good morning everyone the April 1st 2020 meeting of the City Council's called to order this meeting has been properly noticed and posted in compliance with the Open Meeting Law these proceedings are being video recorded as well as presented live on KC L V cable channel 2 and our closed caption for hearing-impaired viewers please no customers CenturyLink Cox communication we view this program in high-definition on channel 100 - and in standard definition on channel 2 you may also watch this meeting live on Apple TV Roku Amazon fire TV and on the Go Vegas app the council meeting as well as all other KC LV programming would be viewed on the internet at WWDC V /live the proceedings will be rebroadcast on KC LV channel 2 the web the meeting the Wednesday excuse me of the meeting at 8:00 p.m. also on Friday 4:00 a.m. Saturday 7 p.m. Sunday at 7 a.m. and the following Monday 5 p.m. this building is protected by state-of-the-art fire detection and suppression sprinkler systems if alarm should 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city clerk please note if you parked in the parking garage the street a self validation machine is located in the foyer between council chambers and the security get get this dirty desk you walk by tender these chambers you must have your ticket with you to use the machine but if you don't see cute security personnel when exiting for a validation coupon before we proceed with the agenda what everyone please rise for the invocation given by Reverend Barry Vaughn Christ Episcopal Church who's filling in for Reverend Bonnie Polly who could not join us today and then will remain standing for the pledge good morning sir thank you for joining us good morning buenas Dias I'm berry born the senior pastor for seven years of Christ Episcopal Church the oldest Episcopal Church in Las Vegas and the largest Episcopal Church in Nevada let us pray O God our great healer we lift our hearts to you and thanks for this city of the springs in the midst of wilderness this valley sheltered by the mountains this place of work can play pour out a spirit of justice and wisdom upon our mayor and council may imagination give depth and color to reason may mercy enlarge their sense of duty may compassion warm their hearts as justice strengthens their resolve as we confront the pandemic that is bringing disease and death to so many banish fear from our hearts give the mayor and council faith that you or God are mighty to heal and save may your angels surround and uphold the people of Las Vegas bringing healing upon their wings mighty and merciful one as you guided our ancestors in days long past so guide us now for you are our light our guide our guard and our health and to you entrust our bodies and our souls forever I'm in before I make comment to the public come and I want to thank everyone that's joining us online today and we do have opportunity for you to participate in City Council and I really want to thank those who have come in to see us and and chat with us and help move our city forward we're so proud of everything that's being done we are in compliance as you can see I'm not sure it's quite so good Oh wonderful we are really doing well I want you to see this separation and just know that we're all in this together and we are very much behind making sure this gets behind us so stay well stay strong and we're here for you so we'll move on to agenda item 5 is that right madam clerk we have online as you can see here with us to my left your right is councilman semen and Councilman Anthony Mayor Pro Tem Fiore and we have our illustrious legal adviser Jeff dork ACK and online our councilman career we're doing it alphabetically councilman career from Ward 5 councilman Diaz from Ward 3 and Councilman Knutson from Ward 1 are you 3 there please yeah morning thank you thank you okay agenda item 5 and we will be hearing from you as well those of you at home public comment during this portion of the agenda must be limited to matters on the agenda for action the amount of time any single speakers allowed may be limited all comments made will be cross-reference to those specific items if anyone submitted a speaker card or wishes to speak under this portion agenda please come to the podium state your name for the record to your opportunity to address the council but will not be able to respond or engage and dialogue will set the time at one minute and no one has come forward so we will now I would like to ask our city clerk to make the public comments to be rate at this time please Thank You Mara we have no public comments at this time and could you repeat the instruction you gave during the RDA so everybody at home know how this is absolutely thank you LuAnn Holmes for the record the city of Las Vegas will continue holding four of our public meetings Planning Commission which is a second Tuesday of each month recommending comedian which has held the first and third Monday of the month and redevelopment hcand City Council which is held on the first and third Wednesdays of the month for Planning Commission and City Council meetings you can watch them live at wwk CLV TV slash live or through the city's agenda and meetings webpage at las vegas prime gov comm ford slash portal ford slash search when you get to that page please choose the interactive meeting link on the appropriate meeting you'd like to watch again i'd like to remind everybody that for each comments will be available for public comment and public hearing items on the city council agenda today at WWF aigis nevada gov slash council comment and we have opened an email you can reach us via email at City Council live at Las Vegas Nevada gov note that the comments received after an item has already been heard and acted upon will be included in the record without being read aloud there may be a time limit imposed on comets read for the record as it is standard practice when comes they're made here in person thank you thank you madam clerk now could you answer for me as we proceed during the council meeting at the point that we have the public comment and that will be coming in online to you from those who are on service here correct okay perfect Thank You team wonderful all right we will move on to agenda item six thank you there's miss item sir possible action any items from the nineteen session that the council staff and our applicant wished to be stricken table withdrawn held in abeyance to a future meeting may be brought forward and acted upon at this time there Pro Tem madam mayor we have none we will move on to agenda item 7 for possible action to prove the final minutes by reference of March 4th 2020 regular City Council meeting their proton may have a motion to prove the minutes please madam mayor I move to approve the minutes of the March 4th 2020 City Council meeting there's a motion please vote and how say you council on the phone aye councilman Knutson i8i items 8 through 29 on the consent agenda are considered to be routine or recommended for approval by the departments and may be enacted in one motion Councilwoman seaman and understand you wish to make a comment reference agenda item 9 thank you madam mayor it is frustrating at a time when the city has so many urgent needs that we have to spend more money on badlands litigation defense but having said that I will do what is needed to defend the city and the taxpayers and vote for the additional funding thank you thank you very much are there any other items council was just to bring forward any one on the mayor and I would need to add a nine I remember 10 that I had a contract with out of hand I will not be voting on item number 10 that was councilman Knutson wanting to bring four I couldn't quite understand it he is a councilman Knutson is abstaining on agenda item 10 yes and anything else councilman okay so the mayor everything I need to obtain from Adam remember Thank You councilman thank you and abstaining therefrom okay Mary just have one comment down here Jeff Dirk exit deputy city attorney on item 18 this is a contract between the city of Las Vegas and the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services the fire department inadvertently left and exhibit off of the agenda that is but it is in the contract so we just wanted to state for the record that appendix B in the contract refers to the HIPAA requirements Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act that the city will follow pursuant to this contract and that's everything thank you very much okay are you addressing us now madam mayor I just need to read a real quick statement on two of planning's consent items just for the record and they don't need to be pulled off consent okay so real quick on item 21 I need to read for the record that this item is for a tavern limited license under declaration of emergency for koban 19 directive 0:03 this business will not be able to conduct business under this license until that emergency has been lifted a affidavit has been signed by the licensee which I will supply to the clerk's office for the record and so what that means is that today's a vote is for approval of this license with the understanding that it must wait to operate until the directed has been rescinded lifted or otherwise directed by the city of Las Vegas business licensing division with that that is offered that one item excuse me could I ask you was there time limit once it is granted if it's granted or do you wait till that time when you do it no so there's no time limit so with your approval today of this license the license will be issued it just they will not be able to operate the business until the emergency directive is lifted expired modified or their contacted by licensing to say that they're now clear to operate thank you similarly on item 22 this item is for banquet establishment liquor license again under the declaration of emergency for koban 19 directive oh three this business will not be able to conduct this activity under this license until the emergency has been lifted we do have a signed affidavit from the licensee that they understand this directive so again this is a vote today to approve this license with the understanding that they must wait to operate until the directive is either rescinded lifted or they are otherwise contacted by the business licensing division of the city of Las Vegas and indicated that they can operate thank you with that I'll leave these for the clerk's office and let you thank you thank you very much okay any other comments No okay online from our counsel any questions comments there do what canister Sommerfeld addressed mr. doar cat there's a gentleman with his hand up am i permitted to take that I know yeah you could bring him up if you'd like we we had public comment but if he wants to come up and speak on one of the items in 829 sure please just come to the microphone and the light will go on and feel state your name for the record please thank you very much madam mayor and everybody else who was brave enough to come to work like you're supposed to you're all essential workers I've been saying that to everybody I know in person and Facebook on the radio Dave and Mahoney and Mercedes and JC to probably think you're crazy to come here right now I'd tell them they're wrong she's being brave which item please sir well not a specific item ma'am if I could just briefly say I like the idea of a quarantine the homeless I think a better place than the pavement this is off the Genda you would mr. door tack said I'm sorry I didn't first time I've been to one of these in a long time there'll be public comment later on so there will be yes oh thank you I thought maybe I'd missed my one chance there a few minutes - there'll be one at the end that's it yeah thank you very much come back okay any other comments on these okay here yes did we pull 25 forward and have staff explains that investment - on agenda item 25 Councilwoman Diaz has some questions so and Councilman courier I see it's both of you on the interlocal contract is that the one you're speaking - yep okay I see we're gonna get a little input here I feel hold one second please good morning good morning Steve Ford City Engineer ok Councilwoman Steve Ford's at the mic for you thinking about a mayor I just would like to mr. Ford to explain that the investment that will happen I do to this public works project that we're about to approve I don't I think that it's important that the public know what we're doing to keep them safe when they're visiting downtown if I may mr. Ford let me just read it so the public knows we're discussing agenda item 25 yes for possible action to approve into a local contract 1 166 which is a construction come construction contract and supplemental interlocal contract number one - 989 a engineering between the city of Las Vegas CLV and the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada RTC to provide funding for construction and increased funding for engineering for the downtown pedestrian safety program phase 1 improvements located in a quarter mile radius around fremont street experience 7 million 270,000 Rodan and flood capital project fund CPF this this is in Ward's three and five Councilwoman dais and Councilman Greer okay thank you madam mayor good morning Council the this project has been in the works for quite a while with RTC to provide some safety improvements around Fremont Street we're adding both boards at the entrances off of the main streets onto exit onto Fremont and some pedestrian access and it's just to keep that whole area safer than it has been any other comments Councilwoman now thinking about earlier Thank You mr. Ford thank you very much okay Mayor Pro Tem may have a motion on the consent agenda please absolutely madam mayor I move to approve consent agenda items 8 through 29 and with the note that councilman Knutson will be abstaining on item 2 thank you there's a motion please vote and Councilman courier aye all right I thank you very much they all concur and that motion carries thank you very much we'll move on to agenda item 30 public hearing and this is agenda item 30 public hearing on local improvement district for special Improvement Districts ed s ID number 14 85 Alta Drive landscape maintenance fiscal year 2021 this is a Ward 1 with Councilman Knutson it is a public hearing which I declare open and I see mr. Ford again nice to see you thank you and please announce your name good morning Steve Ford city engineer this is special Improvement District 1485 consists of 37 parcels along drive between Rancho to appoint proximally 375 feet west of Lacey Lane it consists of landscaping maintenance and utilities and the assessments have remained unchanged for this year and it goes through 2021 we have received no protests on this item and can you tell us it goes from Lacey Lane to where please Rachel 300 from the goes between on alta between Rancho Drive to approximately 275 feet west of Lacey Lane and that has already been that's the one that's Wiggly like San Francisco and so what what is happening at this so this mean this district has been in place for many years it's it's basically just the maintenance of the landscaping and pay for the water for that landscaping in that area assessments remain unchanged from the previous series of 75 thousand eight hundred dollars for the entire assessment and it's a special Improvement District so the residents pay for it not the city is that is correct okay just so everybody knows yes ideas special Improvement District absorbed by the residents correct thank you very much so it's public hearing anybody wishing to be heard on this item close the public hearing and [Music] Councilman would you like to make a motion on your own yes mayor I would like to say this is one of my favorite parts of the entire city I Drive it multiple times today as do many of us I'm so grateful for the neighbors for for paying for it grateful for the city and the staff who are able to maintain this by with that I was miserable and so you move for approval yeah I can't hear and I'm sorry I'm not certain there's any action required on this I see there is no action thank you very much all right it's all taken care of we like that gende item 31 Thank You councilman public hearing on local Improvement District special Improvement District has ID number 1516 Fremont Street maintenance district fiscal year 2021 Las Vegas Boulevard to 8th Street Ward 3 with Councilwoman Diaz this is a public hearing which I declare open and back to you again sir thank you again Steve Ford sitting chair this district consists of 34 parcels a total of fifteen point five nine acres in assessment the boundaries are Las Vegas Boulevard on the West Ogden Avenue to the north Carson Avenue on the south and 8th Street to the east this si D covers landscape maintenance street cleaning sign maintenance security public utilities promotional events and marketing for the Fremont East entertainment district the assessment has been for this upcoming years $100,000 it's important to note that over the last few years there has been no assessment because of a surplus of funds in the original the original assessments when it was first created so this would be the first year and we've received no protests on this thank you very much and no action on that so we will move Thank You mr. Ford onto agenda of 30:2 recommending committee bills eligible for adoption at a later meeting items number 32 33 bills number 2020 - a 2020 - and I will be heard a later meeting we'll move on to new bills items 34 through 37 and Bill's number - oh - oh - ten through - OH - OH - 13 will be heard at recommending committee committee meeting Monday April 13th 2020 City Attorney please read the new bills yes ma'am bill number 2020 - ten an ordinance to amend LVM see chapter 6.15 provisions of LVM see title 19 to establish licensing and zoning regulations for ancillary wineries as allowed by state law and to provide further related matters bill number 20 2011 an ordinance creating the city of Las Vegas and a special Improvement District number 815 Summerland billets 25 or during a street project storm sewer project sanitary sewer project drainage project and water project within the city of Las Vegas Nevada and providing other matters related thereto guild number 20 20-12 an organ is concerning the city of Las Vegas Nevada special Improvement District 815 Summerlin billows 25 assessing the cost of local improvements against the accessible property benefited by the local improvements and providing further related matters there to bill number 2022 - 13 and ordinance authorizing the issuance and sale by the city of its special Improvement District number 815 Summerlin village 25 local improvement bonds Series 2020 approving the form of certain documents with respect to such bonds ratifying action taken by city officers toward the issuance of such bonds and providing other matters related thereto thank you very much new bills number - OH - OH - 10 - OH - OH - 13 or assigned to the April 13 2029 because we'll still be in home assignment councilman and Knutson I feel confident that you would prefer not to attend the recommending committee here correct that is Kure but I'm coming Thank You councilman Anthony would you be able to come thank you and Councilwoman Fiore okay so the assignment will be councilman Anthony and council in fury and myself as the third if so anyone well any of us are unable we need to at least have two so i guess here we are our next agenda Oh is it possible where's our attorney he slipped down yes am I able to call forward mr. Adams if he would like to make us a report now because we are agendized to start the second session yeah I don't see any problem with that okay so what we're gonna do let me read wherever that is what members don't go please no no no so I have it here hold on there it is okay these are reports and presentations to gende item 47 to report from Scottie Adams city manager on our emerging issues so please sir good morning madam mayor members of City Council Scott Adams city manager I'm gonna use my entire emerging issues report to really kind of give the council in the public an update and the things that were working on relative to covin 19 I think have indicated that we have an internal team a Cova 19 response team that we meet weekly to really address and coordinate all the issues that the city's dealing with we have two team leaders tim is handling tim hacker is handling the covin 19 team but then we also have a recovery team that's looking at our financial condition where Gary a m'ling and Tim are culturing that team so we've we really kind of have the two kind of commingled because there's a lot of things we're doing logistically to deal with the crisis but then there's a financial end of it that is very much one that I've got my eye on the ball of because I'm very concerned about our financial condition and making sure we're doing the right things to to get to the city through that situation but let me talk a little bit about our workforce I think I've mentioned to you in briefings that we have now fully segregated our workforce by employees that are essential and non-essential we have our central employees some of those have to come to wear at work they report to work some of them are able to work from home and then we have non-essential employees that are that are basically home on a furlough now we I think I mentioned that we have an infectious disease lis program that they're currently on and then at some point they'll work on there they'll be using leave balances and in other ways to stay at home that breakdown is we have about twenty four hundred and fifty-six employees who are essential and 285 employees that are non-essential that comprises those are full-time employees I think I had reported and I'd forwarded to you and I know the chief judge did their Municipal Court is deferring a lot of their caseloads through judicial orders in our Municipal Court started a modified were scheduled a couple days ago rotating employees through positions so they're following a similar pattern to the our general workforce we had closed a number of our senior centers actually all of our senior centers and then redeployed some of them for daycare for critical employees that were unable to meet their their children's needs when the school district closed I'm actually happy to report that we are now down to just one of those centers operational which is a doula Centre the doula community center with a very small number of children being handled at that facility so that means that most of our workforce has been able to to secure the necessary childcare support for their employees we I think there's been a lot of press recently on our efforts at Cashman you know we've we've had an issue with the homeless community we've had an issue one infection at Catholic Charities which prompted a need to stand up a facility at Cashman that we you're now calling your ISO Q facility for isolation and Quarantine for the potential of infections working its way through the homeless community and so we're really really focused on working with the county who has really pretty much taken the lead on this and working it for federal FEMA funding through the multi-agency coordinating committee the Mac which is a regional EEOC so to speak and that has been positioned for federal funding and and is moving forward I know I personally went out to the site yesterday and all the tents are starting to be erected Russ crew facilities and all the things that are will be there on site to support that facility we did stand up a temporary and I want to stress temporary place for the clients of Catholic Charities to go to be socially distance to sleep overnight on the upper lot of cash but then and that will be a temporary facility such that when Catholic Charities reopens we will close that temporary facilities it was really a housing and that's I'm using that term loosely it was sleeping approximately number of persons that were at Catholic Charities prior to their closure and she said my dad mr. Adams was this not an emergency response quickly when Catholic Charities had yeah we had the men we had no time to negotiate for example the acquisition of hotel rooms in a casino or anything like that we had to stand it up me literally overnight to get it going to accommodate a safe place I want to I want to repeat here a safe place for the homeless community to sleep and this was about social distancing in providing a safe alternative for our homeless community and could you tell us approximately how many on the first night and tonight's the second night well I you know it was interesting because it was a little rainy over the weekend so it ramped up to I think the first night was not very well attended I remember the exact number was 60 or 70 and I think recently probably about a couple hundred so it's and it's interesting that's probably the number that Catholic Charities depopulated to all the shelters have depopulated due to social distancing we have had a long-standing homeless housing crisis and I will remind the council in the public that we did go to the legislature last year and asked for funding alpha dress that crisis and we came back empty-handed so we're not unaware of the need for a housing for our homeless it's been a problem in Las Vegas for a long time and as well as the Sanitation which I know we have already gone to the mat on that with making sure to the best of our abilities we have been sanitizing the streets and doing what we could do obviously it's an enormous issue sanitation all of this is about health and sanitation so I that's correct yeah that is correct so really our focus has been on the Cova 19 end of the homeless problem in the community standing up a facility that will address ultimately what we think that Kovan 19 problem will ramp up to in the homeless population let me keep going and a lot of our functions where we're receiving payments from our citizens our customers whether it's licenses payments a whole range of things we're suspending we're we're deferring payments with no and waiving penalties through the end of the crisis their emergency so we are doing our best to accommodate our citizens and understanding they are struggling and we're not gonna add to their problems and and then is there a number for them to call into if in fact you have a concern that your bills are due and you really don't yes yes ma'am I and I there's a great segue to for me to talk about I think you know in times like this entrepreneurialism sometimes find solutions and we had been discussing forming a call center here creating a call center and we literally stood up a call center overnight and I want to congratulate a number of our team members in particular Michael Sherwood for setting up the technology we've consolidated a number of employees who are in customer service and bill payment and similar functions into a call center in a former parking office across the street and now if you dial the number two to nine care two to nine care C ar e you will get that call center and they can assist our customers with a wide range of issues ranging from just how to do business with a city as well as payments and mr. Adams is that operative only five days a week is it how many hours a day could we know one day to Friday 7:00 to 7:00 Monday through Friday 7:00 to 7:00 and could you repeat the number again it is 2:00 to 9:00 I care thank you and now that's been incredibly successful literally we got overwhelmed the moment we opened it we've been adding staff to it but it's interesting that that Center now performs of with 12 people performs the function that it took 29 the other way we were doing it the old way of doing business so that not only is it great for response being responsive to our customers during a crisis we'll continue to use that after we get out of this and if I may lead you further along because I know our offices and undated with calls that we have to keep referring back to the governor because they were through his mandates and edicts which are he's given that to us we cannot take care of that at the city but what exactly are the areas or how broad-based can you say that people should call care the care number to get help assistance guidance and not the numbers really that quite frankly if you have any I mean I'm gonna just go out and say that anything you have a concern about business with the city you can call they will direct you to the right place in the city to find a solution but not unemployment no not unemployment now if we're not saddling its city business only so if it's sewer business it's building permits it's anything that the city of Las Vegas you normally interface with the city for you can call into the center and they'll direct you to the appropriate place thank you I do want to reiterate I think there's been a lot of press on our parks I want to indicate that our parks are open the playgrounds are closed we've put proprietary taped them off we really got to a point where sanitizing the equipment compromised the supplies of materials we had to do that for our own other uses and then there was a second clarification for the Governor on closures that really clarified that playgrounds are off-limits so we went along with that and closed those but I want to reiterate the parks are open and we are asking our citizens to observe CDC guidelines when they use the parks you know don't don't play basketball don't have basketball games but it's okay to take your family into the park your nuclear family into the park enjoy our parks and please be sure to clean up after yourself so others don't but the reality is we all need to be outdoors and the fresh air and we're so grateful our parks are open so on that regard mayor we're seeing increased park usage I mean America has rediscovered as parks this isn't just in Las Vegas it's nationwide and we have stepped up through some of our reassignment crews we've asked for volunteer employees who are on the non-essential list to volunteer to be reassigned and some of these crews are stepping up the level of maintenance in parts not disinfection but just the general maintenance that we need to take care of in the parks I want to mention that our Emergency Operations Center is open we are in an emergency and I think this is something that I haven't really talked too much about our EOC is at a category-2 level with limited staffing we asked each department to put a employee into the EOC and I would characterize their efforts right now being in a logistical support role as we identify issues that require PPE require any kind of support the EOC takes those requests and works through the Mac the multi-agency coordinating committee to secure necessary materials and logistical support so there is a system working where at a regional there is a coordinating committee and then our EOC plugs into that group we are closely coordinating them we have our team our emergency managers a member of the the multi-agency coordinating committee and we are closely communicating and coordinating with the things they're doing that's how Emergency Management works and we are aware of all the things going on in the region and the regions aware of the things we're doing as well and then I want to close by talking about federal funding I entered in briefing yesterday that with the the last stimulus bill passed by Congress it's starting to become clear what funding pathways there are for the city there it is very clear that there was a component in the last bill passed that would provide 150 billion dollars in support for cities and states and getting into that we have identified there will be a direct appropriation to the city of Las Vegas there's a bit of an interpretation of what that means for us we think that could mean anywhere from 118 to 160 million dollars we are working closely with our delegation communicating to the administration that our intent and our need for that funding is the same way the rest of the bill has been characterized as a revenue ejection to cover the significant potential revenue loss the city will experience due to the fact that we have fully shut down all the tax paying functions in this region and as you know consolidated tax is more than 50% of our budget and its largest component by far as sales tax and this community is not generating sell stocks right now so the impacts of what's going on as we speak on our budget will be profound and we we need that federal funding as an injection to allow us to continue operations through this crisis and beyond as you know for Las Vegas our recovery isn't characterized by what's happening just this moment but what the length of recovery will be after we've we get through this emergency and and people feel comfortable coming back to and traveling to Las Vegas so we are all over that we do know that we think some of our other programs will get plussed up out of these bills there'll be additional funding and areas that right now we really are going to need funding for so we have a big team internally working on every aspect of that bill and our bills and how what are the different columns of funding that we think come in to individual functions of the city so that we will take every advantage for our citizens being able to continue all the important things and step up certain operations where necessary so that really is kind of a high level report unless you have any questions I certainly if I can't answer them I think I've got enough my team members here we could answer any questions you might we be happy to take them I just want to assure everybody at home that we are so sensitive to those who are on week to week paychecks those who've been in the hospitality business and whether it's been in front office or wherever you've been we know we feel the pain and we wish we had control we don't but we're doing everything we can so hang in and just know that the time will come it is an uncertain time there is at this point other than our separation and doing what the governor has mandated there is no preventive miss at this point this is the best that can come up with through the medical field that you have time that you can do something hopefully productive with it but know that we are very very sensitive to this all and know that there is no treatment yet and there certainly isn't a cure so with a wonderful inventive people that we have in this scientific research or medical field this will come but until then we're doing the best we can and we feel every single one of you as you work through this we are sensitive and please know that and mr. Adams you've really done a wonderful job taking us this far and now hopefully it's over soon and we can get back to business and all of you who are without paychecks just to know we are forgiving what we can be doing or delaying and if you have any questions again it's the care number but we are terribly sensitive in all the wards to what you're going through because so many of us also have similar issues and the pain is tremendous so we're hoping we'll be back to normal soon and mr. Adams thank you we have questions on Mayor Pro Tem or Councilwoman no I think we all think you're just doing a wonderful anyone online would like to ask mr. Adams question or his team no mayor thank you thank you mr. Adams okay we have now a 15-minute recess that will take and we will return sharp at 10:00 Thank You Councilwoman Diaz and Councilman career and Councilman Knutson if you could just stand the line and mute your mics we'd appreciate it you okay we're having a minute more for technology councilmen career Councilwoman Diaz councilman Knutson are you still with us Oh ma'am thank you yes ma'am thank you okay we're not here yet but we're waiting we're on okay so we are gonna start with the agenda item 38 okay for possible action any items from the 10:00 a.m. session that the council staff and/or applicant wish to be stricken table withdrawn or held in abeyance to a future meeting may be brought forward and acted upon at this time what do you have Mayor Pro temp madam mayor the following items have been requested to be held in a bandwidth drawn table or strict 'end item number 42 42 GPA seven seven nine one seven zone seven seven nine one nine and var seven eight one one three applicant owner Moses karpio at 12:08 south eastern avenue asked for an abeyance - may 6 20 20 and it is requested by the applicant in item number 43 roc seven eight zero four four applicant wal-mart Stores Inc owner Walmart real estate business trust on four point three one acres at 63 ten West Charleston Boulevard asked for an abeyance - may 6 20 20 the request is by the applicant and that will be my motion madam mayor thank you there's a motion on agenda items 40 41 42 43 in abeyance please vote and please post and how say you councilman career councilwoman Diaz aye councilman Knutson aye councilman career got it all right okay thank you okay that motion carries and we will now move on to agenda item 39 public hearing and discussion for possible action to consider a request for a waiver and or a reduction of fees totaling twenty-three hundred thirty two dollars two cents in unpaid out-of-pocket costs and 19 thousand 250 two hundred dollars 56 cents and unpaid civil penalties for a total of 21 532 58 cents recorded against property located at 108 to 7 mystic Shore Avenue property owner Nassau Gregory J Ward six Councilwoman Mayor Pro Tem Fiore to public hearing which I declare open and good morning good morning madam mayor and council Vickie Ozuna code enforcement section manager the item before you today is a public hearing for a request of waiver of fees and penalties and for the property at ten eight to seven mystic Shore Avenue the current outstanding her hard cost are two thousand three hundred and thirty two dollars and two cents and daily civil penalties of nineteen thousand two hundred dollars and fifty six cents for a total of twenty-one thousand five hundred thirty two dollars and fifty eight cents the property at the time of the abatement was owned by Christopher and Ashley dodge code enforcement received a complaint October 24 2016 and a notice and Ord order was issued on November 8 2016 because we found that the property was open accessible code enforcement hired a contractor to secure and clean the property January 17 2017 and the abatement costs and civil penalties were approved on March 21st 2018 that a pocket costs were sixteen hundred twenty one dollars and $19,500 and daily civil penalties and they were approved at the time of the abatement the lien approval the lien was approved and the property was valued on zillow.com at two hundred and four thousand on March 21st 2018 Mt Willis Mt Realty estate purchased the property from Ashley dodge but did not go through an escrow and the outstanding liens were not paid the purchase price was two hundred and twelve dollars and two hundred twelve thousand five hundred dollars code enforcement received a waiver request from Mt the state and the hearing was held April 25th 2018 the request was denied by the designee as the property was not in a blighted area and the property value had gone up in value according to zillow.com to two hundred forty five thousand dollars at that time in June 2019 city of Las Vegas sent the liens to Clark County Treasury so the outstanding liens could be collected additional costs of two hundred forty seven dollars and ninety seven cents for a crude interest and eight hundred and fifty seven dollars and 86 cents for tax roll fee were assessed and applied to the property on November 19 2019 Gregory Nassau purchased the property for two hundred and eighty thousand dollars with mt real estate investment Inc as the holder of the deed of trust again the outstanding liens were not paid and passed on to the new owner the current zillow.com value is two hundred and eighty seven thousand dollars property is currently up for sale for two hundred and eighty thousand dollars the property is clean and in compliance staff recommends denial of this request as the property is not within a blighted area thank you very much sir do you want to make some comments at this point I'm Greg now so the owner of the property I feel a little with everything that's going on to be talking about this today it's probably not the greatest thing in the world but that's where we're at today so I'm currently moving into the property but with everything that's going on in the city today I'm part of that MSD project that just got shut down overnight so I'm up in the air and what I'm going to do it is on the market I'm just trying to get myself in a position that I can move forward thank you you know anybody that's in any type of business and especially our small businesses that are the backbone of our community I mean everybody's being hit so incredibly hard to the crawling point and so you know is another individual on your own doing the best you can I just a small businessman very and Lading very tough very tough times and we sympathize and don't know where this is gonna go but we are gonna take public comment and before I turned it over and comment from anyone else so sir if you just step aside and in fact that's good that's good morning statement captain truth Dempsey I didn't catch your name sir Stephen captain truth yes thank you and this is kind of an area that I have a special interest in real estate I know I heard about three months ago and obviously that was before a lot of the subsequent health concerns really became prominent it was the top of the news segment that I heard on a talk radio station it said like I I don't remember the exact quote to it but the figures are very close and it said that like I really was 72% of the listed properties in our communities or community here in Las Vegas it been 8 months for the 72% of listed properties that had been on in the MLS listing hadn't had an offer I think that that gentleman should at least get if he's trying to sell it he should at least get some time and an extension and and see what happens I think that's a reasonable concern i I don't know a lot of people that are gonna risk a lot of money unless I guess if we don't have casinos anymore I that's in a hope to bring up that topic later discussion as far as authority to do keep people from making a living but I hope you'd consider at least giving some time to see what happens thank you appreciate it sir and they can keep a wide berth to the other gentleman and sir if you want to come up now and state your name for the record and hopefully it's on this eye because there is a general public hearing at the end if you want to make a general comment that's what I'm waiting for just have a seat that's fine anyone else wishing to be heard on agenda item 39 any comments questions from Council here anyone online okay Mayor Pro Tem please thank you so much okay so what are our hard costs the outstanding hard costs are two thousand three hundred and thirty-two dollars and two cents two thousand one two thousand three hundred thirty two dollars and two cents and mr. naso are you able to pay that today yes so what I what my motion is going to be is if you could write mrs. Oona a check for that amount of the hard costs and all of the other costs will be forgiven and that is my motion thank you very much there's a motion to forgive except the hard cost right he's gonna write a check today for all the hard costs today to get this thing completed say yes wonderful he did yes he did all right there's a motion please vote and please post and councilman career aye councilwoman das i councilman Knutson I thank you that motion carries good thank you okay we will now move on to item 28 2014 for thank you okay var 7 8 1 through 7 public hearing applicant clark county school district owners school board of trustees for possible action or request for a variance to allow no off-site improvements on Virginia City Avenue or such a required on 7.03 acres at 950 North Tonopah Drive CV Civic zone Ward 5 councilmen career staff recommends denial Planning Commission recommends approval this is a public hearing which I declare open is the applicant or representative of the district present no that will then turn to you mr. Sommerfeld madam mayor the approved site development plan review for this school site requires the construction of all incomplete half Street improvements on Virginia City Avenue into an appalled Drive concurrent with the site development the applicant intends to comply with those requirements for improvements on tonenpaul Drive but not on Virginia City Avenue as they've met with the property owners and they've requested that those improvements not be done however no evidence of a unique or extraordinary circumstance has been presented in that the applicant has created a self-imposed hardship by choosing not to construct these half Street improvements on Virginia Avenue for those reasons staff is recommending denial thank you thank you very much anyone from the public wishing to be heard on agenda item 44 please come forward hearing and seeing none I will now turn to online comments please no online comments no online comments okay I'll close both public comments then and we'll turn to Councilman career unless their comments any come a demerit this is one of those situations where it's in the community that I happen to live in financier village it is a horse community a rural zone community and we do not have improved streets and we have bridle paths and horses and now the community definitely wants to continue with that and so this is why they're asking for a very a waiver for the improved streets and if there's no discussion our comments or my colleagues I make a motion for approval okay any comments I know here in present there no comments anybody online wishing to make comment and hearing none then councilman Carillo your motion is to approve correct yes thank you yeah there's a motion to approve please vote and for those of you Councilwoman Diaz all right councilman Knutson aye okay that motion then carries thank you very much we'll move on to agenda item 45s up7 8 109 public hearing applicant QC Financial Services Inc owner Roboto family trust for possible action or request for a special use permit or proposed 1170 square-foot auto title loan use within an existing financial institution specified use with waivers to allow 130 foot distance separation from a residential use where 200 feets required to allow 1170 square foot tenant space dedicated to the use where 1,500 square feets are required to allow window size it does not comply with title 19.12.2011 Ord 3 councilman D s Planning Commission and staff both recommend approval and this is a public hearing which I declare open is the applicant present or online okay we will turn this to mr. Sommerfeld madam mayor the special use permit is to add an auto title loan use within an existing financial institution specified the additional useful result in additional paper transactions as they will have no vehicles stored at the site there for they should not be intensifying the activities that are currently being conducted within the existing use as such the approval of an auto timeline use will not compromise the public health safety or welfare of the public and staff has recommended approval thank you thank you very much this is a public hearing is there anyone present who wishes to come forward and speak to the council please do so and on line please Thank You mayor Louanne home city quick for the record I do have comments from Erika Martinez she is on opposition she states these businesses are considered predatory they are determined or detrimental to the surrounding neighborhoods they're considered as neighbourhood declined indicators the service is already provided in the neighborhood thank you from Lee Yarborough she supports this this is just an additional service with an existing financial institution I don't see that this could damage the attorney neighborhood it should be approved from Daniel for Kherson he is in opposition we don't need another lemon lot in the area which is what comes after the loans from Heidi Swank she is in opposition we already have too many title and payday lender in this area we do not want any one of these folks who are just here to take advantage of people from mark Kauffman he supports it with no comment from Kathleen car it states I'm opposed to agenda item number 45 to add an auto title loan business these businesses are considered predatory they are detrimental to the surrounding neighborhoods they're considered as neighborhood declined indicators it appears very similar to Erica Martinez's statement from Fon Douglas states we oppose the approval of su P seven eight one zero nine special use permit for the Roboto family trust to sell auto title loans at a hundred thirty foot distance separation from the residential use where two hundred feet is required we live within several hundred feet of the Lin nation near the corner corner of eastern and Sahara and we have been greatly concerned about the increasing number of quick loan establishments going up in our neighborhood in addition to this Lind nation there's a tidal max a dollar loan center all within several hundred feet of this major intersection while we understand this Lin nation's store is already open we oppose any further expansion of this quick loan activities so close to our residents we would prefer a banking enterprise at this intersection but are not able to able to afford to build one there ourselves thank you and that are all the comments and are those all dated today yes they are married they all have come in over the two avenues that we've allowed people to make comments during a meeting and is there any way I'm pretty sure in this one because their knowledge of the area anyway for us to determine when people send in if they're they live in the city or they live in California or they live somewhere else how can we moving forward with our this is another thing we really need to know because we have a lot of people come in from out of state to voice opinions one way or the other and we really want to make sure we're hearing from the people in the city which this sounds like I mean some of the names I'm very familiar with so can we work on that going forward yes we can work on some of that great thank you any comments from counsel here and on the line anyone any comments before I turn this over to Councilwoman Diaz no there thank you I'm Councilwoman o I have to close public hearing thank you okay Councilwoman thank you madam mayor so I heard the applicant not present no but okay she has I had a few questions are you online no okay please so mr. summer feels nice peas that they are requesting a distance separation of 130 feet to be waived and I wanted you to know if there are other financial institutions that sort of this area that have made a similar request madam mayor three Councilwoman Diaz yes so if you'll recall council took action on a request by the same applicant for a different location a location that was in Ward one I believe it was last meeting they did have a similar not the same request not exactly the same circumstances but they did have a similar distance requests a waiver for residential additionally they weren't meaning the square footage and I think they were also requesting to have non-approved window signage at that location as well and what was that vote please Minister summer feel I do not have it right in front of me but my belief is that it was a approval vote councilman Knutson made a recommendation for approval [Music] based on the staff and Planning Commission recommendations and I believe that Carey thank you very much is that your recollection councilman Knutson right yes mr. Sommerfeld can you tell me how many other financial institutions of this kind service this area currently madam mayor three you so because I knew the Councilwoman had some concerns there were some maps that she asked us to produce if I may I'll go to the overhead to be able to put those maps up if that is what you would like Councilwoman yes please and Councilwoman dears I think we have some comments up here from counsel that are here before you make your motion please after mr. Sommerfeld mr. Sommerfeld has the floor so madam mayor again through you for councilman Diaz so the map that I'm showing you now this is the map for financial institutions within the entire city of Las Vegas you do see that there are a number of them along our major commercial corridors including on the east side Eastern Avenue which is right here so you see there are number of them there and as you get closer to the location for this proposed one again you begin to see that there are could I trouble you for the date of the bottom map please so this map was produced for the Councilwoman on March 4th of 2020 thank you very much as well this one was also created for her by our GIS team in planning on the 4th as well and so Eastern Avenue apologized my bifocals are not working Eastern Avenue again is here so Eastern in Charleston is here so again you are seeing that you have a few of these in that vicinity I'm sorry Eastern and Sahara is here and then you have Eastern in Charleston so you have a few that are in that stretch between Sahara and Charleston and then here is the immediate this is our special area map that we have that shows the the location of the existing financial institution specified that wants to add this line of business and its existing proximity to those residential areas does that help answer your question Councilwoman yes Robert Ann can you advise if any of those existing financial institutions have a waiver in place to allow closer proximity to residents so and I don't have a detailed record on each one but as I'm looking at this particular map of the ward 3 area and looking at its proximity with the little radios that I do have I would assume that there are many of these that have received waivers in one form or another over the years when they were approved from either like the one that I'm pointing out here which is clearly has residential within its area the one for here that has again residential many of these seem to have within the distance separation to a residential component and may also even have distance separation within from financial institution to financial institution as well nanometers you want to have my fellow colleagues answer questions the worldly comment absolutely stepped away Mayor Pro Tem did you want to make comment please thank you madam mayor councilman Diaz the applicant is a no-show and the list of opposition is much greater than the list of support so I just want to say I'm not going to be supporting this measure today thank you any other comments none here then so back to you please thank you madam mayor so I am an agreement with Mayor Pro Tem I have heard from many of my residents that they don't see that this is a need in our community that we have an excess of these types of financial services and in light of everything that is happening I don't think that I would feel comfortable opening another auto title loans in very close proximity to the community and stated by so many of my residents so with that I will move to the 9 number 45 thank you then there's a motion to deny on agenda item 45 is that your all right - okay I please vote and please post and Councilman career I councilman Knutson I thank you and please councilwoman's off the bench in a moment and that motion carries number 45 was denied thank you very much we'll move on to agenda item 46 su p seven eight one four four public hearing applicant open owner gas station lot LLC possible action or a request for special use permit for proposed twenty four hundred fifty square foot beer wine cooler off sale establishment youths with a waiver to allow three hundred forty three foot distance separation from a city park where four hundred feets required at twenty fifty one ee sahara c1 limited commercial zone ward three counts woman yes Planning Commission and staff recommend approval this is a public hearing which I declare open and I see we have a person here are you the applicant or represented I am application okay new owner I'm gonna need on my represent no on him okay he cannot be here today he said a homie yes okay thank you very much mayor I hate to interrupt can we get him disposed name please would you be kind enough to spell your first and last name please my first name AI our last name in pH and HIV panting thank you very much mister Sommerfeld madam mayor the while the applicant has requested a distance separation waiver from a city park staff finds that the subject site is suitable as it is separated from the park by Eastern Avenue which is a hundred foot primary air and that the use is compatible with existing surrounding uses and therefore has recommended approval thank you thank you very much any comments from the public here if you wish to make comment please come forward state your name for the record hearing and seeing none in the public we will now turn to online and see if we do have comments please we have quite a few thank you and again all from today yes all from today just received thank you start the top we have mark Coffman is support Lee Yarborough is in support there are currently business closer to the parks well selling beer and wine I feel this responsible business person should not be allowed to do the same Vaughn Douglas is in opposition stating we strongly and vehemently oppose the approval of SU P seven eight 144 the special use permit that would allow the owner of gas state lot LLC a two thousand four hundred fifty square foot beer wine cooler off cell establishment within a three hundred forty three distance from our beloved JC Park this violates city code by reducing the required distance of four hundred feet with good reason because place in a major liquor store within such a close distance to our Park will have a negative impact on our neighborhood not only do we regularly use JC Park but we so do many but so do many families who gather at the park regularly to walk and jog exercise play games and relax with family and friends many of these families also oppose this special use permit that would bring another liquor store so close to a place where kids play and people enjoy their daily activities due to the current Kovan 19 outbreak we were unable to gather signatures for a petition but if we need to we would gladly gather those names in opposition to the special use permit finally we do not need additional access to alcohol in our neighborhood this liquor store would be on Eastern Avenue and Sahara Avenue where there are already three stores that sell alcohol 7-eleven carton and Jake's bar we see no reason this special exception should be made and strongly requested the special use permit by D not be denied by the Las Vegas City Council Kathleen kah is in opposition stating I am opposed to the s UPN agenda item number 46 the service is already available in the area through many many outlets waiving the distance requirements with regards to parks sets an awful precedence once you waive it for one business you've opened the door this is a gas in service station not a convenience Mart not a liquor store I could see employees there without the proper training to sell liquor for the sake of the people that need JC Park is an outlet I urge you to deny Erica Martinez is an opposition stating in this intersection there are other grocery stores and convenience stores and it's a closed and it is close to a park it is not far from the high school and a neighborhood for the sake of the people to neat JC park as an outlet I urge you to deny Stephen Franklin submits an opposition there are currently two boozy options at the intersection over the years past city council has approved boost sales in places where there was once prohibited the neighborhood parks and shout school grounds are already riddled with drunk drifters Sarah Smith is an opposition stating dissing separation is in a place for a reason there is an absolutely no reason to allow a deviation for someone to sell more alcohol there are plenty of places available for that to happen elsewhere and still close enough so as not to inka mean anyone GN Asmussen is in opposition with no statement Karen Luciano is in opposition no statement Stephen Smith is in opposition no statement a B Wilkerson doctor a B Wilk it looks like is has submitted two articles so I'm going to read just one there in both opposition it says apologies for the additional message oh I guess it goes on to the first one so the first one states I stand with fawn Douglas Sol Martinez and others who oppose the special use permit that would allow the owner of gas state law LLC a 2000 450 square foot beer wine cooler also establishment within a 343 distance of JC Park I ask that the Las Vegas City Council's support our committee by denying the special use permit for the reasons listed in her request additionally apologies for the additional message I'm currently working from home to make sure you know bcourses are working for my students online I thought perhaps I should also list the reasons why I personally oppose the special special use permit that will allow the owner of gas station lot LLC at 24 2,450 square foot beer wine cooler off cell establishment within a three hundred forty three distance of JC Park one this location is with a within a short walking distance from our JC park where kids are daily playing soccer skateboarding and having fun on the jungle gyms people go there to get to run get out and exercise and many other family gatherings on weekends I've even been jogging it over there once while a church was holding an outdoor service - we simply do not need another liquor store in our neighborhood there are already three stores that sell alcohol in the corner of eastern and Sahara Avenue if you want alcohol you can already get that at a sit down establishment Jake's bar or in a grocery store or 7-eleven 3 my houses within several hundred feet of this intersection and I personally don't want another liquor store in my neighborhood I will not list all the reasons why a liquor store could be detrimental for a local community but it's my personal belief that liquor stores should be placed or zoned further away from residential neighborhoods and this request here is within 400 feet of a city park again I ask that the Las Vegas City Council's support our community by denying the special use permit for the reasons listed above if the owners of gas station lot LLC want to build a liquor store so badly I suggest they find a place in their neighborhood maybe closer to their house thank you that's very much of any comments you would like to make sir yes ma'am there was that 2012 there was approved by city to improve this facility and also the from the part to that facility even go directly to the building we management in cost rates about three hundred forty three feet because you along with the sidewalks about morning 400 feet to the to the to the building itself we also gonna improve the the buildings look right now right now it's a gas station and mechanic shop so it's really 38 I don't the new new owner he wanna make him prove better you know he don't want to keep the way it is you gotta take him a candy shop out and make 2dc store and make a nicer landscaping you know make it better as well okay so this better for the business mister Sommerfeld can you substantiate that it was granted in 2000 yes so in August of 2012 the City Council the then city council did approve a site development review and a special use permit for a beer wine cooler off sale establishment at that time it had the waiver from the park as is currently indicated however looking through the licensing it looks like they decided to move forward with just the gas station and the minor automotive service and never pursued licensing to actually be able to operate the alcohol component which is why this item is before you today under this new operator thank you and that what year was that base that was in August of 2012 Wow so eight years ago that was used on the map he's the new owner bladder he or she they went to go forego that license to do their mechanic park yes by not pulling that license within that two years and then not extending it or what have you they let those entitlements go so this is a completely new entitlement request that's not contingent on previous approvals would you be able to show us on the map item 46 where the other alcohol sales establishments at Eastern and Sarah please yes ma'am I have councilman Diaz and requested map so I have those and I'll go to the time okay I would like to see them before I take public comment and so those are each way are those four lane three lanes Sahara and Eastern what are those how wide how many lanes are those trafficking those should each be a hundred foot minimum right-of-ways I'm gonna look at my Public Works car if he knows off the top of his head but I believe they're seven lanes three in each direction with the center median turn lane correct on both Eastern and Sahara three travel lanes each with center turn lanes so then madam mayor once again we have the blue dots represent all businesses that have approval to sell alcohol in the city of Las Vegas that's not coming through blue here green yellow and brown green yellow and brown are the actual two protected uses so the yellow is going to be your well that's the ward designation there but the properties that are yellow are churches the green are the city parks and then the brown are our schools but when we zoom into Ward three so hopefully you can better see the blue or at least the dark dots can that be pulled up a little tighter to the perfect thank you all right so the blue dots are all the current businesses that have approvals to sell alcohol within their various business components so that could be on sale could be off sale could be beer and wine only or it could include full alcohol and then show us Eastern in town yeah so Eastern in Sahara so you've got Sahara here and an Eastern is [Applause] okay so Sahara and Eastern are here where my finger is can you push it up a little so your finger shows there sorry and then I have a more detailed map here that is the special area map so what you have in this intersection area you have an existing beer wine cooler on sale location here you have a full tavern here and then you also within this shopping center have a beer wine cooler off sale establishment that's here so and then you have another on sale for this restaurant there so you have the east side is flooded is there anything can you look to the west of eastern there besides his proposed entity where else is there so going east or west of eastern along Sahara you get to this location here before you get to the next kind of pocket of alcohol sales and that's in the area of Chapman Maroni and [Music] South 11th Street type area on Sahara it would be the next kind of pocket to the e to the west of this intersection here where this request is for and that light paint along whatever that is Sarah what is that big long to the west there light pink yeah the light pink that's just limited commercial zoning so that's just indicating that those are commercial parcels whereas your blue or your blue or those should all be residential although I mean all of the dots are a business that has alcohol sales as a component of their business I see I see because I oh the dots right yes they are right along so they're really between the right hand most dot over in that cluster to the left and the corner there's nothing correct or all the way to the corner of whatever this end the city property correct yeah no the it's the the four locations that you four operators that you have here in the shopping center JC Jason to the park yes just south and adjacent to the park and all of those would have required waivers at various times when they were approved okay more than likely I think the park has been there pretty long time so yes I would imagine that all of those would have required waivers in order to have been approved okay thank you any questions for mr. Sommerfeld anyone also this is a public hearing beyond those that were read anybody here who's present closed probably carrying then and any other comments that you wish to share mr. Siemer feel not I wasn't sure if consul woman Diaz needed anything with the map so I'll stay here in case you're encouraged piece of it I can move things around but otherwise no I have nothing sir was there anything else that you wish to add any other comment you wish to make before I turn this - councilman yes well we want to make this property a beautiful and nice again right now it's to attend doubtfully not that good condition you know dad he's the new owner the property so that she will be grateful just make them happen and again oh cool thank you okay Councilwoman please thank you madam mayor I think that all my questions were answered by mr. Summerfield's presentation of the maps I was basically gonna ask him to show me where else people in the community nearby that vicinity could buy beer wine or coolers off they off site so he did a good job of laying that out I think this Titan is the president studying for me as a mom who like to take her son - JC - that when we offer the pop-up park but you know just services to our community and as a Councilwoman that's very proud to sometimes host movie in the parks there at JCCC you know the landscape is very different from 2012 2012 I don't think we saw the level of vagrancy in our community and I I don't feel comfortable approving this waiver because it would provide greater access to alcohol and I'm hearing the plea and the voices of my community members I also don't feel comfortable as a teacher that it's so close to Kaioken it's in middle school and also Valley High School is not that far off so I do believe that if people are in need of procuring their spirits there's plenty of businesses that currently offer that services and so my motion will be to not approve this waiver you have to deny item 46 all right there's a motion here to deny are there any other yes oh my gosh we are ready we just have one more comment that just came in do I have to reopen public hearing because I closed it one more it's from Jessica McClure there's some technology problems he just wanted to voice his opposition to this item as well thank you okay there's a motion to deny on agenda item 46 and so please vote Adam Earhart and Councilman Knutson I permeable and okay and I want to voice my opinion the reason I am voting against the motion is because this is a very heavily trafficked area and is serving really only to the west which there's a great distance and I think one can always take away the license if there's an abuse there but looking at the layout of the land to give this gentleman an opportunity to try and I think obviously you've heard there's a lot of opposition to it but it's mostly because of the park and Anna Councilwoman of course with issues about the schools but I think if you are a good monitor and you're going to improve the area physically counting on you to really do a beautiful job with landscaping and making it look attractive I'll be very disappointed if you don't but I may carry any way that you're denied but I did want to explain to you I am voting for you ultimately to be able to have this privilege because I think you would be someone who would beautify the area and make it much more attractive than where it is it he's Sternin Sahara currently on that piece of property and it's a very dangerous for cross there so the people to the west you would be serving so that is my vote and so please post and the motion fails which means now oh my good madam mayor yes but let me go back to Councilwoman dais your motion has failed and so there I'm gonna take any other comments that come up but I do want to get back to mr. Sommerfeld because I want to make sure this is held extremely tight to the vest that what he has said to us is going to be beautiful it's going to be beautiful it's going to monitor this well and what happens going forward so I'll turn first to on their pro Tanners madam mayor and correct me if I'm wrong mr. Scott but since the motion failed do we make a motion to approve yeah so so madam mayor do you want to make the motion to approve okay I'm gonna make the motion to approve the applicant okay there's this new motion now there's a motion made by Mayor Pro ten to approve please vote and house au councilman career no councilwoman Diaz nay councilman Tennyson nay okay and so please post and the motion carries and so moving forward now so madam mayor so there he's on the record the representative is on the record with you he's made a promise to you there's no site in development review so I can't hold him to those site things that he said that they're going to improve however if you'd like to work with my team on on what those improvements really should look like to comply with what he has said and what you're asking I will be more than happy to have someone from my team reach out to him but what he's described sounds like beautification not a part of the application but he has put it on the record that he will do it in order to make this be a better corner so we will have folks that will keep an eye out and we'll let you know if we don't see that activity okay and you do understand that because in earnest if you're going to do this and make it a very attractive enhancement to the area and something of which the neighborhood is proud and you're watching also your liquor distribution that would be wonderful and if not when this comes around again will deny it so definitely ma'am a card mr. Sommerfeld that you could give this gentleman please and then of course because you are moored through you continue to work with Councilwoman dis because obviously she was against it and you have a small window here but we really want to see something then there is a lot of opposition thank you very much thank you okay we will move on to agenda item 47 and we did the presentation and now we're on we're gonna set the date on any appeals filed or required public hearings and struck the city clerk to set the public hearing dates and appeals from City Planning Commission meetings dangerous buildings nice Letta abatements think you will do thank you very much and we will go to our second citizen participation and where's my gentleman there he is okay I am going to announce the second public hearing it's your time than anybody else is of course this is agenda item 49 citizen participation public comment during this portion of the agenda must be limited to matters within the jurisdiction of City Council no subject may be acted upon by the City Council unless the subject is on the agenda and scheduled for action if you wish to be heard please come to the podium give your name for the record the amount of discussion any single subject as well as the amount of time any single speakers allowed may be limited this is your opportunity to address the council but the council it's not able to respond or engage in dialogue are there any members of the public who wish to speak under this agenda and then we will read our comments so please we will give you two minutes well thank you again ma'am okay mistake here first time I've been to one of these in a long time so again what I said earlier about great to see the folks that have come in and made it and members of the public well I think there's about four or five of us left so and all the people online and on TV we have a big audience there's been talk about what to do with the homeless not just the street name sir oh I'm sorry yeah my name Michael Michael Garwood GA are would lived here off and on for about 14 years can't imagine ever moving back to work and I love Las Vegas despite all of you know the hot summers and everything so um yeah I just kind of work in on this idea myself and I got it on the air last Thursday and camp er was under sharing mate Hill and the folks at that station I think the best place to quarantine for one of a better term until the worst is over would be all the large vacant lots some of them on City territory some are in County there's this huge stretch that on how many acres it is and dang I should have brought a map with me just like they were doing I didn't know we had that along Rancho just south to Texas station and that general area it's been vacant forever that project south of Ellis Island on Koval that's County territory that was once going to be a hard rock expansion people sneak in there sometimes they get chased out there's no reason the government couldn't temporarily seize that pay a fair amount of rent to whoever owns it sitting there forever and ever gonna be developed who knows and has something everybody like you have it Cashman what I've seen on Facebook square is ten feet apart bring in shower trailers when they're available maybe there's any trouble the National Guard can sit there and make everybody stays in their tent till everybody's clear however long that takes and for some of the homeless that might actually be a good things that it just bouncing around from place to place shelter for a few days they'd have structure a place to care about for however long they're there two weeks a month we might actually improve their situation me I have to quarantine myself I'm not going to infect my roommates or anybody else I hang out with I'm gonna put everything in my car and go park myself in the one on ranch hill and it's close to my storage locker anyway so as long as I have the strength to go get water from the side of a building every couple days I'll be fine until I'm well so I'd be giving up my own secret spot if we put a bunch of folks there but that's alright so that's basically what I got to say about that and if you could find a way like Anderson did to let restaurants that are open also serve package liquor that'd be great for them so there you go thank you thank you very much next please it'd be nice if we had a spray that we could spray the microphones in the table after people do we have can we find be good well I mean I think you just don't you're already touching try not to touch where somebody else was good okay thank you okay yes well my name is Stephen captain truth Dempsey no first of all I think the maintenance and concern is one's own personal immune systems and I actively monitor that on myself and I encourage others to do the same what asked for three minutes I do have a very important topic I'd like at least two and I wanted to make reference to the comments by the city city manager regarding the homeless situation if I could have three minutes I think I can get through the entire presentation I'm sorry we're gonna keep you do too it's not fair to the gentlemen before you so if you can reduce it do the best you can sir we'll keep you posted if you'll start him again okay we'll give you the full two minutes that's good enough he made a comment about the city economics and that's important and I and he did give out the phone number which I wanted to encourage people to make yourself and I was impressed by the way the people came with their comments on different items it looks like we're cities growing some and encouraging participation and I think that's always good but I've gotten participation from some of the homeless and they're concerned about the hiring practices by the city it seems as if sometimes in a hurry to get employees the individuals that are hard or excessively bullying and intimidating it'll definitely be in the future probably enforced through federal courts as far as violation of rights actions and I think that definitely could affect city economics my main topic today though was the show that I listened this morning it info you may want to write this down hopefully you will folks infowars.com and it's /o you don't have to listen to the whole show at times he started another website band ba NN e d dot video and he takes the individual ad important items and shows him in more depth on those announced today that world war where we're in in the state of war with foreign country it looks like what what we're experiencing now didn't happen accidentally it was done intentionally sometimes by participation of elected officials which is really alarming sometimes they think they're just doing the best they can by arguing and trying to disrupt and that's a very dangerous situation that that were encountering also you can go to to news wars.com you can go to GC and live doctors a minute no you had to i gave you extra back you had it two and a half minutes actually oh we thank you very much thank you thank you thank you anyone else wishing to be harried yes we do have comments coming from our city clerk call dude thank you Louanne home city quick for the record we have Allison chambers on item forty nine she would like to register protests she stated we do not need to make it easier for drunk drifters to get booze and we do not need any more predatory lenders taking advantage of our neighborhoods item forty nine Jaclyn Molloy would like to protest Kim Brady Nichols stated this meeting sees be out of compliance with the governor's ban on public gatherings even your council has more people than should be gathered during this pandemic please for the sake of all do not open the meeting to the public stay home for Nevada Kathy Kinney res Scheck stated this news article link below is appalling we have homeless sleeping in square six feet apart from one another and we consider this humane during these hard times we to set a better example as a city since nobody's traveling and hotels are empty couldn't this be a solution this topic needs to be discussed tomorrow morning we have a very large link that we will have as part of our record people can get on there and look at that if they'd like for Tina a Costa has a very lengthy comment I'll read part of it and give you a link it States dear city council members I hope you're all doing well the University of Nevada in Las Vegas has taken the state lead in a unique major national climate education initiative called soft climate by 2030 organized by the Bard Center for Environmental Policy as a Nevada's coordinator of this virtual event and you know V students sustainability council grad representative I'd like to invite you to attend this national dialogue coab in nineteen has shown how fragile our health and economic systems are to extreme events our scientists have also told us clearly that unchecked climate change will turn our lives in to a series of unending extreme events floods droughts rising seas pests and disease more extreme storms and hurricanes leaving hundreds of millions of people homeless and on the move the details of the meetings are is it's on Tuesday April 7th at UNLV there'll be one of 52 universities one in every state of the country focused on ambitious but feasible state and local solutions to help solve climate by 2030 on that date we'll find three big things that need doing in your state if we really aim to stop climate change and the link that they have listed for the nevada powered dialogue is WWF facebook.com slash you in lv SSC and again we will link all this documentation as part of the minutes that's it thank you thank you very much and i see we have landlord gentleman here please state your name for the record make your comments we'll give you two minutes good morning madam mayor and members of the council my name is Scott Edwards and I'm the president of the Las Vegas Peace Officers Association I represent the nearly two hundred and forty correctional officers and sergeants working at the city of Las Vegas jail we are also proud members of the Nevada law enforcement coalition which represents over 10,000 sworn officers through the state of Nevada they come to you today to highlight the commitment by the members of the LVP way to serve the residents of las vegas every day my members enter the jail not knowing if they will be or in some cases if they have been exposed to tuberculosis hepatitis and now the kovat 19 to name a few every day my members leave work wondering if they are exposed to something that they could carry home to their loved ones as a father of three metro police officers and one city of las vegas firefighter I am grateful for the men and women who put their lives on the line every day these brave men and women do not know if they will come home to their families at the end of their shift whether it is the recent NHP Sergeant Benjamin Jenkins who was tragically murdered this past weekend while helping what he believed a citizen in distress our very own correctional officer Chi Ling who suffered a heart attack after dealing with a mentally ill inmate during these tough times my members are committed to doing their job for the city of Las Vegas and the citizens thank you for your time thank you very much these two great men certainly your colleague and we do recall so sadly and the tragic loss of sergeant Jenkins just so recently just unnecessary sickness that's out there and thank you for coming forward we appreciate all that you do in your entire body that helps us and keeps us all safe so thank you very much they compare that with my members I appreciate it thank you thank you anyone else I'm gonna close public hearing then no more any more nothing I will close then the public comment and we'll move on to agenda item 50 councilmember recognition comments made by individual council members during this portion of the agenda will not be acted upon by the City Council unless that subject is on the agenda and scheduled for action members of the council I'm an enhanced count ask councilman Anthony pleased to make the plea on behalf of the census that people should be filling it out and what it can mean to us yeah actually I filled out the census online a couple days ago and it took me five minutes so it's very easy go online you can get it done it's important that members of Nevada be counted so please go online fill out your census is very easy and it's important to our state thank you and it does mean obvious finding as well I mean for every person that doesn't fill out the form and count the people in their homes we lose money and it's very desperately needed now obviously more than ever because of this epidemic and pandemic so Councilwoman do you have any comments you wish I do thank you madam mayor so are we going to bring up the slides during this time we're having a blood shortage and we were going to talk about the drive that was going to be happening on April 10th that ICL be but we were just informed that they filled it up already so I want to thank everyone for coming out and giving blood during this time because it's the supplies are down and it's needed and even though that one is full you can go online to Red Cross blood org to sign up to do it at a different facility they are using social distancing and taking all the precautions so I just want you to know that and during this time I know a lot of people have had questions regarding things that pertain to the city if you are in war too you can contact my office at seven oh two two two nine two four two Oh or you can email us at war - Las Vegas Nevada gov and for general city Las Vegas information you can call 702 two two nine care or visit Las Vegas Nevada doc of / coronavirus we're asking everyone to stay safe during this time and we are open for business at the city and here to help you so you can also follow my social media which gives updates both I mean all Facebook Twitter and Instagram are at Victoria d seaman thank you thank you very much before I turn to Mayor Pro Tem and I make comments I'm going to turn to those online councilmen career any comments for our public please don't marry Councilwoman Diaz yes mayor I believe I have some slide ok there's a lag just bear with me from what I can see versus what I I can hear so the first slide is to bring to light that the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada wants to help keep our senior community wellness and thanks during the Kogan 19 crisis the RTC is expanding services on all 12 of its Silver Star routes with more pickup locations and so older stars an amazing transportation service that RTC offers to our seniors 16 and above for more information you can go to the website RTC snv comm or call seven oh two two two eight four eight zero zero and they're also assisting with food deliveries and if you'd like to contact three four about that call 702 seven six five four zero three through the next slide I believe is today offensive staple a councilman is need to mention our responses matter it takes less than ten minutes online and it's easy or if you're a paper kind of person many of us receive the paper form in our mailbox already so make sure you fill that out and mail it because the responses that you provide help direct funding for our Community Services and our community is counting on you so make sure you get counted and everyone around you as well the last thing I'd like to highlight today is that our awesome city staff our city manager and all directors have been working so expeditiously on the needs of our community and I'd like to highlight the business protection program that the EU DS staff came up with the city of Las Vegas is offering grants of up to two thousand to businesses in the city tree development area to reimburse expenses for securing building the business protection program will run through the current shutdown of non-essential businesses and work must be completed during the shutdown to qualify a securing of the building must include a decorative facade and representatives from the Office of Economic and Urban Development must inspect the work you have any questions call 702 two two nine six eight six eight six five or visit las vegas nevada gov and that is it mayor I hope everybody thing on healthy and safe thank you and again that was the business protection program they should call when they call that number councilman is that correct yeah so thousand dollars and securing their non-essential businesses during the shutdown so what you're saying and I just don't want to misquote this because I know people are watching and listening small business owners in this city to help board them up and protect them from vandalism or any entry or anything like that this is what those funds are directed towards is that correct correct and they have to do something too artistic to liven up the board it can't just be the plain boards that something has to be painted on them to make them look decorative mr. Scott Brian Scott to comment he's legal staff but just to make sure this is very very clear and maybe the city manager correct me from incorrect but it's only in the redevelopment area correct so could you restate the question only in the redevelopment area that we're offering this business yeah that the VIP program is using Redevelopment Agency funds and only available in the redevelopment area correct so for any help on that just be sure you either call in and ask or look on maps that the city has available that shows the redevelopment area these are special funds that have already been set aside that are available but you can avail yourself I don't know what the limit is beyond 2000 correct yeah and I should there's a different name for the program I hope this protection program yeah so it's not the VIP program but it it is funded with Redevelopment Agency funds and I just got a text that boy are our people on top of everything that's going on yes it's a business protection program and only in the redevelopment area so the map is available please look and Thank You Councilwoman that's so important this is about this yes and just to clarify it's only in place during the duration of the emerging so time limits between March 1st and the duration of the emergency shutdown okay so in the duration of the emergency shutdown only special for that program so thank you and do call and Thank You Councilwoman that was a tremendous help and do remember your census now councilman Knutson yes mayor thank you and this is a very unusual time some of my appreciation for those members on the phone and those council members that are there at the council meeting as well as all the staff who are who were working to make this city run I wanted to just at this point in time I wanted to note that I'm very grateful to governor's just like Attorney General Ford and Treasurer Conine for putting a moratorium on evictions in the state of Nevada this is an extremely tough time for everyone and no one should be worried about whether or not they will be able to stay in their homes while they stay home for Nevada residents and businesses are able to call Attorney General for office if their landlord is still trying to evict them but I want to let the public know that my office is also here to assist and help although the city does not participate in the eviction process we do participate in the city licensing and I will not tolerate predatory businesses in my ward we're all in this together and we'll get through this together for anybody that wants to talk to me personally my phone number is seven zero two four nine three one five four seven and I stay very active working with the constituents at my ward and now the constituents of this community make sure that we come through this together so again mayor thank you very much and thank you to the city staff for bringing this forward Thank You councilman and Mayor Pro Tem I want to reiterate as our madam mayor has stated for the census I filled it out it literally you know it took less than ten minutes um these are important questions because it's it's about our funding for the state so I know the census mail pieces that we get in the mail look like junk mail but they're not they have a specific number that you'll need to enter online I'm so please complete your census 2020 all of my events will be in accordance with all of the distant separations all of the less than ten people on this Friday April 17th from nine to ten we're going to be outside of the YMCA as we were last month we had two people come just to make sure if any of our neighbors need help for their neighbors we have bags prepared of goodies and food we delivered a hundred bags to the homeless and we are preparing right now for our Easter celebration in a bag we are calling it the hop through and that's going to be Saturday April 11th because of this CDC and and and the distancing and not having social gatherings we have flipped our Easter celebration into a hop through so we're gonna have our Easter Bunny there we're gonna have of bags for family bags of Easter and you're gonna drive through the cones and we're gonna literally with gloves on hand you your Easter in a bag and each bag is for a family of four so if you have a family of eight you'll have two bags the bags are filled with Easter eggs for you to hide and shmores and treats and chocolates and rice krispies and coloring things we're going to also have a coloring contest so through this time we still want people to know we are celebrating our holidays so join me on April 11th at the mountain ridge Park there'll be cones and directives to drive through and we can have Easter in a bag I'm excited to announce that we have located our beautiful Mariah Rodriguez which is which is really amazing she was only 13 and we have located her now we are looking for Diamond poll sure she's 15 she's 5 525 pounds she was last seen in the area of Missouri Avenue in Boulder Highway she was wearing dark sweatpants and a red shirt please call metro police at 7:02 8 2 8 3 1 1 111 child seekers at 7:02 4 5 8 7 0 0 9 we are also looking for Cheyenne ko who's 17 years old she's 5 6 she weighs about 215 pounds she is Hawaiian American and she was last seen in the area of Silverado ranch and Bermuda last seen wearing a jumpsuit with a blue jean jacket she can be carrying a backpack maybe so please let's look for Cheyenne and call Metro Police at 702 8 2 8 3 1 1 111 child seekers at 7:02 4 5 8 7 0 0 9 some of our corridor of Hope homeless success stories we have Doyle Meyers here the city of Las Vegas courtyard homeless Resource Center came into contact with mr. Meyers when he was displaced from his apartment at Alpine village due to a fire the courtyard assisted mr. Meyers with getting into the city's flexible housing program this prevented him from becoming homeless and provided the courtyard case managers an opportunity to help develop a case plan that would get him back on his feet mr. Myers had no identification or even a change of clothes and had lost all his possessions after assessing his situation the courtyard team provided him the services needed to regain his identity the team also assisted with new clothing and other household goods that he lost from the fire mr. Myers was transitioned out of the temporary flexing housing program into permanent housing of his own and is currently living independently as of February 2020 also want to reiterate one more time our heart and prayers go out to sergeant Jenkins of Nevada Highway Patrol this was a senseless murder and we just want Northern Nevada to know that Southern Nevada love and care for them and our mayor I met him there lit our city up blue in honor of him and that was really really fabulous so thank you Thank You mayor pro-tem all I can say in this concluding moment of this City Council meeting I appreciate all your participation or watching us whether you're at home or if you're at relative's house and staying there hopefully with your distancing this is in a unique time it's never happened before in this country or probably in this world but we each can make a difference and I think it's sensitivity to others realizing so many are caught in the web of unemployment and really looking at how they possibly can get through each week at a time and we have a ways to go because the president and our governor has dictated that that will continue to the 30th of April so they're positive things that we can be doing and not focusing on me I my but thinking about ways we can make a difference for somebody else and so I ask you all to join with us that we come in to work every day we're on a schedule no we take our jobs very seriously and we keep our distance separation and we are on the phones all the time answering we wish we had answers for you we don't this came down from the top of our state and it was a time that would assure us of financial help to help bail us out of this horrible pandemic and we treasure each one of the people that live in our community and we know that the time will come we need to figure a way for future prevention for treatment and finally for cure and until those are in place there is no assurance that we are not going to have a long long ride here we appreciate our hotels especially those that are privately owned that have had to shut down and are broken to tears of all those they've had to let out of work the privately owned hotels that are owned by individuals or a family not to say that the big corporate structures aren't the same but they're worldwide these are hotels that are in our community these small businesses are just the same and when you lose your business you put your life earnings into and built for your family it's a crushing time so think when you think about your own rose and how bad it is for you remember there are others too and what we need to be able to do is be strong find a rainbow out there in the sky and know this is Las Vegas Nevada and we together are going to go ahead and move on I want to thank our team our city manager we're keeping those parks open you need to be outside and breathe some fresh air keeping your distances and look for something that's beautiful whether it's a buttercup in the field or a four-leaf clover they're there and we're gonna get there so for our staff our IT that's come in our marshals that are always here all of our staff that works here and has children they love and adore and family members we are one people here and so all of us together can make a difference and be sensitive to those who are really really closed out now so I want to thank you I know we'll get there I have total confidence in what we're doing and how here in the city this is a body of people that are working so hard to respond to you tell you where you can find help and most of it sadly the unemployment and and edicts that are coming down those are not within our purview to control so just stay well stay healthy take care of your grandparents for sure and don't let any cold or sniffle get next to them but no we will come over this there will be a wonderful new day here in Las Vegas thank you we are adjourned has left the conference Bryan Station has left the conference Councilwoman dear