Board of Supervisors to Order.

May I have a roll call, please?

Supervisor Giometer.

Supervisor White, Supervisor Horton, Supervisor Shuddy.

Here, Mayor Bagwell.

You have your quorum.

Thank you so much.

I saw Pastor Louie come on up and get us started today.

Thank you.

Let's pray together.

Lord, we give you thanks and we give you praise for your goodness, your grace, and your willing involvement in our lives as we call on you.

We learn from your holy scriptures that your mercies are new every morning.

You give grace to the humble, and your wisdom is available to those who ask.

So we do ask today for your mercy, your grace, and your wisdom.

Lord, I pray that you bless this board of supervisors with discernment, patience, and a spirit of cooperation.

Guide this body to make decisions that honor you and serve well, people of Carson City.

We pray for the safety and protection for the many people who will be gathering for the taste of downtown this weekend.

We pray and ask for your blessing on our mayor, board of supervisors, staff and families, and all others serving the people of Carson City.

The Lord bless you and keep you, the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you.

The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.

Amen.

Thank you.

I believe um we're at opening public comment.

Did you want opening public comment?

Okay.

You're welcome.

And um, I'm not sure I saw you in part of your costume on the parade day, but you fluttered by so fast.

And then yesterday at the deal for the 60th anniversary of the library, I caught you or chance to say, but um, both of those events were great, and I don't know how many of you got a chance to go to the car show.

It was amazing, and I'd like to point people to the Nevada appeal.

It's one of my sources as a person that doesn't have computer at home and only can utilize the libraries on occasion.

So I appreciate them very much.

The next thing I'd like to bring up an article in here by Joanne, about building a pollinator garden.

And I point this out because it's been brought up that that's a consideration for some of the parks and the Ronald Williams park is one of them, I believe, to have a pollinator garden.

So I just want to point those things out.

I would like to please take number 11A off the consent gent deal because I don't believe that um it's I believe it's important to specifically name the people that are being appointed to positions, and she's being repointed to the position of library trustee, and I think her name should be acknowledged, or she should be acknowledged for that.

The other can be what you consider uh routine, but I think these things, especially when a person's gonna put in four more years with it be that dedicated thank you.

Thank you.

I don't have anyone else uh signed up, but just in case.

Okay, then we're gonna move along.

We're gonna start off a little bit different this morning so that back to work you can go, right?

Okay.

Um we're gonna go to agenda item 6a, which is the canvas of the vote for the primary election that was held on June 9th, 2026.

Mr.

Howen.

Thank you, Mayor and Supervisors.

I'm joined today by Shauna Backendall, our chief deputy of elections and marriage, as we present the canvas of the vote for the June 2026 Carson City primary election.

Before we begin the canvas, I want to address a procedural issue that was identified regarding uncontested nonpartisan offices.

With the guidance of our district attorney, one section NRS of NRS 293.260 requires the names of candidates for nonpartisan office in an uncontested race to be placed on the ballot of the primary election.

And if such candidate receives one or more votes during the primary election, the candidate is declared elected to the office, and his or her name must not be placed on the ballot for the general election.

If a candidate does not receive more votes during the primary election, his or her name must be placed on the ballot for the general election.

All of Carson City elected officials run and serve in nonpartisan offices, and those races are conducted differently than partisan offline races.

In this primary election, the names of those candidates, uncontested nonpartisan offices were left off the ballot for the June 2026 primary election.

As a result of this procedural error, the names of those candidates will appear instead on the ballot of the general election in accordance with the discussions and guidance from the Secretary of State's office.

In correcting the procedural error, this is no adverse effect on the candidates because those offices are uncontested because there will be no delay to assuming offices after the general election is held.

There's also no adverse impact to voters, and no eligible voter is disenfranchised.

Each affected candidate has been contacted, and they have no objection to this corrective approach.

The procedural error does not impede the canvas of the vote because there is no impact to the ballots that have been cast for other contested offices and names of candidates properly appearing on the ballot on the primary ballot.

I would also note that Carson City did not have a separate nonpartisan ballot in this primary election because there were no competitive contests requiring voter action.

During the election period, nearly 100 registered nonpartisan voters chose to update their party affiliation through Nevada's same-day registration process in order to participate in either the Democratic or Republican primary election.

The same day registration process worked as intended and allowed those voters to participate without difficulty.

Before I turn things over to Shauna, I would also like to recognize the dedicated staff of the Secretary of State's office in this off-election year 2025 and 2026.

They supported the 15 county clerks and two registrar voters in Nevada, and I thank them for their hard work partnership.

They're kind of the behind the scenes group that makes elections work with our team.

I would also like to acknowledge Shauna and her team.

I mean, there's Sean, there's Sean, there's Amy, there's Zach, there's Mickey, there's Patty, there's Sylvia, there's Cecilia.

We have a great internal team to help run this election, and I want to say thank you for them for their dedication and attention to detail that brought every aspect of this election to a conclusion.

Their commitment to serving our voters resulted in a successful transparent, well-run election, and I appreciate that greatly.

With that, I turn it over to Shauna.

Thank you, Scott.

Good morning, Mayor Bagwell, members of the Board of Supervisors, City Managers, and members of the public.

For the record, my name is Shauna Backadal, and I am the chief deputy of elections and marriages for the Carson City Clerk Recorder's Office.

Today I'm presenting the official canvas of the vote for the June 9th, 2026 primary election.

The canvas process verifies and certifies the official election results after completion of ballot processing, reconciliation, provisional ballot review, and all other statutory requirements.

Our staff is requesting that the board accept the canvas and certify the election results as required by Nevada law.

Before I get started with the campus, I would like to take the opportunity to thank a great many people who helped us pull this election off.

It is not lost on me that we rely on a lot of departments, a lot of people to get set up, tore down, ready to go for an election.

From the Sheriff's Department to Parks and Rec to IT, and even our partners at the state level, the Nevada Threat Analysis Center, the Secretary of State.

This is something that takes a lot of people to do and to get done.

So I do want to take the opportunity to thank all of the people to help us get to this point.

So I am going to start with the overview of the canvas.

Total mail ballots we issued were 22,958.

Total votes cast, 10,772.

On election day, we had 1,790 votes cast.

We had 6,674 mail ballots.

And in early voting, we had 2,308 votes.

Voters that used our online absencee system or keys, there were 80.

For provisional same-day registration, we had roughly 80.

Only two of those were rejected because we could not verify their identity.

Ballots that were adjudicated, there were 210.

Races that we could not adjudicate because the voter intent was not clear, there were 10.

Ballots that were sent to cure, there were 67.

And of those 67, 44 were successfully cured.

Again, our overview, we have a total of 23,612 registered active voters.

We had 10,772 ballots casts.

Overall male and in-person turnout was 45.62%.

Party registration and turnout.

Democratic registered voters was 9,241.

The Democratic turnout was 46.6%.

Republican registered voters, 14,371.

Our Republican turnout was 44.9%.

In-person voting summary, we had early voting, 2,308 voters.

On election day, we had 1,790 for total in-person voting, 4,098.

We had a total of 74 voters that went to the Stewart facility.

And as far as the Carson City Sheriff's Department, we had four people who registered, two that were qualified, and one that actually voted.

Our mail ballot overview, again, we issued 22,958 mail ballots.

We received 7,460.

We accepted 6,674, rejected 81.

We had a total of 707 undeliverables.

We had a total of 67 cures.

The cures that were accepted were 44 at an acceptance rate of 90.4%.

Certainly.

Of those rejected, what led to the rejection of the ballot?

So most of the rejections that you see were people who didn't cure their signatures, or their ballot was postmarked after the election day.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

And one of the things, just to let you know on the 707 undeliverable ballots.

If you compare that to the other counties in the state, whether it be Douglas, Lyon, Washoe, Clark, our undeliverable.

I can't tell you how proud I am of the team doing the voter roll maintenance that they're doing.

It keeps that undeliverable number down.

It keeps the expense and the cost of the city down.

And we put a lot of emphasis on that voter roll maintenance every single day, and that number shows that.

Can I ask you a question?

Can you delineate uh talk about the difference between objected, excuse me, rejected and accepted?

Cures accepted.

So obviously in there, there's some there's some form of rejection, right?

So are the ones is the difference between 44 and 67, those 23, are they included in the rejected?

So the 23 are the postmark dates.

Okay.

And the two provisionals that didn't get adjudicated.

So that's where that comes in.

But they're are they they're in the rejected because they were rejected, correct?

They were that's correct.

Okay, so it's not it's not two separate categories.

You're just sort of breaking down one of the categories.

That's the cures that were not accepted, are a subset of the rejected ballots.

Correct.

Okay, thank you for the case.

You're welcome.

So this is our official drop box activity.

The community center took in two thousand one hundred and sixty-two.

Our the clerk recorder's office took in 798.

The senior center, 311, City Hall, 292 ballots, and Stewart took in 19.

Our equipment certification, the logic and accuracy board that was appointed conducted the logic and accuracy testing on May 14th.

Our representatives were Francis Ross, Tracy Davis.

We had two observers, Laura Hale and Charlie Rodman.

Uh Scott Hohen, myself, and we had alternative alternate members, Mickey Garcia, Amy Donovan, and Sean Campbell that helped with the testing.

And just for everybody's clarification, we go through a pre-lat, a pre-logic and accuracy testing before the election starts.

We basically zero out all the equipment, prove that it's all zeroed out.

We then run an election through it.

We know what the results should be.

Does the results match what uh we know it to be?

Uh we certify the election equipment ready to go for the election.

We run the election, and then again we're gonna do a post-LAT or a post-logic and accuracy test uh in a couple of days uh to again certify the equipment work appropriately.

With that, the Carson City Clerk Recorder's office has completed all required reconciliation, adjudication, provisional ballot review, and tabulation processes.

The results presented today represent the official canvas of the June 9th, 2026 primary election.

Uh we recommend that the board accept the canvas of the vote and certify the official election results for the June 9th, 2026 primary election.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Are there any questions?

Do I have any further questions that you guys have already asked?

Is there any public comment on this item?

Okay, I'll bring it back here for a motion.

I move to accept the canvas of the vote for the June 9th, 2026 primary election as presented.

I have a motion and a second for approval.

All those in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed, say no.

Let the record reflect that was unanimous.

Thank you, and please thank the whole team, because we know it's not just the two of you.

I can see a few uh sitting out in the audience.

I don't know, I can see one that how long are you been doing it, Todd?

10 elections?

No.

No, probably not one, three years.

Is that all?

Seems like he's always there.

But anyway, thank you.

And uh again, please thank the entire team.

Okay, we're going to go to agenda item 7A, which is approval of our minutes.

Did any member have any changes?

Corrections.

Seeing none, I'll accept a motion for approval of the minutes.

Got it.

Move to approve the Carson City Board of Supervisors' meeting and minutes for the 21st of May 2026 as presented.

I have a motion and a second for approval.

All those in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Any opposed say no.

Let the record reflect that was unanimous.

Okay, if you'll join me on the floor, we'll do our length of uh service certificates.

I did check with one in advance to make sure he wasn't gonna embarrass me.

And I told him, You're gonna stick around, right?

No, he's gonna tell me he's retiring tomorrow.

Okay, get up here, Mr.

Primka.

You guys aren't gonna believe this when I tell you how many years.

It's hard for me to believe.

Because he only looks like he's about 40, right?

But 30 years, 30 years of service.

I just see.

I thought, well, I can't get away with asking him for 30 more.

No, you can't.

I'll just do it.

30 more.

Yeah, let's go.

There you go, since he's only 40, but thank you for your service.

Wow, Jim.

Um an amazing gentleman.

Um, Jim, when did you start as a reserve?

1994.

Holy crap, you and I were still in high school.

Um what an amazing gentleman.

Uh assistant sheriff Premka runs our operations division.

Um his reliability, his his uh commitment, it's just unbelievable.

Um what you see in town, the cooperation amongst the different groups when we have different activities.

Uh Jim is the guy right in the front of that.

And and he does such a fantastic job.

Um and we're gonna do a couple others, but but I want to highlight something here.

Um, this is a family man, and what we see this as as a strength in our units.

Um, he's so committed to his family that we even have can I say baby primka?

We have a baby primka at the department.

Uh so in addition to the 30, we have another one coming through, and there will be a primka there for a long, long time.

Thank you, Jim.

I appreciate it.

Problem is now the nickname is Baby Primka, right?

Your your child's probably like, leave that off.

Well, and how about this?

Much fun.

How about camper?

Where's the canine?

I can't believe it.

Five years.

Camper.

Go ahead, ask him if he's maybe five.

I was just gonna say though, how long?

Is it eight?

That's you average with them.

That's uh, six and seven.

Camper, we're counting on you.

We know you've done a great job.

We know it.

And um, put it in perspective real quick too.

Uh, sister, we have 30 years.

Dog years he's up 35.

I just throw it up.

We we are gonna be the wrong order.

Um Deputy Kepler knows the dog better than me.

And and but I want everybody to understand this is something unique.

Of our eight dogs at the department, this dog is the most unique because it serves in our school environment.

What that means is that when we went out to to discuss having one assigned to the school district, that dog had to be special, capable of being in the playground with the children, unsupervised, and yet still do some of the most difficult, challenging tasks that we have to protect our schools.

Exactly.

Yeah, I think that was one of the biggest things with him, especially when we uh first.

Oh, yeah, here I'll take it.

Uh one of the biggest things that I saw with him when I first got him.

Like he's he's loved these five years, you could tell he just loves being bombarded by these kids.

Um when I first got him that about that first year, I was really nervous just because especially like elementary school kids and all that, they'll come up to him and just surround him and hang on him and all that stuff.

And I always had to watch his body language and just make sure that nothing was gonna, you know, he wasn't gonna get irritated or snap at one of them or anything.

And every time he just loves it, he just waits until they come and just surround him.

And uh, and he just yeah, he sits there and wags his tail and just is just happy as he could be.

Um, funny thing to note about him though, is he doesn't like anything with four legs.

So he'll try to go after horses or cows.

Uh even our latest golf tournament we just had.

I just uh came across deer for the first time for him, and they were all laying down.

So he's like, what are these things?

Then as soon as they stood up and he saw they had four legs, he tried to go after him.

So yeah, but no, he's uh he's just an incredible dog.

Uh he's got an incredible nose.

Um he's you know placed several times in the uh competitions and stuff, um, and just uh just an amazing dog.

So, pretty special.

I know.

Okay, it might be the sheriff's stay today.

How about Francisco Torres is a sergeant?

Five years, five years.

Thank you for your service.

It's very much appreciated.

You know, and I know, not sure.

I don't know if they're placed in a car somewhere you guys pay me up.

There you'll keep it though.

Thank you.

Uh, congratulations, Francisco.

Um, yeah, five years, five years doesn't say it all.

Um, Francisco was one of the original members of our real uh thrust to combat gangs in this environment, not just in Carson City, but throughout the entire region.

Um what an amazing uh officer he was at a uh first-round draft pick.

We stole him from Douglas County.

Um he was down here working all the time anyways, so we're just might have might as well hire him here.

He said was, what an amazing officer he was.

Was now he's a sergeant.

Quick thought, quick thought.

Um Francisco's working it just in the five years, he's worked in all of the environments, including our task forces, uh, with the federal agencies.

He's an amazing gentleman, and just like Jim and Kepler, uh his family's here.

Uh the sheriff's department is so blessed to have officers and employees that are really family generated.

So thank you and congratulations, Francis.

Okay, we are gonna move on to the parks department.

And I'm I'm really hesitating here.

Do you do the director first or the person with the most years?

All right, come on up, David.

Right, twenty years.

If I am brave and say 10 more, you're gonna tell me.

Yeah.

I got away with that one.

At least 10 more.

Thank you for all you do to help uh keep our parks in great shape and events and just everything you do to make it wonderful.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mayor.

Um, I'm Jennifer Budge and the parks and recreation director.

Dave came to us from um the collegiate sports world and the golf world.

Um, so he's a turf nerd, he knows a lot about the science behind the grass that's out there, and um it's complicated.

It's a lot harder than you would think.

He's been promoted a couple times since he's been here.

He came to us as the sports field coordinator, then was the parks manager, and now the parks operations superintendent.

Um, Dave leads with kindness, he is an example to all of us.

Um, definitely to myself, um, but definitely to the staff.

He's the person that you want in an emergency to be there.

He's the common any storm.

I'm usually the storm, so he balances me out very well.

Um, he's not afraid to get his hands dirty, he'll work right alongside with the team.

He never asks anyone to do things um that he wouldn't do himself.

He's approachable, he's respected.

Um, he's such a family man.

His family's here today, his lovely wife Adrian.

Travis is here.

Um, his oldest son Kyle is serving our country in the Navy.

Um, we're all so proud of him as well.

He's fiercely loyal, he's protective of his daytime family as well.

Um, he loves to fish, he loves to be outdoor outdoors, and I'm just such an so honored to call him my friend.

So congratulations and thanks for all that you do.

Okay, well, you gotta stay up, right?

I Jenna, I still can't believe it's 10 years.

It's like seriously, 10 years, because I remember like hiring her, right?

I've been I'm on 11 and a half, so I know she's 10 years, but really um, isn't our parks and trails and open space and everything just the most wonderful.

I think I'd put it up against any city, um, really even at any state, and I'm probably stealing things, Glenn will say, but yesterday in a meeting with Jennifer, just thrilled to see.

I know you're gonna laugh at me, but yay, a bathroom in Mills Park, and I know how long that was on our bucket list to get done, right?

Pretty important.

So we're making progress, and a lot of that is due to Jennifer's perseverance.

So no, she's all you do.

Thank you, mayor.

Um you took a little bit of it, but um, but there, but there's plenty to go.

So uh it does say a lot about Jen when I talked to her the other day, and I said, you know, can you give me a couple of bullet points to fill in some detail?

And and right on the top, first thing out is she's most proud of her team and the culture she's created to increase retention morale and the services provided to our residents.

So it says a lot about Jen that that that is number one on her list.

Uh the other thing that I appreciate uh from Jen is that she is definitely a team player.

When you look at, as the mayor said, what has been accomplished in Carson City over her tenure across the board.

Pick a facility, pick a park, pick a trail, pick a location.

Uh her efforts have been widespread and widely appreciated by some, but not as appreciated as they should be by all.

So uh when you look at what's going on in Carson City from a park perspective, uh, we are definitely at the front of the pack.

That's a good place to be.

When you look at what is just being completed at Centennial Park, a 10 million dollar investment in our community.

You look at what's upcoming in Mills Park, almost 15 million dollar investment in our community.

You look at the ongoing partnerships, which I think are even more important, the trust that we engage with from the open space side to ensure that those lands transfer effectively, efficiently, and timely so that we have those spaces to enjoy in perpetuity, the local partnerships you build with the nonprofits and the citizen organizations to make sure our our facilities are up to date, but also the programs are effective and timely.

So, Jen, my congratulations on 10 years, and I wish everybody would appreciate exactly what you bring to the city.

Thank you.

Okay.

How about Darren Anderson?

15 years.

15 years?

I know where where did we steal you from?

Thank you for all that you do.

I think Darren's our, I won't steal his, but he's just the quiet, hard working person behind a desk that's just churning out the work.

And so, really, on behalf of everyone in Carson City, thank you for that.

I know it's not always a fun, agreeable job either, but uh keep doing it.

15 more, right?

At least.

So Darren came to us once upon a time as an intern, and it was pretty evident immediately that we needed to hire this guy and uh keep him on, and we did.

I I say we I wasn't at the city at the time, but I was a consultant working with him.

It was uh it was it was a good hire.

But when you start off as the new guy in engineering, you get all the weird stuff projects, things nobody's done before, small projects, things that nobody wants to do.

Um you get the projects that have no money, no budget at all.

Darren takes those on, meets the challenge, and gets it taken care of.

Now, as the mayor alluded to, he's never the noisy one in the group at all, but I guarantee you he's the one putting the most thought into what's going on.

So, Darren, appreciate it.

No, I'll put you on the spot.

The real guy, right?

Didn't you help hire him?

I did.

See that?

Here, I'll take a couple of things.

Yeah, I'll tell you, I'll tell you a little secret about Darren.

He's a quiet guy, but he is a very effective engineer.

He's a very effective employee, and he's not afraid to come down to my office when I was there and say, uh, that idea is not a good one.

And here's why.

I'm like, okay, well, let's fix it.

So Darren is he dove into a lot of projects that were, like Rick said, very difficult and things that we need to accomplish.

And he did a great job with them and has continued to do a great job.

When you call and ask a question, he has the answer.

He's a bright guy and very capable.

And I'm really happy that he's going to stay another 15 years.

You just got double teamed on that.

Okay, and last this morning.

How about uh Yvonne Pareto, our judicial clerk?

Five years.

That's hard to believe.

Five years.

Thank you for all that you do for Carson City.

Because every position matters.

It really does.

I know the judges can say something.

So uh Yvonne joined us uh during the pandemic.

Um, like I think the only one that stuck around, right?

So uh we really appreciated her coming to us when she did, she had 19 years of experience in other jurisdiction.

Um in the courts, you know, the the different clerks have different assigned duties, and I have this working metaphor I use.

I talk about the courts, what they do, and how I kind of feel like the courts are like the um, you know, like the you exist at the friction points of society, right?

When things are rubbing together, when things aren't, you know, where the heat is, right?

Um, so one of the underappreciated parts of those friction points is our civil side.

You know, we all know the criminal, the sheriff's here, we're all here, we do the criminal side, the civil side, protective orders, evictions, you know, small lawsuits, that sort of thing.

There's a lot of heat, right?

Our community is not happy with each other, and they come to the courts to kind of get a resolution of that, and lawful time to walk away not happy, or because the courts have developed these rules over time, it can be kind of hard to navigate and frustrating.

And the people that are forward facing the public in that spot have to have a deaf touch with the public.

They have to it's it's a it's a unique set of skills that frankly, I know I wouldn't be able to do it, right?

I know I would I would never I wouldn't last a week doing what Yvonne does, and that you know, and you know, so her ability to provide customer service and be professional and do quality work in a very appreciated high volume aspect of the courts do is um it's very, very valuable.

So thank you for five years.

I appreciate everything you do.

You do a fantastic job.

Thank you very much.

Oh, wait, you gotta stay up here, but okay, I'll ask.

I heard 19 somewhere else, five here.

Is that six more in your life working here?

Five.

Oh well, I got I tried to to get as much out as I could.

So we will welcome that.

So is their family and friends and other uh people from their departments that want to come and share in this moment so that we can have a picture?

It's like she's like, Oh, there you go.

They just want to be near the dog, right?

Come on up.

Oh, come on in.

Come on in.

It's all about family.

It's good to see the kids are out of school so they can come.

Is that baby primka?

Oh, there you go.

Have you got a float behind the counter?

People to go behind to help us out.

This is fantastic, to have families and speak your heads through so that you make sure you can see the camera because then it can see you.

Anna's like, oh boy.

Again, thank you, everyone.

Thank you.

Hi.

Well, I have to do this.

You know what?

I would forget two.

I guess.

Well, it's a little while.

I don't know.

I thought it's a magic right here.

Oh wow.

Oh, graduation.

I know.

Okay.

Is ready?

All right, we're gonna bring the board of supervisors back up here, and we're gonna move on to our consent agenda that does include the reappointment of Rena Spansale to the library board just to give her a shout out.

Okay.

Um Supervisor Geomi, I'm ready.

Go.

Um, ready to approve the consent agenda or I move to approve it, in fact, consisting of item 98, 10A, 11A, 11B, 12A, which has resolution 2026-R-12, and 12B, which is resolution 2026-R-13, 13A, 13B, 13C, resolution number 2026-R-14.

14A, 15A, 16A, 16B, 16C, 16 D, 16E, 16F, 16 G.

17A, 17B, 17C.

All is presented.

I second.

I have a motion and a second.

All those in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed, say no.

Let the record reflect it was unanimous.

Okay, we're now gonna move on to agenda item 19A.

Um this is one that we have to do every so often, depending on where it falls.

Um, uh this is to put Halloween will be celebrated in Carson City on October 30th, 2026.

Is there any member have a question?

Is there any public comment on this item?

I'll accept a motion, please.

I move to adopt resolution number 2026-R-15.

I have a motion and a second for approval.

All those in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed say no.

Let the record reflect it was unanimous.

We're now on to discussion of possible action to introduce on first reading a proposed ordinance concerning on-site parking.

Um Heather, are you just gonna give us the highlight of this proposal?

Yes, I can give you the highlight.

Heather Ferris for the record.

So the redevelopment area was created, redevelopment area one was created on February 6th, 1986.

It generally comprises the areas surrounding the downtown on both the east and west sides of Carson Street.

The objective of RDA1 is to strengthen the local economy by attracting new and expanded private investments in the area, create new employment opportunities, increase the city's tax base, and expand public revenue to be used to improve the quality of life for the people of Carson City.

Of the 817 parcels that make up the redevelopment area, 670 of them are less than one third of an acre.

Many of these properties are residential properties, but many are also businesses that are in small buildings on small lots.

Many of these properties are homes that have been converted over the years to non-residential uses.

And 210 of the parcels are one-third of an acre or less, improved with a building and utilized as non-residential uses.

So many of these non-residential uses being on smaller lots don't have adequate on-site parking, and as a result, when a new business seeks to occupy these locations, or existing businesses seek to expand on site, they're required to construct on-site parking.

In addition to create to creating barriers to investment, this requirement impacts the aesthetics of the area with the elimination of landscaping to create paved parking lots.

And it's important to note that there's often ample on-street parking within RDA 1 that could be utilized in lieu of providing on-site parking.

So staff conducted listening sessions in February of this year on the concept of not requiring on-site parking in RDA1.

Twenty-nine people participated and were generally supportive of the idea.

RDA 1 will expire in January of 2031.

So there's an opportunity for a test case here.

Um automatically with the expiration of RDA 1.

So before I hand it back to you, Mayor, I did want to address a couple of questions that I know some of you had.

So what happens if a business utilizes these provisions and then the provisions expire?

So in this case, the business would have established legally utilizing these provisions.

When the provisions expire, the legally established building would be able to continue to operate as it did when it was established.

After the expiration of the provisions, any new businesses would not be able to utilize those provisions.

And then the other question was how is the parking triggered and is there an exemption request required?

So if there were a need for any building permits or at the time of a business license review, parking would be reviewed, as it is in all cases now, and there's no need for any specific exemption request.

Staff would simply utilize the code to determine the parking requirements.

So with that, I'll pass it back to you and I'm available for questions.

So I just have a just a general question because of your first comment that if I legally establish, let's say between whatever our second reading and 2031 when this expires, I get to keep it.

Is that as long as I maintain my business license?

What if I sell it to the next person?

Do they get to keep it?

So as long as it um is the same type of business with the same parking requirement.

Right.

And let's say just I'm a business down there right now, and I want to I'm not doing an expansion or anything, but I want to avail myself of protecting my property to have a no parking requirement.

Could I request this right now so that my business does not have to bring in parking when I'm getting ready to sell?

Again, there's there's no um no requirement for any type of request.

Um so in that particular case, we would look at the new business license when the new business license comes in and determine what the parking requirements could I do it with a renewal is what my question is.

I'm renewing my business license, and I want for lack of a better word.

I know it's not the right one.

Technically, I want to grandfather myself in.

We typically so we typically don't review renewals like that.

So the planning division would not have any need to review a business license renewal.

So they can't is what you're saying.

There's no mechanism there's no mechanism for it.

Yes.

But they would have already provided the required parking that they need.

That's correct.

They wouldn't legally establish that point if they were wanting to reduce the amount of parking and do something different that that likely would trigger some kind of a administrative action.

They wanted to build uh an outdoor seating area or whatever would generate under your example, yes.

Some sort of some sort of review.

So then they would have the opportunity to avail themselves of that.

Otherwise they're already meeting the requirement.

Correct.

So it's not harmful to them.

Yes, they're meeting whatever requirements were at the time that they established, correct?

Yes, right.

Might be 30 years old and had none, but yes.

Supervisor White.

Um, you mentioned residential businesses a couple of times.

I don't see any mention of the commercial buildings.

Uh, would this also include commercial buildings?

Such as I know of a few that the building little or literally takes up the entire lot and could never provide uh on-site parking anyway.

So, are commercial buildings included in this?

It would be non-residential, so yes.

Okay, do you have any other questions?

I don't see any.

Is there any public comment on this item?

We did receive um public comment via writing.

So we'll use those in consideration.

Okay, I don't see anything.

Supervisor Horton, a motion, please.

I move to introduce on first reading bill number one zero six.

I have a motion and a second.

All those in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed say no.

Let the record reflect it was unanimous.

Thank you.

Okay, we're now gonna move on to agenda item 21A.

This is uh our collective bargaining agreement between Carson City and the Deputy District Attorney's Association.

This will be effective from July 1, 2026 and expire June 30, 2029.

Mr.

Martell, may I have the fiscal impact, please?

Yes, Mayor.

If approved, the fiscal impact of the new CBA is an estimated increase cost of 600 and 600,944 more than the three-year projections included in the fiscal year 2026 city budget presentation.

The three-year projection included increases for each CCDDA position based on the existing CBA totaling $8,051,249.

Applying the terms of the new proposed CBA to the three-year projection is an estimated $8,652,193, resulting in the proposed increase of $600,944 over the three-year term.

Thank you so much.

Do I have any questions by the members?

I don't see any.

Do I have any public comment on this item?

Seeing none, I'll bring it uh back to the board for a motion.

Supervisor Giomi.

I move to approve the CBA and authorize the district attorney's office to make necessary revisions that are clerical and not substantive when finalizing the CBA.

I have a motion and a second on discussion.

Supervisor White.

Thank you.

Based on my past comments about the state of the economy, I still believe that we are headed for austerity measures.

And I personally think this is very inappropriate to keep passing these putting out this kind of money, especially when our neighbors are already implementing austerity measures.

And I will not support this agenda item.

Okay.

Um all those in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed, say no.

No.

Supervisor White, thank you.

Please let the record reflect it was four ayes, one no by Supervisor White.

Thank you.

We're now gonna move on to agenda item 21B.

This is our normal uh resolution that occurs after we complete the uh CCAA.

We always come back then and do our unclassified city employees.

So this is effective July 1, 2026.

Um do I have any questions on this one?

It is not a collective bargaining agreement, so it's a resolution.

Any questions?

I don't see any.

Is there any public comment on this item?

No, I'll accept a motion then.

I'll do it.

Who wants to do it?

Somebody want to?

I move to adopt resolution number 2026-R-16.

Second.

Okay, I have a motion and a second on discussion.

Supervisor White.

Same comments as the last item.

I will not support this item.

All those in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Any opposed, say no.

No, let the record reflect it was four yeses, one no by Supervisor White.

We're now on to agenda item 22A, discussion and possible action on our final appropriation for the community development block grant for 392,927.

Uh Yassinia is there or Sherry.

Anything you need to tell us about this item.

You're not on.

Good morning for the record.

My name is Usania Pacheco, Grants Administrator.

For fiscal year 2027, Carson City received a community development block grant, CBDG award of $392,927 from the U.S.

Department of Housing and Urban Development in response to the board's direction to focus CDBG funding on eligible city infrastructure projects to address one construction of ADA compliant sidewalks and two improving access to facilities.

Staff worked with internal departments to identify eligible projects and received a proposal from public works to construct ADA compliant sidewalks and curb ramps along portions of division street and 10th Street.

The project is located in a HUD qualified uh low to moderate income area where approximately 60% of residents qualify under HUD income guidelines.

The improvements will enhance pedestrian safety accessibility by filling side-walk gaps and constructing ADA compliant sidewalks and curb ramps, providing safer routes and um staff is recommending $12,927 for grant administration and $380,000 for the division street and 10th Street Sidewalk and ADA improvement project.

This project is consistent with federal CDBG requirements, board direction, and the city's 2023-2028 CDBG consolidated plan objectives.

And additionally, today's item serves as the first of two required public notices as required for CDBG.

Thank you so much.

Does any member have a question?

Imagine keeping, but is there any uh public comment on this item?

See none.

A motion then.

Supervisor Horton.

I move to approve the CDBG funding for FY2027 as recommended.

Aye second.

I have a motion and a second for approval.

All those in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed, say no.

Let the record reflect it was unanimous.

We're now going to move on to agenda item 22B, discussion and possible action for the approval of our competitive grants for community support services.

CSSG.

Um supervisor Geomi, a disclosure, please.

Yes, ma'am.

Thank you.

NRS 281A420 requires me to disclose a conflict of interest to abstain from voting when I have a disqualifying conflict.

In my private commitment, I serve as a volunteer board member for advocates to indomestic violence, and I'm employed by Nevada Health Centers.

Both organizations have applied for and are recommended for CSSG funding under this agenda item.

Although the recommended funding mounts under this item were previously submitted by the application rever uh previously submitted by the application review work group without my involvement.

And although I do not personally benefit from either organization receiving CSSG awards, I have a fiduciary duty to both organizations in my private capacity that represents continuing and substantial business relationships.

Because the judgment of a reasonable person to my position would be materially affected by these relationships.

I believe I have a disqualifying conflict, and I will not be voting on this matter.

Thank you so much.

Yes, of course.

So today's submission is to focus or to discuss review and approve the community support service grant funding recommendations and quality of life initiative allocation for fiscal year 2027 based on the recommendations of the application review work group and subject to approval by the board of supervisors.

Okay.

Consistent with board direction.

Recommendations prioritize statutorily mandated services, city supported system critical programs and dental services.

All recommended projects address one or more of the board's identified critical needs.

The application review work group made its recommendations based on available funding, application scores, demonstrated community need and alignment with the board established priorities.

Carson City received 18 competitive grant applications requesting approximately 885,000.

Available funding includes 293,425 through the community support service program and up to 120,000 as budgeted for the Boys and Girls Club of Western Nevada College through the Quality of Life Initiative.

The application review work group recommends funding nine programs totaling 293,425.

The recommended awards are displayed on the screen and included in the packet.

And the action before the board today would authorize annual CSSG funding of 293,425 for fiscal years uh 2027 through 2029 and authorize up to 120,000 annually as budgeted from the quality of life initiative over the same period.

Does any member have a question except for Stacy?

I don't see any.

Yeah.

Is there any public comment on this item?

I would like to take a moment to thank all the nonprofits and all the city departments for completing so many applications.

We haven't seen 18 applications in several years.

So thank you very much.

This was a very hard decision.

And uh and we read and looked at each one of your applications and just really appreciate the support of the program.

Okay, I'll accept a motion then.

I move to adopt resolution number 2026-R-17.

Motion and a second.

All those in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed, say no.

Any abstentions?

Uh okay.

Please let the record reflect it was uh four ayes, zero no's and one abstention by Supervisor Giobi.

And uh thank you, Eusenia, for all your work on that.

Okay, we're now to agenda item 22 C discussion and possible action regarding a resolution to augment and amend the Carson City Fiscal Year 26 budget in the amount of 3,791,950.

Ms.

Benaboo, is there any highlight we should be aware of?

Uh there's nothing unusual.

Um this augmentation just for the public is kind of a last uh last punch at the budget um for 2026 to make sure that any unex unxpected expenses um are covered um through the budget.

So people that retire that we weren't expecting um overtime that we weren't expecting things like this um we have contingency for and we have moved that contingency into those budgets, so there's no budget violation.

That's really the crux of this.

New revenue is added as well.

There's some new grants in here that were added, things like that.

Does any member have a question?

Pretty pretty normal.

Is there any public comment on this item?

Okay, I'll accept a motion, please.

I move to adopt resolution number 18.

Isn't that right?

2026 R 18.

Oh, sorry, let me do that again.

I only wrote 18 in here.

Just me, just a second.

Yeah, just a second.

Daddy, were you trying to make public comment on the augmentation?

You can talk.

Okay, thank you.

Um Supervisor Giomi, your motion, please.

I move to adopt resolution number 2026-R-18.

And then a second for approval.

All those in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed, say no.

Let the record reflect that was unanimous.

We're now on to our non-action items.

Uh, Mr.

Martell, do you have some items to share?

Yes, thank you, Mayor.

Um, I'd just like to bring the board's attention to uh a program that your planning and economic development director, Hope Sullivan and the team came up with called Walk About William Street.

Uh, this is partnered with the Nevada Appeal and 23 businesses along the East William Street corridor.

Uh this project or this program will start on Monday uh the 22nd.

Uh there is a passport you can go if you go to the CarsonCity.gov walkabout Williams Street on our website.

You can get this application, this form to fill out.

There's 23 questions.

You have to actually go into the businesses and and fill out the little unique things that each of them have picked up.

There are uh numerous prizes from pizza to gift cards to breakfast to whatever it may be from the various businesses.

So just encourage all the residents to go out and and sign up for that and start answering those questions and perhaps reacquaint yourself with all those great businesses along the corridor.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Uh Supervisor Gioni.

Yeah, just a couple of things I wanted to share over the last two to three weeks.

Um I had a chance to interact with some folks from out of town.

One was uh uh relative of a good friend of mine, uh, and and the other was someone related to one of the other boards I sit on uh who was also visiting from out of town.

And they both just complimented us on the downtown.

I mean, they both just uh one uh was a former resident, hadn't lived here for four or five years, hadn't been back, and uh was very impressed with how things look downtown, and um, you know, not not so impressed with at least William Street at the moment, but uh, but very impressed with everything going on downtown.

So I I told them, you know, just take take a breath how downtown looks, William Street will match that.

So but it was very um it was very nice to hear those unsolicited comments.

I just I think sometimes we take for granted um how special our community is and um it's always nice to get that kick in the pants as a reminder.

Um I was also out uh for a small softball tournament at the softball fields.

Uh they look great.

Uh the they really look great.

Uh and uh, you know, I asked a couple people what they thought of it.

They love playing on it, and uh so it it I think it's gonna really uh be super beneficial to the softball players of the community.

Um we had a cursor motor subconservancy meeting uh last night and nothing really earth shattering.

We've just got an opportunity to see uh some uh what's called beaver dam analogs, and that's just a fancy way for saying uh human-made beaver dams um in um Faith Valley and Hope Valley.

And um those uh BDAs they're called beaver dam analogs are are used to sort of restore the meadow and and by restoration um we're talking about taking the river and sort of returning to its natural environment and as over the years the water tends to cut through the valley that it sits in and it creates channels as opposed to overflowing and overtopping and spreading out into the entirety of the valley.

And they've done some of these in Hope Valley over the years.

Um and now uh these in Faith Valley.

There's 25 of them, is that the number?

There might be more.

No, like forty.

Forty-three.

Yeah.

And they're pretty ingenious.

They're they're basically stakes driven into the river.

Uh willows and um tree branches are interweaved in between, and it allows the river to increase and the water instead of cutting a channel to disperse into the meadow, and so um i I just reminded I know it's not in our state, but it's in our watershed.

Um and Hope Valley and Faith Valley, if you haven't been down there, beautiful drive, uh amazing uh pristine example of the of the Eastern Sierra.

So if you get a chance, well worth uh well worth the trip down there to just drive through and bring a picnic and and admire the work.

Um a lot of wildflowers going right now.

So I think that's it for for me.

Thank you.

Supervisor Horton.

Thank you.

I just wanted to take a minute to let the city manager know that I I wanted to commend uh Jeannie Freeman, the health director and Darren Schultz, the public works director, for resolving very quickly an issue that we had on William Street a few days ago.

Uh their response was swift uh and uh very courteous to the business owner and very helpful.

So thank you very much.

Okay, okay, I know I don't see any others, so we will somebody had one.

Lisa, are you gonna make a public comment?

Yeah, just happy.

No, you should about the Well then she can do it on item number twenty four coming up.

Coming up and 'cause otherwise I will.

Yeah, public comment for uh aren't we having a taste this weekend?

Yeah, we are.

Or taste or two.

Wow.

I know.

Um yeah, thank you all for supporting us all these years.

Um when we first started Carson City was really blighted.

And it's interesting when people do come back into town and see all the work that the city has put into Carson City and making it really a gym of the Capitol.

And so we will have uh 32 restaurants.

We'll go from the Nugget to almost what used to be the Ornsby House, and we will have bands and it's just a great opportunity for people to come out and see our city.

Um most of us don't walk Carson Street very often, and it's wonderful to cut through the Capitol and see all the buildings and see all the improvement that Carson City has done downtown.

So um I do think the city was an original funder of the event and got us started.

And thirty-one years ago we did not think it would go 31 years.

We thought five.

And we did not realize that there was such a need for people to get out and taste all the samples of Carson City.

So thank you.

Tickets.

Tickets are for sale.

You're really horrible at this.

I know I'm not good at it.

I'll tell you, I'm not good at pushing things.

Yeah, you can go on our website um taste of downtown Carson, um dot com and buy your tickets, or you can get them the day of the event downtown.

Perfect.

Anything else, Stacy?

No, ma'am.

Thank you.

Is that like two thousand how many visitors do you know?

What does it actually read?

We can only sell up to two thousand tickets and then we'll pull in at least another two thousand people who just drive by, can't get a ticket or just want to roam and see the town.

And it's a really great opportunity for people who, like I say, don't often go downtown or just drive through town to suddenly realize there's great little shops all along town and there's wonderful restaurants and just to be part of the community that night.

Do you keep track of the zip codes as to where people buy from?

So what number do we have that come from out of town percentage-wise?

Oh, we'll get about twelve percent from out of town.

Sometimes it goes up to eighteen percent, but right now we're about twelve.

Okay.

And so the day of it'll it might even get as high as twenty percent.

And so and I don't know that it's totally reflective because I know that um I have had relatives who come into town, and they'll plan the trip around the taste of Downtown to be here to be able to go to that.

We've and usually locals are buying those tickets, you know.

Yeah, they do buy the tickets.

And we have a lot of people that come in and we had like last year people come in here to look at homes, and just happen to see the event and they were so excited.

Um, you know, so it's it's interesting seeing people who are coming here to move and accidentally find it, and then sometimes we coincide with Father's Day, and so it becomes um, you know, a lot of fathers are here from out of town or people here to visit their fathers, and it gives them something to do outside of golfing.

You know, that they can go and you know go up and down the town and have taste.

I was uh walking around downtown because I I did kind of look like a bee this uh weekend.

Uh I will admit uh it was fun to be bees and butterflies and little kids anyway, and even the winner was actually a dog, Gracie in a stroller that was decked out.

So it was really kind of great, but um it was really neat to see people from out of state that were visiting at the museum and to just be able to talk randomly to people that just thought I was a bee.

They didn't have any idea why I was there as a bee.

But um one of the things they said is they just love coming to Carson City because it has such great signature events.

And I was like, What would those be?

Well, they love Nevada Day and they love the taste of downtown.

So I wanted to say you do make a a difference and help the spotlight the community.

It does take a little while to build, but it has been interesting to see the people who accidentally found the taste and then they schedule their time to come back just to hit the taste again because it is like being in a small town.

Yeah, they said they'd been here last year and that was all there was to it.

They had to come back.

They had to do it.

So we do get that a lot.

So well, thank you.

Any other way I can push it, Stacey?

Thank you so much.

I'm gonna hire him.

Thank you.

Do I have any other uh come on up, Courtney?

Good morning, Courtney Warner, Carson City uh Senior Center Director.

Um, on behalf of Bruce Scott, our governing board president of the nonprofit, um, just asked me to be here today to also thank you for the continued support.

We have a unique relationship between our department within the city and the nonprofit, and we just can't thank you enough for the continued support for the CSSG, but also just the commitment to feed our most vulnerable frail seniors.

So thank you very much on behalf of the nonprofit board.

You're welcome.

Okay.

Do you have any other?

Okay.

If there's no objection, then um I will adjourn the meeting.

We'll take just a break for things to clear out.

We will do our closed session.

So thank you all.