thank you very much [Music] girlfriend s foreign during the future Mr Clerk vice mayor if you're ready we are over here okay let's get some movement going we're a few minutes late but that clock is wrong so don't hold us to that but good morning I'll Now call to order this meeting of the Wednesday August 23rd Reno city council meeting and Redevelopment agency uh Mr clerk uh we'll start with the Pledge of Allegiance okay [Music] Miss Stewart would you meet us this morning sure of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty justice for all Mr cook the roll call please thank you this is a roll call for the Wednesday August 23rd 2023 Reno city council meeting uh beginning with council member beckus here uh doer here Martinez here Ebert President Taylor and vice mayor Reese here thank you vice mayor you have a quorum of the Arena City Council thank you and item A3 public comment thank you and I believe do we have a couple of introductory items the KT Grace Foundation yeah we'll just call them in public comment in the normal order thank you so much welcome to um the diocese and the city council Miss Kimberly weingartner from the Katie Grace Foundation everybody's just way too quiet for me well you'll get this party started thank you so much for being here Madam mayor is just a few minutes late but wanted me to express my sincere appreciation gratitude for your being here you were going to share with us just a little bit about what it is that you do thank you good morning thank you Jenny it's a pleasure meeting you a few weeks ago I'd like to tell you a little bit about Katie's story um Katie was the child that was killed on Plum Lane um six years ago um she was my only child and I really couldn't figure out what to do with my life without her in it we had moved here to Reno so she could be an Olympic a volleyball player you do have Olympic tryouts here in Reno so we moved over here so she could become a volleyball player but her sophomore year her life was taken and I kind of stumbled onto a fun little thing to do for the community it all started first with Katie's Garden it's an acre Garden it sits on the property of The Bridge Church and it feeds the community about um I can't remember how many pounds we receive out of the garden every year but it is part of the community outreach program our second part is we have four shoe cabinets in Reno we give about 2 000 pairs of shoes out every year and I also have Katie bugs Boutique which is in the r play shelter and we provide clothing uh free of charge backpacks toys shoes to the kids that are in that program it's very important to me that the children that are in these programs know that they have value they're loved and they have a future in Reno with our communities supporting them everything that's given to those kids in that program is all brand new it's been folded and they get to choose it they get to come in and play there's a little play area inside our play shelter so it's actually really uh a warm inviting place for them to know that they are cared for that we also have um and it expansion into the Domestic Violence Resource Center there's a private room in the back so any women seeking shelter with their children could come in and receive brand new clothing for those in that program and we also have it one in the children's cabinet and that's for the Redfield Academy for students to feel the same way they often struggle with different issue home issues and you know schools just they're reprieved and they can come in and pick up a few items further if they have a child or just additional clothing we currently have a warehouse full of items that we receive from different warehouses in the arena community I currently pick up about 12 pallets a week and redistribute them to 154 non-profits so if you're in the statistics part of it we service about 95 000 people 40 percent of the non-profits reporting have only reported so with the rest of them we could probably reach about 125 000 people that we've serviced in our community we reach the warehouses in Red Rock stead Vista Sparks Spanish spring Longley the Legends and one in Carson City so our reach is far and wide so all of you council members you probably haven't been to the warehouse but we do invite you to participate in learning more about what our community what Katie's Foundation is doing for the entire read on community and just not Ward one we also provide veterans baskets so if you're taking the veterans from the street um a treatment program and in temporary housing and then they move into apartment with nothing we're not setting them up for Success we need to set the people up for Success that we're pulling from the street because if we don't it just puts them right back onto the street because it's too hard to find those Essentials that you need for your to live on a daily basis so we we provide that it's called an apartment in a basket but it's not only for our veterans it's for each one of the programs to pull people from the street um more statistics for you we have saved over 300 pound thousand pounds from going into the landfill that's just from one Warehouse reporting um for four and a half years we've been saving 450 000 pounds of pet food from going into the landfill we've redistributed to free of charge everything we do is free of charge to 25 rescues in the Reno Community whether it's sweatshirt excuse me sweatshirts shoes clothing um barbecues air fryers everything that we get from these warehouses we register it in the community bombas is one of our sponsors we have over 2 000 pairs of socks we received from them Caraway Shopify if I was to put a dollar value on the items that we've received from these warehouses it's over four million dollars in product donations alone if you have any questions thank you so much what a beautiful Legacy that your daughter is leaving for our community I thank you for your willingness to stand in for and be so passionate about all those who have such need thank you for coming today also and sharing it with us I'm sure that many of us on the diocese will take you up on the opportunity to come out and see what you're doing so thank you for that I know that my liaison Tyler will get with you this afternoon or this morning and I appreciate them to have that happen thanks so much for coming out thank you thank you for having me take care thank you Kimberly thanks a lot pink thank you next we will welcome Jennifer Hines representing the children's cabinet great [Music] Jennifer good morning who have you got with you this is Alyssa she is one of our coordinators in our program great fabulous welcome I think most of us know about the good work that children's cabinet has been doing for so very many years in this community but we're always happy to hear from you yes thank you so much we're here today to share out about our new program it's a Statewide program through the children's cabinet it's our early childhood Community Health worker program I'm the program manager so it's Statewide Alyssa is up here in the North in Reno with our team so we thank you for giving us this opportunity today to share out so our mission for our program is as Early Childhood community health workers we are connecting Early Childhood populations to Community Partners and families with Equitable resources and services to improve and sustain the health and well-being in early childhood settings and our communities we currently Statewide are supporting over 100 Early Childhood programs and their families and staff within that which equals out to well over 5 000 children and families that were able to support so far our services fall under Maslow's hierarchy of needs so making sure those basic needs for children and families and those providers are being met so that looks like food shelter clothing they have safe environments to be in employment Health Care to ensure that their needs are being met and we're starting at a very young age to get them all set on the right foot and Alyssa is going to take the next part good morning I had the privilege of being a chw for this program before I came into the coordinating position um so some of the things that the Early Childhood community health workers do was they go into licensed child care facilities and help the providers with basic community outreach Services um like getting nutritional food into the homes or into the centers we actually right now donate over 40 food bags weekly to families within those centers and to those teachers um we provide resources Community referrals intermediate training promoting in a health and wellness we can connect families in early childhood providers to pediatricians nutrition support mental health and overall access to Medical Care um the main purpose of our ecchw program is to support for child care providers by identifying needs and creating goals with those families teachers and providers as a whole and we also support the schools and the same centers and asqs 3 and asq se2s I would actually why we have a minute give a shout out to two of my chws that are here with me today because of one of them we would not be standing here today promoting our program so I have Leah Bennett and Beatrice Aguilar here and I can't tell you the countless things that they do for this community pulling resources for these families teachers and providers Leah has done amazing work she's got a grant for sixty nine thousand dollars for one of her schools uh Beatrice Aguilar helpful a resource and help the teacher within at the clientele pay for four months of rent through that resource that she pulled before that teacher was evicted from her apartment so overall we are just happy to be here and to share out this program of what we're doing as a whole in the community and pulling if pulling different resources and just coming as a whole together with these providers well thank you to the both of you this morning what a great work that you are doing and thanks for giving us the update that's awesome perfect thank you thank you have a great morning thank you very much and moving forward with our public comment uh members of the public may hear and observe and provide public comment virtually by registering through the following link which can be found on reno.gov meetings and that link is as follows us-06 web.zoom.us forward slash webinar forward slash register forward slash capital W capital N is in Nancy underscore 5 i r as in Robert capital J 2 capital j i be like boy Q y lowercase M like Mary h x B9 capital G lowercase n like Nancy U1 capital j w w it should be noted for those in attendance that comments are to be addressed to the mayor and Council as a whole comments heard under this item will be limited to three minutes per person and may pertain to items both on and off the council's agenda Council may not take action upon any matter not agenda is on today's agenda when you are called on for public comment please state your name for the record and begin speaking the timer will begin when you say your name and you will be afforded three minutes for those participating in Chambers in accordance with Council rules 6.3.11 while in this room please be respectful unauthorized remarks from audience members like clapping yelling whistling Etc will impede the meeting and may result in a warning issued by the presiding officer if the behavior continues and may you may be removed from chambers if you are in attendance in the zoom meeting and would like to make a public comment please raise your hand at that at this time and our next public commenter will be Mark Markell followed by Rhonda Thiessen Mark welcome Mr clerk while we're getting mark up here can you repeat that URL for me absolutely no I'm just kidding I I don't know what we're doing there but maybe we'll uh figure out a way that we can put that out online rather than read it that should be simplified going forward I think so thank you it's a new state it is it's a new requirement we figure out a different ways that we have this way we have a different way we're going to use a short link on the go forward for today we've got this but for now I was just giving Mark a chance to get to the thing and give us a moment to laugh important to do that Mark welcome as always good to have you I'm sorry thank you Mr vice mayor a good morning City Mr rice beer and city council and city manager my name is Mark Markell and I'm a conserving a resident back in 89 I was in a motor vehicle crash we rolled eight times and I was ejecting it landed on my head I I'm mentally handicapped so I don't know I I I was coming here for 20 or 20 years I don't know how long this is about it's been a while and I just want to warn people not to get the card Throne drivers I lived there uh how many uh just I don't know what a new ASI SSI I come here to warn people and show people what could happen if you get in the car to the drunk driver and and thanks to ESI I I I I I can't afford to live I have shelter and anyways I I spent since 89 and just recently I I felt my face and I I can't walk now I used to be a walker but I just don't want people to ride drunk drivers that's funny my main purpose in life is to warn people and show people what could happen it it it's stupid and I I I I I don't know I I I like to say I had a curling on my head so I I literally handicapped so but please don't let this happen to you I I I don't know what else to say but thank you thanks Mark thank you next we have Rhonda Thiessen fall Tyson excuse me followed by Terry Brooks Miss Tyson welcome thank you uh good morning my name is Rhonda Tyson I'm here to speak on A4 as it applies to D4 I have been through more than 3 000 pages on your agenda this morning and nowhere do I see the resolution that you're being asked to vote on today that makes it difficult I think for you to vote on the resolution and it makes it impossible for me to speak to it but assuming that you surmount that technical hurdle I want to speak about D4 that's the provisions relating to zero Riverside Drive I was surprised to see this on the agenda because I only this weekend met or arranged with Mr Stitzer to have him come out to my community on September 20th to go over his plans and I'm sure it's not his intent but it takes on a whole different meaning when you've done this step before you've come out to the community it becomes less of I want to hear your input and more here's what we're going to do um I will also say I'm surprised that there aren't revised plans here I'll leave it to the council members to decide how you want to respond to his failure or inability to address the concerns you all raised back in June one of my concerns was emergency vehicle access uh and I do appreciate that he Pro approached the police department and there is a proposal to turn that alley into emergency vehicle access only I was looking forward to hearing how that was going to work at our September 20th meeting it's on today but I don't see any revised site plans it's got to be more than that because emergency vehicles need to be able to turn around on a property in terms of that alley itself it's one of the main sources of egress from Jones Street it is the way people in the apartments access their own garages and parking spaces Waste Management uses it to pick up garbage there so I'm not really clear how it can be taken out of circulation as a as a thoroughfare not to mention it also requires the removal of the very limited parking which this proposal says we're already going to seek a variant so that there's not enough room to park but we're also now going to take out existing parking spaces so there are some issues um in terms of emergency vehicle access everybody who's heard me speak here over nearly a year about the fire at 1200 Riverside Drive will appreciate my concern there so let me also spend the few seconds I have left remaining thanking councilwoman door and Tyler Shaw for coming out and looking and seeing for themselves what happened there I invite everybody to come and do that please come and look before you do ask the city manager for the AAR from last October and you will learn why I've been so concerned thank you for your attention thank you we have Terry Brooks followed by Anne Archer good morning Terry [Music] good morning it's me Terry Brooks again and today I'd like to render on the act of discrimination when it comes to politics and gender it has been a very long time that women in our nation have had to face several aspects of gender discrimination for a long time only men who owned property could vote and since women could not own property back then they could not vote it wasn't until 1920 that all U.S women could vote but it was back in 1914 that women in Nevada could vote it took a long time for this country to head in the right direction but finally women could even run for office in an election at first it wasn't very often that a woman would win but once they made our government more diverse they kept winning again and again the more women there were who would vote in an election then the more women who ran for office would wind up winning that election and the more women there were who would run for office in an election then the more women would want to vote in the next coming election there are actually more women than there are men in our nation so having more women in office better represents our nation in the election of 2016 a woman ran in the presidential election she did not win the electoral college vote but she won the popular vote in that election and in the year 2020 a woman ran for vice president and she won so today she's our first female vice president the less that women are discriminated against and the more that women are respected the more they will be voted for and the more they will be elected so when it comes to gender and politics equality has begun to grow but in some situations we still have a ways to go I would like to thank you all for listening to me today and I look forward to coming back when I have a lot more saved thanks Terry thank you and Archer followed by Bonifacio pinchi on behalf of Jade dispensary hello I speak on the medium in up and down Virginia Street I own four businesses on Virginia Street I own batch Cupcakery on both ends of Virginia Street have one in the Foothills and then one right here next to Grateful Gardens I also own the arch society which is the little craft cocktail dessert bar that's right at the end of junkie clothing exchange and then now I opened a cookie store that's on Plum in Virginia but the medium is the the main issue um I cannot even tell you how many customers daily say they can't get into my business you can't even turn into batch Cupcakery you have to go to California flip a UE or you have to take St Lawrence and then it's a back kind of alley way they get confused I've lost a lot of business over the years since it was finished it did took me many many years to finish and we lost a lot of business then too but now that it is completed um it's really difficult for customers and it I don't believe on the original plans it was supposed to look like that I thought that that there were more entrances into our businesses I also if I I welcome any of you to come sit at the arch society and just um sit on our outdoor patio and watch on a daily evening how many accidents you see how many people bump up over the divider um people almost getting hit constantly I mean you could just sit there for just an hour if you don't mind come and watch and you will you'll actually see all the the problems with that medium and I don't know how we can remedy do this because it took so long to put it in there but I'm just saying that um as a business owner like I said of four businesses in this in and I've been here for 15 years I've owned batch for 15 years so I'm not just new here but it's just really becoming a giant problem and I I don't know how to fix it but I do want you to just be aware of it and figure out something we can do make more openings get rid of it all together I just don't know the answer but I do know it's it's not good where it is how it's it is it's it's just not working for for businesses up and down Virginia Street we're having a lot of problems with it thank you and thank you so much okay I love your new location in the Reno Public Market thank you I was there last week and and was really excited to see you there yeah it's always awesome to have a cookie or a couple yeah thank you for that thank you can I address that of course oh miss Archer before you go I just wanted to tell you um last meeting uh we made a motion it was approved to include a review of the median in our next budget to put a work program together it'll be up to the council at that time where they approve that work program and then we learned at our last meeting that the earliest we could really make changes would be after March 2026 because of contractual relations we are under um with RTC and the federal source of funds so I just wanted to tell you though that we did take some action last meeting to begin to address it but it is going to be a while before we can make any changes great thank you okay thanks Ann Bonifacio pinchi followed by Tyler Colton we are the owners of Jade dispensary we bought it from Bloom when it was before and just to give you what happened the numbers get down more than 50 from previous from uh from code from pre-covered and I talked to all the other businesses that are around me and they all have the same issues with the median um we're grateful for the sidewalk and all the other rest of the work which was a great job we were so happy when we bought the business and we saw that that was going to come up and we're you know we three hard years whether it was covered on top of it but um everything was pretty we're very stoked about it but in the end it didn't turn out as we hoped so that's uh that's my my intervention in this and I guess that's all I have to say and but we can we can show you the numbers if somebody's interested we can show you the numbers that were pre-covered when we bought from Bloom and what we have what we're doing to prove to you that it's been a very difficult for the business for all businesses I have all the recorded you know numbers but I'm sure everybody's complaining all the rest of the businesses around me have the same issues thanks welcome thank you stating your name for the record sir yes dispensary thank you very much thank you so much next we have Tyler Colton followed by Barry O'Sullivan hi Council I am back I don't know does that show up for you guys yeah yep okay hi my name is Tyler Colton I'm here to talk about the median we were unaware that that was happening uh last meeting so we're here I just wanted to quickly go through this since we don't have a lot of time uh councilman Ebert you asked about safety and they came and they said there was one accident that is clearly untrue from what you've just heard there's been five accidents in front of my building the picture you're seeing is a car that jumped the media and took out a fire hydrant a tree a light pole my entire patio and stopped in the middle of my building during service so that is completely incorrect that there has been only one accident uh in that study from UNR it was done mostly by students we appreciate the work they have done but it did not show any documentation of any accidents from 2020 to currently not one data so there's no reference they had to say it was saver they're simply giving you a line so I ask you to look into that and ask them fire EMTs Public Works how many accidents have occurred what has happened because the number they gave you is completely false and incorrect councilman Dewer thank you so much for showing up to every meeting that we had about the the Midtown this everything snc did a great job you showed up Naomi showed up uh getting trees getting art for us participating being there for us so thank you so much and you made a really great point at the meeting uh that plan that was done for Midtown was created eight years ago in eight years Midtown has changed but that design did not get updated for the last eight years so your correct saying we do need to study and we need to implement that and see what that would look like to make these changes because Midtown isn't the same as it was eight years ago Devin wreath a councilman Reese uh you were in the meeting with partos RTC everybody once again they never mentioned a 10-minute split between the buses and they did say a study could be done six months after the median was put in and adjustments could be made so 2026 is seems unreasonable no one's asking the city to pay 40 million dollars to take this median out and RTC is giving this a big hype and a big media line because it said possibly could be so it doesn't say we have to owe that money and it does not say 2026 so something possibly could be done sooner and we'd like to see that thank you Doug you're always a big supporter Kathleen Taylor uh you asked about safety and everything all the crosswalks and The Pedestrian safety uh failed F results Martinez you are going to probably be our councilman so we hope that you will meet with all of businesses in Ward one which will become hopefully your award uh and in Midtown and to you Miss breakfast you were so off base last time and I love your smugness you have 2016 150 business and Property Owners signed a petition saying that they wanted the median out you showed up to no meetings you've showed up to nothing that councilman Dewar showed up you've met with no money you're completely off base you're completely inaccurate that's what they're saying Mr Colton please make sure you address the whole Council the body as well that's right I understand council members were being respectful it is the body Institute of owners she has not taken the time to to meet with any of us or other different owners here she's misstated and misrepresented her Ward to you the council and to the general public which is frustrating and it's frustrating also that RTC is making headlines for small businesses pedestrian safety and business access aren't mutually exclusive they can be as one thank you you can have some additional time because I I didn't want to interrupt you no that's I'm just it's frustrating that we have to come back again over and over and then you're hearing different untruths from different Council people who don't take the time and don't show up in their own Ward to address the issues of the business and the residents and it was also mentioned that the traffic goes into the neighborhoods currently the only way to get to businesses and RTC told us this the traffic must go into the neighborhoods Haskell St Lawrence and Plumas and that's the way they want the traffic to navigate so it does sit in all the walking neighborhoods so if we got out of returns then we actually would reduce what you would like no traffic in those neighborhoods but currently there is traffic in the neighborhoods thank you so much thank you Ariel Sullivan followed by Linda Miller Barry always a joy to see you my friend welcome thank you I am Barry O'Sullivan I live in Midtown and I have my business in Midtown I was born in the same house I lived right now I always feel like I like to get involved in what's going on and back in April of 2012 I sent a letter to then Bob cashell the mayor in the later in the letter it indicates that there is a lot happening in Midtown I don't know if you've noticed it but there's a lot of people and we're dealing with a lot of problems with the streets and sidewalks and no parking he calls me right back he's always very good at returning my phone calls and said Mary we are looking at this it is going to be dealt with your project is going to be here probably in the next year year and a half and so when the first meeting came I was there and I have not missed one single meeting for all these years [Music] we went through round and round trying to make sure that we built something for these businesses these businesses have it hard they don't have it like a lot of us or a lot of you guys have they don't have every two weeks where they get a paycheck the same amount they work their butt off they get sick calls they have to get up at three o'clock in the morning to make sure there's somebody there to have your copy ready when you come or your cupcake or whatever that you deserve that's what businesses are about we work our butt off and this plan is not working I see it fail daily last night I eat in Midtown every single night I'm in Reno I support all the businesses last night there's cars going out of where grateful Gardens is going over the median tearing out the bottom of their car they're constantly dealing with the median the medium needs to go but the media needs to stay if you don't change it to one way if you took out that median right now it would be the biggest mess unless you changed it to one way there is no way right now that fire trucks can get to any fire on Virginia Street in the 567-800 block if there's a fire they can't get onto it why there is nowhere for people to get out of the way they're constantly stuck behind another you can't pull off to the right because there is nowhere to pull off to the right it is very very frustrating that this was brought up numerous times um I went around and I did late work for all the parcels in Midtown and every single one of them really wanted to make sure that we looked at doing it one way that's all these people signed please let's look at it for one way it didn't happen we were told regarding our property and on the minutes from RTC that they would return and look at the parking problem as soon as the project is done it's in their notes that they will nothing ever ever happened Barry let's make sure that we get a meeting scheduled you and I and Miss Dewar will make ourselves available so we can meet I know that you have the binder and it's a very impressive thing that you've collected all these years and we'll look forward to doing that Mr Shaw will get a meeting arranged he's back here he'll meet with you outside okay and the one last thing if I could last thing if Mr Martinez I know you're going to be new to this these businesses need somebody to come and listen to them please I ask you as the council person for that area my council person for I live please come and get involved we need you thank you very much thank you Linda Miller followed by Dr Bill Miller Miss Miller welcome [Music] that microphone moves all the way around it can move anywhere you can so it'll help you out thank you good morning council members my name is Linda Miller I will provide a cue with the slides I am representing reusable Reno as a Consortium partner of green dining Nevada Suzanne broneman the city of Reno's sustainability manager is also a Consortium partner thank you Suzanne our partnership is advocating for Reno restaurants to help stop waste before it starts reusable Reno's primary concern is single-use disposable Plastics but in the context of green dining Nevada the focus is on all single-use disposable waste in takeout and delivery food service next slide staff offers restaurants a sustainability action plan that can easily and immediately be implemented at no extra cost this initiative places sustainability commitment at front of house which offers a broad and friendly education to customers and our community at Large restaurants should provide food service accessories for takeout or delivery only if the customer requests them it's a simple solution that has already proven to save restaurants money and reduce waste next slide a report published on today's one-way throwaway Food Service economy is highlighting the numbers you see on this page this waste creates significant climate pollution energy use water consumption resource extraction waste and litter generation plastic pollution and uses a whole lot of other resources next slide okay this Nationwide report was last updated in 2022 food waste is number one on the chart and Plastics are the second largest landfill material which continues to grow at a rapid Pace next slide endep recently published a 2023 Recycling and waste reduction report which shows a Statewide average of two percent recycling of plastics in Nevada the vast majority of single-use disposable items are not recyclable food packaging is usually too dirty to be recycled utensils and straws mock-up recycling systems and the plant-based products are actually a contaminant in most commercial compost facilities next slide green dining Nevada needs your support I suspect you all carry smartphones correct we ask that you please scan the barcode on this page to pledge your support today thank you thank you Dr Bill Miller followed by fkp Global Services good morning Mr vice mayor and council members I'm Dr Bill Miller doctor of ministry so don't ask me for any medical advice in the hallways I'm a retired hospice and Hospital chaplain and I'm not here to talk about dying but instead living specifically regarding our children and families specifically in the newly created fourth ward in which I reside it has come to my attention that our Ward the largest in land mass by far now has only four parks and no Recreation Center now you might think so what register King didn't add or subtract any parks or recreation centers true but what it did do is reveal the systemic Inc inequities in our recreational opportunities why so few all other Awards have many more curiously Ward 4 is probably the lowest income ward in the city I know myself my neighbors are primarily working class and trades people wonderful neighbors who would give you the shirt off their backs but they're not flying to Paris for the summer these are the people whose children's need parks and recreational opportunities more than those in any other Ward and it's not only the right thing to do it's the Practical thing these are also the children at greatest risk of falling into trouble so as I see it every nickel spent on their well-being is likely a dollar or more saved later on parks are beautiful and life-affirming jails not so much so I'm here today to encourage you to invest our tax dollars wisely and create more parks and recreational opportunities for my award Ward 4. thank you [Music] fkp Global Services followed by Kev malafu good morning hello good morning I'm not going to be lying if I told you I wasn't nervous the last time I was in front of a panel of people I was inside of my girlfriend's living room talking to her dad and her and his brothers trying to court her so uh forgive me if I'm a little answer we don't bite and I think my name is and I am one of the board members of uh KP Global Services Incorporated and I want to thank you guys for the opportunity for us to come here and just shed a little bit of light of what we got going on um and and my goal and the hopes is for the next couple of minutes is that that we all are on the same page and understand three concepts of exactly what we're what we're trying to do it's what we are how we started and where we're going what we are is fkp Global Services Incorporated is a committed is committed to leveraging our Polynesian Heritage Collective Strength and expertise to empower communities not only in Washington County but in hopes of worldwide we promote cultural preservation cross-cultural understanding and community community development and our passion for serving others drives us to provide exceptional Services fostering social economic and cultural Prosperity globally moreover we aim to inspire and educate through cultural and Heritage programs bridging gaps and cultivating a more inclusive Society how we started uh in order for me to get to where how we're at right now I want to take you guys to a journey back home on the islands in our Villages the men in those Villages used to get together to plan events and to raise money for these Villages and these things could go from like rebuilding churches building schools making sure our kids are are have school supplies and making sure that they have uniforms even all the way up to the roads and this is all make money raised within the village here in America what started off as a few group of guys trying to help the younger generation stay on a positive track it turned into dozens of young men come together in our Polynesian Community for one purpose and that's to give back to a community that raised about 98 of us right now um where we're going we have such we have such extensive goals including supporting our children in school and transitioning into our into a real world of adulthood supporting parents and families mentally physically emotionally and spiritually as they continue to raise their children in a comforting and a stable environment preserving a teaching or cultural and traditions that have been passed down in hopes that are future Generations will hold firm to the various Polynesian cultures they stem from from our recent uh from our recent Hill backpack Drive uh which raised over ten thousand dollars in both monetary and non-monetary donations in support to students and their families to future events on the horizon including supporting the families that are displaced in the disastrous Molly fires to feeding the homeless toy drives tutoring we will continue to provide supports to benefit the needs of this community in closing fkp Global Services Incorporated wants to teach Foster community and to be positive examples to both Polynesian and non-polynesian members of our community and to show that we are present and have a voice I want to thank you guys so much for the opportunity and we hope uh and we're looking forward to you guys partnership thank you I just wanted to say thank you on behalf of uh uh my club fkp and giving this the moment because I just want to say thank you I'm from Maui and um this is why our next Drive is uh is for Maui is uh we have a lot of family there and uh my first memories from Lahaina and uh I I got nothing on paper I'm just speaking from the heart and thank you guys for giving us the time and um and I just want to say thank you and that's it thank you gentlemen if you would please meet with my attache my liaison Tyler Shaw so we can find a time I think councilmember Ebert did a recent event at um the fire station with the backpack giveaway so that's really awesome sounds like you're doing great work and I appreciate my colleague for supporting let's see what else we can do to work together thank you so much just real quick it was actually at the Evelyn Mount Community Center fabulous which uh just highlights how important community centers are for my ward um but the fire department and the police department did um send representatives to engage with the community and it was a really great event and I just thank you for the invitation and the opportunity to be a part of it so thank you I love that thank you so much thank you since we heard from Mr malafu uh next will be Nathan Olia the director of Parks and Recreation yes we we got that thank you so much and Mr early out will be followed by William Stewart good morning vice mayor council friends and neighbors uh just uh Nathan oliit for the record taxpayer citizen but I'm here today talking as the Parks and Recreation director to just share that we have a few things going on and we want the public to know about it our prose plan is ideally nearing completion and we have a public feedback effort that we'd like everybody to know about um a nice website that was set up to to gain public feedback and help prioritize direction for the prose plan and our implementation process so I want the public to know uh go to uh the reno.gov webpage so reno.gov engage and look for the pros plan on the site there and please give us your input we want to make sure we're listening to the public as we do this so second thing our youth city council is getting going and we're looking for able and motivated young people in our community that can represent the community geographically and culturally and at all levels so if you're interested in doing that the easiest way to find it I can give you a long link but we don't like those right we want to keep it simple just go on reno.gov and search uh youth city council it'll be the first link that pops up if you want more information so we're looking for those those kids who are again motivated but also have the time to serve and be a part of it so it's a great opportunity for college resumes and then just to serve the community so thank you that's it thank you Miss juliat always a privilege to have you in Chambers next wheel from William T Stewart followed by Denise Bolano Cerrito good morning for record William T Stewart um just over two weeks ago uh Maui experienced the worst fire in its history they're still combing through the wreckage of fine lost ones I've talked to the diocese a couple of times over the past few years about Wildfire having a firewise community talking about local officials getting involved with making tree communities are aware of what's going on emergency alert systems everything else that went wrong in Lahaina that we can hopefully learn from this picture actually has exact same things that would have happened in the campfire in 2018 So within five years we've had multiple fatalities over fires because of how quickly they move and obviously we don't have a hurricane blowing down our doors but we have 65 mile an hour winds that come on whenever we have cold fronts this is a big issue and I so I want to try to get the council involved with getting more and more people aware of firewise um this is through Nevada Extension living with fire it's the Embers that basically take these fires out these these homes that are built in the Wildland Urban interface don't have a whole lot of uh protection around them and if you're up in a Colin Ranch area that's had multiple fires over the past 10 15 years there's vegetation throughout the community if you just drive around here you can see that trying to make sure when homes are built and communities are developed and we have firewise in mind so we don't have one way in and one way out as a retired firefighter you want to make sure that they have access to basically get out when people are trying to come in to save their property and firewise just doesn't help communities in making sure that their houses don't burn down it helps to fire onto firefighters because when we are house burned a lot of people have done a lot of research on this Jack Helen's done a ton of information the firewise program was built around his data so there's information out there NFPA has all kinds of information that you can look up I'll leave that with the uh the council as well because it's really simple we can get out in front of this because too many homes are burning down and we can do something about it so I want to leave you guys with a picture that shows exactly what happens when people can do good things no let me find the picture hold on one second okay I don't know if you can see that very well but that house is in Lahaina that house was bought in 2021 the people that bought it retrofitted the roof they put on a steel roof they did the defensible space around it that house is living proof of everything that we're talking about making sure homes can survive making sure firefighters can get in around properties and defend homes these are all things that we can be done proactively instead of react when the fire takes place and people are evacuating and then you have the whole back side of stuff insurance claims people don't want to live there home values go down their soil is contaminated the people in campfire are still digging out from that so these are things we can do on a local level and also talking to the the feds Catherine Cortez master was here not too long ago Somerset has a grant to do defensible fuels work I'm asking the council to get involved and get more money for local communities to become firewise and hire fire inspection fire inspections to go out and take care of communities thanks so much for your time God bless you thank you so much um another man yes information I want you to be important I was a resident of Lahaina for five years and so um just the stories are heartbreaking speaking to some of my friends but to your point this is such an issue now more than ever so this is really important also we we do have um have you worked with any of our uh fire department yeah I've talked to Chief Cochrane and Trey Palmer um they are actually I think implementing a new defensible space inspection program which is great I worked up in Truckee fire for a number of years and that's what I did so I know firsthand on the front end and the back end of fires and how to prevent them and hopefully give people the education to be more aware yeah thank you so much yeah before you leave Mr Stewart and uh for you Mr manager amount of Mayor um I'm so glad you're here today because at the end of our meeting we have Council requests and I was going to make a request um in light of the fire and in light of the fact that I got an urgent message last night about a line arcing um at the south end of town you know up against the on the Mount Rose side right um our talking and has started two fires in the last few weeks and they're really struggling with MB energy and the fact that MV energy is doing supposed to be doing a line hardening program to address the issues at Colin Ranch the pi Naveen fire Etc that they believe would reduce the fire I was going to ask Mr manager if we could have a presentation from both our fire department and from MB energy on what steps they're taking and how are we you know a refresh with the fall coming up fire season a Refresh on where we stand with MV energy and with our fire department programs they're implementing and how we can help so very timely that you happen to be here yes well you guys all realize that the winds are coming in the fall yeah and that's when we've had our biggest fires Pine Haven color Ranch Little Valley you name it and hopefully we'll continue to get more rain but it's something we can do something about so I thank you for your urgent experience that today yeah well thank you very much for your time appreciate it good job oh yeah sure thank you that concludes our comments from people registered in the room we do have a couple commenters registered via Zoom first we'll hear from Denise Bolanos harida followed by Bill shrimp and Miss bolana Sarita when you are ready please unmute and begin speaking hello can you hear me Denise we can hear you perfect thank you good morning members of the council my name is Denise Bolano ceredia and I'm here with make the road Nevada speaking on agenda item e.2 we strongly support the map as proposed as it represents a more inclusive Reno where every voice finds representation and it keeps my community together before your time thank you and next we'll hear from Bill shrimp and Mr Shrimp when you're ready please unmute and begin speaking almost afternoon everybody thank you so thank you for everybody for being here as always um I'm going to talk about the item D1 the payroll Financial reports um most importantly thank you to the uh to the HR team that raised the flag and said hey we need an audit of this because I read that audit and my goodness there is definitely some work to do um I'm gonna Echo the comments of the financial Advisory Board input yeah you guys need some new software they need some new tools over there to to make sure our hard-working staff are paid correctly and the city is complying with the apropol state and federal laws because we are not um item D3 um giving uh abandoning that lot right there by the train trench um I'm glad to see the city doing something with that over there that's really a great thing um so I'm happy that somebody's doing that and I hope the city's supportive of it but it's really interesting when you read it uh right next to item D4 and you look at the numbers um item D3 we're going to abandon it for eight hundred and seventy thousand dollars and it's like some dilapidated building and an empty lot uh that it but the train trench and item D4 were essentially abandoning that as well uh it is riverfront property for twenty thousand dollars less so that's I don't know interesting do what you want with it thank you very much everybody appreciate your time and have a good day all right thanks Phil thank you and we did have one last uh public commenter in the room register Tony Ramirez [Music] good morning council members uh Tony Ramirez for the record t-o-n-y-r-a-m-i-r-z I'm the government Affairs manager with make the road Nevada I'm here to speak on item E2 on behalf of our membership uh we are in support of the map as proposed we feel that this map will ensure better representation of the community um so I'll be brief we we think we thank the council for the due diligence on this item or on this issue and uh and the staff as well we look forward to speaking uh to members of the community in each of these wars to to ensure their participation in each of them thank you all right thank you so much thank you very much that includes our in-person public comments for the record we receive five comments which were General in nature or not directly associated with an agenda item prior to 4 pm on August 22nd three of these comments were written correspondents received via our reno.gov online public comment form or by email to our office and to voicemails copies of these comments have been distributed to the Reno city council and are available to the public on the reno.gov meeting portal and the they represented five concerned and that concludes our public comment all right thank you so much okay at this time we are going to head into item a 4 uh before wait hold on before we do that Mr city manager do you have any updates on this agenda I do not oh great okay thank you so much moving right along of the agenda hold on one second second so um go ahead councilman breakfast yeah I don't think you were in the room or derived yet when um Miss Tyson brought up item uh let's see D4 okay so I noticed that also D4 is written as a resolution of the city council pursuant to his NRS 268.063 to my review and you know in preparation for this meeting and today the materials there is not a resolution and if you look at item D3 which is exactly the same title for different purpose resolution of the Reno city council pursuant to 268063 the materials show a drafted resolution so I don't understand how we can take action on D4 today without having the resolution available the resolution is prepared it was an oversight in the uploading of the document hard copies are being produced right now for distribution to the council it's going to be uploaded during the break it's a short resolution it just lays out the findings that have to be made under the statute and we've conferred with the city attorney's office and we're allowed to move forward today I think that's wrong I really do I think this should be continued for two more weeks um I like to be very prepared for our meeting there's a lot of interest on this and we just cannot allow this sort of thing to go on and so Mr attorney you're comfortable with it legally I mean really yes it has been uploaded the resolution is totally consistent with the staff report and I have a copy for Miss Tyson if she would like it and it has been uploaded and cops are distributed so that unbelievable okay I'm not going to support this motion thank you okay thank you so much so make an approval of the agenda I think vice mayor gave me a motion a doer second all those in favor say aye aye all those opposed hosts motion carries okay item A5 approval of the minutes make an emotion I have a motion second I have a second all those in favor say aye aye all those opposed motion carries unanimously all right good job we're gonna head on over to Item B consent agenda items and Mr clerk before I do that or right after consent before we move on um anyone that is here for a particular item can we um zero okay all right if there is anyone here for a particular item please see Madam Clerk and we will make sure we'll move the agenda to accommodate everyone in the room all right thanks so much so at this time I'm going to start with council members like to ask you um if there are any items if you'd like to pull off this agenda go ahead councilman breakfast give me some items Madame mayor I'd like to pull item ba be what B8 okay B10 and b11 all right thank you so much councilman Martinez nothing from you Madame thank you councilman Taylor B16 please vice mayor Reese e 14 . councilwoman Dewer I think my items were all pulled okay thank you so much councilman Ebert um let me just double check that mine weren't all pulled okay I'd like to pull B13 B15 and B17 please I think you want 13 17. 13 15 and 17 please okay all right thank you so much I have a motion I have a second all those in favor say aye and all those opposed motion carries all right at this time we will start with vice mayor Reese item B4 I believe I believe it was B8 pulled by council member breckets okay gotcha all right go ahead councilman breakfast yeah three minutes okay well um I don't know that I need to talk for three minutes because I am asking for a staff report on this um important item that impacts you know our entire Workforce and a lot of our retirees related to their health care benefits do we have staff are are you staff yes hi good morning Madam mayor council members for the record my name is Angela Davis and I serve the city as your benefits manager and I am joined here today with Tana Prince and she is from locked in companies and they are a broker for our self-funded health care plan oh no I'm looking for that so as we're starting here today I just wanted to say I'm very gratified by the way this body really prioritizes how we take care of our employees and of course our benefits are one way that we really do take care of our employees and so it is my pleasure to come before you today to talk about a way that we can improve services for our employees so I'm here to talk with you today about the contract proposed contract with UMR for administration of our self-funded health care plan and so you might recall about a year ago you approved a TPA change for our workers comp program this is similar however it's for our health care plan okay so our plans have been very intentionally and thoughtfully designed to give our employees choices that best fit their lifestyle it's a great plan and we find that it's really draws people to the city to work and to stay and so just to offer you a little bit of a context of what our plan encompasses we have 1560 right around 1560 active employee members and their family members we have 730 give or take retirees and their dependents and so we're looking at about a little over 5 000 members on our plan of that five thousand members approximately 200 active employees and retirees live out of the local service area and as some of you know we have varying amounts of college students that also toggle between their college residents and their home base so it's a very complex plan we utilize tpa's third-party administrators to administer the self-funded plan and they are a real key to success they engage in claim in tasks such as claims adjudication they keep us compliant they engage in data management and Reporting and of course they provide that important network access so our plans have been administered by the same tpas for many many years I've been able to trace it back at least 34 years that we've had the same tpas in some form or another as our plans and pop and population have grown more and more complex our tpas have really struggled to provide that consistent competent customer service that we want for our employees oftentimes our employees are frustrated their frustrations Come to Me by way of complaints and when their issues don't get resolved they make it way their way to their labor Partners as well so as a result oftentimes our employees are confused about their coverage they feel disempowered to get involved with their wellness and we have found in some cases they may be paying more for their for their claims that's just not a good way to take care of our employees so we went with the increase of our complaints and concerns we went to our employee Insurance advisory committee I don't know if you're aware that we have an advisory committee but this committee has been active for several years and we have two members from each of the unrepresented groups and then we have two members from each of our labor partners and they provide that advisement on how we can make sure that our benefits really are directed to what the employees need after discussion our employee Insurance advisory committee decided that they would like to look at other options for our third party Administration we went to initiate a request for qualifications in May and their recommendations really provided the backbone for that RFQ we had five respondents three meeting all of our qualifications and that was Aetna Anthem and UMR so we were looking for an administrator that would oh I'm sorry missed that spot or we were looking for an administrator that would administer the plan is written we have a great plan we don't want changes to coverage we wanted that competence and case Care Management claims adjudication and data management we're really seeking a comprehensive national network for our employees and our must-have was that all local hospitals be in network we sought proven high quality service and Nevada presence and of course we were looking for a potential for integrated Services Under One Umbrella that means we're looking for a system that would accommodate our flexible spending programs our health savings account and other programs which are now under different vendors [Music] we vetted our respondents through all of our key stakeholders locked in created a side-by-side comparison which is included in the staff report and then it was presented to our internal selection committee and then again to our employee Insurance advisory committee and their recommendation was to move forward with UMR UMR provides a solution for many of those issues that we are experiencing they checked all the boxes and came in at our price point with a three-year rate cap which is great we checked preferences locked and checked references and I reached out to the stakeholders myself we found that not one of the references indicated any dissatisfaction with UMR and as a matter of fact one said it was the best move that they had made yet for their plan okay so the important question what does it mean for our employee a change to UMR well no change to coverage current level of coverage or Pharmacy benefit program and our Pharmacy benefit manager will remain the same we may have providers that don't fall under our new network however our analysis shows that ninety percent of top providers from both tpas are captured under the UMR Network and we're working to achieve that hundred percent our employees will have a comprehensive national network which means consistent claims adjudication regardless of what their location is they'll have the option to go to any Hospital in this area which is a pretty big deal and they'll have expanded Network opportunities for for their families to use they'll see an actual increase in dental providers that are covered in network and our employees will have improved service that means less frustration for employees and their labor partners that support them and they'll be able to engage in their own Wellness we'll have opportunities at the city level to engage in disease management and wellness opportunities that we know really moves the needle on our self-funded plan helps us control costs get our arms around sustainability which ultimately keeps the premiums low and this is cost effective for the for the community it's a good way to take care of our employees so timeline where it's going to be aggressive we are looking at a January 1st effective date and so in realization of this if this contract is approved we have an immediately engaged in a rigorous communication effort to really help employees feel comfortable and supported in understanding their options the provider nomination process and to really be able to optimize benefits and as you've noted HR really prioritizes taking care of our employees as well we would provide that same support that we always do necessary to ensure that our employees are able to engage in their Wellness fully and that's the key if this contract is not approved I'm afraid our employees will continue to be dissatisfied I think our labor Partners will continue to be involved in the administration of our health care plan and we will expend valuable time and money holding together a process that just isn't taking care of our employees so I have one last slide with our recommended motion I'm happy to entertain any questions you might have so much I'm so impressed with all the work that's happening in HR is really really it's really nice because otherwise everyone comes to my office are much more skilled that than I am so thank you so much really appreciate it great presentation by the way thank you go ahead councilman breakfast yeah thank you for the presentations Davis I do appreciate it now I'm gonna just make some disclosures one is I many decades ago was a member of one of our bargaining groups employee advisory committees so I kind of know the ins and outs in the history and this is a big deal 34 years of changing I think is what you mentioned it's a big deal secondly I have not had the advantage over the last year because the mayor's excluded me from policy briefings and access to staff so this is the first I've heard about this on a consent item so maybe other colleagues know more and knew this was coming I did not and so I could be a little behind the curve on knowledge of this but I just I wanted to know one thing so prominence which used to be CDs and um what is it my chart or uh what is that Hometown Health hhp those are going away those are the two current tpas we would be switching to UMR okay so no one anyone who has the my chart the hhp is going away and anyone who's worked with CDs or prominence they'll have a whole new like login and network and everything correct okay gotcha so um as I recall and my information could be very dated hhp my chart was a um an HMO correct it is a PPO plan oh it is a PPO plan okay and I you know I might not even know the differences but I always understood CDs prominence was the PPO and Hometown Health was the um HMO but now they're both ppos that is correct okay so the both and the difference between an HMO and a PP PPO is that an HMO or a PP oh gosh help me lets you go out of network with a pay ability right the HMO is a Managed Care Organization so you have to utilize a primary care physician you have to remain in network whereas a PPO gives you those options okay the flexibility and so both give that flexibility okay now I'm understanding now this UMR who's coming in I mean what was the thinking because you said that you wanted to combine integrate the two why why um I've always heard of healthcare competition is good and I would think that competition is good just for our little book of business here at the city why did we want it integrate it into one and what are we losing um through that well we just then have one plan at the City of Reno you you would have we would have one PPO plan and one high deductible Health Plan okay um under that and they're both through um uh they're both what what is the plan called City of Reno plan exactly it would be under United healthcare's UMR okay third party administrator okay I'm starting to understand I'll just um that that fills in a little bit of Baseline and I'll let my colleagues if they have any other questions all right any further questions go ahead councilwoman yeah uh Madam mayor thanks I do have a couple questions um and I'm gonna have Madame mayor reflect back to when we made the um decision to do what we called Choice plan which is that we allowed both using of St Mary's Hospital and the renowned system hospital I think we're our two prime main providers people are really stressed about having to abandon one we were being asked we had all the CEOs from all the healthcare companies come here and talk to us and we decided and it was a little bit more costly but it made our employees incredibly happy to have what we call Choice where I'm confused is then we have the third party administrator and I thought that was both Hometown health and prominence uh they are doing the administrating for their respective they are our current third-party Administration okay so the challenges have come with both or one is it is it prominence is it Hometown health we have seen challenges with both gpas okay so in UMR you say well we're trying to actually expand doctors you mentioned in dentists we're gonna have more dentists but I guess I'm looking to understand the percent of doctors that we have under contract I guess now is that going to be the same doctors or are we losing some I mean where do we stand with all that the third party administrator provides the network access and so our initial analysis of the top providers on both CPAs show that 90 are currently covered under umr's Network were engaged in efforts to try and make sure that we've got the 100 of those top providers we know some some doctors will not be in network they will be out of network doctors but there is a provider nomination process in place whereby we can we can nominate providers that can be contacted for inclusion in the network we can also allow our employees to have a provider nominated for contact as well okay so there is a process because my time's short let me just understand so before we call that choice and you could go to either one under this new umbrella would let me give you an example I remember one of the conversations we had at the time we had Reno Diagnostic and they were linked up with St Mary's so if you went with prominence you could have St Mary's and Reno diagnostic but if you went with Hometown Health you couldn't have Reno diagnostic but you had other services maybe uh other other options and I know the mayor and I selected one based on our own personal needs other people selected for other needs maybe they wanted to go to Reno diagnostic they had maybe a Cancer and they felt comfortable in that setting under this UMR or can we go to both Reno Diagnostics we could go to either hospitals St Mary's or Renown I mean I'm unclear that was one of our top asks is that all of the local hospitals including renowned St Mary's and the two Northern Nevada hospitals would be included in the network and that felt very important to us our employees now currently have to choose between the two right now they have a comprehensive Network they can choose doctors if I could just have one more minute so under UMR me as an employee I could go to St Mary's because they have contracted with certain doctors and I may be like that doctor so I'm going to go there but over on another issue I have uh maybe they're working contact with Renown I can also see them is that that's correct because I've been having to really juggle I mean my husband had a procedure that person was contract was Saint Mary's but we were under the renowned HMO they had to get special I'm sorry PPO they had to get special permission for that doctor to work in that hospital to do that operation so it'd be covered under Insurance are you saying those kind of issues would not would go away you would have that one comprehensive Network that uh if you needed a Specialized Service at Renown you could obtain that you could also go to a Northern Nevada hospital we wanted again to be very intentional about them providing our employees which I might have a round two but I know my time zone okay Miss Davis thank you so much for the presentation first of all outstanding work thank you it is complicated um the decisions that we make in the healthcare world and they've been made more complicated by the layers of federal bureaucracy the ways in which health insurance carriers and health providers are um you know having to go through a lot of reorganizations restructures hospitals change ownership groups change all those things create uh and I think an incredible depth of complexity to the work that you're tasked with doing which is to go out into the universe in an open and competitive process and seek a new third party administrator so I think you've done an absolutely fabulous job of doing that and I want to thank you also for involving our labor groups in that conversation because without their support I think it's a very difficult road to hoe now as to any particular individualized person like I I don't know if I'm going to reach down and say well employee X needs this specific provider and if that's not here I cannot support the the type of change that you're recommending I think we have to balance the competing concerns of the larger systemic issues that are true for all third party administrators and also providers with the balance against any particular individualized needs so I just want to say again thank you for the work that you did to bring this forward it sounds like um based on the RFQ process and also our own internal vetting that you have found what you believe is the best thing for us today that's not to say that in two or three years or whenever the time is for those considerations to be made that it wouldn't change but where we are today suggests that you've done your homework and in that I Rely so thank you so much thank you [Music] yeah I have more okay um um thank you for making those positive comments because I feel the same I just want to seek to understand because this is our first uh discussion with you and the last time we did this we had a series of conversations to get work to land where we landed it was really important so um would we be the largest employer under UMR uh in Northern Nevada or no um Washoe County and and I may defer to Tana here yeah um because she's well versed in the industry but what I spoke with was I personally spoke with Washoe County and they are under UMR and they felt that it has been a tremendous asset okay to their plan I also personally spoke with uh pep in the state of Nevada's on UMR Clark County utilizes UMR great so they're Statewide and yes a question you said earlier in your presentation that there were no complaints it's hard to believe that I received okay so but you've had a lot of complaints our personal experience here at the city absolutely and I'll give you one personal I mean I need to get a test I've been waiting for two weeks for insurance to sign off on the test it's not a very complicated test but still they have to sign off and so you know we're still waiting I just checked in with my doctor they said we're still waiting so that could be an example of a kind of complaint that it seems like that kind of decision should be done in two or three days you it qualifies it doesn't qualify move forward don't move forward right and is part of what we're seeing is the the length of time that it takes just to adjudicate a claim okay then lastly um you know I I live and die with my chart I mean it's very helpful to have all your medical information gathered did I hear you say that we won't have my chart anymore we'll have maybe a new system you will have a new system through UMR okay will the data transfer or you have to use that well it's mostly it's not so much about claims I mean it's for tracking your medical tests what's due it's a way to communicate with your doctor absolutely you send messages they can you know they they text you I mean it will be a different system with UMR I'm sorry I'm Tana Prince I'm a senior vice president with locked and worked for the City of Reno for some time and worked in healthcare for over 25 years in Northern Nevada UMR has a different online system and while it not might not mirror the one you're using with Hometown it's very user friendly I've used it myself um easy access to view your claims easy access to fine providers it has much more sophisticated tools for you to go in and say you need a knee surgery it'll have very easy use tools to say which providers have the best outcomes what are the prices it's got a volume of information that TPA the size of UMR can provide that the local tpas just don't have the system so I thought that my chart was a renowned product not a hm not a HomeTown Health product um my chart is a part of the system that renowned bot to facilitate their communication with their providers right so what I'm just trying to understand is let's say I continue to work with Renown on something would that would I still have access to my chart you wouldn't use my chart but should have access to all your claims in communication with your providers not looking for the claim so much I'm looking for the data and information all your test results are loaded in my chart all your medical data from 1 124 if you move to UMR all your data all your tests all your all that detail will be in the UMR system that's what I was asking would it be transferred and I heard no I'm sorry it won't transfer historical data yeah it will be your all your new data will be housed in the new system well I was talking about historical data just to be clear yeah it it doesn't traditionally I want to move on Council on Eber go ahead hi I'm sorry I stepped away for a minute this isn't replacing current plans correct is it in addition to other the plans that we offer currently it is replacing the administrator for the plans the coverage levels the pharmacy benefit manager and the pharmacy benefit plan will all remain the same okay so we'll still continue to have the same mail order and all of that yeah okay thank you all right any other questions councilman breakfast go ahead yeah you know um I'm glad I pulled this off I was planning to anyway okay I I it's a reoccurring thing for me that items like this when we've got a hot you know you know probably a time sensitive you know vendor out there offer should not go on consent and actually I think this item before you even went out should have come to the council for a dialogue you know after 34 years we've realized we have problems with our tpos oh here's an audit of them I mean I I do understand prominence has been problematic and you know they were CDs before but I just I just don't think we can be an organization that the policy body you know who has the trust you know and the the purse strings and this is not a small part of our you know budget when you get you know the contract is but everything else doesn't daylight where we're going you know here's the Baseline knowledge here's where we're going I would have loved this discussion six months ago you know highlighting the problems we have we need to do this this is the process council do you have any input on it that's how we do business as a city not hot vendor item you know B15 or whatever on a consent it's real problematic to me to do it this way I hope it works out but I'm not going to support just by virtue of the fact that these items these big decisions should not come to the at this Advanced stage on a consent agenda with a contract and a vendor ought to go it just should not operate that way we don't need to micromanage and say you know I want this doctor that doctor or whatever but in terms of process of you know doing the job up here when I see how much health benefits are of our overall budget it's a big number it's probably two digits we've got to have Baseline information not just consent items so I will be voting against this for that purpose I hope it works out I know the HR department's probably ready to go but I'll be voting against it because I'm not happy the way that this item has arrived to us thank you thank you so much all right go ahead um Mr city manager Doug Thornley did you want to jump in or no you're fine okay anyone else I do all right councilwoman is it possible um I people have been very like oh it's just fine that we lose our historical data but it really is not fine to me that historical data comes in from many doctors and it's summarized in one place so what I want to know is in the transition just like we do computer transitions we have to upload data is it possible to get that data this is not me this is everybody um transferred as part of this process council member doer yeah we'll look into that and we'll work with our existing providers and we'll do the very best we can to make sure the historical data migrates in a way that is easy for people to use okay our clerk transferred 12 years of historical data when we changed computer provider systems because it's very important to have that history I need to go back on is that something you can work on together all right thank you well with that I'm comfortable but that caused Great consternation for me right and thank you so much you know Healthcare is something that I care greatly about and it's super important that we provide the best for our um organization so I want to say thank you for your hard work because I really I dug through a lot of this because I've had so many issues in the past and I just don't think it should be um that challenging and so I think you've done a really really good job because I know the good and bad and ugly and with all those other um the pharmacy benefit managers it's a whole racket so uh thank you so much really appreciate it and I think you guys have done a phenomenal job so thank you all right may make a clarification prevention uh our assistant city manager just informed me that that data from my chart will be there and we will still communicate with our renowned doctors but you were saying it was going away and so I had to get clarity and he provided Clarity he explained that it will be there so this is for all of our employees to know that there is you know it will be there and that's really good all right so thank you and I did reach out to a few of our employees and they have the same concerns I had with our last plan or administrator yes um so I am glad to see this moving forward and getting here quickly so I think you've done a great job all right may you get a motion please our councilwoman Ebert go ahead I did have another question again I apologize because they stepped away for a minute what will happen for people that are maybe potentially in the course of uh care currently will that continuation of care transfer over to the new provider yes there's a very comprehensive process called transition of care and data will be sought both direct from Members as well as through the claim system to reach out to people that are mid-treatment and facilitate transferring them to the new system so if they've got surgery scheduled or their ongoing services or they're pregnant and maybe their provider is or is not in network there will be Outreach to those individuals to transition the care that's a a significant part of the implementation is moving those people very famous people have the providers in the new network and if they don't work in with them to make sure they're not more out of pocket and take care of them okay that was my next question you know people are prepared for a certain deductible for procedures um well we honor that same deductible yes if they're already scheduled okay and there are even rules in Federal Regulations about transitioning people's care when their provider is no longer in the network that's followed anyway even without those Federal Regulations but that's a key component there will be Outreach people there will be actually a specific form employees will be provided during open enrollment saying if you have ongoing care any questions as uh alangela alluded to there's a provider nomination form uh there'll be a lot of communication okay but several other large employers and public entities have made this kind of transition and there's a there's a process and it it works absolutely so will there be any assistance to employees that are going through this transition from City staff or through the new um third party administrator what would that process look like and from Lockdown uh we'll all be very involved in that they'll be uh we'll have bi-weekly meetings to go over steps to reach out to people lots of communication you're going to see if this is approved to um take care of people in that transition okay a lot of people involved and one point about UMR and their Network United Healthcare because they have many large employers including the state and and up here in Reno they have providers in the hospitals they have nurses that walk the hospital floor so we've got this local connection um that's so important to Reno residents okay thank you [Music] I have a motion from vice mayor I have a second from councilwoman Taylor all those in favor say aye aye all those opposed post motion carries all right thank you so much okay thank you Mr Clerk our next item is B10 pulled by councilmember breakfast okay before we move on just to let you know uh Madam Clerk gave me some items of um people that are here so I want to make sure that because sometimes our consent items can go long so I want to just make sure that we if um people are in the room I want to hear those and I would assume Hillary what what item B17 Okay so if we could skip around I'm going to assume let's see hold on item B10 is there anyone here for V10 Megan okay I am I'm going to I'm going to let you do this and then after that Mr clerk we're gonna go to everyone that's in the room so that they can get on absolutely and feel free to to check with me if you're on the run for a specific item right just to reiterate uh if you're here for a certain item please let Madame clerk know because we can hear it sooner than later okay thanks go ahead all right good morning Madame mayor City Council Megan burner arts and culture manager for the record uh I'm here today to present to you the Reno arts and culture commission's recommended work plan for fiscal year 2324 for approval arts and culture receives a portion of the room tax budget each year to fund arts and culture in the City of Reno and this is something that Council has done since 1990 with the understanding of the importance of arts and culture to place making and creating a vibrant city as well as making a significant economic impact in our community we've heard Council say that they would like to be more informed about upcoming public art projects and what we are working on prior to them coming to council for final approval we'd also like to highlight some of the work that is being done in arts and culture and give some of the spotlight to the work that our public art committee and arts and culture commission are helping to facilitate as advisors to the city council so I'd like to start with a quick overview of what was accomplished in arts and culture in 2022 and part of 2023 this will also give you an idea of some of the items in the work plan for this year and the impact they have in our community Under the Umbrella of public art we paid 41 artists had 20 exhibitions in our Galleries at City Hall and at McKinley we supported the city artist and Poet Laureate programs and painted 13 new signal boxes highlighting the talent in our city all of these programs support local artists for major projects we installed artwork in Somerset West Park my local artist Mike Burke painted the Wells Avenue underpass along the Truckee River pedestrian pathway and added in colored lighting to help with safety at night we painted a mural on the Keystone bridge in collaboration with the Nevada Museum of Art Museum school and communities in schools with local artist Hannah Eddie and painted the national bowling Stadium mural and hired local artists for the aerial Gallery artist banners hanging around downtown and East 4th Street we also awarded 46 grants through the annual arts and culture grants program for different events and programs throughout the community and through the art belongs to your neighborhood public art grants through those grants 793 artists were paid and 72 683 audience members served we also had the unique opportunity last year to distribute 450 thousand dollars in funding from the Nevada the National Endowment for the Arts rescue plan grants to 36 local organizations these were Operational Support grants and on top of helping to keep organizations open and paying their employees These funds paid 501 artists and served 212 447 audience members throughout the year so um again this work plan reflects funding in the room tax budget for the current fiscal year it does not show project projects that are already in progress that are funded from previous fiscal years such as the Audi Boulevard public art project or the Moana Springs public art project which is funded from the two percent for public art allocation from CIP specific to that site so this fiscal year you will see allocations in the arts and culture budget for the annual grants to nonprofits program our city galleries our Poet Laureate and City artist programs and these are all ongoing manual programs there are also a couple of new projects in here one is for the north Valley's roundabout public art project which the city received grant funding from the nea4 and we're required to match that funding so you'll see there's funding here and then additional funding in the public art allocation so that we will have a budget of around 125 thousand dollars total the Arts commission also made a recommendation to create an equity expansion grant program this is intended to provide support to eligible Arts organizations that provide Arts culture and Heritage services and the grant prioritizes projects that are by and for underrepresented groups including youth seniors and access challenged communities and then you'll also see items for minutes for the commission and public art committee an item for our collection management system and public-facing art map that allows the public to access information about our collection online and an item for social media and marketing for the public art allocation the commission is recommending continuing to fund the lake and University way windows display and the art signals painted utility box program and the aerial gallery all of these are opportunities for local artists you also see an allocation here for the North Valleys roundabout project and then some unallocated funds for contingency in future projects I have a recommended motion and I'm happy to answer any questions all right thank you so much I'm going to head to councilman breakfast you are the liaison on this board new liaison it's it's been fun it's had challenges um I I was not allowed to have an orientation with staff the manager did not allow me that access so I've been really learning it on the job and it's it's come with challenges the Arts and um culture commission um had a meeting yesterday and we were gonna you know I was gonna you know um ask some questions about this but they lost a quorum and could not meet and also their chair just resigned too who brought a lot of knowledge and background to the organization but um the one question I wanted to ask at in general is um well two I wanted to bring up to the council is the city artist is something that the Arts culture and culture commission decided they wanted to have now that stood in opposition to the poet laureate that the council initiated and the council has named The Poet Laureate and I think we need consistency between the two it shouldn't just be what worked into their um into their um work program as it is in my view to appoint the city artists I I think you know to make it truly a city artist it should be a decision of the council you know on recommendation both of those but that's not how it's set up so I wanted to bring that to the body um for consideration because adopting this keeps it the city artist's Pro is um is you know voted upon and hired by the commission um not the council but the other one is this Equity expansion um uh grants which they've worked on quite a bit over time but I just I'm really having a hard time wrapping my head around when I read the grant um parameters they seem very much like the other Grant what's the other grant that we have um those are annual events and project grants no there was one in the staff report that was um uh the public are is it the public art Grant it more or less has the same parameters for um you know competitive allocation what are the what are the solicitations for awards that we have so we do grants um an annual grants program for events and projects and projects culture non-profits okay um and then we do a our art belongs here public art grant program that's not annual okay um and then we also do well we're proposing the equity expansion grants the expansion Grant okay and so the the the ones that have the parameters for Youth and um underrepresented communities that language is in both the public Arts I mean it's in the same yeah those are our events in Project grants yeah yeah and where'd the money come out for the equity expansion where where was that that it's part of the arts and culture funding okay but but if that 50 000 wasn't for the equity where would it have gone to so in in the past there have been other programs things like art belongs here belongs here okay okay so I just wanted to bring out that new provision which puts a you know they're they're a hard-working group because they have a subcommittee that has its challenges too in getting people to make you know go through the grants um but they've added enough even another one um and I just wanted to hear staff have staff represent the ease and that it's not duplicative of having this new Equity grant program okay okay is that correct yes it is not and the equity grant program is designed to be much easier to apply for there are no matching funds required for it it's a smaller amount okay I'm going to cut you it's much more accessible sorry councilman Ebert go ahead I just real quick wanted to comment about the um projects or the grants for the roundabout in the North Valleys I just want to say thank you for that um it's something that's important to me and I I meant to call it out from the the consent items at last meeting and I forgot so I'm just going to apologize for that I meant to give you a moment to shine on that but just thank you for that um effort and I'm really looking forward to Bringing more art to Ward four and hopefully we can do some electrical uh box paintings and things like that going forward in the warts I just wanted to say thank you yes we did actually paint I think a new one at least one I know up off the top of my head this year and last year we did too so we'll make sure we continue looking forward to that thank you all right and Megan make sure you tell the Nea thank you so very much I love working with them they have been a tremendous partner because we've had other grants from them lots lots of Grants from the Nea so anytime you see the folks from the Nea please tell them how much we appreciate it councilwoman breakfast unless there's councilman I mean I know I just done one second oh Madam mayor go ahead vice mayor Reese thank you so much Madam Miss burner thank you for the outstanding work that you're doing um I have noticed this last year some really intense focus by you and your office and it's resulted in what I thought had been some of the most incredible Gallery exhibits that we've had in the history of this community and so I just think that um your leadership over there is not going unnoticed and so I want you to understand that the work you do is Meaningful and I I talked to artists of all sorts of different mediums and they all without fail say what a pleasure it is to work with you to work with the city I don't know enough about the difference between the city artist and the poet laureate thing but it would seem to me that both of those could be best handled by the committee so I don't know if there's something that has to be changed in that regardless breakfast is indicated But ultimately of course we want your subcommittee and the folks who work within that committee to feel engaged in arts in this community and I think they have you have had great board members over the years and it is an area where we don't have the same familiarity that you do with all the people who are in the arch community and the different types of art and artists so I would just say continue the path you've chosen which is obviously one of really excellence and I also think as you continue to grow the opportunities for artists in this community that will provide more opportunities for us to engage in art in all of its various formats but really you're to be commended is there anything that we need to do as a body to be helping you out in this area I mean I it's hard because sometimes we see you uh you know three times a year we see you at events but it doesn't often happen that we get to ask like what can we do better as a body to support the efforts that you are undertaking thank you um thank you for that um just you know taking this and if you have any spots in the city and things like that that you want to bring to the attention of the arts and culture commission for opportunities let us know all right not fantastic okay councilman breakfast gonna go back to you yeah I do have one question because the um the presentation you said this is the budget going forward doesn't talk about it encumbered funds from you know pre this year previous year and um you know you see that in any Capital project sort of budget line but what are those that are encumbered and kind of having struggles moving forward or tied up because I I do want the council to I want to bring that to the council's attention I think once that Wells Avenue um yeah so let's let's talk about so that is one so there's the East forestry public art project um this was a an Our Town Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts um it's artwork that's going to be attached to the Wells Avenue Bridge at East 4th Street uh that one is set to be installed um early next year so we're doing scanning there was a lot of technical stuff with that one so it took a number of years and covid to resolve that one but still in progress and then we we have funding allocated to ADI Boulevard public art project that's also part of an Nea grant that we are in this artist selection finalist selection process right now same for Moana Springs Aquatic and Fitness Center okay great I just wanted the council particularly because the the wells one is Nea and you know we don't want to be slow rolling with Federal funding partners that can get you kind of not black eyes but um I don't care that much about you know if the commission appoints the artist or the poet I think it's a missed opportunity to elevate it up here and say it's the council's decision I think it's good for the artist but um and I'm satisfied that staff has a handle on this new program we've got some work to do to bring on a new commissioner I think we have more than one coming on too are we should we just have the we just have the one okay okay so I'm comfortable um that the councils and that we've you know kind of discussed what we're doing this you know important function and budget items so I'm prepared to um what's the motion you have up there how'd you how'd you how'd you frame it is it adoption yeah approving the Reno arts and culture commission fiscal years yeah yeah and the Really the exciting thing that we're going to be doing this year is the update to the public Arts plan that the council will remember they budgeted for okay yeah all right thank you councilman breakfast I appreciate uh the motion I have a second all those in favor say aye aye all those opposed motion carries and unanimously I just want to say um just for people that don't know that is the National Endowment for the Arts so we use a lot of acronyms up here but it loses people so I want to clarify and again thank them very much and then um Miss burner I just want to throw something at you um just very unique opportunities for art such as warehouses and different scales of buildings and and things of that nature so just um just throwing it out there because I know eventually you'll come back with something fantastic so appreciate you good job thank you so much okay I'm gonna let everyone know Mr Clerk here is where we are going here where we are going now all right B17 C1 C3 D4 and then we will come back to be 11 16. I think or 11 14 am I right 16 17. uh yeah should be after that if we come back to consent 11 13 14 15 16 17. could you repeat those again I'm sorry okay go ahead Mr clerk sure yeah so after we will do B17 now uh and then C1 C3 and D4 and then we'll come back and finish the consent agenda with items b11 and 13 through 17. okay so right now we're doing b or e B Seventeen okay okay okay gotcha all right hi hello thank you Elaine thank you take it away hold on let me just ask uh Mr clerk any public comment on this item no public comment on that thank you so much okay the floor is yours all right good good afternoon Madam mayor council member city manager Thornley for the record Elaine Wiseman housing and neighborhood development um what you have before you is a resolution which transfers the city's entire um 2023 volume cap allocation to the state of Nevada for the benefit of the Redevelopment of Hawk View Apartments um our total volume cap this year is 16.3 million and again we are requesting that we transfer all of that to the state of Nevada so with that I know councilman Ebert if you have any specific questions I'd be more than happy to answer them surrounding the volume cap and then we do have Dr Lopez here from the housing authority to answer any Project Specific questions okay council members anyone who pulled this item councilman Ebert go ahead [Music] [Applause] yeah I just wanted a little bit more information about you know what this process is Redevelopment of 100 units to 200 units is this just a remodel or what is this process going to look like so it's actually it's a full Redevelopment so from what I understand and Dr Lopez can jump in they are demolishing the existing structure of 100 units and they are rebuilding from the ground up and they are increasing the density and the number of units so it will go from 100 units to 200 plus units of affordable housing a hundred of them will have project-based vouchers attached to them and the rest will be available I believe to 60 and Below Ami with some additional vouchers possibly Dr Lopez you want to come up for the record Dr Hilary Lopez executive director of the Reno Housing Authority so um these funds will help facilitate the Redevelopment of our Hawk View Apartments public housing complex so as part of this we'll be submitting what's called a section 18 demolition disposition application to the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development it's a very structured process so we do have to meet various milestones in order to receive HUD approval for this project at the same time we are also acquiring and layering the financing to help us move forward with the project so as part of the hide application um the the Milestone that we are seeking to meet is obsolescence of the current public housing property so there are infrastructure major systems improvements other things needed at the site that the cost of renovation would exceed the cost of replacement of that housing okay so how are we going from 100 to 200 are we greasing vertically we're making units smaller or what does that look like so we're currently working with the architect to do a site plan but under current zoning we believe that we have the space available to restructure the development of the site to allow for increased density up to about 200 units so without any kind of vertical uh so the the development is currently two stories and we're looking at going to three and possibly even a fourth story thank you okay and what's the timeline on this if everything goes smoothly when you want to start and when you hope to be finished yeah so the HUD process is um several months long so we are looking to receive HUD approval hopefully by end of this year or early in the first quarter of 2024 then we would work to relocate the residents that are currently at the site and hopefully start construction by mid-2024. then we're anticipating up to an 18-month construction schedule and all of that would also allow us to remain within the time frames needed for the state's Home Means Nevada initiative funds which are the state arpa funds and commit them on time and then expend them on time as well okay and the relocation process what does that look like so we have hired a firm called housing to home to assist us with the relocation process all of the relocation will be done in conformance with federal regulations and they will meet individually with each of the residents to come up with a relocation plan and then relocation resources May entail either transferring to another public housing property or receipt of a housing Choice voucher with assistance in locating a comparable unit relocation advisory Services as well as other assistance with moving and moving costs okay so is there any requirement on maintaining uh the same or similar um rent cost in in this relocation process yeah so I'm under the program we'll be receiving what are called tenant protection vouchers and will be then project basing those back to 100 replacement units so that we'll be replacing those units on that were just disposing of on a one-for-one basis and those will be available to households at or below the public housing limit and then on top of that for the additional units since we'll be accessing tax exempt bonds and four percent low income housing tax credits those units will be available at rents within those program requirements okay so that's where people returning to this unit so under the federal regulations this is considered permanent relocation because the residents would be off the site for more than 12 months but the residents who are being relocated from the site will have the ability if they would like to reapply to live at the new property okay so this people that are being relocated their rent should remain the same in the process of relocation correct okay thank you all right vice mayor Reese go ahead Dr Lopez thank you for the work that you're doing at Reno Housing Authority uh I think this site is one that we have spent some time at and I understand that it's outlived its useful life that the original units that were built there were constructed you know I think it's 40 years ago now and and really we have certainly learned I think both how to build uh these types of developments a bit differently and and then therefore make them more to scale with the current needs and so I appreciate that you're your willingness to explore the the difficulty of the head demolition process because it does add an incredible layer of complexity to it including the relocations but when we get you know four or five years removed from it you're going to have an incredible beautiful facility with all of the amenities that you know people would like to have and and its location I think is is ideal given its proximity both to the bus route and also the new CTE Academy that were ultimately built on the back side of it and so um it's going to be awesome and so just thank you for the work that you're doing obviously our decision today is about allocating the volume cap which is something we do with some routine paucity but um I think it is for these type of programs that we would have the ability to do it and and take the allocation in a way that helps you to layer all of those elements to it so absolutely supportive and and thank you for the work that you continue to do thank you um as you mentioned that's really our goal is to modernize the facility and then have Housing Development and affordable housing development that serves our community for many years to come yeah um first of all thank you so much and I really appreciate this is um this is really important to expand this housing Supply and I'm grateful to see it in Ward 4 but I think it's a big Testament to your vision and how you're paying attention to what's happening at the Housing Authority um it is impressive Hillary I just want to point out your work and staying on top of this because it's so easy just to forget about the existing Supply and just leave it there instead of figuring out ways to be Innovative to expand whenever we need it so desperately and especially you know like I said in War 4 which is fantastic so I just want to commend you for your vision it's awesome thank you I appreciate that all right so can oh go ahead councilman Ebert has one more question okay and I'm sorry I'm brain fart for a second um oh I remember what it was so what if in the process somebody says you know I'm just I don't want to live in Reno anymore I want to move out of the area will we still assist them in that do they have to stay within Reno in this relocation process actually under the relocation assistance when they meet with the relocation specialist if they express that they have relatives or family or some other reason why they would want to leave our area the relocation Specialists could help them and they might then be a better candidate for housing Choice voucher that then they could then what's called port to another area and use it you still get support yes okay thank you all right councilman okay I'm making routine all right a second I have a motion I have a second all those in favor say aye aye all those opposed motion carries unanimously thank you so much Dr Lopez good seeing you all right we're going to move on to item C1 and C2 all right so at this time let's see we are uh Mr clerk at this time we will now open the public hearing as proper note has been given any correspondence received foreign thank you sorry just confirming yes proper notice was given um we have no registered public comment but um we do have a for item C1 one comment which was directly associated with the agenda item received prior to 4 pm on August 22nd and this was a voicemail correspondence the transcript of the comment was distributed to Reno city council and is available to the public on the reno.gov meeting portal it represented one in opposition of this item okay thank you so much closures councilman door anything no no councilwoman Taylor yes madam [Music] um disclosure for item C1 and C2 mattamere fellow city council members and Madam clerk in the interests of full transparency transparency on item C1 and C2 I am disclosing that Jacob's Engineering Group is a current client of my consulting firm TaylorMade Solutions specifically RTC awarded a design contract to Jacobs Engineering Group for the Mill Street capacity and Safety project in 2022 Jacobs Engineering Group and return retained tailor-made solutions to provide public Outreach Services for the project on this matter I have sought guidance from the city attorney's office I have been advised that I have a substantial and continuing business relationship with Jacobs Engineering Group and therefore a commitment in a private capacity to the interests of Jacobs Engineering Group here items C1 and C2 accommodate a third-party developer's request to abandon a portion of Market Street that is critical for the track traffic circulation until the Mill Street improvements are completed by RTC because item C1 and C2 do not involve RTC and will have absolutely no impact on the Mill Street capacity and Safety project approval or denial would not result in any form of benefit or detriment occurring to me or Jacob's Engineering Group that is greater or less than that occurring to any other member of the general business profession occupation or group that is affected by city council action on item C1 or and C2 I have been advised that the independence of Judgment of a reasonable person in my situation would not be materially affected by my current contracts with Jacobs Engineering Group accordingly I will be participating and voting on this item today Madam clerk please accept this disclosure disclosure and Lodge it on the record for this meeting pertaining to these agenda items thank you all right thank you so much anyone else in the third none we're going to move forward go ahead then for item C2 the ordinance introduction would be read into the record by the City attorney okay sending it over to Carl Hall go ahead thank you madam mayor item C2 ordinance introduction bill number 7244 case number DVA 23-00001 Market Street abandonment development agreement ordinance to approve a development agreement between the City of Reno and murph's land Holdings LLC subject to case number ABN 21-00006 Market Street abandonment the requested development agreement addresses requirements and timing of the proposed abandonment as related to the Regional Transportation Commission military capacity and Safety project Ward 3. all right thank you so much okay I believe anything else Mr Clerk nothing else okay thank you so much I'm gonna send it over to Brooklyn I Believe come on up the floor is yours afternoon city council Madam mayor my name is Brooke Oswald I'm an associate planner with development services and uh we'll have my presentation up here just in a minute we are looking at two cases together they are uh intrinsically bound uh and I'll I'll try to run through that and show you and show you why we made this decision to put these two together so the case before you is an abandonment ABN 21006 and a development agreement DVA 23001 uh-oh battery's dead what is going to be the best way to advance okay we'll give you that one I apologize all right I think uh for our location and context quickly go over this so everyone has an idea and the public understands where we are the arrow up at the top there that just showed up is the intersection of kitski and Mill Street and the arrow down there is that 395 as you can see the the photo aerial there is our our spaghetti Bowl improvements that we're uh anticipating and looking forward to finishing uh the big white building that you see is Dodge Dolan and uh is the applicant on this uh particular request this final Arrow I just want to point this out just so everyone has an understanding of what we're looking at as you can see Redwood and golden do not align they are offset and that will be important as we're looking as we go forward and look at some of the improvements that we have to come in a little bit quicker that abandonment is a developed right away it is currently a road it's that Western Terminus of Market Street we are looking about 20 000 square feet that's roughly about a half acre uh this was acquired through dedication and just to quickly go over Dedication that means those original property owners that owned that gave that property to the city for them to build the street for a public Improvement in the Public's benefit when that is determined no longer to be necessary they they have the right to ask for that and then in turn they that is dedicated or given back to them because we the city didn't pay anything for it therefore we give it back in the same Liu that and good faith that was given thank you quickly look at the subject Parcels as you can see they're about five Parcels that are four Parcels that directly a joint five Parcels that directly adjoin uh this subject abandonment site these are uh different additionally there are two additional ones up across Mill those are owned by the applicant we have one on the corner uh that is the Fireside Tavern that is a separate home but they are in agreement with the request for abandonment and uh moving forward with this and that's what's mentioned there's a Associated development agreement that I think will be clear as I go through some of the RTC improvements to quickly look at uh just looking at some pictures of the current conditions that arrow is pointing to the east there and we have a photo here as you can see we have that large building is very close up to our roadway as you can see the sidewalk is discontinued we have a number of Drive accesses bay doors backing out not only to the street but that pedestrian area we don't have uh ample landscape and a number of other things at that position creating some safety habers or concerns additionally this is looking back West looking out towards kitski as you can see it is a ride out only but um we hope that everyone follows traffic uh signals and signs but that does because there is no median this does not restrict someone from making a left turn uh out onto kitski going across a number of parking uh Drive aisles and pretend potentially creating safety hazards there and the big one I'm going to talk about is this Mill Street Improvement project going across the top there Mill Street Improvement to quickly go into that that is with our Regional Transportation Commission they have a project they're putting forward that's Mill Street capacity that's the amount of traffic improving the overall traffic and Safety project quickly give everyone an idea the map at the bottom there lays out the entire project you can see the darker gray those are the Improvement areas give everyone an idea this is kitski and mill this is 395 and then finally the final arrow is Terminal Way there are a number of uh improvements um proposed with this those traffic operations that Improvement of overall traffic um flow and capacity we're looking at pedestrian and access and safety improvements along there accessibility and making sure everyone has a safe environment to move through drainage our storm water and how that impacts us is huge and we'll be seeing drainage improvements on that and I think another one we're seeing is that undergrounding of utilities both from an aesthetic element down our Mill Street and also from a safety aspect of those overhead lines currently this is in the design and acquisition phase and we're anticipating construction to start about late 2024. now specific to our area this is our general abandonment area and the blue areas where I'm going to zoom into that will give us a little better idea what's happening and why we are relating this development agreement to this abandonment as we come in uh this is our abandonment area the arrow or the circle up into the left there is that kitski and Mill intersection that are brought up a number of times one of the big improvements there we're seeing the additional uh Lanes traffic Lanes bike Lanes coming in through there and those improvements one of the big improvements we're seeing here is down in the bottom right of that Circle you see that right hand turn that is really accentuated right now and makes it very difficult for both vehicles and especially trucks to make that turn safely so they will be basically improving that radius so that we can get trucks across there safely and this is the big one I brought it up in the first slide of that misalignment of the streets this is golden uh straight will come above there'll be that extension of golden uh they'll we'll see those pedestrian improvements um striping traffic Lanes sidewalks um but the big one here is we're going to see a signalized intersection so that will create a safe environment for traffic and making motions all four ways along that area the brown there is that Redwood Road that's anticipated to be abandoned in the future to the far end we have Louise Street and this is it currently goes through Louise Street will be blocked from Mill so we're going to shut down one of those accesses and really direct traffic up to that safe signalized intersection to come back around into Market but as you notice that the uh Louis Street still is will be maintained off of Market Street allowing that access uh to those Associated properties and finally you can see a number of little lines that kind of run across the top there those are those are indicating that those are Drive approaches or access points as you can see we've got because of the property and how those are really split up we have like five going across there with one landowner coming in and that we would anticipate that those would be removed and we would provide a safe and proper access across there increasing both pedestrian safety and vehicle safety so the development agreement to go what why it's there it's allowed and regulated by Nevada revised Statute and then approximately two three years ago we did a text amendment that really enabled that tool to be used in this situation and we were very restricted how we could use it and uh has opened it up to be used in this that is a voluntary agreement that means that both parties have to come to the table in agreement no one is bound by this agreement until signed everyone has come through I think what we see from a city point of view is that we have increased uh Surety timing and uh execution of how that's going to be done from the developer's point of view this gives them an assured see that they can move forward with plans for redevelopment and and development plans in the future this gives them kind of that time lag so they're not waiting out another two years to have an understanding if if this would be approved or not and finally we have a deadline in that this is uh we have a drop dead deadline at the end of December that this this agreement and abandonment or null and void if the conditions are not met so the main portion of the conditions really have to come with that uh the RTC improvements that we're seeing and I ran through those quickly those are the widening of Mill the right land turned onto Mill Street and I8 580 four-way signalization the realignment of Mill Street at Redwood place the closure of Louise Street reservation Road and matley Lane intersection improvements and then that increased turn radius on kitski and mill so that agreement really just sets out those terms of what needs to be accomplished before we are willing to move forward with abandonment so you'll approve the abandonment but the development agreement says here's all the things that need to be in place so that we can ensure that we have uh proper access circulation then we are comfortable with the abandonment up until that's time staff has determined that that uh end of market is necessary to provide proper access until we see those anticipated improvements looking at our big policies this meets many of those those under utilized properties roadway design and classification are access management complete streets and once again uh the access management through another policy and then we are seeing many alignment with our strategic plan that fiscal sustainability so this is a parcel that once we see those improvements we wouldn't see as really necessary for the city to be in control of we have a liability responsibility fiscal responsibility to maintain that roadway that Public Safety that I showed in those few photos that we do have some public safety issues because of the existing conditions this helps to eliminate some of those additionally that economic and Community Development so we would see we anticipate Redevelopment of this area that in increases uh our uh tax base by both our our land or property tax base and then also our sales tax base of we'd anticipate additional sales staff did review this there are a number of findings we went through each of these uh with fine-tooth comb we were able to make all the findings and staff does recommend approval of the abandonment subject to the associated development agreement with that I'll leave you with two motions and I'm available for questions thank you great job I really I'm you always do a great job all right does the applicant want to come up hmm and then we'll ask you questions perfect you guys can sit down you can stay I'll save you the trouble of standing up here may I proceed perfect go right ahead by the mayor vice mayor council good to see all of you uh today for the record representing uh the Dolan family and Dolan Auto Group not very often don't get the stand up here and represent a local family that has been here for over 40 years today it's my pleasure to introduce Mr Tom Dolan and his son Brady Dolan who are here to move forward with another fabulous Dolan Dodge Redevelopment project the Dolan family certainly over 40 years of business here has fabulous customer service honesty but more important before this body is reinvestment in their properties all of these locations Me growing up here a lot of these were underutilized blighted Parcels until the Dolan family came in their Toyota dealership on Virginia Street beautiful reinvestment and I would note being constructed right in the heart of the economic depression in 2008 and they powered through and got the building done the Lexus building of course is uh beautiful there in Virginia fully landscaped as well as Kia I just learned yesterday that the reason why the Lexus is designed the way it is is there's it's directly right at Mount Rose so a lot of the customers and the employees have the benefit of looking out at Mount Rose on a day-to-day basis I'm going to embarrass the Dolan family here for a minute they did not know I was putting the slide in again I don't have the opportunity to brag about a local family very often but certainly they're philanthropy to this community has been unmatched with their Dolan class project hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars invested back in our schools the Reno Rodeo Foundation has been a staple investment by the Dolan family they're Toys for Tots Community engagement every Christmas as well as the wolf pack Athletic Association so just wanted to thank them for for their continued investment and again I'm sure Mr Dolan's not happy because I'm embarrassing him he's very humble but again what a great opportunity to represent this family and move forward with a new project a couple years ago the dolans purchased Dodge which was owned by Don Weir for decades as Tom told me that was his first job in Reno selling cars at for Dawn we're at Dolan Dodge and decades later he's come back purchased the property and now he's going to put the Dolan touch on it so on top left hand corner is the current building I'm going to remodel and facelift uh that building and then as you saw Brooklyn explain a larger Redevelopment project uh here's some pictures of the area certainly undesirable uses an underutilized Parcels that massage parlor will go away the the parcel you can see the South certainly overgrown weeds unutilized or also be redeveloped into a new service center fully landscaped compliant with code and really redevelop this whole area as Brooklyn indicated we're talking today about that yellow area in regards to what would in fact be abandoned here's the project you can see certainly the investment in not only Dodge but purchasing five to six Parcels on the north side of the market market bisects uh this project area so certainly for pedestrian safety and they have a large cohesive project requesting that Market Street is abandoned under certain conditions the plan is in these are preliminary by the cross Market would be a brand new service center a new base fully landscaped fully parked getting rid of those that massage parlor building and really reinvesting and redeveloping in these unutilized Parcels on the right again fully landscaped on that and have a nice pedestrian walkway from Market or there are some apartment units up to a mill uh to the bus station fully lit it could be used 24 hours per day in order to really invest in this area this has been quite the process we applied back in 2001 so the Dolan family has been very patient in order to do this correct we first just applied for the Market Street abandonment didn't really understand how this piece of the pup this piece fit in the entire puzzle so we went to the NAB into the ward 3 NAB twice gave them an initial presentation in 01 and then staff asked to go back and give them an update because it took a little longer than we expected because certainly it's 2023 and here's uh as as was presented to the NAB and I believe they're receptive to it certainly the existing conditions of Market are very dangerous you can see there's a blind turn there on Market Street given the building location folks speed there not only speed but they use it the cut from kitski up to Mill to get on 395 or excuse me 580 took quicker and cut around that intersection routinely in the mornings you'll see flares from the evening before from from accidents right along uh kitski as Brooklyn mentioned there's some illegal driveways there that would go away um and certainly that pedestrian um connectivity and that pedestrian use back and forth from the parking lot to the Dolan Dodge it's dangerous places if you stand out there for 15 20 minutes you'll see certainly speeding illegal left-hand turns and again using these driveways that are no longer necessary so why'd this take longer than we thought we'd be before you in 2021 because as we moved through this process City staff said you know what RTC is in the middle of their widening project and we want to make sure that Dolan and this proposal fits into that project and really specifically for timing that we don't get ahead of our project before RTC can move forward with theirs we also submitted our traffic study to RTC who Incorporated it into their plan so what you see here is their plan as Brooklyn mentioned to connect golden over Mill and into a market through a street light our traffic study to abandoned Market not only is compatible with that proposal but actually complements it and that you don't want another access point a blind access point on Market but you want one controlled access from market up to Mill no more worrisome and dangerous left-hand turns from Redwood onto on to Mill or Luis off to Mill a lot of time and effort and public Outreach has been done by RTC to get to this plan we've also worked with RTC as Brooklyn mentioned on the driveways going from Dolan's property on to Mill there's six or eight of them way too many don't need them dangerous so I've been working with RTC for when they come in there and do their improvements that in fact there's one or two curb Cuts we don't have to do it more than once and finally staging one of the big um I guess compromises or win wins we found was RTC needs land to Stage their equipment to Stage their materials in order to build this out and the dolans have offered up their land for free in order to do that to make sure that this project can move forward in a timely fashion so the development agreement so after we realized wow there's a lot of moving Parts with this Corridor and with RTC staff said let's do a development agreement or we put triggers in where you can't move forward unless and until RTC moves forward again if we get ahead of RTC it doesn't make a lot of sense because they have this huge Corridor project so we drafted the development agreement I'll show you some of the triggers but I wanted to mention certainly the councilman Martinez when this development agreement came out I went back to your NAB for a third time in order to let them know this project had changed a little bit and here's some triggers from the development agreement and they were fully briefed on this proposal so whether the development agreement say as Brooklyn mentioned it was really important that the city and the RTC that marked that the Mill Street project is moving forward before we record an order of Abandonment so you can see there has to be construction documents a bid cover sheet executed by RTC and City of Reno for all five of these improvements before we're eligible to record our abandonment also it was very important the city staff that across the street where golden is located that property is owned by the tribal council Reno Sparks Indian colony making sure that they were at the table and in the agreement with what was going on that's a condition in our development agreement and I can say in your stack report it confirms that already happened last month the city and RTC went to the Colony and they do have no objections to this proposal and finally another condition is that all acquisitions for the right of way also have to be finalized or to move forward if there's a holdout property we have to wait wait patiently to move forward with our application until that takes place once those conditions are finalized we can record the abandonment and the construction of Mill Street will move forward we in the meantime will grant a public access easement along market so RTC can stage can park their trucks and make sure we're being a good Community partner and finally I know it's important to this Council that there's clawbacks if conditions aren't met if this project doesn't move forward in the next four years the development agreement is in fact canceled and with that by the mayor council I'm happy to answer any questions we've worked very hard on this I want to thank everyone in Community Development everyone in your public works department the folks at ROTC they really come up with a win-win to invest in this area but also to make sure we're being a good Community partner with RTC so thank you all right thank you stop Mr Gordon thank you okay I'm going to start with councilman Dora go right ahead thank you um first I I want to compliment I'm going to start with our staff because when a proposal comes in um been here for years been extremely worried about what happens if the projects don't proceed the way that we expect and you called it a clawback uh Mr Gordon but to make sure that these things proceed a pace and that we're not taking out a road that is used by people until there is a replacement or better circulation so Mr Thornley uh I gotta compliment you and the staff for coming up with this development agreement concept to deal with all these moving parts and you identified them very well Mr Gordon the second thing is just to speak to the practicality so I was able to do a site visit here and unbelievably when I pulled out of my parking lot spot onto Market Street I almost got creamed by a car coming down Market Street on the line curve that you mentioned there it was In Living Color it is not safe the way it is laid out today and clearly um the the road if it was kept would make it very difficult to redevelop the site I mean the way I understand the layout of the site so I'm in full support of this I just want to let the council know that I did a site inspection I looked all around I looked at the plans I got to visit with the dolans and and actually see it and then we also talked about other ways that they could work with RTC potentially in the future to Brooke you mentioned the right turn off kitski on to Mill it's very sharp greater than 90 degree turn very hard for trucks it's the way you get to i-580 so there's a lot of truck traffic there and I had made that same comment to the dolans that this seemed like it needed to be addressed by RTC I have a couple of these in my ward as well you know very sharp turns that a lot of trucks use so I just wanted to thank thank the dolans for what they're doing here you know the Redevelopment the reinvestment and this barred it down you know which has been very industrial very kind of um in you know not a planned development every individual site owner on their own and I really think this will have an effect of beautifying this entire part of town this kitski Mill intersection improved the transportation working with RTC so it makes a lot of sense to me and I like the guard rails that we have put into this development agreement you know you can't move until this this this and it does have a termination date I mean all of this is exactly what we've been looking for for years on other projects that have come forward so good job and thank you for the proposal vice mayor go ahead thank you madam mayor um like Miss breakfast I want to um say Excuse Me Miss doer I want to say that uh the site improvements will be fantastic ultimately when done um but of course we're dealing with the abandonment first so it's great to know what's coming the abandonment asks us to make one finding essentially that it won't injure the public and that I think is easy that's a no-brainer um the site is uh definitely challenging as it is now if you drive over there and I have uh visited there's all sorts of activity going on there that if you're not really dialed in and paying attention to the road you are in a part of town that's very difficult and so ultimately I think the RTC improvements in that area are going to help but also ultimately I think that the combination of the parcels and the reduction of the ins and outs through Market even as you go down for farther to Harvard it will make it much easier to get into that area than the area that you're just showing here so it goes beyond that so again the finding we have to make as a body is ultimately about the injury to the public when we abandon something we own we have to make sure that that's what happened and I think again very easy to do I'll also say for my part um and it isn't often that we get to embarrass the dolans but it's a privilege to have you both here Tom and Brady um in our Chambers my family I think is I think collectively maybe bought about 30 cars from Dolan Automotive over the years that's better if we had to disclose it I know that's what I was uh that's my version of it um you know we've worked with Beth Pollard for so many years but but I what I will tell you is that when I go out into the community it is always well known that the Dolan family is supporting not only the Charities that are up there there's probably a list that's pages long and of course Tom has been a champion for organ and tissue donation which is both a personal issue but something supported by the mayor and by me um it is that type of investment though when a family comes into the area and has a history here that we know with certainty that when you say you're going to do something you will so this um you know clawbacks are awesome but the Dolan family's word is even better than that right so uh thank you for the presentation uh Brooklyn I think you did an amazing job and it has been overly Complicated by the fact that we've got RTC involved and the timing of their projects sometimes happen I'll also give a shout out to miss Koski who has been super um integral in our understanding of the process because those roadway projects change with some frequency so for us we have to be engaged from the beginning and watching the various parts of it all come together I understand that sometimes that makes development more difficult but you've been patient with us and so I appreciate that too like Miss Stewart I want to see safe roadways I want to see Redevelopment in this uh area in this community I think that you've brought just that project so thank you to those involved and thank you of course of our staff for the work they did working it up all right councilman Martinez go ahead it's your boy thank you I'm sorry I should have started with you but that was disrespectful disrespectful go ahead thank you so much Madam I appreciate it thank you to all the staff um and the dolans um for you know putting together a project that incorporates a lot of our Community Partners especially given uh your involvement and the city's involvement with the Reno Sparks Indie colony and making sure that they are at the table and in agreement um with what is happening along the street where they have a lot of their properties I know driving through that area multiple times having seen people use Market Street to cut off the traffic that's coming on Mill Street to get onto 580 um southbound it looks like there's going to be a lane added on Mill Street is that correct correct we'd look at acquisition land and they'd be uh widening Mill Street to provide that extra link and turn lanes that you'd see okay so can you restart your name for the record please oh sorry my name is Brooke Oswald associate planner for the record thanks Brooke I appreciate that um I think my only question is if I could have a little bit clarification um about the the deed that was included um in the staff report um and uh I guess the cost for the abandonment and if you can just give us some more context on why it is the way it is laid out that way why we as far as sorry uh Brooke Oswald associate planner uh for the record um I'm not um quite sure your question so the associated deed so what we did is lay out the development agreement and then what you see is a legal description the deed of the associated properties within that so that's just providing that uh specifically um I'm just trying to understand your question what what you'd like to know more about that yeah I was looking at the original dedication deed and it does look like there was consideration of a sum of ten dollars for the benefit benefits to accrue sure so in working with our property manager on that there is that ten dollars we were determined in looking at the surrounding properties the history this is something that came in through the county was originally came through there we we had to assessed that ten dollars was really a fee associated with processing the actual form versus the ten dollars actually for the land and so it didn't have the land was dedicated but there was a fee to basically process um that that dedication okay I appreciate you clarifying that um just in case there is any confusion about those and again I applaud um the Dolan family for the involvement in the community I'm looking forward to the improvements that they will do on these Parcels thank you all right councilman breakfast go ahead I'm not I'm uh start with the use sales which are pretty intensive because you know folks come out and they want to go on rides you know and freeway is a good place for it because they're close to it and um you know cities One auto sales in their corporate boundaries sometimes they move right over and don't you know then cities lose out on that sales tax but as I've watched over the last couple years you know I know what the dolans that investment which was you know time with the recession and quite remarkable um uh down you know the way on kitski and then watched at the intersection of Harvard and Plum where the old um shopping center went to I think it's a Nissan dealer you know I'm not sure you know you know that brings in a use of a lot of car auto dealership right there where a young girl was killed on her way to Wooster um school and you know Auto Sales if they're allowed on this that corner and they're allowed on this corner so be it but um you know if they're driving other factors like an abandonment or widening you know I I'm I'm struggling with that too um and a woman was killed at this intersection too she was a cyclist she was killed by a waste management truck before I came on the council um and my problem at this point is not understanding the RTC project I don't sit on RTC this board has decided to send others to that body but we only when you're not on RTC on this body you only get a list of projects every other year that we agree to on the interlocal and um I question why are we widening I question the intersection that close to a freeway um ndot managed off off ramp I I really would like to understand the technical study of the Mill Street widening project in advance of having this request come to us um so you know the widening you know all the movements um and the intersection you know are really things that I want to understand before I understand what they're doing which is quite remarkable I mean they're aggregating Lots they haven't been able to get all the Lots on that corner um and I did support that previously when we sold the city lot to Don Weir so you know I think I think he has that that hasn't come up but I know there's a parcel that the city sold recently in this holding I'm pretty sure but the problem I have here and I had this problem with Stonegate is that when we put external conditions onto an interesting entity for their project when it goes to the big sausage making over at RTC there's a built-in constituency to fund this project and let's say this is a 12 million 15 million dollar project well what happens to the other projects that are in the queue who's arguing for those you know I just read rtc's minutes and they they're giving back Federal money for the Arlington Avenue Bridge Project last meeting so there's holes there there's other holes I understand it's under design but so was the Center Street Track project so um maybe our traffic engineer could come up and explain to me on the whole um on the rtip where this project is you stopped or whoever whomever from staff s the um you know the RTC project schedule because I see other projects that are further ahead in design on the RTC list and if there's other projects further head on the list are those ones going to get kicked down because we've got a built-in Ticker on someone else who wants to see an RTC project move forward where are we at on on um okay thank you hold on compared to the whole bucket of money to miss Koski is going to address that thank you Amanda mayor good good afternoon Kerry Koski your city engineer so the question um councilwoman breakfast is where are we at in the art tip with the Mill Street project is that the question really we're putting out a Keller year period to get this for you know for this development agreement so what projects are scheduled for Reno in the next four years consistent with how much money there is and where does this one fall is something going to fall off if if this one jumps ahead so to my knowledge this one is not jumping ahead The Mill Street project is moving along in the rtip as planned and I believe the construction for this one is 20 24 25. yeah um that will that is because they are working in the the right-of-way setting as as you heard here earlier um there are many steps that they still need to take in order to finish the design and the approvals so there is not another project this isn't being moved up this is um in the schedule I'm going to head on over to councilwoman Ebert no nothing okay I thought you were saying question okay all right anyone else all right hold on we're um just want to make sure so your second three yeah I'd just like to know a little bit about more about the design that has been shown the RTC design um that I guess Jacobs did or you know it's it's been done and and in past um like ndot Engineers would sit with us and RTC Engineers would sit with us and go over the projects so we understood what um what is the cost of the project estimated at um I'm not I'm not entirely sure the exact cost of that project but I can I can look it up the project originally show that signalized intersection at this revised it was contemplative at the very beginning yes so um one of the the as as Mr Gordon pointed out one of the concerns we had was the access control to Mill Street um and those were Redwood and Louise um we have had several we've had a lot of concerns about that those two streets um one of the things that we looked at early on in contemplating the scope of the project was putting in one intersection versus two and making it signalized the other part of that is it makes it um it makes it safer in the corridor for pedestrians as well we kind of channel the pedestrians in one location uh several of you probably driven through there and said seen some of the issues we've had with pedestrians trying to cross so that that was contemplated yes but um okay so having art ndot which manages the intersection doesn't object to that new market stream it's not going to back up or anything over there no so this will be a coordinated a signal a coordinated Corridor for the with our signals so we have the ability to um uh coordinate the signals so that we can get the traffic on and off of the freeway and we've worked with the indot design Engineers we will continue to work with indot design Engineers um uh to you know to make sure that we address all the concerns that they may they may have having that additional Lane going eastbound is critical as many of you know getting people onto the freeway right now it backs up all the way to renowned practically right so having that neck that lane in there is critical so the widening is proposed or the the whitening that is proposed right now is to um facilitate the capacity it is much needed in that area well it doesn't capacity and malane winding conflict with pedestrian safety it does but there are ways that we can um put in controls to mitigate that and signalized intersections are one way to do that okay my La my next question is the the person who wrote in I did see um the I think the the person on the corner the convenience store however they noticed that person it's probably for Mr Oswald so they run a convenience store and they're not here and running a convenience store you have to have it open how did they were they know so this property was properly noticed which means that uh we did we did several things we sent out a hey we received this uh so sort of a a fair warning not required but something the city is doing now uh secondly we we've um noticed them prior to the 10 days they were officially noticed and then uh thirdly the site is posted with the big yellow signs that determine you know or lay out the project and end the meeting and so so they received notice within 10 correct yeah okay and then what about there was an agency comment about removing a billboard what was that three minutes is up I'm gonna send it to councilwoman Taylor oh sorry Madame I didn't have any uh questions I okay all right go ahead uh and then yeah they send it to councilman Martinez that agency commented yeah that agency comment about um removing a billboard who who's aging what agency provided that I think it was RTC yeah coming through that and I think part of that will be because of that acquisition of that land along there on that wide laning within that yeah okay I think it's probably land we sold and then what um okay so that's that and then this this development that they're proposing what will the to the degree that you know it at this point they could sell it like Mr Weir did you know um what um what approvals will that require so I did not look at a specific development what we were our requested was for the abandonment yeah so what I can say is though within that zoning what uses they're proposing and everything will be analyzed when when they actually come forward with the project so we would look if if it meets all code requirements additionally if any other discretionary review or oral uses that aren't allowed yeah yeah all right councilman breakfast you're over you're I'm over okay um first of all what I want to say is it's so easy to make it sound incredibly convoluted but this is all done by experts and when we design their takes it's not just something that happens overnight it takes a lot of thought so I get that and I I really appreciate it I also want to point out I think this this street probably 20 years ago was fine we have grown tremendously that area has been very problematic so I'm very glad that councilwoman breakfast brought up um some of the issues and fatalities that have been there and I would also like to point out you can have the best Traffic Safety design in the entire universe entire world but uh you can't control you know drinking or speeding or reckless driving um because if those things happen it doesn't matter how wonderful the design is right so um I want everyone to also understand sometimes it's not the way that we design some of this uh infrastructure it's we as people um tend to do things that are very problematic um so I'm really glad that you are addressing this because I felt like this is this area has been problematic I think uh councilwoman hit the nail on the head because I've been there been there done that so I I really appreciate it um I think any time we can get to the table and make some of uh the design better especially in those problematic areas um I think we should or we miss the opportunity so I want to say thank for your time and everything that you've done to improve this so good job all right with that being said councilman Ebert go ahead I do have a question now um and I guess this is for staff maybe for Brooke foreign why do we just abandon this is there a reason why we don't sell this area this piece of land sure and that comes back to that dedication how we originally uh received that so we did work our staff uh our property manager uh go back to the historic records look how the city originally acquired that it's a little it can be convoluted so this was coming through a county that came back over to us we annexed so the idea on a abandonment is um that originally property owner gave that land to the city for the for the public interest to develop that road and so when that is requested to be given back we can't charge a fee for it because it was originally given to the city and so what it is is that goes back to them per the original agreement of those Lots now those could be subdivided but what we see in per state law is it is usually their property distance it goes out to the middle of the road right and they're entitled to that portion of that abandonment if an abandonment is approved okay so there's there's rules in place that say we can't sell it if we've obtained it correct and that and that's through state law of how that's all okay thank you okay councilman Martinez sending it to you thank you so much Madam mayor based on staff being able to find uh the findings and the reputation of the applicants I moved to approve the staff recommendation can make the determination that the public will not be materially injured by the request and approve the abandonment subject to the conditions listed in the staff report and Adoption of the associated development agreements I also moved to a boulder recommendations City staff and refer the development agreement for a second reading and adoption second all right thank you I have a motion and a second discussion yeah I'm gonna support I um you know would have won would need the confidence from RTC uh who's running this project why this is a project worthy of the regional investment and how the whole cue of all the projects because I know we have a lot Garcinia nurse changes one won't will fall and be budgeted in the next period to understand where this is as a priority since the council is now deciding that this is a priority through this action and building a constituency for it that's number one number two is I'm not so concerned about the outlier convenience store I but I will would so you know I just want to say that but I do recognize that there's some opposition that number three the development agreement um is a tool we haven't used a lot the stop report mentions that Mr Reese sponsored it and what I understand because we rarely do that is upon sponsorship he's supposed to inform us of sponsoring an item under our Council rules if I had received that notice I think I would have done a little more ground leg work and so I think that was an inappropriate use of the tool and I think your response puts the rest of us at a disadvantage but within the development agreement tool I think a condition should have come that tied it to a certain development that we could all understand what that development is and so in lieu of that an inadequate insufficient development agreement the merging of this approval with you know public massive public budgeting of regional importance I can't support it this time thank you okay thank you so much I have a motion mayor before we vote um we just need some clarification uh and have councilman Martinez reread the action um where they have to have separate motions for item c one and two oh that's right I'm sorry my apologies for trying to expedite that I will go ahead and rephrase my motion my move to approve this staff recommendation can make the determination that the public will not be materially injured by the request and approve the abandonment subject to the conditions listed in the staff report and Adoption of the associated development agreement LDC 23-0001 all right so I have a second I have a second all those in favor say aye aye all those opposed to post motion carries okay all right all right and then do we have to take one more go yeah um I moved to uphold the recommendation City staff and further development agreement for a second reading and adoption all right I have a motion and a second all those in favor say aye aye aye all those opposed to I do have concerns about priorities yeah I have concerns about um prioritizing this road through RTC and we do have a lot of areas with additional traffic concerns I know we've discussed areas in my war that have had a lot of fatalities in the last you know year um so if we're moving this up um for traffic concerns I think there's other areas that might have more um pressing uh traffic concerns if we're going to use uh fatalities as as a metric to determine what should be prioritized so because of those concerns I'm not going to be able to support it this time all right thank you so much all right I have a motion the second all those in favor say aye aye all those opposed to post motion carries all right thank you very much appreciate your time um I know that everyone's getting very very restless yeah but I know we have people still here in the audience right Mr clerk I believe so for item D4 okay so C3 I'm sorry C3 first and B4 we got people now can we take a 15 minute then let's um you guys want to do that I was hoping to push through this no what do you want to do like do a 15 minute just uh let's let's just go and then we will and here's why because I believe um Carl we have an attorney client am I right okay so why don't we get through this next item and then we'll go um for an hour okay is that gonna be enough time okay more Carl let me know okay we're doing C3 yes all right okay clerk thank you so much for coming back to you item C3 um for the record we received one comment which was directly associated with the agenda item prior to 4 pm on August 22nd this comment was a voicemail correspondence in the transcript of the comment has been distributed to Reno city council and is available to the public on the reno.gov meeting portal and it represented one in favor on this item and so for item C3 this is a ordinance introduction to be introduced by the city attorney's office all right go ahead take it away Carl thank you madam mayor item C3 ordinance introduction bill number 7245 case number LDC 23-00061 550 or Crest ordinance to amend Title 18 chapter 18.02 of the Reno Municipal Code entitled zoning rezoning a plus or minus one acre site from large lot residential one acre llr one two mixed employment me the set is located on the south side of our Crest Drive plus or minus 440 feet east of its intersection with Carson Lane site hasn't master plan land use designation of mixed employment me Ward 4. all right thank you I could reflect that the city council is now opening the public hearing has proper note has been given any correspondence received proper notice has been given and the aforementioned comment for correspondence was received okay thank you so much at this time I'm going to ask council members do you have any disclosures on this item see that there are none I'm going to send it to you thank you madam member or sorry madam mayor and members of the council merged everything there together I know you're all getting angry I promise to keep this short this is not we're good we're good not nearly as as complicated as the one right before so Jeff Foster associate planner for the record uh bringing to you today LDC 2361 which is a zone change for the property at 550 or crest um the app the applicants and their representative are also here today should you have any questions so the project site is approximately one acre in size it's an undeveloped parcel on orcrest Avenue as you can see on the aerial here that is between the county jail and Highway 395 and uh Virginia Street on the west um the request is a zoning map Amendment from large lot residential one acre to mixed employment which would bring the zoning into conformance with the master plan and no uses or buildings are proposed at this time I also want to point out that the general development pattern surrounding the site to the south and east is Industrial in nature and that will become more important as we move forward the key issue is zoning compatibility zooming in you can see the site on or Crest Carson Lane off to the left surrounding the site to the South we have RV storage to the east is a an outdoor storage use to the West as a vacant single-family home and to this North across or Crest is a mobile home property so large lot residential that's the current zoning as you can see on the left this zoning does not conform to the master plan which is also mixed employment and that Master Plan designation supports light Industrial Development the proposed zone change as I mentioned earlier would bring the zoning into conformance with the master plan designation and the original request was for industrial but that is not allowed under the master plan as that is limited to existing properties with that zoning despite the fact that there are several industrially zoned Parcels around the site as you can see we can no longer allow new Parcels to be zoned industrial hence the request for the Mixed employment designation here is the master plan again mixed employment a few policies and goals that the request is in conformance with and I did also want to note that the previous master plan land use was industrial for this area these are the development standards for the existing zoning and the proposed zoning and it's important to note as I've said on previous zone changes that any future non-residential development would require a site plan review and additional site specific conditions for compatibility may be applied at that time here are the recommended Finance staff can make the findings and here's the recommended motion to uphold the unanimous recommendation of the Planning Commission I'm available for questions okay thank you so you're sorry to any any do councilwoman Ebert go ahead your work I have toured the site and I do think it's appropriate to make this zone change okay thank you anyone else I'm going to send it right back to you for a motion Council one Uber motion to approve all right of emotion I have a second [Music] I think we had two seconds already a third second any comments councilman nope okay I have a motion a second all those in favor say aye aye all those opposed motion carries unanimously all right thank you so much moving right along we actually need to go to one more I believe Mr Clerk yes we are going to move into item D4 yep thanks okay Mr clerk do we have any public comment on item D4 uh no live comment registered but for the record we did receive two comments directly associated with this item prior to 4 pm on August 22nd these comments were written correspondents received via arena.gov online public comment form or by email to our office and copies of these comments have been distributed to the Reno city council and are available to the public on the reno.gov meeting portal they represented two in favor and we did just have uh someone attending via Zoom uh requesting to speak so we will uh let Mr Shrimp when you are ready please unmute and begin speaking okay thank you thank you hello can you guys hear me yes we can thank you all right thank you very much um I just wanted to point out that I'm able to download every other supplemental material for today's agenda from the website uh I'm not able to download the materials for D4 I tried just as the last item was wrapping up I can also read the uh the checklist for open meeting law please um proceed with caution you guys are experts I'm not a lawyer but whatever you do please don't get the city wrapped up in another open meeting mess really take a look at this be smart be prudent and please please protect our interests as far as keeping track of open meeting law thank you that concludes our public comment for this item okay thank you so much um I just want to make sure does anyone have any disclosures I do you do yeah I met with the applicant yesterday just to discuss a plan [Music] okay thank you so much I appreciate that uh I'm going to hold on I just want to make sure okay I'm gonna read one um fellow city council members and Madam clerk item D4 involves the approval of an economic development agreement in my personal and private life I've retained Adam Hosmer hunter from who is a partner at McDonald Carano uh for uh private matters in my personal life I understand that McDonald Carano represents built Investments LLC um these two are completely unrelated and uh not even represented by the same attorney so I want to make sure that that's on the record the fact that I am represented by McDowell Corona will not impact my ability to impartially review and render decision upon the particular agenda item Madam clerk please accept this disclosure and put it into the record for this meeting and subsequent meetings pertaining to this agenda item all right that being said go ahead take it away Laura's yours yeah the presentation excellent it's loading up the presentation gotcha well good afternoon Madam mayor and council members Brian McArdle a revitalization manager and today we're discussing the sale and resolution for the sale for zero Riverside Drive so we are recommending the that isn't that it is in the best interest of the public to sell zero Riverside Drive to built they were selected through an RFP process that we LED earlier this year uh the proposal that we reviewed and was selected through that review was a proposal for high density attainable housing and in the last council meeting Council directed staff to proceed with negotiations with built and we are here today to discuss uh that resolution that will allow us to sell this property at an at a specific price that price being 850 000 with some attached specific terms this is an ideal site for residential development and with the selection process that we took built was the winning proposal due to their track record of successfully completing high quality residential projects throughout the region this is a high density development project that is proposed and that will provide necessary attainable housing that we all know we need in this community so the first one is how does the city go about selling a piece of property that it currently owns the first process would be through a public auction but the second process is through a Nevada revised Statute NRS 268063 that allows the city to sell or lease or dispose a piece of property if it is for a Redevelopment or Economic Development purpose because this property is not inside the Redevelopment agency areas we're utilizing the economic development portion and the city can do so by um without offering it to the public and for less than fair market value if it is for an economic development project but before doing so it must mean retain appraisals and must adopt a resolution that is in the best interest of the public to sell the property that resolution is what we have before you today the definition of economic development in these terms is either for a new and expanded commercial Enterprise or residential housing and in this case it is for residential housing just some background on the site that we're discussing so this site was acquired through the Delinquent Tax roll for 105 thousand dollars uh many years ago in 2005 there was a final map produced on this property for a 12-story 40 unit condominium that was uh it went through the mapping process and those Parcels exist to this day but unfortunately that developer wasn't able to finish the project they became delinquent on their taxes and as I said the city um attain the property for 105 000 by paying off those delinquent taxes it's currently zoned multi-family 30 it's about a third in an acre and it is a flood zone a flood zone and when we uh went to look at this process the RFP process we wanted to make sure that it achieves the city's goals uh with existing plans uh not only the city's um reimagined master plan but also the downtown Puma action plan and some other plans and you know the number one thing is that a lot of the mentions in there it says you know to address affordable and Workforce housing to increase housing density to do Place making quality of life the fact that this is on the banks of the Truckee River we want to make sure that uh this accentuates our goals in place making and giving people a vibrant city to live in sustainability in any way possible including flood mitigation and then adding to an attractive and vibrant Truckee River and so the process we went through it was a scoring process we collected a team of City Experts from planning uh Trina with with the flood and to discuss and review all the proposals we did receive three proposals they were all four multi-family projects anywhere from about 50 units to 123 units and so we rank them first on whether they achieved the city's goals as I just discussed the experience of the team we wanted to make sure that we found a team that could actually do this project has experience doing projects like this and can successfully achieve it the design was another component the financial structure uh whether they were taking on financing using some Equity whether they had the financial capacity to actually do this project and what sort of residential units at what rent price were they proposing and built came out as a clear winner for that for that from that process and at that time we brought it back to council and Council directed us to start negotiations with built um I will mention that this is just the proposal that the RFP was this is the design that was within the RFP what we're discussing today is not the final design of the project that will be through an SPD process today we're just discussing the price and allowing us to enter into an economic development agreement to sell the property but in that proposal they proposed attainable housing I say it's within that Workforce housing gap of 82 120 percent of the area median income so the the housing proposed is attainable they did propose 123 units and 110 parking stalls they do propose to do some improvement along the river there maintain all the existing access easements to neighboring properties and did address the flood and erosion that could potentially occur on this property when we brought this before Council there were five items that Council mentioned uh during that discussion and the first one that we heard resounding was that they would like to see this Pro the applicant go through a robust SPD process uh they did recommend initially a zone change but through the SPD process concerns about emergency access easements the density parking neighborhood concerns would all be addressed through a robust SPD process it would require to go through the nabs the Planning Commission and back before this Council uh robust public input will also be included in that SPD process as well as the density and parking mix and then last was the timeline we did incorporate some timeline elements into the draft Economic Development agreement and so we feel that those were addressed now the appraisals came back we got two appraisals on this property one came back at a million dollars and the second one came back at 875 000 quite a gap there but the way we established fair market values the average is to average the two appraisal prices that gives us a fair market value of nine hundred and thirty seven thousand five hundred dollars uh going back and forth with the applicant the proposer built uh we negotiated a final sale price of a hundred eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars um this is recognizing the fact that they will have to go through an SPD process get robust public input there are still some concerns on that site or on flooding emergency access that haven't been finalized yet uh the sale of the property is conditional on that SPD getting approved uh and the timeline is that once that SPD get approved the clock does start ticking to um do the due diligence and actually close and sell the property and then once it is sold there is a five-year reversion closet if they cannot uh start and finish this project within five years that the city has the ability to regain the property through the development agreement some benefits to the local community we did select a developer that has a great track record in this community that is local understands local challenges employing local Builders uh they do in the current Finance Uh current interest rate environment it is difficult to get projects built right now they're providing significant Equity into the project which means that they can get started on this project faster without having to go out to the public markets and deal with that code enforcement has had 26 noted issues on this property from people breaking into that existing home to abandoned vehicles on sites to fires to possible drug uses and so it is a blind and nuisance that we would like to remove this does provide attainable housing as I said in that in that band which what we consider Workforce housing 80 to 120 percent Ami um the sale the property would add to the general fund and it would put this property back on the tax the property tax rolls and essentially bringing in roughly about ninety two thousand dollars in direct property tax into the City of Reno and so in conclusion read my notes Here um we have found a partner with a great track record um leaving this property as is does have its downsides uh potential fire on site additional squatting and we do believe it is the time to to get this property um out of the hands into someone that can our hands into someone that can do something with it and build on the site and provide the housing we all know we need locally in this community and we do have built here to answer any questions they may have a short presentation if you'd like to see it and the proposed motion is to approve the resolution allowing us through that NRS 268063 to sell the property in the in the interest of the public at the negotiated price and allowing the city manager to finalize that agreement later they will come back through an SPD process so that isn't proposed any design elements density aren't proposed in this item Mr McArdle before you go forward you made mention of it but I want to make sure that it's clear um close of this transaction is contingent on the SPD approval is that correct yes and so what does that mean for us today if uh through the process if they propose a specific density in a parking requirement and they would have to go through the SPD process to get that approved if it's not approved this deal would not proceed if there's any emergency access challenges where the site cannot be built upon and the SPD can't be approved the process would stop there so we're not approving the sale of the property today is that correct we are proving only the sale but not the design and the potential project that is going to go on that site let me try again we are not selling the property today we are not selling the property today that is correct okay we are what has to happen for us to sell the property we need to pass a resolution stating that is in the best interest of the public to sell this property number one and that too because it's in the best interest of the prop the public and because it's an economic development project we can sell the project the property for less than fair market value that is the resolution today and the last request is to allow the city manager's office to finalize the agreement so I want to summarize and you correct me where I get it wrong today we are asking the council to make a determination that it is in the best interest of the public for purposes of Economic Development whether that's because of commercial use or new residential units to find that this is an economic development project for which the council would accept eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars for the dirt provided that all manner of other conditions related to the design of the project are met and then approved through the entitlement process at a later date yes okay okay all right thank you so much um from the applicants and see if you have a presentation I think Brian said you may have [Music] thank you madam mayor and council members um we will work to be quick in this process I think the first thing that we like to start is just an introduction of who we are I think Brian was very generous in in calling us uh qualified developers with a great track record and so I have a few bullet points to share about my brother Kurt and I um number one we're fifth generation of Adams and what that means is we're not going anywhere we've been here for a long time he's younger who's older he's my older brother the hairline throws most people off here um my point is is we grew up here my kids were the fourth generation born at St Mary's we care about our impact on the community we're not leaving and so when we enter into an agreement to do a project we mean it and we intend to do it in a way that's lasting our projects are built in finance with intentions to own and operate long term what does that mean it means that when we enter a new project we don't intend to enter it and flip it and sell it and get on and out we enter it and build it and finance it with the intentions that we can stay there and serve the customers they're going to live there so does that guarantee that we're not going to sell it no absolutely not but that does mean that we intend to be the people that can come down to our office on Mayberry and McCarran and say hey the product that you delivered I have this problem with and we respond to it accordingly so again we're here we're not going anywhere and we build our projects with the intention to be able to face our customers every single day um we do have an unlimited B contractor's license what that means is is that we've been qualified by the Nevada state contractors board to build unlimited height and unlimited amounts nearly all of our employees are long-time nebadans with Decades of Industry experience um in a contractor and developer sense my brother and I uh may be young for the industry but we've hired the experience to help supplement all areas to make sure that we are we're doing a good job in all scopes um industry and Community involvement I didn't put up there but over the last two years we've given multiple five figures to a sky Tavern I'm a big fan of what they're doing up there in the continued development to get kids outside and we also are active participants a lot of the High School athletics that helped develop us um from an industry perspective Kurt and I have been volunteers at the Builders Association for more than seven years we've both served as president of the board I personally spent a lot of times on the trade development committee and then Kurt's heavily involved in trade development legislative infrastructure and planning so we do everything that we can to bring the jurisdictions and Industry together because we want to bring more housing and on a personal note and it's not on here um you know I want my kids to be able to live here and so the more that it's hard to enter from the perspective of buying a home and raising a family like the last thing that we want to do is be a part of something that's not creating an opportunity for those that we love to stay here so this this sort of thing is is pretty important to us um as we entered into this project the RFP came out I would like to call attention a project that we've done very very closely we call it calab Studios it's right next to Wells Fargo on California and Arlington it's one parcel away if you will it's a 36 studio apartment project we were grateful to participate in a thousand homes in 120 days initiative to help get that project off the ground we have since a fully paid the city back thank you for that program Council um some things to know about that when it was built we were required to provide eight parking spaces for 36 units the rest is on street parking It Is by design a smaller unit rent starts in the 1300s I'd humbly submit that if you look around on the market for brand new units that are walkable in the world that this is a very difficult price point to hit some other unique things that we've experienced here is we are achieving tenants that don't have a vehicle so we have people that live and work in downtown or security members that work at El Dorado that this product serves really well so we use this as a proof positive case study when this project came available to say hey who are we really trying to serve here and our goal is is from the perspective that this is a Riverfront parcel that's on the bike path that's walkable to the bus station that we believe is near a major employment center not we believe that is near a major employment center in downtown Reno that a smaller product with higher density is a good fit for the location because of the public infrastructure that's there and we're comfortable taking the market risk because we've successfully proven it just down the road um I think all this was previously shared by Brian and so as it pertains to just again you can see the unit mix up there this currently proposed we understand we've got a long ways to get there but the current unit mix really puts us in a position where we can Target more of that missing middle housing and hopefully because a location create more of a walkable bikeable product project the other thing that the council did ask that we dive into and I'm going to take the opportunity to look at here was Essence of affordability with vouchers and tax credits so when this RFP first came out we Dove really really deeply on nine percent tax credits four percent tax credits money is available at the washer housing Consortium Reno housing authority and so for a number of reasons including the pipeline being over full the number of years required to access certain sounds of those funds we continue to work with Reno housing authority and the Washoe housing Consortium as it currently stands and hope to find opportunities as it currently is we don't have any immediate resources to say this is what's going to fit but it's something that we're going to continue to explore and hopefully find a win-win on with that I'm going to let Kurt talk about some of the other technicals that the council brought up uh from previous great thanks Clint um in talking to the the five conditions that came from the first council meeting that we appeared in front of you guys um you know one of the biggest ones in a lesson that I learned intimately through the entitlement process of the Eddies is neighborhood engagement I was a little bit upset to hear that Rhonda feels like we have not yet engaged with her on this project we did go and meet with them on site a month or two back and really talk through their concerns and we continue to work to uh learn about what issues of exist what we can do to curtail them and we'll be working in depth through those with the specific uh or the special planning district process um you know one that I think is at the very utmost of everybody's concern is is emergency vehicle access that alley is is the use of it is not going to change the parking off the alley is not going to change it's just dedicating that actual thoroughfare and classifying it as an emergency vehicle access through way the maybe I can skip to here what you can see here is uh where we're showing the The Wider parking area that's the 26 foot minimum for emergency vehicles for ladder trucks what we had proposed and talked about with Trey and I had not yet got a chance to present this to their HOA which we will be doing on September 20th is widening that that um that access easement that you can see there all the way across such that an emergency vehicle could get all the way to the property line and service both our buildings and their buildings so we've really worked through access and um emergency vehicle concerns and issues in subsequent meetings following identification of what their concerns were and will continue to go through that process and amend the design as appropriate assuming that uh there is a affirmative vote here today so the other major one that we had talked about was the SPD did meet with Angela Foose got a great understanding of what all that entails from the actual authoring of the SPD in our proposal and then obviously the uh the public hearings and and neighborhood advisory Planning Commission City Council meetings come along with it so we are absolutely prepared and uh understand what that's going to involve and look forward to working through that process with everybody in the community um and then yeah I think that's it as far as the remaining conditions that Clinton didn't touch on so with that we'd be happy to to field any questions specific questions you guys may have or give me more background information on ourselves if you'd like that as well all right thank you so much of course nice job okay I'm gonna send it to councilman sure thank you um thank you so much I just I wanted to share that I had an opportunity to meet with belt and go over their plans um in some depth and I was really pleased that they have given a lot of thought to this project um I've been supportive of a multi-family product on this site from the beginning uh I had heard about other proposals that's not what came before us but I was pleased to see a multi-family product um they always say Devil's in the details and I found that the stitchers were very willing to listen and to potentially address the issues so I just wanted to highlight some of the things we talked about I gave them some concerns just to be clear once the whole redistricting goes through if we adopt that later today my award will go right up to across the street from this project so I'm anticipating that and and wanting to give them my input now so they can fold it in instead later Public Safety as I said is number one for me and as you all know the 1200 Riverside next door I had a chance to tour and uh Rhonda thank you for that it was like a three hour tour and we really got to understand what their concerns were about fire um one of the things that that's true is that their building was built in the 70s and it doesn't meet today's fire code in terms of width of access on the side of the building which is I talked to our our Trey Palmer our a person that deals with those kind of things and he said that they need 26 feet plus another 15 at a minimum that's 41 feet in order to be able to lean up a ladder either side and I note that there's a grade a slight grade difference between the two properties that Rhonda and I looked at it when we're out there one of my recommendations to the developers was that they developed in common a wider access that would serve both properties so make sure that they're building set back I think Kurt said to me was planning 10 feet and I think they have 12 feet on the other side so it might need to be a little wider they indicated a willingness to potentially take out one unit in the middle and be able to get that depth and I think that would provide Public Safety to both properties in really nice fashion one of the greatest challenges in these kind of properties is of course with the infill project is you got people on all sides except in this case you have the Truckee river which you have at Eastman from the City of Reno going through and I think that's the greatest challenge is listening and trying to figure out how you can collaboratively work with the Json Property Owners to meet their needs as well we had up on the screen Brian listed things like affordable Workforce housing density Place making sustainability and so on and I think one of those policy concerns is just everybody living well together it may require dropping a few units to make that happen but that should not undermine the um the viability of the project I brought up at the last meeting about parking I reiterated it to them they're going to take a look at that and then the affordable housing issues I I was so pleased to hear Clint talk about how much work he's done to try to research all the options I shared with him that the 80 20 project we if I may have a few moments 80 20 project we worked with with um on the Anova project is the only one in the state and I just asked them is it possible I wrote a letter to the state and we were able to get a million dollars to help underwrite that project is there some potential I mean I'm willing to do that your this looks like it'll be in Ward one you know maybe other members of the council just like Mr responsored a ordinance change you know I think we could help sponsor help you get to where you want to be so I appreciate that it's attainable I would love to see a percentage of affordable and the reason is we sold a piece of land to Jacobs and one of the requirements we put in was a 10 affordable they didn't have to do a PUD they're doing I think just a building permit but those are just some things I'm I'm thinking through so I'm I'm supportive at this time thank you thank you all right go ahead vice mayor thank you madam mayor I want to first start with our city attorney's office one of the public commenters and I believe miss breckis an error was concerned about when the resolution was provided and so I want to make sure that we have addressed that question as I understand it under NRS 241.0208 the issue is is that when we receive the materials it should be the same opportunity for the public so that if a document was provided to us in the meeting we provided in the meeting but if a document was not provided to us except for collective bargaining agreements we're okay am I correct yes that's correct okay thank you check the website to see if the other materials had been uploaded and they were able we were able to access those materials online well and I appreciate um your uh response I I just want to make sure that people are understanding um we are of course very concerned with meeting the requirements of the open meeting well that's why we rely on you to make sure that happens but again the general rule is that we get the material at the same time right and so we've done that and I appreciate that obviously it's best practice if documents that we need to approve are provided to us with as much notice but things happen there's a lot of documents we have a lot of paperwork that we deal with I don't think it's material because ultimately it's contained within the staff report as you said earlier but thank you for the clarification now as to the issue in front of us the question about selling a parcel of land we own and using it to propel a development strategy of the city meaning a Redevelopment strategy of the city I think is what's before us today and and I'm really absolutely honored that the Citrus would continue to work with the City of Reno it is not often that we have folks who are here who are fifth generation folks that are doing the type of development work that you're doing meaning bringing a product type to a previously blighted parcel that benefits the city and so I want to thank you for your commitment to this community like you I'm a fifth generation nevadan and I will say that sometimes that's both a double-edged sword right because I think everybody who lives here where they've been here a week where they've been here you know five generations absolutely has a say in the community where we live and so I want to make sure people understand my position is is that that five generations is really a track record it's it's really saying like the applicants before you the dolans who have made commitments here who have their children in the schools here that have supported the kind of things like Sky Tavern like the Toys for Tots program those are are really the measure of what we understand to be a character-driven issue and so I thank you for that background because I don't think I knew all that background before with regard to the project like Miss Stewart I am supportive I think you are your vision is the kind of vision that we had hoped for I think we got off to a little bit of Rocky start because we are new to the Redevelopment space really as a city we have not been as intentional and purposeful as we are intending to be now and so with Mr mcardle's time here with the city and with Mr edelson's time we are going to go out and make decisions that are in the best interest of this community in a way that will move us forward and so this is one of the first of those projects and so so maybe it got out the gates a little bit slower than was our hope but I think we've had a nice reset and we've been able to meet with you all and see the vision and I'll say too that when we don't see the vision that we are hoping that our folks are interested in that's where we get cautious right that's when we start to ask the type of questions that have now been answered and so I just want to thank you all for engaging in the iterative process for my colleagues who have you know been cautious and and made choices to get us to this point because I do think it creates a better project in the end thank you so much [Music] if we sell this property where's the funds that we sell it from go who would count yeah thank you for the question uh Brian McCarroll revitalization manager it will essentially go into the general fund these are these weren't budgeted this is a property sale okay so it would be generally in the best interest of the City of Reno to get as much money as possible for the sale as property right uh yes assuming is in the best interest for economic development and that has other conditions implied to it that it it's not just for the money but also for the public benefit okay and for the appraisal on this property who completed the appraisal of this I don't have that in front of me but it is the we essentially use three City uh in the city we use three appraisers and we try to mix them up every night every now and then okay so they're city employees no no no these are outside okay all right all right so um I guess my question is um given that the funds from this sale would go into the general fund which we could use to find things like police maybe parking enforcement firefighters whatever other service we may need um why wouldn't we want to sell this to the highest bidder why wouldn't we want to auction this property well I think we intended this project to do a development project on the site we put it out for RFP uh we actually extended the RFP deadline to make sure we got the most the broadest um opportunity to get people to propose anything really for the site and um in terms of getting the right price of this I think there's a lot of other values other than just the price at the end of the day um you know giving opportunities for housing removing blight those are all benefits but at the end of the day excuse me at the end of the day we do want to see Redevelopment and other things achieved the city did pay 105 000 dollars for this property through the delinquency the tax delinquency and so the city already plans to gain quite a bit um this proposed price is very close to the lower of the two appraisals that we received and there are some remaining unknowns on the site whether the density mix changes uh how the you know removing some units to provide fire safety that do put in a little bit of risk to this project and so through negotiations we kind of settled on on that price as the final negotiating price okay and this again this vote is just on yes we'll sell the property correct this has nothing to do with the development itself right okay so really you know what the conditions will be is kind of irrelevant to what the vote we're making today right we're voting on how we should dispose of this property yes okay so I'm struggling to see why it would be in the best interest to maybe sell this property for not the highest dollar amount that we could potentially sell it for and I think that anybody that would buy it would be interested in developing it that would be the point of purchasing it correct correct okay I think my time is up okay all right thank you so much so one of the things that I believe it's required and maybe um even maybe our city manager wants to talk a little bit about this because we've gone through this over and over again because I've had the same concerns one of the things you never want to really auction because you're throwing you're just kind of rolling the dice you don't know what's going to happen you don't know who ends up buying it what their intention is that's the very reason that we go out and we request do rfps and things like that um also you can run the risk that you know to Megan's point that possibly you end up getting a lot less right when you go out to auction so we've seen that too before so that's why typically this is the best way to do it if you're truly wanting to plan an area that is a community benefit or something that the community desperately needs like housing or those types of things the other thing um maybe a city manager clarify but I do know that it has to be um it it has to have an appraisal it also has to be within a certain period of time for that appraisal to be valid and then um it's got to be market rate I believe right so it doesn't necessarily so there are like nine questions let me I know sorry but maybe I just think some woman Ebert brings up some good things but I think there's some history here that everyone should know so it's not just like hey we're just you know throwing it to the wind I think you correctly and appropriately describe the many ways in which we can dispose of property which which run the gamut from um just an auction to um in some cases the Redevelopment tools that we have at our disposal are are even more flexible than this um we are here today because the direction we receive from the council originally with respect to what to do with zero Riverside was to go out and engage um interested parties through the RF process to find out what was possible um and if we like those ideas perhaps we would pursue them and if we didn't then perhaps we would take another run at whether or not we should auction a parcel that's that's at fallow for a number of years um as Mr McArdle described we went out we received um three that we were interested in and we put them through the scoring Matrix that was that was described earlier today um essentially doing it this way allows us to to put our thumb on the scale of of the type of project being built on the site and what we would like to see it allows us to be partners in the development of the space so that we can provide high quality product and experience for the community at large were we to engage in just a direct auction of the property um our control would be limited to the entitlement process the zoning code in place and just the building review essentially if you if you went out into a If a pure arm's length transaction in that sense we would not we would have less control over what happened on the site and so that's the rationale for why we're using this process um you know I I think in turn I don't want to misstate it but we had a slide up early in the presentation that talked about the statutory process by which you can dispose of property for less than fair market value it requires us to make a finding that it's in the best interest of the public and the case laid out for that finding I think was pretty clear for Mr McArdle with respect to the Improvement on the ground of you know conditions in the housing space for our community the blighted nature of the property onto I suppose the the more gauche aspect of this is just direct repeating Revenue into the general fund on a year-over-year basis well I I think it's kind of interesting because we've had a lot of conversation about this land for many many years because I've always said that is so special but also and I talked to a lot of um and honestly I was hoping that we would see other projects come in with that RFP you guys know that I was pretty vocal about it but I also talked to a lot of developers because I was like you know what do you think about this and they're like I think it's really really challenging so I mean that's the other risk that you run um or you could turn it into pickleball courts things like that right but I think when we're talking about best use and Community use um housing you know is probably first on our list so um but that was the other thing I was surprised that we didn't get more but that's because so in in my research what I found out was this parcel is there it can be um difficult right so um so that's why I think when we say you know what's the cost um you know you have to factor that in too and I would say it goes to show you because it it remained vacant for so long right so that was the only um that I just I think people don't realize about when we look at something it's not always that you can just go and build and do what you want sometimes it's pretty extensive and um intricate so anyway okay uh go ahead councilwoman Taylor thank you madam mayor um Brian you had US flight up it was uh I think it was nine and this is just helps me get to the numbers of course we would want to sell this property for the maximum value we could but it looks to me like we're at a difference of about maybe twenty thousand dollars based on what the SPD is going to cost which is a benefit to the city and to the developer that we're asking them to go through so if we look at the 850 and then the 65 000 Pro price we're pretty close to what that fair market value is and then I was wondering if you could just answer a couple questions about when we have blight when we have fires when we have code enforcement I mean I would imagine there's a cost to the city when we have to send fire department out there when we have to send police out there when we have to have code enforcement go out there and take care of the squatters right and I think if we're looking at about 20 grand it's we're way above that and what it's going to cost us in the city to maintain this as a blighted piece of property and I'm just asking the question that is absolutely true uh I'll add that once the property is finished it goes the annual property tax does go back into the City and so in the first year the 92 000 that would be recouped in property tax from this development would easily cover the the spread sure so I'm not looking at his loss to the city and just you know for the record I was supportive of this project at the very beginning and I appreciate the work that you and your team and the sisters have done with um development services to get us to the SBD process where we can start working out some of the details um so thank you very much appreciate your help thank you all right councilman Ruckus I'm gonna be really specific on this I recognize from the um you know iteration from the last meeting that built went out and tried to figure out a way to bring a subsidized component to the project they didn't get there what did you originally recommend was the public purpose for housing was it commitment of some funds to the Housing Trust Fund no it was uh I think the request was to meet with the RHA RHA to see if they would uh take housing vouchers specifically I thought that was something that came up from this table and you came to us with a different proposal that we were going to put some fun per unit or something into our um Housing Trust Fund I'm not aware of anything okay that's fine um they did due diligence they didn't get there now so the public benefit has been diminished a little bit from our last iteration I think that can be replaced by resetting the price part that's number one number two they are talking in their specific language about this access and the alley and the city coordinating with the alley and the fire department I think that should get stripped out I don't want the planning department to you know have that language and be like oh you know we're going to redo this Alec particularly for people who have access off of that alley and aren't at this table here today and weren't noticed okay I've represented that area and there are other parties who use that alley let it come through the SPD process strip that out reset the property the price to reflect that there's not going to be a public uh housing component we'll get more money in the general fund do what we want with it put it into our Housing Trust Fund to strip out that alley component but three I want to talk about this resolution that I just got about a minute ago um there's some weird language in here that I think is mirrored in the um agreement that says that they're going to cease to expand commercial activities or see um uh it's c the title page of your resolution second sentence of paragraph C of your resolution additionally this Council determines that there's a need for the construction residential housing and commercial facilities so to support the establishment of new commercial Enterprise or facilities for residents of the city there's also mirred language in the agreement I'm seeing commercial I'm not the statutory language it's the statutory language of the finance okay okay that's that's fine I can live with that um okay so that clarifies that so the provisions I'm looking forward to move forward are one we reset the purchase price to 937 two we strip out that ale language and three the red line version of the development agreement comes back to this table prior to closing I don't want five new paragraphs Dropped In You Know by staff that we don't see so that's where I get there comfortably I'm you know everything else I look forward to talking to built I hope they can move forward I've supported uh you know that there are there they were a good proposer even though I was disappointed that we didn't get the other two and the second the second proposer had a meeting with me in the interim period and they're ready to rock and roll as is Miss Gilbert who feels she was misled and what the purchase price would ultimately be so I wouldn't be there's there's two good offers standing behind um whether or not miss Gilbert's still around I don't know because the building she wanted to save got torn down but there are people behind um but I I do believe in built um although and you know I'm willing to see what they get you know how they propose the SPD I think that's a good approach they may find like I found that the eight parking spaces they created on California Avenue are causing problems for the neighborhood the My Favorite Muffin person who's on that building for a long time says that their tenants are parking in the morning and when they have their Peak businesses their folks are out there on the street but that's not their problem that's the city's problem for not managing our on-street parking when we reduce parking rates so that's going to be a topic to have discussion with them okay thank you councilman thank you okay uh councilman Martinez thanks so much Mayor Bill thank you all for being here and providing some of that context Mr Ricardo thank you for all your work and your team's work on getting you know this project to this phase and creating a rubric to be able to filter out some of the rfps that we got and come to the best use of this property um I will say that providing more attainable housing injecting in our general fund with not just the sale but the annual property taxes that are going to come in from this or benefit to our community and removing some of that blight in the nuisance calls and calls for service that we keep getting from this site and I know this doesn't necessarily have to do with the sale but just out of curiosity in the front near the river is that a trail that I see in slide eight is that kind of what you all are thinking of putting in in the landscape design yeah in the landscape I think that was just a proposed landscape design yeah [Music] yes there is a city easement that I believe goes about 50 feet you can actually see the line right there um that we have to retain because it's on the banks of the Truckee River those easements will be retained and so this is just a landscape design while maintaining the existing easement to the neighboring property but then also that River easement on the Frontage okay sounds good thank you so much so this goes back again to the sale of the property is auction the only option we have for sale of property I believe so that would be the only other option so we couldn't list it at market value so I don't we don't generally list property if we're going to sell it we would we would auction it and there's a requirement that we sell it for fair market value unless we unless we make the findings that it's in the best interest of the public as an economic development project here okay so we're currently selling it at a reduced rate not fair market value right that we're below the estimate that's the proposal yes so we could sell it at fair market value right you could try Okay um well I'm looking at the uh turkey Meadows Regional planning agency most recent uh most recent uh data that we have and it says that we are um our apartment vacancy rate is only at 2.95 which is very low so I'm fairly confident that there's a high demand for building apartments and for land especially for infill within the City of Reno um I know that it's been stated that it was decided that all the development supposed to happen in in the North Valleys but this is a great opportunity to everyone's point that this is a nice area for uh work uh close proximity jobs to have these apartments built so I think this is a very desirable location and what did you state we we acquired this property for for the delinquent taxes 105 000 105 000. so um we're actually taking a little bit more of a loss right we've paid 105 000 we're going to sell it for a little bit less than market value correct we purchased it for 105 000 The Proposal before today is uh is to sell it at 150 000. okay I mean 850 000 sorry okay so basically what like seven hundred thousand dollars then yes so we're selling this property for seven hundred thousand dollars okay yes so I could sell my house and buy this property basically like this isn't a large amount of money for this property downtown this is a desirable piece of property like I I could imagine that a lot of people would want to buy it and develop it and anybody that comes in would have to go to Planning Commission right this isn't like you buy it and nobody would have to come before any commission or Council I could just put whatever they want in there correct it that would be the assumption that there are buyers actively interested in purchasing this property and that's why we do the RFP process to cast a very wide net to get those proposals I'll add that of the three we received none of them came anywhere near the the fair market value price this was and we took in pricing into account in the scoring um this came as close to the to the full appraised value okay was there any reason why they didn't give a fair market value their first proposal was very close to fair market value after the last council meeting with a lot of the conditions and the discussions uh through due diligence and negotiations that is the number we settled at so they didn't give a reason why just other than we can have them come up and discuss that so we could I would also say for context part of what pushed us into the RF process was we had to competing unsolicited proposals for the property and rather than choose winners and losers through that process the council directed us to go through the RF the RF process and this proposal was far more competitive than any of the other proposals that came in it was more competitive than the unsolicited proposals that pushed us into this process in the first instance and so the assumption that there are fair market value buyers out there I think at least in our previous experience and what led us to use this process today isn't exactly right okay so my other concerns are this isn't a flood area so what happens if this property floods that will be addressed through the SPD process of all the existing uh improvements that they will need to not impact the flood plain whatsoever Okay so the other concern is [Music] you know I still have 30. you're over 40. okay go ahead okay well I'll just continue the line of my colleague I was too gonna bring up that the flooding on this property has put it in a bit of a quagmire most developers have a challenge with doing anything but just building on the ground with footings this one's going to require building a a parking garage essentially at the bottom so that that area can flood and there's very specific requirements about how you have to build that kind of facility to equalize flooding on both sides you know you have to have venting and pillars and you know a variety of things so that it does flooded drains and that um the people will be safe so I I commend the developer for anticipating it and solving the problem up front because that's been my greatest Challenge on this property so thank you councilmember Ebert for bringing that up the other questions I had were at SPD I believe it comes to council but can you confirm that it will is my understanding we'll go before the nabs the Planning Commission and back to council okay and you answered a critical question I had earlier which is what if we don't achieve Kumbaya and they don't come up with an SPD that is acceptable to the council at the time it sounds like the sale would fall through okay and then finally there was a there was a comment in the documents about the manager finalizing the agreement and I was very unclear about what other terms need to be finalized like what what do you foresee and why wouldn't that not come to us I'm not clear okay I don't foresee there to be any additional material terms okay space I think we're just reducing the red lines to reflect what happens today okay that's helpful I I you know I like it when the final agreements come back to us frankly I mean that may be considered by some extra step but I'm always worried what else got in there something that may have been viewed as non-consequential to some might be viewed as consequential to us so I think when we're doing agreements I like to keep them at the council finally on the price I would have liked to see a higher price I'm real honest about that um I I understand they've made an argument in all lives about a negotiation making a deal um you know so it's not the deal I might have made personally but I do understand why you went there and the concern from the developer I would have liked to see baked in something about the affordable housing they tried they can get there but I hope they'll continue trying because I have a feeling it's going to be something that we'll look for in the SPD so I'll just uh and finally I was a little confused about this alley so I thought all it was there were no changes to the alley other than improving it potentially but I didn't think that anybody would be restricted from use that currently uses the alley no parking would be interfered with in fact they told me they were going to add some extra parking along the alley um uh what do you call inline type parking but I mean it's not anticipated to change the world is it I'm asking I was in the impression that it needs to be clear of obstructions to have it clear but the existing uh parking stalls to neighboring units would be would remain right so I think they needed 26 feet or something and there is 26 feet there and nobody else would be restricted right if it's if it's their emergency access or their fire access that doesn't change anybody else's property rights right right okay just want to make sure all right Madame mayor any further questions hold on I just want to make sure okay councilwoman breakfast and then I'm going to go to councilwoman Ebert and then I mean I'd like to make a motion so when you're ready for a motion um no we're not okay okay councilman Ebert back to you get back on my thought train here um sorry bear with me here for a second um the other concern I have you know with parking and I've expressed this a lot um in the resolution we got shortly or just a little while ago um there's something in here that says um NRS 268- uh or 0.063 provides that the city may sell pop real property for the purpose of Economic Development without first offering it to the general public and for less than the fair market value as uh if the city council by resolution determines that it is in the best interest of the public to do so the proposed project meets the definition of economic development under NRS 268.63 can we get that NRS code like it's not Mr clerk would you please pull up the slide deck oh it's up would you just go to the slide where the statue is please all right bye [Music] Plus I think one more there you go okay this is a summary of the NRS statue okay it is fairly short but it says that the city may sell lease or dispose of a property if for the purpose of Redevelopment and economic development and because this property is not in the Redevelopment area we are going with the economic development option um and the definition of economic development means a new and expanding commercial Enterprise meaning a business or some other um commercial Enterprise or residential housing and so this project is for residential housing so it meets the criteria that it can be considered an economic development project okay and [Music] also on the turkey Meadows Regional planning Agency for the City of Reno there's a a bullpoint in here that says um for public facilities and services the city's concurrency management system ensured that the provision of adequate public facilities and infrastructure to support the existing and planned development of private developers were responsible for building infrastructure for their projects does this include parking spaces for the number of Apartments don't we have a provision that says that there need to be parking spaces a certain number of parking spaces per units that would be addressed through the SPD process there's a specific zoning currently on the site under the original RFP they were going to request the zone change after a direction from Council it was decided to go through that special planning district what a special planning district does is essentially create its own special criteria for that lot okay so all those concerns will be addressed through that process okay thank you all right Council if there are no more questions I'm going to Senate councilman breakfast go ahead yeah I'm gonna see how this goes I'm gonna move to um let's see can you get the motion on the table uh recommend the adoption uh a resolution um with the condition modifications that the purchase price is nine hundred thirty thousand dollars the language in the um agreement about court the city coordinating with the fire department is stripped out and that the city managers to finance is to finalize the agreement and bring the um bring the document back to the council upon for consideration after adoption of an SBD okay can you um councilman breakfast explained the reason for the um the fire component again well I think that that's the only design consideration that is really something in the SPD and it doesn't even sound like it's necessary because you know Mr McArdle said well they want to make sure it's clear clear of obstructions well I can tell you right now every alley should be clear of obstructions if they aren't there's a problem that's an operational issue so number two is um I don't think it's necessary but I don't want the fire department to take this agreement and say you know we need to be telling these people that they can't put their trash cans here or so on I mean I think that when the SPD goes through everyone on that alley is gonna get notice and be able to talk about their needs and issues with the alley I don't want this development to have an increased uh city council preference for their alley use when we have other people here I don't think there's many issues and I ride my bike down that area fairly often but there are people who back up to them to it and there may have to be um uh you know like offset Drive stalls or something because you don't want two people having backup but anyway I think it's just unnecessary and I think we should bring the um applicant up to see if they're agreeable with that okay thank you I have a motion there's a second do I have a second hold second all right I have a motion in a second any discussion well I would like to hear if they're they're okay with that sure um thanks for calling me up uh Kurt Stitzer uh in response to a couple of the conditions that you put on your motion first the alleyway um that whole thing came from a meeting with Trey Palmer subsequent to my meeting with Trey Palmer okay and what he was saying is it's actually a 20 foot clear not 26 for that emergency vehicle access and without that emergency vehicle access thoroughfare along that side of the property yeah this site is not developable for the The Proposal but that's that's a standard to all alleys so Trey Palmer you know is not I mean he needs to be arguing that at the SPD case not here embedding it in an agreement is my view I mean I don't want to speak for him so yeah okay yeah our conversation but okay with the current fire code and because if you look at it different than you know or it's no different than a downtown alley in a downtown infill site high density high-rise project there's certain things that you need to be able to do and that was something that needs to happen to meet the spirit of the code for development to happen on this property um and so that's that's where that that came from um as far as the the dollar value so taking it from the 9 30 7 5 or whatever it is to 850. there's two components to that so the first being the uh condition to put on this this uh project by counts of the SPD there's significant cost associated with an SPD we did our best to assign a conservative value of what that would be to offset the cost of land otherwise if we were to buy it at auction or otherwise an SPD would not be required so we thought it was a fair adjustment the other one is the reversion to acreage which was requested be handled in the RFP by City staff that was pushed back on us and so that's that difference that you were talking about so that's that extra 22.5 that makes up the differences there is going through and doing the reversion to acreage to take the 40-something APNs that are on the site right now to get it back to a single APN to be developable as a multi-family project so to give you guys a little extra context to two of your additional requests that's that's why we proposed them the way that we did also let me just ask you because I don't really know and but I know once you get to like this point you you've already invested I would assume um do you have any idea how much I would to this tune of about thirty thousand dollars for the RFP process alone just for the RFP problems didn't you have to bring in other Consultants Architects civil engineers uh flood professionals all that stuff have you done that yeah that was all part of our RFP process um and then subsequent all of the work that's been done to address the conditions from the last meeting has been essentially my time um allocated to working through all these conditions okay setting meetings with City staff and neighborhoods and things like that okay okay all right thank you so much okay we're out of time so I've got a moment and a second on the floor yep oh I have a comment on the motion um okay so I have a motion is second and go ahead councilman uh or vice mayor Reese thank you madam mayor I'm not going to support the motion um I think uh what has become apparent is that we as a body uh have competing interests in the economic development space and we haven't quite figured that out because again as I referenced earlier it's newer to us this Economic Development concern so when we have property that we own we have in the time that I've been on the council sometimes sold it for absolute fair market value in an arms like transaction to folks that has happened we've also given property away entirely a hundred percent um and when it in advance our interests mostly it's been in the area of Housing and low-income and affordable housing and then we've had discounts right we've had discounts where we either discount the property to make it so that the projects we want to see be built there or built here ultimately I think you gentlemen have engaged in iterative process with our staff where we had an RFP process that has been expensive one to undertake but also has been one that's been a negotiating agreement and I just think that in good faith you have presented what you believe is the dollar amount which will make this project work for you all and I think that we have few tools in the economic development toolbox to use and when we do have them to advance in interest which we have which here it's housing and tax revenue that comes from that housing we've done the part that we're required to do Under the statute and I don't think it is for us to grind every dollar out of you we want for your success we are essentially entering into a partnership if this is approved with you to make sure that this project is built so if we layer on onerous conditions if we layer on expenses that were not anticipated we are going to cost the project success and I don't want to do that so I'm not supportive of the ward one members motion all right thank you anyone else all right I have a motion and a second all those in favor say aye [Music] aye all those opposed nay nay uh motion fails okay I'm gonna send it to you vice mayor Madam mayor I moved to approve the resolution stating it's in the best interest of the public to convey city-owned property to build for a below fair market value of 850 000 for an economic development project and to authorize a city manager to finalize the agreement the mayor to execute any Deeds to transfer the property and the city manager to execute and deliver all documents to close the sale all right I have a motion to have a second [Music] any discussion all those in favor say aye aye aye all those opposed to post motion carry six one thank you I'm not sure this one Jenny supported all right thank you very much thank you all right we are going on a uh break I think we've been sitting here awesome a long time four and a half a very long time okay good all right so I want everyone to get up um get something to eat and then we will have an attorney client we are going to reconvene at 3 30. all right dirty okay like questions okay Mr Clerk okay Mr vice mayor we are ready when you are okay we're gonna start uh with item I think b11 and then we've got to go through a number of our consent items are we uh are we done with going out of order for as far as you know okay so let's start at b11 and we'll get started there but remind me uh it was pulled by Miss breckis I think b11 that is correct so we are reconvening at uh 3 35 p.m and just noting that uh mayor shivian council member Ebert absent at this time understand so we're on to item b11 uh the franchise for bird as pulled by member breckis uh welcome Mr burnabin how are you I'm good thank you good um Suzanne groneman for the records you have a brief presentation also with us uh virtually from bird is TJ burkel and then um actually before I jump in really quick I want to take this opportunity to introduce my new program assistant Jesse Joe Rigo she's sitting behind me um so she is supporting our sustainability program now also and I apologize the last name for Jesse Rico r-i-c-o okay okay great thank you um so to to kick us off um this is an amendment to our existing franchise agreement with bird this is one small amendment to one section of the agreement regarding the fees that the city receives next slide oh sorry it's right in front of me um so to give a little background of why we're here um bird has been actively engaging with the Reno access advisory committee to um offer adaptive vehicles in our market and they have not been able to do that yet and I'll talk about that here in a second and so this is sort of an interim solution that bird and the city have come up with to support our adaptive program so to date bird has committed to donating helmets to the Adaptive Recreation program that addresses some safety concerns that the Reno access advisory committee had and those will be distributed at Evelyn Mountain Northeast Community Center and Rosewood um where our new program is housed the Adaptive offerings are local market dependents so bird does have adaptive scooter offerings in other markets however the particular vendor that they use does not exist here in Reno they are working with a vendor that is in here in re here in Reno however that has not come to fruition yet so this is an interim solution that we came up with to help support the program and then lastly bird has offered to show where our adaptive centers are in their app so that if folks are looking for those adaptive adaptive Vehicles they can go to the Bird app and see where we have them in the City of Reno and this also helps on the community engagement side so this amendment just amends our existing contract our franchise fee portion to add an additional one cent per ride to go toward the city adaptive Recreation program specifically adaptive micro mobility and then that adaptive Recreation payment shall be due upon the same terms stated in the existing contract and to go briefly into what our adaptive Recreation program is I have April wolf here and she's going to hop up here just for a couple slides to go over that vice mayor and Council for the record my name is April wolf I'm the therapeutic recreation specialist for City of Reno um so we let bird know what current adaptive offerings that we have in this community provided by City of Reno um the first and our original one was the adaptive equipment rental program um so that rental program allows us to rent all of our adaptive recreation equipment every anything from an Adaptive cycle to a beach wheelchair to a hiking chair so we have a variety of equipment available and that program works on either a day rental or up to a month-long rental so as I mentioned a variety of types of equipment available and then that equipment would have to be transported by the renter so we typically house all of our adaptive equipment out of the Evelyn Mount Northeast Community Center somebody would submit an inquiry that they were interested in renting a particular piece of equipment with specific dates and then they would arrange an appointment at the Evelyn Mount Northeast Community Center new this year we launched our brand new adaptive cycle Link Center out at Rosewood nature study area so the previous Rosewood Lakes golf course at 6800 Pembroke this is a seasonal program that will be offered May through September we have a variety of hours that we are open it offers a single ride opportunity so if somebody was visiting the Reno Tahoe area and just wanted to grab an Adaptive bike and get on the trail they can do a single ride or we have a membership option which allows them to use the Adaptive Cycling Center throughout the entire season those adaptive Cycles are stored and rode directly from the center and there is no Transportation needed so a lot of we learned a lot of the barrier of accessing adaptive Vehicles is that the fact that they're very cumbersome and large to transport so just on the next slide I don't know which button just a few pictures of kind of the equipment that we do have available um so the first is councilman Taylor at our opening of the Adaptive Cycling Center this is one of our newest and most popular adaptive bikes it's side by side in power assist so it allows a person with a disability and a caregiver to be able to ride together that's our beach wheelchair that's being rented and used at a beach in Tahoe and then we have a variety of adaptive mountain bikes we're able to take councilman and Reese out to Sierra Vista Park on Friday for Community bike day to see the variety of adaptive mountain bikes we have in our Fleet foreign for the record so with that um this is our recommendation to council to approve the amendment to the franchise agreement for shared Mobility between the City of Reno and bird and out of one cent per ride fee to be paid by bird to the City of Reno to support the city adaptive Recreation program and I will take any questions yeah so I was expecting a little different item to come to our agenda when we Revisited bird franchise agreement then you know a modification of this nature which seems to do some good but it's not addressing the concerns that I have and you wrote a memo maybe early summer kind of categorizing the bird you know franchise agreement to date remember that memo you set out uh yes I believe that was for the annual report the annual report yeah and you said we've received how much in franchise agreements money funds um in the first year it was around 120 000 I don't remember the exact amount okay so then the okay so a hundred and twenty thousand dollars but for them to have the privilege of a franchise but during that period and that's what jumped out to me there were 1100 complaints so I don't know how much it costs to process a complaint through Reno direct and whoever but you know maybe a hundred and twenty thousand dollars you know if you're getting that many in a year three a day and so that your your memo on the annual report raised some questions for me and I did through my liaison asked for a follow-up where you know were these complaints um categorized or something and you said most of them were obstruction complaints and I've heard a lot of that concern as a matter of fact some of the LA some of the strongest voices of concern about the bird franchise have been from the folks who would be eligible for the Adaptive Recreation program but I don't see how this solves the Thousand complaints or the concerns of that population I mean maybe one cent will allow some more equipment that they could go um you know use at some point but it doesn't mitigate the OBS you know all these thousand complaints in a year so what was your thinking um I know you didn't put this on the agenda to you know discuss an evaluation of the franchise do you plan on that coming later or you know it's okay to have a thousand complaints are we feeling how do we feel it's doing Mr Hall can we weigh in here our agenda item is stylized not for an entire review of the bird contract so I'm worried that we're getting off track on what the agenda is a little far field from the whether or not we're going to apply one percent in addition to support this so we're amending the franchise agreement to get a little more money for adaptive Recreation we're not if we're not we're going to continue the relationship as I recall and it can be canceled at any time by notice of parties um so everyone's happy with how it's working well I I'm not happy I don't think this amendment is getting there I hear and see from you know residents in the core that there are too many Bird School scooters that there's too many obstructions and I just I just feel like this amendment is not addressing some legitimate concerns primarily you know from people who who need the sidewalks free of obstruction and um I'm just I'm very concerned that we've got the wrong issue in front of us we need a performance audit an independent performance audit of how the franchise agreement is working for us and you know if this is the priority so be it we'll take a boat but I will I'm not supporting it and I'm I'm really feel that those thousand complaints are just been blown off because we're mending it without even addressing you know these concerns people have which are significant Miss breakfast for my part I'll just say that I'm not blowing those concerns off I don't think any of us are it's just that it's not the right time to address them so my understanding and maybe again legal can help us with this Miss groenerman I know that you were intimately involved if you know the answer certainly provide it what is the term of our agreement is it from year to year was it a three-year term I just don't have it in front of me because that was not the agenda's item Suzanne gruntman for the record it's a three-year term with no automatic renewals where about one one and a half years into it yeah so I I guess for my part I miss breakfast I see it a little differently there is going to come a time where we're going to have to address some of the concerns that you are raising legitimately about issues we've had with the operator although I will say I receive a lot of very good and positive feedback as well here is just the idea that when they came initially to us as a city and offered us the exclusive franchise agreement we agreed to do that they had told us there would be certain adaptive equipment that would be available that adaptive equipment is not available in this market because there is not a contractor who is capable of doing those and so they are saying in lieu of what we told you we could do we're going to make up for it in this other way which is this additional one cent fee or cost per ride that would then generate money which you could apply to Adaptive Recreation am I correct about that um yes so And to clarify we specifically use the word fee because it's not necessarily a cost it is something that bird may or may or may not be out of pocket for so um we were very um specific with that word but correct and we actually and I say we I was I was there but I did not speak bird presented um to the Reno access advisory committee with these ideas I believe in their June meeting June it was June 26th 27th I don't remember the exact date I apologize but it was the end of June um and they were very pleased with these options uh meaning the access advice correct he was in favor of this as the solution correct okay let's see if I have any other questions from colleagues of course so first of all thank you so much Suzanne you you've done a phenomenal job I'm super grateful for your hard work and all that you've been doing in the sustainability space I know I send you a lot of emails like hey check this out check this out but you've done a fantastic job so thank you for bringing this forward but April why don't you come up because I don't know anyone in the city that works harder than this woman who is I have so much respect for you are amazing at what you do what you've brought to the table um you know at access and I mean there is not a better advocate so I'd love to hear from you and what your thoughts are because it really matters to me um so for the record April wolf therapeutic recreation specialist um so this was something when we are looking at doing the Adaptive Cycling Center we were looking at other markets and what they were doing and how they were funding their programs so we actually reached out to a non-profit that's in the Seattle area that has their adaptive Cycling Center funded by their dot um this kind of got the brain thinking of how can we do something for sustainability for adaptive options in this community bird was very open to looking and coming back to the Reno access advisory committee and saying Yep this was something that we proposed when we initially came to this Market unfortunately at this time we don't have that option but they were willing to support what is existing in this community so we're excited to see that it will be embedded into their app so anybody with a disability that's looking at the Bird app and wanting to know what is available it will direct them directly to the Adaptive rental program or the Adaptive Cycling Center as an option going forward so they're not kind of in a circle of trying to find find what is available for that population so I'm really excited to work with bird and um please that they brought that up as a possible solution in the interim okay and are there other um other ways we can also be supportive what else can we do I'm just being advocates for making sure that opportunities brought to the city are accessible for all and as we continue to look at Future contracts and franchise agreements that we make sure that it serves all of our community with and without disabilities yeah thank you so much because honestly I'm not so sure if we didn't have you at the table we wouldn't nearly do half of the initiatives because it you know to to your point we have got to really pay attention um to you know people with disabilities because oftentimes they are not seen and so I would just beg this Council in any way possible to keep thinking about that and then I wonder is there um maybe something on the RTC side can we kind of can we work on those things yeah I would love to see opportunities to to get similar support from Department of Transportation for long-term sustainability of adaptive options in micro Mobility and are you aware if they do any right now no no okay well let's get you on their agenda they're probably freaking out right now and I'm saying that no I'm just kidding I'm just kidding but I definitely think it's time to get you on the agenda over there um because also I think you know we're at a different day and time over there and um just thinking about ways in which we um select Transportation much differently but thank you so much thank you so grateful and Madam mayor and Miss wolf don't leave just yet because item b14 I have pulled it here in a few minutes we're gonna have another conversation I think that'll be important to that any other questions or comments at this time floor is yours so this this charging right they're just encourage Suzanne run on the third record so the current agreement does not um ask them to submit their costs or what they charge the writer um they may or may not um TJ is on the line he may be able to more specifically answer that question but this is just the franchise fee that comes to us we don't know on their side how they will handle that amount okay so are there specifics in the contract that say you know the rate is locked in or they can change that or there is not okay so they can change the rate to whatever they want at any given time and doesn't need to come to council for approval correct okay all right um I do have some concerns about safety and all those other things I realize this is not the appropriate time to talk about it but maybe we can get that on the agenda for a future time considering we've had a thousand complaints I have concerns about safety with helmets and DUIs on on scooters and things like that so I would just like to have an appropriate time to discuss those concerns we'll take a look thank you okay any other questions at this time I understand Miss breakfast you are not inclined to move to approve so I'll make the motion move to approve staff recommendations upper amendment is to address 1100 complaints in one year that's a lot and I've talked to some of these people they are very hot about it and some of them like I said are the folks who who are eligible for our adoptive Recreation program so in the one hand we're say our highest value here of amending the franchise agreement is to do something for these folks you know consistent with our original terms but there's a lot of folks are out there suffering and wanting recourse from this um you know franchisee and I just I can't believe the council is not you know seeing it this way maybe you haven't heard about all these obstructions we all got the memo right of the that categorized the 1100 complaints the annual report memo was a council memo yes okay okay well this isn't the priority for me for the franchise agreement I I think I think bird has a role but I think it's on on us to make sure it's done in a safe Manner and I I hear too often it's not and I I think 1100 complaints in one year is evidence of that so are you saying because of the complaints the month's not approved let's open up let's if we want to continue I think that's a different conversation though because I want to show you that we are supportive of our adaptive Community do you think that's a different conversation or no councilman breakfast I think if we're going to open up the franchise agreement we open it up to address what we've seen in the annual report and what we saw in the annual report is 1100 complaints and we need to understand how this franchisee is performing safely for our public and this it could be a minor side piece to that but we've got a real issue to tackle and I'm not willing to say oh well it'll come on later it needs to come on in a comprehensive Amendment to the franchise agreement if we're going to continue that relationship thank you Suzanne it comes back to us every year am I right the franchise agreement it doesn't it does not no yeah but how often does it it was a three-year content with no renewals I thought okay and we're a year where you're in we're about a year and a half in okay okay all right okay okay any additional comments yeah can we can we bring this back on the agenda to talk about safety issues in the thousand plus complaints we've had I just said that we would okay okay thank you okay no additional comments at this time okay I'll call for the question I'll order some paper please signify by saying aye aye aye any opposed opposed motion carries can I clarify was the second by council member Taylor by Miss do okay thank you very much okay we're on to item B13 uh Bravo 13 is pulled by council member Ebert Madame mayor good afternoon for the record Kurt Dietrich City traffic engineer uh before council is a contract extension for the 2022 traffic signal on-call contract uh so the question becomes what is the traffic signal on-call contract um so that's been an annual contract that we've uh done for a little over a decade uh traditionally it's a one-year contract with an option to extend one additional year it's a mainly intended for emergency work if a signal goes dark due to a crash in the middle of the night we have that mechanism to call on contracted forces to take care of that signal and typically it's a work that's too large for City Maintenance Crews to tackle on their own so that includes foundations conduit runs Etc in the roadway and then it also includes reimbursable work that City Maintenance Crews can't cover such as banners on Street lighting so the current on-call contract was executed April 13th of last year at 739 600 the not to exceed amount um so we um we projected that contract until August 31st of this year to better align our fiscal years and the option to extend one additional year if greed by a city and contractor was written in the contract and the mechanism to do so is the change order before Council and I'm also of note this contract is funded out the street fund so the benefits of the contract extension as it walks in 2022 bid pricing if we were to go out to contract today more than likely there'd be a cost isolations um uh due to inflation and it also provides a timely response for emergencies uh without having to do individual bid documents for every single occurrence so the changeover before Council includes that one year time extension from August 31st of this year to uh 2024 with a 400 000 increase so that brings up the new not to exceed amount of one million one hundred thirty nine thousand six hundred and of note that 400 000 increase was funded through the fiscal year 2324 CIP process and with that if anyone has any questions I just want more information on this um so thank you is that it all right will you give us a motion please I have a question go ahead councilman breakfast was this the one that added in some work for first and Sierra Street uh correct that's a work in progress yeah yeah well plan Place making effort or um so uh RTC um is actually reconstructing that intersection so there was an opportunity for us to replace that traffic signal system uh without having to tear the road uh twice so CRM First Street is under resigned by RTC that's correct thank you uh Ebert give us some motion please motion to approve item B17 second I have a motion and a second all those in favor say aye aye all those opposed motion carries unanimously okay we are heading into item B13 14 or is it third okay we're heading into b14 and I believe that's councilwoman Ebert nope sorry I'm all over the place council members I should listen to you I should have you direct the meeting like you're supposed to and I'm not supposed to be doing that right so I'm not doing a good job that's okay item b14. Mr Clerk thank you go ahead just for clarification the last motion was approval of B13 correct yes okay thank you numbers I do have a quick presentation on this if you'd like me to run through that great sure all right so brief presentation on the Sierra Vista parking lot and restroom improvements project his Park's located in Ward 5 just west of McLean High School North of man Avenue off Beaumont Parkway in Northwest Reno the scope of this project includes the construction of a new building pad for the insulation of a Precast restroom building unit and new asphalt parking lot area with 36 parking stalls including three ADA Compliant parking stalls adjacent to the restroom building and if you haven't been to the site the existing golf course clubhouse is no longer there and a major component of this project is filling in the hole that it left to build this parking lot this project will also remove and replace the aging and failing asphalt drive or entrance to the park as shown on the right here this slide shows a picture of the restroom building that was selected and will be installed once the pad is complete with this project the parks manager Matt brezina will be bringing the purchase of this restroom to council I believe on September 13th and if approved due to the long lead times to procure this building it wouldn't be installed till probably spring of 2024. Council approved the 22-23 HUD annual action plan that allocated funds from the CG cdbg program on June 8 2022. parks department presented this project in the restaurant building to the Reno access advisory committee on May 23rd it was advertised June 29th we opened bids on July 25th if approved a day it would go to construction late summer and complete by the Fall my recommendation thank you Mr Smith thank you so much for that I put this item matter mayor because I had the opportunity to go out to the Sierra Vista um Park this past weekend Miss wolf was with us and if she'll come forward so it was a pretty eye-opening experience for me because I grew up in that neighborhood I learned to golf on that golf course and it is really transformational to see what is going on there and so for colleagues or even the public at home who have not been out there it's really spectacular first of all it's stunningly beautiful and then with what is happening there for our adaptive Community to see the type of activity there is really promising obviously this park is you know the vision for the park has not been fully realized since it came into the ownership of the City of Reno for a variety of reasons beyond our scope to discuss today but in the interim it looks like we've got incredible Park support for it and that's Miss wolf you and the programs that you and your other colleagues in the Adaptive program have made possible but also the parks department in general is certainly making good use of it plus all of our Community Partners the high fives Foundation um are doing really good work out there I also think it's a unique time for us to highlight the work cdbg has done and so the cdbg folks had allocated this largely I think because it relates to access right that cdbg funds are limited in what they can be spent on and so oftentimes those are the Ada improvements that happen in our parks and so the resurfacing uh I guess of this parking lot and the restroom improvements will really really greatly improve this park but we've got a long way to go and so as we move through the next several iterations of Park planning I hope that this one will be give some consideration especially because that access piece and the folks who are using the Adaptive cycling is pretty amazing Ms wolf would you tell us a little bit about the filming that you were doing out there when I was there with you on Friday yeah um so for the record April wolf therapeutic recreation specialist for City of Reno um so we were approached by PBS Reno they do a show called wild Nevada they are going to do an entire adaptive episode of wild Nevada to show the Adaptive options within our community so we were able to host them out at the Adaptive Cycling Center and then they also came to Sierra Vista Park to be able to see kind of what is going on there and speak with the trail Builder because little Trail stewards high fives Foundation kind of all the partners that are coming together to build some amazing trails and opportunities and so projects like this that's going to not only do you have to have accessible Trails but you have to have places to park and an accessible restroom so the parks department you know looking at the bigger picture and the use of the facility is really going to tie everything together well I'll tell you what those the adaptive equipment we'll call them the machines were really impressive and uh for me sort of scary because I can't imagine myself riding one but maybe next time we'll get out on them at the end of the day absolutely supportive of this item but just wanted to highlight the incredible work you're doing Miss Wolf the Adaptive program is one that I was not as familiar with before the invitation so thank you for the opportunity to be out there and continue to grow that both through the you know opportunities that the bird franchise agreement has now provided a small amount because I'm not sure that could buy a tire for some of those things but this is a great great use of our cdbg funds yep all right anyone else no okay give me a motion I think uh Miss uh Taylor it's your ward motion to approve second I have a motion a second all those in favor say aye aye all those opposed motion carries all right yeah our next item is B15 pulled by council member Ebert good afternoon for the record Vicki Gonzalez management assistant uh maintenance and operations facility maintenance I'm bringing for you today is um your review and approval of two janitorial contracts the current contract for the janitorial expires on August the 30th so we sent an RFP out as per um NRS 332 bidders were required to tour the facilities to be serviced prior to submitting bids Additionally the RFP allowed vendors to bid on a single group multiple groups or provide alternative options and I'm open for any questions that you may have Kim is Hebert yeah is this just for city hall building or what what is this contract for 24 City locations totaling 361 000 square feet so there's um it's the occupied buildings Parks buildings public facing buildings throughout the city that require janitorial service receiver either daily weekly bi-weekly um and uh we did modify some of the service requirements under the contract with not having um tenants in City Hall that we could reduce the service times so it's only once a week for offices five times a week for spaces like kitchens restrooms and when we had tenants in the building it was five times a week for those tenant spaces so we were able to reduce some of those but add to like um RPD main that they have a full-time day Porter now eight hours a day so that there's emergencies to handle in the lobby when citizens go in there and there's something to clean up or spills things like that so with decreasing at City Hall and increasing at RPD it's less than a one percent increase to the janitorial contract which we expected more because of um the market on having to the wages and okay expenses they said 24 different locations of me you know Parks and Rec and City Hall police Evelyn Mount Northeast Community Center uh you have Neil Road you have four buildings out at Neil Road you have all of our PD main evidence building City Hall all of City Hall the parking garage the maintenance and operations Corporation Yard code enforcement uh building inspectors McKinley that's okay you don't have to tell me everything they're just trying to get us an idea of the scope so that was it thank you very much you're welcome yeah Miss Gonzalez for my part I'll just say thank you to the folks who do the work that you're talking about my father was a janitor and it's not pretty work uh it can be back breaking for the people who do it uh certainly deserve my appreciation and so I thank them I'm not sure if you've awarded the contract to the same group that's currently doing it I could not tell from the staff report so JNL is the current um vendor for City Hall and um RPD Main in those but it's a new contractor for group three so um we we did have to switch to a different vendor because it was lowest bidder I understand uh but again thank you for the work that they do it's not often that we get to thank the folks who are doing the work that we need them to do but is not you don't always see them every day and sometimes it's like you're in the building when they're not and but I do thank them yes thank you Miss Hebert can I get a motion yeah motion to approve item before I have a motion by Miss Ebert a second by Miss Stewart any additional questions all those in favor please signify by saying aye aye any opposed motion carries unanimously item B16 as pulled by Miss Taylor thank you Mr vice mayor I pulled this item because I have a disclosure to read yeah thank you um mayor vice mayor fellow city council members and Madame clerk in the interests of full transparency on item B16 I am disclosing that Jacob's Engineering Group is a current client of my consulting firm TaylorMade Solutions specifically in 2022 Jacob's Engineering Group retained TaylorMade solutions to provide public Outreach Services for the Arlington Avenue bridges project and the Mill Street capacity and Safety project on this matter I've sought guidance from the city attorney's office I have been advised that I have a substantial and continuing business relationship with Jacobs Engineering Group and therefore a commitment in a private capacity to the interests of Jacobs Engineering Group here item B16 seeks approval of a four million dollar plus minus Consulting service agreement with Jacobs for the 10worth dewatering building project I've been in by I've been advised that the independence of Judgment of a reasonable person in my situation would be materially affected by my current contract with Jacob's Engineering Group accordingly I will not be participating or voting on this item today Madam Mr clerk please accept this disclosure and launch it on the record for the interest of meeting pertaining to these agenda items thank you thank you Miss Taylor Council desire a presentation I'll ask for a motion Please Mr Martinez a motion to approve staff recommendations okay I have a motion by Mr Martinez II by Miss Stewart I'll call for the question all those in favor please signify by saying aye aye any opposed motion carries unanimously I think our last item on the consent agenda is item B17 B17 perfect we took care of that so that should close out our consent agenda and we would be moving to item C4 okay let the record reflect that the city council is opening the public hearing on item Charlie four Mr clerk was proper notice given any correspondence received no noticing required for this item and no correspondence received okay do any council members need to make any disclosures okay Charlie for Marvel Way Apartments okay um does staff I'm sorry excuse me um uh does council desire a presentation on this item okay um let's uh see if we can't do that um do you have a brief presentation or you're saying this door you're ready to ask your question I'm not ready oh great thank you so much I have a comment not a question great I just want to say that the group that is building this which is the Empowerment Center are just remarkable they deal with substance abuse um prior to this they've had a facility on South Virginia uh near Thrive which was pretty controversial uh when Thrive came in but they are very committed to Bringing women in particular out of substance abuse and getting them sober and non-drug using IF sober covers that as well and uh it's they've been operating out of an old motel and they got the wherewithal to build a whole new apartment complex a marble way which is just next to Meadowood Mall just to the east on McCarran right or Marvel way of McCarran and um I just want to it's just incredible and I believe this is their neck their second phase of that um construction it's just remarkable and I just well the only question I wanted to ask was just a repeat for us the number of units that they're going to have yes Dan think comments for the record uh Elaine Wiseman housing and neighborhood development um this development is 45 units and I really appreciate your comments about them doing such great work um I do want to point out something pretty significant about this project I'm 23 of those 45 units are going to be at 50 Ami rents um so just you know I always like to give you what that looks like um including um utilities that would be around 900 a month so that would be the gross rent which is very low and 22 of the units are at 30 percent so um that's going to be rent around 450 a month so it's really deep deeply subsidized to help those that need it the most and as I recall the units at the motel do not allow children or family it's just for the individual but my understanding was these units would allow uh family members is that correct that's correct this is considered multi-family so I think the the motel was really when they were in like the program yes and this is kind of the transition correct where they transition into living into regular housing yeah it's just remarkable so I are the first 45 units already taken oh uh of this the first phase yes they're completely leased up yeah and then this is incredible so it's going to be an honor to make the motion but I don't know if anyone else has questions nope I'm coming to you for the motion okay well I'd just like to move to approve item C4 um which would waive the sewer connection fees and further instant support of this low-income housing second okay I have a motion if I missed doer a second by Mr Martinez and he had their comments at this time from our my part Miss Wiseman I'll just say thank you for the excellent work that you and housing and neighbor development continue to do um these are kind of Legacy type issues right when you can say you had a part to play in the success of these folks like you have and so many other projects that you've had a hand in making sure successful thank you for making it possible for us to be able to be supportive thank you now I do have one did we vote not yet okay did you have another comment on this one it's uh right after this I wanted make an additional comment okay I'll call for the question all those in favor please signify by saying aye aye any opposed motion carries your name yeah I note that and I have talked to our city manager that um it's incredible opportunity to waive fees but at the end of the day um the sewer program cannot it must be made to hold and we've got to figure it out so that we have the ability to waive fees for very special projects that meet our goals and objectives and on the other hand we should keep the sewer fund whole and my understanding was we're going to have a separate item come back at some point we are what we are trying to curate is um other affordable housing Workshop we're tentatively looking at like November 1st for that and that conversation will be part of that meeting okay thank you okay thank you Miss doors a place thank you a placeholder in the parking lot for that thank you so much Mr clerk item D1 Delta one that's correct okay we're into the city manager's office items uh D1 let me first ask does staff desire I'm sorry does council desire a presentation on this item Mr Martinez is that a yes okay thank you and welcome hello uh good afternoon everyone for the record Emily Emily to provide you with an overview of the 2023 payroll performance audit today I will go over the purpose of the audit the history of Central Payroll here at the city the added subject is the audits finding types and internal audits follow-up plan the city engaged a vendor to perform an independent performance audit of the payroll process compliance with laws and regulations as well as best business practices were considered during the audit field work the history of Central Payroll here is important because in early 2022 executive management identified a need to transfer the responsibilities of that function in April of 2022 HR assumed oversight of the payroll function where they observed challenges and proactively requested an external audit to get holistic assessment of the payroll function the audit's information has been has informed programmatic improvements some of which have already been implemented by the department it should be noted that the software and use was first implemented 18 years ago work standards for external Auditors are quite rigorous very done conducted this performance audit in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards in an effort to obtain sufficient and appropriate evidence to provide a reasonable basis for the findings and conclusions Central Peril is currently organized within the human resources department and is comprised of four employees processing that payroll every other week for the city's Workforce supporting our Central Payroll employees are multiple folks throughout the city that function as their Department's payroll Clerks interviews with these departmental payroll clerks were conducted throughout the course of the audit field work the processes for those departmental payroll clerks is fairly involved and informs the next step of central payrolls processing oh sure but this very busy graphic is here not to read but to visually Express the complexity and multiple decision points our Central Payroll employees undertake every other week as they process the city's payroll for the Central Payroll employees their entire work week is dedicated to completing the tasks on this process map and then they start again the audit work was compelled by five audit objectives and there are 12 Associated audit findings noted in your audit report those 12 findings fall into four categories generally number one software limitations including extensive manual procedures and a lack of functional reports number two ongoing oversight which is recommended because of the errors resulting from the highly manual procedures that are unnecessarily susceptible to human error number three documented policies to ensure consistent procedures city-wide and employee training to communicate those policies I'm happy to report a new element to the implementation plan of this corrective action plan for this audit the internal audit division staff auditor can conduct the recommended iterative spot audits of the system's data and its reports providing oversight in coordination with HR management to best align the resources and skills that are available to our City of Reno team the corrective action plan will be followed up on systematically by internal audit until the actions have been implemented or management accepts the risk of inaction with the follow-up reporting here coming here to the council regarding the impact of Central Payroll process salary and benefits account for 78 percent of the expenses in the general fund as a reminder the internal audit function at the city is here to provide the City of Reno with an independent appraisal function designed to assist the Reno city council constituents and City Management in establishing accountability transparency and a culture of continuous Improvement in City operations at its core internal audit helps the organization achieve its objectives and the recommended motion is here for you without the external audit vendor is available remotely for any technical audit questions you may have and departmental management is here as well okay Mr Martinez thank you Mr Matthew yeah just a couple of questions for you Emily thank you so much for your work on this um I think in the report there was mention of some software platform updates and just curious if you had ideas of what those could be and if what are some costs associated if we were to transition over to some of those platforms for that I would defer to departmental management they may have some information on that thank you Emily good afternoon Madam mayor and council members um be happy to answer that question uh to the best of my abilities so a couple of things is we were waiting for this presentation before you for feedback from Council we are if you know we have to go through the approval process but we desperately need a new payroll system it is a very complicated and comprehensive system so the first thing we would be requesting if supported here today come back to request some funds to bring in a consultant to help us assess the needs work with all 24 of our payroll clerks we have different time and attendance systems out there that feed into this already broken payroll system uh and so this rest of this calendar year the goal would be that we would assess through a consultant help develop an RFQ process an RFP process as in in the next two fiscal years we would look at implementation as far as cost we are leaning on a consultant to help us determine what that cost would look like there's a lot of great technology out there I'm not going to put anything out there because we want to do a full RF RFP but there's a lot of great best-in-class technology that we would be looking at through a trained professional that can help us through that okay thanks for that information then I saw term in their Mass rates increases what are mass rates increases our payroll manager supervisor um chill Atkinson is here I believe she can help with that I have to tell you the reason we're going back and forth is just to highlight how complicated and broken the system is Jill is over the payroll manager and understands the intricate details of of your questions so this is why we're toggling back and forth thanks Joe all right so Jill Atkinson Assistant Director of Human Resources when we do Mass rate increases we're really referring to those opportunities for implementing cost of living adjustments that are negotiated through our collective bargaining agreements the unrepresented employees are implemented through Council resolution and so that touches every single employee in one way or another and instead of going into their individual records and touching each of them as an individual person a mass rate increase allows you to identify the group of people and apply that percentage increase to them as a whole so it's a single process versus 1600 different processes should I understood this correctly just to go through the payroll processes as soon as you close one you're immediately opening the next one to complete it in time correct it takes our payroll team 10 days to Complete Payroll processing to pay our employees that's all I have for now thank you okay Miss Taylor [Music] thank you Mr pricemer Emily um thank you for being here thank you for your work I had a couple questions regarding the recommendations and corrective action plans as an independent auditor in some of the things that I read um there were things that we could be doing better in this space and then they were met with responses and corrective actions from the management team or is there anything within those actions um or responses that you felt needed to be addressed more or were you satisfied with everything that was provided to you as it's presented today it is a satisfactory corrective action plan based on the recommendations yes I was able to work with the HR team um to come to an agreement of where those responses might lie um considering the audit obligations of of how to correctly address the recommendation and also working with the environment in which they're currently working which is highly manual and things like that so one of the things I I was able to promote in this response is a faster timeline to get these things completed and so I think what we have today is a reasonable plan to get that done great thank you very much and thank you for your time on this this kid for my part I want to first start with the audit element to this and that is to say um it's an incredible piece of work that you've done here specifically I I know that the audits take a tremendous amount of time and that you are a department of one right okay leadership thank you fabulous it's still pretty small slim streamlined department so this is excellent excellent work obviously we have some policy choices to make Ms santoyo is obviously nudging us to make some significant changes but for the work that's been done thank you for that I wanted to I suppose um ask Miss santoyo or Miss Atkinson either one um from what I could tell having read your audit talk to staff about what's going on the memo could have been like an Oppenheimer thing just blow it all up and start over right like it seems we have gotten to where we are just by bubble gum and and you know thread and tape all these years and so it sounds like we've got to make some commitments to get it done better um and and obviously that's not the point of the audit except to say that if we're going to do something in the future it has to be significant overhaul because you've given us corrective active steps or corrective action steps that will allow us to pass an internal audit but isn't fixing anything right and there's still all the possibilities that some of these errors can happen or calculation errors can happen so I suppose again it falls on our body to make those actions so thanks for the work you did excellent as always and I'll be looking forward to the next steps in the tearing it down to rebuild it okay any other questions from the body at this time okay hearing none uh I'll let's see did I ask do we met Mr clerk Madam clerk um did we have public comment on this item uh no public comment register for this item okay so I'll close public comment and come back can I get a motion sure I'll make a motion to accept uh the audit as presented and move forward with the corrective actions okay second I have a motion by Mr second by Mr Martinez any additional questions or comments at this time hearing none I'll call for the question all those in favor please signify by saying aye aye aye any opposed motion carries unanimously [Music] okay and next we have item D2 okay does council desire a staff presentation okay I do miss breakfast no problem welcome Mr ferrado good afternoon madameric council members Mr Frodo hold on one second just in in an abundance of caution and in the interest of transparency I worked for Fenimore Craig for a spell many years ago not involved in this process I wasn't involved in the selection process here to make a recommendation to the body okay that's sort of a disclosure but unnecessary but thanks for the heads up let me ask do we have public comment before Mr perrotto's presentation there's no public comment on this item I think I probably work for some of the lawyers at Fenimore Craig in my life so that's a small town we live in Mr ferrado welcome thank you madam Merritt council members Lance ferrato director of business licensing for the record um before you today is an engagement letter submitted by Fenimore Craig to provide Professional Services in conjunction with the business licensing code rewrite as you'll note the contract amount is within the city manager signing Authority and this agreement isn't something you'd normally see on an agenda um but as you also know fenmore has many clients in the city and consequently as a part of their proposal have included standard conflict waiver that would allow them to continue representing business clients now and in the future this type of waiver is very typical for a project like this but it falls outside of the city manager's purview to approve administratively so that said this item has been brought forward to you for review staffer finds finds the terms and conditions of The Proposal in good form and recommends Council approve the agreement for consulting services and authorize the city manager to sign with that I'm happy to answer any questions okay Mr Prado let me just ask has our legal counsel reviewed the agreement yes sir okay any questions or comments there okay thank you Miss breakfast the floor is yours yeah well first of all um they're a law firm yes ma'am and are they providing Legal Services no no ma'am just Consulting what does it say in here under rule 0.17 of court rules states that a lawyer shall not represented a client and then it talks about as if we're their client and their Law Firm uh I believe that's just part of the standard language um it's been made very clear between the consultant and the city that this is not legal services basically we are taking excuse me taking input from the public and from staff giving that information and they're going to assist us in the rewrite and it is it is standard language but even when they're acting outside their capacities as lawyers as professional consultants for us they do have um rules of professional conduct which they must adhere and so they are citing the rule of that code to make sure that it's absolutely clear in the in the agreement okay if I could get a little more time um no problem so you know what I didn't see is let's start with what are they doing so okay did you issue an RFQ how did you get them no man a contract to this size and for Professional Services doesn't require that yeah so basically I did Outreach um we collected uh had meetings made contact with seven uh different firms uh accepted proposals from three of them met with most of them some of them denied or just didn't have the capability to provide that and so then when he took those three proposals evaluated and we just got accepted this one do you I didn't see a scope do you have a scope so essentially the scope is for this firm to help with the rewrite process so my internally we will be going into the public Outreach okay we will be taking uh all the years of notes of issues and problems bringing that back with the public feedback to help them so they can help us with the framework once we get that framework we will evaluate it ourselves again with legal internally with you and then we'll be able to provide an internet you know an ordinance do they have expertise and have they written business license code for other municipalities they tell me that yes they have they have experience in this area and they have uh not only in business licensing but in regulatory atmosphere all of All Sorts okay I um would have liked to have seen your scope and rather than an engagement letter that they write for a private con track our boilerplate play contract you know like Public Works does exhibit a is the scope of services um and I recognize the solstice sourcing abilities um I just I'm uncomfortable you know if I saw the scope I could see what tasks you're responsible for and what they're responsible for because you know it's setting policy we had a lot of discussion during budget you know what are our policies about business licenses as related to revenue and so on and I just I just don't see the expertise that they bring plus I see a um billing rate that is above and beyond normal circumstances for consultant Services it might be fine for transaction real estate you know client here but it's outside of the norm to pay 770 dollars in my view for City Services so um I appreciate the fact that you want to tackle those I think they do need tackling I would have liked to have seen um a different approach which would have been maybe an RFQ you know um because I'm not entirely sure a law firm like this is the right one and I've sat across the table from them on too many times doing my Council work or seeing them appear in other proceedings that I'm I'm comfortable with you know they're covering themselves with their bar you know rules but I'm not comfortable with them being our contractor so I'm not going to support this um I I wish we'd gone on another approach and I think we're gonna miss the policy aspect when we bring these transaction attorneys on to write legalese I I think it's I've seen that before and it doesn't work well thank you Miss breakfast Miss doer yeah I just um I too had a question about the rates we just don't really pay that we're usually about half of that sure and I can explain that a bit um the rates vary obviously by attorney experience 10-year position um directors to Partners to Associates Etc um that is at their highest rate and that's probably someone that will be doing the senior Overlook of everything the grunt work the real meat and potatoes of the work is going to be handled by the attorneys with much lower rate and it does explain that in the engagement letter to an extent um how many hours from the most senior person sure like 10 hours in this in this contract also is to not to exceed 62 500. right but are we going to get a full product at that yes ma'am I'm confident with that additional comments yeah hold on Miss breakfast let me just see if anybody else on the body has any comments okay let's practice the floor yeah I am at the point where um having a a relationship whether it's on a board or a contractor with people who are also registered as lobbyists with us is problematic and I went through our up-to-date red registration they do have someone who works there who is a registered lobbyist with us you know is that person going to work on it no but you know also the 770 which you know my colleague just asked about that's huge but then I don't see the expertise of the of the you know the people doing the associates doing the other work I want to see that they've worked on that it's really it's just I have a lot of experience doing Professional Services you know contracts like this for these kind of services and it's just not an ordinary one now now maybe I'm missing something a scope or or anything but I just I'm a little uncomfortable with y'all just calling up local law firms to do work that I don't see you know did you check references on the cities that they've done what cities yeah absolutely we had the conversations with with multiple firms as I said just to see get a feel of what they've worked on and how um at the end of the day we want to we want an expert and we want somebody with local experience what knowledge of the of the area um we didn't really want to go out of state and say okay somebody from you know uh Nebraska what do you know about Reno licensing in in the atmosphere here how can you help us formulate this document so that's why we want somebody local somebody with expertise and this kind of thing but but I mean try with you know sometimes in my thinking that's why an RFQ would let you know that the touch that they and you could have them all apples to oranges and it sounds like you you had three um okay uh yeah still not con convinced um that this is the right approach um just calling up different law firms locally um but did you call City references so they said for example the the principal is I think his name is Mr Reasoner correct yeah did and he said oh I did the business licenses for Henderson did you call someone did he give it because a lot of times when you're looking at consultants and this is a consultant not a law firm you would call and say hey Henderson um were you happy with the you know business license rewrite that you did did you I didn't I did not check references in that direction okay okay yeah I'm I'm I'm you know I I I recognize the amount I recognize the problem I just don't think it's the right approach and I have concerns about the conflicts okay any other questions or comments at this time Mr I'm looking to you for a motion did you call my name I did very softly I'm sorry okay well I'll I'll make a motion but um I during my briefing I did raise a number of issues as well but I do want to get this job done and you you are confident in this approach so I'm making a motion to approve this item I have a motion by Mr second by Mr Martinez any additional questions or comments at this time hearing none I'll call for the question all those in favor please signify by saying aye okay Mr clerk item D3 are we opening B1 simultaneously or half that's what I was asking B1 on the Redevelopment agency so you'll open it and walk us through all those steps yes yep thank you so much opening the Redevelopment agency board for Wednesday August 23rd and I'll begin with roll call council member breckis I'm here doer here Martinez here Ebert here Taylor here Reese mayor shavey thank you you have a quorum of the Redevelopment agency board and then our first item today is going to be public comment [Music] so this is public comment within the Redevelopment agency yes opening public thank you so much um so just a quick disclosure uh it should be noted for those in attendance the comments are to be addressed to the mayor and Council as a whole comments heard under this item will be limited to three minutes per person may pertain to matters both on and off the council's agenda Council may not take action upon any matter not agenda's on today's agenda when you are called on for public comment please state your name for the record and begin speaking the timer will begin when you say your name and you will be afforded three minutes for those participating in Chambers in accordance with Council rules 6.3.11 while in this room please be respectful unauthorized remarks from this from audience members light clapping yelling whistling Etc will impede the meaning and may result in a warning issued by the presiding officer if the behavior continues you may be removed from chambers if you are an attendee and Zuma would like to make public comment please raise your hand at this time and we have one person registered in the audience Damien Cole forget that that's going to be for the public comment closing for the where do I point this oh how do I move forward in the next uh slide or whatever that's the only one in the cloud the one that I grabbed yes where do I point it Damien yes that was the only picture in really that's not correct there should be several in the PDF okay Damian if you want to step over with the clerks you'll work it out with you or you can continue with your presentation remember we're in the Redevelopment agency now right not General closing public comment got it okay this one I think okay so I've made a beautiful little map actually sorry guys were you a Boy Scout you always have a backup and you do so great yes sir sorry we just have some Antiquated rules here with our agendas yes very sorry for the delay here no problem so this is the current proper document which I could not so um as some of you may be aware for the last year and a half I've been creating my version of a master plan for a Bikeway system in Reno and Truckee Meadows there is a okay anyway I came across this little thing here this is from the worms system which is the welshow county it's the assessor map for parcels and I came across something here this is in Broadhead Park this whole thing here is Broadhead Park and I noticed it's like huh there's a chunk of Broadhead Park missing and I realized wait a minute that used to be part of the park what happened that's the city park and that was the first Park that was dedicated 50 years ago to the Greenbelt recreational area where the Truckee River pathway goes 2017 I checked there was a boundary adjustment and so I started looking around at other parcels and I realized all of these yellow Parcels which are parks are not zoned as parks they're multi-use single-family residences Urban et cetera Etc they're not PF for public facility they're not PR for Parks and Recreation they're not pgos for Parks Green Space and open space and I started thinking how this happened so I called the accounting and they said they probably just didn't think it was a big deal at the time that they dedicated those Park areas well now that we're having a unprecedented growth in the city and we're creating a Bikeway system and we're trying to you know increase accessibility for ADA compliance and things like that all of these Park areas I think should really be examined by whomever needs to look at them I mean we're talking about Wingfield Barbara Bennett Bicentennial Fulton West Street Plaza belief Plaza Broadhead Park Quincy Greenbelt Park which parts of the city says doesn't even exist John Champion Park Fisherman's Park two and I thought maybe it's just along the river but no it's actually there's Pickett Park there is Lake Park that's way up uh on Keystone that's a kind of an issue I might want to look at so that was something that I don't know who needs to look at but when I talked to Washoe County they said that's the city we don't do that anything that's within a municipal area the city is in charge of doing that so I'm thinking well you know we have a lot of plans we just you know allocated three million dollars from Harper funds to look at a corridor study for the river um I think this should be up front I mean even Chrisley Coughlin Park my God I mean this is Chrisley Coughlin Park is zoned as single family residential uh Oxbow nature study which is part of a nature preserve is put as multi or for mixed Urban anyway that's kind of a I don't know if it's a minor issue or thank you you're welcome thank you so much Damian I'd like a lot of um deep Dives and data collection I I love it um I'm going to ask our city manager why is that Indo well obviously I know why but why um don't we correct this we just haven't we just haven't yeah I don't know that we have good reason for it it's just it is what it is and yeah it could go through some cleanup process I'm sure and maybe as we okay invest money along the path and rework the uh network of parks along the river that would be an appropriate undertaking yeah good idea okay thank you so much I know we're not agenda so I won't get into it thank you Mr clerk will close public comment I had him A4 his approval agenda can I get a motion I have a motion by Miss Taylor second by Mr Martinez any additional questions comments hearing none I'll call for the question all those in favor please signify by saying aye aye any opposed motion carries an answer sorry item A5 is approval the minutes can I get a motion I have a motion by Miss do or a second by Mr Martinez any additional questions or comments at this time hearing none I'll call for the question all those in favor please signify by saying aye aye any opposed motion carries unanimously Mr clerk can you tell us how you want to work through items B1 on this agenda and its relationship to D3 and we'll refer to the City attorney Mr Hall just tell us which direction to go and which order you want us to start with I think we just start with B1 and with the resolution can we open them together yes okay so I open item B1 and did you say that's something you're going to start by reading for us no no okay well let's bring forward staff for a presentation B1 Mr McArdle I appreciate your being here Mr clerk did I need to take any additional public comment on this item uh there was no public comment on this item and proper notice was given thank you so proper notice given and correspondence was received or no was not received okay and then do any council members have any disclosures okay Mr Ricardo welcome B1 hello um all right so just so um I was planning on doing these a little bit separately I guess if we're doing them together then uh there may be some confusion but there was a lot of repentance so let me get that correct but um good afternoon Madam chair for the Redevelopment agency and board members Brian McCarty Brian McArdle city revitalization manager misremembered your own name that's how long it's been for us too interest from the current leaseholder on two pieces of property on West 4th Street uh from the owner the current leaseholder and building owner JM ranches with their interest to actually purchase the land uh that they're building in in lease currently sets on and on January 25th 25th we brought uh that to council and Council directed staff to move forward with negotiating um Economic Development agreements similar to the one we discussed this afternoon um and the buyer has offered to purchase this at the full appraisal price but not only that to make significant improvements to the property such as a new roof the expansion of the existing business that is operating there eagle window and door they want to expand their showroom and improvements General improvements to the property so we went ahead and started negotiating these are the two Parcels that are in that we are discussing today right at the end of of four Street existing on site is the eagle window and door and on the east side of the property is the former Nevada Dance Academy The Proposal from the business owners to expand into that building and expand the showroom and so just reiterating uh the process we went over earlier today how does the city sell property we can either do that through a public auction or we can follow the same process as earlier is sell it through an economic development agreement process this is different from the one earlier today and the fact that it's not residential housing this one is actually the expansion of a commercial Enterprise uh we have gone out and received two appraisals and the resolution we're bringing uh before this body today is two things to do a resolution for the sale under that NRS 268063 that is in the best interest of the the public to sell the property for or at or less than fair market value but then also the re development agency to quit claim their deed interest in this site and I'll explain that in a second so trip down memory lane how we got this property in the first place uh when the retract project was going through and they were digging the trench they needed extra land to put a temporary track on and that is how we the city uh gain these parcels um the rate it was Union Pacific for a while but when they re-parceled all these pieces of land they deeded them in joint uh ownership to the City of Reno and the Redevelopment agency and so in order for the city to sell it Redevelopment agency has to Quick Claim their interest um in it and so those are the both both items we're bringing today as you'll notice the two Parcels in yellow are the ones we're discussing but the city over the last five years has actually gone through the process of selling other Parcels around this area that were also retract and the ones in green are the remaining ones to be sold uh the owners on those well the leaseholders on those sites have expressed interest in purchasing but neither they nor the city have have uh initiated that process and so we did receive two appraisals for for that statute the first one came back at eight hundred and eighty thousand dollars the second one at 860 000 very small narrow Gap the way we get to the fair market values to average the two so the fair market value for this site is 870 000. and that is what we negotiated so they're offering full full fair market value price 870 000 and same as the original agreement they must maintain a commercial Enterprise on site for five years and so the recommendation we are bringing today is a resolution uh stating that is in the best interest of this of the public I should say um to convey the property to JM ranches for the full appraised value of 870 000 and allow the city manager to execute the agreements the city manager to execute and uh deliver all documents to to close the sale okay Mr Ricardo thank you for that let me see if anyone has any questions from the body I didn't anticipate any but I'll go to miss breakfast for the motion work I'll let someone else make the motion okay um let me just make sure that I understand and I'm happy to do it okay Mr you the floor is yours yeah I'll make a motion before I do so I just want to say I mean we are Leasing them they have the building and they're on our land and this is almost like a cleanup I mean they're going to have possession they're going to invest more into the property as a result and it seemed very very good once we understood kind of the precursor to this so it's a I'm pleased to make the motion uh for item D3 uh to enter into uh to prove the resolution and to enter into an economic development agreement to convey the property on West 4th Street and you have found it to be in the best interest of this yes thank you and I've found it to be in the best interest of the city okay I have a motion by Miss doer second by Miss Taylor any questions at this time or comments here or none I'll call for the question all those in favor please signify by saying aye aye any opposed motion carries as to the resolution Miss Doer yes this one I mean they weren't listed separately this time well on B1 I'm sorry to Redevelopment yes thank you so Mr Hall is it a motion to approve the resolution okay so item B1 I'd like to make a motion to approve the resolution City Arena Redevelopment agency to approve a quick claim deed related to the real property on West 4th Street as identified on the agenda okay I have a motion by Miss Stewart a second by Mr Martinez any additional questions or comments at this time hearing none I'll call for the question all those in favor please signify by saying aye aye aye any opposed motion carries unanimously thank you Mr Ricardo thank you Mr clerk are we going to continue with item Charlie one in the Redevelopment agency that's correct okay let's do that and close out this any of my colleagues have any items for C1 in the Redevelopment agency these would be comments or announcements regarding boards or commissions activities of local charitable organizations as it relates to the RDA hearing that I'll close that and come back for our final public comment of the RDA is there any comment in the RDA we do have one public comment registered in the room Damien Cole Damian welcome thank you um sorry to manipulate the system a bit but this next one is kind of a big one for me personally but uh also I think it would really benefit the community um they're getting the PDF presentation ready I plan on speaking on this for another three minutes at the end of the public city that the city public um we have a wonderful opportunity with the Arlington Street bridges project to reintroduce an item that was part of the original vision of the trekku river path and the entire park space in the downtown Corridor and that is to create grade separation at that bridge currently as it stands first in Arlington especially if there's any special events going on is kind of a disaster to deal with with a congestion and safety problem and also in just general rush hour traffic it tends to get very congested especially since there is a bike path designated shared use path that goes along there it's called the the Riverwalk goes from Ralston to uh to the belief Plaza and then it becomes the truck of river bike path after lake so um last year I presented this uh to Jacobs and actually it was a couple years ago this is a while back at the open house at McKinley arts and um a lot of the crowd there was a little bit dismayed because at the time one of the biggest uh things that the public during their survey was asked you know what are you looking for with this bridge project and it was increased walkability bikeability mobility in general wheeled pedestrians um the current design of it essentially the roadway portion of it pretty much copies the exact same bridge that we've had for 100 years there's really it's it's kind of the the scope of the project has been reduced down to basically making the carbon copy with some extra you know looks on the side you know different railings uh increased viewing area things like that but no concessions at all were given to bikes or micro Mobility or anything on the surface of the bridge or at the conjunction uh thing so um during the next comment I would like to show you the slides um the last time that I spoke to Jacobs uh which was I believe in uh February March Jacob's uh engineering they said that the city they wouldn't say who it was but they said during a closed meeting um that they couldn't even get speed tables for that high pedestrian area to make sure that people don't go past 15 miles an hour we have a speed table right outside our doors on Virginia Street on a 25 mile an hour area the reason why they told me the speedtail stable was uh denied was because it will cause congestion to me that sounds like someone from the city doesn't want to drive the speed limit just like I mean it's like the cause of congestion probably would be slowing people down to 15. getting them to go at 15. that's a different story that's where a raised crosswalk would happen would help with this but on top of that having an underpass just like the one on the sauce side but on the actual bike path itself would be a tremendous benefit for everyone especially if we're increasing accessibility to the river as Public Works said they wanted to do thank you thanks Damien you know that's been one of the mayor's primary interests there along the river so thanks for continue to highlight that Mr clerk will adjourn the Redevelopment agency looking for a motion Dojo okay I have a motion for Mr Martinez a second by Miss Ebert any additional questions or comments at this time and in a second that oh it looked like you had motion do you wish to say development agency yeah but I I just I didn't say that but I will second okay I have a motion by Mr Martinez a second by Miss Ebert any additional questions or comments at this time hearing none I'll call for the question all those in favor please signify by saying aye aye aye any opposed motion carries management clerk back to item e agenda items e in our regular city council meeting that's correct starting with E1 okay we'll start with E1 Mr uh Hall ordinance introduction bill number 7246 ordinance to amend Title II of the Arena Municipal Code established a point of Officer and a point of employee positions by amending section 2.06.305 designating a point of employees and amending section 2.06.050 related to the qualifications of appointed officers and a point of employees together with other matters relating there too thank you Mr Hall Mr clerk do we have any public comment on this item there is no public comments on this item okay I um Mr is a five seventh vote hold on one second please miss breakfast are there any disclosures required I have a disclosure okay Miss breakfast yeah and it's for the records so it needs to be recorded verbatim in the minutes and I'm gonna disclose that this is an amendment to Title II of the municipal code which encompasses um establishing employees into two classifications appointed or non-appointed it impacts every employee in the City of Reno Title II does at our last meeting both the mayor and council member Reese raised publicly concerns that I have a conflict of interest in this matter while ethics are A Private Matter and it was a very unusual for colleagues to raise concerns of another member having ethics I want to address that because it's a continued narrative that was brought up in the first step of addressing an amending Title II on this matter I do not seek the advice of the City attorney because he is a conflict of interest himself in helping me prepare a disclosure my disclosure is that I have hired Ron Dreyer of Dreher law in my private in my capacity as a council member using my own private resources to request that the city launch an investigation of improper government action by Mr Thornley this investigation is ongoing and I understand the city is hired outside Council to investigate it because I spoke to an investigator I am submitting here a copy of the letter that Mr Drea wrote on behalf of my of me for the record so that the public may be aware of the nature of his engagement with me Mr Dreer I understand represents one of our bargaining groups and as I mentioned previously this ordinance applies to all city employees I have spoken to him and had to pay for his time as as our engagement calls for and understand that he does not have any personal interest in this matter nor is he participated in the record in preparing this it applies to some of the folks in the bargaining group that he represents but it applies to all residents I asked the Nevada Commission on ethics is also available to provide me a disclosure and bet this issue due to the conflicts of interest concerns and allegations that my two colleagues meant but they have a 45-day turnaround period for advisory opinions and while they were willing to participate with me the time was just too abbreviated for them to assist me so in this matter I am making the disclosure I don't know that a disclosure is required but if it is I am disclosing that Mr Dreher represents me and also represents one of our bargaining groups but more so I'm disclosing this as prompted by the unusual and remarkable allegation of my two colleagues focusing on my conflicts and ethics matters thank you I'll give you this letter Madam Clerk and please Lodge it into the record uh councilmember Ruckus so just for the record you would like that whole bit transcribed word for word just so that we're clear that that whole thing was your disclosure it was I understand the whole thing yeah I understand about everybody yeah yeah it has to go see as I mentioned I don't have a City attorney or an Ethics commission so I had to do it on my own thank you okay Mr clerk uh we are to staff presentation Miss Atkinson welcome and now it's evening so all right good evening Madame mayor members of council Jill Atkinson Assistant Director of Human Resources I am here to present item E1 which is the introduction of an ordinance to amend Title II of the Reno municipal code we are talking about Title II chapter 2 Article 2 specifically sections 2.06.035 and 2.06.050 the first section designates the individual positions and classifications within this organization that are identified as appointive employees the second of which is the qualifications for those appointive employee classifications as well as the appointive officer classifications within the organization this motion or well this item and ordinance introduction is in Conformity with Reno City Charter section 1.090 and when we look back on Council action some of this may sound very familiar these were last updated most recently in October of 2018 and then April of 2020 and as you note separate sections were updated separately and then we had a presentation at the West council meeting where Council directed staff to bring forward a bill for a first reading which is why we are here today I think it is important to highlight because this can be confusing that this action does not change any provision of Charter it does not modify or amend any aspect of the formula outlined in Charter with respect to the number of a point of employees that are available within the organization it does not expand the authority of the city manager nor does it increase the number of a point of employees within the budget the council has adopted we reviewed in detail at the last council meeting the nature of the changes so I will summarize them here more succinctly the nature of the changes include cleanup so reconciliation of the discrepancies between the two sections since they have been updated separately we are updating titling of positions captured within the appointive employee classification list to reflect the current titling conventions of the organization we are including classification titles for positions that have evolved and would constitute new titles within that appointed employee list we are removing obsolete classifications for positions that no longer serve utility as they are currently constructed for the organization and we are removing classifications of positions that are also represented by an employee labor union from the appointed employee list all of those changes have been redlined and there's a clean copy because there are a lot of red lines in the bill that has been brought forward for introduction the recommended motion is on the screen and I am happy to answer any questions Council may have if anyone has any questions oh miss Burgess the floor is yours I have a number of questions still um number one is um what is your understanding of how many positions may be appointed appointed employees is there a cap on that number there is and that is specified in Charter there is a Formula based upon the number of positions within the Civil Service and or 40 40 whichever is greater okay as it currently resides the formula for the number of positions within Civil Service represents a greater number than 40 it is presently 53. so it's 53 then does 53 count for example three Liaisons yes so it is each individual three okay correct and we're within the 53 and we are well below okay next point is it's never been as I understand it the practice of the council the policy to have a bright line between the appointed employees and those represented by the bargaining group it was always okay to have one of those in the bargaining group why this shift there is a distinction in nature of classification and this is where Nuance comes into play in all of this as in a point of employee at the City of Reno your employment status is at will you serve at the pleasure of the city manager if you are a represented employee you have in essence obtained property rights to your position by virtue of your classification being represented by that employee labor group The Very nature of an at-will employment status and a property right employment status are inherently contradictory to one another and so to include represented employees in an employment category that is an at will capacity creates significant conflict with the rights that those individuals are entitled to by virtue of their represented status okay the problem though for me very much is that we've been hiring folks outside of the list in the ordinance and you know people are coming into jobs that don't exist and that's been very troubling to me and you know they are obviously at will and I brought that up a lot before you know the word is you know for me as someone who's worked a career in bureaucracy is someone once calls up I got a job for you but that job ain't in this ordinance if you're a senior person you might want to tell a younger person who's getting recruited by the 15th floor you're kind of at risk here and I hope the bureaucracy can have that kind of culture but I want to go more to the Departments okay and this is um this is the preceding sections 2.0610 so up above but it starts this article too there's hereby established a city organizational chart maintained by the office of the city manager consisting of a department depicting of all of the Department's divisions and offices of the city Administration okay so we got an org chart the city council and and then I'll I'll jump to another section subsection the city council May establish from time to time as provided by the charter such other departments divisions or offices that may be deemed necessary for the good of government the organizational chart shall reflect all such amendments additions deletion or Corrections now I followed up with Miss cintoya who had Miss Bryant respond and said that you know the org chart and we as we have it today that heads departments with department heads and assistant department heads who who are appointed um employees reflect apartments that the council's never adopted departments that the council never adopted so is it is the interpretation of the city manager's office that they can just create departments without Council approval Miss Atkinson will how about we defer to Mr manager Mr Thornley uh yes it is it is our interpretation that we can craft the organization in a way that meets the changing needs of a community and we draw that Authority from section 3.020 subpart 4 of the city Charter okay well you know let me come back to you because we've gone over a minute absolutely thank you let's see what we get to if anyone else have any questions at the diocese at this time okay none Miss breakfast the floor is yours it's like [Music] um I'm also speaking to the department heads and the assisted department heads who my reading of 2.06 and I think this has been the reading for years in this organization I started in this organization in 1998 is that it's governed by this 2.0601 the council May establish from time to time as provided by Charter such other departments divisions or offices that may be deem necessary for the good of government the city organizational chart shall reflect all such amendments additions deletion or Corrections that's why when we've adopted the budget the org chart has been so important and why this year I was so fed up and would not adopt the budget because I wanted a companion resolution solidifying the Departments and we are told as we've been told time and time again we have a new Department this is a new Department there's a new assistant department head here they're appointed that is putting these employees in a very ambiguous employment situation my colleagues have been fine with it the manager has his own interpretation but I'm speaking to others out there who become department heads or assist Departments of new departments that get formed without Council approval and I think you're hanging out there also and so I am not going to support this until I see the council clean up the Departments and where incoming compliance with the additions and deletions of every Department that exists and when we created those we need to rectify that at this point in time before we just move on to the next task and it's wrong it's been very wrong and there's infrastructure Department utilities department none of those came through by Act of the council that's been misapplication of our code and it's been unfair to our employees thank you if I may Madam mayor Mr vice mayor these are these are parallel tracks when you examine both the charter and the municipal code so where the city council does have the authority to establish departments and does have the authority to Define positions and may fund them through the budget process as it sees fit um the city manager's office is charged with the day-to-day administration of the of the organization is allowed to appoint the necessary employees to carry out that mission and when you take apart 2.06.010 a and b it is clear that a applies to the city manager's office and B applies to the city council these are these are parallel tracks both the city manager's office and the city council have the authority to establish departments and and carry out and then the city manager is charged with filling those positions and carrying out the the mission of the organization well thank you for that exploration Mr Thornley certainly in a strong manager form of government which we acknowledge that we are in your role is unique uh among uh you know leadership positions I suppose to what you create we can unfund right so ultimately you continue to operate in the space that we've asked you to and you're doing an excellent job and I thank you for it any other questions from the body don't do that please what's that Miss Dewar no I I guess I just want to say um you know just as you've read read it that we have parallel responsibilities and um there is a check and balance I mean we have a role you have a role um and um to miss breakfast's Point I've supported this point for the whole nine years I've been on here that when we adopt the budget we're adopting an org chart and we are adopting a certain number of employees that's one of the main things we do in the budget we also adopt other line items but I think that I think a best practice might be to when you do amend it to bring it back to us before you know approval and I think that's best done on a quarterly basis but I really have to say that's not our item here today and but I just did want to recognize and and I do respect that balance of power but I do think we both have a role and and that we should defer to each other in other words you get to do your thing and you need to come to us to either retroactively approve it or adopt it or or whatever and if you change positions the same you know if you reclassified positions we need to acknowledge that you're reclassified those positions and get them formally put into the org chart so I you know we can discuss all this later but I do support this item the point of officers I really appreciate our staff's work and getting this all cleaned up and I do support the fact that the point of officers is I had a big conversation with you the point of Officer should not be covered under the labor contracts and similarly the labor contracts employees should not be in this class and so I really admire and appreciate the work that's gone into this and I support it Ms Stewart is that a motion to refer and that is okay I have a motion by Miss doer a second by Miss Taylor any additional questions or comments at this time yeah well the original move forward I just don't believe that it can be effectively accomplished without doing what's in 2.06010 and I dispute what the manager said as parallel tracks and there's you know it says here we're establishing the city organization chart and the city manager has it but then below it says anything you change you got to keep a record of it there was no record of it and now you're putting people into the appointment who it's unclear what department they live in and that needs to be done first in my view and it is a living document just like the RMC has codes and changes and you can trace it back that org chart should be and it's been very problematic for me but you know people are going to do what they're gonna do my message is to the assistant directors and the department heads if you hear there's a reorg going going on remember 2.06010 and ask for the city org chart and say how's this happening how's this new Department starting up and how am I an assistant director in a department that hasn't been approved by the council because you're hanging out there just like a lot of these other people have been thank you thank you Miss breakfast any additional questions or comments at this time hearing none I'll call for the question all those in favor please signify by saying aye aye aye any opposed a post motion carries thank you I think our next item is item E2 uh ordinance introduction to be read by the city attorney's office Mr Hall vice mayor ordinance introduction bill number 7247 orders to men title one chapter 1.02.010 of the Reno municipal code word boundaries and official city map to change the City of Reno Ward boundaries and create a Sixth Ward on the official city map is required by section 1.050 of the Reno City Charter and providing matters properly relating there too thank you Mr Hall Mr clerk do we have any public comment on this item we do we have one person registered in the room I'd like to welcome Pablo Nova Duran Pablo welcome good evening it's been a long day thank you were you out subbing today yes fantastic what school were you uh double Middle School where we're just in CEO Sparks fantastic well welcome and thanks for being here this evening I know how important this issue is to you hi here we go so um so here we go so um uh so I see off Trinity and E so I I'm a support option AE because if fair is important uh have you know that on Ward 3 in Tennessee ward 3 because of uh 1964 that's clear that someone need to have a foreign but four percent should be white and our Shelby whites and then and I do know that I do know like we I know today we're gonna try to get real at large display if you want to do career I like this with maybe that's maybe get the two more councilman one and seven War one and at large so here we go and then yeah so I'm not sure let's see if we know it's growing for three years but I wished uh um I wished uh we had I wish that we need to add a Modelo Street to ward 3 because that caused me tell Martina working on Paradise Park into our train your poo so hard and I feel like uh this should be revised um maybe 20 30 and get it back there's no East neighborhood back to Ward three so I have to do support option A and E and could you please state your name for the record probably never do it thank you so much hablo thank you so much that includes our in-person public comment for the record we did receive five comments which were directly associated with the agenda item prior to 4 pm on August 22nd these comments were written correspondents received via arena.gov online public comment form or by email to our office copies of these comments have been distributed to the Reno city council and are available to the public on the reno.gov meeting portal these comments represented one in favor of map a one in favor of map B one in favor of map c one in favor of map e and one of General concern and that concludes our public comment on the side thank you so much Miss Wilsey welcome let me first ask does council desire presentation okay Miss Wilson the floor is yours Madame mayor members of the council for the record policy and strategy Kimmy shigatani who's with flow analytics in our consulting firm on this project is on the zoom in case there are any technical questions that may come up so she is available for us today as well we are here for the Final Phase of redistricting as we implement the requirement to move from five Wards to six wards so at the last council meeting this body discussed the redistricting process including the immense community outreach campaign that occurred over the last few months and you deliberated about four final map options the result of that conversation was to direct staff to use final map a as the Baseline and make changes to three distinct areas those are represented in final map option e we'll walk through those areas really quickly the first area is around Baker Lane the boundaries of Baker Lane Moana kidski McCarran and Redfield were the area of conversation and this moved from ward 3 in map a to Ward 2 in map e the second area of change is at the intersection of Plumas in California and we moved this very small census block from ward 3 in option A to Ward 2 in option e finally the third area is the corner of Mill Street and kitski this area transitions from Ward 1 in option A to ward 3 in option e overall the changes directed by Council again are reflected in option e and this map has an overall deviation of 4.4 percent and it meets all the criteria the legal and the principal policy directed in the council's principles adopted for this process today we're agendized to introduce the ordinance for the new Ward map this action today requires a 5 7 vote of the city council and upon action today we will provide the selected map to the Washoe County Registrar to begin their work needed to prepare for the election this body will then be scheduled to adopt the ordinance on September 13th and with that we recommend Council select final map option e and refer the bill for a second reading and adoption thank you okay let's see who has questions Miss breckus thank you I could killer I was not following that closely okay so this Baker Lane area that came from a to e what's the population in that how many people were in that I know that answer it's about 800 to 850. uh-huh did you break those down demographically um I am I do not know off the top of my head a large portion of that area does not have people living in it there is a portion down at the bottom and then on the left side near Baker Lane where there are apartments in terms of exact numbers I don't know the answer to that yeah I mean I know that I know the area and I know it's mostly you know large format commercial about 800 people now let's move on to the other one where we've got and this one I'm a little more familiar with what's in this Plumas in California One commercial so we're just doing we're not moving the counts there what was the rationale for moving a commercial building into from one word to another what was the thinking on that this was the direction provided by Council when we went through the steps last let me help here if that would help um you see pluma Street on here and right at the curve pluma Street goes straight forward and it's a bit of an alley but most people I would say 90 percent of the people drive on Plumas continue on uh pluma Street where it transitions into Sierra so it was just a use of a more major road as a divider instead of a more Alley Road yeah I I live just off the map view so I'm pretty familiar with the area I just don't understand why we moved you know why of all the roads in the city we moved this little shift over okay now let's move to the last one this one um and I am familiar and I went by and visited this um what what is this so this also this does include a residential living in some of the spaces um and this assists with the population to bring the um the deviation to 4.4 so you so the 800 came in and so this was supplanted by these people um and these this this population what's this population are they multi-family what's their demographic breakdown it's the same yeah it's they're too similar apartment complex is one balancing the other yeah yeah I had a I had a heartburn with this because it seems like we're we're playing around with people in their houses and I just you know this isn't Monopoly I just I really I found it distasteful um but I'll leave it at that because it was such a modest change off the final map a or the the map the other map and that was part of my objections you know we we shifted one build one one ship with no residence one shift with mostly non-residential and then we threw in some other folks just to make up the numbers I I just I found a callus and I just I had I had other reasons but I wanted to understand it because it was going rather quickly it was someone's concept there but I found it rather callous way to do uh redistricting and insensitive to those people living there think of its breakfast Miss Stewart did you have no I mean the only thing I would offer is that it does reduce the deviation which was one of our goals uh from 4.9 which barely made the cut to 4.4 so everything we've done I just want to point out that the first six maps that the consultant gave us were six perfectly acceptable yet very different versions of the world and the next four Maps they gave us were another four versions of the world and each one the consultant and and all the public had input into so you know I think they're all we could have voted for any of the six or any of the ten frankly so I think that we also sought to blend some of the best features of the maps and so that's where we are so anyway I'm prepared to make a motion okay can I just say one thing I think to you your point I think this is sort of where you're going like it doesn't matter how you look at it they're all sort of difficult and you could also use the argument depending on um you know who represents you if you're happy with this council person and you lose that council person then you're not going to be happy with that or maybe you get a different council person because you thought differently maybe you're happy with that right so I just think that you can't sit there and say you know one size really fits all I don't think any of this was easy um and then you know everyone knows how I feel get ready for Hunger Games and uh I just have such a hard time with council members being able to vote across the city um but are only elected in their wards where that's the only place they're held accountable yeah and you know I always talk about like if council member wanted affordable housing in her in her Ward we all have the ability up here to vote no and she's the one representing her representative which did happen which did happen so and then you um yeah and you just uh you sort of fragment the city you pit the city and different areas of the city against each other so I'm incredibly um against any any of this but I want to see Reno move forward and um you can't cry over spilled milk so if we move forward and some of us are going to be very excited and happy and some of us aren't but let's all move forward together if I may um the two apartment complexes one was on Baker Lane and one was on Talbot are completely surrounded by residents in Ward 2 and they are bookended by businesses and cutting just these two apartment complexes out and moving them toward three we're the nearest person to them is like a half a mile away I mean you have people on two sides of Baker Lane these people are in one word and the other are not and yet they relate to each other and you know it just seemed to wake up hearing about community and that's what drove it thanks for Stewart I think you're spot on you worked very hard in this process to think about the way in which cartography that drawing of maps can be um a community building Endeavor and in fact I think you sought to find compromise at the end so I appreciate that I'll turn to you for a motion sure I did have some questions if we could look at the the proposed maps with the you know it shows all the awards I'm curious as to why we're changing the names of the ward like why Ward one is now going to be ward two I it just doesn't really make sense to me like we're putting in a new Ward the blue word kind of downtown why is that not going to be Ward six uh thank you councilmember so um uh as part of the charter the election cycle is kind of set up where uh the seat for two for the mayor and the City attorney on the same election cycle so as we know from the principles we have to keep council members two and four in their Wards so that's why you would see two and four labeled the same wherever our incumbents are sitting um in theory one three five and six could be renumbered um the rationale in terms of how it was done was trying our best to kind of keep people in similar numbers to avoid some confusion so the west side of Reno is five now to try to keep that five the east side of of Reno around the airport is three now to try to keep that in three yeah that makes sense but what doesn't make sense is why is Ward one not Ward one anymore I mean it's the oldest Ward right and that's changing to I think all of the words are changing now award for staying the same uh or three is the same ish word four saying the same word five is kind of the same uh word two is now going to be Ward one and Ward one is now going to be ward two it just doesn't make sense to me that the oldest Ward would be flipped to be ward two now I mean it would make more sense to me if we're trying to keep things the same as much as possible that we would keyboard one Ward one considering it's the oldest Lord I mean that part just doesn't make sense to me councilmember Ebert if I may for the same rationale that Ward four is staying Ward four um what was historically Ward one is going to become ward two because it is where council member duer who is not up for election in this cycle resides okay in other words and if I could just add yeah um the area there's a white area in the yellow that's a county park okay that's a golf course it's just south of that that's Moana just south of that all the way down to where the yellow meets the purple has been Ward too so Ward 2 is staying the same yeah and it's expanding to incorporate part of Ward one yeah and so that's what's happening we you and I have to stay yeah I understand that it just seems like looking at this and comparing the old map that you know Ward one is is completely changing it just seems odd to me that you know that the oldest word would be changing so I mean I guess it makes sense with the uh elections but it just seems a little odd to me that the oldest word would no longer be Ward one so I just wanted to ask about that thank you okay any additional questions Miss uh hold on Miss breakfast I'm gonna go to Mr Martinez first thank you so much uh the mapping but T numbers um I know our neighbors to the east use precinct number six so I'm just wondering what's going to happen with uh vortex in those numbers there thanks council members so my conversation with the County Registrar was actually that the numbers of the precincts historically were driven around County District numbers not City of Reno and city of Sparks I think it just maybe naturally happened that way but my conversation with her is following this process when we submit the ward maps to her all of those pricing numbers could change and she had not determined what the approach would be for those numbers yet because she needed to see how it all would Lane out line out okay thanks for that clarification you're welcome I miss breakfast yeah I do need a refresher on that so what's the new Ward one it is the yellow no blue sorry yeah sorry it's the my bedroom is that up in the 24th cycle yes is there an incumbent who lives in there yes who is that incumbent uh council member Taylor and I believe councilmember breakfast you're in there too I would have to dive in a little bit closer I thought I was not in there she's not not sorry so the question Kelly I think I'm sorry miss willsey it and we'll have to go to the lawyers is on the ballot would council member Taylor appear as an incumbent into the ward one and I don't know that we're prepared to answer that question today and I think we're gonna have to talk to some election lawyers about whether or not that's the case okay yeah I do not know the answer that's so premature because there's a filing-ish time so I I don't I want to get my time back so where's word where's word two I'm gonna see if I have a closer word two is in the yellow yes is that up this time no word three yes is that up this time in 24 yes is there an incumbent residing in there uh yes yes who is that councilmember Martinez okay Ward four that's not up this time is it no who resides in there in four yeah uh councilmember Ebert okay and Ward five who resides in Ward five uh councilmember Reese would reside in Ward five okay and Ward six is the and five is up this time correct is Ward six up this time yes why is Ward six up I thought you said that even or up it's it's not even it that kind of used to be how it is but it's one three five and six is going to be the new election cycle because at large and six are the same so without if if at large and six are the same then we should have had maps that showed the incumbent at large member in six that I think has been problematic um and so you know that's to miss Ebert's issue and that's another flaw for me on this arrangement thank you okay so if I might if I might add I actually don't believe that at large and six are interchangeable because six is entirely executory until such time as there is an individual elected to fill the seat um the Mac is established for purpose of filing for purpose of conducting a primary election as of January 1st of this year that's the way the change in charter is written there is no Ward 6 until we have an election in November of next year and let me clarify my comment in terms of switching the charter is specific that these the cycles of election will be one three five and six currently it's one three five and at large so by by switch that's what I meant just in terms of the Charter's clarity I still believe because you know the incumbents have a role here under the statue you you draw around those who are in office and not up in the 24th cycle I think by extension of that there should have been drawing around you know the incumbents for the ones that they serve I think that would have provided better Clarity and service to the constituents going forward so I find fault with this map the difficulty though council member Rebecca's with the line of thinking is that the only two residencies that needed to be preserved in this activity were the ward 2 and the ward four council members everyone else could have theoretically been been drawn into the same district and so it would not have worked to maintain the labeling in the way you suggest and surprise surprise the staff driven process under the direction of the city manager who reports to the incumbents doesn't match any incumbents up against each other surprise surprise okay any other questions I just just clear something up so miss Hebert I'm sorry councilman Maurice you'll be the incumbent for Ward five correct and I live in the Pink Zone in Ward five okay so then council member Taylor the incumbent in Ward one she'll be the incoming in Ward one okay and then breakfast will be okay I'm just trying to wrap my head around so that's the question we said we would need to go do some more research on with respect to incumbency and how that gets labeled okay thank you okay any additional questions or comments at this time Ms Stewart the motion okay sure there we go to select final map option e and refer the bill for second reading and adoption second okay my motion by Mr second by Mr Martinez any additional questions at this time hearing none I'll call I raised my hand okay yeah I met a mayor I did raise my hand go ahead yeah I'm not going to support I didn't support the process and of having staff do it and I think that the outcome is one that has the Fingerprints of staff doing work for The incumbents Who sit here and have the ear of the manager that I see if we had turned it over to the Consultants with a you know a disconnected group overseeing committee and bringing us up and down I think I would and we had I would have however it came out it would have been more comfortable but I'm not comfortable the way it came out too I do think the Practical nature of depriving Ward 4 of a city facility to hold meetings is problematic and third I object to these little minor changes to a that move around mostly commercial buildings but kind of play with people's apartment buildings like Monopoly pieces so I won't be supporting thank you I have common as well um I just want to continue my comments from last meeting I don't support this map due to the lack of Community Resources for Ward four um I also want to call out that my award has the largest population of native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders so we're we have a community of interest and again we're lacking Community Center for that particular group and for my entire award we'll have the least amount of parks as I stated previously we'll have five out of 83. I also have concerns about the numbering of the awards so I will not support this redistricting thank you or this this particular maps for the redistricting okay can I uh did you want to comment yeah comment yeah um I just wanted to say uh councilwoman Uber I would say just uh the best time for those concerns is at budget so make sure I think you bring up good oh I won't forget okay so um but that's where that because I'm trying to figure out if a map would have been different how that would play into at the aspect of that well the the previous Maps do have a line that comes down and includes um Evelyn Mount as my community center currently so I think that there could have been a provision made to bring that piece down again did you did you talk to our consultant well the process was to keep Council input out of it and I I agreed or I made a statement that I would stay out of it but the other council members um comments uh about um you know what they wanted didn't seem to um take that into consideration at all um so um while there was um accommodations made for other areas and streets there was no care given to um possibly redrawing to include a community center for my award okay so um the other thing I want to just let council members know that I have asked Mr Thornley to get me sort of a list of or financial amount of what we're spending in each Ward again like I said get ready for Hunger Games because now it's going to be you spent more in this word and not enough in this word and all that and I love the advocacy don't get me wrong I just think it it really divides the city but I want to know so everyone is is very clear um that and it needs to be balanced I think that's a good thing it should be balanced because we've seen where sometimes with cdbg you know just because someone was on that committee they were able to access more and that's not sort of fair either but um so that's the and the other thing I wanted to know Mr Thornley was where their County parks in Cal in Ward four what were the amount of County Parks because I think that was another concern was there are a couple County parks yeah there are several County parks in Ward 4 there are County parks around our community and of course taxpayers in Reno contribute to the funding for for County Parks and County community centers okay I just want to make sure the other thing that was really important to me it was millions of dollars is the investment into mayor's Park and we really are trying to pay more attention um because you know that area has grown so much before it didn't have the growth that the other parts of town have yeah now there has been an investment into the playground equipment but it's you know but it's millions of dollars yeah but it's not it's not a Aquatic Center or anything like that I mean if we're going to compare apples to apples it's not well but look at you don't have Aquatic Center in every Ward either no we are I want I want to we don't have anything we don't have anything let's do that we have we have a play play equipment that's being put in without shade but my point is is we all want come on if every word everyone wants a pool or whatever they want like let's just be honest we all would want that right I can't imagine anyone would deny that you want do you want one no what do you want pickleball I'm ready to make a murder you already make a motion okay I think we have a motion that's my point is no it's it's important for me to because as your mayor I care about everyone's word and what happens and that is the honest to God truth because I represent all of you and so I want to make that very clear I want to help advocate for you I'm not here for word two three four five six at all I'm here rooting for Reno we all got to be the same way and unfortunately like I said and I'm I apologize to councilwoman breakfast that she's not happy with it but it's I'm not happy with it either I just want you to know that but I want to be supportive so we can move Reno forward and that's where we that's where we go so then when we want those things that's in budget time we talked about that just being part of that process is where we need to be this is a whole new ball game with these different words and I just you know I I don't like it but I think as we move forward we all need to come together and root for Reno and it's got to be that way and everyone help each other that's my job but I think uh you were talking about mayor's Park and it's it's certainly not just playground equipment when I came on the council and was first taken out to mayor's Park uh by the former council member for that Ward it was a dirt Access Road it had no flat feet I mean it was five million total it was six million total we also added total we added the frisbee golf course we added the flat Fields with lights um there is playground equipment going in there but the access alone was somewhere in the neighborhood of a million dollars which we were able to find financing for for um through cdbg and of course Evelyn Mount Community Center is a whole other thing because we've just put new HVAC a new roof on that facility and that's a facility that will continue to be of course used by folks who reside in the north alleys I I find it curious that the concern is over a community center when the ward for NAB meets at the North Valleys Library which I think is a is uh although you know why because I use that facility because it's more centrally located yeah that makes sense and I like the library is double booked I use Evelyn Mount now when the libraries um let him his time exhaust and then you can jump in yeah it wasn't my point was not to be Tit for Tat I I don't play that game my point was that we we have facilities all over this city whether it's the California building in Ward one or um Miss doer holds her nabs I think at a nursery yeah and so they have no Community Center no Community Center and I paid to meet in Atlanta yeah I I think everybody um has to navigate some of those things uh as they do but again Madam mayor you indicated that the the right attitude which is we are all rooting for Reno you have room for Reno I think historically our Council has done what they can in each of the wards to be fair it's kind of why the um the road fund moves around without reference to who represent an area obviously uh we uh have sought historic investments in the RTC which I posted about this week and the probably hundreds of millions of dollars in roadway improvements that going on in the North Valleys we have um I supported of course uh the rebuilding of O'Brien Middle School uh uh there's just a lot going on out there it's a beautiful community and I can't wait to continue the work that has started and I'll look forward to it I'm not sure any of those things relate to the map but we'll have to continue moving forward together in that way well the other issue that I can also say why people push this and this and I'm just gonna say anyone that wants to run for for office it is much cheaper and I've heard that that sediment um much more affordable they don't have to raise nearly as much money they don't have to work nearly as hard to run at large um I mean no in the ward yeah exactly so um you know if we're gonna bring up reasons why you know this I for me is so problematic just that's you know another one of them but anyway and I don't mean to be disrespectful to anyone on this dice but it doesn't matter who you are if you're running for office that's what I've constantly heard oh I'm so glad about it because now I I don't have to go raise all that money I can just you know raise very little amounts and it looks very different you know I mean I was in a ward race and a lot of money was raised well that can happen but you know what the point is Annie any race more than the mayor's race more than any race and it was just a word so make the last comment and then we'll call for the question yeah thank you Mr Martinez we'll have the last comment but Miss Stewart yeah thank you I just wanted to say that I thought that the solution come that came up that the staff came up with with the Consultants was very elegant and I also wanted to say that it's not surprising that um they ended up with a council member in every Ward I know a couple of the options had two council members an award I think Mr Martinez was in an uh area maybe with me or with the new Ward 6. instead of the ward 3. so I think in those 10 Maps there were all kind of combinations and permutations one of the beauties of map a which is now map e is that the council members are spread apart if we had some of our pre-existing council members on council member Jordan lived in Ward five there would be two people living in Ward five you know there would be council member Jordan and council member Reese and if Mr Delgado was still on Council there would have been um he would have ended up on Ward 6 potentially according to this map Because He Lives down in sand very dead so I just wanted to say that we happen you happen to come up with a very elegant solution that has us all in different places and recognizes that I also want to say to my colleagues I understand your frustration I've been on this Council nine years it's taken nine years to get to this point of potentially having an aquatic center there is no pool in work the new Ward six there's been no pool in Ward 2 entirely that covers the entire area there's been no Community Center for the whole time I've been on Council I've rented rooms in private places to have the meetings occasionally I could do it in South Valley's library but often they are booked and so I just wanted to say that there are challenges in every Ward I have a park Robin Hood Park which I have actually gotten money in cdbg and then had that money reappropriated to another Park and it's one of the poorest parks in our entire city it's small it's poor it's in terrible condition but I don't I'm not complaining about it I just think through the process we all prioritize we prioritize for the whole city um we move Parts forward there are road projects here there are improvements there and at the end of the day we have a better City and I think as long as we can keep that larger Viewpoint of mind it will help all of us that this isn't something anybody did to somebody but it is some an opportunity to work for something yeah so anyway would that I guess I've said all I am going to say Mr Martinez um I'll come to you but I also want to say it wasn't a staff directed activity I won't say that I think that the consultant and the community directed the activity you held literally hundreds of meetings received thousands of comments thousands of map options through the map creating widget so the notion that it was somehow staff driven I think is not correct I think we had make the road here today that represents thousands and thousands of nevadans who said this is a great map um so the the idea or concept that somehow we had our fingerprints all over it is simply wrong and and really should be not the narrative Mr Martinez I'm going to come to you it's popular to hate government it happens Mr Martin yes I appreciate that thank you Mr vice mayor um I think on my behalf what I would like to mention is that map e or map a demonstrated obviously the most compactness it included a lot of the things that the community asked us for with keeping communities of Interest intact it was within this deviation that's outlined by our Charter um and this was through all of the public Outreach that was done by flow analytics and director uh we'll see in her department and so I just want to give them a huge shout out um for all of their efforts on putting these Maps together and making sure that our communities of Interest stay intact and I I also just want to say that we did have an opportunity to pass a map without any of the Amendments but weren't able to get there unfortunately and so maybe if the member who had those comments were to vote for that map we could have gotten there without making any modifications and so we're at this juncture now and so I'm hoping that we're able to get to a place where we can all come together and move this process forward and keep holding it instead of holding it up like we have been in these two meetings so that's all I have to say okay thank you so much I'll bring it back to the dice Mr uh clerk let's do a roll call vote please I have a motion by Mr a second by Mr Martinez absolutely uh council member breckis come on now do it yes Martinez yes Ebert no Taylor yes Rhys yes and mayor yes not that I don't like the map I just don't like any of that okay Mr clerk I think we're on to the G items start with G1 which is senior advisory uh Miss Ebert is that your nomination yes hold on a thing here oh it was already there um thank you I'd like to appoint uh Patricia Newman and Terry Snyder at this time okay I have a motion by Miss Ebert can I get a second second okay about motion by Missy bird a second by Mr Martinez all those in favor please signify by saying aye aye any opposed motion carries unanimously item G2 potential appointment to the historic Resource Commission yeah thank you very much uh this time I would like to appoint Hagen Sandoval okay I have a motion can I can I get a that's a second by Madame mayor any additional questions hearing that I'll call for the questions all those in favor please signify by saying aye aye any opposed motion carries an answer Hagen will be an incredible addition to that board I think he brings a depth of knowledge Beyond his years 100 uh item H1 uh any questions or announcements by any of my colleagues I'll just look to my right seeing that I'll look to my left no just said I'll continue to focus on my efforts on my five parks and whatever else I can do for my community so thanks so much for everyone's comments about uh how all their struggles will continue to struggle with my five parks and Devin if you'd like excuse me council member Reese if you'd like to take another tour of Mayors park with me you can see uh um what kind of state it's in currently so yeah let's do it we'll get it scheduled I'm excited to go out there with you wonderful I did have one thing under each one rooting for me Arena like my my mind because that doesn't show no I'm trying to engage with my other council members to uh work together thank you I'm excited to go out there um Miss uh um I previously stated and I wanted to do it under the right agenda item that I would like an upcoming briefing on our fire risk with the upcoming Fire season and I'd love to have Envy energy participate because many of the fires have been started by wires and they have a hardening program well I think it would be good for the whole Council to hear about that program what their priorities are where they're working and especially in light of the fact that I've gotten some desperate comments from residents about line sparking two fires very recently in in the same place so I'm thinking line hardening could help them out there so I just think it'd be very informative for all of us to get away and help provide some direction to both our fire chief and some ass to Envy energy for my part I'll just mention one thing as many of you know I spent most of the month of July at Harvard University in Boston at the Harvard Kennedy School and my shout out really is to one of our employees Cynthia Esparza who also attended the program and if you have not heard from her or or know what good work she did there I'll just share that she ultimately was one of the leaders of the last final group project and really shown such a brilliant Spotlight on the City of Reno because of her leadership her effort in that area her program was about the city of Fond du Lac Wisconsin and an issue they were having there and she took the laboring ore in making a presentation to an assembled group of about 100 people and really just hit it out of the ballpark so it was really incredible to see Mrs Esparza in action and on a very complex topic and I think she came to be viewed by the cohorts in the class as one of the foremost experts in the space and and that was really you know honoring to be a part of and watch her growth in that area because it was a complex issue and just she did a tremendous job so if you see her uh thank her for the effort that she undertook Mr clerk we're on to item J final public comment do we have public comment in the room we do have three commenters registered in the room so first we'll hear from Damien Cole followed by William poochik I see some of the usual suspects and will welcome them each individually Damien welcome Pablo and then uh Mr poochert have we figured out our Tech issues here Damien I yes it looks like if there's anyone who would figure out the tech issues I believe it might be you little beauty for just a moment but that's not what I'm here to talk about talk about I made this last year this scope does this move around no okay it's not a pointer okay downward slope begins over next where it says existing grade that elevation is lower than the bridge that does half your work you go down there's two outlets one underneath the bridge that's hidden from this picture and one that's right there next to Fulton Park that yes oh there's a mouse excellent right there this Outlet is over 100 years old this is p Vine creek it is Subterranean ever since God is like the 1920s or so so basically this is your River Walk and this is how it works now the green would be the surface level Pathways for bikes right this is the existing uh plan that Jacobs in engineering has put together um you can see there's an additional bus stop here that's really about it everything else except for these little things right here and the decor is exactly the same could do a way better job so I presented this to them last year if you put your bike paths on the sidewalk level I'm going to show how that transitions here your bus stop is in front of the bike so there's no Collision points this is what's called a floating bus stop these are the areas that I proposed we put speed tables to keep people down at 15 miles an hour I didn't expect all three of them to put in I was just showing this is where it could go and this is how the bike path could go underneath the river and then start going back up and meet up with the existing path all of these ideas have pretty much been met with no's from the city they weren't specific on whom but it doesn't seem to work with anything that the community wanted Fulton Green Space right here okay this is an existing thing so the path would go down underneath and come back up there are trees that live that that live here and I wouldn't want to ruin them so I'm figuring there's a way to incorporate those existing trees in the area now when I said earlier oh and this is where it would be it would be on this side of the river just like how this existing underpass would work same exact concept I get involved this well when a certain Department of the city said that Quincy Greenville Park did not exist I went into a deep history and found 50 years worth it started with Reno's first councilwoman Pat Lewis 1973 1977 she was the champion of the entire system for bike pass that was approved by Public Works in 1976 I went to UNR stayed there for four hours copying documents from Pat Lewis's personal documents Treasure Trove we need to talk about this yeah we we got to have that meeting we really do there's just so much to talk about but I gotta get going it started with Reno Evening Gazette and Nevada State Journal Yeah well yeah we have to have a meeting somehow somewhere thank you William Kutcher followed by Pablo navadoran council members that show from there I guess will that show we're pulling it up yep there you go okay good evening how are you guys doing um I'm just sort of coming here from work so I don't I'm not really prepared but um the image that you saw I was looking on Facebook today and I think it really represents our Collective feeling of losing all of our ex um it's supposed to represent grief and how it leaves a hole and it's a pretty big hole and I can tell you um in my Endeavors in the Celtic community Oliver was responsible for us getting an unprecedented four or five dates on the Our Town calendar and I mean it led to a lot more people getting exposure a lot more people coming out and finding out about us and um I can tell you I witnessed and I used to be an art Town volunteer and and I know how hard the work is he was the first one in setting up and the last one out tearing down and I don't know if this idea has been suggested already but I would uh respectfully request that you as a body consider naming a public space after him something related with art and I know that I share many people's sentiment when I say Oliver was our town and I appreciated his spirit and I appreciated the work he did thank you and finally we have Pablo navidoran hello guys my name is Miguel Martinez as my castle remember Council men's so even the Austin scholar was in resign or tomorrow Jordan was a resigned this will still look like a map that's what we use today because remember Jordan and also will be termed out regardless regardless so so for the mistake um I know you said you don't have a pool force uh or sex and more too but you do got four two which a Moana pool has not built yet no Okay cool so uh and Broadway we we used to have a pool called uh trainer pool now since uh all the noise uh Reno that move out of war three if you have no pool and no um has as a new world Community Center is a new world recognition Center as a community center I think yes we have one Community for one more and I feel bad for I feel ashamed for our area that doesn't uh West Avenue this way and uh Downstream Hidden Valley and area doesn't have no Community Center we have no pool in Ward three so I feel like I feel like we need to have a pool like I know I I know we keep it televalley in Daybreak area the development uh well there I think that that will help so I feel like I feel like dead shirt near repair have a new pool for the resonance for Dollar Tree in your area over here and hopefully the new community centers and uh I know you have a a wooser High School Von Pond but you wanted to have once middle school and one high school so you're likely to have two High School in the future so there we go empowered to have Ward three so here we go thank you very much that concludes our in-person uh public comment for the record we received four comments which were General in nature or not directly associated with an agenda item after 4 pm on August 22nd these comments were written correspondence received via our reno.gov online public comment form or by email to our office and copies of these comments have been distributed to the Reno city council and are available to the public on the reno.gov meeting portal which represented four in favor and that concludes our closing public comment is [Music]