I'll call the regular meeting to order. To make it easier for residents to voice their comments, there will be two public comment periods. There will be one at the beginning of the meeting designated for comments related to items on the agenda, and one at the end of the meeting for general public comment. Public comment for designated public hearing items will be heard when the item is called. Speakers will be limited to three minutes to state their comments. This meeting is being video recorded and streamed live on the internet. Mr. Valdez, please confirm posting and roll call. Mayor, this meeting has been posted in accordance with the Nevada Open Meeting Law. All members of the Council are present and you have a quorum. Thank you. I would like to invite Minister Richard Lewis, Jr., Assistant Pastor at Community Baptist Church, to the podium to give the invocation followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. But before we begin, I want to take a moment to honor Police Detective Brandon Trotter, who was taken from us far too soon. For over almost 20 years, Detective Trotter served our community, standing up for victims and victims Holding those who committed crimes accountable in our community and he was taken with us far too soon So minister as you are saying your prayer if you could please include Detective Trotter his family our HPD family I would really appreciate it. Thank you, and we'll follow it with a moment of silence in his honor Oh God our Creator God of every living thing we come now and invoking your presence in this place, more importantly in our hearts. As our hearts mourn the loss of Detective Brandon Trotter, we also pray for his family. We also pray for all of those whose lives he's touched over the 20 years of service. We also pray for our first respondents, our fire department fighters. We pray for our officers who keep us safe. We pray for our civic leaders and our civic servants throughout this city that we will come together as a community and work congruently one another. We are Henderson, and we need your presence in our lives as well in our city. For these and all blessings we ask in your holy name. Amen. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to its republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Ms. Rodriguez, are there any changes to the agenda? Yes, Mayor Romero, there are changes. Items 15 and 16 are withdrawn at the request of staff, and items 25 and 34 are continued to the April 7, 2026 City Council regular meeting at the request of the applicant. Thank you. May I have a motion to accept the agenda as amended? All members voted in favor of the motion made by Councilwoman Cox, and it carries. Now is the time for our first public comment. Before we begin, the City Clerk will make an announcement. 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During this period, comments may be offered on topics that are not on the agenda, but comments should be limited to matters within the jurisdiction, authority, or control of the City. Please note that the City Council cannot take action or deliberate on matters that are not on the agenda. Therefore, issues raised during the final public comment period will be referred to the appropriate city department for response through a contact Henderson case created by the city clerk's office at the direction of the city manager. Persons who would like to speak during any of the three public comment periods should sign up with the deputy city clerk managing the public comment queue in the vestibule at the entrance of the chambers in the back of the room. When your name is called by the city clerk, please walk to the front of the podium, speak directly into the microphone, and state your first and last name as well as your zip code for the record. You will have three minutes to speak. Mayor, there is one person in the public comment queue, and that is Priyash Joseph for item 31. Honorable Mayor Romero, members of city council, my name is Priyash Joseph, representing St. Mother Teresa Catholic Church. We formally request a 30-day continuance for item number 31 and 35. A fair hearing is legally impossible today due to the March 11th information reset. Less than 96 business hours ago, the developer filed a revised staff report that fundamentally altered the technical basis for four major encroachment projects. within 24 inches of our sanctuary. It is procedurally irregular to require a religious institution to audit this complex structural disclosure while our leadership is dedicated to the spiritual stewardship of the London season. Furthermore, primary security disclosure remain under active revision by the city attorney's office. It is logically inconsistent to expect the parish to accept language that the city's own legal expert have not yet finalized. HMC Title 19 and the Henderson Strong Plan mandate transitional scaling to protect community anchors. By resetting technical data on March 11th, the developer has bypassed the compatibility buffer required by ordinance number 3859. The vote today is to ignore the city's own master policy. and deny parish due process on a project that will impact our sanctuary for next 50 years at least. We ask for continuance to April 31st to move these potential conditions into a binding good neighbor agreement. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Councilman. Thank you. No one else in the queue, Mayor. Next section of your agenda is the city manager's report. Good evening, Mayor and Council. Our annual St. Patrick's Day festival and parade was a huge success. Over 50,000 attendees joined us on the Water Street Plaza for three days of celebration with more than 100 float entries, carnival rides, and so much more. A big thank you goes to Parks and Recreation for making this possible. and to our Public Works, Police, and Communications teams for your collaboration on the spirited tradition, which has led our city to be named as one of the top five St. Patrick's Day celebrations in the entire country. Congratulations also go to our Building and Fire Safety Development Services Center team. Many of them were recently recognized by the International Code Council and the Southern Nevada Chapter of the ICC, highlighting their leadership during the 2024 code adoption process, ongoing regional contributions, and continued professional development. Please join me in congratulating Director Lynn Nielsen, Christopher Barnes, the Development Services Manager, and Nathan Ball, Development Services Assistant Manager, on these well-deserved honors. Thank you all for representing Henderson with excellence. The Henderson Chamber of Commerce 25th Annual Economic Development and Small Business Awards highlighted some of the outstanding achievements of our business community. I want to congratulate Summits Footwear, M Resort, and the Cadence Village Shopping Center Phases 1 and 2 for each being named Projects of the Year. Economic vitality is a strategic priority for our city, and these awards celebrate the innovative projects and partnerships that drive our local economy. Thank you, Mayor and Council. That concludes this evening's City Manager's Report. Next section of the agenda is the Consent Agenda. Unless an item is pulled for discussion, Council will take action on all Consent Agenda items with one motion. As a reminder, Items 15 and 16 have been withdrawn. Thank you. With the exception of Items 15 and 16, may I have a motion to accept the Consent Agenda as amended? I'll move. Please vote. All members voted in favour of the motion made by Councilman Sibach, and it carries. That takes us to public hearings. As a reminder, item 25 was continued to the April 7th, 2025 City Council regular meeting. Item 23 is public hearing. Update to the Parks and Recreation Department's master plan. Recommendation is to approve. Good afternoon, Mayor and Council, and happy St. Patrick's Day. For the record, my name is Jeanette Palmer, Assistant Director of Parks and Recreation. Before you today is the update of the Parks and Recreation Master Plan. This is an evolution of the approved plan from 2019. Typically, a master plan provides a roadmap for a department for about 10 years, and But we wanted to complete a midpoint update because we saw our community needs and programming desires for indoor and outdoor recreation significantly change after the pandemic started. This updated plan before you is organized into five parts, and it serves as a visionary, action-oriented roadmap that will guide us as we continue to deliver nationally recognized parks and recreation system. Our parks and recreation spaces play a vital role in preserving community safety, enhancing quality of life, and they help to shape the future of Henderson. So this plan reflects our commitment to build and to program safe and welcoming spaces. The plan also focuses on being both fiscally and environmentally sustainable to support our community today and for generations to come. Throughout the project, we worked closely with our consultant, Framework Planning and Design, and we engaged our community. The Parks and Recreation Department is excited to bring this update forward for your approval. And joining us this evening are Ryan Cambridge and Mark Beer with Framework, who will provide a summary of the document and outline the path ahead. Thank you very much. Well, it is very exciting and honestly a little bittersweet, I think, for us to be here. We've spent, as you'll see, if you take a quick look at the schedule, about 18 months or so working with your team on this project. Oh, I'm so sorry. Ryan Cambridge of Indianapolis, Indiana. Yeah, we've really enjoyed working with your Parks and Rec team. And we do these kinds of projects all over the country with communities bigger than yours and much, much smaller. And honestly, I think the depth of the plan and the quality of the plan is directly reflective of the amount of support and participation we have from JJ and Jeanette and that entire team. So without them, it wouldn't be as good as we believe it is. So tonight I'd just like to share an overview with you. Everybody here already read the 430 pages of the draft document, right, and has all that memorized. And, okay, there's no quiz, so don't need to worry. But I just want to cover a little bit of the process, remind people of where we've been over the last 18 months, and then give a little bit of a snapshot on where things might go from here. One of the very first things that we did in the master plan, especially post-pandemic, when a lot of things changed for everybody, is revisiting the mission statement or the purpose statement in your case of Parks and Rec to make sure it aligns. And what we did in that process was really streamline it and distill that down to the core things that Parks and Rec does in Henderson. One being connecting the community, connecting the community to resources, to amenities, to great parks and trails, but also importantly to each other together. And doing that through exceptional experiences. And I think that goes to say, everything that you do in Henderson is exceptional. You strive for that. It's very clear. It's very intentional. And it is the backbone of what Parks and Rec has done and will do into the future. That was a logical transition into one of the early recommendations of the master plan was because your system is so robust, so active, and so participatory in the daily lives of residents, there are a lot of things that Parks and Rec does in Henderson that I would guess most Henderson residents may not be aware are things that Parks and Rec does. So as we think about the long-term future of Parks and Rec and the role within the community, it was really important to us that we communicate to all of our residents and visitors the role that Parks and Rec has in so many important community-wide goals beyond play alone. And we know play know play is very important, but these are big picture quality of life aspects. You know, economic development, community safety obviously is a big role that parks high quality, well-maintained parks play. And these are all things that I think sometimes are overlooked in the big picture of all the things that Parks and Rec does make possible. So we hope you'll continue to watch those sound bites as they come out over the next couple of months. This is a chart that looks back at a little bit of a snapshot of what we call our needs assessment methodology. This is not a scientific process. It involves people, and when it does, there's the potential for bias in any of these techniques. So the way we get to distilling down what we believe are the highest priority techniques that the department needs to focus on is by using a triangulated approach. dumbing that down a little bit for me, that's asking the same question with as many different lenses and techniques as possible. So we used about 12 different needs assessment techniques, which were a combination of both engagement techniques but also technical analysis techniques to try to see what are the common threads between them, what things did we hear consistently over and over again. And those became the basis for what we will address in the master plan vision, which is kind of the fun part. So here you can see, I'm not going to go into all of these, but you can see on the right, each of those is a, of this chart, each column represents the findings from an individual needs assessment technique. And when we sort those by rank, these are the ones that rose above the 50% threshold. So these are things that were identified in more than 50% of the techniques that we did as a high priority in that technique. So things that here that won't be surprising, you know, finding sustainable sources for long-term operations and maintenance of a growing system, that's obviously a big challenge. Then you have the balance of providing new things where you're growing, but also reinvesting in the legacy parks and facilities that you built your reputation upon. So luckily here, nothing that we found super surprising, but this is what we use as the basis for addressing recommendations in the master plan vision. The vision is the fun part for us. This is where we get creative because we have enough data at this point to say we know what we're going after, what problems we need to start to solve, but we have to do that in a way that's unique to each community. And as we know, Henderson is very unique. The challenges that you face, the expectations that you have, So we typically tend to, once we understand the needs, we break these out into what we call little different buckets or categories of project types, which are a combination of both capital recommendations, things you need to buy, fix, install, build, but also, importantly, programmatic and operational recommendations. The eight different subsystems is what we call here. These are the different categories, different buckets of projects for the vision, spanning everything from new parks to improving things that you have, operations and finance, programs, events, connectivity, walkability, which are very important, and then indoor recreation. So in the master plan document, each of these sections has lengthy details on high priority actions, recommendations, and strategies to meet the high priority needs that fit within these category types. And again, it's I think an important aspect of the way we approach these plans. It's not just about capital. I'm a landscape architect. I love drawing on parks and envisioning new parks and reimagining existing parks, but at the same time, how the city is able to operate and maintain these assets long term is just as important as how they look the day they're installed. So we had a great team both internal to the city but also on our consultant side to do a deep dive into a financial analysis and operations and programs assessment to produce the same level of detailed recommendations associated with each of those non-capital components so that we're making forward progress not just on the stuff we have, but also how we are able to operate it and sustain it for the long term. This is just an example. One of the things that we did as part of this process that was unique was take a really deep dive into looking at what does a more resilient Henderson Parks and Recreation System look like in the future. And that's resilient not just to some of the existential challenges we know exist associated with climate, heat, and drought, but also community change, changes in trends, changes in maintenance and operations long term. So we developed a set of robust criteria, resilience based criteria that apply to both park sites and a separate criteria for facilities, so think aquatic facilities and no rec centers. And then we took a sample site from each of your park typologies, so ranging from the very small pocket parks to your very large regional parks, and we did comparable case studies of how these different criteria could be applied alongside recommendations that would meet broad community needs identified in the So this is just a concept of one of those the largest we did which was the West Henderson Recreation Campus out at the Bermuda Larson site in West Henderson obviously quite a bit going on here that I'm not going to dive into but we tried to be as explicit as we could of different ways that you can apply these criteria at different scales. Ultimately, the plan culminates in an action plan. It's usually the shortest section of a master plan, but it's inarguably the most important. It's how you eat the elephant. It's how you work day at a time, step at a time, in a prioritized strategic way to move towards these long-range goals. The action plan for this master plan across all of these different subsystems prioritizes the highest priority actions that you can take as a community within each of those. There's 10 guiding objectives in the action plan. So these are the big picture goals. Each of these is supported by, in some cases, six or eight separate supporting actions that have to take place in order to achieve that goal or make a demonstrable progress towards that goal. This will all provide a roadmap for the department into the future that helps them know that every dollar that they're spending, every minute or every hour that they're working is in the pursuit of these broad, big goals that are moving the department incrementally in the direction that they want to go. I'm not going to go through every single goal or the action items that support them, but each of these, of the ten, the overarching themes are to increase the comprehensive fiscal, environmental, and social resilience of the system as a whole. Finding strategies that are sustainable to develop new parks and facilities and portions of your town which are growing, but also to develop a strategy to reinvest in your legacy parks that are also aging at the same time in existing portions of the community. We're looking for opportunities to increase fiscal resilience by adjusting revenue expectations and cost recovery goals to be more in alignment with national benchmarks and standards. And also taking a deep dive and looking at the diversification of various funding mechanisms that will allow you to ensure long-term sustainable funding, not just for capital, which you do a very good job at through your partnership strategies with developments, but also for the long-term operations and maintenance costs that you're incurring as you bring that capital on. So really a very comprehensive look across your system. And we hope that you will find this as a resource as you continue to make decisions about investing in what your residents believe is one of the most important things about your city, which is a great high quality parks and recreation system. So with that, I would love to entertain any questions that we have. - Before we entertain questions, it's a public hearing. So I need to open the public hearing. Mayor, there's no one in the public hearing queue for item 23. Okay. Unless someone else comes up. Except for Lee Ferris. I believe the rules. I'm used to being the presenter, not the commenter. I just wanted to briefly say, first of all, good evening, Mayor and Council. Thank you for the time. I'm here in support of the city's call. Lee Ferris, 89011. Thank you. I am here in support of the city's updated Parks and Recs Master Plan. And Henderson parks are a fundamental part of what makes our community special. They contribute to a quality of life, support healthy lifestyles, and add lasting value as the city continues to grow. At Cadence, we see just how important this is to our homebuyers. Access to parks, trails, and open space consistently ranks among the top reasons people choose not only to live in Cadence, but to live in the city of Henderson. And we think this plan helps ensure that we continue to meet those expectations and maintain the high standards our residents value. Thank you. Thank you. Please state your name and zip code for the record. Patrick O'Meara, 890044. Good evening. My name is Patrick O'Meara. I'm a Henderson resident. I'm a Parks and Recreation professional here in Southern Nevada, and I'm a board member for the Nevada Recreation and Parks Society. I'm here tonight in that capacity and to read a letter of support from the society's past president. Good evening, Mayor and Council Members. My name is Shannon Harris and I am writing tonight as the past president of the Nevada Recreation and Parks Society, the statewide professional organization representing parks and recreation across the state of Nevada. First, I want to acknowledge and commend the City of Henderson Parks and Recreation Department. Henderson has built one of the most respected park systems in the nation. Today the City manages more than 77 parks, over 300 miles of trails, multiple recreation centres and aquatic facilities, serving residents through thousands of programs and events every year. Your work has not gone unnoticed. henderson's park system has been ranked among the top park systems in the united states with approximately 85 percent of residents living within the 10 mile walk excuse me 10 minute walk of a park the department has also received some of the highest honors in our profession the national gold medal award for excellence in parks and recreation in 1999 and 2014 and most recently was a finalist last year in 2025. CAPRA accreditation almost six times now, making it the only currently accredited Parks and Recreation agency in Nevada. These accomplishments reflect what we in the profession already know. Henderson is a leader in Parks and Recreation. But Henderson's impact extends beyond the city limits. Many Henderson staff have served the profession through the Nevada Recreation and Parks Society, contributing as board members and leaders, conference speakers, and engaged participants. Your team also represents Nevada nationally through the National Recreation and Park Association. sharing innovations and learning best practices that benefit communities across our state. This collaboration matters because Parks and Recreation is not simply amenities, they are essential public infrastructure. Parks improve public health, connect neighborhoods, support youth development, protect open space, and strengthen community resilience. In Henderson alone, Parks and Recreation programs serve tens of thousands of residents annually and generate millions in economic activity through sports, tourism, and events. They also support property values, reduce health care costs through active lifestyles, and create the community identity that makes Henderson one of the most desirable cities in Nevada. That is why initiatives like the Make It Possible campaign and the ballot initiatives supporting Parks and Recreation funding are so important. These efforts ensure that Henderson can maintain and expand the parks, trails, and facilities that residents rely on every day. Importantly, this measure continues an existing funding source that has supported parks and recreation since 1997, ensuring stability for future generations. As Henderson grows, maintaining this commitment to parks and recreation will be critical to preserving the quality of life that residents expect. I encourage the City Council to continue prioritizing parks and recreation and open space in the City's master plan and future investments, because great cities are not defined only by buildings and roads. They are defined by parks, trails, recreation centers, and community spaces that bring people together. and Henderson is proving every day that when the city invests in parks and recreation, it truly makes community possible. Thank you for your time and your leadership, Shannon L. Harris. And on a personal note, I'm the proud father of one of your hourly Parks and Rec people, and being in the industry, I do appreciate all of your staff and all that you do provide to our community. Thank you very much. Thank you. We'll close the public hearing and open it up for Council questions and comments. I just wanted to recognize a few people and tell you how awesome our Parks and Rec is. programs and systems and people are. I have been a resident in the city of Henderson for over 30 years and I've been able to raise my children in an amazing area with parks and it's just been fantastic. I want to recognize our ACM, Angela Summers, our former Parks and Rec Director, our current Director, JJ Moyes, our Assistant Director, Jeanette Palmer, and all of the staff and those that work for Parks and Rec. I have a personal connection that you all know of, and it has been an honour to be a part of it in the last three years. Your hard work and commitment to our quality of life in our community has and is continuing to pay off. Your contributions are beyond valuable. along with those who helped pave the way. So my sincere gratitude and thanks go out to all of you and to our consultants. Thank you for the great job, and just keep going, keep swimming, because you're doing great. Thank you. I just have a quick question. Thank you. It's a great presentation. I read the summaries. I didn't read all 400 pages, but I read the summaries. The question I have is, and I have the public outreach that you did between you and our team at the Parks and Rec about how many events or how many solicitations were you able to do through mail, through in-person? How much input did you, of those meetings, did you hold? Yeah, absolutely. I'm realizing that maybe I inadvertently scrolled through that slide. We had a slide in there about engagement, and the reason being, a lot of times when we do a plan like this, we rely on that engagement to connect us with the community and help guide direction. And in a lot of cases, it's something we kind of have to pull teeth to get to be successful. And in this case, we had an absolutely excellent turnout in every different engagement technique that we did. So as much as we were looking at your system through technical lenses and benchmarking and all that stuff, which is important, we were also connecting with your residents and your stakeholders and listening to what they had to say. So across those techniques, not having the exact numbers in front of me, I'll get as close as I can, but One of the key things we did that a lot of you participated in were over 20 hours of stakeholder interviews and focus groups that included 15 different city departments, as well as multiple different unions that are associated with services provided to the city. We conducted three workshops, public open community workshops that we facilitated, saw many of you there. And then we developed a meeting in a box kit that allowed Jeanette and JJ and the Parks and Rec team to host an additional eight community meetings, including ones dedicated both for staff and for the youth who are often underrepresented in that engagement process before we were able to digest those results together in one aggregate. Another technique that we did that is one of the most influential in guiding our decision-making early in the planning process is a statistically valid community opinion survey. We utilized a professional survey provider. It's actually the same company that you as a city use for your overall resident satisfaction surveys. We had a minimum goal of responses that we had to receive for it to be statistically valid, which is the same goal for your other prior surveys, which I believe was a minimum of 400. We received in excess of that in the amount of time and less than the amount of time we would have expected. So for us, sometimes we have to wait months and months for the amount of people to be compelled to actually complete the survey here your residents clearly were very motivated to provide feedback did it very quickly and we got a higher level of accuracy than we would have expected so it was ninety five percent level of accuracy with a four point eight percent margin of error for that statistical survey. Thank you that's what I was looking for because I think the important thing in all of this is not only just the great work and great teamwork by exhibited by Parks Work but actually it's It's a document, it's a vision of what the community wants to see, and that's what we're incorporating here tonight, so thank you. Absolutely, thank you, and I appreciate you bringing that to my attention. That's an important slide. As you all know... healthy, livable, sustainable community is one of our five strategic priorities, and Parks and Rec make it possible for us to achieve that goal. And you're right, I don't believe many of our residents fully understand the scope of work that our Parks and Recreation Department takes on, and they do it so well and so seamlessly that people kind of take it for granted. But you went over a few of the stats, but I'm gonna do it again because I can't emphasize enough what kind of impact that has on our community. We have 77 parks. We have, I believe it's eight recreation centers. We have 300 miles of trails. We serve thousands of kids and adults through our programs. We serve thousands of seniors through our Meals on Wheels programs, and sometimes our staff is the only people that those homebound seniors see for an entire week. And I've gone out on those deliveries with our staff and our residents are so happy to see them and they're so engaged. Every one of the events that we go to at the Senior Center or at our Parks and Recreation, the classes, People love parks and recreation in this community and all of this did not happen by accident. It happened because we have had a strategic plan for parks that we have followed and stuck to. It wasn't something that sat on a shelf, it wasn't just an idea somebody had, we actually stuck to it and we reached goal after goal after goal. And we are about close to, I believe, 80% of our residents are within a 10 minute walk of a park or a park, a recreation facility. - 85. - 85, 85%. It's remarkable. You're correct, it does impact economic development. People want to work and live where there are amenities to support their families. It supports public safety. It gives someplace productive for our kids to be and to enjoy activity and socialize with one another. As you most of you know I I have a lot of grandkids and so I'm at parks across the valley all the time and there is oftentimes a marked difference between the quality of Henderson parks and the quality of parks found through the rest of our community again it's because of the elite. Parks and Recreation team that we have serving our community. So I do want to thank you for the time and effort you put into this, for all of the work that Parks and Recreation staff does. They do the fun things. They're the fun for our community, and people love it. And so thank you for making sure that we have goals that we need to set for the coming future, and that we have something... physical that we can follow and make sure that we're staying on track and make sure that we're not slipping in our goal to be America's premier community because this plays such a huge role in that. So thank you for that. I don't have any questions. I just wanted to brag on you guys a little bit. It was really great. They've covered a majority of what I wanted to say as well, but thank you for the very thorough and comprehensive report and plan. This will be a guideline for us that is very necessary, and I appreciate the community engagement, the extensive community engagement that you have. and parks do provide just an invaluable service to our community for our quality of life because as the newbie on the block and learning all of these things with the Meals on Wheels before and after school program, all the other things that encompass this is so critical, so thank you. It's very, very, very necessary. Appreciate you. Thanks. I want to compliment you and express gratitude for what you all did. Wonderful presentation, backed up by a wonderful report. Yet another means of validating our parks and rec of what they have done, and a very, very clear picture of where we need to go. So I appreciate that. And with that, I'll make a motion to approve. We'll approve the master plan. There's a motion on the floor. Please vote. It's not showing. Almost. We're showing most of it, just not the voting. We'll take a voice vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed? All members voted in favor of the motion made by Councilman Stewart, and it carries. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Item number 24 is continued public hearing appeal of decision AP - 6 - 2 5 4 MSP - 2 0 1 7 8 8 1 1 4 2 - a 7 master sign plan amendment railroad pass travel center and the recommendation is to deny I Mayor member of Council this item is an appeal the planning Commission's decision to deny an amendment to master sign plan request in the relocation of a hundred and twenty five foot tall free standing sign at railroad pass since the appeal was filed the applicant has worked with the river railroad pass casino property owner to revise the proposed sign plan. The revisions include removing the existing Railroad Pass Casino sign and replacing it with a newly designed 125 foot tall sign that would have the ability to incorporate signage for all tenants on the property. Under the revised proposal, the previously approved but not yet constructed TA sign, the existing Hilltop Highline sign, and the existing Railroad Pass Hotel and Casino sign would all be removed. This collaboration would reduce both the number of freestanding signs and the total square footage a freestanding signage on the property. Mayor and Council, if the recommendation is to reverse the Planning Commission's decision of denial and approve the revised sign design and location, a memo is included for you with the new exhibits and all the conditions that would need to be amended. Thank you. Good afternoon, Council. I appreciate you having us here, and happy St. Patrick's Day. We have worked. State your name and tip code. My name is George Harris, representing Las Vegas Petroleum. We have worked tirelessly with the city, and before we start, thank Eddie and his staff. This has been a long journey, and the campus of the Railroad Pass and the El Dorado Casino is only going to get better, and this is one of the first phases to make it better. So we would ask that you grant permission Our request and move forward and let us let us finally get the sign done Is there any questions well? This is a public hearing so let me open the public hearing first Do we have anybody here mayor there is no one in the public hearing queue for item 24? Okay, close the public hearing. I just have a couple of clarifications for Eddie so all the other signage except for the one far in the back. All of the other signage will be combined into this one sign and removed, and then the water tower will be painted so it will no longer serve as signage either, except for the this casino wording on the top is that correct that's correct and just clarify there is one existing sign by the gas pumps that will remain there's a short holiday in sign that will remain but all the large signs will be combined and exactly what you said the hilltop sign that has gas prices will be gone the ta on the water tank will be painted to a neutral color to blend in that's correct thank you any other questions or comments may have a motion I'll make the motion to reverse Planning Commission's denial and approve it. So a yes vote means we're approving the signage. With conditions? With the conditions that were noted. So they're going to change it. They're going to change the motion. Okay. We can't see it. We can't see it. I think we're having issues. Okay. We're having issues? Okay. So the motion is to reverse the Planning Commission's denial and approve with conditions the revised signage. That has we've had a motion. Please vote by vote voice all in favor aye aye Opposed Thank You council all members voted in favor of the motion made by councilman C Bob and it carries item number 26 is public hearing arbitrator award labor agreement Henderson police officers association Mayor, Council, before Javier gets set to give you the summary of the next two items, I just wanted to provide a little bit of legal context for Javier's presentation. These items are a little bit unusual because they are noticed as public hearings, but you'll also notice that they're for information only. And that's because these arbitration awards are binding on the parties, both the city and the unions that are involved. So there's no action for you all to take. But the statute does require us to have a public hearing where we provide a broad overview of the arbitration award. And that's what Javier is going to do tonight. hello mayor and council for the record i'm javier mendez director of human resources for the city of henderson i'm here to provide an overview of the arbitrators award regarding the labor agreement between the city of henderson and the city henderson police association hpoa the city and hpoa began negotiations in march of 25. because the parties were unable to reach an agreement during the negotiations the issues in dispute were submitted to arbitration pursuant to nrs 288.215 under the nevada revised law the arbitrator was required to select the union's final offer and the city's final offer the arbitrator selected the city's final offer citing financial conditions of the city internal and external comparability and the bargaining history of the parties. However, the arbitrator limited the award to a one-year contract. The duration of the arbitrator's award is from July 1st, 2025 through June 30th of 26, with all terms being retroactive to July 1st of 25. The successor HPOA labor agreement includes the following key terms. Article IV, wages, provides a 3.5 wage increase on top of the five already existing steps in the CBA. So the five-step plan sets the 5% on top, so 3.5% on top of that. Article 6 is the new retention bonus. Employees with 15 years of service as of June 30th of '25 will receive $2,300 lump sum retention bonus. Employees with 20 years of service will receive an additional $700 for a total of potential $3,000. The bonuses shall occur on an annual basis. The reduction in holiday pay covers the cost connected to these retention bonuses. Article 14, which is holiday pay, reduces holiday pay for officers working on holiday from triple time, that's three times their regular hourly rate, to two and a half. Article thirty five contractor ration july first of twenty five through june thirtieth of twenty six additionally the november first of twenty second and september fifth of twenty three previously amended agreements are incorporated into this agreement. So the overall financial impact of the arbitrator award for HPOA labor contract FY25 through 26 is $2,401,250. Thank you, Mayor, for your time and counsel. Thank you. And this item is a public hearing that I'll now open. Mayor, there is no one in the public hearing queue for item 26. I'll close the public hearing. Are there any questions or comments since this is binding? I have a question really quick. So based on the arbitrator's decision in doing the math, officers are going to have to pay back on the holiday pay or the overtime, right? Correct? That they received during this period of time? So the reduction in holiday pay is retroactive back to the beginning of the year. I can't answer the question of particular officers and what they'll be owed. Again, it's a combination of they're receiving a 3.5% base wage increase. They're also receiving a new longevity bonus or benefit. And then there's the reduction in the holiday pay. So it's a question of how all those net out. - Okay, but the city is going to require officers to be paying back monies that they received during this time when they were in arbitration, correct? - Yeah, the arbitrator's award is binding on us in all respects. - Okay, thank you. - Any others? Okay, thank you. - I'm gonna go ahead and talk about item 27 as well for information. - I'll go ahead and introduce it, yeah, I'm sorry. This one's unusual, or this process is unusual, so we're getting used to it. Item number 27 is a public hearing, arbitrator award, labor agreement, Henderson Police Supervisors Association. Thank you, Alyssa. Hello, Mayor and Council again. Long walk. For the record, I'm Javier Mendez, Director of Human Resources to the City of Henderson. I'm here to provide an overview of the arbitrator's award regarding the labor agreement between the City of Henderson and Henderson Police Supervisors Association. the city and hpsa began negotiations in march of 25. because the parties were unable to reach an agreement during these negotiations the issues in dispute were submitted to an arbitrator pursuant to nrs 288.215 under nevada law the arbitrator was required to select from the union's final offer and the city's final offer the arbitrator selected the city's final offer citing financial conditions of the city Internal and external comparability and the bargaining history of the parties, however, the arbitrator limited the contract to 1 year. The duration of the. The duration of the arbitrators award is from July 1st, 25 through June 30th of 26 with all terms being retroactive to July 1st of 25. The successor HPSA labor agreement includes the following key terms: Article 5 wages, HPSA membership shall receive the same 3.5 base wage increase as HPOA membership. That's on top of the step increases that are already in the contract, 5%. Article 7, which is the new retention bonus, employees with 15 years of service as of June 30th of 25 will receive $2,300 lump sum retention bonus. Employees with 20 years of service will receive an additional $700 for a total bonus of $3,000. The bonuses shall occur on an annual basis. Reduction in holiday pay covers the cost connected to the retention bonuses. Article 15, holiday pay. Reduction holiday pay from officers working on a holiday triple time, which is three times the regular rate of pay, to two and a half. Article 20, overtime, reduction callout of overtime from double time of the regular rate of pay, which is two times that, to one and a half pay. Article 36 is the duration, July 1st of 25 through June 30th of 26th. During negotiations, the parties did reach a tentative agreement on Article 29, which is a grievance procedure. The tentative agreement includes the timelines pertaining to taking grievances to arbitration. The tentative agreement is incorporated in the agreement. Additionally, the April 25th of 2023 and September 5th of 2023 previously approved amendments for the FY21 through 25 agreements are also incorporated in this whole agreement. The overall financial impact of the arbitrator award on HPSA labor contract for FY25-326 is $760,736 for the funds. Thank you, Mayor, for your time and counsel. Appreciate it. Thank you. This is a public hearing that I'll now open. Mayor, there is no one in the public hearing queue for item 27. I'll close the public hearing. Any questions or comments? I have a quick statement. As a City Council, one of our jobs is to ensure our residents are safe and feel safe in their neighborhoods, schools, workplaces, and community spaces. With that comes having and employing police officers that are treated just and fair. And in my opinion, I do not feel what is happening to our officers at this point is just or fair. Thank you. Next section of your agenda is bills referred for adoption as ordinance. Item number 28 is bill number three nine one three ZCA - two zero one one five zero zero two eight six - a two one Rainbow Canyon at Lake Las Vegas parcel M the recommendation is to adopt as ordinance number four one five zero. They have a motion Please vote all in favor. Please say aye opposed aye All members voted in favor of the motion made by Councilman Stewart, and it carries. Item 29 is Bill number 3914, ZCA-2025017491, Alta Vista, Serene Vista, and Amira Vista. The recommendation is to adopt as Ordinance number 4151. May I have a motion? All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed? All members voted in favor of the motion made by Councilwoman Larson, and it carries. Item number 30 is Bill number 3916, Amend Henderson Municipal Code Chapter 1.05, Penalties and Remedies for Code Violations. The recommendation is to adopt as Ordinance number 4152. May I have a motion? Please vote. All in favor? I'll say, please say aye. Aye. Opposed? Aye. All members voted in favor of the motion made by Councilman Larson, and it carries. The next section of our agenda is Unfinished Business. Item 31 is A, ZCA-2025-017952, Zone Change. B, WOS-2025-017955, Waiver of Standard Conditions. Section C, TMA-2025-017957, tentative map, Part D, DRA-2025-017961, design review. For Boulder and Texas, the recommendation is to approve with conditions. Mayor, members of council, this item is a 28-acre piece of property for 384-lot single-family subdivision with a combination of attached and detached homes. I'd just like to take a couple minutes and share some information that's occurred since this item was continued last time. There were a couple memos. There was one memo prepared before the last continuance that was put into backup, and that was to clarify a lot of the waivers. I think there was some confusion in the staff report on where the waivers were located and which lots they were subject to. So the one waiver did clarify which lots pertain to which waivers in addition applicant has provided an exhibit that we've added to the current memo that's part of your backup a a a an exhibit that shows specifically the locations of each waiver very clear very clear cut and I know the question tonight is really that the few lots. of 17 through 24, and I just want to share that the waivers on those lots, those are single-family detached homes, and the only waiver on that is a five-foot setback, which is on the front side. So there is no rear or side setbacks that would impact the adjacent property on that. In addition to that, the applicant... Is going to share in a minute they've met with the property owner next door a few times and has proposed some additional conditions for your consideration like to read those into the record and just share a few other things so some of the proposed conditions for land use purposes offering and to address design elements. There was a concern about balcony. So one of the proposed conditions are balconies are prohibited on lot 17 through 24 adjacent to parcel 17917102002. Also, there is a request to increase the setback. The rear setback adjacent to the church property is by code 10 feet. The applicant is proposing the minimum rear setback to the homes for lots 17 through 24, adjacent to the same parcel number, shall be 14.5 feet. That's the minimum setback. We also recommend a condition within 30 days that the applicant has to revise all the exhibits to shift the road and increase the lots if this is approved. So that's something the applicant has... agreed to do if these other modifications are approved. An additional condition that's proposed by the applicant is to increase the rear setback of the wall adjacent to that church property. Code only requires a six-foot block wall. They're proposing an eight-foot. So an eight-foot tall decorative block wall shall be constructed along the rear of lots 17 through 24 adjacent to parcel 17917102002. The eight foot height shall be measured from the grade on lot 17 through 24 as reflected on the lot fit exhibit dated 3/10/26. That's another exhibit that an applicant has provided us since the continuance that clearly shows the location of the eight foot wall, labels the eight foot wall, and also provides cross sections that shows that there are going to be some retaining walls. So the eight foot's important. It would be on the residential side. So on the church side, it will be even taller. There could be a retaining wall anywhere from one to three or four feet, which would increase the height of the wall for additional buffering. An additional condition is applicants shall install two 24-inch box evergreen trees in each of the rear yards of lots 17 through 24, trees to be installed prior to issuance of certificate of occupancy for the homes on lots 17 through 24. That is also to provide additional buffering between the homes and adjacent property. That is in a memo along with the exhibits that I have mentioned for that. So if your recommendation is for approval, please reference these additional conditions if you decide to go forward with that. Staff and Planning Commission did recommend approval. Mr. Amon? Thank you, Mayor, members of the council, Tom Amick, 1980 Festival Plaza. I'm here on behalf of the applicant, which is Lenar, also working with me on this application, John Marciano, 218 Dead Street, Michael Tassi, 218 Dead Street. Just a quick intro for me. So this was before you two weeks ago on the March 3rd agenda. It was asked of us at that time by the representatives of the Catholic Church adjacent to us if we could continue this for two weeks and meet with them and kind of hear their concerns and see if there's anything that we could do to address those concerns. We did have that meeting with the Priyash, Mr. Joseph, Father George Joseph, and their colleagues at the church. So we appreciate very much of them inviting us over there and showing us their facility and kind of what that mutual boundary line was going to look like. That did help us kind of come to some of these additional concessions that we think would enhance the buffering and would provide a little bit of support. Better protection for the church, so I'll get to those in a second But I do want to just kind of run through a few things for the council's benefit the aerial there is the site that Is the 28 acres that is kind of behind the Walmart as we would reference there at Lake Mead and Boulder Highway so that has been vacant for a long time obviously I think it's important to know that Existing zoning that is on that site that entire site is owned rh-36 Which as you guys know is the highest? multifamily density for attached product that the city has. So a few years back, there was there were two side by side apartment projects that were approved totaled seven hundred and forty nine total units that were part of that approval that our H. thirty six zoning still exists. It's in place today. So this is an aerial of kind of half of that project. I'll I'll spin it this way because it's easier to kind of see. This is the church property here. So I only want to point that out because that's what had existed before we came to the site. So this building and this building, those are 36 and a half feet and they're 20 feet from the property on it. So that's what had been previously approved there. And those are on multi-family floor rent units, so When you kind of show that side by side This is what we're proposing now the a lots with the with the two-story single-family detached product and you can kind of see it a little bit more blown up the two larger 36 and a half foot buildings again 20 feet from the property so when you are evaluating This project you have to kind of take into account what was there previously and what we are downzoning this to. So we're going from RH36 to MN, which is basically neighborhood mixed use. So that goes from 749 approved total units to the 348 that we are asking for now. So that's 88 single-family detached lots, which is kind of more of the... northern and eastern half of the project including the lots that are behind the church and then 260 townhome units which make up the bulk of the site. So the waivers, as Eddie did a very good job delineating, The vast majority of those waivers apply to the townhome product only, which is far and not adjacent to the church. The one waiver that applies to the lots that are adjacent to these eight lots that are adjacent to the church is a five foot driveway. which allows that home to be pulled forward out closer to the street and allows us to do, frankly, a greater setback on those lots to pull the house a little bit further from the wall. So this was the Plan I was submitted. I just wanted to show you in reference to one of the conditions We would take take the parking out here We would take some of the depth out of those lots and we would put that depth into the lots that are adjacent and then when you see the lot fit analysis here you can see how we can get upwards of 19 feet on the but a minimum of 14 and a half feet where we were 10 feet before. So I just wanted to point out how we were going to accomplish getting them that extra step back. So when we were meeting with Mr. Joseph at his college, we did have a chance to kind of walk along the property line. And, you know, there are some legitimate concerns with being able to look down into, you know, into the church property, not quite as bad as it existed with the multifamily project, but that was a concern that we felt like needed to be addressed. So we are going to increase the height of the wall from six feet to eight feet. And that would be from our side, it will appear as Eddie mentioned, higher from their side, based on the way that the property slopes and the grades that are out there. But it'll be a lot closer to the height of the wall that separates the church from the Walmart commercial center. So we thought that was important to try to get that as close as we could. And then with the addition of the trees, in the backyard two per lot. So 16 total trees, um, 24 inch box, um, to provide, you know, additional visual buffering more from, um, our side, you know, to block, um, views into the, into the church. So, um, so, um, Those lots, as also mentioned, will not have balconies. So no second story, you know, outside living space. And then the last thing I was just going to add was we do appreciate the time that the folks from the church spent with us. It was good for us to go and witness that. I think... we're doing a good thing here by getting rid of the very very high density multi-family rental starting and moving to a project that is half of that density with for sale ownership So the only other thing I would just stress was we do have to do the pedestrian access out to Boulder Highway. That will be done via staircase, the grading situation over there, but that will keep pedestrian activity being able to, that's where the transit is, so people will be able to access that directly through Texas without going out to Cholla or Dondero, which was a big thing that decreases the foot traffic over in the more more sensitive area closer to the church. So I think that's all I have. Did I miss anything, John? No, you were wonderful. Okay. I can answer any questions. Okay. Thank you. So for clarification, this is all, the whole project is for sale versus the rental high-density apartment complex that was previously approved. Is that correct? That is correct. And the five foot waiver on the, I believe it's eight lots that are immediately adjacent to the church now increases the backyard setback between the back of the residential unit to the church property line. where 10 feet would normally be the standard, you've now increased it a minimum of 14 and a half feet, but up to 19 feet in some cases, is that correct? Correct, and that's what that exhibit shows. So the code only requires 10, and we were able to make those adjustments to get a minimum of 14 and a half, but we do have a model that would provide a greater setback of 19 feet. So What we were trying to do is be able to provide that variety so that you wouldn't have kind of the same lot, lot, lot, lot, lot. We wanted the in and out. So that's why we made the adjustments across the street here to allow us to get the additional setback. So. With everything that you have addressed from the concerns that were brought up in the previous meeting, I think you have done just about everything possible to mitigate any negative impacts to the church or to the members of the church that would be visiting there. I want to thank you for being willing to make those concessions and make those adjustments to the department. the development. I think it's a much, much better development than what was previously approved. Much, much half of the density as was approved before. And this also provides some much needed for sale residential units that are of a little bit different type than we have throughout the rest of the community that will allow people of all different income levels to be able to get into homeownership. So I appreciate that. Any other questions or comments? I did have one. I did remember one thing that I needed to add. With regard to Mr. Joseph's comment about the condition that was still under review by the city attorney's office, That condition was a request for us to provide disclosures to all of our residents about the church and their activities so that when people were buying homes, they would be doing so with knowledge and would be acknowledging the church was there and their activities, which we are happy to do and will provide. I think just there was a little confusion I think that the city attorney's office does not believe that needs to be a formal condition or cannot be a formal condition but I'm stating for the record that we receive that request and that we will be doing that regardless of whether there's a condition or not yeah I agree that I don't think that could that should be a condition we have to purchase throughout our community everywhere and understand that completely so thank you for that may Mayor, go ahead, I'm sorry. Well, thank you for that clarification because I heard the church person say that and I wanted clarification from Nick, so thank you. Sorry, I should have added that in my presentation before. Yeah, let me just respond to a couple things Mr. Joseph offered, and I received a letter from him just before the meeting that repeats a lot of what he offered in public comment, but he covered sort of some legal points that I want to be want to be clear for the record. First one. implied that there's a due process concern hearing this application tonight. I want to assure you that that's not the case. The touchstones of due process are notice and an opportunity to be heard. Of course, the church has been on notice of these applications for quite some time. And in fact, these items were continued in part at their request last time. So there's been notice and an opportunity to be heard. They're here tonight and had that opportunity. There was also some concern Mentioned that perhaps it was procedurally irregular to hear these items because of the season that the church is in. There are some protections for churches under federal law in particular, but they have to do with ensuring that local governments don't discriminate against religions and based on religion. There is also this notion that you can't engage in regulatory activities that have a substantial burden on the free exercise of religion, but merely hearing these applications tonight and going through this process is not a substantial burden. So I want to make that clear. Mr. Amick mentioned the disclosure for the record. I did advise planning staff that it would not be appropriate to include a disclosure, primarily because those kind of disclosures are really reserved for really important issues. Things like When uses are completely incompatible, when there's a true public nuisance involved, or when there's like environmental concerns, we will often condition the application to formally notice through a recorded document that an incompatible use exists. Of course, as you noted, churches and residential neighborhoods are very compatible. In fact, churches belong in neighborhoods. So I advise staff to steer clear of that. Of course, if Mr. Amick wants to agree to that on their own with the church, that's fine. The other thing that Mr. Joseph mentioned was a good neighbor agreement. That is not a concept that we use here in Nevada. One of the things we are very mindful of is not letting the regulatory process be used to leverage advantage between two property owners. And so we don't incorporate those kind of conditions in our regulatory process. So I have just a few comments for both parties. So I want to... Take everyone back just really quick. Two weeks ago, before this was at the council, it was brought to my attention just days prior of the concerns of the church, along with an email campaign, lack of a better way of saying it, from roughly 50 or 80 different members of that church expressing their concerns about the setbacks or expressing their concerns about the privacy of the church. and some of the issues on drainage and safety. And so two weeks ago, the developer wanted to move forward. However, the developer and their representatives agreed to work with the church. So I want to say thank you for that. Thank you for the extra two weeks. And although I'm sure the developer didn't want to give some concessions, and I'm sure the church also still wanted some more, as somewhat was articulated, there's a compromise or there's a middle ground here. And so going back to what could have been and to really what is, I really think it's a very fair compromise, my words, of what's there. So when you went from a development of over potentially 700 units of apartments to to where there could have been up to four stories right next to the church, to a development of roughly 350 of homeownership, which I'm a fan of. As I expressed previously, I was not in support of the apartments over there. And then on top of that, the developer allowed or chose or gave a concession to not put a three-story up to 40 feet tall townhouse right against the church. Instead, they allowed for single-family residents there, only nine units there versus the amount of different townhome units they could have got there. So that is a substantial cost or concession for them. And so in other words, there's no apartments, four stories are not there. seven hundred and forty nine concern out there and now you have single family homes that about the church property which is common throughout our valley and then on top of that uh... the church it has to take help us out with some of our privacy and so on by doing so you increase setbacks and minimal fourteen a feet you provided no balcony so someone can even build that on those specific locations You're going to put up eight-foot walls on top of a potentially retainer wall, and then you're even going to try to put in trees. And so to me, I believe that you've demonstrated your due diligence as well as a willingness to work with that church, Father Joseph and Priesh and their team there. And I appreciate both sides at least coming together and allowing for that two weeks continuance to work to get to where we're at. So I don't know if there's any other comments. If not, I can make a motion. Oh, go ahead. Yeah, this is just a matter of a comment of note, kind of circling back to Nick's explanation of quote-unquote good neighbor. We don't have that vehicle here or way of doing that. But as a matter of note, this home builder, Lenar, has been building in – Henderson for a long time and we have really have never had any complaints relative to this home builder. They're exceptionally good home builder and exceptionally good neighbors. In fact, if I might just note that I think the mayor and I were the only ones on when they came, when Eleanor came forth to redevelop the Black Mountain Golf Course. Yes. That was a huge deal. And to this day, Lennar is still abiding by everything that they said they would abide by. In other words, quote unquote, good neighbors. So I just thought that was probably an important comment to make relative to this specific project. Thank you. Appreciate that very much, Councilman. Thank you. So with that, I know everyone's not going to get what they want, but I believe it was a fair compromise. So I would make the motion to approve with the conditions put forward by Director Dichter. Still not working. Aye. We have a motion. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed? Thank you. All members voted in favor of the motion made by Councilman Seabock, and it carries. Thank you very much. That takes us to new business. Item number 32 is an appointment by the Mayor and Council to the Clark County 911 Emergency Response Advisory Committee. The recommendation is to appoint Miranda Ramos, Richard Johnson, and Matthew Murnan to the Clark County 911 Emergency Response Advisory Committee. Thank you. If there are no questions or comments, I'll make that motion. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Oh, it's working. All members voted in favour of the motion by Mayor Michelle Romero and it carries. Item number 33 is a resolution rescind and replace resolution number 4602 direct land sale of 315 square feet plus or minus of vacant land to the Yulfs Family Revocable Living Trust. The recommendation is to adopt as resolution number 4676. Mayor and Council, this resolution rescinds and replaces Resolution 4602, which was adopted on December 3rd of 2024. This will authorize the continuation of that proposed property sale. As with the original resolution this action concerns the conveyance of 315 square feet of city property To an adjacent landowner who built a driveway on our land It's a total of six hundred and four thousand or six hundred and four dollars and fifty cents if it's approved subsequent agenda item will be back and for your consideration to authorize the related purchase and sale agreement I Just a matter of point, was it 2024 or 2025, December? It was December of 2024. That was the original one. That was the original. We had a posting issue where it didn't get posted publicly for quite the amount of time, so we're doing this just belt of suspenders to make sure that the sale goes through appropriately. Thank you. Any other questions? May I have a motion? Please vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed? All members voted in favor of the motion made by Councilwoman Larson, and it carries. The next section of our agenda is bills to be read into title. Unless an item is pulled for discussion, Council will take action on all bills to be read into title with one motion. As a reminder, item number 34 was continued to the April 7th, 2026 City Council regular meeting. Item 35 is accompanying Bill number 3915 for item number 31, ZCA-2025017952, Boulder and Texas. Item number 36 is bill number 3917, amending Henderson Municipal Code section 2.50.020 eligibility requirements and section 2.50.360 Development Services Center Advisory Committee. Your recommendation is to refer bill numbers 3915 and 3917 to the City Council regular meeting of April 7th, 2026. Please vote. All members voted in favor of the motion made by Councilman Stewart, and it carries. Thank you. Now is the time for Mayor and Council comments. Are there any comments? Next, I will set the City Council regular meeting for April 7th, 2026. And now is the time for our final public comment. If you wish to make a public comment, please come to the podium, speak directly into the mic, and state your name and zip code. You will have three minutes to speak. Mayor, there are three persons in the second public comment queue. First person is Thomas Principe. State your name and zip code for the record, please. Thomas Principe, 89014. My name is Thomas Principe. I am 24 years old and born and raised in Henderson. I graduated from Green Valley High School. I live in Ward 3 and Kerry Cox is my councilperson. I'm a part-time bellman at Green Valley Ranch. Before my job with Station Casinos, I was working as a part-time bellman at the Mirage where I had a culinary union contract. At the Mirage, I was getting 30 hours a week, eight hours guaranteed a day, and $17 starting hourly pay with guaranteed raises. I was living by myself and was comfortable financially. Now working at Green Valley Ranch, I am making only $12 an hour. In recent weeks, I have checked our weekly schedule and am disappointed by the lack of work hours available for part-timers. I feel as though I'm not truly a part-timer, but a glorified on-call worker, and that's hoping that I do get called in. I'm currently living back home with my parents and with the living price of living today, such as gas and rent. I don't know how I could even be able to live on my own with my Green Valley Ranch current wages and hours. When I was covered by a contract with the Culinary Union, I felt safe knowing that I had protection for work hours and livable wages. Almost 10 years ago, GVR workers voted to go union with a 78% vote. A union contract gives transparency and, most importantly, respect to someone like me who is just trying to survive. Workers at station casinos deserve these things, and I ask you to take what younger people like me say very seriously. Because if younger people don't see that they have an opportunity for a career in this industry, then the industry's future may be in trouble. Thank you for your listening and understanding. Next person is Aaron Mahan. - Good afternoon, I'm Aaron Mahand, 89014. I'm a City of Henderson resident by Councilman Stewart Ward 4. I've been a Henderson homeowner since 2012. I live closer to Sunset Station but not far from Green Valley Ranch. I work at Virgin Las Vegas. My coworkers and I won the union standard there after a 69 day strike. Winning the strike meant I kept my standard of living in Henderson that I've worked hard for, so hard to secure. The city of Henderson is full of gaming industry workers like me. We are the engine behind the industry. We commute to the Strip or downtown and some other parts of the Valley, but many of us work in Henderson at large casinos and resorts here. Henderson needs more good union casino jobs right here in the city. so that we can have living, wages, and afford to continue calling this city our home. A union casino provides job security, household stability, and guarantees respect at work and dignity in retirement, because one job should be enough. So I urge the City Council to meet with Henderson Casino workers and start by hearing stories from them from Green Valley Ranch. Thank you. Next person is Ender Austin. Good afternoon. My name is Ender Austin III, and I work for the Culinary Union. Really proud to be here with two members, as you've already heard from, who work in the gaming industry. The Culinary Union represents thousands of workers and residents in the city of Henderson. As you may know, Stage Casinos is the highest-assessed taxpayer in Henderson. They're ahead of Google as well as UHS. According to the Clark County Assessor Report dated October 31, 2025, and station casino properties are above the top private employers in Henderson, according to the City of Henderson Finance Department Henderson data website. That's thousands of jobs in the City of Henderson, and the city last year approved an expansion of the future Inspirata Station project. We know that more than one in three Green Valley Ranch employees live in Henderson, and we know that station workers need a raise. and Henderson hotels, motels, and are more significant, and casinos, excuse me, are more significant to the city of Henderson than to the city of North Las Vegas when you look at land use. We have shared with the council and planning commission members a booklet outlining the chronology of legal events and company communications about Stations Casinos, which is on trial currently in one of the largest labor law enforcement actions in U.S. history. We encourage you to speak with Station Casinos, and we ask you to take steps to better understand the gaming industry in Henderson from the perspective of workers that empower it. And forgive me, we had not shared, but I have it here, that information. I'll give it to the clerk. I'll take it. Yeah, thank you. And what I've shared with the clerk is a copy of that booklet, as well as a cover letter from our president and secretary treasurer, as well as the written comment for today. Thank you. Thank you. There is no one else in the queue, Mayor. I will adjourn the meeting at this time.