meeting okay Welcome Friends this is our meeting for February 12 2025 I'm going to call the meeting to order and under the rules of procedure for our body 2.3 we need to select a presiding officer Mr Martinez yeah I'd like to motion to make council member Reese the presiding officer until the vice mayor mayor arrive thank you so much and from Miss Anderson any other questions at this time hearing none I'll call for the question all those in favor please signify by saying I I I miss Ebert I know you're joining us can you hear me yes we can okay yes I thank you so much the motion carries unanimously thank you so much and again friends welcome uh to this meeting's uh there this month's first meeting we're on Valentine's Eve Eve I think and we'll start off with our normal course of business which is the Pledge of Allegiance um I'm going to ask David stippich uh where are you Mr stippich let's have you do that for us thank you David you're going to lead us in the pledge pledge allegiance 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 Mr stippich thank you so much for being here I want to recognize the members of our Reno engaged Leadership Institute who are here today these are city employees who have elected to spend some time learning about the city's operational side often times stepping out of their unique roles to just get a broader examination of what the City of Reno does and man are we happy to see all of you I know that each of you plays a critical role and function in the various departments in which you operate uh but knowing how other op other departments operate is really important plus it helps you knit yourselves together uh across different engaged areas and figure out uh how we can get things done better so thank you for being here super important program and we're honored that you would commit your time to it uh so thank you all for being here I'm going to uh turn my attention now Madam clerk to a roll call and ask you to do so thank you council member Reese we're calling roll for Wednesday February 12th Reno city council meeting vice mayor Taylor absent at this time council member door here Martinez here Ebert pres ree here Anderson here shivy absent at this time uh Council M you do have a quum of the Reno city council thank you so much we'll move on to item A3 public comment Madam clerk thank you A3 our first item today is public comment members of the public may hear observe and provide public comment by virtually registering through the following link which can be found on reno.gov meetings https col inli n n k s period re n o period G oov SLC u n c i l 02-12 it should be noted for those in the audience that comments are to be addressed to the mayor and Council as a whole comments heard under this item will be limited to 3 minutes per person and may pertain to matters both on and off the council's agenda Council may not take action upon any matter not agendized on today's agenda when you're called on for public comment please state your name for the record and begin speaking the timer will begin when you say your name and will be afforded 3 minutes for those participating in Chambers in accordance with Council rules 6.3.1 one while in this room please be respectful disrupted behavior from audience members like clapping yelling whistling Etc which impede the meeting May result in a warning issued by the presiding officer if this Behavior continues you may be removed from chambers if you're an attendee in the zoom meeting would like to make public comment please raise your hand at this time our first public commenter today is Mark marel followed by Terry Brooks good morning acting mayor and manager and the council members I'm sorry c c he my name is Mark marel and I a conern resident uh back in 89 I was involved in a more recall crash and and a drun riding crash and we rolled eight times and I was ejected and the car landed on my head now I'm just I'm telling you this people so you don't go through the same stuff I've been through uh I I I I I had the car land on head I'm not out there I'm just here to show you people and warn you people what can happen if you get in the car with the drun driver I I was the passenger and I I I think I already that but would I just want to remind people and show people and warn people not to ride with drunk driers take a taxi or a a bus or something just don't ride trunks thank you [Music] Mark Terry Brooks followed by Steven White good morning it's me Terry Brooks again and today I'd like to share with you some of my thoughts on employment and what seniors have to go through the older I get the more I remember so many different jobs that I've had some of those jobs were not so good some of them were not so bad I've learned that in most cases the longer someone has the same job the more they develop a system of working and they get a lot better at that job and after developing such a system of doing one job then they learn to develop such a system if and when they start another job so the longer someone works at whatever jobs they've had the more they learn how to efficiently work and at whatever jobs they've had and the longer they work somewhere then the more they get paid and the more they'll get from retirement benefits or from Investments that they've made I have had a lot of jobs through time my work would vary from a clay mine to a steel plant and eventually to a University library but sometimes as we get older it's harder to do our job when we're not as strong as we were when we started that job that's why I started with a standup hard work job and gradually evolved to a sitdown library job when I was young I didn't have a problem with swinging picks shovels or hammers all day when I got older I enjoyed sitting down and staring at a computer all day each job that I ever had was usually better than the one before so I learned to appreciate each job I had even more as people grow older in years they develop a reputation for doing a really good job at work and advancing to a new occupation and older people are also known for showing up at work on time so that makes feel even better as I'm riding this rhyme I would like to thank you all for listening to me today and I look forward to coming back and showing up on time that day thank you step white followed by Sam gettle good morning folks Step white um artist Advocate um what's the difference between a commercial vendor and artist anybody know it's really very simple you know a commercial vendor is subject to licenses and permits and fees and an outright ban on selling public property but a First Amendment protected fine artist is not subject to licenses or forit fees so what's the difference between the two they're both selling their artwork right the difference is that a fine Artist as defined by the ninth Circuit Court painting drawing scul cure photography printed self-expression engraving stained glass windows but only as art for art sake not as a functional window Music Theater dance and film are all forms of self-expression that have no other purpose than to be expressive therefore they rise to the full level of protection by the First Amendment what's interesting to me is that all across the United States over the last 40 years City governments and mainly City attorneys and and even State Attorneys have not recognized the fact that it's absolutely well settled by the United States Supreme Court that the sale of First Amendment protected material is also protected by the First Amendment and therefore in the ruling that I won against the 9th in the n9th circuit against the city of Sparks second sentence of that ruling we hold that an artist sale of his original artwork constitute speech protected by the First Amendment it's real important for City governments to understand that difference because on the one hand you can license commercial vendors on the other hand an artist is fully protected under the first amendment when they're selling their artwork for profit on public forums now it's the City attorney will tell you that city government can have time place and manner restrictions on first minute protected fee and this is true however what they fail to tell you is that those restrictions must be narrowly tailored to address a specific governmental need they must be equally applied to all speakers they must provide alternative venues and you know there's another one I forget what it is but anyway there's a lot of restrictions as to what you can place on First Amendment protected uh uh Speech how this all came about was uh when I started as an artist 53 years ago fine artists did fine art shows Crafters did craft shows and firey or seller vendors went to flea markets but when the Festival industry started they joined them all together and they threw fine artists into this commercial mix with all these commercial vendors and suddenly City governments all over the country decided that artists were no different than a commercial vendor and basically ran artists off of public property all over America I witnessed this firsthand in my life I spent 40 years on the road in an RV literally painting my way around America doing oil paintings so I'm trying to explain this to you so you'll have a better understanding of it thank you very much for your time and good good on you thank you so much Sam gettle followed by dale dale cazi hi my name is Sam GLE I'm here to honor um some of the Reno folks employees in in the um code enforcement I wanted to thank Ashley Frank Perez and Russell Hayes for curing a problem that we've had for 14 years and the leadership was wonderful we had a hellacious week during Christmas and New Year's um and they solved it and thank you very much because a lot of times people don't say nice things it's always complaints thank you so much sir Dale curiosi followed by David shakar good morning and we're not here to complain either we're here to thank you from the Nevada peer support network I'm Charlie Tano and Dale kazzi who both retired First Responders as everyone within our organization um we're here to thank you for all of your support over the last year or so from your discretionary funds to uh the funds that you approved for um the opiate settlement uh for us uh we've already working on plans to improve our Outreach for First Responders substance abuse uh currently we have two uh AA for first respond their classes that go on um at our resiliency Center in Reno and we want to improve that and make it open up to more people and do some more Outreach and again thank you for that um you know back in the uh when the Davis fire occurred we uh one of the fire chiefs came up to me uh actually was from Reno and said hey Charlie you guys have been out here for a long time with your uh firefighter incident support and Rehab unit taking care of us feeding us he say what happens if we get a fire in town a structure fire what do you guys do and I said we know we're working on that so uh thanks to um Reno Fire Chief and his staff we were offered and used ambulance that they were going to uh give off to auction so hopefully we'll be able to take possession of that really soon because that's going to be our our truck that if we do get two uh incidents that we can respond to each each one and um because we have been committed now to after last year we had three of these um Wildland incidents where we were out there for quite a few days so uh we just want to serve our First Responders uh again we are all have been in that boat we I know Dale's retired from Mareno fire as a captain many years working there and also a veteran and uh we've all been there where it's freezing cold and you come out and it's nice to have somebody hand you a cup of coffee especially from someone who knows what you've been doing and what you've experienced and the same in the summertime cool you down give you something sit down relax with us and um and we get it so that's uh all we want we wanted again thank you so much and hopefully our relationship with the city will will grow as time goes on because we're not getting any slower out there are we all right thank you thank you thank you for the work you do thank you David shakar followed by James Matthews good morning my name is name is David shakar I'm an independent artist um I put down here this picture to show you what art looks like in downtown Reno and Art became legal in here in Reno in April 2014 under uh mayor Hillary shivy with the assistance of Bob caselle and uh this big Burly Mountain Man here named Steve White he was a winning plth in that landmark of civil rights and artist cas white versus city of Sparks uh from the ninth circuit 2007 the citation is 500 Federal 3rd 953 and the important thing about that what Steve said is that art is uh protected by the first amendment that just because you sell your work on the public forum does not mean that you need a license or or permit but I wanted to talk about another thing about the public forum um last weekend a relative came to visit me and she is ambulatory and wanted to walk around the uh beautiful downtown uh downtown area and she got tired after a while we're looking for a bench to sit down there is a dir of benches in downtown Reno and that's that's problematic because when tourists come here they come here in cars and buses and they're walking around from one casino to another and they get a little bit tired and they want to sit down it was really difficult to find a bench and we couldn't find one so finally we had to go in one of the casinos and uh not that there's anything wrong with that we've got great restaurants and things like that but you shouldn't have to go into a casino to sit down um so I'd like to request the city Areno to consider allocating some of the the funds that you have the discretionary or or extra funds to put uh some public benches in downtown Reno um I have a suggestion that might be helpful and what that could be is certainly uh local businesses could sponsor that they could have a sign on their Bunch uh sponsored by a ABC company or whatever uh so I'd like you to please consider that about the uh viability and efficacy of putting benches in downtown Reno so the tourists could sit down so people could enjoy the city just a little bit more thank you James Matthews followed by Jerry mith said Madam clerk please note that the mayor is here good morning so yeah I'm here to address the issue about the issues I'm having with the Reno Police Department there is a run every out organization here just so you know okay there is a division in the police department where they harass black people and they torture them and do all kinds of weird stuff to get them out the city and I've been trying to get help for the past two years about the issue and nobody would help me and now I'm here to talk to you guys to see what's going on Mr masew they can't respond oh they can't no well who do I talk to then uh James Matthews James Matthew yes Tristan has my information thank you all right Jerry MTH said followed by Robin Palmer via Zoom glad you can make it me my name is Jerry Myer AKA Jerry the pizza man okay um you folks will not stop insulting me one of you called me up on the phone and called me a racist and I was homophobic I'll give that person an opportunity to apologize to me now I you're a coward a fat coward Mr this job Mr of racism Mr misfed Mexican hires you appointed you madam clerk can you turn off the mic please 10 jry remember if you can't say anything nice don't say anything at all if you can't say anything nice don't say anything at all any why he's paid off this guy is sick a business that a he [Music] from there what I said that to you thank you Jerry remember Walt Disney if you can't say anything nice don't say anything at all okay have a great day all right Madam clerk next hey Robin Palmer via Zoom followed by Nancy Anne leader Robin if you would unmute state your name for the record and begin speaking am I on you are thank you good morning Council I'm Robin Palmer climate and Community Advocate the administrative decision regarding data centers that is now Reno Municipal Code gives little guidance to your Planning Commission in reviewing data center permits the administrative decision does not address data center energy use water cons assumption environmental impacts on our community consequently the Planning Commission passed a resolution last week recommending that Reno city council temporarily pause new data center permits I support Reno city council adopting a pause on data centers until permitting requirements considering Community environmental impacts can be thoroughly flushed stop thank you for allowing me to comment Nancy an leader lader and I'm actually um in uh agreement with what Robin Palmer just testified about um I was at the Planning Commission meeting last week and I read the newspaper story on the front page I think it was yesterday's paper um Mr velto did uh take an issue with the Planning Commission but his issue was basically as I understand from what he said as I was sitting there listening was the word recommendation he just felt that the Planning Commission shouldn't make any recommendation to the city Council but that it should merely ask for some additional points um and I am I agree with those additional points I was concerned with the expansion of the word uh Warehouse because traditionally a warehouse is a place where physical objects are put in and then taken out so I looked around at other statutes and and I found a series of statutes in Nevada revised statutes that talk about warehouses and uh they're all addressing physical objects going in and coming out and some of them are discussing um semi-trucks taking the items in and bringing the items out and they're requiring things like noise abatement um how the uh trucks are are handled and that's the sense in which it would be very helpful to the Planning Commission and to the rest of the city residents for the council to um have an ordinance that defines data centers maybe as a Data Center and not as a warehouse of particular kind of a warehouse maybe but I'm concerned about water and particular I live in Ward for I'm administrator of an estate where the property the main property of the estate was in the path of the Davis fire so I watched how the Davis P fire was coming up it luckily thank goodness thank you to fire fighters um we were not ined but it's very very scary and then here Southern California didn't have water available I'm concerned with that also we apparently have a real housing shortage here in Reno and the data center apparently uses the same amount as 30 to 40,000 houses so by putting one data center in we don't put in 30 to 40,000 houses and perhaps we should address that before approving anymore thank you so much have a great morning am I hearing New York or Boston I feel like oh okay there you go I knew it was an Areno accident Madame mayor uh with that we have no additional public comment for the record we did receive seven 17 comments which were General in nature are not directly associated with an agenda item prior to 4 p.m. yesterday February 11th the these comments were written correspondents received via our reno.gov online public comment form or by emails to our office copies of these have been distributed to the Reno city council and are available to the public on reno.gov meetings three letters of support five letters of opposition and nine letters of concern with that we have no additional public comment and we're moving on to item A4 approval of the agenda okay thank you so much at this time I'm actually going to hand it over city manager Jackie Bryant for updates thank you madam mayor the plan today is to hear our consent agenda and and any pulled items and then immediately after that we will hear item D Delta 3 which is a guest presentation from the flood Authority then we will move to item D Delta 1 which is an informational overview of the reimagine Reno master plan following that we will hear item C1 this afternoon no earlier than 2: PM we will hear item D2 which is another guest presentation with judge burche from the Reno Justice Court then we will follow up with our ordinance adoptions F12 and three and we will finish the appointment uh with items G1 through G7 following that we will open the RDA you thank you manager Bryant I have a something to add real quick go ahead um I just noticed in the agenda last night on the Redevelopment portion there's um a an error with some information um with the the date of the resolution that we need to sign off on it shows that council member breus was a nay on the November 20th vote but she was no longer on council at that time so I don't know if that matters we'll go ahead and address that during a break and make sure the attorneys can weigh in and then we'll make any corrections that are necessary before we open the RDA great thank you mam mayor I'll move to approve the agenda all right so I have a motion to approve either second all those in favor say I I all those opposed motion carries unanimously all right uh approval of the minutes A5 can I get a motion so move have a motion I have a second all those in favor say I I all those opposed motion carries unanimously all right we're going to head into consent uh Madam clerk do you have any public comment Madame mayor we do not have any public comment registered to speak for the record we did receive one letter or I'm sorry we did receive one letter of Correspondence in support of an item and that has been distributed to Reno city council okay thank you so much okay at this time I'm going to start to my right uh councilwoman Anderson do you have anything you want to pull off the consent agenda councilman Martinez no councilman Reese nothing Madam mayor councilman no council woman Ebert yeah I'd like to pull um B9 B10 b11 um B12 B13 B5 and B1 17 and I think B5 and 17 look like they could probably be pulled at the same time okay can you um just give me those again oh yeah yeah okay B9 B1 B B1 B1 mhm B13 B5 and 17 15 17 yeah okay perfect and you should be quick I don't okay no no don't worry about it it's all good um with that being said oh uh we did pull b11 that's the one I wanted to pull as well okay with that being said can I have a motion to approve all other agenda items so moved a motion I have a second all those in favor say I I all those opposed motion carries okay we're going to head into item B9 and this is the Reno Police Department do we have anyone here would you like to get up and speak up no no one's here he's like oh no she's calling on me can we Trail the item Madam mayor okay we'll come back it all right thanks so much we're going to come back to that Council you be okay B10 same thing and B1 jump to B1 yes let's hear about B1 do we not have anyone from fire or police okay all right B13 um yeah B13 well you're here good to see you you too I'm Matt Taylor assistant Finance director for the City of Reno um B13 has a request to transfer $1.5 million out of the Surplus and deficiency fund into the general fund These funds have been accumulated over many years and their payments from special assessment districts that are in excess over what has been approved or what has been assessed and after the reconciliation process in a special assessment District um has been closed out and property owners have been refunded their um payments that they've overpaid any excess payments the city gets to keep and put into this excess deficiency account to um offset future shortages out of assessment districts and under NRS we allowed to pull out um any amount over the 10% of outstanding special assessment districts and put it into the general fund okay so are these the funds that we're going to be discussing for redevelopment funds or how is that separate um these are not for redevelopment funds we're planning on using these funds to offset shortages in in this next budget cycle so these are from a special assess M area you said um they're from special assessment districts that have been over the past multiple decades accumulated so is this a one-time deal or is this kind of getting like closed down after this kind of true up this is a one-time deal that we can take and then as long as we have special assessment districts ongoing any excess could go back into the fund but we have to do this calculation every year so once we do it this year we won't be able to do it again for a while yeah cuz it'll take a while for to accumulate okay and it just so happens to be what was the amount again just 1505 1.5 million like exactly um it's a little bit over 1.5 but we're leaving the access in the fund to offset in case there shortages great and it just goes into the general fund correct okay and this isn't something that we would normally use for any other fund like a contingency fund or um any legal fund the funds that are in there can be used to offset if they shortages if there's special assessments that haven't made their payments These funds would be used to offset those but then there's the excess over the top that we're allowed to take and it's still leaving about $300,000 in the fund to offset shortages in the future yeah but the these funds like maybe this has never happened before but it does it have to go into the general fund hold on one second mayor uh um sorry city manager Bryant I know she wanted to weigh in yeah council member Ebert Jackie Bryant for the record and what we will be doing is bringing this amount back to you as part of the budget process and and figuring out how to deal with the deficit for FY 26 so basically what we're going to say is that we have cured some of the deficit with a proposed $1.5 million um transfer from the sad it just takes a two-step process so this is the first stop stop in the process and we'll be back during the budget cycle but we're not doing anything else with this money because we need to come back and put this in order to cover the deficit for FY 26 that's correct okay thank you I I feel like I think what you were trying to say is that um would this money go to some specific area I I feel like that's what yeah and no only at council's direction would it go anywhere it's not an Enterprise fund like the building Enterprise fund or the RDA um this money is going into the general fund we're going to siphon it off not let anybody spend it we're going to come back to you in March and talk about using it to offset the deficit in FY 26 okay and there's no um like requirements on it I know that there's some funds that like we have to use on sewer we have to use it doesn't have to go to specific use correct okay okay thank you I think that's it on questions for me okay all right give me um oh go ahead Council and yeah I'm I was appreciative I almost pulled this item it was the only one I had circled because in it may have come up before but I just don't recall that it's come up in the last 10 years it has not come up in since I've been with the city at least in the last 15 years yeah and I hadn't pulled it on my um agenda briefing with staff but then I saw it later and so um I think what um council member Ebert was getting at two is could we put it in the contingency fund for this year but I think we're hearing don't spend it on anything including contingency fund uh save it for and it's a considered a one shot right I mean it's not a recurring fund it's just a onetime maybe in 40 or 50 years we might have another million but we'll talk sounds like it took a long time to get to this point right okay thank you okay thank you all right give me a motion oh oh want to give a motion yeah I'll make a motion to approve all right I have a motion I have a second all those in favor say I I all those opposed motion carries please and fire here if you want to go back okay uh we're now going to go back to B9 uh cuz I believe we have Chief Nance here hi hi Chief no we know you're busy we normally have way more public comments too we we had it kind of light today so surprised me and I had to put gas in my car so oh yeah I don't want to run out of gas on the way here it happens so I just wanted to talk about um these grants um one is for $211,000 and some change the other one is for $44,000 just kind of what what we're using it for and it looks like one of them is gets divided out amongst um Reno Washo County Sheriffs and Sparks um just how that how that works is it one of those that uh Reno applies for and then we get the funds and we distribute out do we have assistance in applying for these funds or how does that work so on this this is a cheap dance for the record this is an uh inter local um agreement that we have with wasow County and Sparks and they are it's funding that comes through that we have to apply for and we then split with the county and Sparks so we are the holders of the funds we apply for it uh they then uh tell us what they're going to spend it on we put that into the application process um theirs is different than ours and then we they spend it and we reimburse them out of the funds as we're the manager and Keeper of the funds so they do part of the process too this isn't something that we do all of the work on and then we also um do the accounting work of Distributing the funds as well they're involved in that process we do all of the work on this grant they provide us information about what they will be using their funds for okay okay um and does their their um uses or whatever they present to us help determine what kind of fund we're going to get or what kind of Grant we're going to get no the amount the dollar amount is predetermined and then we apply then we say what we're going to use it for okay and is there a requirement that we also share the money with with Washo County and Sparks is that part of the grant requirement yes that is part of the grant requirement okay okay um so that was mainly for the first one B uh B9 so for B10 um this one says for Department of Public Safety Office of Criminal Justice assistance to the City of Reno Police Department for breaching equipment in the amount of 44,000 this one just goes to Reno we don't share this with anybody yes this is the Nevada Department of Public Safety so this is a state grant that we utilize and it's only ours okay and then just kind of high level what what do we use these funds for these is for breaching equipment so it is to assist officers with making entry into uh businesses or homes that uh where they can't get in in any other way so it's uh tools that allow us to enter the house or a business so would can I just get a couple more seconds would you allow thank you um so would this be like equipment that every officer has or would this be mainly like specialized teams that are maybe issu uh going through with warrants or something like that this is equipment that can be available for patrol use also so it can be spread out through the department depending on where it's needed but it's not standard issue like every police car doesn't have one of these or is it most likely we will not have them in every police car it depends on um how many of the pieces of equipment we can buy where we deploy them in the needs okay okay um thank you I think that's it for me if anybody else has questions uh yeah absolutely I'll make a motion to approve all right thank you I have a motion I have a second all those in favor say I all those opposed motion carries okay thanks so much going back to you Council neber um okay so which one are we on now we did we're on item b11 b11 so this one is fire department do we have somebody from fire oh hi so um just wanted to talk about this a little bit Fire's kind of um a Hot Topic lately with the talks about regionalization and everything so just wanted to kind of talk about um what this is um used for and is this something that will potentially be um shared across borders if we start doing um unrestricted Auto a across Washo County and Sparks as well so so we have this Gear with fire so this is just a grant related to fuel mitigation it has nothing to do with our realization however we did coordinate with Sparks and TM we are going to offer the dumpsters to anybody within Waste Management's jurisdiction so it does go into Sparks and it does go into Tia okay so it will be a regional benefit it will be okay do we know if anyone else in the region is applying for things like this um so the State Farm one you have to be invited to apply for their grants don't I can't speak to what other departments are applying for but I know I try to get as many fuel mitigation grants as I can I'm working on one right now yeah so I hope that Sparks and Washo County would also share this benefit with us if they if they receive this type of money as well or opportunity it also depends on the grant type too and the parameters but I mean for this one for the fuel stuff like you know we are really in discussions about how fired doesn't respect boundaries so it' be great if they would also share with us I'm not saying they don't I'm just hopeful that they do I will reach out to their grants coordinators and see what they have going on and see if there's something we could do that be great that might be a piece that we need to start um including in these discussions even if we don't you know fully regionalize um where we can kind of work together might be great so thank you welcome right go ahead yeah um thank you too um for pulling this because is I did have a question I was going to ask you offline but now you're here um so I've recently had some residents that have reached out to me wanting to do fuels reduction behind their property and it's actually on Reno they say it's Reno owned land I don't know that for sure but that's what they say um do you have priorities or how do I get these people in touch with you or is that appropriate for them to call you or how's this work um they are more than welcome to reach out to our fire prevention team they can help them coordinate those kind of efforts um this is specific to private property this grant though but we can definitely work with them to figure out what options well it may be private prop they may not know whose property it is it's just undeveloped land yep you know and so why especially private property versus our city property um because we don't have the crews to go in and actually pull the all the brush down and all the grasses out this is just the dumpster going to somebody's house so they can do the clean up in their property okay I didn't understand okay so maybe they would have to organize a community cleanup but at least the dumpster would be there yes gotcha okay thank you you're welcome just one quick question sorry one quick question Madam here um it looks like in the staff report you noted that F homes were able to apply through an online application does that mean the application process is already closed no it has not opened it won't open until probably early March okay but and then it's open until we we have no more dumpsters to give out awesome just making sure that folks still have the opportunity thank you so much welcome Madame mayor we're moving on to item B15 pulled by council member Ebert and I think we could do um B15 and B17 kind of at at the same time maybe um I lost the other page of my thing um oh here it is I got it got it thank you um so this is one of them is donating uh an ambulance to peer network of um nevad peer support um incident uh Support Program um and also um donation of funds to Nevada peer support network so I just wanted to talk about things that we're doing um outside of the discussion of regionalization but just supporting um the efforts of um working together as a community to not just address fires across borders but also support our firefighters and First Responders across borders as well so I don't know if anybody wants to absolutely uh division Chief Pete Bryant with the Reno Fire Department good morning everybody um Charlie why don't you come on up too in case there's any questions from peer support network um to speak to um your point about the the community effort here what this particular item is is we um recently purchased a new ambulance for for use in the renal fire department to replace an older existing ambulance and this is the item so we would look normally to auction these surplus vehicles and then uh they people would make a camper out of them or do whatever they do do with them we thought that this would be a great opportunity for the city and the department to support the Nevada peer support network by having them repurpose this ambulance into something that can be used for all First Responders in the community you know these there's no borders like you've said with the fires and everything that this item is going to be used uh by the peer support network for whether it might be Reno fires it might be trucking Meadows it might be the forest service it might be most likely all of us together like we have uh these big incidents so um it is 100% in support of what you're describing yeah that's great Charlie anything to uh just want to thank you again I did this earlier but um it gives us a great opportunity to have two incident support units and again because we were stuck at that Davis fire for four days taking care of our First Responders and M de asked me he said hey suppose we get a big fire in Arena what are we supposed to do and I said you know we're going to work on that so this is going to give us that ability to have two different units and yes we go across lines if you look at the side of our incident support truck we have the emblem for Reno fire Sparks trucky Meadows incline Carson we have everybody there we we we take care of everyone we claim to be Switzerland and that's the way we want to keep it uh and we're here to serve everyone yeah Mr Tano if you'll state your name into the microphone for the record too it's Charles but you can call me Charlie tabano ta a b o um my time's up but I do have a couple other things yeah I just want to say thank you for your your work I know that it's such a high stress job and extreme job you know especially when we have fires in the summer and all the gear the firefighters have to wear I can't imagine how hot it is and physically exhausting so it's great that you and your organization are stepping up to support um our First Responders you guys know how hard it is and um I think it's wonderful what you do and um just thank you um for for all your support to our our for firefighters appreciate that um and it's just a little part of what we do mental health is our number one uh Mission uh just two weeks ago we did a u debriefing up at beckworth at the beckworth Peak fire district uh they had a strike team that went to LA and they had a really bad incident that occurred there so uh you mentioned talking about crossing boundaries um we we drove up there and did uh two debriefings for them and helped them out and actually got one of their firefighters into one of our to see one of our therapists which I think is uh kind of what we do and that's really rewarding that's wonderful that's wonderful and also to have more than one vehicle you know unfortunately with fire risk uh increasing it's quite likely that we'll have fires in multiple locations so um you know it's it's um unfortunate that we need it but I'm grateful that we'll have it so thank you again appreciate it okay um motion to approve items B15 and B17 thank you I have a motion second I all those opposed motion carries all right thanks thank you than okay Madam clerk thank you Madame mayor that closes out our consent agenda and I'm just trying to go back to city manager notes Here item D3 D1 oh D3 um D3 okay do we have any public comment on this item we do not have any public comment registered and we have not received any corresponden on this item all right we have George here from the trucky Meadows flood project so nice to see you I thought that was you but you know I'm not seeing very well I guess I've aged quite a bit or something no you great hi George hi so thanks for coming thank you um so it's great to be here great to see my uh board members here as well Miguel and Naomi uh or I should I say councilman Martinez and dur and um I'm just really happy to come to you and and be able to present this so why don't we just go go ahead and forward the slide so I can get into this uh presentation a little bit or do I forward it oh okay wow I got okay all right well so basically um there's a different people on this board from somebody that was just recently elected all the way to somebody that used to have my job so there's like a a very uh difference of familiarity with our program so just to give an overview uh turfa is a joint effort among the cities of Reno spark Sparks and wasel County and numerous other stakeholders to reduce the devastating impacts of flooding along the trucky River um turfa builds infrastructure that's what we that's one of our main things to reduce flood damages Safeguard public health and create a more resilient Community the primary funding of turo was ped by wasow County Commission in 1998 after the 1997 flood it was A8 Cent sales tax it is previously gone to fund the EOC the EOC Training Center uh purchases a property along uh Rock and McCaron along Mill Street um and other projects such as a uh Levy and flood wall near the renal Sparks Indian tribe area where the Walmart is near GSR uh turfa was moved out from under the county in 2011 as a joint Powers Authority Under State Statute and a Cooperative agreement so there is a severalfold mission of turfa that I'm going to try boil down into three statements we try to imp improve flood plane planning management by improving modeling and mapping of the flood plane and giving advice and information to everyone so along those lines we just finished a big project where we've been updating the uh flood map for the entire area of the trucky River and some of the backwat so from that I mean there's been a lot of spin-offs a lot of work being done and it's already being used even though it's not approved as the new flood map yet um we also work on First Responders during flood events um giving them information about flooding impact for instance with our new mapping that we have we can tell a fire department or a police department hey you're going to you're going to encounter 3 ft of water in about 6 hours in this location so you better get in there quick or you better use a boat or things of that nature or don't put your um place where you're going to have people go to for evacuation here because it's going to flood we can do things like that with our mapping now and the information we have finally we build flood mitigation infrastructure like below this is the area near uh the Walmart for the renal Sparks Indian tribe um and one of our biggest projects and this is part of it is the trucky Meadows flood project which I'll get into in a minute but on top of that we also do other targeted projects which Reno were really work closely with Reno on several of these projects so why is there a turf you know because we have different people with different levels of um familiarity with us the reason why is is you can look at on this map um everything in red would be taken out of this map uh for flooding that includes the airport that includes GSR that includes the Reno Industrial Area the Sparks industrial area in fact if there was a 1997 type flood from a UNR study in 2018 the total economic impact of it is over $2 billion in this area alone yeah I mean just think about that minute two billion dollars in economic damage that's losses of tax revenue that's people losing their jobs that's interruptions and so it's a big deal to protect these areas and get them out of that in addition the water going through these industrial areas back into the river going down to a terminal lake called Pyramid Lake puts a a lot of toxins in that Lake that probably shouldn't be put in there so because of these things it's very important to do these uh mitigation projects these heavyduty infrastructure projects and that is what our Capital Improvement plan is about is all the mitigation projects that we're doing over the course of time uh to try to ensure that the water only stays in the blue area not in the red area so in addition to the trucking Meadows flood project which is done because it has the highest benefit cost ratio in fact if you look at the cost forward of this it would probably be about 3: one which is a very high BC ratio um the projects are interrelated um so there's things like uh if you do rock McCarron which in addition to protecting from people for the flood we don't even know the economic benefits of a park that would be installed there and all the things that would go on at that Park that Park would have areas for nature viewing that exceed what we actually have now in Reno at at at the current Nature Park it would also it be on par with many of the parks and Reno for flat fields and other other things for recreation so it has a lot of side benefits in just not just flooding uh it also can improve habitat while we're doing this but all these are related to each other without all of them the areas still get flooded so they have to all be built to be totally effective and take that red out of the area in that previous map so in addition to that project which is a big deal we do do targeted projects and as people in this room are very well aware this is one of them this is the Riverside area there's been an ongoing dispute with the core of engineers and the Carson trucky Watershed Conservancy District about containing the flows in there and we since I've been man since I've been the uh director I have been eager to help solve that problem and so we have we have put together uh studies on it we have worked with cwsd on designs and we are willing to actually work with Reno and just give you money so that you can do get this up 14,000 a 50-year event and protect this area better and get out of this dispute with the Army Corps of Engineers we want to do it in such a way that all along we've been working very closely with your staff but we want to do it in such a way we don't like totally mess up this neighborhood so that you know and and change it in ways that don't want to you guys probably don't want it to be changed so anyways that's one of that's just one of our targeted projects we ALS also have uh in the Hidden Valley area we have home raises which has been going on for quite some time that's a targeted project we also have mitigation projects and the Wadsworth Bridge down in Wadsworth is being replaced in fact uh day after tomorrow it goes out for bid uh to be replaced and and that will improve flood conditions in that area and also allow the community to have a better Bridge that's not dilapidated anymore uh that bridge actually your feet can go through it and it's not very safe right now so in a in a a Capital Improvements plan you have a look at all the expenses that you're going to spend on capital projects over the next 5 years this is our CIP components of cost forward total this actually is slightly more than 5 years because I have put all our programs into five years I want to get done with our project in 5 years we have waited long enough for flood control we have just been deauthorized from the core of engineers we can move on our own we can do our own thing and we can move forward so we're moving aggressively on permitting and we are working to have financing to do this all within the 5-year period except for some post construction activities that you can see in that one column there of about about 1.5 million and then another thing for 50,000 but the rest of it we're trying to get done by the 2029 2030 um budget year and if you see another thing that you have in the CIP is bye the expenses right now we have saved $62 million and we did that so we would not have to pay so much money in bonding or loan costs and because of that it brings our costs way down and allows us to start the project if you look at the uh fiscal year 25 26 26 27 we have the money to do that it's only when we get to 2728 we have to start borrowing money and we have found and identified a Federal Loan program that we have fairly good confidence even in the new Administration that they will be bullish on that we could fund this and give us a loan at lower costs than bonding rates with that we can we would need to bond roughly $100 million or or loan and and we can complete this project so this leads me to my final slide which is financing and I already told you about the 62 million and we also have about 10 million a year we can put towards capital projects that we've been saving uh and we have put money into things before already for instance we went into a $17 million mitigation agreement with the Pyramid Lake pyute tribe uh in the last year uh but we still have that 62 million in the 10 million a year and based on cash flow we will run out in 2728 um and turma is looking at this infrastructure Loan program it is from the core of engineers but only for programs they're deauthorized um so anyway based on this we can build this thing we have the money it's just a matter of getting our our our permitting and carrying this forward and that's where we're at right now and I think it's a good place to be and thank you for your time all right George thank you so much okay we're going to go into questions Council M dur I know you have some I'm sure um well thank you well great job George um um could you go back to the page that has all the detail on the projects and just a few quick questions um I think you passed it it the summary of the dollars oh that one okay so this is a list you have like uh seven projects as part of the meadows and then you call something targeted what what's a targeted project I haven't heard that term before well yeah the in the past I think you would have called them a traction project when you were I don't know I don't know what Target it is so okay what they are is is they're not necessarily on our program on a certain year or something like that but if we have Cooperators like the City of Reno or or others okay or we have a mitigation need we target that project even though it's not in our plans gotcha and then on this list we have Grand Sierra assist but we also have airport burm Terrace now I haven't heard those project called those things so I'm I'm not really sure which projects those are so they seem to be about the same thing but could you tell us what those are about sure the Grand Sierra is a long Grand Sierra on that South Bank uh that's where that is and then Bank of the trucky South Bank of the trucky and then the airport is immediately Downstream along the bank where the airport comes out where you see all that land same area just Downstream yeah same area now um and when you know Grant Sierra is planning some Grand plans and um to Total about a billion dollars and I guess I'm wondering would they be building like for example when the ball field went in they built the flood uh improvements that were needed ra it had always been in the flood project plans but they built it have you talked to the Grand Sierra like do we still need to spend this 2 and a half million or is that something it it is a budget item they their plans have changed several times and we talk with them all the time uh we're we're in the room so to speak and they're going to spend most the money on that so I I think of it more like where we were with Walmart where Walmart did spend a lot of money on the BM and the or the levy and the flood wall so but but we we spent a little bit on it as well yeah well we actually worked with them to get them to spend the 2.2 million it's not that they volunteered it so I think it have to be the same kind of thing where um you know you have a broad project and you're looking at what the Grand Sierra cost share would be and then um finally I wanted to ask and I might have to have a second round is about this Riverside Drive project so last time I heard at the flood project meeting that it was $5 million but I see $3 million and I'm wondering what the difference might be um I don't know where you got the 5 million but it's at the meeting present I don't remember 5 million I do remember the actual um estimates from the engineer are 1 million for the one area uh that where you do the the path which is a maintenance activity and then the 2 million is for the flood wall Upstream of boo Street bridge that are the latest estimates okay all right someone else Madam mayor thank you so much thank you for the presentation um so I'll admit that I don't know a lot about turfa and what I do know I hear in bits and pieces over time so please bear with me I have some basic foundational questions so first of all where does the money that turma operates with where does it come from okay that that comes from a 1/8 Cent sales tax that was passed in 1998 by Washo County okay so it is all Washo County residents within the boundaries of wo County yes pay for it okay well I mean anybody comes here pay sales tax yes understand um um let me also ask is it like a joint Powers Authority how does it uh derive its powers it is a joint Powers Authority it's also in uh the Nevada legislature it's under statute okay and so what is um your accountability then as the Director is to the board who uh is from various jurisdictions it makes up the board is that accurate that's correct there's six on my board two from Reno two from Sparks and two from the county okay and there was a time although historically in the past where any one vote could block an item is that accurate and and now that no longer is the case that was changed a few years ago um perfect so now we're we're operating from the same playing field I want to talk specifically about and I I'm not sure which one of these addresses the specificity of it but that area along Rock and McCarron so it's what I think of as the future home we hope maybe for a park is that which project up there would I be talking about you would be talking about rock McCarron the $ 65.5 million project so just tell me more about that because that seems to me very exciting and the opportunity there to create more recreational opportunities while also creating flood storage and mitigation it just seems great so tell me what the status is what we looking at like a timeline how we're going to get there just the the good news of it rather than the minutia of the operational stuff that I've already asked about okay the the good news is it's in design so we're doing a a full-on design up to 60% which means we can take that to permitting we're also putting that staggering that as the number two project after Vista Narrows because Vista and arrows needs to be done first to lower the water levels for mitigation so Vista and arrows is first now Rock McCarron is second and we are in the process of Designing we've also gotten a grant for the design as well to help us with that um and on March 12th at the McKinley Arts Center we are going to have a a community meeting about that and anybody's invited um you know if you'd like to come to that we'd love to have you we just developed a couple of uh videos about our project that are you know like one of them's called it could happen tomorrow about the flooding and those are going to Premier at that me meeting and uh it's it should be a very good meeting we're going to have uh stations and people can go around look at things so but that is ongoing by the end of the year we should have a design and then we're going to keep pushing to get that into uh a build I'm trying to speed it up actually amazing and so for my part um your statement today is that the $59 million uh for that project hopefully based on the design element that you're going through right now will in will create both flood storage and a park I mean it's not one without the other is it right it it's it may not be every little aspect of the park but everything will be graded as a park okay well I mean certainly I hope it's more than grading right I mean if you just have parking lots there would be yeah okay well I'm very excited about it and it's sort of the thing that I am most interested in knowing about and maybe we can take the remainder of my inquiry offline but for my part this is a a very important component of that side of the community uh and the ability to have more flat Fields there really resonates and speaks to me yeah the way I put it is Vista nrows is foundational but this is the Jewel of the project and I think um Mrs dur would agree to that as well and you know that it's very important thank you yeah yeah and I'm sorry if I missed this because we were talking about this up here a little bit too but um have the colonies been included in these discussions at all in which discussions they are they are actually a partner with us we actually have an agreement with them to maintain the uh the flood wall and the uh Levy that was buil okay so we're in constant contact with them we're also in constant contact with the pyramid Pou tribe as best as possible great great as well we have a big agreement with them as well okay so looking through here to um is there anything that you guys are working on for the north Valley's area or is this just strictly through the downtown or the our jurisdiction under statute and under we have what's called a a plan that we you know what we can do and not do it is for the trucky River in Backwater areas so It generally is for that okay all right so not North Valleys that isn't a trucky River thing yeah yeah understood um and then this is not and again forgive me um I was having a little bit of discussion about another part of this does this flood into where the Pembrook fields are at all or is that yes okay so that's the flooding area for the park yes and I'm we've been working with some people people um and and uh councilman Martinez about you know what what some options might be and how to improve things etc etc but that's more of an advisory role okay yeah so does the park itself become the you know containment area for the Overflow that's to be determined I'm you know that's not my call we're just advising potentially that's where it could be the flat Fields could end up being the yes that's possible definely okay okay um all right thank you uh when would we find out about that is that just you know part of the process will will anybody be coming back to talk with us about that during a council meeting I think that that would probably be more on the whoever's developing this and and pressing it forward all we're doing is giving them information modeling so that they can really do an informed design and better design got got it okay thank you than you okay anyone else go right ahead hi hi thank you mad may see you thank you thank you for being here I appreciate your time and the information I have a couple of questions um and I think this might be a theme we we understand you have uh the means to do projects you have the resources to do projects so we're all very excited about getting these projects uh completed my first question is when is the CIP list updated how often do you update your list and I understand you have a BC process that you go through and then my second question is um near and dear to my heart the Wells Street there's a project I think the old well Street Bridge so I'd like a little bit more information on the detail when that is going to be coming towards um fruition and again how often do you update your CIP thank you the CIT the CIP is required to be updated every year and we do it in March I was coming around to hear feedback and stuff before I do it that that's it's just this is a very useful process for me to hear your comments and questions um regarding Well street we we did have that on our um project list and we were interested in doing that and we were going to build a pedestrian bridge but the landing point of the pedestrian bridge was privatized so that kind of kashed it for a while um but you're probably talking about that underbridge right exactly something that's still on our list but it's not um imminent or anything it's not on this list right not on this list no but it's on our list we have an something called a mapbook and it's in that and that's something that could happen in the future it's just a matter of you know putting together the partners it's a targeted project just like Riverside is so to speak so I guess as a followup for an action Madam managers maybe I can work with my other partners on the on your board and you to see how we might get that back on the project list that because that area we're really trying to invest in as a city and new neighborhoods I just came from the University Village um from UNR and uh that would be very that would be very helpful to me okay thank you very much all right councilman Martinez thank you so much M thank you Dr robon for the presentation I don't have any questions I just really wanted to thank you for making your rounds it looks like you're uh taking your Pres presentation to all the local jurisdictions and making sure that you're getting that feedback to that we're better informed for the CIP approval that's coming up um and the budgeting I also wanted to commend you for uh two things one is uh working so collaboratively with everybody on the projects that we have going on especially Riverside and thank you for highlighting the work that's going on there um I know the deauthorization from the core definitely helped improve the design of that space um and then the other one was looking at funding mechanisms to get these projects moving forward I know you and I have had multiple conversations about that and how we actually push forward one of the first things that I heard from other board members when I first got on the board for turfa was you know the lack of action over the last several years and so it really looks like we're making some progress and we're seeing some of that move forward so I just wanted to commend you for your time and energy in moving those those projects forward and the funding mechanisms to get those done so so I think your goal is to get them done by 2030 from what I understand at least the ones that are on the CIP list currently mhm yes okay awesome thank you so much Madam mayor thank you Dr Rosen all right I don't have anything thank you all right go ahead counc thank you um few follow-up questions thanks George um and I I did want to comment I don't recall you doing this precip visit so I'm really glad to see it um now um you you just answered a question saying that it's going to you hope to finish everything in 5 years and I guess I wanted to say is that realistic are you saying the 185 million or the 192 million what what do you hope to accomplish in five years I I am hoping to accomplish uh everything on that list except for the Post construction okay and and um if I pull on the next slide you can see the expenditures per year right um yeah that's that's the goal the only thing I think that can disrupt that goal is permitting okay because I do I had very good talks with the loan agent and I think it's going to continue in the new Administration well on the permitting I mean uh you've been trying to get vist and arrows permitted I think for three or more years is that right yeah and so what I'm worried about is exactly that that I I am I feel like this is a little bit optimistic in terms of you know reality testing in terms of the permitting especially for these three big projects the uh what what had been called Millan McCaron the these these Lev this North Bank Levy which I assume is in Sparks and this uh vistan Aros you just got that one you have the permitting now right no we do not have the permit yet for Vista what and and the key to the permitting is Vista Narrows we did a cumulative effects analysis of the whole project so if they permit Vista they're implicitly okay cultive effect so it makes the permitting easier going the road we've started down below two big things yeah deauthorization signed by President Biden on January 4th and the tribal agreement with the Pyramid Lake P tribe which was the main obstacle to us getting permitted that was huge I mean we I went down for the the signing ceremony with the um pman Lake P tribe and I mean it was remarkable that we achieved that um we gave them for the benefit of the board $17 million um as help with a mitigation offset so I wanted to just quickly I only have a little time left um ask about Riverside so you said you have it on your list so you're at you're committing to build it I mean 3 million looks like a bit of a placeholder um you're committing whatever it takes to build that is that what you're saying yes um that's that's right it's an approximate amount yeah I got it estimate right could be less could be more um and then on Mill McCarron the The Meadows project um definitely I actually cried at the at flood project when that was authorized by the team it was so such a long time in coming but I was a little concerned about something you just said that you would level the fields but not build them and um that was not my understanding is that something the board can discuss about what our responsibility is since Recreation is listed in our legislation as a key component I don't think it meant half you know part of the recreation so well I I think what we're talking about here is you can have Fields you can have them seated you can have them rolled you can have them you can have uh amphitheaters you can have a bridge over the river there's just a lot of things that can happen so I think it's up to our board to decide how far to go with that that's what I thought too but when you you were kind of precise when answering um member Reese's comment that and it seemed like you had drawn a bright line with leveling versus building and I wasn't sure that's why I don't have the authority to draw that line okay and then one final question so I was really pleased to see you're having a public meeting about this project the only thing that gave me pause is it's on the same day as our council meeting and we often have evening uh hearings and so and that you know might affect well all of us any of us that would like to attend um you know I know you've already advertised that one but is that something that you could avoid going forward um any one of the three jurisdictions our meeting day is not a good day to have a meeting okay okay does that make sense absolutely okay all right um that's it for the moment thank you all right any further questions um George okay so let's talk about this Meadows project um I have been hearing this forever and ever and ever and ever and ever I'm aware and I'm afraid that it's not going to happen I think we just talk about and talk about it how can you get this to fruition um I mean I just think it's so long overdue and and what I love about you is that you were really passionate about this project and so I want to see it under your leadership what can you do to get this to come to fruition okay well when I took over in 2019 the first thing I saw was the core really did not want to work with us yeah so I corrected that by putting a stop order and start saving money and that's why we have 62 million in the bank um for projects secondly I started saying we need to deauthorize they will not accept our plan we don't like their plan and they weren't even being sincere about their plan so I we worked on that took a while to convince certain you know certain people and I get that but we finally got that we worked with our lobbyist we got it done it got signed just in January so it took us a while to get that done and I think Co had a lot to do with that then secondly the in 20120 I approached The Pyramid Lake P Tri and I said look I want to work with you whatever we do we want to make it better for you what we want the outcome of this whole project to be better for you here's thing good things about it here's bad things about it here's what can we do for mitigation and so we worked on that for years and we finally got that done in October of last year so that's what I have done now what I'm doing is I'm pushing these design projects forward and I'm working on financing so I can do it rapidly how much do you think this is going to cost uh $192 million forward really cuz I just I look at it as fields and why is that so well that he meant all the projects but for Millan McCarron he has 65 million and so tell me why 65 million well we have to build levies on both sides to protect the the industrial areas um we also it what we're trying to do here we're not just building a park with some fields we are going to open up that River and let it Meander a bit and it's going to be it's just amazing what we're doing we're actually letting that River become more natural so there's a lot of moving of dirt that we have to do to accomplish that and it's very tricky and we're we're you know there's just a lot to it okay when are you going to start that well we have that scheduled to start in fiscal year 27 okay the construction we're already designing it okay so but that seems so long how long are you going to be there how long well they just gave me a a a bonus if I stay until 27 so I I have to stay the whole time to get that bonus so okay yeah Ed Lawson did that to me anyway but that's is that's probably the end for me I'm getting old you hear my voice you got to get that you got to get that one that's going to be your legacy yeah and um I'm hoping it'll be a lot of your legacies too I know um councilman door yourself it's sat on that board and it's you're part of the Legacy and now I can see uh councilman ree is excited and councilman Martinez it's all of our Legacy yeah that's awesome all right well thanks George we appreciate you can I ask one last question M just because your comments were so timely and I I and thoughtful that I wanted to ask so um tell me again the price tag for The Meadows project cuz you've moved gone from that um it's uh it's roughly $65 million and here's what I want to make sure I am not hearing I I don't want you to tell me that we're going to spend 64 million on the levies and the Meandering which leaves you a million for the park right I mean I hope what we're getting is everything in that area that we can get we will get is that a fair way to characterize it I think that's a fair way to characterize it and I think it's important for advocat see you have councilman Martinez obviously councilman door is going to be fighting for every Park feature possible and they'll be others as well I think so I am governed by a board I don't create policy I execute policy and I just I wanted people to be informed but that it's really up to my board to do that and I and I have confidence in my board I I do too all good people I I suppose that I'm speaking to my colleagues on this body who then go over and represent the interest of the city of that body uh there in lies My Hope a that we get going right that we get this built in our lifetimes right uh B that um the 65 million is not 64 million for levies and Meandering but that there is actual money to build the park amenities because what our community is looking for is a new uh Crown Jewel within the parks world so that we can have more recreational opportunities and medes for people to enjoy that that's really it we we know we're all short of flat fields we know that we have an incredible large Park uh in Rancho San Rafel we we need another very large very accessible Park to include all the things that we can get out of it not just blood mitigation and storage that's that's all I'm really saying yeah thank you and that's that's what we all I think we all want and and I it's like we have Oxo and Idol wild put together with Ballfield that's what this that's the vision for this park so well thanks George we'll let you go back to work so you can start digging Madam mayor can I just before you leave George one followup really quick um in order to achieve this Vision that our Council obviously has um I want to make two things um clear one is to build on what counc member Reese just said the the recreation elements are what get people to buy into the flood project elements most of the people won't be touched to to the question earlier about W four this does not touch W four this does not touch w six but in order to get all the people supporting the project this provides something for everyone in our entire Community Reno Sparks and wasow County residents it's going to become a major attraction it's going to affect our economic bottom line because we'll now be able to have tournaments so it's a huge economic driver so to get there I just want to make sure some something I've observed at the flood project that's really been puzzling um is that we changed the voting structure so we didn't have to vote only vote majority rules and that's four of six but recently I've noticed that you've been bringing resolutions and in our agreement those require super majority and I have been very confused because here at Reno when we vote on a project we're not doing a resolution we're we're voting to adopt a budget to adopt a project and it's majority rules and that was the intent of the agreement and I'm just wondering if you could take a closer look at that because uh achieving a uh five out of six vote um is more difficult obviously intentionally than a four out of six vote and so if you could look at that and sooner rather than later I think that would actually help us get to where we need to be I know our council is listening hi Mike and uh Mike go ahead and start looking at this yeah thank you thank you so much okay thank you so much I appreciate it um I don't think we have to take any action correct Carl no okay all right moving forward I'm going to send it back to you madam clerk thank you Madame mayor we're now moving on to item D1 David one okay do you have any public comment on this item we do not have any public comment registered and have not received any correspondence all right thank you so much good evening for the record Angela fuss assistant director with development services the purpose of this agenda item is really to just give the council and the general public a refresher of what our master plan is and how we all use it to guide decisions and that's everything from staff making decisions to our Planning Commission and to you as the council so big picture high level our master plan that we have today it's a great document it was adopted in 2017 so we've had this document for a number of years the the the goal here is to look at growth and development for the next 20 years as a city what do we want to look like between now and the next 20 years it doesn't go into specifics about well where should every coffee shop go and where should every industrial building go it's much more high level policy level I will highlight that this went through a very extensive public input process it was about 2 and 1 half years we had over 6,000 public input um opportunities and and and kind of points during that process so it was not something that was done in a very small window was a very long extensive process to get to this great document so what is the purpose most communities do have what we call either a master plan or a comprehensive plan and again it's a guide it's meant to be just a vision for the community what it is not is a document that directs us to do any one thing now when you look at something that Reg ulates like our zoning code it says you shall do this and nowhere in our master plan does it use the word shall it uses words like promote encourage and should so you should not be using the master plan to say well the master plan says we have to have a coffee shop here so we're not going to deny a project because you're proposing something that's not a coffee shop just want to make that very clear high level policy big picture do not use this as a point to say well the master plan says you shall do this the word shall is not anywhere in our master plan big picture what's in it well we talk about downtown most of you probably have seen our downtown it's a very vibrant area we have six different districts that are called out and each of them call out kind of different things right how we deal with parking how we deal with density should we have unlimited um development in all of our six different areas within downtown no so there all kind of teed up to be high intense development but a little bit different our Entertainment District for instance released that core where we want that 24-hour vibrant activity as you go further out University District obviously that's where you want things like the university and education you go down more to the pounding District that's an area that's more historic so again very different needs and all of that's generally speaking called out as part of the downtown area employment area now this is one that we've had a lot of uh discussion on more recently in the past couple years as we've SE the Industrial Development really boom we have three different areas that we call out for employment one is industrial that's everything in that dark gray as you can see it's not focused in one area but we have it throughout the city so we intend to have big employment meaning industrial manufacturing Logistics in the North Valleys and in the South East part arino so it's really spread out we also have some of it uh in the Verdi area innovation that's more of things like TMCC and UNR and as you can see the purple it's really focused near the TMCC campus and the UNR campus and then Aviation we have a ton of that blue aviation in the Renoe airport and in the Reno Tahoe Airport and for a long time we were focusing on Industrial in these areas drones in these areas high-tech in these areas but again those are called out for a very different type of employment and then finally neighborhoods we have three different categories of neighborhoods of course in our inner downtown area that's where we want to see high density and a mix of use then we have more of our Central that's everything generally speaking within the McCarron loop again we want to see higher density but not unlimited density so we want to see your duplex your Tri Triplex your apartments all kind of within that area as we go further out more of that yellow area that's more of our our suburb area we call it a lot of our older Suburban areas um that's anywhere kind of close to the MC Loop but maybe not in the McCaron Loop and then further out in that Foothill so that's the areas where we're going to see growth happening over the years this is areas where we probably are going to have steeper slopes because our region is shaped like a bull um these are areas that yes we're still going to be encouraging residential development but we're going to have to look at it from a different perspective because there's some sensitive things in these areas so again from a master plan we're not saying we support or discourage development in any of these areas we're just acknowledging in that this is what it is and this is where we know we're going to have to grow over the next 20 years some other things that's in this master plan concurrency now that has to do with things like public infrastructure we want to make sure anytime we approve development we have things like sewer lines water lines police stations fire stations do we have the ability to serve development as it's being approved now that does not mean that when each development comes in you know what you're not within 6es of a fire station we're going to deny you that's not what that means that means as a city we need to start looking at where we're going to build fire stations and we should be striving for a six minute response time from every building every building in every business right these are things we aspire to do it doesn't mean we're denying any development because they can't achieve these things it is our job as the city to make these things happen and it's everything right it's air quality um again treat canopy which we've had a lot of discussions on how close we are to parks and where we build Parks so as a city these are the things that we consider when we're looking at our CIP question we get over and over again well how do we prioritize there's hundreds of goals and policies how do we know which one's more important so let's just go back and understand kind of the the history of where we've been this this plan was adopted in 2017 key things that we were focusing on in 2017 jobs we had just come out of the recession we'd lost probably 34s of the construction industry because they had gotten laid off and they'd moved so at that time as a region we were focusing on jobs Tesla had already announced switch had just been built we were going to be a high-tech region that is what Edon was promoting that is what we were promoting we want high-tech business to come here the average housing price was about $350,000 which is fantastic everybody could buy a house because we had too many houses right we also had the Swan Lake flood going on again just keeping in mind these were things that changed the trajectory of what our priorities were once Swan Lake flood happened what did we do we changed the way we look at storm drain in North Valleys we put a new policies to deal with that again our priorities have had to shift because things have happened let's go forward to the next year 2018 at this time jobs were still really important housing prices were a little bit higher average price was about 370 Tesla was built and had about 7,000 employees which is fabulous and now we're starting to hear that you know we need more housing Daybreak was approved stonate was approved so between those two projects was about 9,000 new potential homes 2018 how many of those homes have been built today zero zero again our priorities have shifted over the years and and here's how long it takes to get anything done 2019 year before covid housing again started to become a problem housing prices jumped now they're at 420,000 as your average house price we started in uh initiating these affordable housing subsidies but related to to sewer subsidies and building permit subsidies the Drone industry was taking off that was huge back then we don't really talk about drones anymore but remember when drones were going to deliver refrigerators and you know act like door Dash that was a thing that's what was happening in 2019 we also initiated the Thousand homes in 120 days because we needed housing that was a really big thing at that point we also adopted our sustainability and climate action plan fast forward 2020 the world crashed we had riots we were dealing with homeless issues and so we spent a ton of time and resources and money focusing on the car's campus and building the car's campus housing prices were continuing to go up just as at City Hall how did we deal with it right we had to send everybody home to work remotely we had to figure out how we were going to pay to send everybody home to work remotely so we were buying laptops we were buying cell phones everything then became how do we do everything online so we had to shift the way we worked we went from submitting building permits in person where you submitted hundreds of copies of a piece of paper to now doing everything through technology our world suddenly had to shift I'm going to fast forward for about the last three years because it's all just been a blur once we got that arpa many our priorities drastically changed we focused on everything from how do we get businesses open again if you remember at coming out of covid we had nobody coming to downtown so we really focused on what can we do to help the businesses we gave them free ability to have outdoor dining right we we gave them um unlimited outdoor dining permits we changed our regulations on live entertainment again in the hopes of getting more businesses to open again that was a key priority for us we have the a pool the public safety center housing prices are continuing to go up we did the tury river plan we've done a ton of things to help activate our downtown we've spent money on horse fencing just generally speaking our priorities in the last three years drastically different than when they were in 2017 when we adopted this master plan so how do we move forward and ask oursel what's a priority I think the key thing for you understand is is this master plan is not a list of priorities it is a list of this is the things we have to deal with as a city and day by day as our strategies change as our strategic plan changes as so many things happen that are out of our control we have to be willing to Pivot and so we can't say our priority today is one thing or the other it's not just affordable housing it's not just jobs it's not just do we have enough parking in Downtown everything we do needs to look at the bigger picture the vision of is this the city we want to see in 20 years the other thing I want to highlight is that we shouldn't be using this master plan as a tool to either approve or deny things I often see that we are making recommendations let's say based on sustainability I'm going to deny This Apartment project because they don't have solar panels nowhere in the master plan or in our zoning code does it say any Apartment project has to have solar panels but people say well the master plan says we should be sustainable yes as a city we have to have sustainable policies we have this whole department that deals with sustainability we are achieving that nowhere does it say we have to have solar panels on anything so I would just CAU you about using our master plan to point out one little thing and use that as an excuse to deny I also want to highlight we recently heard um a decision by the Nevada Supreme Court the Badlands case now let's talk about repercussions of our decisions bads bads this was a a golf course project in Las Vegas and there was a big lawsuit Las Vegas um lost the lawsuit and now owes about $250 million and taxpayer money to cover the cost because they made a decision that the courts felt wasn't U it was more arbitrary and capricious we use that word a lot but I want to bring it back to when you're making decision visions and you use the master plan as a tool to deny something know that that could have repercussions because this does not regulate anything so be cautious about how you use this again this is a vision are we creating the city that you want to create that you want to see in the next 20 years and so many priorities everything's going to shift you got to look at it in the long term so hopefully this kind of gives you a better idea of what what is the purpose of the master plan and how we as staff and Planning Commission and Council should be using this as a guide and not as a regulatory document okay any questions on the master plan thank you Miss Vose I appreciate that if I may I'll start first of all thank you for the excellent presentation um perhaps we'll think of it as one of the most important presentations that we'll see and so you um uh did an outstanding job I think I I a couple of things one is um I do think that the presentation should be shared with as many groups as you're able to go out and be with right I think that starts with our own Planning Commission uh which I have some concerns about how hyper political it appears to be becoming when I see planning Commissioners giving statements to the press and being feated online as some uh uh I don't know almost political body I that it was not the intention of our separation of organizational structure that they become that so I'm worried that in the haste to treat it like a a marathon or a Sprint they have missed that it is a longer term thing so that's the the ask I have of you specifically is to make sure that we're sharing it in our nabs with our planning Commissioners directly um with um any group we should have uh open houses where you're able to make the presentation in part because I think what happens and I you've mentioned it too is people take that document which is how many pages 100 120 Pages probably 500 yeah it's long it's it's it's a long one it's in a binder on my desk and I look at it often um but some people use it as a sword and some people use it as a shield and it's crazy to me that it is often the same group one uses a shield one using a sword against each other right because the master plan is a planning document it is not intended to be code specific and directive but people will lift one line out of it and say aha I therefore should be approved when the other side on the other side of the room says aha I think it should be used to deny it and and this is a challenging thing we are all trying to balance competing needs I had a constituent who called me this morning 9:00 had questions about a project that was approved last week up off Seventh Street and we had about a half an hour where we could communicate I think by the end of it we both understood where each person was coming from it was a productive and and gracious conversation um but it was um really about policies and paradigms and and why we do the things we do um for my part I I've emphasized the importance of building housing of all different types but housing is a very important thing for me I've also prioritized Parks and Recreation right and so those are important things and I think our master plan gives us good guideposts but it is not a um is not a set of rules inscribed on a tablet by which anyone should use to approve or deny a project um and so I thank you for your conversation I'm interested to hear my colleagues thoughts I really appreciate the [Music] update who are you calling um thank you councilman ree um thank you for the presentation I really appreciate it um I'm just going to come out and say I would like our Planning Commission to be the first stop on your road show so they can understand this a little bit better I think it will be very valuable to them um I think I know this is about balances and resources right it's always about prioritization that your presentation said yes we want sustainability but one of our priorities is also Economic Development it is also to incre increase um housing and Supply so it's about balancing and prioritizing and I just wanted to confirm that if we want a policy of we are going to have solar just to use your example on every house that is something that this body will say and we will make a policy of it um that is my understanding of it it is not something that we are we are bringing in one-offs on every decision that we make that this is a broad document it is a guiding document it is a planning document it even says you know planning in it so a master planning um is that accurate am I understanding that right because when I was on the Planning Commission we would go back and forth as planning Commissioners on um you know well I want this and I want that and at the end of the day um with the help of our legal team it was always something that was brought up to council to make those policy decisions absolutely and and that's everything we do right so if if you want to require certain things like EV charging or solar power or every house has to contribute to a affordable housing you need to make that um an actual text amendment to some section of our zoning code to make it a policy make it a standard make it something that we have to do not that we should do but that we shall do two very different things and that helps us in a lot of different ways it helps us as as decision makers and it helps the community for some sort of consistency and predictability so what they they are doing they know what they're supposed to be doing when they come to the planning commissioner when they come to city council so thank you for the update it's always good to to get back into this and and um learn a little bit more thanks I guess uh goad the vice oh I I know I wasn't sure if uh Devon was run or Mr councilman re go ahead M all right thank you so much I I thought it was a great presentation as well um one thing just on this slide that you've left up um I'm confused about calling it using um an analogy of a marathon and a Sprint with the master plan I think the more appropriate thing to do is talk about policy and ordinance so policy is a guidance or direction that this Council has said here's where we want to go and the ordinance is here as you just said what we must do or shall do so I don't think marathon and Sprint are are relevant to me I it doesn't resonate but but here's where I'm struggling so the very we have an item next on C1 coming up and the very first thing in terms of General review criteria it says the decision-making body shall review all development applications for compliance with applicable General review criteria stated below consistency with the Reno master plan the proposed development shall be consistent with the Reno master plan so the way I interpret that is let's say we have adopted a policy not a law that says we want um you know environmental Goods whether to use your example solar um but here comes someone who could use solar but they've chosen not to um they're making a decision that is quite contrary to the direction we would like them to go so to continue reading it the decision-making Authority shall weigh competing plan goals policies and strategies and may approve an application that provides a public benefit even if the development is contrary to some of the goals policies and strategies so I take this very seriously um I try to balance the compete goals I mean if we say we want housing we would just automatically approve every housing development no matter what it looked like no matter what impacts it had no matter how it affected um neighboring areas that's not what we do what I've seen us historically do over the 10 years and in particular the eight years I guess since the uh plan was adopted is that we are all trying to balance the various sections we know we need housing we've adopted affordable housing as a top goal but we're not saying it all costs and and that's a way to uh discuss a current issue data centers I want them we need them but not at all costs and when we have an agency like Tomas saying it really matters how much water you're using it doesn't make sense to adopt a water bottling plant I also a data center that uses a lot of water is that our primary good that we would take that precious drop of water or should we put it to housing you know since that's our priority and and policy so I don't think that the decision-making is devoid of the master plan it's the very first criteria we have to look at and once you it's not doesn't say build everything in economic development is the number one it says we have to balance them and we have adopted affordable housing as a top priority so I think that gives the edge to affordable housing when it comes to balancing the criteria so thank you and and I may have more comments thank you thank you Council woman or member doer do you know how to use the council member E I see your hand up but you know how to use the hand the electronic hand we haven't got the training or mine okay all you have to do is go to the go to item D1 look it at the top right where it says speakers and then raise your hand you got it can you see that yes I can I can see councilwoman Ebert now please and then I see you lined up in the queue councilwoman Ebert um am I after Miguel okay okay so I just want to kind of um Echo what council member der said um you know I don't think that we can take the principles away uh you know the ma the principles and the master plan away from what we're we're trying to accomplish with development otherwise what's the point of having it right um is it just a statement that we're saying and it doesn't mean anything um I think that we need to find ways to incorporate it into our master plan into things that we want to see and I think that's a document that we've put out there for developers to uh take a look at and understand what we're trying to do and and it's also um up to them to say we we want to present developments that fit in with what Reno is looking to do and none of these projects are on an island they all fit into what we have going on around us and um it matters if uh somebody is going to use a ton of water or a ton of electricity we need to take that into account it's not just that we're trying to um Force everyone to have solar panels although some people might have opinions about that um but it's it's not an Apples to Apples comparison with some of these developments so with the principles that we have regarding sustainability and things like that no that's not the only only thing to um kind of hang our hat on but also I think that's relevant to highlight when we have Development coming through that is a particular strain on environmental resources um I feel like that's the purpose of having it there um so I think that's really relevant and ALS also to the um Planning Commission I think that you you know some people might not be happy with what they've done but I think that it's really just them saying that they want more guidance from the council and I think they went about it um the best way that they thought they should um I don't think anybody should take personal offense to it I think that they just um want more guidance from us and um that's fine you know I don't have a problem with that um but um you know again I think that we have this for a reason I also think we have a major housing shortage I mean we talk about how many jobs came here and no additional houses in those projects like that's a problem we're never going to have affordable housing if we don't have enough supply for people we're never going to reach those goals um that we're striving for of having um people's um uh household expenses for where they live be 30% of their income because because there's just not enough to go around and that's just kind of how supply and demand works so um we do kind of need to lean more on certain things to try and meet some of our um goals and it's really not our fault if developers are not willing to incorporate the things in our master plan when they come to us thank you council member Ebert council member Reese did you have your hand up I I thank you so much um I appreciate uh all of the Rob conversation today because I think it highlights that two people reading the same document can see different things in the document right and I ascribe no ill motive to someone who sees a provision in the code I'm sorry in the master plan and says I think it really means this and I can say I think it really means this it's that's why it's an aspirational goal right um I have been someone who has said we should push for the best projects uh regardless of where they're located who's bringing them what their variety is whether they be commercial or residential um and often times again the the push back that I hear is when people like the project they think the master code supports it 100% when they don't like it they say oh no the master code is opposed to that and there in lies the rub people can see the master plan and really take different things from it uh that's the difference between it and a uh a municipal code that says you can only build on X number of Acres right we can measure the X number of Acres we cannot measure aspirational goals of a plan and so that that's the thing and I also think it is odd to say that if one supports for example higher density housing than one hates the environment I don't think that's true um one can uh also say one thinks data centers can be um bad and there are versions of them in a lot of other places where they're historically bad they consume enormous amounts of water energy but one can also say well look at this data center here specifically it is doing a whole bunch of things that improve Green Technology or it provides for better path forward it doesn't use water it use recirculated air right each one of those have to stand on their own merits um I am uh thrilled that our Planning Commission is very interested in in uh hearing about Progressive ideas that are happening in other areas I think that we as policy makers have to take those up as we deem appropriate I also think it's true that we have spent in the six years that I've now been on Council we have made priorities we've said okay we want your staff which is a limited number of people with lots to do we want them to look at this thing right and that obviously prioritizes that over something else because when we put one thing in your queue it means something else is going further down the queue um and so for my part you've done an excellent job as the administrator trying to uh understand and and uh take guidance from seven people who have seven very different opinions on the world uh all well-meaning and intentioned in their opinions that they form um for my part um some of this is both timely and some of it is just we just need to have these discussions more frequently right and so um thank you for your staff's work in all of these areas um there will be no shortage of new areas to explore when they come to us as a function of the city manager's office and Madame mayor and yourself figuring that path out council member dur yeah thank you again um I just wanted to continue on so on the very same document C1 right after it tells us to pay attention us or the staff or the Planning Commission to pay attention to the master plan it says it has to be compliant with Title 18 and I think that is um where the rub comes in uh we have a set of policies that in some you know are to to use other people's terms aspirational or I actually think it's not really aspirational I think it's our policy of what we want to see it's the only way we have to talk to developers unless they come visit with us and say what do you want here what do you want here they read our plan and we've put it on written paper and electronically so they can see what we're interested in and if they ignore it I think they do so at their Peril like if all they think about is afford aable housing our top priority and they ignore all the other things that are in the plan whether it's fire risk whether it's sustainability whether it's Transportation issues Road issues then I don't think they're doing us a a service and I and I don't think those things should just get an automatic pass um if they any kind of housing you know that's just my opinion where where I struggle we've had a sustainability plan for I think it's six years and we've not implemented to my knowledge one single thing that's in the sustainability plan and sustainability a lot of people in our community care about it they want it to go hand inand with the development and they figure every house or factory or Warehouse that's built without it um is is going to be there for 30 40 50 or more years and won't have those features built in whether it's EV parking you brought that up whether it's a alternate energy source whether um it's gone beyond our tree existing tree requirements those things are locked in for the life of that building or project and that's my concern is that we're way past you know talking about this we've been talking about this since the 70s you know it's over 50 years since it it seems like we need to make some actual measurable progress and I'm going to say one more thing given the direction of the federal government um who are are um deemphasizing let's say environmental issues um and deemphasizing um um other issues and and I thought I had some written down as some examples but um I think maybe we have to lean in and get those covered you know if if if those things are being done away with grants for those things or whatever it is then we maybe have our work cut out for us if that's the direction our community wants to go we're going to have to step it up and even do better because the Federal government may not be there to help us with our priorities thank you thank you council member derer council member eert your hand is still up did you have another yeah yeah thank you this is uh I think everybody's had two rounds now and you guys are good right okay yeah so um listening to everyone's comments I don't recall anybody saying high density housing was a negative environmental impact um I think we've all kind of been in support of all types of housing um so just kind of struggling to remember that um but um I just want to agree with council member do or that um it's kind of on us to start pushing forward on these things and um to say that we're not going to again just means that we're just staying our master plan doesn't doesn't really mean anything and I think it should and and again um we have it out there for for developers to see and there's a reason why we put it out there and all this time and energy was put excuse me into it because it was important to us and we do the city of Areno is uniquely facing warming in this country and there's not just because of um Development coming in that are um extreme users of resources but also because we're dealing with higher than average temperature warming we're the highest War warming city in the country so I think we should be more aware than every other city in the country and because this is one of our our items in our our master plan um we really do need to be saying hey you have to do something and maybe we we give a list of several and say pick one like we're not going to mandate that you have to um or condition that you have to put solar on everything but maybe we offer a list of things and say you have to do something to work towards our goal as a city of um working towards um some kind of sustainability measures and then that's where it comes to council to be kind of unified on that otherwise it's just not going to happen if we're waiting for people to say yes I'm going to on my own do this it's obviously not happening right it's not happening we've had this since 2017 um so it's up to us to say this matters we're we're the voting body on this and um it's okay to say we're not saying no but we're going to condition this thing if it's as long as it's not um you know something illegal you know so um I think we really need to um be honest with ourselves about do these things matter or not so um I think that's it for now but thank you thank you council member here uh legal council yes uh thank you uh just for the record I I wanted to make sure um council member Ebert kind of said the the phrase and I just wanted to rip off of that you know what's illegal and not and I want to just like um make sure we're all talking apples and oranges we've got different um we're all looking at the same thing but there's different ways to slice it um the issue is in in my mind I I want to draw a distinction between legislating which is one function that the council does that's when you pass an ordinance that's when you pass zoning that's when you you um you know pass a law and then there's what's known as kind of like quas judicial decision- making that's when you like for instance a a conditional use permit or a variance comes in front of you um and those are two different types of functions that this body does and I and it's important to understand the distinction there because the master plan um plays in in different respects than that really the key is the zoning and I I'd just like to get everybody back to the zoning um because that really dictates what uses are appropriate and what uses and what development standards are going to be put on those uses and that's where the council has legislated and decided this is what we want to put here this is this use is appropriate this is you know um if it's if we have like an environmental package we determine that you know if you're going to develop this type of use it has to have an a solar component but you put that in your code I I I just don't want that to be confused with when you have like a a conditional use permit that comes before you when a conditional use permit comes before you this body has already said that this use is appropriate here through the zoning it's already said that so the the function of the body at that point is not to to to implement the master plan it's already been implemented in the zoning at that point in time the function of the body at this point in time is to look at the findings and look at if there are specific things that need to be put in place to mitigate that use maybe because it's next to a residential um you know uh it's an industrial use next to a residential um you know U development um so so that's a different analysis that's not just saying we should you know um go off down the master plan route that's basically saying that you know this use might generate fumes so in order to mitigate that we want to make sure they have an air handling system that's the level of analysis there um and I just I make that point because I don't want people to be confused about like anytime a project comes before you we can just site the master plan and say we want to see more solar right that's not the time and place to do that the time in the place to do that is when you're do doing your development um standards you're saying that this type of use needs to meet these development standards and that needs to be implemented in code that's a different exercise again then a conditional use permit coming when they when when really all you're trying to do at that point is mitigate specific conditions on that site that might affect the neighbors that's it it's not to render policy broadly about data centers Mr Shipman we would love to see you on Wednesday nights thank you very much I just want to clarify hold on just a second are you done Mr Shipman um if if I'm open for questions I just okay I'm going to get through the folks that we have been waiting and then we can go through another round I did 30 seconds by the way okay well we'll get back to you um council member Martinez hasn't even spoke yet so go ahead thanks so much Madam vice mayor I appreciate the presentation U Miss Bo and thank you so much for jumping in there uh Mr shien I think that's where my mind was at at the moment because the Planning Commission has specific findings that they have to make in order to make their decisions and for us you just basically gave us the equip ENT while we are debating or looking at specific cups or zoning uh changes and so I think that helps clarify uh the stance that we take as a council a little bit more um and helps me understand sort of where those lie and whether we are doing more of the legislative and policy decision making or looking at specific applications or appeals through a quasi judicial process and so I just want to thank you for stepping in there and giving us that cuz that's that was basically going to be my question um there and I think for uh director fous if you wouldn't mind sharing with us how those zoning uh details or designations are used by staff is any of the recommendations or aspirational goals that we have in the reimagine Reno plan incorporated or baked in through the process when staff is reviewing these applications and appeals kind of getting a little Gran it absolutely does you know in everything we do we go back to what does this Council want what is your strategic plan what are your master plan policies if we had an application come before us that said I wanted to build an industrial building on a piece of property that was zoned as open space we would say whoa does this fit with the master plan does our master plan say we should be putting Industrial Development on open space land that reserve for a city park no no no no that does not align with the master plan so that goes into our decision making on whether we want to recom recommend approval or denial those are the kind of things high level we look at but again to Mr Shipman's point when a project comes in let's say it's a car wash comes in and we say go we had 200 people oppose this car wash in a neighborhood commercial zoning well the zoning says you can have a car wash there the master plan doesn't talk about car washes the master plan just says we want a mix of uses and neighborhood commercial so is our job as staff to say how do we mitigate the impacts and the impacts are going to be noise hours of operation Bright Lights traffic it is our job then to address those things through the conditional use permit that's the level we do there's nothing in the master plan that says here's how you deal with car washes right that that's not what the master plan says so we we have to look at it again is it high level um every project that comes in we have to say where does this fit with the master plan and every project that comes in we provide master plan goals and policies that align with what that project is that's always included in our staff report thank you and just with a couple seconds that I have left I'll just say that that's sort of the Crux where we have to as elected officials listen to the impacts to neighboring Parcels depending on what we're looking at and balance that with the rules and laws that we have in our zoning code thank you so Madame mayor um council member Anderson has not had a chance to go yet and she has her hand raised okay council member Anderson thank you not to oversimplify this but um since I'm the Newbie and I'm still learning what the difference between all the things that we do up here the way that I've been looking at the master plan um is our community's vision board right you said you had 6,000 opportunities for the community at large to give feedback on this master plan that was published in 2017 right we had about 6,000 people provide input during the different opportunities over two and a half years okay so um because I don't know what that process was like when you had those 6,000 pieces of input or opportunities how did that get boiled down and brought to the city council where we created this public vision board based on that um experience yep we had a consultant that thank goodness they were there to kind of stand back as a third party right somebody who was not tied to this community that could say here's what the community has said yes they want walkability yes they want infill but understand that every infill project you bring they're probably going to have issues with so here's again from a master plan level high level how we want to grow we're not dictating that you have to say yes or no to any specific project but Big Picture This is how we want the city to develop and so um through that process the the the consultant came back multiple times to council and said here's the feedback we're getting and it's so interesting you know if you go to Story County do you think they have the same vision that the City of Reno does no they have a very different Vision if you go to most other cities they have very similar Visions everybody wants infill everybody wants a walkable community community everybody wants a place that's safe they want to be able to take their kids to the park they want to be able to walk to the coffee shop 99% of us want that we all are in alignment now the question is how do we do that and so again that's what our zoning codee dictates okay thank you and one of the things that I've been um trying to be really careful about especially when I see conditional use permits and conditional requests especially I'm going to use sustainability items just as an example because it's been talked about today my concern with where we are today in 2025 and looking at your presentation and seeing how our average home cost has risen so dramatically is weighing the benefits between between forcing aspirational sustainability ideas and Technology on homes that potentially the person buying that home has zero interest or need in that's the first second is the equipment and Technology during the time that is um being required or requested to be conditional on building that project is slowing it down and making it more expensive to the person that is trying to buy that home and so we need to be really careful in terms of our vision board about aspirations and how they actually get executed in the community because as you said how many 9,000 homes that have been approved they've never even Broken Ground yet so that's just something that I think we need to be really careful with moving forward thank you council member Anderson so um I believe council member Ebert has 30 seconds left on her second round so we'll go to her and then we'll start a 30 second round for looks like council member Rees and council member D so council member Ebert you have 30 seconds with your second round thank you so I just wanted to clarify I don't think it was clear on that I was speaking about putting those conditions into the code which I thought we were talking about today with updating the code and things like that that's been the process that we're going through so thank you for clarifying that but just wanted to let everybody know um that that's the process I was talking about going through so thank you thank you for the clarification council member Reese you have 30 seconds and we'll hope to move this forward thank you so much my comments were for the city attorney's office I I really appreciated Mr Shipman your comments today in part because um when we are in this forum we don't always have the opportunity to be thinking on the Fly about the same things that your legal brain is train to do and I know Miss um vice mayor Taylor said well come on Wednesday night and and she was being tongue and cheek but really we we need your help so when we are headed down the wrong path about a thing which we are so passionate about just snap us back to reality make sure we're in the same place thank you council member ree council member D yeah and I think we have one minute on the third round per our Council rules but I'll try to make it less um number one I want to address Jonathan as well if you could sit back um the you said if they have zoning then it's just mitigating these issues but usually when something comes to us they're wanting to change their zoning change the zoning if they already have the zoning they're usually going straight to building permit unless there's a another issue so in changing the zoning or doing a PUD that's where we're involved and that's why the master plan to me is important and lastly it was made a comment I think by miss fous that uh big lawsuits have been lost but I don't want to be scared about that because I'm very proud of our attorney's office we have W big lawsuits um on our decision-making whether it's about um annexing in or a particular project where we've set conditions so I I don't want the council to somehow be afraid of standing our ground and doing what we think is the right thing so thank you thank you council member dur okay I believe this item is for discussion only so we will move on Madame clerk to item D2 Madame mayor to or sorry see one well do you need anything more from us I mean did they Okay no Okay Madam clerk I'm we're going to head into C1 do you have any public comment on this item uh Madame mayor I do not have any public comment if you'd like to open the public hearing all right thank you at this time we'll open the public hearing Madam clerk do you have you um given proper notice and any um correspondence received and any correspondents received proper notice was given and no correspondence was received okay thankk you so much all right what do we need so this is an ordinance introduction item C1 bill number 7294 case number LDC 25-24 900 Western Road zoning map Amendment ordinance to amend Title 18 chapter 18.02 of the Reno Municipal Code entitled zoning rezoning a plus or minus 0 0.83 Acre Site from single family residential 3 units per acre sf3 to single family residential 8 units per acre sf8 the site is located on the northeast corner of the intersection of Omaha Street and Western Road Ward 4 okay thank you so much sending it to word four can we get a presentation on this thank you absolutely uh what are we afternoon yet good afternoon good morning I'm not sure yet uh Jeff Foster associate planner for the record uh bringing you a zoning map Amendment uh along the lines of what you were just talking about for 900 Western Road and that is case LDC 25-24 but just to make sure they want to change the zoning correct got it all right so this is a83 Acre Site um located on the northeast corner of the intersection of Omaha and Western Road uh near us395 as you can see on the screen um it is currently developed with a uh with a single family home that was built in 1940 uh the existing structure is about 712 sare ft and is connected to city water and private septic the request before you is a zoning map Amendment from sf3 3 units per acre to single family 8 8 units per acre and no uses or buildings are currently proposed so as we zoom in here you can see that the surrounding land use uses are single family to the North West and East and to the South you have some vacant Lots as well as a single family residence the key issues that staff analyzed are zoning compatibility and master plan conformance so um again the current zoning is single family residential three units per acre as you can see on the left side of the screen um The sf3 Zone does conform to the master plan designation the applicant is requ requesting a zone change to single family residential 8 units per acre and that uh many properties within the vicinity are uh of the subject site are zoned sf8 as you can see on the screen um most notably the Panther Valley estate subdivision located du North the proposed change to sf8 uh would allow for the same developable area shared by many of the surrounding properties without compromising master plan conformance giving given the surrounding uses and sf8 Zoning the proposed zoning map amendment to sf8 is consistent and compatible with the surrounding zoning and development I did want to point out that the sf3 and sf8 uh zones are almost the same in terms of their allowed land uses um the only difference is that sf8 allows duplexes triplexes and for plexes as well as multif family with a conditional use permit uh the underlying master plan land use designation is single single family neighborhood as you can see on the screen and here are a few policies from the master plan that are in support of the proposed request moving on to development standards on the screen you can see the current sf3 and the proposed sf8 the development standards for each of those zones I would like to call your attention to the setbacks and the lot size which is where you will find this uh differences in essence with the proposed sf8 Zone the setbacks are substantially reduced and the lot size minimum lot size is also substantially reduced here are the recommended findings for a zoning map Amendment staff can make all recommended findings um and here is the recommended motion and I'm available for questions I will note that the applicant is here the applicant's representative is here will not be making a presentation but is available for questions thank you um do we have any information about um what's currently there on on these Parcels on the parcel that's the subject of the zone change request yes so let me go back to this screen here uh you can't really see it underneath that yellow but maybe a little bit you can see it's zone or sorry it's developed with a u a single family home that was built in 1940 it's about 712 Square ft um and that home may or may not be removed with the subsequent development of the parcel okay and we don't have any plans yet we're just discussing zoning today okay okay and um have they made any statements about um saving any of the existing trees or anything like that I've happened to visit the site and there's a lot of really great mature trees there is that included in any of these um discussions so the the way I can chime in on that is that at the December NAB meeting it was that issue was addressed as well in terms of uh the desire for trees not to be removed or to the extent possible um the uh again because we don't have a development plan yet to analyze we don't yet know I would submit however if they are trying to maximize the number of lots that they would be able to subdivide that parcel into and build homes on um under the guise of affordable housing the um the probably many of those trees would would unfortunately need to be removed okay and can you show us the parcel map again does the the changes um do the changes go through the existing structure like we're pretty sure they're going to tear the structure down or or do we know yet um uh Ryan Sims the applicant's representative is here he may be able to speak to that more um ran did you want to uh good afternoon for the record Ryan Sims Axion engineering on behalf of the applicant uh currently at this time like Jeff mentioned there is no plan for development uh however um I think I can say on the record that the owner is leaning toward exploring keeping the structure uh hooking up to city sewer and then exploring how to develop the rest of the property okay um so I think I think that's the extent of you know where we are today with the development plan okay and um I know that um I'm not sure if it was you but a representative came to my NAB has there been any um Outreach to the surrounding neighbors um aart from the public hearings no uh but we did State at the NAB that with any subsequent development plan whether that's uh a tentative map for a subdivision or even a parcel map that we would reach out uh to the neighbors and allow them to provide some input so see what their concerns are all right I have like maybe one or two more questions okay I don't see any other council members hands raised okay um so can you tell me what would be the it might be a question for staff could you tell me what the maximum number of units could be for this location So based on the parcel size and the minimum lot size so you can see again the the minimum lot size is shown in the lower right hand corner uh 6,000 square ft um for the interior Lots given the um the lot size if they were to remove the existing home the maximum I think is six Parcels right um if they were to leave the existing home and needing to maintain all of the required setbacks and Achieve that minimum lot size I think you're looking at maybe 3 to four okay but again uh Ryan would or whoever would be um analyzing that further would try and maximize that I would think okay and 35 ft Max height how many stories is that so um generally three stories yeah okay so it could be up to three stories Y and and uh again just to point out so on the screen on the right there you can see the proposed F sf8 Zone um if you look at all of the uh Parcels to the north of that those are also all sf8 as well as the parcels to the South um so it's basically surrounded by SFA zoning could this potentially be three stories three Apartments per structure I I mean um six Parcels three Apartments per parcel so traditionally if you were doing a multif family development with Apartments you wouldn't parcel It Off okay so three units per six you know Parcels so the The Zone if it was zoned uh sorry if it goes to sf8 and if it was Pro proposed to be developed with um multif family use it wouldn't be required to go through a uh conditional use permit process I don't happen to know the exact equivalent number of units that would be allowed through with an apartment complex okay okay so we don't know if it could be but again the applicants stated General stated intent is to develop uh single family homes okay so I'm I'm fine with this I support housing we desperately need it I was just um curious about what what what would be the Maximum Impact to the community and I'm happy to see residential going into this area that is residential there's been instances in in Panther Valley in particular um I've seen this Council change zoning in residential to industrial commercial so I'm happy to see um housing go in here so um and I've met with the U property owner um he um expressed to me that he wasn't sure yet if he was going to save the existing structure or not um but um I'm hopeful that we can save some of the trees so just to add one thing you can see that the current sf3 also allows 35 feet so that actually doesn't change okay great thank you that's great to know thank you council member ree thank you um and I suppose Mr Foster let me first uh seek some information from our legal council so Mr Shipman uh here we arrive at the first post um Miss Foo presentation um and the question is about an up zone for this parcel um what are the parameters of the legal limits of our Authority so I I suppose I'm asking because I heard question about like what is going to be built there what about the trees all of which I'm not sure relate to a zoning question and so I'm trying to figure out um normally I I might have expected you might jump in and say hey you're not supposed to ask about that but you didn't so I'm just trying to figure out how how do we chart a path forward so that we're all on the same page legally so um with a zoning when you're doing a zoning Amendment or you're putting zoning on a property it's a legislative act right so um the the from a a council standpoint is you pretty much have free reign um we've talked about in the code and and Jeff did a good job of describing it and relating it back to the master plan and showing for instance that that the zoning that's being proposed is actually mirrors the zoning that's all around it um and that's consistent with the master plan and that's when the master plan would come in to help guide your decision-making um you know we would you you know it's kind of difficult when you're doing a zoning a zoning potentially will will approve a whole ra of of of of uses right in all sorts of different projects as you heard Mr Foster talk about I mean it could be you know multifam it could be a single family it could be four Lots it could be eight Lots um and as as the governing body that's that's something that's important for you guys to know and appreciate without dwelling necessarily at this level on the exact project that's going to be created because you don't know what's going to be created there um what what you are doing here today is really basically saying I'm I'm okay with this envelope that I'm putting on this property this zoning envelope that's going to put the maximum amount of development on that property and I'm okay with all those uses and and and again because it's zoning you have broad discretion to do that um I think it's difficult with the because the Public's coming and they've got a view of what potentially is going to be on that piece of property and so they're always criticizing a project not they're not criticizing the development standards but and and Mr Shipman for my part when I look at the map and I see it going from sf3 to sf8 and I look at all the adjacent Parcels being sf8 I say to myself it matches what we have set up there right and so my inquiry thus ends I don't necessarily then ask those questions about what would be built there in the future if ever I don't say what would be the trees because my understanding is I'm legally constrained to the zoning question you are but because it's a legislative act you have a little I mean you're not I I just hesitate because it's the master plan is not dictating your decision at this point in time got and it's that's and I you know I just don't want to create the impression that you and this body is bound by that because you have the ability and you have the discretion to legislate that document maybe will inform your your decision one way or another it may not have the same impact on another member of the body um and you might come up with a collective decision that says no I I'm not comfortable changing this because for whatever reason um at this point in time you have the ability to do that where it becomes a little more difficult and problematic is at the next level when a project is there and that has the zoning and then as we talked about in the prior when we've already decided like here today that there could be in this case an apartment complex there we don't know what it would look like it would have to meet the zoning code um but at that point when that project comes in front of you you're looking at that project more from the a quasa Judicial standpoint saying you're not legislating you're just is saying they meet all the standards but there are some things that might potentially cause problems for their neighbors and you have the ability and the Authority Under the code and under the law to mitigate those types of spe you know property specific Project Specific um you know conditions you don't have at that point in time the ability to legislate more of the master plan or to bring I want to see just solar on this project or I want to see ev Chargers on this project no no no that's that's that's a different discussion that's to council member eber's point you have to have that codified into the law as a development standard so I just wanted to make sure everybody knows and thank you for the question that's where we are in the process and and and it's legislative and it's up for the council to decide that all the potential uses that go on that property you're comfortable with those thank you so much thank you for the answer okay council member Eber I think we're looking for a motion I did have um my hand raised for another comment um yeah I just wanted to clarify that was my intent was um I think it's important when we discuss zone changes to talk about what are the most extreme uses of the change um that should be one of the factors that we discuss um before we make a decision DEC ision on it and you know I expressed that I have an interest in trees I think I've made it pretty clear over my time on Council um but certainly I didn't condition you know this zoning change on on um them agreeing to save trees um just expressed an interest in that um but just to reiterate I think that it's very important that we talk about those um those highest use impacts before we make changes CU it's yes it would be um single family 8 which the other areas are but it's still a change from what it is now in residential so just to clarify um I just want to talk about you know what these um residents could potentially um have be built next to them that should be something that we should all be discussing before we um agree to a zone change so um just wanted to to clear verify that so thank you may I uh yeah so when we typically bring zone changes before you often times there's a slide that shows the other types of land uses that would be allowed in the zone um uh either by right or with some kind of a conditional use permit or minor conditional use permit things like that um I didn't have that in this slide because sf3 and sorry in this uh presentation because sf3 and sf8 are so similar um there's essentially nothing I could show you but I did verbalize that that effectively the only difference between sf3 and sf8 is that sf8 with a conditional use permit would allow um duplexes triplexes fourplexes and multif family yeah so but other than that there's it's not like they're going to be able to build a commercial uni or something along those lines and the conditional use permit process again can you explain that real quick so a conditional use permit process if the applicant were to uh uh desire to build any of those for uses um they would need to submit an application with an actual site plan elevations building Heights you know uh uh all of the above um and that would go through a review process at staff level it would then go to the Planning Commission and the Planning Commission would render a decision on um the uh the use again as uh Mr Chipman has pointed out effectively the use is allowed with a conditional use permit and at that point the Planning Commission would be deciding on whether or not staff's recommendations for how to mitigate the identified impacts are sufficient to mitigate those impacts okay thank you for that do you want to make a motion uh yeah I'll make a motion to approve second second the motion okay we have motion and a second any further discussion all those in favor I okay motion carries unanimously and I understand we want to take a lunch break for 30 minutes now council's in recess sorry here's one of the things so we have I was thinking we should take one like at 1:30 and then be back by 2 okay because we do have a judge coming in so I think we can get I misunderstood this no no I misunderstood sorry are you okay with that does it matter really though whether we eat now or later I've already eaten so it's not going to affect me all right well let's keep going okay then we're on item one is that correct all right Madam clerk we are on item F1 um ordinance adoptions item F1 ordinance adoption ordinance number 670 Case number LDC 25-10 security Circle yard zoning map Amendment ordinance to amend Title 18 chapter 18.02 of the Reno municipal code and zoning rezoning a plus or minus 2.2 Acre Site from mixed use Suburban Ms to mixed employment me the site is comprised of two Parcels located on the northeast corner of the intersection of North Virginia Street and security Circle the site has a master plan land use designation of mixed employment me W four all right thank you w four can I get a motion oh madame mayor before we do that I just want to say that we did receive two letters of concern that has been distributed to the Reno city council okay thank you so much councilwoman is this is this a second reading of this one yes okay all right um I'll make a a motion to adopt okay second I have a motion I have a second all those in favor say I I all those opposed motion carries unanimously all right item F2 uh Carl go ahead thank you madam mayor ordinance adoption ordinance number 6701 case number LDC 25-19 or Crest Drive zoning map Amendment ordinance to amend Title 18 chapter 18.02 of the Reno Municipal Code entitled zoning rezoning or plusus 1.18 Acre Site from large lot residential 1 acre ll-1 to mixed employment me the site is comprised of one parcel located on the north side of orrest Drive approximately 240 ft east of the intersection with Carson Lane 475 Orest Drive the site has a master plan land use designation of mixed employment me W 4 all right thank you so much Carl okay uh Council mon Ebert this is also second reading correct all right uh move to adopt second a motion I have a second all those in favor say I all those opposed motion carries all right item F3 ordinance adoption ordinance number 6702 case number LDC 25-15 Reno Housing Authority at Carville master plan and zoning map Amendment ordinance to amend Title 18 chapter 18.02 of the re Municipal Code entitled zoning rezoning a plus or minus 0.75 Acre Site composed of four Parcels located on the northeast corner of Sutro Street in Carville Drive extending plus or minus 250 ft East along the north side of Carville Drive south of Hillboro Avenue from multif family residential 14 units per acre mf14 to multif family residential 30 units per acre mf30 together with matters which pertain to or are necessarily connected therewith W one move to adopt second all right thank you I have a motion a second all those in favor say I I all those opposed motion carries okay uh sending it back to you madam clerk on item G1 which is an appointment to the Reno City Planning Commission this is a recommendation by the city manager okay and this is um w six this is w six okay so I'm going to send it over to councilwoman Anderson yes I'd like to appoint David jacom to the Planning Commission please okay thank you I have a motion second I have a second all those in favor say I I all those opposed motion carries okay uh item G2 and this is going to go to civil service so I'm going to send it down to um councilman Ebert we were gonna that one so you want to hold um okay um then let me um do you want to do it after lunch break um we'll just you want a minute to look at it yeah I'll come back to you well okay if you want to that's okay all right uh item G3 this is uh arts and culture commission who is the liaison Anderson oh go ahead councilman Anderson all right um it looks like for our architect appointment we um would like to appoint Douglas proudy please Andy Velasco and I apologize if I mispronounced any of their names I have a motion a second all those in favor say I I all those opposed motion carries all right um item G4 is this is the youth city council is this um councilman Martinez yeah thanks so much mayor uh for the Youth city council we would like to point and excuse me if I mispronounce this but yini Arun prish to the youth city council okay thank you I have a motion do I have a second second all those in favor say I I I all those opposed motion carries all right okay this is item am I correct Madame clerk G5 and this is for War I neighborhood Advisory board that would be yeah thank you um first for the w w two alternates I'd like to appoint Pat celle and Michael Greensburg and then for the other two positions Shan McCoy and Kristen Montan okay so I have a motion from councilwoman Dart I have a second all those in favor say I all those opposed motion carries okay uh now we're going to head into Ward three neighborhood Advisory Board I'm going to send it over to you councilman Martinez thanks Madam mayor for World 3 neighborhood Advisory Board I'd like to appoint Sarah Horsemen all right I have a motion and a second all those in favor say I I all those opposed motion carries okay we're going to head on over to item G7 that would be Ward six councilwoman Anderson for your neighborhood Advisory Board okay we've been conducting interviews and we still have some more to conduct but the four people that I'd like to initially appoint are Michelangelo aronda Bradford Conway Tyler Hinman and Kimberly Rossiter okay so I have a motion I have a second all those in favor say I I all those opposed um Madame mayor I just want to share I didn't see Kimberly Ros Roser on our list is she maybe not on my list maybe I have an old agenda okay if she's on the agenda that's totally cool I just wasn't on my agenda I was worried you okay she's on all of ours okay okay all right uh forgot where we're at we're just v i was Voting yes all those in favor say I I all those opposed motion carries okay uh I believe we are heading over Madam clerk are we heading over to the Redevelopment what are we doing yes yes okay so uh with that being [Applause] said let's now open the Redevelopment agency that would be item A2 roll call vice mayor Taylor here D here Martinez here eert uh president ree here Anderson here chivi here Madame mayor you do have a quorum of the Redevelopment agency board for Wednesday February 12th okay thank you so much at this time I'm going to ask do you have any public comment we do not have any public comment registered and have not received any correspondence okay thank you very much um I am going to ask ask you for approval of the agenda that's item A4 I have a motion second I have a second all those in favor say I hi all those opposed motion carries okay um do we need to open the public hearing Madam clerk we do for items I'm sorry it's a department item it's just item C1 okay so uh we will now open the public hearing it's not a public hear not okay underneath item D correct okay all right thank you so at this time we are um the Redevelopment agency Advisory Board um can you can we get a presentation on this it's a newly newly formed Edition thank you Madame Mayor Ashley attorney assistant city manager for the record um for this board what's in front of you today is the appointment of the Redevelopment agency Advisory Board this is a re-energized board is what we are calling it um this will be the first appointment this board has been dormant for a number of years I believe their last meeting was in 2017 there are a potential of nine positions available to be appointed today for various areas of expertise uh we would be looking for appointment today as you may recall this item was continued from your January 22nd meeting uh this body's direction to Redevelopment agency staff before was that this board would be reviewing many aspects of the RDA before it comes before you uh we have delayed some projects and so we are looking for the appointments today in order to prevent further delays okay that's uh what I wanted to know the time frame and then also can can you talk a little bit about exactly the items that they look at like um I was just curious like uh let's say purpose and oversight yeah I I guess one of the things like um what about downtown public safety and policing and some of that stuff is that in their scope so uh Madame mayor that would not be the oversight of this board so the board for the Redevelopment agency Advisory Board is very much looking at this from fiscal components that will be coming forward to this body for approval uh that will be reviewing the capital Improvement projects list that will come forward to this body to be approved on an annual basis that are found in RDA 1 and RDA 2 additionally they will be reviewing Redevelopment applications Tiff applications uh restore approved grants that will come forward all in accordance with what this body adopted in August of the Redevelopment agency program uh that was re-energized so this body is very much uh um akin to something that would be a financial Advisory Board review okay it's a higher level they're they're not looking at um conditions on the ground as it relates to policing in those areas okay um okay so let's see first of all I want to say um I looked at all the applications that was impressive um and then it's also so hard because we have so only so many seats um I really encourage everyone on this list I mean it was fantastic some of like the best that I have seen when it comes to Talent um but I would just encourage them to serve on other uh boards and other opportunities so really if you can make sure you let them know about what we have um openings whether it's on Fab or neighborhood advisory boards it would be really beneficial um I I wanted to really kind of look at a broad base of expertise um so I kind of it was so hard it was so hard every I wish uh we had availability for every single person on here um so with that being said I looked at um you know any anyone uh with law experience to artists to Residents to small business owners um I really just felt like it needed a a broad base um I was hoping that we had more time that's why I asked you um about the timing of this so uh Madame mayor just to again this item was continued already at this point uh we are three weeks from the last council meeting um I will tell you that we do have one project that is pending that this body has asked that the Redevelopment agency Advisory Board review additionally we do we have now received five or six other Tiff applications that we cannot move forward with that process without the The Advisory Board based off previous direction from this body uh so I would respectfully request that we make some appointments today to at least get us to a quorum uh so we can continue to move this process forward in order to help these Redevelopment and blighted areas well I'm excited for any opportunity downtown and Beyond so thank you um so I did already I put a list together here um so let's see um okay so Madam clerk I would like to appoint um Taylor Adams Cara Harris Jay Kenny Paul kleene uh NTI oliverio Michael ponie Colin Robertson uh Kurt Stitzer Mike Van hton um and then I want to put two alternates because there are a couple of them that said they don't know if they have the time to to um dedicate to this board and that would be um Madame mayor if I could pause in between your motion uh the way the bylaws are currently written we do not allow alternates if that's something that the body would like we can bring that back at a future I I would love for you to bring it back because we have a lot of boards where attendance is really low or they don't have time to serve so if we could um add that to bring back to another meeting but uh for now um those are those are my um appointments okay I have a motion and a second all those in favor say I I all those opposed opposed thank you motion carries all right this is where we are do you want me to push this to another of the day um it's do you want come back council's be curious I tried to I tried to get them um yeah whatever you want to do that's fine okay we'll push it okay uh thank you um okay then where are we at let's see Madam clerk I'm going to send it back to you item F1 is Redevelopment agency board comments if there are any any comments all right okay we have closing public comment on the Redevelopment agency board is item H1 I have unregistered and had not received any correspondence so we're on item I adjournment of the Redevelopment agency board okay um give me a motion to adjourn all right I have a motion in a second all those in favor say I I all those opposed motion carries Madam clerk what else do you need we can do item H1 on the um Reno city council meeting if you'd like and then that way we only have one item left when we come back from lunch so item H1 city council comments all right Madam mayor I have comments yes please um I wanted to let everyone know that uh council member uh Donald Abbott from the city in Sparks and I are uh engaged in a pitched battle to shave our heads for the Northern Nevada Children's Cancer Foundation so for the next several weeks uh we will be trying to raise money for nnccf uh and you'll be seeing me with a lot less hair uh very soon uh because we whether we win or lose we're both going under the the shaver uh but it's a great opportunity for uh us to not only raise some money for children's cancer uh but also just to uh knit our employees and our uh respective cities together in the goal of raising money for uh Children's Cancer Foundation here locally I love that that's awesome go ahead councilwoman okay um I just wanted to talk about our joint meeting last week and how well it went and um if people haven't watched it online or don't know about it they should check it out I think it was extremely productive and I'm really looking forward to um what evolves in that situation and also I'd like to request possibly maybe from the city manager manager Bryant um if we could my apologies yeah if maybe we could do um some Council workshops to talk more amongst ourselves about how we would like the um kind of combination of services to work across um Sparks Reno and Washo County I I know this is going to be an ongoing process so I think maybe we should all kind of be on the same page before we go to any future joint meetings I know the direction given to the collective staffs um last week was just to get us all on the same dispatch system but there might be future items that come up so if we could maybe add a workshop for that to one of our upcoming agendas I think that would be helpful and have maybe subject matter experts from from how things used to be to come in and um give us information about what went wrong last time so we can avoid some of the previous mistakes would be helpful too so thank you Jackie Bryan for the record I want to make sure I understand the request it pertains one to fire regionalization M and your asking for a workshop which would be less than the body or because if it is the body it needs to be publicly available of meeting law say that like I don't know if that's something that we could do during a council meeting to have that be an agendized item or have a special city council meeting where we talk about it together um before we go to um an additional um joint meeting with Washo County and Sparks I understand that the direction yes I'll work with the city attorney's office to make sure that we do that compliant with the open meeting law great and then one last thing I just want to remind everybody about the um senior cooking classes at the Reno Elks Lodge they're next Wednesday 11: to 2 um they're free it's a really great social activity for seniors it's an instructional cooking class it's interactive with the chefs um when the classes are over everyone gets a copy of the receipts and we all try the food they cooked so you know if you like it before you buy any ingredients are spend time cooking it and uh socialize so please come if you're able and everyone on Council is always invited thank you all right councilwoman Taylor thank you madam mayor um I was going to talk about this under G1 but think I think it might be more appropriate to do it here so um the role of the Planning Commission is to make a review by city council easier not harder in recent deliberations by the Planning Commission I believe they have fallen wul short by the standards expected of the city council myself in particular I would um look to our city attorneys and city manager hopefully to improve the de deliberation and decision-making process of the Planning Commission we expect a clean record and clear record to review any appeals and to take actions in matters reviewed by the Planning Commission and I believe that the applicants the stakeholders and the citizens deserve better thank you madam mayor all right thank you all right anything else no go ahead councilman thanks so much Madam mayor just a two quick uh announcements the first one is thanking uh councilman reice for sponsoring the love and full Splash Valentine's Day pool party this Saturday at 300 p.m. at the Northwest pool so if anybody can join us we'll definitely be there celebrating that and then the last thing is to remind folks that we uh received a love your block grant um from the Fed so we have the opportunity to help folks in our communities with small home repairs Community cleanups neighborhood improvements public art and more and those applications should be opening on the 14th so look at the city Arena website for more information okay um and and uh how much did you get uh the mini grants can range it looks like anywhere from 500 to $3,000 per applicant that's incredible how do they find it on the website like what should they search for it's uh reno.gov housing it will be under the hous yeah housing and neighborhood development thank you is that just in specific word uh it looks like this time it is it will be in W 3 in particular yeah okay cuz we had that in W 3 a few years ago too so thank you yeah of course that's exciting want to highlight it yeah love that um let me just ask ask you one more thing Miguel are you doing anything to promote it um publicly is there anything like are you doing any social media or knocking on doors or anything yeah there's already a round of social media going out but tomorrow uh we will also host a media opportunity at 10:00 a.m. at the Neil Road recreation center where folks can get more information okay that's awesome how many grants can you give out do you know um I don't know off hand but maybe we can get that information from him okay good yeah awesome all right mam clerk anything else Madame mayor we're going to go on break until our 2 p.m I don't okay hold on we have an up break or do you want to call it good um I think we can call it good I think we are actually our 2 p.m um is going to be on another agenda so if the council doesn't mind I think at this time we will adjourn the meeting and then uh I won't keep you any longer okay so I'd like a motion to adour I have a I have a motion and a second all those in favor say I all those opposed motion carries thanks everyone good good meeting do we have any public comment Madam clerk thank you I was just saying we didn't do public comment um for item J1 we do not have any public comment registered and we also have not received any additional correspondence that wasn't already noted okay thank you Carl appreciate it we just jumped again on that we were so excited that we were going into adjournment all right thanks so much