lack of self-worth because they have been beat down emotionally, often physically. And to take this lightly when you absolutely your your owner had a chance to do something early shows me that this was not an important issue to you, that you didn't care. Um that you didn't feel that it was necessary to build a relationship or rapport with the police department to help because they offered and your employer chose that it wasn't important to them. that collecting dollars, that allowing people to be abused so that you can get $90 an hour in a room was way way more important than the lives of these young women who were probably homeless. Um maybe even have um substance use issues. Um, these are human beings and when we are so heartless that we don't see because we don't want to see and you've had a couple of years to deal with this. It's a problem for me. >> Thank you so much. Um, Councilwoman Brunie, >> thank you, Mayor. My question is for you, Captain Cely. You mentioned that you had your first meeting with the owners on August 7th. Did they what was their reaction in the meeting? Did they verbally commit to moving forward on some of these recommendations? I know subsequently you sent emails that were not responded to, but what was what did they commit to or what was their I guess disposition in that first meeting please? >> So the first meeting with Mr. Patel I was I was optimistic. Um he did tell me that he would start to implement uh the recommended changes. Um but it was the meeting after that where there was still no changes and then it led to the chronic nuisance and the emergency uh suspension. But um we made it very clear in in that meeting as well that there was in fact sex trafficking of children um occurring on that property. and he said everything that needed to be said to make me feel confident that changes would be made, but they just never ended up making any of the changes or recommendations that we had for them. >> And let me follow up on uh Miss Miss Brun's question. Um so uh let me understand this. You've you met on a number of occasions that was set forth in your summary August 7th, August 14th, August 21st with Mr. Patel. Did you tell him the findings that you have reported today to the city council? >> Yes, ma'am. >> So, he was aware of what was happening on his property. >> Yes, ma'am. to include the sex trafficking of children, the narcotics related offenses, the arson, uh, and the discharging of firearm on his property. >> Thank you so much. Um, is there a motion? Councilwoman Diaz. >> Thank you, Madam Mayor. I do have maybe a question or two for Lieutenant KL Bernstein regarding the arson incident. Um, I believe I understood that that was reported by Metro to our fire because you guys saw the fire flaming and that was not called in from the property and I wanted to know if there was a call for service from the actual motel or this was flagged by you all to our fire department. >> Uh, yes, Councilwoman, for the record, Jesse Cole Bernstein. Uh yes, that was the 247 unit that was stationed on that property as the captain mentioned to negate any future uh violent crime, sex trafficking, things of that nature. >> Okay. So, it was reported by Metro and not actually the property management team on site. >> Yes, correct. >> Okay. Um, obviously everything that's been reported here, uh, is very concerning, especially not just to the council and the mayor, but to myself as a representative of W 3. Um, we obviously stay in contact. Captain Sely and I are always in communication about hot spots and things that are not going right. And Five Points, our hair had been on fire for a really long time. And it's super unfair that then the neighbor surrounding that motel have to suffer because for ever the management and the ownership didn't care to care about anybody else and not even care about its property. I mean, who in their right mind would be proud that there is minor prostitution happening in their motel, that there's narcotics being sold, that um their property is being lit on fire. I mean, those are really significant telltale signs. And for Metro to go to Mr. Patel and Mr. patel not to really engage at that point. That to me just shows how checked out and how there is complete disregard for our public peace, our health, our safety and good order and general welfare of the city. Forget about US Motel. What about the rest of us that have to deal with the aftermath and Metro being sucked in there for extra patrols and our fire department being deployed for OD calls all the time. This is unacceptable. Completely unacceptable. The the information shared by Mrs. Adelby Herurd, Captain Celely, Lieutenant Col Bernstein, and also our attorney Ma um shows and confirms that there is good cause to find that the US motel is operating as a public and chronic nuisance in our city and that will not be tolerated. Period. the activities that were identified in our business licensing confidential books is business activity that is unlawful and impermissible and that that it should never happen. I don't care what the story is, what the scoop is, that should not be happening. Uh just to confirm the words spoken by my colleague in W 5, those are lives being affected every day. a parent going without their child, a child being trafficked, that should not be happening in our backyard. So, I'm going to move to follow staff's recommendations to revoke the license. And I would like to also direct staff to place the 12 conditions that Mrs. Adelby read into the record on any future similar licenses at this location for the next 5 years. And this would apply to the current owner, any Lency, managers or agents. And also I'm gonna um also ask for a year cool off period uh for Mr. Patel uh to be operating in this vein in this scope. And that is my motion. Madame Mayor, >> thank you. Uh shall we vote on the motion? >> Mayor, one second. Just to clarify, I wanted to check with Deputy City attorney Mada, but uh Councilwoman Diaz, as an amendment to the motion, it's going to be a one-year cool off for Mr. Patel and any of his agents. >> Correct. >> And then Paul, did you want that attached uh to the property or in general? uh to the property. >> Okay. So, we're good. >> Thank you for uh making sure my motion was complete, Mr. Dorc. >> All right. Shall we vote? >> Are you able to vote? >> Are you vote? >> We We're breaking for the Wait a minute. Um Oh, motion passes. All right. Thank you so much. Um and Madame Mayor, if I may, I do want to say thank you to our downtown area command officers. They're out there on the beat every day making difference in our lives. And I heard um that yesterday was first Tuesday and Mayfair community is super happy with all of the interventions happening too to help support that community. So I just want to thank you all for your um just selfless public service you do every day. >> Thank you ma'am. >> Thank you so much. >> Thank you mayor. Thank you councel. Um I am uh very cognizant of the fact that there are a number of people here to uh listen to uh agenda items that are coming forward later in the meeting. However, we have a posted uh time of 11:00 this morning and it is 11:00 now for a closed door meeting. a time certain at 11:00 a.m. Uh, closed meeting is called in accordance with NRS 241 uh uh do 0154C to receive information from the city attorney about potential and existing litigation. 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Who do you love [music] me? If you can't say that I'm the one for sure, then I'm [music] walking out the door. Yeah. Who you love? Who you love? Who do you love? Who you love? Who do you love? Who you love? [music] Who you love, baby? Who you said? Who do you love? Who you [music] love? Who you love? Who you love? Who's the one that takes you higher than you ever been? Who's the [music] one you think of night and day? Ain't no time to waste. I'm just trying to say who you are. Is it him or me? [music] Cuz I can't take the pressure anymore. Who you [music] killing me? If you can't say that I'm the [music] one for sure and I'm walking off the you said who do you love? Who you love? Who do you love? [music] Who do you love? Who do you love? Who you love? Who [music] do you love? Who you love? Who you love? Who you love? Reynolds rap on rabbit ears TV tray. [music] Back in the day we'd watch a wonder years old wagon here. Wood panel [music] doors. We wore out our old jeans. We're faded from the store and then on the couch. We [music] pull the cushions off. We found 50 cents. We [music] go crazy. We thought we were rich. [music] One bathroom sink. We don't take [music] turns. Once a week go out to eat for pizza after church and out [music] church, red carpet floors. Same old navy paisley t that he always [music] wor. We sing house. They pass play when it was time again. They put in a 20. [music] I thought we were rich. We didn't have it all, but we all thought we did. [music] Mama [singing] always said that we blessed and I believed her. Never [music] thought the grass was greener on the other side of our old sh. Yeah, we [music] were rich. Never [music] took a plane. Once a year we [music] drive out to the nearest KOA and we light far we stare at the stars. Stare at the stars [music] and play flashlight tag with the people in the tent there next to ours time of our lives. [music] We had as much as all the other kids. Maybe [music] that's why we thought we were rich. We didn't have [singing] it all. We all thought we did. And I remember [music] mama saying we're blessed and I believed her. Never thought the grass was greener on the other side of [music and singing] our own shing. Yeah, we got a few more [music] dollars in my pocket. Since the day I left that town [music] back there, they all think I made it. God knows I traded for everything we had [music] in that house cuz we were rich. Yeah, we were rich. [music] We have it all. We [singing] all thought we did. Mama always [music] said that we were blessed. I believe her. I never thought the grass was greener on the other side of our own. to lengthen. Yeah, we [music] Yeah we [music] Yeah we [music] >> [music] >> Can't believe [music] that you got me in a suit and tie. I had to take [music] a pull so I wouldn't cry. You got a line out the church door saying goodbye. Yeah, I believe them [music] when you say you're in a better place. You had a wild side, but you had amazing grace. I know you're way off up in [music] them clouds, but if you could still hear me right now. I hope you hit [music and singing] those gold streets on two wheels. I hope you imagine in the skies. Got a 10 acre field with some mud and some hubs. You can [music] rock it. Make some thunder. Make them wonder how you got in. How'd you [music] feel? How'd you clear from the man upstairs? Crank it loud. Hold it [music] down till I get there. And when I do, I hope you got some new stories [music] to tell. Till then, give heaven some hell. [music] I bet you're looking for a crew like we [music] had. Bunch of noise making boys like to live fast. Burning rubber in a parking lot. Man, I don't know if the [music] other side's ready or not, but I hope you hit those gold streets on [music] two wheels. I hope you miss it in the skies. Got a 10 acre field with [music] some mud and some you can rock it in. Make some fun and make them wonder how you got in. How you be, how [music] you clear from the man upstairs. Crank it loud, hold it down till I get there. And when I do, [music] I hope you got some new stories to tell. Till then, give heaven some hell. [music] I was there when you raised your hand. Head mouth singing just as [music] I am. Walking that out, praying that prayer, man. It [music] ain't right, but if you got to be there, I hope you hit those gold straight wheels. Hope you're missing [music] in the skies. Got a 10 acre field with some mud and some hubs you can lock in. Make some thunder, make them wonder how you got it. How'd you be, how you [music] clear from the man upstairs? Crank it loud, hold it down till I get there. And when I do, I hope you got some new stories [music] to tell. till then you raise your sing just [music] as I see you [music] again until the end you have some hell Hell yeah. She got that, hey, [music] little southern draw that she got from her mama. Likes coffee [music] with her sugar in the morning. She likes to leave little red lipstick, loving [music] notes on the [singing] mirror, loves the rain on a tin roof when it's pouring. Doesn't matter what we listen to. Spinning her around the living room. And I fall apart [singing] every [music] time. She puts down feeling. My chest pounds like a drum. [singing] Shakes me like thunder. Taking [music] my hand, pulling me up. And I'm going under. My dreams come alive when I [music] wake up. Look at my eyes. She [music] brings me back to life. Yes, she does. She's [music] got her feet on the dash here blowing back hand down the window making up [music] half the words that she's singing. And she [music] takes an hour to pick a movie out. 5 minutes in and she's passing out and I wouldn't dare [music and singing] wake her up when she's sleeping. I said never ever if I could feel nothing so good that I could stop [music] be like [singing] shakes me like taking [music] my hand up my dreams Heat. [music] [singing] Heat. [music] [music] I feel about where [music] I would be without. Oh [music] she puts that beat in my chest, pounds like a drum, shakes me like [music] thunder, taking my hand, pulling me up when I [music] [music] Look in her eyes. [music] She brings me back to life. [music] Oh, she does. Back [music] to life. [music] >> [music] [music] >> We could leave the Christmas lights [music] up till January. >> [music] >> This is our place. We made the rules. And there's a dazzling haze. A mysterious way about [music] you, dear. Have I known you 20 seconds in 20 years? Can [music] I go where you go? Can we [music] always be this close forever [music and singing] and never alone? Take me out and take me [music] home. You're my my my lover. [music] [music] We could let our friends crash in the living room. This [snorts] is our place. We make the call. And I'm [music] highly suspicious that everyone who sees you wants you. I've loved [music] you three summers now, honey, but I want them all. Can I go where you go? [music] Can we always [music] be this [singing] close forever and ever? [music] Take me out and take me [singing] home forever and ever. You're my [music and singing] my lover. Ladies and gentlemen, will you please stand? With every [music] guitar string star on my hand, I take this magnetic force of a man to [music] be mine. Lover, my heart's been borrowed and yours has been [music] all swed and swelled to end up with you. Swear to be over dramatic [music] and true to my lover. And you'll say [music] all your dirt jokes on me. [music] And at every table I'll save you a seat. Where you go? Can [music] we always be this close forever and ever? [music] Take me out and take me home forever [singing] and ever. [music] Oh you're Just in your [music] mind, lover. [music] >> [music] >> We were counting one star at a time. One fell [music and singing] out of the sky. You had your eyes closed. You were wishing on them. I was thinking about your lips, girl, and kissing [music] on. We were sitting in the light of the moon. I was watching it shine on you. Funny how [music] time flies with a good girl on a good night. We were down to one day. Listening to one more song. Thinking [music] I want more than just one night out here with you alone. Down to that [music] last blood and the two don't have to. My heart was telling me [music] that one kiss might be done. Found a one in mind. Down to one. [music] Beautiful snow. I was done with the girl I lost. Straight falling in love right there that [music] night. Down to one. [music] Said we leave in one more minute. One [music] pass by, but we didn't. Cuz you were looking like a dream. I've been dreaming. I was thinking about anything [singing] but leaving. Still feel that [music] touch. You were in my arms soaking up that [music] young love. Never been that far down the road. [music] One more song. Thinking I want more than just one night. I hear with you [music] that last night in the two. My heart was telling me that one [music] chasing might be done to one end. I was done with the girl I lost [music] in love right there that night. [music] with me. I'll be [music] everything you need. We're away past 1 a.m. listening to one more song. Thinking I want more [music and singing] than just one night out here with you alone. Down to that last [music] line in the back of that. My heart was telling me that [music] one kiss might be done. Down to one hand in mind. Down to one. [music] Beautiful smile. I was done with the girl. Wall Street fall in love right there that night. Down to one. Down [music] to one. I'll say [music] I'll be everything you need. Down the wall. Down [music] the wall. [music] Flipping through all of these magazines telling me who I'm supposed to be. Way too good at camouflage. Can't see what I am. I just see what I'm guilty about everything that I eat. Feeling myself is a felony. Jedi level sabotage. Voices in my head make up my entourage. Cuz I'm a black belt when I'm beaten [music] up by myself. But I'm an expert at giving love to somebody else. I myself [music] and I [singing] myself. Oh, why do [music] I compare myself to everyone? And I always put my finger on the south side. I wonder when I love me is enough. Yeah. I wonder when I love me is enough. Yeah. [music] >> Why am I always looking for a ride or die? Cuz the only heart I'm going to have for love. After all the times I went and messed it up. >> All the times I went and messed it up. I wonder when I love me is enough. [music] Wonderers [music] that live on the internet live in my head should be [music] paying rent. I'm way too good at listening. All these comments messing up my energy cuz [music] I'm a beating up on myself. But I'm an expert at giving love to [music] somebody else. I myself. Oh, why do I [music] compare myself to everyone? And I always put my finger on the self. I wonder when I love me is enough. Yeah. Yeah. I'm wondering I love me enough. Why am I always looking for a ride or die? [music] After all the times I went and messed it up. >> All the times I went and messed it up. I wonder when I love me is enough is enough. [music] [music] I'm a homework like a whole lot of but [music] I'm a 10. Even when I forget, [music] I'm saying that won't you ever forget. I'm my own. [music] [music] [music] is I know you [music] know [music] yeah [music] >> [music] >> 8:00 on Friday night, I'm still at home. All my [music] girls just keep on blowing up my phone, saying, "Come on, he ain't worth the pain. Do what you got to [music] do to forget his name." Now there's only one thing left for me to do. [music] Put on my favorite dress and sky high leather boots. Check the mirror one last time and kiss [music] the past goodbye. What I'm really needing now is a double shot of crown. Chase that disco [music] all around till I don't remember. Go until they cut [music] me off. Want to get a little lost in the noise in the lights. Hey bartender, [music] pour him out tonight. Till the party and the music and the truth collide. Bring it till his memory fades [music] away. Hey bartender. [music] Tonight I'll [singing] let a stranger pull me on the floor. Spin me [music] around and let him [singing] buy a couple more. But before it goes too [music] far, I learn down easy. Cuz tonight it's all about dancing [music] with my girls to the DJ. Put that song on replay. What I'm really needing now [music] is a double shot crowd. Chase that disco all around till I don't [music] remember. Go until they cut me off. Want to get a little lost in the noise [music] in the lights. Hey bartender tonight and the truth collide. Bring it till the [music] memory fade the way. Hey ber [music] feeling. I'm ready to rock. Ain't no way I'm going to tell you stop. So pour that thing up to the top. [music] I'm coming in hot. Hey bars, [music] what I'm really needing now is a double shot crown. Taste that disco ball around [music] till I don't remember. Go until it cut me off. Want to get a little lost in the noise in the lights. Hey [music] bartender tonight to the party and the music in the truth collide. [music] Bring it till his memory fades away. Hey bartender. a bartender. [music] >> [music] >> Dead end roads don't go nowhere, [music] but a girl can make a boy go there. [music] A penny saved is [singing] a penny earned. He'll blow it all if it's all on her. Some things stay the [singing] same. Like all she's got to do is walk up and ask him. Some things never change. [music] Like a guy on [singing] the dance floor that don't like dancing. He'll twostep all night. For one kiss [music] goodbye. It's the truth. If you like it or not, [music and singing] guys buy the drinks. Girls call the shots. [singing] [music] Boys don't wash trucks to keep them clean. It won't hurt to shine in [music] the shotgun scene. Some boys think they make the world [music] turn, [singing] but them boys have got a lot to learn. >> [music] >> Some things stay the same like all she's got to do is walk up and ask [singing and music] him. Some things never change like the guy on the dance floor that [singing and music] don't like dancing to skip all night. [music] One kiss goodbye. One more trip so the man won't stop [music] by the drink. Girls call the shot. [singing] [music] [music] He's back here in this bar [music] tonight. Don't ask him why it didn't turn out right. Her [music] tail lights didn't even blink. She [music] called the shots. He's buying drinks. >> [music] [music] >> Are you one of them girls that peels off the butter label? Just might run the [music] pool table. Roll your eyes if I call you an angel. Ain't you one of them girls? Ask you to dance, you [music] say no. Just to see how far I'll go. Your song comes on and your eyes close. That's when I know. Yeah, you got [music] your heart on lock down. Got a wall I got to knock down. Kind of want to do a [music] shot now. Come on now. You one of them girls that ain't trying to meet nobody. You're just here for the party. [music] If I'm wrong, then stop me. You're one of them girls that ain't handing out your [music] number. You like to make us want you. You like to make us wonder if you're one of them girls. Cuz I'm [music] one of them boys who trade his whole world. Yeah. For one of [music] them girls who likes to act all quiet. Sexy, not even trying. Yeah, [music] you know I ain't lying. Damn right you're one of them girls. broke [music] every heart in your hometown on the day you [singing] roll out. Got them all wishing on [music] stars. Man, if I found one of them girls that ain't trying to meet nobody. You're just here for [music] the party. If I'm wrong, then stop me. You're one of them girls that ain't handing out your [music] number. You like to make us want you. You like to make us wonder if you're one of them girls. [music] Well, I'm one of them boys who trade his whole world [music] for one of them. [music] You're one of them girls [music] I want to put my lips on. Hold all night long. Write a little love song [music] for one of them girls that ain't trying to mean nobody. You're [music] just here for the party. If I'm wrong, then stop me. [singing] Yeah. You're one of them girls that ain't handing out [music] your number. You like to make us want you. You like to make us wonder if you one [music] of them girls. Well, I'm one of them boys who tra for one of them girls. [music] One of them girls. >> [music] >> Some days you're the only thing I know. [singing and music] Only thing that's burning when the nights grow cold. Can't look away. [music and singing] Can't look away. Beg you to stay. Beg you to stay. Yeah. Sometimes you're a stranger in my bed. [music] Don't know if you love me or you want me dead. Push me away. Push me away. Then beg me to stay. Beg me to stay. [singing and music] Yeah. Call me in the morning to apologize. Every little gives me butterflies. [music] Something in the way looking through my eyes. Don't know if I'm going [music] to make it out alive. Fight so dirty but your love so sweet. Talk so [music] pretty. Put your heart on tears. Late night. Put your hands on [music] me and never never never ever let go. Fight so dirty. Put your love so sweet. Talk so pretty. Put your [music] eyes on late night. Put your hands on me and never never ever let go. Some days you're the best thing in my life. Sometimes when I look at you, I see my [music] wife. And you turn down into somebody I don't know. And you push me away. Push me away. Yeah. [singing] Call me in the morning to apologize. Every little gives me butterflies. [music and singing] Something in the way looking through my eyes. Don't know if I'm going to make it out alive. Fight so [music] dirty, but your love so sweet. Talk so pretty. Put your heart on tears. Late night devil. Put your hands [music] on me and never never never ever let go. So dirty but your love [music] so sweet. Talk so pretty. Put your eyes on late night [music] devil. Put your hands on me. Never never ever let go. Blood on my shirt, a rose in my hand. You're looking at me [singing] like you don't know who I am. Light on my shirt, heart in my hand. [music] Still [singing] be fight so dirty but your love so sweet. Talk so pretty but you're late night. Put your hands on me [music] and never never ever let go. So dirty but you love so slow. Talk so [music] pretty. Put your eyes on tears. Late night devil. Put your hands on me. Never never never ever let go. [music] Never [music] ever let go. >> [music] [music] >> Earth, Wind, and Fire, we'd sing along. Now it's September and I'm all alone. Sometimes I [music] wonder if you're even gone. It seems you strike like lightning every day. [music] You knock me down, make my senses go insane. And baby, you're [music] to blame. I can't forget you. I thought you [music] fade away. Like a sunset going down the coast. But I still miss you. I miss you every day. [music] And I wonder [singing] if you even know. You're every face [music] in the crowd. Every sound around town. Every passing car out on the road. You're here and you're there. And I swear it ain't fair. You're everywhere [music] I go. [music] The smell of you is always in the breeze. The salty air and even gasoline. So many memories. [music] I can't forget you. I thought you fade away [music] like the sunset going down the coast. But I still [music] miss you. I miss you every day. And I wonder if you even know. [music and singing] You're every face in the crowd, every sound, every passing car out on [singing] the road. You're [music] here and you're there. And I swear it ain't fair. Oh, you're everywhere I go. I can't forget you. [singing] I thought you'd fade away like a sunset [music] going down the coast. But I still miss you. I miss you every day. And I wonder if you even know. [music] You're every face in the crowd. Every sound around town, every passing car out on the road. Oh, you're here and you're [music] there and I swear it ain't fair. Ooh, you're everywhere I go. Ooh, you're everywhere I go. You're [music] everywhere I go. [music] >> [music] >> I've seen pickup [music] lines and dive bar strangers slow dance. I've seen happy hour two for one turn to one night stands. I've seen neon [music] rebounds and late night drunk dolls. I've seen that Cinderella [music] fairy tale go up in cigarette smoke. I've seen two hearts bet it all and [music and singing] still end up broke. The real thing won't be easy. Yeah, it might [music] take a while. But I want that all burning. [music] Keep the fire burning like the first time feeling. No matter what is I'm [music] going to love. I'm going to love somebody like that kind of heart. Open arms forever. I will never [music] ever take it back. If I'm going to love, I'm going to love somebody [music] like that. I still remember [music] mama walking down the living room stairs. And daddy saying with a [singing] smile, that's my girl [music] right there. They had a share of ups [singing] and downs and I saw the best in the worst and wor [music] keep the fire [music] burning like the first time feeling no matter what. I'm going [music] to love I'm going to love somebody like that kind of heart. Open arms forever ever. [music] Take it back. If I'm going to love I'm going to love [music] somebody like that. [music] Some real close calls, a couple of diamond rainbows midnight. [music] No one loves and I want that rolling [music] falling. [singing] Keep the fire burning like the first time feeling. [singing] No matter what if I'm going to love I'm [music] going to love somebody like that kind of heart. [singing] Open arms [music] forever, ever, never ever take it back. If [music] I'm going to love, I'm going to love somebody like that. [music] Somebody like that. Somebody like that. Love that. [music] >> [music] >> I got the good if you got [music] the time. I got the moon if you got the shine. I got the bad if you got the beat. [music] Got your solid gold country 33 on my feet. All [music] night get to living. Feeling all right. Dancing at the [music] dinner. Oh my. Leave my I got [music] the music. You got the light. I got the If y'all got [music] the night all night. All night. >> [music] >> I got the rebel if you got the y. I [music] got the raisin. If you got the hell. I got the s. If you got the sack, got that good [music] pill of the time in the back. All night [music] get the living. Feeling all right. Dancing out the d. [music] Oh my Levis. I got the fuse if you [music] got the light. I got the hall. Y'all got the night all night. [music] [music] [music] [music] What good is a saint if you ain't got to sin? What good is a life if you don't get to live? [music] What good is a wall if you ain't got the other [music] takes to the tangle? Let's get going all night. Get [music] get to living feeling all right. Dancing at the minute. Oh my. >> [music] >> I got the fuse if you got the light. I got the all if y'all [music] got the night. All night. All night. [music] All night. All night. All night. >> [music] >> Hey mama, how do you get a red wine stain out of your favorite dress? [music] Black mascara [singing] off a pillowcase cure one too many headache. Mama, can I come [music] and maybe stay a few days this weekend or next? And hey, how do you get a red wine stain out [music] of your favorite dress? How do they sleep at night? Mama, the nurse got to leave [music] me so easy. Am I going to be all right? I want [music] to kick myself for falling so hard. Mama, can you die from a broken [music] heart? Can you ask daddy if he's got time to come and look in my front [music] door? It got slammed last night and now it don't close right. And just [music] promise that you won't tell them everything and keep that pistol in the drawer. Mama, please don't say [music] I'm going to laugh about this someday. You didn't see the way he drove away. How does he [music] swing at night? Mama, the nerve of this guy to leave me [music] so easy. Am I going to be all right? I want to kick myself [music] for falling so hard. Mama, can you die from a broken heart? broken heart [music] [music] you don't feel like this is to leave [music] me so Easy. We're going to be all right. How does he sleep at night? My mother know this guy [music] to leave me so easy. Am I going to be all right? I want to kick myself for falling so hard. Mama, [music] can you die from a broken heart a broken heart? Oh, broken heart. If all of the kings, [music and singing] we would pop and raise to all [music] of the queens who are fighting [singing] alone. Baby, you're not dancing [music] on your own. Can't live without me. You want to put you n think it's funny, but honey show on your own. [music] I can feel my body shake. There's only so much I can take. I'll show you how a real queen behaves. [music] No damsel in distress. Don't need to save me. Once I stop [music] breathing fire, you can't save me. And you might think I'm weak without a sword. But if I had one, [music] it'd be bigger than yours. If all of the [singing] kings had their queens on the throne, we will pop champagne and [music] raise her toes. To all of the queens who are fighting alone, [singing] baby, you're not dancing on your own. [music] Disobey me then. Baby, it's off with your head. Going to change it and make it a world you off again. No damsel in [music] distress. No need to save me. Once I stop breathing fire, [music] you can't take me. And you might think I'm weak without a sword. But I'm stronger than [music] I ever was before. To all the kings [singing] and the queens on the throne, we would pop champagne [music] and raise our toes. To all of the queens who are fighting alone, [singing] baby, you're not dancing on your [music] own. [music] [music] And just a king can move one space at a time. My queens are free to go wherever they like. mind. You get too [music] close, you'll get a royalty [singing] high. So breathe in to feel the love. All the [music] kings [singing] of the we raise our toes. To all the queens who are [music] fighting alone. [singing] Baby, you're now dancing on your own. [music] Heat. Heat. N. [music] >> [music] [music] >> My buddies think I'm [music] on the lake. Boss thinks I've been sick for days. And mama's [music] probably on her way cuz I ain't picked up the phone. I've [music] been a million places, but they're [singing] all up in my head. Over drinking, overthinking. [music] Ever since you left, I've been gone. I've been gone. [music] I've been sitting on the couch watching TV all day long. All day [music] long I've been trying to figure out how a good thing went wrong. Faster than that freight train following that airplane. Serious [music] song down the highway anywhere but my way. Ever since [music] you moved on, I've been gone. [music] Took a trip down memory lane. Checked into hotel heartbreak, [music] past rock bottom all the way without leaving my living room. I've [music] been a million places, but they're [singing] all up in my head. Over drinking, [music] overinking. Ever since you left, I've been gone. [music] I've been gone. I've been sitting on the couch watching TV all day long. All day long I've been [music] trying to figure out how a good thing went wrong. That free training [music] that come down the highway my way ever since you moved on. Heat. Heat. [music] All the toys are on the floor. [music] All the nails by the door. All the whiskey bottles in my bed. All the dishes in [music] the sink. All the gases in the tank. All the neighbors probably think I'm dead. I've been gone. [music] I've been gone. I've been sitting on the couch watching TV [singing] all day long. All day long. I've been trying to [music] figure out how a good thing went wrong. Every train [music] falling airplane down the highway [music] my way. Ever since you moved on, I've been gone. I've been gone. [music] [music] Heat. Heat. N. >> [music] [music] >> Well, so you think you've got some county line cred cuz you roll a dirt road or two. [music] Got a mossy oak hat on top of your head and a southern pride tattoo. Yeah, you [music] might have drank a little brain alcohol or hauled a little hay. [music] But if you think your boots got more dirt than mine, I got one [music] thing to say. My town's smaller than your town. And I got a bigger bugging B on my wall. I got a [music] little more kick in my draw, y'all. I got a little more spit in my jaw. And my truck's mad than your [music] truck. And my collars a little more blue. You might [music] think that you're redneck, but I'm rednecker than you. Yes, I am. [music] I got a car parked in my front yard with a floorboard full [music] of slim gyms. I fish where I want to. And I fish [music] where I swim. Yeah, I bet you ain't got it on a tailgate or killed a [music] copperhead a time or two. Man, if you're thinking you're a better beer drinker, buddy, I've got news for you. My town's smaller than your [music] town and I got a bigger bugging back on my wall. I got a little more kick in my draw, y'all. I [music] got a little more spit in my jaw. And my truck's louder than your [music] truck. And my dick sounds a little more blue. You might think that you're redneck, but I'm [music] rednecker than you. I'm rednecker than you. >> [music] >> I'm down with the sound of a pix [music] at the end of the day. So needless to [music] say, my town's smaller than your town. I got a bigger [music] bucking back on my wall. And I ain't trying to talk no smack. [music] It's just the facts, y'all. Cuz my truck's louder than your truck. My red wine's a little more rude. [music] You might think that you're redneck, but I'm rednecker than you. [music] I'm rednecker than you. >> [music] [music] [music] [singing] >> Think about it. [music] There must be a higher love down in [music] the heart or hidden in the stars above. Without it, life is a wasted time. [music] Look inside your heart and I look inside mine. Things look so bad everywhere [music] in this whole world. What is bad? [music] We walk the line and try to see falling behind [music] what could be. Oh, bring me a higher [singing] love. Bring [music] me a higher love. Oh, bring me a [music] higher love. Where's that higher love? [music] I keep thinking about the love [music] about the love [singing] that [music] higher Love [music] bra. [music] >> [music] >> Worlds are turning and we're just hanging on. Facing our fear and [music] standing out there [singing] alone. I [music] real feelings for me. [music] Things look so bad everywhere [music] in this whole world. What is [singing] fair? We walk the line and try to [music] see falling behind and what could be. Oh, bring me a higher [music] love. Oh my Lord, bring me a higher [music] love. Oh. Oh. Bring me a higher love. My love is that [music] higher love. I keep thinking higher love. Bra [music] love that bra. [music] Love. Bring me a higher. Bring me love. [music] We need a higher love. Bring me bring me [music] a higher love. I keep on thinking of that [music] brave. I am love. Higher love. [music] Higher love. A higher love. [music] I keep thinking bring me a higher love. Bring me a higher love. Oh, [music] Danny said the truck's all yours if you make it run. So you spend your 16th [music] summer under that small town sun just to [music] make it run. When it's all on the line and the balls [music] on fourth and one and your mama's in the stand saying, "Hey y'all, that's my son." And we raised him up to run [music] like the blood in our veins. Yeah, we're all the same. We run live [music] like it's a high and we're all stuck in town. Like a preacher on a Sunday. Always going over town. Like the muddy water rushing in the river outside of town. [music and singing] Yeah. The clock just keeps on running and we can't slow down. [music] No matter where we're going. No matter where we go. Oh, we're all born to [music] run. Like mascara on your face cuz you thought he was the one, [music] but he called you out of the blue. And he said, "We're done." [music] He said, "I got to run like your mouth in a bar when you just [music] turned 21. And you didn't stop drinking till the whole damn room just spun. [music] Oh, [singing] I guess we are us living life like it's a high and we're [music] all stuck in town like a preacher on a Sunday. Always going over town like the muddy water rushing in [music] the river outside of town. Yeah, the clock just keeps on running and we can't [music] slow down. No matter where we're going. [singing] No matter where we go. Oh, we're all [music] right. [music] It's time to race ourselves. We're trying to get [music] to heaven while we run like hell. We run. [music] Living lives like it's a high. And we're all stuck in dry like a preacher [music] on a Sunday. Always going over town. Like a muddy water rushing in [music] a river outside of town. Yeah. The clock just keeps [singing] on running and we can't slow [music] down. No matter where we're going, no matter where we're from. Oh, you're almost [music] [music] [music] going to run. >> [music] >> To the way the moonlight shining in this water tower [music] sky to the back road we've been driving on our way out here tonight. Do a [music] bunch of pickups around a bonfire. like a guitar picking on car tires for the music [music] and for the love. I thank the good Lord above. Here's the mama. [music] Here's to Jesus. Here's to all of my party people. Here's the good times. [music] Here's the freedom. And all the ones who ain't made it back home. Here's the football. [music] Here's the tailgates. Here's the working all week. Saturdays. Grab a bottle. Crack a can. Raise your hand. Here's the beer. Cheers. [music] Yet a neon lights and crop [music] towns. Drop dead gorgeous knockouts, the good old dogs and large mouths and [music] granddad's hand down for yet the cowboy boots and blue [singing] jeans. The homecooked meals and home teams. Yeah, we all [music] got at least one thing that we can be thankful for. So, here's the mama. Here's the Jesus. Here's to all [music] of my party people. Here's the good times. Here's the freedom. And all the ones who ain't made it back home. Here's the football. [music] Here's the tailgate. Here's the working all week. Saturdays. Grab a bottle. Crack a can. Raise your hand. Here's to beer. Cheers. There's one [music] thing I believe in. There's always a drink worth drinking. You don't always need a reason other than [music] beer's ice cold. So here's to mama. Here's to Jesus. Here's to all of my [music] party people. Here's to good times. Here's to freedom. And all the ones who ain't made it back home. Here's to football. Here's to tailgates. [music] Here's to working all week. Saturdays. Grab a bottle. Crack a can. Raise your hand. Here's the beer. Cheers. [music] [music] Heat. Heat. [music] People [music] talking about what is and [singing] what ain't country. What gives them the right [music] to wear a pair of beat up boots? Is it the size of your tires [music] and your tires or your wild ass buddies? Well, give me a minute and let me hit you [music] with some hometown truth. You can be a cowboy on the Texas plane or a [music] plowboy waiting on the rain. We're all a little different, but we're all the same. Everybody [music] doing their own thing. I got my dirt road cred when I was [music] 12. On a no cap tractor, hauling in bales, bagging in boats, fishing rim lines, [music] running bird dogs through the Georgia mines. Step side covered down in peanut dust. Friday [music] night spotlight and that was us. It might not have been you, but I can't judge. Just be proud of [music] what makes you country. [music] Does it run in your blood? Did it come from your daddy and mama? Were you converted [music] by an Alabama song on the radio? It feels so right. Did you [music] lock eyes with a little greeneyed girl from Jackson? [music] Tell me what got you. I just got to know me. I got my Sunday learning in a live [music] church. Silver queen corn in the backyard dirt. Waiting for the fall to finally come along [music] so I can grab my gun and get my sign on. Step side covered down in peanut dust. Friday night spotlight [music] and that was us. It might not have been you, but I can't just be proud of what makes [music] you >> [music] >> You might be from a city or a little farm town. Whatever kind of square [music] that you drove around. Do you wear it on your sleeve or keep it deep down? You know you got to live it out. I got my [music] dirt road cred back when I was 12. On a no cap tractor, hauling in [music] bales, bagging in boats, fishing limb lines, running bird dogs [music] through them Georgia pines. Step side covered down in peanut dust. We pride in our spotlight that was us. It might not have been [music] you, but I ain't judging. Just be proud of what makes you country. [music] Whatever makes you country. [music] You do your [music] kind of country. ain't doing that kind of country. I do my kind of [music] country. Whatever makes us country. [music] She got the brown eyes, caramel thighs, long hair, [music and singing] no wing ring. Hey, I saw you looking from across the way and now I really want to know your name. [music] She got the white dress when she's wearing less man. You know that she drives me crazy. The brown eyes, [music] beautiful smile. You know I love watching you do your thing. I love her. Hips, curves, lips, [music] say the words to your mommy. Tama mommy. I kiss [singing] her. This love is like a dream. So join me [music] in this bed. But I'm in. Push up on me and sweat, darling. So I'm going to put my time in. I won't stop until the angels sing. Jump [music] in that water, be free. Come at the water with me. Jump in that water, [music] be free. Come at the water with me. He got them [music] green eyes giving me signs that he really wants to know my name. Hey, I saw you looking from across the way and suddenly I'm glad I came. [music] [music] his lips cuz he says the words they going to wake up. This love is like a dream. [music] So join me in this push up on me and sweat darling. So I'm going to put [music] my time in. I won't stop until I be [music] free. Come closer to the boy. Jump in that water be free. Closer to the border [music] to me. Flies diamonds in a green field until the sun's [music] rising. We won't stop until the angels sing. Jump in that borders. Be free. Come stand in [music] the border with me. Jump in that. Be free. Come stand in the water with me. You [music] never live till you risk your life. You want to shine, you got to get more eyes. Am I your [music] lover or I'm just your vibe? A little crazy, but I'm just your lips and the curves. Need the whips and the furs and the diamonds. I prefer my [music] and hers. Hey, he want the little mama. See the margarita. I think the egg got a little jungle fever. Hey, you want more than [music] boring legs up Michael Jordan? Go exploring. [music] Bust it open for pouring. Kiss me like you need me. B me like a genie. Pull up to my spot Lamborghini cuz you got to see me. [music] Never leave me. You got a girl that could finally do it all. Drop a album, drop a baby, but I never push up on [music] me and sweat, darling. I won't stop until the angels don't [music] be free. Come with the borders with me. Come with the border. Come with the borders with me. Come [music] with the border. Come with the borders with me. Jump in that water, be free. Come south at the border with me. >> Jump [music] in that water, be free. Come south at the border with me. [music] Did you grow up on a tractor? Did your daddy let [music] you drive? Are you whiskey bent and hellbound even though your [music] mama tried? Did you cruise down a back road with your dick [music] still in the line? Are you on the chat on a barefoot [music] blue jean night? Everybody got a small town anthem. Everybody got a story [music] to tell. Everybody got a Hallelujah. Everybody been through a little. When [music] you're rolling down a two lane highway and you turn your radio on, tell me which one hits [music] you, baby. Yeah. What's your country song? [music] Yeah. What's your country song? Do your exes live in Texas? Are you so lonesome [music] you could cry? Are your heart broke cuz you know that ain't [music] your truck in a drive? Are your friends all in low places underneath the neon moon where you are already country back when country wouldn't cool. Everybody got [music] a small town anthem. Everybody got a story to tell. Everybody got a [music] Hallelujah. Everybody been through a hill. When you're rolling down a two lane [music] high and you turn your radio on, tell me which one is [music] you, baby. Yeah. What's your country song? Yeah. What's your country? Who's your strawberry wine? It was your family tradition. What makes you turn it up? make you raise your cup every time you [music] listen. Everybody got a small town anthem. Everybody got a story to tell. [music] Everybody got a hallelujah. Everybody been doing when you're running [music] down high and you turn your radio on. Tell me which one is you, [music] baby. Yeah. What's your country song? Yeah. What's your country song? [music] I would be complex. [music] I would be cool. They'd say I played the field before I found someone to commit to. [music] And that would be okay for me to do. Every conquest I [music] had made would make me more of a boss to you. I'd be a fearless leader. I'd be an alpha type when everyone believes you. What's that like? I'm so sick of [music] running as fast as I can. Wondering if I get there quick or if I was a man. [music] And I'm so sick of them coming at me again. Cuz if I was a man, [music] then I'd be the man. I'd be the man. I'd be the [music] man. If they hustled, put in the [music] work, they wouldn't shake their heads and question how much of this I deserve. [music] what I was wearing. If I was rude, could all be separated [music] from my good ideas and power moves and they were toast to [music] me. Let the players play. I'd be just like Leo in I'm so sick of running as [music] fast as I can. Wondering if I get there quick or if I was a man. And I'm so sick of them coming [music] at me again. Cuz if I was a man, then I'd be the man. I'd be [music] the man. I'd be the man. Would you like to by dollars and [music] getting and models? And it's all good if you're bad. And it's okay if you're mad. If I was out flashing [music] my dollars, I'd be a son. They beat me out, took me back. So, it's okay that I'm mad. I'm so [music] sick of running as fast as I can. Wondering if I'd get there quick or if I was a man. You know that [music] I'm so sick of them coming at me again. Coming at me again. If I was a man, if I was a man, [singing] then I'd be the man. And I'd be the man. I'm so sick of running [music] as fast as I can. As fast as I can. Wondering if I get that wig or if I was a man. And I'm so [music] sick of them coming at me again. Coming at me again. If I was a man. If I was a man, then I'd be the man. I'd [music] be the man. I'd be the man. [music] I'll be the man. Yeah. I'd be the man. [music] I'd be the man. If I was [music] I >> [music] >> You're on your side and I'm on mine. And in between [music] this great divide, there's fire in the streets. People on [music and singing] their knees holding bottles and breaking [music] glass. Guns in our world. Tears and gas. >> If smoke is all [music and singing] we see, how we supposed to breathe? What [music] if we took these stones we've been throwing? What if we laid [music] them down? [singing] What if we forget all that we knowing and make some common ground? [music] What if I reach for you? You reach for me. Close the distance. What if that [music] space between Mayor Prom, may I have a motion to reconvene? >> So moved. >> Please vote. Post. Motion passes. We will go back. >> I beg your pardon. one. Yes, [laughter] don't confuse me. Um, we're going back to where we left off, which is agenda item 35, discussion for possible action regarding the city of Las Vegas arts commission municipal arts plan for FY2026 for public art initiatives within the city of Las Vegas. all wards. Miss Plaster >> or whoever is coming. >> Good afternoon. Director Plaster still on her way back. Um I'm Deputy Director Jennifer Cleven and I'll get the presentation started until she returns. >> We Thank you. Would it be preferable to to wait for her >> if you don't mind? She just couple minutes. All right. Then uh to make things easier and uh why don't we wait until she comes back before we uh do item 25 uh 35. >> Thank you. >> Is that okay? >> Yep. Thank you. >> Okay. >> Okay. Let me see. Um agenda item 36. This item is being trailed to be heard with item 48. Okay. We will now move to agenda item 37, boards and commissions. Discussion of possible action regarding the appointment of nominee Lindseay Lebo to the W 2 seat of the planning commission. Uh Don Walsh was reappointed in July of 2022 and he has resigned. The unexpired term must be filled by award two appointment. Miss Lebo is eligible and wishes to be appointed. Is there a motion? Councilwoman Kelly? >> Yes. Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you, Madame Mayor. Uh I am um thrilled to be able to put forward Lindsay's name for consideration by the council. She is a W 2 resident, even though I that uh not required, but she is. She also is a small business owner and has her business in W 2. So, very excited. I'm happy to answer any questions about the appointment. Uh if anybody has >> So that is your motion. >> Motion to approve. I apologize. >> Thank you so much. Please vote. Post. >> Yes. >> Post motion passes. >> Agenda item 38. Discussion for possible action regarding the reappointment of members to the Youth Neighborhood Association Partnership Program Grant Review Board from the following list of nominees. And I am going to have our city clerk read the names. Thank you, Mayor. Uh let's see. From the nominees, Samantha Burgess, W 2, Eidolina Euralda, Ward Three, Brenda Flank, Ward Four. Margaretta de Deville Deville, mayor's adult design, Ayana Castro, Jericho Cruz, and Khloe Camaro, Mayor's Youth Design, and the appointment of nominees Maria Jose Trovino Espinosa, Ward One, Julius Lightfoot, Ward Five, Elizabeth Lopez Detora, Ward Six. Alex Bernal, mayor's adult design. Erica Borges, mayor's adult designee alternative, and Zion Moore, Sky Jones, Pearla Hernandez, and Harlequinn Jane Diaz, the mayor's youth design, and Scarlett Ma, mayor's youth alternative. All awards. >> Thank you. Well done. Well done. YNAP is a service learning program encouraging young people to take an active role in their neighborhood. The board consists of 15 members, eight adults, seven youth, two alternate members. Terms of office are one year, and members may be reappointed to consecutive one-year terms. I move to approve the appointments and reappointments. Shall we vote? Post motion carries. Okay. Is Miss Pasy here? >> Maggie. There's Maggie Plaster. Okay. And Seeing Miss Plaster, we will go to agenda item 35. >> Apologize for being late. >> You would have had no way of knowing when we we [laughter] reconvene. >> So, good morning, Mayor Berkeley and members of the council. I'm Maggie Plaster. I'm the director of parks, recreation, and cultural affairs. And with me here today is Jennifer Cleven, the deputy director of our cultural affairs, and Laura Machado, the public and visual arts section manager. And we're here to update you on our investment in the creative projects that enrich our public spaces, support Las Vegas-based artists, and reflect our diverse community. We'll also present the Las Vegas Arts Commission approved municipal arts plan for your approval, and this is required by chapter chapter 2.34 of the Las Vegas MUN code. The goal of our public art and gallery program is to make art a part of everyday life in Las Vegas. Whether through permanent public art installations, rotating gallery exhibitions, or temporary projects that activate our neighborhoods, we're focused on creating a vibrant, welcoming, and culturally connected community. First, I'd like to take a moment to highlight the work of the Las Vegas Arts Commission. It was established back in 1987 and since then has been dedicated to encouraging and supporting the creation of public art throughout our community. This group is made up of 12 community members with a wide range of backgrounds in the arts and related fields. They meet on the third Thursday of each month except for July to review part projects, initiatives, and keep the momentum going. Each year, the city transfers 1% of its annual general fund capital improvement budget into the percent for the arts fund. And as you can see from this slide, the amount we receive changes from year to year because of different financial factors like shifts in the overall capital budget and the economy. For fiscal year 26, the transfer amount is just over $395,000. And this money allows us to continue investing in public art projects that make our community and public spaces more livable. And just to share the timeline with you, the arts commission reviewed these projects in August. They look at all the projects that have been completed, those currently in progress, and potential new projects that might be coming up. And after this review, they make recommendations based on what they've seen, and then we bring those recommendations to you for approval. And now I'll turn it over to Jennifer to go over completed projects and those in process. >> So throughout fiscal year 2025, the public art and gallery program team completed five projects, all funded through the percent for the arts program. In ward one, the medical district sculpture project star by Las Vegas artist Mark Brandeovvic. In W three, the civic center building interior artwork project and the conservation and maintenance of the paintbrush gateway sculptures in the arts district. And in W five, the mural and sculpture at the Westside Education and Training Center, both by Las Vegas artist Adalfo Gonzalez. So now we'll share a short video that our colleagues in communications helped us put together. >> [music] [music] >> I saw that one. [music] >> [music] [music] [snorts] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> All right. So, in addition to the projects we've completed, the public art and gallery program team is currently managing 13 active projects funded through the percent for the arts program, at least one or more in every ward across the city. Um they include in ward one the medical district sculpture projects in the Mirabelli Community Center mural. In W two the Halapai Canyon Trail Head Environmental Public Art Project. In W three, the AMP gateway and arts districts project. Boulder Plaza sculpture, two civic center sculptures, and the Listo CCO sculpture. And in ward four, the AMP utility cabinet painting project. In W five, we have the Third Street Sculpture Project, Hughes Park Tile Mural, and the James Gay Park public art project. And then finally, in W six, the Centennial Hills Park Tile Mural. So, we look forward to updating you in the future with the progress of all of these projects. The Arts Commission is recommending seven new public art projects along with funding to support ongoing maintenance of the city's art collection and a contingency allocation. These recommendations were shaped by input from the commissioners, community members, stakeholders, and various city of Las Vegas departments. So, now I'll turn it over to Laura to share more details. Thank you, Jennifer. I'm Laura Machado. I'm the section manager for the public art and gallery program, and I'm happy to share the commission's recommended projects for FY26. Uh the first project in Ward three, the arts commission recommends installing a large-scale mural at the Stupac Community Center. The budget for this project is 77,500. Also in W three, the arts commission recommends commissioning an artist for a new mural on the arts district parking garage. That mural would be installed on the west facing wall and that budget is $60,000. In Ward four, they recommend commissioning an artist to create a mural along the exterior wall of the Simmeron Rose Community Center. And that project budget is $15,500. In word five, they recommend hiring an artist to paint a mural on the brick wall surrounding the dittle pool. That budget is $70,000. In Ward Six, they're recommending hiring an artist to create a mural on the concessions and restroom building at Pops Squires Park. That project budget is $15,500. And now, a project for all wards. They're recommending funding the acquisition of additional artwork for the city's permanent art collection. The selected works would be installed in city-owned facilities and offices, public areas throughout the city. and that project budget is $91,500. Uh, also in alignment with the city's public art master plan, it's been recommended that we commission a graphic designer to create a map of the public art highlighted uh, the city's permanent art collection in all wards. And that project budget is $20,000. And then every year we allocate an amount of money for the conservation and maintenance of the city's public art collection. This year we recommend $80,000. This allows us to fund the ongoing care and maintenance of our growing collection. And then our final item for projects this year is to hold 5% contingency because we know that there sometimes are unplanned expenses. And um to do that we are holding $20,000 to fund those unplanned expenses. Um and that wraps up our project list for FY26. And >> I'm happy to answer. >> And this team is small but mighty. And so I just want to tell you that we have four full-timers. Laura Machado, Mary Sabbo, Holly Lelay, and Parker Ereki who are responsible for all of the gallery exhibitions, the public art, the murals, the temporary exhibitions, and also they have a part-time staff of Cusandra James, Kimberly Paleo, John McVey, and Eulia Filipov, Sarah Duke. So, I just wanted to make sure to say their names. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. Are there any questions or comments from members of the council? >> Yes. >> Thank you, mayor. I just wanted to say thank I know I I put a lot of pressure on your team to do a lot of things in the medical district and then my ward in particular, but I I very much appreciate it and the star child has created all the conversations that I thought it would create. So, thank you for that. >> Thank you, Councilwoman Diaz. >> Thank you, Madam Mayor. Super excited that we finally got those paint brushes fixed. >> Oh my goodness. It's been a long road in the making, but we're super excited. We found um a very awesome solution cuz everything was almost cost prohibitive with no guarantee. So really excited to have that added uh to our arts district. But I just wanted to commend all of you for all the work you do art-wise. I mean it's really cool to see how much we are adding in our city. And um one sad note though is I saw that a lot of um endowment for the arts grants from the federal level were basically terminated which [clears throat] is not a good thing because that means no money's coming to the state to pass through or very limited funds are coming now um to then support artists in our community. And so I think it's just something for us to keep at the top of our minds as we continue to work do our work and then find a way to encourage our state legislature when they're primed and ready to maybe allocate some dollars for the art space to make accessible to local governments because um from what I've read it's like a one to nine return on investment. For every dollar we're investing in arts there's a $9 return uh behind that investment. And so I think that that has so much potential. Um but again it's kind of shocking when you're seeing our bucket shrinking for how much we can do in the next year or so. So um just trying to hopefully put that intention that we should try to grow the funding for our arts uh because I know that our artists and our community definitely need it. Thank you so much for all the work you do. Ladies, >> Councilwoman Palinski. >> Oh, thank you, Madam Mayor. uh question because so much of our efforts uh in the slide deck is directly towards murals. Uh having been down the mural lane with a ward 4 land use application uh with a three-story mini storage that I didn't care for very much, but we got uh the developer to put a large amount of money in for a baseball sculpture themed. You remember that? Not sculpture, a mural. Um been down the mural path. And what I learned in all of this exploration is that murals in southern Nevada generally last only five years. And I want to make sure we're investing all this money in these murals that we get the very expensive clear coat that will extend their lives. >> Laura's very her team's very experienced with the clear coat. You want to talk about that? >> Sure. Yeah. We actually use a mural shield. So it's a anti-graffiti coating and a UV shield. And we have murals in our collection that have lasted 20 years. So sometimes we have to do a little touch-up work. Um but that clear coat really really saves us a lot of work and extends the longevity. >> So every mural mentioned will have that clear coat. >> Absolutely. >> Wonderful. Thank you, >> Councilwoman Summers Armstrong. >> I just want to say thank you. This this is beautiful. Um, I every time I come to a city council meeting or have a meeting with you all, I learn more and more about the awesome stuff that's happening in the city of Las Vegas and in W 5. And I'm really grateful and I'm looking forward to all the stuff. And the map, I think, is going to be wonderful that we have a place where people can actually tour. >> Uh, and I think that's going to be helpful and a good attraction for us. It's a good good way to spend money. So, thank you. >> Thank you. >> That's great. All right. Um is there a motion mayor prom >> with do we have to make a motion on this? Is it to accept the plan? Okay. Uh with appreciation I will move to approve. Thank you very much. >> Shall we vote? Post. Motion carries. Thank you so much. >> Thank you so much. We'll now go to We'll now go to agenda item number 39. Recommending committee bills eligible for adoption at this meeting. Councilman Kenudson, would you like to have the bill read? >> Yes, Mayor. Bill number 2025-35, First Amendment, an ordinance to amend various provisions of LVMC Title 7 pertaining to the regulation of pet shops. to amend various provisions of LVMC Title 7 to revise and establish penalties for violations of various provisions of title 7. To amend LVMC Title 7, Chapter 42 by adding a new chapter therein designated as section 35 to prohibit newly licensed pet shops and existing pet shops as of a certain date from selling dogs, cats, rabbits, pot-bellied pigs, or guinea pigs and to provide for other related matters. >> Thank you so much. Um >> he's going to present [laughter] Oh, there he is. Okay. Uh, thank you, Mayor and Council. Jeff Dork, city attorney. We thought it might be appropriate, mayor, for this bill to have a little bit of background about how we got here. So, we have a short uh PowerPoint to present to council and the public uh that is attending and watching on this item. As noted with the updated title, this ordinance deals with prohibiting pet sales at uh existing and future shops and also updates our pet shop regulations generally. Um, a little history on how we got here. As the council uh especially recalls, we had two ordinances uh that were bills that proposed changes to our title 7 animal title. Uh, one was dealing with requirements for pet shops, generally regulations and regulatory changes. Uh, that was presented by former councilwoman Seaman. And then we had a bill from mayor yourself and councilwoman Brun dealing with a prohibition on sales and a three strike rules to bring uh non-compliant pet shops in front of council quicker if there were issues. because the two bills were existing at the same time. The sponsors uh thought it appropriate and efficient to get together and work on bringing the bills together, which they did. Uh based on some feedback and discussions there, uh essentially all of the terms for both bills were put together along with an additional uh piece that would sunset after 2 years the ability for grandfathered shops to continue to sell animals. In other words, we have 13 shops today that sell animals. Uh the initial idea was that they could continue for all time to sell them. Uh what the initial idea then after that was was after 2 years they would not be able to sell anymore those 13 existing grandfathered shops. We sent that unified bill out for business impact solicitation. Based on the feedback from the businesses, uh it was recommended that we introduced the bill without the two-year provision. And so we went back to the grandfathered shops could continue to sell as long as they existed uh for all time. Following the introduction, we received more feedback and based upon that feedback, the direction uh was for a three-year sunset for the grandfathered shops and that is where we are today with the first amendment. Uh some again a portion of this bill is regulatory and the other portion deals with three strikes and the sales. some of the regulations that we have in this bill uh that I believe most of the people interested in are aware of and the council as well as we briefed on it several times. Uh keeping animals away from non-stop human interaction. Keeping animals in appropriate uh cages or areas so that they're not with animals that would could do harm to them. A written disease control program rather than just a disease control program that we don't even know if it's written down. Uh some warranty requirements from the pet shops. If you buy a dog who's under 12 months of age, you are going to get a one-year warranty and also 30 days of free pet insurance. Uh signage dealing with the kennels where the animals are sold, a health certificate requirement, and then again, mayor, as I point out uh from your and Councilman Brun's original bill, three adjudications of any violations of our title 7. You are brought before council for potential loss or excuse me brought before animal protection for possible loss of your permit immediately. There's no subjective decision about whether to bring you you are brought before animal protection. The pet sale limitation deals with dogs, cats, rabbits, potbelly pigs, and guinea pigs. Like I said, there are 13 existing shops that sell any or one or any of those animals. uh you can under the bill as written with the first amendment relocate that shop. If I have a shop that sells those animals, I'm exempted in under the current language. And if I need to relocate for whatever reason, maybe my rent goes too high, I can relocate within the city of Las Vegas and maintain my licenses and permits uh after the necessary, you know, go through the new shop, but I cannot expand my business. I can't do a second shop. I have one. uh pet shops can under this bill partner with our nonprofit partners and shelters who have animals that we heard from earlier today in order to do free adoption uh events in order to move some of those animals from at the pet shop locations. And then f at no cost. Those are not going to be um sold. It's going to be at most it would be the adoption fees. And then finally, we have the penalties if this bill were to pass. If you're selling any of these animals uh after the prohibition goes into effect, you will be facing a fine of 250 at a minimum, 500 maximum. And again, that first amendment that was approved by the recommending committee uh added a cut off on the exemption for the 13 grandfather shops. They will have three years to continue to sell those five animals. After that, it is over. any new shops that come before business licensing and animal protection from the get-go. If this bill passes, they cannot sell those five animals. Uh, can those shops then exist? Yes. This is not a ban of pet shops. This is a ban of pet sales on the five categories. You can have a pet shop that sells animals outside those five categories and obviously all of the other uh food and equipment needed for raising your pets. So, with that, that is the first amendment of the ordinance in front of you for vote, mayor. I'll turn it back to you. Obviously, we took public comment at the start of the meeting. There's not a need unless you uh would like to take it now, but other than that, we're good to go. >> Thank you so much, Mr. City Attorney. Do is any member of the city council wish to speak >> or questions? Well, speaks questions also. [laughter] Okay. in that case. >> Thank you, Mayor. Thanks, uh, Mr. Dorack for the presentation. Um, I just wanted to make it clear because, uh, I will get asked a whole bunch of questions about this one, and we've gotten probably 2,000 emails, I would guess, over the last couple of weeks. Um, so I've gone back and forth on this particular bill for a variety of reasons. Uh, number one, mayor, I just want to say I think you've done an amazing job bringing a community together. I'm really, really impressed with what is a challenging topic. at least it is for me. Um, but you've done a great job of bringing everyone together. Um, I believe in every part of this bill with the exception of the of the um limiting uh the sun setting. Sorry. Thank you. Um, so I think it's great to no new licenses, but I would like to extend the grandfather for the existing businesses. And I think at least the pet stores that I've seen in my ward, my guess is is that the regulations that are put in place here and that I believe Mr. Tovar's group are well equipped to to manage. I think that would probably put several of the businesses in my ward out of business um based on some of the things I've seen. And so my stance would be is that if that sunset stays in there um I'm I can't vote for that. Um if it's removed, I'm happy to vote for it. And just some of the criticism I'll get because I get it every single time I talk about animals, just to be clear. Uh some of the critics will come out and say if you're a Republican, you're pro business or you're anti-b businessiness. If you're a Democrat, you're immoral or unethical. Um, so I haven't taken money um from anybody. I I asked my veterinarian what I should do and that's that's how I came up to this particular stance and I appreciate everything everybody's doing for animals. Um, but this is where I am right now. So, I appreciate that. >> I app I thank you so much. Yes, Miss Finski. >> Thank you, Madam Mayor. I I too echo um Mayor Prom's sentiments about all the work you've put into this uh not only this ordinance, but bringing that entire animal ecosystem together to have thoughtful dialogue in order to get here. It's been great for you and for all of us to see the the fruits of those labors. Uh, I personally, uh, am a 17-year small business owner here in southern Nevada. I, as some many people know, I grew up in the back of a doughnut shop and a liquor store. I'm second generation small business owner, and I don't feel comfortable and I don't think it's the proper role of government to unilaterally take business licenses away. And I think today is a great day to discuss this because I believe the best course of action for this is to increase regulations. And I know we had Commissioner uh Christian Kani here. I had no problem with every regulatory suggestion she made. I would embrace every single one of them. I want to move forward with those consumer protections uh that we've all talked about internally. uh the regulatory and a very robust regulatory environment is what I'm in favor of and uh when that environment is not uh when small business owners don't operate within those regulatory controls that we set I have no problem taking business licenses away but I believe that's our uh correct form of action in this environment uh so I too have great discomfort comfort about unilaterally taking 17 business licenses away or excuse me 15 business licenses away 13 13 business licenses unilaterally away without going through that vetting process. I know on October 1st the Review Journal mentioned Southern Nevada as the fourth highest unemployment rate in America and I don't want to put two to 300 people on uh our roles right now. So uh I'd like a more deliberative process. one where that you this body can control and I have never not taken a business license away when someone acts inappropriately. So I I welcome that. >> Thank you, Madam May. >> Thank you so much. Um the would uh what I propose is we have um we have a bill and I hope somebody will step up and make a motion for this bill. Let us vote on it should it pass. It's an ordinance. Should it not pass? I would entertain another um uh another motion. Is that Can I do that, Mr. City Attorney? >> I'll be with you as you go. Y >> would anybody then I I'll make the motion. Um I move that we vote uh for bill number 2025-35 >> with the first amendment. Yeah, with the first amendment. Just add that to your motion, please. at the three-year Yeah. three-year ban after um and three years uh ban on all sales of pets and pet all 13 pet stores. Um shall we vote? Please post the uh the bill passes and thank you all very much. Um I'd like to say a few words. Um, I have a few rules when it comes to leadership. Um, and I consider myself I may be mayor, but in the end I'm one of seven votes on the city council. And I I uh it's very important to me that our city council speaks in not only a dignified manner but in a you a a manner that shows that we work together. Um people know that when I I say what I mean and I mean what I say. So nobody ever walks away from a conversation with me where they go, "What' you say?" Um nothing like that. I always say what's on my mind and I obviously everybody treats me in the same manner. I also don't like to put my colleagues in an awkward position where we are um forced to vote between one thing that we like and another thing that we like. Um, I prefer that we are uh closer to uniformity and I I think I I thank you for your compliments, but I kind of feel I let everybody down by not um uh working harder to make this more palatable for every member of the city council. And I think it's very important that everybody votes their conscience and does what they feel is best for themselves and their constituents and all of our collective constituents in in the city of Las Vegas. So, I want to thank everybody. I know this was a a tough vote to take and that people were quite deliberative and thoughtful in their actions and I want to thank all of my fellow city council members for the time and effort that they have put into this and other um pet related animal related um issues that come before the city council. So I want to thank all of you as we move to agenda item number 40 recommending committee bills eligible for adoption at a later meeting. Uh items 40- 42 bills 20 25-36 37 and 38 will be heard at a later meeting. Agenda item 43, new bills. Items 43 and 45, bills 2025-39 and 40 will be heard at the recommending committee meeting on Monday, November 17th, 2025. City attorney, would you read the new bills? >> Yes, ma'am. Bill number 2025-39, an ordinance to amend LVMC section 6.84.10 and 6.8450 8450 relating to wedding chapels to provide a definition of wedding chapel for licensing and regulatory purposes, update operational requirements, and provide further related matters. Bill number 2025-40, an ordinance adopting an extension of an adalorum property tax rate in the city of Las Vegas for the purpose of employing police officers with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department as required by Senate Bill 451 of the 83rd, 2025 session of the Nevada legislature and providing further related matters. >> Thank you so much. New bills 2025-39 and 40 are assigned to the November 17th, 2025 recommending committee members Councilman Kenudson and Councilwoman Diaz and Pollinski. 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 so much. Agenda it did I miss one? Okay. Agenda item number 46. Items 46 through 46B are on the consent agenda are considered to be routine and are recommended for approval by the department of community development. Uh Mayor Prom, may I have a motion to approve this consent agenda? >> Move to approve. >> Please vote. post. Motion passes. Thank you so much. Items 47, 47A, and 47B. 25-0324. Obeyance item on the following land use entitlement project requests on 17.2. 12 uh well 17 uh 12 acres on the south side of Altera Drive approximately 420 ft west of Rampart Boulevard PD planned development zone 47A 25-324-D1 obeyance item to amend the Queensbridgeidge Towers development standards regarding land use building setbacks building height parking screening materials and finishes and exterior colors. 47B 25-0324- SDR1 obeyance item for a major amendment of an approved site development plan review SDR 4206 for the addition of a proposed fourstory 332 h uh forgive me I'm not reading this properly 8.17 acres on APN 138-32 2-310-00007. The applicant is the Kita Group and the owner is Palm Fund LLC and [clears throat] all. The planning commission and staff recommend approval on the entire land use entitlement project. Uh these are in Ward 2. Uh Miss Kelly and our public hearings which I now declare open. Is the applicant present? >> Yes, your honor. Members of the council, good afternoon. My name is Bob Gronower, 1980 Festival Plaza Drive. I'm here representing the Kita Group on the two matters that you read into the record. Uh this is a major modification and a site development plan review for a multifamily development uh that Kita is proposing to uh build on this property. Um as you can see on the overhead here highlighted in yellow, we have about 8 acres of property that's currently vacant. It's actually in the middle in between the Queens Ridge Towers which are located here. Uh this is Alta Drive to the north and over here to I'm going to say to the west of us to the north and west of us is the Tutor Village or the Tutor subdivision located here. And you have the Queens Ridge Golf Course which is located down to the south and to the west of our property. Just to the north of us is the Sun Coast uh casino and um which I'll be talking about. We have some ingress and ingress access that'll be coming off Golf Course Drive in this area which I'll talk about as I go through the presentation. Um so we started [clears throat] out we were not required to have a uh neighborhood meeting. Um however because Kita and ourself our office knows of the interests of the neighbors in this general vicinity we wanted to have a voluntary neighborhood meeting. Uh so we had a voluntary neighborhood meeting at one of the Kita developments just across the street in uh Bokeh Park and uh we invited neighbors over and they came. We had about 40 people that showed up to the neighborhood meeting so we could talk about the proposed development. Um and we had a lot of good feedback. Um, and matter of fact, I think the thing that we've been focusing on is traffic circulation. And we both have common goals, the neighbors in the area and the developer to work on those issues. And we have some conditions that uh Lucian will read into the record that we've been working with public works and the neighbors. And as I get into this, I do want to thank uh Russ and and the people from Sunost. Uh they've been working with us over the last uh I I say several months. It seems like the last couple months that we've been working on this. And then also uh Don Cooper and the neighbors from the tutor village in this area met with them and Don and I are on text messages and phone calls uh quite a bit over the last few weeks as he's represented his uh neighbors in this area to address the issues that we wanted to make sure we addressed. Um as I mentioned [clears throat] when the initial neighborhood meeting the good news is I believe the consensus was that this is a good project for this area. Um, mayor, as you mentioned, uh, this is going to be a 332 unit development. This is a fourstory, 60 foot high building, uh, located in here where the previous approval on this property had towers at two up to about 200 and something feet in in height. This is only 60 feet in height. And because the topography in this area, it's not going to have a negative impact to the existing towers for Queens Ridge or any of the other existing um development [clears throat] in this area. The rents that are going to be proposed here are average about $2,500. We have some pen houses, apartments that are going to be located here. Rents are going to be anywhere from $1,800 uh a month all the way up to about just shy of $7,000 a month for for this area here. So, this will this explains you the type of development. And if you're familiar with the Kita Group, they build the high-end luxury development here. This is going to be a theme of uh health and wellness. So, you're going to have a lot of amenities. The group, the the tenant that'll be living in here that will be attracted to will be involved in the health and wellness stuff and amenities located on the property. um getting [clears throat] into the conditions and our discussion with the neighbors. I think this is the best way to give you an idea of how this development is going to lay in between the existing developments and the future development to the south of us which is the LAR development uh within the Queens Ridge uh subdivision um as we're we're discussing. So again, this is the 8 acres of property that we will be designing. Um we will [clears throat] have ingress and egress right here on Clubhouse Drive. The concern from the uh tutor uh subdivision in here is the amount of ingress egress that's going to be coming out of our project. But more importantly, the LAR project, as you can see, to the south and to the west of our project here. Lenar already has a proposed access coming out onto Rampart, as you can see, located here, and they're going to be having another access coming out on Clubhouse Drive. So, the discussion and I want to thank uh Councilwoman Kelly and in the early stages, the first week or two of being on the job, she jumped right into this Queens Ridge uh development and we all met with your staff and uh Councilwoman Kelly and we had uh representatives from uh Boyd and and the representatives of the neighbors in the area and we all got together and that's how you do these these these things. You work together and communicate a lot of work behind the scenes. Um, and then we get here to this position where we have conditions and I want to thank your staff for working on those conditions. But, um, the concerns in this area here is the ingress and egress coming out on Clubhouse Drive. We have conditions in there to address it. The neighbors had some concerns about construction uh, construction plan in this area. That is a part of the revised conditions that will be read into the record. We also have a common goal is where we would like to provide another access out here onto Alta somewhere in this area here. That's going to be subject to a traffic impact analysis approval, review and approval by your staff. Uh that is an added condition that we uh have been discussing because we along with the neighbors from the tutor would like to make sure we could hopefully get access coming out here in Alta. By doing so, we'll relieve some of the pressure of access coming out on Club Clubhouse Drive because that's the only place today that we have access coming in and out. Otherwise, the propertyy's landlocked. We do have proper fire access which is down to the southsoutheast of the property that's located here. [snorts] And uh that being said, your staff has reviewed this application. They're recommended approval for the major modification that's before you and also the site development plan review. The planning commission also recommended approval. uh in in the approval they also added the condition that we would have this area studied to have in ingress and egress out onto Alta. And then subsequent to that planning commission meeting is we added some additional conditions that I'll let your staff read into because I'll probably screw it up and it's easier to do it that way. And with that being said, I'm here to answer any other questions that you might have. >> Uh thank you, Mr. Grunau. May I have a staff report? >> Yes, madame mayor. Thank you, Peter Loenstein for the record. The proposed amendments to the Queen's Twitch Towers development standards include adjustments that apply to the proposed phase two only, leaving the phase one language as previously approved. As the office building is no longer proposed, standards that apply to it are proposed to be removed. Proposed reductions in the requirements for perimeter landscape and parking are minor and will not compromise the compatibility of phase 2 development with phase 1 or the adjacent properties plan for future residential development. Staff therefore recommends approval of the major modification. The proposed development will adequately will be adequately screened from the existing adjacent condominium towers and sufficiently set back from the planned single family residential development to the south and west. Staff therefore recommends approval of the site development plan review subject to conditions. If approved, staff does have some added conditions that uh Mr. Patt and myself will be we can read into the record now if you'd like. Uh the first as being a planning condition, it says the applicant shall submit to the city of Las Vegas building official prior to or at the same time application is made for a building permit a construction plan delineating the construction hours, maintenance of the site and surrounding roadways clear of debris and dirt as well as construction traffic including but not limited to routes, delivery hours and construction worker shifts. >> Lucian Pay for the record. So, under the public works under item 47B, we'd like to add one condition and modify condition 18. The added condition will read, "If not already constructed by others and required by the traffic impact analysis, the developer shall modif modify the existing traffic signal, signage, pavement markings, and possibly widen clubhouse drive to indicate an exclusive left turn lane and a shared through right lane in the northbound direction. Additionally, the developer shall upgrade the traffic signal with four section flashing yellow in parentheses FYA signal heads for the left turn movements on all four approaches. The city traffic engineer reserves a right to modify the Alta Drive/ Clubhouse traffic signal or restrict movements at this intersection in the future. And uh the modification to condition number 18 will just add two sentences to the end of condition 18 which read the intersection of clubhouse drive and which place shall be analyzed in this required traffic impact analysis. Any approved mitigation must be legally viable and prevent cues from extending into the altter drive public rightway. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. This is a public hearing. Does there anybody is there anybody here that wishes to be heard on this item? Would you identify yourself for the record? >> Uh, thank you, Madame Mayor Russell Row here on behalf of Boyd Gaming Corporation. And um, since my good friend Bob Grohower called me out in his presentation, I had to come up uh and thank him and his his team and the great work uh on this project, uh, we're thrilled about it. Um, we've been, uh, looking at Clubhouse Drive for as long as Queens Ridge has has been in potential redevelopment. And I think those conditions uh, uh, fairly reflect uh, addressing it in a proper manner. Um, that works for everyone. And so, thank you for that and thank you for your staff and and honestly, mayor, this is a good excuse for me to come and say hello to you and say mayor for the first time, which is fantastic. um as well as being able to say uh thank you to Councilwoman Kelly. Um it's a true honor to be able to call you Councilwoman. So, thank you all. >> Thank you very much. Is there anybody else wishing to be heard? >> Welcome. And please state your name for the record. >> Thank you. I'm Mike Riando. I serve as the president of Queens Ridge Owners Association. I also own a property over here in Tutor Park. Uh, and as you know, that's immediately adjacent to the Ainsley development. I'm here today to speak not just on behalf of Queens residents, but on behalf of the overall well-being and public safety of our community concerning the traffic impact on Clubhouse Drive. Our core request is straightforward. We ask that the Kita group be required to redesign and expand clubhouse drive as an essential condition of approval for the Aninsley development. Our primary concern is the unmititigated forecasted traffic demand on Clubhouse Drive, which is currently a simple twolane street. Two-lane street infrastructure cannot support the immense growth already approved for this corridor. 332 units Aninsley, 166 units in Tutor, 1480 approved by Lonar. Some large percentage will use this lane. This means that a narrow two-lane road will serve over a thousand a thousand households. and we believe the future traffic demand will far exceed the streets capacity. Our concerns extend beyond inconvenience. They are about public safety. Imagine a typical rush hour. Hundreds of vehicles attempting to enter and exit resulting in gridlock at the signal. In that high volume moment, what happens when there's a medical emergency? fire and medical access could be severely delayed and that's a risk we should not and cannot take. Furthermore, Cleta Group's reliance on a previously approved traffic study is simply not reassuring. That study was completed years ago and did not anticipate the LAR preserve development. It's also my understanding that Lenar's traffic study may not have even included the existing traffic demand from our tutor park community. Relying on outdated or incomplete data to approve 332 units, new units, is fiscally irresponsible and reckless with our residents safety. We want it to be a four-lane street, two lanes in each direction, dedicated center turn lane. Prevent traffic flow issues, provide for emergency access. They are guaranteed to arise. We need to plan for that. Without this infrastructure requirement, we simply shift the costs and the immense safety burden onto the city and the existing residents. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. Is there anybody else wishing to be heard? >> Would you state your name for the record? >> Yes. Uh my name is Don Cooper. I'm a resident of the Tutor Park neighborhood there. Mayor Berkeley and council. Thank you for allowing us to speak. Uh I've heard uh the previous gentleman's comments and agree with those. Um, and I've worked with uh Bob Gronau and spoken with Councilwoman Kelly and thank you for your your support and congratulations on your appointment. I I did want to again reiterate those concerns. Uh there were many things that were overlooked previously in the LAR uh study and that additional traffic is going to impact our neighborhood substantially. One of the things I just wanted to ask about was one of the conditions that was read into the record talked about a secondary drive onto Alta, which I think is is important. What I wanted to get was council's view of what triggers that. In other words, is that at the sole discretion of the developer or under what conditions must or should that be added? Um, Mr. City Attorney, staff, can you please address that question? >> Mayor, yeah, I would direct that to his staff so we can have the staff interpretation because that's >> Yes. >> Sure. Again, Lucian Pay for the record. Essentially, when they do their traffic study of their development, they will include the traffic study information from the LAR development. And we look at level of service for the intersection, the traffic signal that will be potentially modified at Clubhouse and Alta. If it's operating unacceptable service, then obviously they need to do something to mitigate that and that would require the um [snorts] the exit only on Alta. But at the same time um if they if their study when they submit it proposes the exit only on Alta and we analyze it in that way then and we don't find any safety issues with the what we are assuming right now is going to be an exit only driveway on Alta then we'll simply approve the exit only on Alta but I don't because the study hasn't been submitted we can't say that they're going to do that but there is a condition that essentially allows them to make that request in their traffic state. So I would expect that their traffic study will have an exit only on Alta. >> Does that answer your question? >> Yes, to the extent I'm hearing that the traffic study will analyze both with and without the secondary drive onto Alta so that a judgment or determination could be made. Is that what I'm hearing? um through the mayor. I don't think they'll they'll analyze it without. I think they will analyze it with, but they they do have the option to analyze it without as well. >> Okay, great. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. Um applicant, do you agree to all of the conditions that have been read into the record? >> Yes, your honor. And did you want to comment on uh the gentleman's concern about traffic? >> We've had these uh many of these discussions. Everything's in the wrapped up in the traffic impact analysis. We've addressed it in the conditions. Your staff has heard all the issues. We're all aware what needs to be done and we're very comfortable moving forward with those conditions. >> I thank you. Are there any questions or comments from members of the council? In that case, is there >> Oh, go right ahead. >> Thank you, mayor, and uh welcome, Bob. I want to first uh this having been this being my first um council meeting and um the first development to which I'm addressing. I want to thank Bob very much. I um have enjoyed uh working with his representation of his client, the Quita Group. I asked that this be obeyed because I did not want it to be well the first thing I hadn't had enough time to learn about it, understand it, and consider it and asked for it to be obeyed. Um, and they willingly did so. So, I want to express uh that that outline. I mean, I'm sorry that underscores my experience which has been as uh Mr. GR Gronower articulated that um they have very uh diligently reached out included uh working with the neighborhood um adjacent which is tutor working with Don Cooper and um making sure that Boyd was kept into the loop uh of what they were doing. Um we worked on the traffic study. Um there was one condition that um the tutor folks had asked for that that we we decided not to include. Uh and I had and that is that um Clubhouse Drive be the only I mean clubhouse drive be eliminated as an access point for construction and that's just not possible in this area [clears throat] as I understand it. And so um but again that um Bob worked to communicate as as Mr. Cooper said very diligently with that group and um and so I feel that the the conditions have support from from the major groups that are included and I I do also want to recognize uh some of the questions that uh Mr. Rando uh talked about um the the what we've made sure in these conditions is when the LAR study was required and I I'm I'm going to I know that staff will will correct me if I misstate anything. So I I welcome you to jump in and invite you to do so because I'm still learning. But when the when LAR traffic study was conducted, the only thing that LAR was required to do because there was no future ball knowing whether what would be built there other than the the the tall tower uh which was >> predating this request and the twotory office building. uh they were they were so their traffic study uh did not uh need to contemplate the Kita Group space. Um it also did not include and I'm I'm not in a position to comment on why because I wasn't here but did not include the the the private street called Winchwood which when you come in through Clubhouse Drive off of Valta that is the that is the turn you make going right to enter into Two. So what we've done in this um in these conditions and in the conversation with Bob and public works and traffic is to ensure that Winchwood is considered to ensure that the LAR traffic study is considered. Uh Mr. Rondo talked about concern concerning about it being old information and that's what this traffic study will do will be an update of everything and um I believe and and this is making sure for Peter and and Mr. Lewenstein and his crew that emergency access is regarded in the traffic study. I just am looking for a head nod I guess solution and I mean that's something that is regarded >> as well as you know preventing traffic flow issues. What do those issues do they back up onto Alta? All of those kinds of things. And so I feel this is is but for excluding Clubhouse Drive as being a construction access [clears throat] point. This is really addressed. I feel the concerns after talking with Queens Ridge um with Tutor and uh with the public works with traffic and with Bob and the Kita group and feel that we have um created the scope in a manner that is going to address and void address what the questions are which we have a lot going on in that area. there's going to be more things coming down. And uh what we're looking for is uh satisfaction that uh we're doing our job as well as we can as a city to uh um make sure that we're paying attention to all of the impacts of not just the Kita group, but how their addition to this area affects all of the flow. And and did I I have I summarized that correctly, Peter? Thank you very much for that nod. Um >> I will entertain a motion at this point. >> Thank you. So thank you. So with that, I move to approve based on uh based on the staff recommendations and the conditions added by staff that were articulated today uh to approve item 39. Did I say that right? >> 37. >> No, 47. >> 47. Okay. >> A and B. A and B. So hopefully the clerk got the clarity of that motion. Thank you, mayor. [clears throat] >> Thank you so much. Shall we vote? >> Please post. Please post. Motion carries. Thank you so much, Mr. Hour. >> Thank you, Councilwoman. >> We will now hear related items 36 and 48 together. 36R-68-2025 Obeyance item discussion for possible action to approve a resolution adopting the Charleston 2050 special area plan for the Charleston area. 48 25-0179- uh DIR1 obeyance item applicant owner city of Las Vegas discussion for possible action on adopting the Charleston special area plan for the Charleston area. The planning commission and staff recommend approval. These items are in ward one and three. Mr. Kudson, Miss Diaz. Item 48 is a public hearing which I now declare open. And Mr. Floyd. >> Yeah. Thank you, Mayor. Seth Floyd for the record. Uh, Mayor, if ever there was a council meeting that ran the gamut of everything we do here at the city, I think this is it. [laughter] And, uh, we're going to close that out by doing adopting another one of our 16 neighborhood plans under your 2050 master plan. And I'm introducing this one because this one is especially dear to my heart because my wife actually grew her entire life except for four years in college. She has lived in the Charleston neighborhood. Uh she grew up at Rainbow Indic or excuse me, Charleston Indicator, went to Bonanza High School and now we live uh near Rainbow Family Park. Uh I've lived here for almost 15 years. So I know this neighborhood very well. And with that, I will turn it over to Marco. >> Good afternoon, mayor and city council members. Uh Marco, City of Las Vegas Department of Community Development for the record. Uh as Seth had has introduced, this is one of our area plans that are part of the uh 2050 master plan. We have done a number of these already. Uh and this one takes a look at the number of a number of neighborhoods that are part of this uh this large area that comprises about six uh 75,000 people. It's one of the largest that we have within within the city itself. We h uh we had Happy Cities uh as our consultants uh that compiled uh the plan that's in front of you today and they really looked at the entire spectrum of how we can make transformational changes in this part of Western Las Vegas, west of I-15, south of I11. Um and really how can we make uh an impact with respect to public spaces, streets and uh housing uh in particular as well as uh parks and recreational amenities. We had uh community surveys and outreach done in 2024 a lot through uh Councilman Kudson's office and again really we did the same process uh as we've done with our other special area plans. uh did uh open houses at community centers, uh popups at parks, uh found people uh at the Bonavville Transit Center, people uh really gave their feedback uh directly and uh through surveys and we were able to develop a uh a vision statement that uh is in front of you. And really, people want to see those safer streets, uh, slower cars, higher quality transit, more spaces to gather and recreate, more trees and shade, and more parks and green space. Uh, that was pretty much uni, uh, unanimous throughout. The plan goes into four areas of action. Uh, so individual uh, chapters that discuss, uh, each of those as well as that, uh, that overarching vision. I think the centerpiece of this is probably Charleston Boulevard itself. whether there's a main street going right through the middle of Las Vegas, it is Charleston Boulevard uh going east west. Uh and the the the big piece that's going on uh at the same time is an alternatives analysis being conducted by the regional transportation commission of southern Nevada that is looking at adding highcapacity transit and making com a complete street along the entire length from Summerland all the way over to East Las Vegas and and over to where Las Vegas High School is uh in the in the county. making this uh a rail corridor or a bus rapid transit corridor, some form of higher capacity transit that is really at the at the heart of this. And then the other streets that connect Charleston itself would also follow suit in terms of making safer spaces for people to walk and bike and then having transit oriented developments at the major intersections and along the corridor along Sahara, along Charleston, along Decar. That's what we want ultimately want to see. and this alternatives analysis uh which they're doing uh right now if you go to charlestonboulevard.com you can find out more information we're doing uh this is a first step to actually getting some um um station locations and uh and ultimately uh a a preferred alignment and a preferred um a preferred mode uh as part of this uh public spaces again we have a a big gap in the south end of this uh of this area and you know we have great public amenities within in Charleston. Now we have Area 15, we have the Springs Preserve, we have got a number of of parks, uh Bob Baskin Park, we've got Rainbow Family Park, uh neighborhood parks there, but there are some gaps. We do know that uh that we don't have a community center other than Mirabella Community Center. These are recommendations for investment that we can take a look at as part of future capital uh improvement planning and maybe leverage other resources to fill in this uh this this this area and provide some additional amenities for the public. Uh increasing housing diversity as mentioned you know there's a number of different opportunities at uh for infill and redevelopment. Uh we have a lot of asphalt and parking lots that are sitting uh empty. We have vacant sites throughout uh throughout uh the area. There might be locations where we can fill in uh mixeduse uh commercial and residential higher density housing. Uh we've had a couple of applications over the last couple of months that have fit that uh fit that bill. And I think ultimately what we'll start to see especially with a trans a major transit project you'll start to see more of that and we'll start going up because we are at our limits right now with the rest of the city in terms of being able to go out. So, this is the type of uh housing product and really trying to make those investments for such a diverse area that has quite a range, quite a spectrum of of different housing needs all the way from, you know, uh less than 30% area median income all the way up to u above 150% or more. You have great neighborhoods like Rancho Circle, uh Rainbow Family Park, and uh everywhere in between. There's definitely a need for for housing of all types. And finally, redevelopment. How can we provide this catalytic redevelopment opportunity? We have different locations throughout uh throughout the valley where we have the ability to make infill and redevelopment happening. Some of that might require some additional or new tools to make uh to make that happen. Housing incentives or some of the legislation that was passed during the 2025 legislative session that will open the door to getting more mixeduse housing. taking a look at the College of Southern Nevada campus or or the adjacent or the adjacent parcels immediately around it uh along the Sahara corridor, where do we have overlaps with the uh with the redevelopment agency? And with that, we we might need to make some new uh new asks in terms of incentivizing development and getting uh that higher quality development in there. So, some of the next steps that you will see over the over the ensuing months here, we're going to continue on with the Charleston alternatives analysis in partnership with the RTC. Uh we we have uh very very soon a transit oriented development overlay that lines up with the 2050 master plan. uh a parking study that we're going to be meeting on uh to discuss uh removing some of those parking minimums and right sizing parking requirements in terms of zoning and then incentivizing uh different types of housing. We had uh several bills including our own that speak directly to how we can extend tax increment financing for for transit oriented development or providing incentives for attainable housing. And then in terms of greening the place up, we have uh coming very soon uh an urban forestry uh um special management plan and a tree ordinance that will help uh to get more trees planted. And earlier in this this meeting, we had a consent item uh that is specifically for WS 1, 13, and five to plant trees uh throughout uh throughout the community. And uh that that is really kind of at the heart of what we're trying to do. green that green Charleston up and make this neighborhood um more walkable uh and a and a great place to live. And with that, I'll take any questions. >> Thank you so much, Mr. Velada. Um this is a public hearing. Is there anybody that wishes to be heard on this item? Seeing no one, I will close the public hearing. Are there any questions or comments from the council? >> Yes, Miss Ry. Thank you. Um, Marco, I saw on your housing slide the missing middle, you didn't explicitly call out condos, but I just wanted to have you confirm that that would be part of the potential housing product mix. >> Yeah, Mark, for the record, the mayor, do you councilwoman? Uh, yes, absolutely. For rent, for sale, condos is a part of that mix. Yeah. >> Okay. Yes, Miss Kelly. >> Thank Thank you. Uh, nice to see you again, Marco. the I I just want to make sure that the the in the vision 2050 plan the requirement or the goal or vision to have 60,000 new trees these go towards that goal. >> Yes. >> Love that. Thank you. >> Is there Oh, yes, Mrs. Diaz. >> Thank you, Madam Mayor. Since um a little part of it is in my ward, I just wanted to speak to uh thanking our fabulous planning team for getting more input from our residents about what they see is lacking and how we need to take concerted efforts to improve the quality of life. Um we we know as a city our safety in our streets and walking for everyone and our pedestrians uh keeping everyone safe on our our roadways, vision zero. Hence, we know that's a constant work in progress. But being intentional also is important and knowing where the major arteries or arterials are that flow through our city. Uh Charleston being one of them that connect uh pretty much west to east. Um and then obviously the trees, not only on the east side do we suffer from lacking the tree canopy, but also on this area. So really great to see that. And then um last but not least, I love that you picked up on how we don't really have a lot of open spaces or green areas for recreation. Um that is an area that I would want to see how we could um bring uh because some of our children that live in apartment complexes and the apartment complex doesn't offer a playground or a field or anything for recreation purposes. Uh so we need to be creative and figure out ways to give those spaces to the community. [clears throat] So, those are just uh thoughts and echoing uh everything that you've laid out and super excited to see what we could do to move the needle in this area. >> All right. Thank you so much, Mayor Prom. >> Thank you, Mayor. And you just have a tiny little piece, Councilwoman Diaz, so don't try to don't try to weigh in on my Charleston plan, >> but I'm in it, [laughter] >> but just a little. >> Thank you very much, Mr. >> Still in it to win it. [laughter] >> It's a competition. Always is. I appreciate it. you did a great job presenting. Uh my request is kind of what we talked about in the office is as much as we want to put things into plans. Um talking about infill development doesn't actually get you infill development. So we have got to have follow-up action items that puts the city in an aggressive standpoint to recruit development into this area in particular. And it's not going to happen unless there's something there. So that's my request is whatever whatever aggressive steps the city needs to take to make infill development possible um let's do those. It more than planning. Let's actually put action into the words on paper and great job. And with that, I will move to approve and look forward to those next steps. >> And this is approving item 48. >> That is >> Please vote. Post. Motion carries. And a motion for related item 36. Mayor Prom. >> I will also move to approve item 36. >> Please vote. post. Motion carries. Thank you both very, very much. Agenda item 49 25-0407-RQ1 required review applicant clear channel outdoor LLC owner Eric Pennenna uh for possible action on a land use entitlement project request for retired review of an approved special use permit U-0029-87 for a 75 5 foot tall 14 ftx 48 foot off- premise sign at 2421 Stewart Avenue C1 limited commercial zone ward three Miss Diaz uh staff recommends approval. This is a public hearing that I now declare open. Is the applicant present? >> Madame Mayor Peter Lones for the record. These are usually fairly routine and lend themselves to be on the one motion one vote. So maybe the applicant had thought that where it was. >> Since we haven't got the applicant, can I ask staff to please uh address us at this time? >> Sure thing. During a routine field check, staff observed the sign and supporting structure were wellmaintained. Uh staff has not received any complaints in regards to the maintenance on the the off-remise sign. The surrounding area has not experienced any significant changes since the last required review back in October of 2021. Therefore, staff recommends approval of the required review. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. Since this is a public hearing, is there anyone wishing to be heard on this item? Seeing no one, I will close the public hearing. Are there any questions or comments from the council members? Okay. In that case, is there a motion? Councilwoman Das. >> Yes, Madame Mayor. I'm going to follow staff recommendation for approval of agenda item 49. >> Okay. Please vote. opposed. Motion carries. Thank you so much. Agenda item 50 was setting the date on any appeals filed or required public hearings. I would instruct the city clerk to set the public hearing dates and appeals from the city planning commission meetings and dangerous buildings or nuisance litter abatements. We'll do, mayor. Thank you. Agenda item 51, 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 and give your name for the record. The amount of discussion on any single subject um as well as the amount of time of any single speaker uh may be limited and it is limited to two minutes. Uh 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? Please state your name for the record. Last but not least, Grace Albanesey's A L B- N. And my uh concern is about the law library over here on Bridger. And third, where they're trying to get me thrown out, the law librarians um that almost has like no library books anymore on the shelves and yet uh they just remain empty. But the law librarians are trying to get me thrown out. Summer, Chris, uh, Summer, Chantel, uh, Gail, etc. Marilyn, Tanner, and, uh, the way it's constructed is like out of the 60s, there's like a wall of doors. Um, and, uh, that wall where they can kind of hide behind uh, each door leads into like an office. That wall should really come down and maybe just replace it with glass, kind of modernize it a little bit. Uh there's no cameras in the law library over here on Bridger. And um and third, um the law librarians never have to walk out into the common area where us common folks walk. There's like a secret passageway for the law librarians to walk behind the uh the customer service help desk where they're they go through another door behind another wall just to go from one end of the circulation desk to the other, come out another door to go into more doors behind another wall. This is all very much out of the 60s. And uh you have to go through a metal detector too. But yet there's no uh cameras in the law library where the uh law librarians want me thrown out. They'll stand behind me and just whisper all these text messages about me that are posted on their phones. So we could if we could maybe uh you know in uh add cameras add cameras [snorts] and uh like I said the shelves are empty pretty much of books and uh there's just like a lot of you know wall of secrecy there and why you know why is it so secret? Why can't the law librarians uh walk in the common area? Why do they have to take this secret passageway behind the uh customer service desk? Um and uh you know, so no cameras. We need cameras. Take down that wall, replace it with some glass so we can see the law librarians. >> Um and thank you, Grace. On behalf of the city council, I want to thank you for coming, but I have to direct you to the county commission because the county runs the law library, not the city. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. We will now move to item 52. Council emerging issues. Discussion regarding potential items for future city council agendas. 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 proposed topic shall occur. No action shall be taken. Do any This is the time for the city council. Did you want to speak under um public comment? >> Yes. >> All right. Then we're going to go back to the um agenda item before this. I'm sorry I didn't see you coming up. Please state your name for the record. You have two minutes. >> My name is uh Philip Al. May I display a photo? >> Oh, in the square. All right. My name is Philip Al and uh just Monday I was um I was wrongfully convicted and maliciously prosecuted by your city prosecutors Jamie not Jamie Julia and Bobby uh Jamie Haniker uh this alleged pedophile T-spice and G Strong and Adam Page and even Chief Marshall Nuome all got on the stand and told several lies. Uh Mr. Matthew, my judge Matthew Walker, he did not let a lot of my evidence in. He let them just convict me based off of words. And I'm going on appeal. But these are the type of people that y'all have representing this county and this city. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. Back to agend agenda item 52. Do members of the uh do any members of the council have any topics they would like to bring forward under this item? Seeing none comments made by individual city council members during this portion of the agenda will not be acted upon. Miss Summers Armstrong, have you anything to contribute today? >> Well, [laughter] yes, ma'am. And thank you for acknowledging me. We'll go as fast as possible because I have a 205. I think we all want to go. So, here we are. So on um the 11th the 5th of November um I was honored to uh join the mayor and councilwoman Diaz uh for the family album art exhibition opening in Civic Plaza. It was absolutely beautiful. Uh the art in there is so relatable and uh just a reflection of our community and I encourage everyone to go over. It was a beautiful, beautiful event. Um, and I'm looking forward to more um, art exhibitions there as well as with the um, relationship that the Las Vegas Museum of Art has with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in the future. On the 16th, um, my team and I were uh, honored to uh, be invited to a little Shi poo poo dress up event at the AC Element uh, and Park Hotel, the grand opening in Symphony Park. Uh we got to put on some heels and some rouge as my mother would say and really enjoy a lovely event. This uh location is beautiful. It's a non-smoking uh uh dual branded hotel in Symphony Park. They had a great opening and we are excited about um their partnership um and the great things are going to happen in the city with them being here. on the 17th. Uh again, the mayor was there and other elected officials and my hubby and we got to uh go to the parade for the aces my first time. And look who's up there, Kelly, who used to work for us, who's now retired and living her full life, but she's a huge baseball fan and she w a basketball fan and she was there with some other notable community members and leaders. We had a wonderful time and go aces and congratulations. Next on the 18th, we attended the book festival. Had a wonderful time. Spent too much money, uh, but had a great time. These are such amazing events in our community. Um, and they had speakers and, uh, authors were signing autographs. It was beautiful. And I'm really proud of our cultural affairs folks for putting on a wonderful event. the 25th, um, I had the honor of taking 34 or five or six plus students from, uh, the Ward F five area and local, uh, high schools to the H.B.CU football classic at Alle Allegant Stadium. thankful for our partners who were um Nevada Partners, Some New Marketing, Mai's firm, uh oh gosh, uh G3 Electric um and with help from the school district, we were able to get a bus and we took these kids and we had a blast. They enjoyed the game. The bands were phenomenal and um we're looking forward to uh what we can do uh to support this event again next year. the 26th um we attended the St. James um Catholic Church uh annual jazz brunch. Uh it was amazing. They had music, live music and dancers and the food uh was amazing at the Santa Fe. Um and I was just it was just wonderful uh to be there and I'm grateful for the invitation. Um that same day was the NAACP brunch uh not too far away at Aliante and I the mayor was there as you can see and uh our uh attorney general spoke and others and beautiful awards were given to community partners. Uh it was a wonderful event. >> On October 31st was Halloween safe night at uh Pearson Community Center. A couple months, several months ago, Commissioner McCertie um said, "Hey, you want to get in with me on this event?" And I said, "What are you doing?" Same as always. He goes, "No, I got big plans, folks." He had big plans. The whole um field, 400 meter field was filled with um tents, they had jumpers, they had activities, they had um a tailgate uh in the parking lot. There were thousands of children there. It was wonderful. It was safe. They had a great time. We were able to um give out candy until it was all gone as well as share information. So, I'm just excited to be a partner with him. Thank you for our staff for supporting us um at the event. And uh it was great. So, next year, I guess again a whole festival. Um a upcoming events um this Saturday, November the 8th, we will be at Lorenzi Oh. Oh, hold on. Elderorado days uh the 7th and the 8th of this week uh right here in downtown at the plaza. Um we are hoping to get there and enjoy some of the rodeo activities. Um if you have young children um the tickets are really reasonable. It will be a lot of fun. So please bring your babies out to Hel Dorado. Um on the 8th we will be having a community cleanup um at Lorenzy Park with Get Outdoors Nevada. You can sign up on the QR code. Uh we love to make our communities um safer, more beautiful, and cleaner. And this is one way we do it. And in addition to the habitat maintenance, we will also have a paper shredding and RX drop off. Uh this is in con conjunction with Cox Communication. We're working together on this uh this whole day of activity. So please come out. We would love to see you. It's going to be a beautiful Saturday. Um also coming up on the 22nd of November is a faith-based community health fair that's going to be at Second Baptist Church uh over on Madison. Um we ex um encourage you to come out and get your blood pressure checked. Um talk to um dental and eye exams. will be giving uh nutrition uh and wellness guidance. A great opportunity to see your neighbors, enjoy some wonderful weather, and take good care of yourselves. As always, I'd like to remind everyone that Lorenzi Park has free tennis lessons and activities. Um I haven't made it out yet, but trust me, I'm coming. uh and uh with my knee with my knees wrapped up uh tight because I'm old. Uh but please come out and bring your kids. This the weather is going to be amazing now uh to play tennis. Um it's great exercise um and a great way to get out and just have a wonderful time. And as always um we want you to reach out to us um at Ward 5 if you need anything. Sign up for our newsletter. We are um weekly we will be putting information about food resources as we are in uh the shutdown. Uh the newsletter will go out today that will have information. So please sign up. There's my team Nora Julius and Aura. We are here to serve you. Please call us at 702229-5443 or email us at ward 5 vegasnvada.gov. Thank you mayor for the time. >> Thank you so much. Um, uh, Councilwoman Palinski. >> Thank you, Madame Mayor. On, uh, the morning of Thursday, October 16th, I had the privilege of presenting Somerset Academy Lone Mountain with a proclamation for earning a five-star status in both elementary and middle school. This proclamation represents their dedication to excellence in education and community. Congratulations to all the students, staff, and parents on this amazing achievement. Next up on Friday, October 24th, I had uh the pleasure of attending the Sun City Night Out hosted by Sun City's neighborhood preparedness team. This annual event brings people together to promote first responders and community partnerships. This also gave us the opportunity to continue to educate residents about our Knox program. I want to give a special thanks to our neighborhood services team and LVFR for their help with this event. It was well attended, including the mayor and our district attorney. Uh, next up, uh, quite a few of us, including Councilwoman Brun, uh, Mayor Berkeley, and most of the city manager's office, including a strong showing, uh, from, uh, our, uh, previous deputy city manager, Steve Ford, who came in shorts. I was very, very jealous. Uh, we had the Sky Canyon substation groundbreaking on Wednesday, October the 29th. This stub station will strengthen safety and response times during emergencies. Thank you to everyone who played a role in bringing this project to the Northwest. Uh I'm so grateful to have this great new addition to our community. Next up on Thursday, November 3rd, Ward 4 joined the Las Vegas Pro Police Protective Association's trunk or treat event. This is the fourth year in a row we've we participated and we decided to dress up with a Jurassic Park theme. I want to thank the LVPA for inviting us to celebrate with their families and their members. It was a wonderful evening that brought our community together for fun and safe Halloween celebration. A special shout out to Lizzy Izzy Lewis from our event staff who dawned the T-Rex costume all night and made many, many kids happy. Uh, next up, please join us for the Nevada State Veterans Memorial Relocation Event Kickoff on Monday, no, excuse me, Tuesday, November 11th at 11:00 a.m. at Thunderbird Family Sports Complex. This event will celebrate the beginning of the Nevada State Memorial Statue relocation, which is an important step in honoring our veterans. >> Miss Pinsky, is it 1:00 or 11 o'clock? because the flyers says one. >> It's November 11th. I'm sorry, I misspoke. At 1:00 because that's when your schedule allowed. [laughter] >> Okay. Uh 1:00, please be there. Uh it's going to be a great event. Uh the city of Las Vegas is accepting toy donations for tickets on parking infractions from now through November 14th. You can bring a new unwrapped toy or a game of equal or greater value to your parking fine to parking [snorts] services office. All donations will go to families who are currently receiving assistance from Nevada Behavioral Health. Next up, take a please take a moment to look at these faces on the slide. Eight children are still missing from our community. With the holidays fast approaching, it is now time to come together and help bring these kids home. If you have any information that could be of help, please contact the LVMPD missing person detail at 702-8283111. And finally, you can stay up to date with updates, community news, and events happening in Ward 4 by following me on Facebook, Instagram, X, all the things. If you ever need any assistance or have any questions, please don't hesitate to get a hold of us the oldfashioned way. 702229-2524. We are always here to help any way that we can. Thank you, mayor. >> Thank you so much, Mayor Prom. >> Thank you, Mayor. I will contend that sending a letter is the old fashioned way. Calling is not. Just Just say it. >> Uh, it is it is wants a donut. And because it's National Donut Day, it's American Diabetes Month. November is American Diabetes Month. Diabetes is a serious but often overlooked public health crisis. Terrible. by understanding our risk, getting screened, and taking advantage of local prevention and management programs who can help reduce serious complications and save lives. And there's a QR code there for free or lowcost testing classes and additional resources from the Southern Nevada Health District. And I'm doing a bruise with Brian on Saturday, November 15th at 9 a.m. at the Coffee Pub on West Sahara. I'll be joined from guests from public works. And so if you need to yell at anybody, they'll they're there that day. That's the the right people to yell at for all the cones in Ward One. and we'll be outdoors, so dress appropriately for the weather. And that's all I got. Thanks Mayor. >> Oh, thank you so much. Um, Miss Diaz, >> thank you, Madam Mayor. Uh, we're going to kick off here on October 15th. We had our DPS explore graduate ceremony. Um, and it was amazing. Uh, it was awesome to be there to commend these 13 young men and women for dedication, discipline, and the outstanding leadership qualities that needed. Congratulations to them and a special thank you to Chief Pototts, Lieutenant Lopez, and all the members of our marshals team that serve as mentors and partake in this program for our youth. On October 18th, I had the honor to be at the Las Vegas Book Festival, um, which I know the mayor and Councilwoman Brun was were also in attendance for. Um, it was a huge success. I was thrilled to introduce Disney's meant tobe series panel, a standing room only event featuring talented authors Christina Lauren, Sora Cordova, Jasmine Gilloy Gillery, Julie Murphy, and a special virtual guest, Jesse Q Sutanto. On October 20th, the Vegas Chamber and Workforce Connections ribbon cutting took place across our newly unveiled Civic Plaza. Congressman Steven Horford, our awesome mayor Berkeley, and more electeds and community members were there um with us thrilled to celebrate our new neighbors. Uh, and our new neighbors are the Vegas Chamber and Workforce Connections. And um, they have well, they're in the process of still moving, but I think Vegas Chamber is all installed and uh, workforce is working on their transition. But this is uh, definitely a major milestone in civic and business collaboration and it moves and brings Southern Nevada business leaders closer to the heart of downtown and civic activity. And I can't wait to see how we can all make businesses thrive in our city. On October 23rd, we had our principal roundt. And I want to thank each and every W 3 principal and administrator and staff member who took the time out of their busy schedule to join this u muchneeded conversation. Their presence, insights, and leadership made the conversations truly meaningful as they [snorts] have the polls for each one of their schools. I'd like to thank Dr. Malich and our incredible YDSI team, our community partners, um UNLV, Poo Campo, um UNR Cooperative Extension, and um so many more. Even even um Heather Harmon stopped by to talk about all of the arts offerings in Southern Nevada. So, I just want to everyone who wanted to offer a hand to all of these amazing amazing educators in our schools. On October 24th, we were um there to witness the Get Outdoors Nevada native habitat maintenance and at our Justice Myron E Levit Park. So, those of you that may have not known, adjacent the uh not so old pickle ball courts is a native habitat and so we have plants that are truly um the ones that will thrive here in um our city. So, I want to give a special thank you to Koko Kudson Middle School and there's no relation to this Kudson, I believe. Um but yes, they were there helping give it give give us a hand. Um and so they cleaned um the plant area up. They planted over 90 new plants. They removed invasive weeds. And um we truly appreciated their time, energy, and commitment to environmental stewardship. And um I hope that everyone swings by and takes it all in because it's uh newly refreshed and refurbished. On October 28th there, we had our four queens north tower grand reopening. Um, again, Mayor Berkeley, who's everywhere these days, uh, every ward everywhere. Um, we were thrilled to celebrate the ribbon cutting to, um, Yes, that's really cool. She's in every part of our city, in every ward. Um, we were there to celebrate the renovation of the north tower at the four queens. Uh, $24 million investment that updated the rooms tastefully with modern amenities, sound dampening windows, and much more. Congratulations to the entire four queens team. October 30th uh we had our Halloween celebrations at Stupac Community Center and um also at East Las Vegas for our uh community center for our fall festival. Just want to thank all of our partners and making this such a smashing success. We had over 1,200 residents participate in our fall festival at the East Las Vegas Community Center. And I know that all of our kiddos and adults had so much fun wearing their costumes. I know I did. Um, and uh, they love doing the parade and having the costume competition. So, we're just looking forward to already planning next year's frightfully fun festivities. Uh, Mayor um, not mayor, Councilwoman Summers Armstrong already put a plug in for the next slide, which is held days rodeo. So, I'm going to skip to the next one. Just putting another plug out for senior law program. again, free attorney consultations at East Las Vegas Community Center for 60 plus or 60 years young uh individuals of our community. Uh they will have attorneys at our location starting October 15th. So you can call 7022291515 to make an appointment and get a 30inut consultation with an attorney. Super important as um we need to re-evaluate things and reposition things. So don't wait. Take this free help. Um, it's worth it. I also want to put in a plug for my annual W 3 senior Thanksgiving lunch coming up on November 21st. If you're 55 years young, uh, or older, please RSVP via our QR link or call 7022291515. This is definitely one of my favorite events of the year because not only do we have good eats, but we get to boogie on down and have some fun raffle prizes. All right, last but not least, I have the Neon City Festival. It's a free festival that will return to downtown November 21st to the 23rd. It's a 2025 lineup that is officially out with music from all genres. From fan favorites to local artists, this year's festival brings non-stop music and energy to the heart of downtown. Save the dates, take a look at the lineup, and I hope you'll all come on down to support it. And with that, uh those are all of my um whereabouts for the last couple of weeks and um upcoming activities. And as always, you can always stay connected with our office via phone or email. Thank you so much. >> Thank you so much, Councilwoman Brun. >> Thank you, Mayor. In the interest of time, I'm going to skip my slides. Um, please sign up for our newsletter if you want to learn more about what we're doing. if you can go back. The only thing I want to plug is our town hall coming up tomorrow night at the active adult center from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. We'll have representatives from our marshals, metro, neighborhood services, and code enforcement. We're going to be talking to neighbors about how to continue to keep our ward 6 neighborhoods safe and clean. So, please join us RSVP so we have enough snacks for everyone and we'll see you tomorrow. Thank you. >> Thank you so much, Councilwoman Kelly. >> Thank you very much. Thank you very much, Madame Mayor. I am excited to tell you we've been busy in war two and I'm going to take um privilege by saying that before I was uh sworn in uh at in September 30th, I was at the Las Vegas Museum of Art reception, learning more about that important project. Very excited about that. I did an event with Outdoors Nevada and [snorts] on the 25th and then I held my first breakfast buzz uh and that was terrific. And then the next slide please. Uh we I hosted with the mayor on October 22 second a faith leaders breakfast um and was there welcoming uh those terrific community servants uh and and recognizing them for the hard work that they do supporting our communities. We the next one is that the next slide is actually from the first breakfast buzz but I also did a second breakfast buzz in October and uh I encourage any of you who want to come. We invite you to join us and the folks in war 2 at breakfast buzzes which is a great way to connect with neighbors, share ideas and hear the latest of things that are going on. And that was on that's on Saturday, November 15th. And then we also are fully staffed on the next slide and our main office number is 229-2420. Uh email us at ward 2. Everybody has access to that and that's the best way to get a hold of me uh is to either call or email us. So, I'm thrilled to be here and I can't getting all these ideas from all of you and uh um more pictures is what I've learned. So, thank you. >> Thank you so much. It gives me great joy to announce that this city council meeting is now a journal. >> Yeah, life is like a juke [music] box. Just push. Not everybody's first verse sounds the same, but we all get born and we all get raised. Where there is some boondocks [music] on Marina River. Everybody turns wild when you're 16. Slow roll big time and [music] on Main Street. Everybody's got holes in their blue jeans. If you bought them that way or not, [music] turn it up and sing along. We all went [music] to daylight's gone.