You ready, Louis? Okay. I'll call the regular meeting to order. To make it easier for residents to voice their comments, there will be two public comment periods. There will be one at the beginning of the meeting designated for comments related to items on the agenda and one at the end of the meeting for general public comment. Public comment for designated public hearing items will be heard when the item is called. Speakers will be limited to three minutes to state their comments. This meeting is being video recorded and streamed live on the internet. Mr. Valdez, please confirm posting and roll call. Mayor, this meeting has been posted in accordance with the Nevada Open Meeting Law. All members of the council are present and you have a quorum. Thank you. I would like to invite Donna Taft from Sin City Church to the podium to give the invocation followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Almighty God, as the council comes together today, we celebrate this new year. May your divine hand lead the council members with grace and blessings, bestowing them discernment and wisdom for the decisions they will be making to manage our community. May we know the joy and peace of the Lord during this year. Amen. I pledge allegiance and to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Now is the time for our first public comment. Before we begin, the City Clerk will make an announcement. All communications with the City Council and staff using email, text messages, and social media platforms is subject to the Nevada Public Records Act and the Nevada Open Meeting Law on all personal and city-issued devices. Please set your electronic devices to silent starting now. The City Council is legally limited in their ability to respond to public comment. Questions and requests from the public will be referred to the appropriate City Department for their review. Please do not sit, stand, or block the aisles, walkways, and doorways. And as a reminder, the vestibule at the back of the chambers is reserved for working city staff and public safety personnel only. For persons requiring ADA accommodations, please contact a deputy city clerk for assistance. To participate in public comment, please register your name and zip code with the clerk managing the public comment queue at the back table in the vestibule. Please note that public comment during meetings is reserved for designated public hearing items only. When your name is called, please stand in front of the podium, speak directly into the microphone, and please remember to state your first and last name for the record. You will have three minutes to speak. Mayor, for the first public comment for item number 21, we have Mr. Bill Speltz. Yes sir, one moment. We can't hear you. Is there something going on with the microphone? Should I start over? Please. My name is Bill Speltz. I'm a resident of the Cadence community. We received a notice recently of a major modification to the amended and restated Cadence development agreement. The information we received was amazingly brief and didn't have much description in it. seeking probably information before making a definite statement, but it appears that it's to increase the number of mixed-use development properties, including apartments and multiple unit dwellings. And I am probably opposed to increasing the number of those units in our area. It says it's a major modification, so I don't know if we could have a discussion on that when the time comes. Mr. Dichter, who do you have in the audience here that could help explain what this is? Yes, and that item is going to come up and be the first public hearing item, so we're going to go into depth and the applicant for land wells here. We can go in depth and exactly what the request is and all the details, if that's okay, or... Thank you. So, sir, when we get to item 21, it is a public hearing, so we'll go in depth on it so we'll be able to understand exactly what it is. Thank you. Mayor, there's no one else in the queue. Close the public comment. Mrs. Garcia-Vas, are there any changes to the agenda? Yes, Mayor Romero, there are four changes to the agenda. Item 18 will be pulled from the consent agenda to allow Councilwoman Larson the opportunity to abstain from deliberating and voting. And items 19, 20, and 28 are withdrawn by the applicant. Thank you. May I have a motion to accept the agenda as amended? I'll move. Please vote. All members voted in favor of the motion made by Councilman Seabach and it carries. Your first item on the agenda is the city manager's report. I've got the clicker. I can't tell if it's on though. It is? Okay. I'm going to click one more time. like to thank and commend our Henderson Fire Department for deploying a strike team to battle the wilderness fires in Southern California. Henderson Fire Department personnel were deployed to multiple locations in Los Angeles and were later assigned to the Encino area and surrounding neighborhoods, working 24-hour shifts and continuing to make us all proud. We are grateful for their dedication, sacrifice, and bravery and look forward to their safe return. Let's see if I can make this work. Chair and Council, last week we had a wonderful time celebrating the opening of Blooming Cactus Park with our community. The seven-acre park was developed by the Landwell Company and is the third park located in the Cadence community. Park amenities include a first-of-its-kind Henderson Ninja Warrior-style fitness course where children and adults compete. There is also a combination of pickleball tennis courts and a unique urban-style vertical play structure. This is a park designed for all ages to enjoy. Next week is National School Choice Week. The city is proudly committed to supporting high quality educational opportunities that challenge, motivate, and inspire our students here in Henderson. We believe parents have the right to choose from a diverse range of K through 12 educational options that best serve their children. Thank you for your continued support of all our educational choice. And finally today, it's my honor to announce the retirements of a few employees. City Manager and CEO Richard Derrick, Lieutenant Brett Seacats, and Police Business Operations Administrator Tina Emmerich. Thank you for your dedicated service to our community, and we wish you all the very best. Thank you, Mayor and Council. That concludes my City Manager's report. Going back to, hold on, our consent agenda. Unless an item is pulled for discussion, council will take action on all consent agenda items with one motion. And as a reminder, item 18 will be pulled from the consent agenda. May I have a motion to accept the consent agenda as amended? Please vote. So you just hit abstain. Oh, no, no, no, no, no. And then we'll hit it in the next one. All members voted in favor of the motion made by Councilwoman Cox, and it carries. Item number 18 is business license, secondhand dealer, category B, class 2, Judith Capital, and the recommendation is to approve. Council members, any questions or comments? May I have a motion? I actually have to make a statement. This item is for the approval of a secondhand dealer license for Judith Capital. Capital. The principal of Judith Capital lives in my neighborhood. We have had interactions that could be perceived by a reasonable person to affect the independence of my judgment on this matter. Therefore, I will abstain from deliberation on voting on this item. Thank you. May I have a motion, please? I move. Please vote. With the exception of Councilwoman Larson, who abstained, all other members voted in favor of the motion made by Councilman Seabach, and it carries. Mayor and Council, the next section of your agenda is public hearings. Just as a reminder, items 19 and 20 were withdrawn by the applicant, which takes us to public hearing item 21 for... DEV-2024-015-130, the Cadence Development Agreement major modification, and the recommendation is to approve. Mayor and members of council, this item is a major modification of the Cadence Development Agreement to memorialize four changes. First is to reallocate units from developed portions of Cadence to Village N to allow for additional units in the mixed-use development. Just to explain a little more, There is a chart, an exhibit in the development agreement that allocates certain number of units per village. And what they're doing is they're taking units that they did not yet build in certain villages, and they're moving it to village N. to allow additional development in that area where they're going to do a mixed use, including commercial and residential. So that one there is just really reallocating. It's not changing the planned unit developments of 12,250. It's not reducing the minimum dwelling units of 11,250. So it's just reallocating the units throughout the development. The second one is to allow an increase of the maximum residential units allowed to be served by the Tuscany lift station while Cadence is building their lift station, and this has been reviewed by utilities, and they are in agreement with this modification. Additionally, they are also asking for some setback modifications for a specific product type in Village O, and my understanding is for roughly about 31 of the units out of 550 units that are requesting a slight modification in the rear yard setback. And staff does support that. And the fourth is to allow the developer to contribute cash to the city in lieu of constructing certain required roadway improvements. And you heard from your last meeting where Lance explained that instead of having Cadence install the improvements along Boulder Highway and then the city have to remove it, we're going to collect the money from Landwell so the city can go in there and put the improvements in at one time so we don't have to do both so it's a win-win for the developer and for the city to make sure we're getting what we need out there on Boulder Highway these applications were recommended for approval by the staff and the Planning Commission thank you mr. Ferris welcome hello good evening mayor and council Lee Ferris with the Landwell Company 875 West Warren Springs Road 89011 I think as mr. Dichter commented the question the gentleman asked about was a reallocation of units. So we are reallocating these to a parcel we call Village Center. It's meant to be a mixed use. I think consistent with what is being proposed along Boulder Highway, we are taking those units to move them to that parcel. If there is residential built there, it has to be mixed use. It has to be integrated with some commercial. But because of the amount of commercial that's already on that corner, we feel like this parcel probably cannot support another 20 acres of retail. So we're moving units unused to this parcel to allow us to bring some residential there. But as Mr. Dichter said, our overall unit count is not going up. And all of our infrastructure is sized to accommodate these units. So it doesn't, all our intersections, traffic signals, everything that would be associated that may create a problem with these units, it's already sized to accommodate 12,250 units. And with that, I'm happy to answer any questions. Thank you. Sir, did that answer your question? Thank you. This is a public hearing. I'll now open. If you wish to make a public comment, please come to the podium, speak directly into the mic, and you will have three minutes to speak. Mayor, there is no one else in the public comment queue. Seeing no one. Council, do you have any questions or comments? May I have a motion? Please vote. All members voted in favor of the motion made by Councilwoman Larson, and it carries. Thank you. Item number 22 is a public hearing, 38.4 acres adjacent to western boundary of the city, BLM land at Las Vegas Boulevard and via Inspirata, Las Vegas Boulevard and via Nobila, annexation report December 17, 2024, and allow record Record property owners within the territory proposed to be annexed, an opportunity to be heard, and the recommendation is to accept. Thank you. Good afternoon, Mayor, members of Council. I'm Brian Podmenik from the Department of Public Works. This item is a public hearing on the annexation of the 38.4 acres. for eight acres of BLM land along the western boundary of the city. It includes a couple of areas. It includes 12.79 acres at the intersection of Via Inspirata and Las Vegas Boulevard and an additional 25.69 acres at Via Nobila and Las Vegas Boulevard. On December 17th, 2024 City Council adopted resolution number 4604 providing notice of its intent to annex the property pursuant to NRS 268.584. You also approved a report for services outlining how the city services will be provided to that area. That report was made available to the public at least 20 days prior to this hearing. So we're here today because NRS 268590 requires a public hearing to be held to explain the report for services and allow any record property owner within the area being annexed the opportunity to be heard on the matter. So the property being annexed is owned by the BLM, both parcels are, and they are the only property owner involved. We have a letter of no objection from BLM and that is included in the backup to this item. So it's important to note that with an annexation the ownership the land will not change. It will continue to be owned and managed by the BLM. It'll just be within the city limits now if it's approved. The land is currently vacant. There are no utilities to the property. We've outlined the existing services and utilities in the area and also what the future utilities will be. And like most development, those utilities and infrastructure will be put in by the developers as the area does get developed and the need arises. So this land on both of these parcels, they're very important intersections connecting West Henderson. Annexing the BLM land will put us in a much better position to facilitate improvements for interchanges at I-15 at both Via Nobila and via Inspirata in the future. So with this, if a majority of the record property owners within the annexation area, and there's only one, do not protest the annexation within the next 15 days, then City Council can come back and adopt an ordinance extending the city limits. And that has to be done no later than 90 days following this public hearing. And with that, I'll answer any questions. Thank you. This is a public hearing. If you wish to speak on this matter, please come forward and speak directly into the mic. You'll have three minutes to speak. Mayor, there is no one in the public comment queue for this item. Thank you. I'll close the public hearing. Council members, any questions or comments? May I have a motion? Please vote. All members voted in favor of the motion made by Councilman Stewart and it carries. Thank you. The next section of your agenda is bills referred from Committee for Adoption as Ordinance. Item number 23 is Bill number 3813, ZCA 202401, 5383 Stephanie and Galleria Meridian and the recommendation is to adopt as ordinance number 4054. Any questions or comments? We have a motion. I'll move. Please vote. All members voted in favor of the motion made by Councilman Seabock, and it carries. Item number 24 is bill number 3814, ZCA-2024-015720, Hotel and Restaurant at Volunteer in Chaparral, and the recommendation is to adopt as ordinance number 4055. Any questions or comments? We have a motion. Please vote. the exception of Councilwoman Cox, who voted nay. All members voted in favor of the motion made by Councilwoman Larson, and it carries. Next section of your agenda is new business. Item number 25 is a resolution for a direct land sale of 1.20 acres to K&T Development Limited Liability Company, and the recommendation is to adopt. Any questions or comments? If I may. Sorry, Lance. Yes, mayors and members, comments. Council, this is a resolution of notice intent to sell 1.2 acres of remnant property located at the southwest corner of Boulder Highway and Galleria. This land was former end-out right-of-way that was relinquished to the city and is no longer needed for the Boulder Highway project. I would like to add that it's highly encumbered by overhead utilities and underground utilities as well and has the potential to be a liability for the city. So the property owner intends, the adjacent property owner intends to combine it and develop the property within their project. The negotiated reduced sales price is $100,000. And if adopted, a future agenda item will be brought back and to approve a purchase and sale agreement at that time. Thank you. Now, is there any questions or comments? May I have a motion? I move. Please vote. All members voted in favor of the motion made by Councilman Seabock and it carries. Item number 26 is a resolution, direct land sale of 2.6 acres to Via Nobila LLC, Via Nobila LLC. And the recommendation is to adopt. Mr. Olson. Mayor, members, council, this is a resolution, notice of tent to sell approximately 2.6 acres of city-owned land through a direct land sale to Via Nobila LLC for the appraised value of $930,000. The direct sale is pursuant to NRS 268.063, which is for economic development purposes. Villanueva LLC intends to construct and operate the new headquarters for community ambulance. And so if adopted, a future agenda item will come back for a purchase and sale agreement. Thank you. Any questions or comments? Yes, I need to read a statement. Item 26 is a resolution for the direct sale of 2.6 acres of city-owned land to Villanobila, LLC, an affiliate of Community Ambulance. Item number seven is a resolution for a competitive sale of 2.9 acres of federal land within the limited transition area directly adjacent to the city-owned property. These properties are being sold at the request of Community Ambulance to be developed as its new headquarters. I need to disclose that my son-in-law and daughter work for community ambulance, their employment with community ambulance is a conflict of interest that could be perceived by a reasonable person to affect the independence of my judgment on these matters. Therefore, I will abstain from deliberation and voting on item number 26 and 27. Thank you. Any questions or comments? Please vote. the exception of Councilwoman Cox who abstained all other members voted in favor of the motion made by Councilman Stewart and it carries item number 27 is a resolution to rescind and replace resolution number 4542 and rescind resolution number 4546 a land sale of approximately 2.93 acres southeast of the intersection of Villa via Nobila and via Centro and the recommendation is to adopt Yes, this item is to rescind Resolution 4542, which was adopted on August 15th of 2023. That expressed the Council's intent to sell that two acres of LTE land on Via Nobila. Resolution 4546 adopted on October 3rd, 2023, accepting the sole bid of the purchase of that said property. Villanobila LLC was the highest bidder but did not go through with the purchase when they determined that more land was needed for their project. So they requested a new competitive bid to bid for a larger parcel. So this resolution will provide the notice of the city's intent to sell off a larger 2.93 acre parcel through the competitive bidding process. The minimum bid is appraised at $915,000 and it should be noted that all proceeds from the sale do not come to the city that goes to BLM. Thank you. Any questions or comments? May I have a motion? Please vote. With the exception of Councilwoman Cox who abstained, all members voted in favor of the motion made by Councilwoman Larson and it carries. The next section of your agenda is bills to be read into title. Unless an item is pulled for discussion, Council will take action on all bills to be read into title with one motion. And just as a reminder, item 28 was withdrawn by the applicant. Item number 29 is the accompanying bill number 3815 for item 21, DEV2024-015-130, a major modification to amend and re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re- to the amended and restated Cadence Development Agreement. Number 30 is item Bill number 3816, Amendment to Henderson Municipal Code, Chapter 2.05, Item number 31 is bill number 3817, amend the Henderson Municipal Code section 15.70.010, adopted. And your recommendation is to refer bill numbers 3815, 3816, and 3817 to the committee meeting of February 4th, 2025 for review and recommendation. Thank you. May I have a motion to refer, please? I'll move to refer. Please vote. Members voted in favor of the motion made by Councilman Seabach and it carries. Now is the time for Mayor and Council comments. Does anybody have any comments? I have two. The first one I would like, and I've talked about this with them for a minute, but there seems to be a lot of question in the community about what's happening with our public safety and I would I think it would be helpful to have maybe a quarterly or semi-annual report from our police chief and our fire chief, just letting us know what trends are happening, what's going on, how things are going, just so that people have a good idea about what's happening in our community in regards to public safety. You can decide when it would be most appropriate to give them enough time to put something together. And the second thing, at the last meeting, we had asked for an upcoming agenda item to address Somerset for the 12 cycles versus the 8 cycles Staff was able to work it out to do the 12 cycles, and so they were able to send out a letter to the neighbors. There's no need for a future agenda item because they took care of it. The neighbors will get their first billing now if they're not able to pay in full by April. Their first bill will be in April. August of this year, and they will then have 12 cycles to repay. So thank you staff for working on that so hard. I think it'll be very beneficial to the neighbors, and I appreciate all the work that you've done. Mayor, I just want to thank staff for their hard work on that. It was amazing. They didn't get much credit for all that they did do. It was a difficult situation for everybody involved, and I just want to thank everyone from the city that worked so hard to bring a fair resolution to this kind of sticky problem. So thank you. And if I may, I really appreciate the efforts made to be able to move forward on a 12 quarter repayment and thank you to the council for being willing to do that. Thank you staff. I know that it took some time to figure that out. I appreciate it. And I know that the residents at Somerset really appreciate it. Thank you. I will set the next City Council Committee and regular meetings for February 4th, 2025. And now is the time for the final public comment. If you wish to make a public comment, please come to the podium, speak directly into the mic, and state your name and zip code. You will have three minutes to speak. Just a minute, sir. Mayor, there are two names in the public comment queue. The first one is Tom Haney. My name is Tom Haney. I've lived here 60 of my 66 years. I'm not here to be pompous or arrogant people. I was opening campaign headquarters here at nine years old. I go for Rancho and Alto with all the kids. We're the old guys now. We're old gangsters. Okay? So, Michelle, I've called Robin Kuhn over a year ago. I had a meeting with Starbust Anthony over a year and a half ago at the Grand Story building. I've handed the same paperwork off to Starbust Lombardo twice, face to face. I mean, have a las vegas medical marijuana association john lob and i do a southwest gas family we go up with the rancho circle crew okay i don't play games we had a 40-year business here city county state contracts uh the police station ralph lamb i got it all okay so just about five g microwave radiation people in your neighborhood she's talking about public safety sir please direct your comments to the council okay i just want to let the public know public safety There's the satellites, the streetlights, that's where your stuff's torn up. I've got it all. We have RFK's attorney already in state. We just got the train yesterday. You, I just went outside a year and a half ago. I have your windmill back there with the nice cutesy stuff on it. The meter's off the charts. Yeah, I can, anybody I'd like to know, if anybody would like to raise their hand before I leave. If they'd like to learn about your public safety, you just spoke about this. Michelle, that never called me back in the last year with Robin Coon. Any of you, your public works. The commander over here. OK. One of his captains came to my house. My mother has a pacemaker. It's phased array light frequencies pulsed. My father was dropping the nukes up at Area 51. I worked for him for 30 years. DOD contractor. He built this stuff. I have that background. Do you understand? We're not playing games. They put a 5G light across from my house, August 2nd. The neighbors took it out. They know what's going on. So does Steve Jones with blue hair on. He's known me since I was nine years old. Herb Jones' son, I know them all. They're all personal friends of mine. He's not a friend right now. He's head of the HOA for Seven Hills. McDonald Ranch, we have this entire state covered all the way to Carson City and Reno. On the school property, you guys are getting mailbox checks. 25 and 30 year contracts. Don't lie to me. Is that true or not? Yes or no. Yes, sir. I have no idea. Who's your expert with the 5G lights with phased ray light? Who's your expert in this room? I have all the experts. Would you like to have a meeting with me with the, uh, I'd say a town hall. We'll, we'll work with you. 1997. We're the first eight houses built in seven Hills. Okay. We came from Rancho and Alta. Okay. From the old neighborhood. Okay. My point is there was only the lights going up there, if you remember that far back. I got here in 66 third grade. I want something done. I want that light taken down in front of my mom's house. It's got a little blue bulb on top. You understand? Thank you. Mayor, the second person is Alexander. Sir, your three minutes are up. Would you like to learn about this? Just leave it there. Not today. No, not today. Thank you. Very good. The second name in the queue, Mayor, is Alexander Zvitansky. Alexander Zvitansky. That's all there is, Mayor. Thank you. I will adjourn the meeting at this time.