Okay.

All right, everyone's in a raucous mood this morning.

Okay.

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

If I could ask you to take your seats.

Thank you all so much.

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Before we proceed with the agenda, would everybody is um is he here?

Okay, very good.

Um before we proceed with the agenda, would everyone please rise for the invocation given by Dr.

Brijesh Vervell, Hindu and Jane Temple of Las Vegas and remain standing for the pledge, which I will ask him to um to lead for us.

Welcome.

Nice to see you.

Thank you.

So good morning, everyone.

Good morning.

So now I am chanting Sanskrit Mantras.

So I requish to everyone pray to God.

Oh Shanti Shanih, Susanira Bhabatu, Saravarishta, Sarava, Upadrava, Santi Rastu.

May all be prosperous and happy.

May all be free freedomless.

May all experience goodness.

May no one suffer.

This is the meaning of this whole Sanskrit mantra.

Oh peace.

Peace.

Peace.

God give us good health, good wealth, and peaceful life.

Thank you, everyone, and God bless you all.

Thank you.

Doctor, would you um uh uh lead with me the Pledge of Allegiance?

We'll do the pledge right now.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.

And to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, inevisible with liberty and justice for all.

I'd now like to invite uh my fellow city council members to um move to the podium for our ceremonials, Congressman.

Nice to see you.

We're so happy to have you today.

Um this is the ceremonial portion of our meeting.

Uh and um uh today's city councilwoman Alan Polenski has the honor of presenting both of our items.

So at this time I will turn the microphone over to the most esteemed councilwoman from Ward 4.

Frances Alan Polenski.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Good morning, everyone.

It's always a joy when we come together to celebrate someone who it truly makes a difference in our community.

This morning I have the honor of recognizing a very special person.

Her name is Mary Fairhurst, and she's our citizen of the month from Ward 4.

Mary, come on down.

Mary is the kind of person that every neighbor wishes they had.

As president of the neighborhood preparedness team in Sun City Summerlin, she has gone above and beyond in keeping our community safe, informed, and connected.

I want to point out that this is a completely voluntary role.

Mary gives of her time, energy, and her heart without receiving a paycheck.

She does it because simply she cares.

The Knox Box has been used in commercial buildings in southern Nevada for over 25 years successfully.

But throughout the United States, this is the first time they've ever been used for residential purposes.

Mary didn't just help organize the program.

She got personally involved.

She drove to residents' homes to get help and have extra sets of keys made.

An extra key goes inside the lock.

And only the fire department has the key to access.

She made sure that paperwork was filled out correctly for residents and followed up with residents who had questions.

And many residents had questions.

She doesn't do this for recognition.

She does it because she cares deeply about her neighbors and her community.

Mary truly represents the spirit of service, and we are so lucky to have her in Ward 4.

Mary, thank you for everything you do.

You make Sun City Summerlin a better place, a more safe place, and a caring place for all of us.

Please join me in congratulating our citizen of the month, Mary Fairhurst.

You'd like to take your words.

Okay.

First, I would like to thank Councilwoman Francis Alan Polenski and her staff.

I'm honored to receive this award.

This recognition is not just a personal achievement, but a testament to the collective spirit of our wonderful Sun City Summerlin community.

My husband and I feel fortunate to be a part of Sun City Summerlin.

Of all the places we've lived, this is by far the best, and we are grateful to have found our home here.

It is everyone who worked alongside, supported the team, shared the vision, and contributed their time and energy to make our community a better place.

Rose took on the neighborhood watch program, which NPT coordinates with LVMP.

We started well over 50 watches and restarted others over just the last couple of years.

NPT has incredible support from our executive director, Mitzi Mills, and the entire administration, including all of the HOA board members.

One of our biggest supporters is Dick Clark, an HOA past president and current board member who is here today.

And another great supporter is his wife Beth Clark, who is also here today, and we're happy that this year Beth joined us on our NPT Board of Directors as our treasurer.

In March 2023, NPT hosted our first big event to calm the community after we had an attempted murder.

The Clark County DA and the captain of Summerlin Area Command calmed the community with real world advice to protect residents and the community going forward.

And we have huge attendance at things like active assailant training with LVMPD.

We started an outdoor event called Sun City Night Out with food, music, and entertainment.

But the important part is our community partners in preparedness.

We're happy that this year the Knox Box program will be part of Sun City Night Out, and we're expecting a large crowd.

I have worked closely with Sarah Burke in the Ward 4 office, and it has been absolutely awesome to work with someone and collaborate with someone who is so great.

I hope that this award serves as a reminder that collective effort, individual contribution, and support can make impactful changes to our community.

I hope this inspires everyone to support one another and contribute their unique talents to make our community even better.

Thank you once again for this incredible honor.

I know that all of us at NPT are committed to continuing our service to our community and inspiring others to do the same.

Thank you.

And if I could just give a shout out to Mitzi Mills, the executive director of Sun City Summerlin uh HOA Association.

We're so proud to have you here.

Thank you for joining us.

Uh first of all, congratulations.

We're all very, very happy that you've been recognized in this way.

And I want you to know, although I am sure it I do not have to tell you how supportive your councilwoman is of all the things that you are doing to make Sun City an even more fabulous place to live.

And I'm just delighted that we're all part of Francis's honoring today, because it is very well deserved, and we're very happy with the program and very happy with the Sun City residents.

And after we take a picture, maybe everybody here from Sun City can come and take a picture with us if that would be okay with you.

All right, let's do this.

Oh, do you need this to be old and looking?

Come and join us.

Okay, everybody by missing.

Thank you so much.

Oh beautiful.

Just having the opportunity to recognize an outstanding citizen of the month, I am now truly honored to continue this momentum with today's ceremonial.

This next recognition is one I am particularly excited about because it highlights an organization that has made a lasting impact on economic growth.

Under its leadership, President Peter Guzman.

The Latin Chamber of Commerce has been a champion for Hispanic-owned businesses for education and for empowerment of our next generation of leaders across Las Vegas.

If members of the council could go sit down in the front.

Yes.

I don't go to a seat, so I'm going to go to the 10th.

And everybody in this room is an important person.

We've got Seabach, we've got Hibbits, Kasama, Swade, everybody shows up.

Bobby Ellis, everybody shows up for Peter, including our very own United States Congressman Stephen Horsford.

Come on up and say a few words, Stephen.

Go wolf pack.

Well, good morning.

That's some way to start a council.

Thank you, Madam Mayor, and to the council.

Thank you, Councilwoman Alan Polinski for your phenomenal leadership and the honor today.

To be with all of you to celebrate the Latin Chamber of Commerce this morning.

I want to thank Peter, uh President Guzman for his phenomenal leadership and shepherding the legacy of our dear friend Otto Mareta.

Congratulations.

You founded this organization back in 1976.

And next year marks 50 years that the Latin Chamber of Commerce has been enriching the lives here in Southern Nevada.

I see the emotion, Peter, because you know it hasn't always been easy.

And I have had the opportunity to work with this great organization over the years, and I can truly say their impact is immeasurable.

This organization helps to cultivate talent through scholarships and leadership training.

Each investment that is made is life-changing and helps to elevate our entire community.

In fact, one of the org uh resources that we helped to bring was the Valley Center Opportunity Zone to help small businesses in particularly underserved neighborhoods outperform their competition.

And the Latin Chamber of Commerce helps families make ends meet by making and helping to meet caretaker needs.

So I truly mean it when I say that your success is a success for the entire community of Southern Nevada and in fact the entire state of Nevada.

So I wanted to be here to join with the mayor and the council in recognizing your phenomenal leadership and your legacy, and we are excited for what the next 50 years will continue to bring.

Congratulations and God bless you.

Someone mentioned to me that Senator Bryan is in the House.

Senator Bryan, we always have to acknowledge you.

You've done so much.

Everybody up here, all seven of us, thank you for everything you've done.

And now I would like to invite predator President Peter Guzman to the podium to share a few words.

Oh.

You're right, you're right.

Mr.

Wrigglman, will you cue the video for us?

We embrace entrepreneurship.

Latinos make the United States of America great, emission has plenty.

We love the chamber, but they're also a wonderful friend of ours.

Um through thick and thin, they've been there.

They they partner with us, they share the ideas of you as members, and so I um was my pleasure when when Peter called and said, Hey, would you do this?

The answer is indeed yes, and the money, and I'm gonna do that, and we're not gonna be able to make a micro-mike, and I think that's what I'm gonna do.

We are a center in the backbone with the state of this community.

I think politicians, I mean the people have to count on us in order to be able to be effective in this community.

Come on up, say a few words.

Otto, you too.

Right here.

I'm gonna try to do this without choking up.

Good morning, Mayor Berkeley, esteemed members of the Las Vegas City Council, and of course, a special thank you to a fierce fighter of small business who has proven to me and stood with me on behalf of small business councilwoman Francis.

Thank you.

Wow, I didn't know everybody was gonna show up like this.

On behalf of the Latin Chamber of Commerce, I stand before you today with immense gratitude and pride.

On a personal note, this means so much to me.

I love the city of Las Vegas.

I love the city of Las Vegas so much.

It's my heart.

To get this award with our founder, legend, Otto Media standing next to me.

I don't think there's an award I'm ever gonna get.

It's gonna mean more than this one.

We all owe a debt of gratitude to you, Otto.

Whether directly or indirectly, whether people want to say it publicly, personally, or never say it, we all owe you a debt of gratitude.

You kick doors down so that I can now sit at tables that I never imagined I would get to.

Our success today could not have happened without your relentless fighting spirit of yesterday.

I made you a promise, and I continue that promise as hard as I can.

I fail some days, but we have great days.

The main reason why I wanted to do this was to continue your legacy.

Because I promise you, your legacy will never die.

To the city of Las Vegas, thank you for your continued partnership, your vision, and your unwavering support of our mission to empower and elevate Latino-owned businesses and all small businesses throughout our great city.

The Latin Chamber of Commerce has served as a vital resource for our community for over 49 years.

And in that time, we have seen firsthand the transformative power of collaboration between civic leadership and the private sector.

Today we thank you for being not just leaders in government, but champions of inclusivity, innovation, and economic opportunity.

Our efforts working together to foster a pro-business environment, invest in our underserved neighborhoods, and support programs that uplift minority entrepreneurs have truly paid off.

Whether through workforce development initiatives, equitable access to city contracts, or creating safe, vibrant business corridors.

The Latin Chamber of Commerce has always believed that when small businesses succeed, communities thrive.

And with your help, we are witnessing that progress every day, right here in Las Vegas and in Nevada.

Regardless of what we read, we are standing up fighting for the American dream.

We also want to express appreciation for your commitment to diversity and recognition of the contribution, contributions that Latino businesses make.

We are the fabric of this country.

Regardless of what we're reading, we are the fabric of this country, and nobody will convince me otherwise.

Over two trillion dollars of the economic buying power.

Our members feel seen, heard, and valued.

And that is a direct reflection of our leadership together and your willingness to work with the most powerful Hispanic business organization in this state.

That's the LCC.

This award is for all of us, but in particular to my incredible Beatriz, who you did not see in that video because she won't do video.

Carlos, I know you're here.

Does amazing work.

Andrea, who's pregnant and couldn't get out of her couch today.

Jorge.

Jorge.

Carlitos, Maite, killing it.

And of course, you know, I know this is gonna be hard to believe.

I don't ask for photos, I don't ask for the limelight, don't even want it.

I spent 30 years crushing it in real estate, and nobody knew who the hell I was, and I enjoyed under the radar.

But this position required something different.

But there's no way that I could do this without my incredible LCC board and ambassadors led by our chairwoman, Sonia Hoya.

And I know Debbie, Alex, Walter, Maite, Diana, Jose, Alana.

Hope I didn't miss anybody.

I'm so honored and proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with you guys.

And I hope I'm making you proud, and I promise you that I'm committed to that.

To our incredible legal counsel Carmen, who is some days just the greatest thing that I have, and other days of pain.

Because she's a lawyer and a badass one at that.

Thank you for giving me the privilege to lead this organization that we all love so much.

At the core of who I am and the reason why I do every single thing I do.

It's because of my wife Mercy, my kids, Giovanni and Tatiana, and I know they're watching, they're all in different places right now.

But I love you guys, and I know you're watching.

You're my reason.

So once again, thank you.

We look forward to continuing our work together to ensure that Las Vegas remains not only the entertainment capital of the world, but a shining example of what true partnership means between government, community, and private sector.

We can achieve all of our goals together.

Otto, once again, thank you for all you've done, continue to do.

You're my consigliary.

You're the man I to I call when I need answers when I'm lost.

You're the first call I make.

Muchas gracias, and may our shared efforts continue to build a stronger, more inclusive Las Vegas for generations to come.

Thank you guys so much.

Can I get the board and Congressman, everybody wants to take a photo?

Come on up.

Peter, before we take the big more pictures, I love you.

Um you know I've been here from the beginning when it comes to the Latin Chamber, and several decades ago, I was in-house counsel for the Old Sands Hotel, and Oto and Judge Mendoza came to my office and wanted to start a monthly uh luncheon series.

And so the first several uh Latin Chamber lunches were at the Old Sands Hotel.

Now, in those days, if there were a half a dozen tables, that was a big deal.

So on behalf of this entire community, and I say this without fear of contradiction, the future of our community is sitting right here today in City Hall.

But I now when I go to the uh the monthly luncheons and see what you have turned this into, it is nothing short of phenomenal.

And it reflects the importance of the Latino community in the greater Las Vegas community.

As you know, I'm second generation American.

When my grandparents came to America, they couldn't speak English, they had no money, they had no skills, and two generations later, they have a granddaughter that's the mayor of Las Vegas.

Not bad, bro.

Not bad.

There definitely is.

We'll be starting our city council meeting in two minutes.

I think we have more people than less.

No one seems inclined to leave.

Yeah.

She brings party.

Peter.

We'll be starting our city council meeting in one minute.

Yeah, right.

Thank you, Peter.

That's great.

Okay, let me get on.

Hey, Barbara!

I heard things are getting better.

Thank you.

Oh.

Okay.

We're good.

Dave, I'm just waiting until people get out.

Hello, Judy.

I love her.

I know, I know, but boy.

She's had so much problems in her life, and she always has a smile.

Oh, it is a wonderful disposition.

Not easy.

All right, we're going to begin our city council meeting.

Agenda item number seven.

Must must must be limited to matters on the agenda for action.

The amount of time any single speaker is allowed may be limited.

It will be limited to two minutes.

All comments made will be cross-referenced to those specific items.

If anyone submitted a speaker card or who wishes to speak under this portion of the agenda, please come to the podium and state your name for the record.

This is your opportunity to address the council, but the council is not able to respond or engage in dialogue.

As I said, we will set the time for two minutes.

Please be advised that if you have a comment on an issue that is not on the agenda, you must wait till the end of the meeting to be heard.

So is there anybody that is going to speak on a specific agenda item?

I I do.

I do.

I do.

All right.

Well, please state your name for the record.

My name is Eric Melchizedek Christ Nimrod.

My no moon, my noble name Nimrod means valiant strong in the Hebrew language.

You can fact check that in Young's Analytical Concordance to the Bible, page 696.

My no moon, my noble name Nimrod received the slanderous insult of fool and stupid from the Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck cartoons.

They always our smart at Elmer Ford.

Elmer Ford was the hunter who always hunted them.

They called him a Nimrod.

So people who consider Nimrod a fool are mentally controlled by the Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck cartoons.

Because my name means value strong in the Hebrew language.

Agenda number 25.

I say yes.

And other projects.

Very interesting what's going on.

Also, agenda 63.

I say yes.

Money for the repairs to the Las Vegas Fire and Rescue Fleet Garage.

They run to the danger while people are running from the danger.

So they deserve the best.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Is there anybody else wishing to be heard under this agenda item?

Please come forward and state your name.

Yeah, and I want to I want to talk about uh item 62.

So now is the time for that.

Am I correct?

Oh uh that item has been held in abeyance to be heard at a different council meeting.

So this would not be the time for you to speak.

Very good.

It's uh scheduled for September 3rd.

September 3rd, thank you.

Thank you so much.

Is there anybody else wishing to address the city council?

If not, oh I think we have to wait until you know what I'm gonna make an exception.

Why don't you come this way?

Uh your daughter doesn't have to spend the whole morning here.

Phoenix, will you come and join us?

Please state your name for the record, and you will have two minutes to speak.

Hi, my name is Phoenix, and I would like to talk about safe places.

Speak nice and loud.

Okay.

Good morning, City Council members.

My name is Phoenix, and I'm nine years old.

I'm here today because I want our city to be even safer for kids like me.

Sometimes when something bad happens, like if a kid gets lost or feels scared or being bullied.

Kids don't always know where to go.

That's why I think we need more national safe places sites in our community.

And more awareness, safe place sites are sp places like fire stations, libraries, or even some stores where kids can go if they're in trouble.

And they know an adult will help them.

Through partnerships with local businesses and government agencies, youth in southern Nevada can access a safe place site by walking into one of the hundreds of designated locations.

Hopping on a bus for a free ride to a safe place site, or by calling the toll free crisis hotline at 1866, you are safe.

24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Right now, there aren't many safe places near my school or house, or even where my friends live.

If there were more safe, if there were more, I'd feel much safer knowing there's always somewhere we can go for help.

No matter where I am in our city, it would make me and all my friends feel a lot better knowing that if we ever needed uh to help.

It's just a short walk away to a safe place.

Could you please help us get some more safe place sites in our community?

It would make a really big difference for our for kids in our community.

Thank you for listening.

Thank you so much for coming down.

We appreciate it.

Agenda item number eight for possible action.

Any items from the 930 a.m.

session that the council, staff, and our applicant wish to be stricken, tabled, withdrawn, or held in abeyance to a future meeting, may be brought forward and acted upon at this time.

Mayor Pro Tem.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

I have a few items to read.

Item number 48, bill number 2025-13.

There's a request by staff to strike.

Item number 49, bill number 2025-14.

There's a request by staff to strike.

58A through 58 C, 25-0264, EOT1, EOT2, and EOT3.

Applicant owner is the Golden Department LLC on 3.03 acres at the northwest corner of Vegas Drive and Simmons Street.

There's an abeyance request by the applicant to the August 20th, 2025 City Council meeting.

59A through 59 B, 24-0508, B A R 1, Z O N Z O N 1.

Abandon's item Public Hearing Applicant Champion Resource Group LLC owners DFA LLC West of Harvey Munford Street, approximately 725 feet south of Washington.

There's a request by Councilwoman Summers Armstrong to table.

Item number 60, 24-05101, abandoned item rezoning public hearing applicant champions resource group.

LLC owner thank you, sir.

Owner is DFA LLC, Southwest Corner of Washington Avenue and Harvey Munford Street.

There's a request by Councilwoman Summers Armstrong to table.

Item number 6124-0513 VAR1 abeyance item applicant is Santos Aguilar.

Owner is Leani Gonzalez Agueles on.14 acres at 2104 Santa Rita Drive.

There's an abeyance request by Councilwoman Diaz for the September 3rd, 2025 City Council meeting and 62A through 62D, 25-0176 BAR1, VAR2, SUP1, and SDR1 abeyance item applicant owner is for him for life incorporated on 4.50 acres at the northeast corner of Harris Avenue and Bruce Street.

There's an abeyance request by Councilwoman Diaz for the September 3rd, 2025 City Council meeting, and that will be my motion.

Okay, shall we vote on the motion?

Okay, then nothing is coming up.

Let me get to the back hold on one second.

Okay.

Please does everybody have a screen?

Councilwoman Bruni, do you want to?

Okay.

Okay.

Um please post if you're able.

Motion is passed.

Agenda item number nine for possible action to approve the final minutes by reference of the July 2nd, 2025 regular city council meeting.

Mayor Pro Tem.

May I have a motion to approve the minutes?

Move to approve.

Please vote.

Post.

Motion passes.

Agenda item number 10.

Items 10 through 38 are on the consent agenda, are considered to be routine, are recommended for approval by the departments and may be enacted in one motion.

Are there any items the council wishes to bring forward?

Madam Mayor, I'd like to pull forward item 14.

Okay.

And if there are no others, I would move to approve the consent agenda.

Please vote.

Post.

Motion carries.

Are we hearing um 14?

Are we hearing 14 at this time?

If you're two.

I am okay.

And um let's get started.

Yes, please.

Okay.

Madam Mayor, item 14 for possible action to approve award of mutual use contract number 250163-RH.

Crossing Guard Services using Clark County Bid number 60748-25.

Annual requirements, contract for crossing guard services, Department of Public Works, award recommended to all city management services incorporated.

Not to exceed 2.4 million annually, total contract value not to exceed 24 million at general fund.

And this is for all wards.

And Madam Mayor, the reason I asked for this to pull forward is a couple of reasons, and hopefully we've had enough dialogue over the last year.

This started last year when Clark County, specifically, Commissioner Knapp asked us to look at expanding our crossing guard services for for middle schools.

I very much appreciate the city's approach as doing their due diligence to make sure that it's a warranted expense.

It is expensive.

We did two pilot studies, and I know this kind of leads into the presentation.

Um but we were waiting for data to come back to demonstrate that those crossing guards at a middle school and a high school do have an impact.

And I believe the data suggests that.

This contract up for award right now is really just for elementary schools, and I wanted to bring this forward to the council to talk about the potential expansion of middle schools and maybe in the future high schools as well.

Um and if it's okay with you, Madam Mayor, I'd turn it over to our our exclusive and wonderful city team to talk through what data they've learned from.

Okay.

Thank you very much.

Good morning.

This is Tanya Kemball, purchasing and contracts manager for the record.

I just wanted to state that the contract amount was um posted to the agenda at 2.4 million annually.

That is incorrect, but unfortunately, the when we found out it was incorrect, it had already been posted.

We didn't want to pull the contract because if voted upon today, we wanted it in place when um school starts.

But um we will be bringing forward a contract modification with the correct amount to city council for approval.

And my colleague is going to give some other information which could also impact a future contract modification.

So uh without further ado, Joey Paske, Director of Public Works.

Good morning.

Good morning, Mayor and Council, Joey Paskey, Director of Public Works.

Um, the crossing guard program here.

So the city really continues to implement our vision zero action plan, which is aimed on eliminating dust and serious injuries caused by traffic accidents.

And a real big pillar of that is our school crossing guard program in school safety.

We really want to make sure that school students are getting to and from school safely.

So uh currently our program is operated at elementary schools.

We have um up to 287 guards at 72 elementary schools, and we run on an annual budget of 2.877 million dollars.

That gets us 182 days of school.

Crossing guards work for two hours per day, and they're paid just shy of $30 an hour.

Um Las Vegas Metro Police Department ran this program through the 2017-2018 school year, at which time it transitioned to the jurisdictions county and the cities to run their program.

We've been running ours since then.

So, how do we place the guards?

We don't just put two per school, one per school or something like that.

You we use safety-based criteria in order to determine where the crossing guard should go and how many should go within a particular school zone.

Uh Clark County uses similar criteria.

We worked with them to develop it so that we're consistent throughout the valley.

Um we use things like roadway frontage, is the road being directly, is the road being directly crossed right in front of the school or not?

Things like what type of school crossing is it?

Is there a stop sign?

Is there a traffic signal?

Um, is there a marked crosswalk?

We look at vehicle speeds, we look at how many vehicles are on the roadway.

Um we look at site visibility both from a motorist perspective and also from uh pedestrian perspective.

So a lot a lot of science and safety-based criteria go into our placement of the crossing guards.

Um a little look at the safety data.

Clark County School District started um 2023-24 collecting crash incidents in school zones that involve pedestrians, bikes, and scooters.

So just to be clear, this is not vehicle to vehicle crashes that occur, but this is these are the crashes year over year that have occurred within the city jurisdiction in school zones during school times.

If it was at 11 o'clock at night, that's not included in this information.

What this does show is an increase and evidence that we need to place even more attention on making sure that our students are safe.

A little bit more about the this just this past year's crash data.

Most attention to the high incidence schools.

The schools that had the most crashes during these times was Garside Middle School with five, Palo Verde High School also with five, and Arborview High School with four.

There were seven others that had over two crashes.

But crash crashes are on the rise, and so are the severity.

So Councilman Knudsen alluded to our pilot program.

One thing we wanted to do before we expanded the program any further was make sure that we were doing that in the right places.

So we ran a pilot last year to assess the feasibility and effectiveness of placing guards at both middle school and a high school.

So we placed two guards on Tanay Away at Cimarron Memorial High School, and one guard on Washington at Gibson Middle School.

These were chosen because of past crash data, citizen complaints, the school administration reaching out, and we also did extensive walk audits, which are safety checks where our team went out and walked the entire frontage and identified safety concerns along these.

So that's how those were chosen.

We ran this from beginning of November through the end of the year and had some really good results.

Zero crashes occurred during the school arrivals and departures for both of those, which is what down.

We increased pedestrian compliance and motor motorist awareness.

So one important part of this is we weren't just using qualitative or quantitative data, we were also using qualitative data.

We went out and we talked to the crossing guards, we talked to the students, we talked to the parents, we talked to the school administration, and really got a feel for how they felt the programs were working at both of those and got really positive feedback through these community surveys.

So in our opinion, uh it was an effective traffic management uh technique, and it reduced the number of conflicts.

So with that, where where do where do we go from here?

Uh we I believe the data supports a safety need for the expansion of the program if it's possible.

The pilot results were definitely promising.

And I think we have opportunities to scale this smartly using our data and funding.

So one option to expand past just the elementary schools would be to implement at middle schools, which we have 16 middle schools, so that'd be um up to two per school there, and then increase our high school pilots, so expand from just Cimarron to also include the other two highest crash locations, which would have been Arborview and Palo Verde.

Um the schedule impacts to this would be fairly minimal.

Sometimes it takes a little bit for the contractor to bring on all of the crossing guards because it's a lot of people to hire all at one time.

So we'll do we would do a rolling start for something like that.

Um the additional cost to that would be approximately 415,000 for this next school year.

Um and then, you know, depend uh economy dependent, um, maybe plan for a potential budget expansion request to look at all of the high schools in future years.

With that, I'll be happy to take any questions.

Thank you.

Does anybody have any questions before you make a motion?

Um yes, uh Joey, uh, are we also talking about uh is it our hope and plan to expand to high schools?

Yes, we would uh we would like to do that again, dependent budget dependent.

Um I think we would like to get the rest of the high schools.

So right a future year.

We're not asking for this at this point, but but that's our future goal.

That is our future goal.

With this proposal, we would be trying to expand to at least two more high schools though this year than we had last year.

Is there any other municipality or jurisdiction that is expanding to high schools?

Not to my knowledge, no.

Okay, that's good.

I think that's very important.

And again, uh given uh financial considerations, but I think it's an important goal to be working towards.

So we're talking elementary school, middle school, and ultimately high schools as well.

Yep.

All right, thank you so much.

Do I hear a motion?

Madam Mayor, I appreciate you and this council for anything.

I appreciate you and this council for uh allowing me to talk about this.

I know it's important to everyone up here.

Um and Joey for your team, it's you're just as much part of the public safety team as as our firefighters and our police officers.

This is a public safety function, uh, and that is one of the priorities of the city council.

Um, what is the timing?

If we I know we're gonna move to well, I'm gonna make a motion to approve item number 14 today.

What is the timing on bringing those changes back so that we can expand into middle schools?

We would start, I mean, if if it was the direction of the council and we had budget to do so, we would start on that right away with all city management.

Um get it done as quickly as they could get it staffed.

Okay.

Uh that's that's my request if it's okay with this council and with that, madam mayor.

I just want to point out I was at Garside Middle School this morning uh that it's a brand new school, those teachers are ready to go.

I met with the superintendent this morning at uh Hancock.

It was a grand opening, and it was the first thing we talked about is that our our collective role in this community is for tech children, and that would be my first and foremost responsibility and priority.

With that, Madam Mayor, I'm grateful to the staff for doing their due diligence, and I would move to approve item number 14.

Please vote.

Post?

I tapped it.

Did it go through the slides?

Motion passes.

I'm all about five.

Okay.

Um we will now hear related items 39 and 43 together.

This is a public hearing.

Item number 39 regarding the fair market value and fair market rent of City of Las Vegas owned vacant real property, and based on the appraisal report of June 16th, 2025 by Southwest Property Consultants Inc.

in anticipation of a ground lease with Mokey Holdings LLC for the development of a hotel project to be located at 1929 and 2021 West Charleston Boulevard.

Should I read the other one as well or take this one?

Okay, I'll read this one too.

Item related item number 43, R-56-2025 discussion for possible action regarding a resolution finding the ground lease agreement between the city of Las Vegas and Mokey Holdings LLC regarding certain real property comprised of approximately 0.54 acres, commonly known as uh 2001 West Charleston Boulevard, 1105 Payer Drive, and 1106 Westwood Drive concerning the need for a construction uh staging site and parking lot to service this development of a hotel project, and it is in the best interest of the public.

These items are in ward one, Mr.

Knudson.

Item 39 is a public hearing, which I now declare open.

Ms.

Babski.

Good morning, Mayor.

Good morning, City Council members.

Dina Babski, Director of Economic and Urban Development.

And with me here today at the podium is Mr.

John Mulkey.

He is the uh he's representing uh the the other party to the lease agreement.

Welcome.

Thank you, Miss Babski.

My name is John Mulkey.

I'm the manager of Mulkey Holdings, who is the prospective tenant in this uh lease with the city.

Um we are uh envisioning the development of a Hilton branded home to suites on the the site outlined in the yellow on this uh chart here.

Um your parcel, the city's parcel, RTC is involved, um, is absolutely essential for us to have enough supplemental parking to support 130, maybe 135 uh room hotel extended stay project.

Um I would like to thank you, the mayor and the city council for uh considering my project here today, and also the staff for their very hard work on what was uh a bit of a nuanced uh ground lease that uh is for your review today.

Um, like I mentioned earlier, uh home two suites we think is a product that's appropriate for this uh burgeoning corridor, uh the hot medical district.

Uh we're very proud of what's been done there.

There's a lot of momentum without this supplemental parking, which we think will add another 50 to 52 parking spots for the 130 room hotel.

This project would not be able to get off the ground.

Um we have spoken with our mostly our business neighbors to the north.

Uh they're all very supportive of the project.

Some of them send hotel demands very far away from this area.

Um we hope to keep them a lot closer, um, possibly reduce traffic with less need for for cars, rental cars, when they come to town.

Um, I think that's all I had today.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Thank you so much for being here.

Ms.

Babski, is there anything you would like to add to the presentation?

Yes, thank you, Mayor.

Uh, thank you, Mr.

Mulkey.

Um, I would like to actually go over some of the terms and a little background on the parcels.

Um, as you see uh on the on the map right here, the red arrows is what's pointing to the parcels that are actually the remnants from the uh Charleston Complete Streets projects, and they were purchased back then with the RTC's allocation to the city.

So uh with that said, any proceeds from the lease are going to be put back into that uh fund.

So the city will then essentially kind of start replenishing the RTC allocation to the city to do more work on the roadways.

The lease term is seven years with two options, five years each.

Um, and it will commence when the developer is ready to start construction, which is uh currently estimated um on June 30th, 2027.

The lease rate is set at $4,000 per month.

Uh and again, as I mentioned, the all of that uh funding or all of those funds will go back into the city's allocation from the RTC.

Um in the vicinity, the site is right across from uh the main UMC campus.

So um again, it's our vision is that this hotel is going to serve um as you know to help us bring in traveling nurses, families, anybody who need to visit UMC and the medical district in general.

And the point I wanted to make this is a first hotel that is going to go into the core medical district.

We do have our Marriott and Symphony Park, which is considered part of the medical district as well.

But it is very exciting that uh this particular project is going to be the very first one, and we hope to have more in the future.

What do you see in front of you?

The yellow building is the de Bella Flower Shop, and that was um on the original on the first map that you saw.

That's the properties that the developer is acquiring and where the hotel is going to be constructed on.

So John, would you like to provide a little more information on the Axel Hotel itself?

Sure.

This is a stock rendering of a home two suites.

I'm sure many of you have seen others in the Las Vegas Valley as well as uh around the country.

Um it's a solid up-and-coming product, extended stay focused.

Um our entrance to the hotel will or the the port of crochet there will be on the uh on the south side of the building.

So um picture that uh oh, there you go.

Thank you.

Um that's a general site plan that we have uh mocked up with uh 74 uh surface spots on the parcel.

Um the additional 50 or 52 spots will be across pay or on uh on the city's parcel, which is the subject of the ground lease today.

Thank you so much.

Is there anybody else uh wishing to speak?

This is a public hearing.

If not, I will close the public hearing.

Are there any questions or comments from the council members?

Seeing none, no action is required on item 39.

Is there a motion on related item 43?

Mayor pro Teb.

Thank you very much, Mayor.

And this is six years in the making, so I want to thank Mike Jansen.

I know you've been absolutely critical on this, and Dina and your team.

Um, and for the the development team that's that's brought this forward.

This is absolutely uh critical for the success of future success of UMC.

Um you called it the hot medical district, so I'm just gonna take that and run with it.

I appreciate that.

Um a hotel next to a hospital makes a lot of sense, especially if you're spending a lot of time in a hospital.

So I'm very, very, very grateful that you're bringing a hotel project into the medical district.

One request is is on payhor drive.

There's eight homes, uh, eight people that there are eight families that live there.

And I made a commitment to them six years ago when I rezoned the property that I would keep them up to date.

Um as you go forward in your plans.

If you could let me know how things are progressing and send a picture every now and then.

Um I'm gonna walk door to door just like I did six years ago and tell them that the nature of their neighborhood is changing, but it is for the greater good of Las Vegas and for the greater good of the hot medical district.

So with that, Madam Mayor, I'm gonna move to approve item 43 with appreciation.

Shall we vote?

Please post.

Motion carries.

Thank you so much for being here.

Thank you.

Agenda item 41.

This is administrative discussion for possible action regarding the approval of a property acquisition agreement for the upper Las Vegas wash with Monument Hills Partners LLC.

Can I do four years?

Oh I am so sorry, it was attached to the other item.

Um, this is agenda item 40 and 44.

Um, they will be heard together.

Item 40, it's a public hearing regarding the fair market value of the city of Las Vegas own parking garage located.

How could I miss this likeoshi?

Good heavens.

Parking garage located underneath the Neonapolis Retail Center, based on the appraisal report of March 28, 2025 by Valbridge property advisors in anticipation of the sale of 2.75 acres located at 450 Fremont Street.

Item 44, R-57-2025.

Discussion for possible action regarding a resolution authorizing the purchase and sale agreement and joint escrow instructions between the city of Las Vegas and Panther Acquisitions LLC regarding the Neo-Napolis parking garage located at 450 Fremont Street for the purpose of economic development without first offering it to the public and for less than fair market value for the development, maintenance, parking capabilities, and best interest of the citizens of Las Vegas.

These items are in Ward 5, Miss Summers Armstrong.

Item 40 is a public hearing, which I now declare open.

Ms.

Babsky.

Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you, City Council members.

Dina Babski, Director of Economic and Urban Development for the City, and I'd like to welcome our long-term partners and guests here today.

Is Mr.

John Curran and Mr.

John Tippins.

John and John, welcome.

So what we're bringing for your consideration today is a purchase and sale agreement of a city asset that is well known in downtown.

And I'm sure all of us have had a chance to visit park and you know spend some time in that in that particular garage.

With that said, I wanted to provide a little bit of background.

It is located at 450 East Fremont Street.

It is a subterranean garage under the Neanapolis Mall.

Back in the late 90s, the city entered into a disposition and development agreement to construct the garage, so you can imagine we've had it for a few decades.

And we have managed it successfully.

It has definitely served its original purpose for after which the city essentially wanted to achieve is the for the redevelopment of downtown Las Vegas.

As you can see, um here, you know, obviously we know that it is on the northeast corner of the Fremont Street, so there's a lot of uh visitation and and traffic coming into the garage to support that area.

Um and again, you know, there's so many opportunities currently in downtown that you know this particular garage is definitely um going to serve very well under the new uh ownership and management to continue to promote economic development for downtown.

So the uh the purchase and sale agreement, um, as you may mention, the garage appraised at 10 million thirty thousand dollars.

The purchase and sale agreement is currently for nine million seven hundred eighteen thousand four hundred and seventy-two dollars.

With that said, within 24 months, the buyers will be uh attempting to appeal the current appraised value with the assessor's office uh or the county, and if they are in fact successful successful, then uh they will transfer additional funding to the city, uh roughly around up to $300,000, depending on what that new assessed value is going to be with the assessor.

If all approved today, uh we have a 75-day um escrow period consisting of 45-day due diligence and a 30-day closing period.

So these are the deal terms, but before I give the uh word over to uh Mr.

Kern and Mr.

Tippins, I would be remiss as to not to thank Mr.

Rohid Joshi.

Uh he has been an incredible partner for many, many years.

Uh, he's our neighbor on top of the garage.

So the relationship has been amazing.

And um, I would just would like to take a moment to thank you for the partnership.

All right, with that, I'd like to give the word over to you, gentlemen.

Good morning, Madam Mayor, members of council for the record, John Curran, 10801 West Charleston here on behalf of Panther Acquisitions.

Uh, first, just got to shout out Dina and her entire team, as always, just a pleasure to work through.

A little bit of a complicated uh deal in some ways, but we're able to work together through those uh through thances and come out with uh uh equitable outcome that works for everybody.

Uh Mr.

Tippins and I have had a long involvement in uh this neighborhood, Fremont East and surrounding area.

Uh we understand some of the headwinds the area uh is is facing, but remain long-term bullish and optimistic about the future uh growth and opportunities nearby.

Um so controlling this uh garage will facilitate and enable uh some of those growth opportunities, and uh we're really excited about the deal and uh excited to move this forward.

So, with that, happy to answer any questions, otherwise, respectfully request your vote for approval.

Thank you so much and welcome.

Happy to see you.

Uh, this is a public hearing.

Does anybody else wish to speak on this issue?

Mr.

Yoshi.

Thank you.

I'm Rick Joshi of Neonapolis 450 Fremont Street.

Mayor Shirley Berkeley and also Chandra.

Nice seeing you here, and all the council members.

Thank you for giving me this opportunity.

This is my first time in front of Shelley Berkeley.

So thank you.

Uh my 25 tenants at Neonapolis also thanked the entire staff.

Mike has been fantastic, you too as well.

And they've helped me immensely on the parking garage.

Uh I welcome investments in downtown as well as at Neonapolis.

And as such, I thank John and John to come into Neanapolis in the parking garage and put their good money into the good project and see if we can all succeed in downtown.

The purchase and sale agreement doesn't address some of the recorded and unrecorded agreements between city and Neanapolis.

I just want you to know.

So I'm here to put it on record that such should be resolved between the buyer and the seller.

And us as Neanapolis.

Parking garage, reciprocal easement agreement is being recorded, but some others are not recorded.

Validation spaces for the tenants and other issues of infrastructure requires a review and buyers of garage in the city.

So we'll work with them to get this thing resolved.

But we are very, very happy to have John and John come into this project.

I've known them for years.

Very good people.

It'll be fantastic for downtown in Las Vegas.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Is there anybody else wishing to speak on this item?

Is this item 40?

Yes, it is.

40 and 44.

It's 40 and 44?

Yes.

Oh, okay.

Okay.

Please state your name for the record.

My name is Eric Melkezade Christ Nimrod.

By the way, uh I'm glad you're back, Mayor.

Thank you.

Missed you last time.

You know, and um peace be within your walls and prosperity in your palaces city.

Okay.

Uh what I'd like to know is why is this how would selling this below market price be a boom to we the citizens of Las Vegas?

Okay.

Um, Miss Babski, would you like to explain the uh the art of this deal?

Absolutely.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Uh Dina Babski Director Director of Economic and Urban Development.

As I mentioned, in the in the deal terms, once the appraised value or the assessed value is appealed with the assessor's office, that's when uh essentially the additional funding will bring it back up to the market value.

Okay.

All right.

Thank you so much for your inquiry.

I am going to be closing the public uh public hearing.

Are there any questions or comments from the city council?

Yes.

Thank you, Mayor.

Just one quick question as a as a visitor to to Fremont East and downtown who parks at Neanapolis.

What will the parking changes look like?

If you know.

Still working through that.

We've uh talked to a number of operators, uh, a lot of great ideas.

We're still sort of brainstorming.

We've got the 75-day period to really hone in on all those things, but uh generally want to contain you know, generally want to uh uh ensure adequate, safe, uh clean parking for for the surrounding neighborhood, and uh yeah, working through what the exact changes might be.

Does that answer your question?

All righty.

Um no action is required on item 40, but is there a motion on related item 44?

Councilwoman Summers Armstrong.

Thank you, Madam Mayor, and thank you uh the John uh Mr.

Tippins and I'm sorry, your last name Mr.

Curran.

Heron, thank you so much for working with us on this.

We appreciate it.

Thank you, Dina, always for your hard work.

And I move uh for approval.

All right, shall we vote?

Please post.

Motion is carried.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Now, agenda item 41.

Uh, discussion for possible action regarding the approval of a property acquisition agreement for the upper Las Vegas Wash with Monument Hills Partners LLC for the sale of 939.52 acres of land in the northwest Las Vegas in Northwest in Northwest Las Vegas, located east of U.S.

Highway 95 and north of Moccison Road, Ward 6, Miss Bruni.

Oh, welcome uh City Manager.

Good morning, Mary Berkeley, members of City Council Mike Janssen, City Manager.

Let me get this uh presentation rolling for you on this item.

Uh, I'd like to just start off just to give you all a little bit of a location uh understanding of where we are.

We are at the northern end of the city of Las Vegas limits, and this exhibit you see here just gives you the try to orientate you the land that we're going to be talking about today.

Uh what you'll see at the bottom of the page is the US 95 slash I-11 Kyle Canyon Interchange.

Uh, just to the east of that, you'll see one of our newest neighborhoods that are really uh coming out of the ground really fast.

That is the Sunstone development by Lenar.

Just east of that is one of the major roadways that serves this area.

That's Sky Canyon Park Drive.

And you'll see on the north side of that roadway is a uh piece of property that measures just under 940 acres of land.

And we're gonna uh talk a little bit about what that development plan looks like and the exact shape of the parcel.

It's a unique shaped parcel.

Immediately to the west is the Pai U Tribes uh Snow Mountain Golf Course and land holdings, and then immediately to the east is a very unique piece of property, very large piece of property.

It's a 22,650 acre Thule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument that was established back in 2014.

Uh a real uh great uh jewel for our community and visitors to uh experience all that uh is in that fossil beds national monument.

And so again, just want to make sure you understand the location that we're talking about.

I'm gonna move into the conceptual master plan that we have been working very diligently with the Olympia Group.

Um and this is the plan as it stood uh just last month.

It's very, very close to final uh in terms of all the details that we've been trying to capture in the final plan.

And the piece that I wanted to highlight for you all is this development uh would uh ultimately, as proposed, include 6,000 housing units.

Uh and a very unique factor of this development, something that's never been done before that I can think of in Southern Nevada, it would be a subdivision that includes military housing specifically for Creech Air Force Base, Nellis Air Force Base, uh active duty members of the military, and that was really a cornerstone of the original vision of trying to do this project was we need to support our um military, and uh as you all know, Creech is such a big part of our national, international um military operations, and uh having housing for those officers and soldiers that are all based out of Creech is something that's desperately needed.

So, again, we're not here today to talk about entitlements at all.

As you'll see in the next slide, I'm gonna walk you through what that schedule looks like.

But I wanted you to understand that ultimately, if this land transaction goes through, this is the type of plan that we'll be bringing back to you for uh the entitlement part.

I think it's worth taking a moment to understand how do we get here because this particular method of uh delivery is something that had not been done before.

Uh it started back in 2018 with our former city manager, deputy um uh uh Betsy Fretwell, who was our city manager at the time in 2018, and she reached out to the Bureau of Land Management and said, Hey, we we think that this area uh with the Fossil Bez National Monument to the east and with the Paiu tribe holdings to the west, we really want to be careful with how this is developed, but we also want to support Creech and do a lot of things that just made this a unique piece of property.

Um so in 2019, uh Olympia Companies was selected by the city council through an RFP to be the city's development partner on this project.

Um and then the calendar turned to 2020, and we all know what happened.

We uh got caught in the midst of the COVID pandemic, and what I would tell you is throughout that pandemic, I remember sitting in all the meetings when we were navigating the the challenges of COVID, and uh it's fair to say the city uh the city and Olympia team, we persevered through all of those issues to keep moving this development plan forward with all of the federal agencies and local agencies that were involved and other interested parties.

Um what that led to was uh a BLM appraisal for the property of 94 million dollars that occurred on September 23rd of 2022.

Um the next major step is um BLM has a very uh specialized process to do a transaction like this.

They do a lot of public outreach, and so you'll see there the transaction requirements and public comments.

That was about a three-year period uh up until July 21st of 2025.

So just a few weeks ago, we received a formal letter from the BLM that was allowing the purchase of this property to move forward.

And today, um today is a significant step in this process, and that is the purchase agreement that is before you today for your consideration.

Uh I mentioned earlier today we're not here to talk about entitlements.

That will be occurring with the Olympia team and our staff, planning commission, city council, all through this month and November is what we have projected for the entitlement process to be going forward.

So, with that background, I want to just take take you through really the meat of this item.

Um, and so again, this is a purchase agreement for the upper Las Vegas Wash property with uh Monument Hills Partners LLC that is a subsidiary uh related with the Olympia companies.

And here's a couple of the key points of the item that's before you.

This purchase agreement is gonna provide for the purchase of 939.52 acres of BLM land through a direct sale agreement for 94 million dollars.

That averages out to a little over 100,000 dollars an acre.

And I want to point out exactly how the BLM valued each acre uh is not known directly by us because what was unique about this delivery, they were able to see the proposed development plan and take into account land that would be set aside for schools, for parks, for infrastructure, for roadways, not something that normally happens through a regular auction.

And so that allowed the BLM to look at this with a little bit of a different lens.

So exactly what the uh methodology they use per acre, um, we don't know, but the the average came out to a little over 100,000 an acre.

Uh the method of delivery of how this transaction would occur, it would be a double escrow, where essentially the BLM would sell the land to the city.

We'd own it for just a few seconds, and then it would be uh sold to Monument Hills partners.

A hundred percent of all costs for this uh acquisition would be by Monument Hills partners.

That's including the closing cost, the non-refundable deposit, et cetera.

Speaking of the non-refundable deposit, that's the next very significant date in front of us.

Uh an 18.8 million dollar non-refundable deposit is due on August 20th to preserve the BLM direct sale opportunity.

The balance, 75.2 million is due on or before February 16th, 2026.

And uh, before I bring up our partner uh from uh Olympia Group, I want to just add this note that you see here at the bottom.

Um, just this week, yesterday, and as well on Monday, we got some information from the BLM that the Pai U Tribe has filed an appeal and a petition for a stay of this land sale.

And what I can tell you today is that this could result in us coming back before you with an amendment to this PSA, or it could delay the transaction for some period of time that as of today I just can't tell you what that looks like.

But with that as the background, I'd very much like to welcome up a longtime partner with the city, Mr.

Bob Gronauer.

Bob, welcome.

Uh Your Honor members of the council, Bob Gronauer, 1980 Festival Plaza Drive.

I'm here representing Olympia companies and Mr.

Larry Canarelli.

So on their behalf, um, we're happy to be here at this juncture.

I want to specifically thank Councilwoman Bruni, Mr.

Jansen, and the many staff members that we've been meeting on hourly, or a lot of hours put in on the on a weekly basis.

Um so we're excited.

Um, we're ready to move forward with the PSA with your approval today.

We're ready to move forward with the deposit here fairly shortly after the approval of the PSA and continue with this transaction.

So we're excited to bring more homes and another fantastic master plan community by the Olympia companies here to the city of Las Vegas.

So thank you.

Thank you so much, Mr.

Grunauer.

Are there any questions or comments from members of the city council?

Mayor, if I may put something on the record.

Yes, you may.

I just would like uh Mr.

Runner, hello, um, put on the record that your client acknowledges that you know there is opposition to this transaction and that the city has no control over the ability to acquire the land from the BLM, and that's deposit when paid may sit with the BLM for a while and that the city has no liability to your your client.

Uh yes, we understand that.

We understand the legal risk that are involved, and we want to move forward with development for the city.

That's in the best interest for everybody.

Thank you so much.

Uh is there a motion, Councilwoman Bruni.

Thank you, Mayor.

And I do want to echo what Bob shared that we have been meeting uh every week for many hours, and I think we've had no fewer than 10 team members in there from the city.

So I want to thank Mr.

Janssen and the entire team for really working on this project to get to you know a final product that is very unique and special and brings uh uh homes that are much needed and hopefully an economic driver or two that will support continued economic growth in the community.

And with that, I will move to approve item 41, the approval of the property acquisition agreement for the upper Las Vegas Wash with Monument Hills partner LLC.

Thank you so much.

Shall we vote?

Please post.

Motion passes.

Thank you so much.

Agenda item 42.

Discussion for possible action regarding a cooperative agreement between Clark County and the cities of Las Vegas, Bulger City, Henderson, Mesquite, and North Las Vegas to establish the Southern Nevada Council of Governments.

All wards are involved.

Uh Mr.

Valleta.

Oh.

Good morning, Mayor, members of the Council, Seth Floyd for the record.

Uh I'm going to introduce this item and then Marco has a short presentation to go over uh what we're doing here.

And I had I was thinking through what my intro would be, and then when the young lady came up here during public comment uh to speak and did such a wonderful job, I decided I would scrap that one into a different one.

Uh one of the things that I think we all think about from time to time is why we do this job.

And a lot of us do this job because we want to see a community that is great today, and more importantly, that is great tomorrow.

Uh I know a lot of you have families who are growing up here, I do too.

Uh, and there are a lot of issues that you face and that we deal with as staff that don't have borders.

Uh we have a jurisdiction, but a lot of these issues cross borders, and we can only address them effectively if we do it as a region.

So, with that, uh, what we have in front of you today is an item that would essentially rebrand the Southern Nevada uh Regional Planning Coalition, something that's been around for about 30 years into a council of governments.

And I don't want to steal all of Marco's thunder and explaining what that is, but I think the I the idea and where we're headed with this is that this will be a more effective way to coordinate and collaborate among the local governments in Southern Nevada.

Before I turn it over to Marco, I did have one housekeeping item.

There in the agreement that's in your backup on page eight, there is a missing section reference in Section 11 F.

There should have been a reference to Section A.

That is, I believe it currently just reads error reference source not found.

Not sure that how that happened, but when you vote on this, you'll be voting on it with that correct reference to Section A.

So I just wanted to put that on the record, John.

Hopefully that satisfies to address what that amendment is.

And with that, I'll turn it over to Marco, and then we are happy to answer any questions that you have.

Thank you so much.

Good morning, Mayor and City Council members, Marco Vallada, City of Las Vegas Department of Community Development for the record.

I think uh to piggyback on Seth's introduction here, I'd like to talk a little bit about uh the kind of the history and how we got here.

Uh this has a a saga that spans over over decades.

Um but I wanted to, you know, a little do a little bit of framing for you, if you will.

Uh planning from a regional context has been around uh the state for decades.

I think we have a couple good organizations that we can point to in terms of a clear mission, but they have different authorities in what they do.

Uh the the one that kind of comes to mind uh is in uh Northern Nevada, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency.

The legendary clarity of Lake Tahoe is owed to them.

Uh their authority really is to protect the environment of Lake Tahoe and really kind of go back to what Mark Twain said, you know, a century and a half ago, that it is the air that angels breathe.

And their authority really is to help control development and to protect the environment within the Tahoe Basin.

Regional planning has also been picked up in the Reno Sparks Metro area.

Trucky Meadows Regional Planning Agency is a statutory agency that oversees a lot of regional issues as well annexation, infrastructure, housing, development, and they've done that for several decades as well.

The offshoot to that has been the Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition.

And while it not nearly as regulatory as Trucky Meadows is, in that they have a regional planning coalition and a regional planning governing board, Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition or SNRPC is really kind of a flexible organization of the local governments in Southern Nevada as well as the Clark County School District.

And really the idea was to provide uh a framework around a regional plan.

And in the early 2000s, you know, they did that.

There were a lot of good successes that came out of SNRPC, but when it hit the recession, uh things kind of died down a little bit.

And it I I would say the vision for SNRPC really kind of slowed to the point where there it was looking for something else to kind of help guide it.

Uh, without a staff, without an executive director, there really wasn't anything to carry the way until uh a regional uh federal planning grant um from the HUD DOT and EPA came along and helped uh help us get a regional plan uh which we now know as Southern Nevada strong.

And that federal money uh which was administrated by the city of Henderson got us the plan that has been in place and that all the cities have you know have their master plans conformed to.

It is in the process of being updated right now in 2025, uh 10 years after the fact, um, but really it helped guide some regional decisions.

It's now being administered by the RTC, and they've done a really good job with that.

A lot of study has come along the way.

But there's also been some other changes over the last 10 years.

We've had uh repeal of some of the statutory framework that helped set SNRPC up.

There was a change to make uh SNRPC or a regional planning coalition be a permissive entity rather than a required entity.

Um so again, with some of the thought going into like what is SNRPC going to be in the future, you know, we conducted a a little bit of uh a study.

We had Purdue Marion and Associates take a look at other governance models.

And from that, you know, one of the things that came out of it was well, maybe look at a council of governments.

And a council of governments is a little bit different from region a regional planning agency.

Um there are a number of models all across the country, uh, some of them that are listed here.

Um Councilman Knutson's interns did a great job in front of the SNRPC board this last month explaining how COGS work, but really the the idea is that you can have a regional forum come together instead of instead of it being a rigid statutory agency, it could be more voluntary and you could look at advisory things that the members can look to and and adopt.

Uh you could collaborate and communicate uh with each other a little bit more flexibly, and they could be a clearinghouse for information with a with a scope that's either broad or narrowly focused, depends on what the it is.

And that's how a lot of COGs across the country uh operate.

Um we do have regional organizations that have specific missions and specific um topics that they cover.

Uh you know, obviously SNWA covers water for us as the purveyor.

The regional housing authority looks at affordable housing.

Um a lot of these agencies are set up under a statutory framework or through another form of interlocal at the local level, but there isn't really one singular organization that brings all everybody together to talk about some of these uh issues that cross over jurisdictional lines.

So this cooperative agreement that's before you today really is intended to uh set up a forum for us to look at issues that are regional in nature and identify a common solutions that individual jurisdictions can go back and implement themselves, or if we need to go pursue a grant at a state or a federal level, or if we need to change legislation during a biennial session of the legislature, we can advance a bill draft request, something that we all come together around and say, yes, this makes sense for us as a region.

A little bit different from the frameworks of TRPA and Truckee Meadows.

So the bottom line here is that these six jurisdictions that are that are listed here would come together on an annual basis, and I'll kind of show you how this might look as uh as this goes forward and is implemented, but to kind of coordinate uh our services, our service provisions and a responsibility from a from a regional framework.

Um so there are some general powers that are listed within the within the agreement, uh and then administratively we're going to help facilitate this to as a city of as the city of Las Vegas and get it started to get it off and running for the for the first year, hopefully, to get some momentum behind it under this new paradigm.

And really, it's the idea is to provide that forum and study on a regional issue that we all come together and uh cooperate on uh to make some some change, whatever the topic might be, and that's something that's gonna be ultimately up to the elected officials that sit on the uh this uh COG governing board.

So, as an example of how this could possibly work uh during the first quarter of a year, uh there would be a determination of what topics we wanted to pursue.

Maybe it's maybe it's housing, maybe it's water, maybe it's economic development.

The the book is open as to what that might be, but there's consensus that that gets developed around that, and then ultimately we can bring together the agencies that are affected or the subject matters matter experts that are uh that are relevant to whatever that issue is uh and have them come as a committee to uh to help aid in the study throughout the year.

During the second and third quarters would be more data collection and information gathering with with updates along the way to the board themselves.

What is the issue's impact on individual jurisdictions?

There might be presentations from uh experts from outside of the region or from a national level, or maybe you know, some of those affected agencies might come and provide information on what the what the issue is.

If there's an opportunity for a grant to pursue, or if there's a policy change that is clear that needs to be sought out, uh we have uh you know, somebody you know present some draft legislation that might be enacted at an as an ordinance or put together as a BDR.

Those are the types of things that would happen through the bulk of the year.

And then the fourth quarter would be where the final report to the board is, and that's where there's that direction to the individual jurisdictions that are party to this cooperative agreement, go forth and implement.

That's that that's that point where there's a okay, we we think we have a regional solution here, and this is what we're gonna go with.

So that is what the Southern Nevada Council of Governments is in a nutshell, and with that, I'll turn it back over to Seth for some final comments.

Thank you, Marco.

Uh Seth Floyd again for the record.

So timing is important.

Uh the reason why we are going first, we would be the if you adopt today, we would be the first jurisdiction to adopt the cooperative agreement.

Everyone else will have to.

The goal is to get that done by the end of the calendar year.

But we have volunteered as part of this rebranding to take on the staffing responsibilities under the RPR uh SNRPC.

The county had done that for many years, but we thought it was important that because we believe in this effort and we think it's important that we would staff that and so we also wanted to be out in front on adopting the agreement.

So that's why we're asking you all to consider that today, and we are happy to answer any questions that you have.

Thank you both so very much.

Uh, there are any questions or comments from members of the city council.

Oh, yes, Ms.

Seaman.

So, in other words, we're kind of morphing the Southern Nevada Regional Plan Coalition into the this new coal this new committee.

Yes, ma'am.

So technically, we are actually replacing the SNRPC with this.

But but if you look at the the function, yeah, it's a bit of a merge of S and RPC and a council governance model.

Okay, thank you.

Miss Diaz.

Thank you, uh Madam Mayor.

As a former SNRPC um committee person, uh it was always very confusing as to what the purpose of the SNRPC was, and it felt like there was no um no common goals, no, we're not rowing in the same direction.

Um we just felt really disjointed.

Yes, the municipalities that partook would show up, but it just didn't feel like the work was intentional or data-driven or any of the sort.

So I'm all for moving in this direction, given that uh born and raised in Las Vegas.

Uh I was an assemblywoman for regular sessions and for special, and it becomes really evident and clear when you go to the halls of the legislature, how much local municipal governments are speaking to each other or not.

Um and I think that it is important moving forward that we capitalize as much of our brain power or collective forces.

It just helps if we're all rowing in the same direction versus against each other.

That's not going to move the needle on many um very difficult um topics that we are battling here at the local uh front.

So I'm all for this.

Um Southern Nevada Council of Governments.

I think doing a deep dive into data analyses, bringing subject matter experts to talk to us about potential solutions we can all adopt because I have neighbors from North Las Vegas that you know that are my boundaries from my city.

So on one side it's me, on the other side is North Las Vegas.

On one side it's me, on the other side is Clark County.

But our residents don't know that, right?

And so I'm getting complaints, they're getting complaints, and it would be nice to have some sound data-based solutions that we can point to that we're all trying to implement and uh do and uh just do things to make things better for the quality of life of our residents.

And so we know, like on the tree front, we have so much further to go to combat the heat island effect.

We have so many areas that we could really intentionally move the needle on.

So that's what makes me super excited that this is gonna go to the next level.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Councilwoman Polenski.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

I try to keep my marks remarks brief, but uh thank you, Marco, thank you, Seth, for all your leadership in this arena.

Uh I'm struggling with the COGS uh acronym in my world.

In the in the small business world, COG stand for cost of goods sold, which control your profitability and your PL.

So my business mind and my uh government mind are are conflicting with this one, but I'll do my best to adjust.

Uh I am too very optimistic that we can do some meaningful work together regionally, which has been woefully missing in Southern Nevada for many years.

Uh the vehicle has existed, but we haven't done meaningful work.

So I'm very uh committed to doing so and sincerely hoping that we can move forward.

Uh MPT is now the chair, and we're gonna do great things.

Thanks.

Thank you so much.

Is there a motion?

Mayor pro Tim.

And thank you, Madam Mayor.

And I know there's been an enormous amount of work put into this over decades, um, but over the last couple of years in particular.

Uh grateful for the city of Las Vegas team as well as the teams in all of the participating jurisdictions.

And there are implications at the state level for Southern Nevada.

There are also implications at the federal level.

This is uh and if I'm a bureaucrat or government head, uh grant grant reviewers at the federal level look for this kind of collaboration.

This makes a huge difference in setting up our infrastructure for bringing in more federal dollars into southern Nevada.

So with that, Madam Mayor, grateful for the support of this council and hopefully the other councils and the commissioners and the other jurisdictions, and I will move to approve item number 42.

Shall we vote?

Please post.

No rush.

Motion passes.

Thank you both so much.

Thank you, Mayor.

Agenda item number 45.

Boards and commission.

Commissions.

Discussion for possible action regarding the appointment of nominee Trish Truesdale to the Ward 2 seat on the Arts Commission.

Uh Pauline Lee has resigned, and her unexpired term must be filled.

Miss Truesdale is eligible and wishes to serve.

Is there a motion?

Councilwoman Seaman.

Yes, I move to approve Trish Trustdale for the Ward 2 Arts Commission seat.

Thank you.

Shall we vote?

Please post.

No rush.

Councilwoman has long.

No circles.

Yes.

Oh, yes.

The councilwoman has circles.

Okay.

Please post.

Motion carries.

Thank you so much.

Agenda item 46.

Discussion for possible action regarding the appointment of the following nominee to the board of directors of City of Las Vegas Strong Start Academy Elementary Schools, Inc., Laurie McGoy is the YDSI director's designee to a two-year term ending August 6, 2027, which is a year from today.

This item will appoint Ms.

McGoy to replace Tarry Semhurst, who will be teaching full-time tutoring and serving on her school site leadership team.

While a director's term is two years, the bylaws allow for the staggering of terms for the initial board appointed by the city council.

If appointed, Miss McGoy will serve an initial two-year term ending August 6, 2027.

I move to approve this appointment.

Shall we vote?

Oops.

Please post.

Motion carries.

Thank you all so much.

Agenda item 47.

Recommending committee.

Bills eligible for adoption at this meeting.

Bill number 2025-28.

Councilman Knutson, would you like to have the bill read?

Yes, Mayor.

Yes, Mayor.

Bill number 2025-28 First Amendment.

An ordinance to amend LBMC Title 11, Chapter 40 by adding various provisions related to the use of electric bicycles and electric scooters, including penalties for violations of certain provisions of Title 11, to amend LVMC Title 13, Chapter 36, Section 20, by adding various provisions related to the use of electric bicycles and electric scooters and parks, recreational facilities, and recreational trails, in adding various penalties for violations of certain provisions of Title 13 and to provide for other related matters.

Thank you very much.

And with appreciation to Councilwoman Bruni for allowing me to obey it for two weeks to do my due diligence.

And I believe there was an amendment at the recommending committee.

Do we need to state that now?

I identified it as the first amendment.

Perfect.

Thank you.

All right.

Post.

Motion carries.

Thank you so much.

Agenda item 48.

Has been stricken.

Okay.

Agendas item 48 and 49 have been stricken.

Agenda item 52.

New bills.

Items 52 through 55 4.

Bills 20.

We've got 50 and 51.

Do I care about the minutes?

I don't have it.

Well, you're looking for read something.

Do you have to read something?

All right.

Go ahead, Mr.

Knutson.

Madam Mayor, with your permission.

Items 48 and 49, bills number 2025, 13 and 2025-14 were stricken earlier in the meeting.

Items 50 and 51, bills 2025-29 and 2025-30 will be heard at a later meeting.

Okay, so um we're on the bills.

Okay, we will not be uh we will not be voting on agenda item 51.

All righty.

Agenda item 52, new bills.

Items 52 through 54, bills 2025-31 through 2025-33 will be heard at the recommending committee meeting on Monday, August 18th, 2025.

City attorney, will you read the new bills?

Yes, Mayor.

Bill number 2025-31, an ordinance creating the city of Las Vegas, Nevada Special Improvement District number 819, Summerlin Village 30A, ordering a street project, a storm sewer project, a sanitary store project, a drainage project, and a water project within the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, and providing other relate matters related there too.

Bill number 2025-32 in ordinance concerning the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, Special Improvement District No.

819, Summer Summerlin Village 30A, assessing the cost of local improvements against the accessible property benefited by the local improvements in providing other matters related there to Bill No.

2025-33, an ordinance authorizing the issuance in sale by the city of its special improvement district number 819, Summerlin Village 30A, Local Improvement Bonds, Series 2025, approving the form of certain documents with respect to such bonds, ratifying actions taken by city officers toward the issuance of such bonds and providing other matters related thereto.

Thank you.

A new bills 2025-31 through 2025-33 are assigned to the August 18th, 2025 recommending committee members, council, Councilman Kenudson and Councilwoman Seaman and Polenski.

If if any so designated are unable to attend, the clerk's office will coordinate finding substitutes as necessary at my direction.

And I thank you.

Agenda item number 55.

Item numbers 55 through 58C are on the consent agenda, but items 58A through 58C were held in abeyance earlier in the meeting.

Remaining items 55 through 57 are considered to be routine and are recommended for approval by the Department of Community Development.

Mayor Pro Tem may I have a motion to approve this consent agenda.

Move to approve the consent agenda.

Please vote.

Nothing's popping up.

Aye.

Aye.

Motion passes.

Thank you so much.

Agenda item 59 was tabled earlier in the meeting.

Agenda item 60 was tabled earlier in the meeting.

Item 61.

This item was held in abeyance to the September 3rd City Council meeting.

Agenda item 62.

Item is held in abeyance to the September 3rd City Council meeting.

Agenda item 63.

Report by Tanya Kremble, purchasing and contracts manager regarding use of the emergency procurement procedure for repairs to the Las Vegas Fire and Rescue Fleet Garage located at 3140 East Bonanza Road.

Liability Insurance and Property Damage.

This is Ward 3, Ms.

Diaz.

Ms.

Kemble.

Thank you very much.

I'm Tanya Kemble, purchasing and contracts manager for the record.

On July 1st, there was a big rain and windstorm that did a significant amount of damage to the roof and the roll-up doors at our Las Vegas Fire and Rescue Garage, which is located at 3140 East Bonanza Road.

July 4th being Friday, which was a holiday, which is also a very, very busy time for our fire and rescue team.

This garage houses very uh expensive and important equipment that we want to make sure is always in good working order so we can respond to our community.

Nevada revised statutes have standard procurement processes that require multiple quotes and or a formal sealed bid when we're doing procurements.

Uh NRS also recognizes that sometimes there are times when uh competitive bidding can be exempted, and one of those is in the case of emergency, and that is allowed both under NRS 332, which governs the purchase of goods and services and NRS 338, which covers public works and construction.

The city also has a corresponding policy, which is FN601, which details the emergency procurement's policy and procedure.

Per the policy, an emergency is defined as an incident, the results from the occurrence of a disaster, including fire, flood, hurricane, riot, power outage, or disease.

The mayor's city manager or other authorized representative can make the determination that an emergency exists.

City staff is required to provide a report to the city council to identify any emergency procurements at its next regularly scheduled meeting.

Part of the requirement is that the impacted department needs to make a declaration and express a request for emergency procurement that was satisfied by a letter from Fire Chief Fernando Gray documenting what needed to happen.

All of the facts were taken forward to city manager Mike Jansen, who was in support of declaring the emergency and going forward with the emergency procurement.

They looked for qualified contractors who would be able to do this work and started getting quotes.

Overall, the estimated repair work is scheduled to be about $500,000.

I'm going to specifically talk about just two of the vendors that were awarded because these are the only two that rose to the level of an emergency procurement.

Anything else that was done was done under standard processes because it was below the dollar threshold.

Crawford Door Sales of Nevada was awarded $54,807.

And this was for the emergency repairs and some replacements to the roll-up doors.

Commercial Roofers Incorporated was awarded 406,652 dollars.

And again, this was for some immediate waterproofing and repairs, and also for a full replacement of that roof.

Do you have any questions for me?

Does anybody on the city council have any questions?

Thank you so much.

This was a report only.

No action is required.

We'll move on to item 64.

Set date on any appeals filed or required public hearings.

I would instruct the city clerk to set the public hearing dates and appeals from the city planning commission meetings in dangerous buildings or nuisance uh litter abatements.

Thank you so much.

Agenda item 65.

Citizens' participation.

Public comment during this portion of the agenda must be limited to matters within the jurisdiction of the city council.

No subject may be acted upon by the city council unless that subject is on the agenda and is scheduled for action.

If you wish to be heard, come to the podium, give your name for the record.

The amount of discussion will on any single item as well as the amount of time of any single speaker is allowed, may be limited.

It will be limited to two minutes.

This is your opportunity to address the council, but the council is not able to respond or engage in dialogue.

Are there any members of the public who wish to speak under this portion of the agenda?

Yes, sir.

Please state your name for the record.

Beloved Mayor Shelley, I'm glad you're here.

Thank you.

Great counsel.

I'm glad you're here too.

My name is Eric Melchizedek.

And we're glad you're here too.

Thank you very much.

You're very welcome.

My name is Eric Melchizedek Christ Nimrod.

You can find Christ and the uh you can find my twin brother Christ in the Gospels being betrayed by being kissed.

The kiss of Judas in the Gospels.

A poor mincer can make a mouse out of a man.

Incline.

Uh you, the city council is grand.

You make the city of Las Vegas the talk of the land.

Thank you for your dedication.

Thank you for your rhyming.

All right.

Miss Francis, would you would you look at your text for a minute?

Okay.

Does there is there anybody else that would like to address the city council at this time?

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

I'm sure she's out there watching, but uh our very own Saber Smith Newby is in Palo Alto, California at Stanford University Hospital.

She had a brain tumor removed from near the pituitary gland in the back of her head, and uh is recovering well.

She's been discharged from the hospital and is convalescing and is convalescing in a hotel room right now.

We want to send her our best regards.

I think she'll be back sometime in southern Nevada, potentially next week.

Uh we love you, Sabra.

We're rooting for you.

Lots of prayers back home.

Uh get well soon and come back only when you're ready.

And uh I think we all say that our heads and hearts are with her right now, and very excited for a full recovery and a rapid return.

Agenda item 66, council emerging issues, discussion regarding potential items for future city council agendas.

This is for all wards.

Any discussion must be limited to whether or not such proposed items shall be placed on a future agenda, and no discussion regarding the substance of any such proposed topic shall occur.

No action shall be taken.

Do any members of the council have any topics that they would like to bring forward under this item?

Seeing none, I thank you so much.

And now we're we've come to my favorite part of the agenda, agenda item 67.

Council members' recognition, comments made by individual city council members during this portion of the agenda shall not be acted upon by the city council unless that subject is on the agenda and schedule for action.

Miss Summers Armstrong, would you care to start us off?

Thank you, Madam Mayor, and thanks to whoever brought the beautiful plant and the additional confetti, which is in my favorite colorway.

We all wish you a very happy birthday.

Thank you very much.

It has been beautiful.

My granddaughter was here yesterday at City Hall for the first time and got to meet staff who put on a wonderful uh impromptu celebration uh for my birthday.

I'm getting old, y'all, but I'm excited to be here.

All right.

So uh on August the 6th, uh, we had a the Las Vegas Municipal Court held its youth offenders court graduation ceremony.

Uh, Judge Wilson uh presided.

I was honored to give certificates of recognition to the five young people uh pictured here who completed uh who successfully completed their two-year program.

Over the course of their journeys, they completed drug counseling, earned their GEDs or diplomas, secured employment, and fostered relationships with their families and friends.

Although their roads were not easy, they kept to moving towards their redemption and a better, brighter future.

We stand with these individuals as they as a community, and we're very, very proud of their achievements.

And just special thanks to Judge Whipson.

She did a wonderful job, built some wonderful relationships, and created an environment where these folks really felt that they were heard and seen, and I'm so proud of their accomplishment.

On that later that day, July 17th, um, at the Martin Luther King Statue in North Las Vegas, which is just over the uh the other side, the north side of Carey, um, we had a wonderful John Lewis Day uh proclamation presentation.

Uh this day was uh has been put together to honor uh Congressman John Lewis, uh the National Action Network and Indivisible Las Vegas put this together.

We had representatives from Congressman Horsford's office who was here this morning, Senator Cortez Masto, Senator Jackie Rosen, and Commissioner McCurdy was also in attendance.

Um, John Lewis was a staunch activist and dedicated civil servant who fought tirelessly for voting rights.

He was an advocate of getting into good trouble, and his legacy inspires all of us uh to be active members of our government and to remain steadfast in the fight against injustice.

On July 26th, um my special assistants Julius Lightfoot and our uh Ortiz uh represented our office at the Doolittle Back to School Fair.

Um, the day was filled with music and fun, and we were able to hand out uh school supplies and resources and information about resources with other communities partners uh who also supported that event.

Also on July 26th, later that day, Julius Lightfoot is one busy guy.

He presented a certificate of appreciation to Dr.

Marcia Robinson and the staff at the West Las Vegas Arts Center, staff actually and volunteers, for their dedicated service and fostering the community's future visionaries, creatives, and performers.

The West Las Vegas Arts Center's commitment to excellence and arts education makes it an integral part of our community, and we are honored to have them in Ward 5.

And I just like to say that my children, sons, who the oldest is 37 and the youngest is 23, all went through the summer program there and are better people for it.

On July 31st, my staff also attended and represented our office at the Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authorities.

Brown Grape Breaking event in honor of the Senator Joseph M.

Neal Jr.

Apartments groundbreaking.

As many of you know, Senator Joe Neal was a staunch advocate for our community in the Nevada State Legislature.

I think he was there over 30 years.

His daughter, Senator Dina Neal, is pictured, and she spoke on behalf of her family and their legacy here in our state.

And we were just really happy to be there.

And this was also attended by Mayor Pamela Gones of North Las Vegas and many others just to honor the legacy of Senator Joseph Neal and to be encouraged that we have more affordable housing being built in our community.

On August 4th, the Southern Evita Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority had a block party saying farewell to the old Marble Manor and hello to the revitalization in our community.

Thank you, Mayor Shelley Berkeley for being there.

We looked very cute in the sunshine.

Summer colors.

We had lots of community folks show up.

It was a beautiful event, and I think people are really encouraged and excited for this new development that is going to go right at Martin Luther King and Mick Williams.

We need this in our community, and I'm excited to be a part of it.

We have some upcoming events still.

We have a back to school event on Saturday, the 9th, with the Sigmas.

Five Beta Sigma Fraternity is hosting an event at Matt Kelly Elementary School.

The mayor was invited too, but I'm gonna be there on her behalf.

On the 2nd, August 2nd through the 9th, we've got free haircuts.

The Raiders are putting something on.

So please, if you need parents, if you need to get your kids tightened up, as we say in the neighborhood, uh their hair and their haircuts, please go on over to Expertise, which is right there on Stella Lake next to Grits, and take advantage of that so your babies can be beautiful and have a lot of confidence the first day of school.

Nevada Women in Trades is having some helping re-entry in veterans to get prepared to work in the trades, and this is very important as Marble Manor is being redeveloped.

We must have a workforce and would love to have them come from the community.

So please take a look at this, call them and get trained if you're interested in being in the trades.

Next, we have just one project, is having a pop-up on the 16th.

Um, these are the locations.

Um please, folks, if you need a food support, please.

These folks do a beautiful job and a respectful job, and the food is beautiful.

And so please, if you need anything, uh please participate.

And finally, oh, not finally, AmeriCorps, next one.

Um, we are trying to get folks to sign up for AmeriCorps.

Um, here's some information about that.

Uh, we need you.

You are doing folks uh doing a MariCorps are supporting our schools.

Um, our uh we need you, so please sign up for AmeriCorps.

All right, we got this last minute, but I'm so excited about it.

Nevada Energy is working with United Way to help uh folks 62 years and older with their um with their electric bills.

Please reach out to them for assistance.

Um, we don't want anybody's power off or you not running your air in the summer when it is still very, very hot.

So please reach out to United Way or Nevada Energy to get assistance if you need it.

And finally, we still need to watch our our weight and our our summer eating, all this good barbecue.

And if you want to come out and uh pull off a little weight or just get your kids active.

We've got Green Ball at Lorenzi Park.

It's a beautiful location.

Um they love to see us out there.

They even have some stuff for parents.

So get out there and hit the ball.

Um, you'll see me out there in the next couple of weeks.

Um, and that's all.

Oh, and my staff.

Last but not least, my folks are available Monday through Thursday to help anyone in the community who may need it.

Our number is 702-229-5443.

Please reach out to us.

We will respond.

And thank you, Mayor.

Thank you so much.

And oh, as you know, I have a conflict on August 9th, uh, so I can't join you at Matt Kelly Elementary.

Um, but I'm sending the best of me.

My my son and daughter-in-law will be joining you so they can help give out all of the back to school items that we're planning to give out that night.

I appreciate you.

Thank you so much.

It's my pleasure.

My sorry I can't be there.

Um, Miss uh Miss Palenski, would you care to share with us what you've been doing?

It's been busy in Ward 4.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Uh, I had a great time attending the Buck Bedard Outdoor Foundation Fundraiser Banquet on July 19th.

This event supports their mission of introducing, educating, and evolving veterans, first responders, and kids with outdoor activities and adventures for a positive impact.

I was able to present present them with a proclamation from all of us for their efforts to bring the community of Southern Nevada together.

On June 21st, uh Councilwoman Diaz and I participated in the JAG review meeting in Council in County Commission Chambers.

Uh we heard presentations for the fiscal year 2025, Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistant Grant applications.

I'm grateful to everyone who participated in this process.

It was a pleasure to listen listen to presentations from all our nonprofit applicants.

And just as a reminder, we have over four million dollars in request, yet only $800,000 to distribute.

The need out there is great, and the resources are few.

I look forward to working with Councilwoman Diaz to uh ensure the proper decisions are made on where funding goes.

Next up, Cimarron Rose Community Center is located in Ward 4 and is hosting a variety of activities for children.

On Tuesdays, they are beginning to offer uh beginner's chess.

That's for ages six to twelve.

Wednesdays will feature a messy hands art class for children's four and five.

Thursdays, they offer junior Picasso art classes for children's age five to nine.

For more information, please contact Cimarron Rose Memorial Community Center at 702-229-1607.

I'd also like to wish our students of the city of Las Vegas best of luck as they begin a new school year on Monday, August 11th.

Get your butts in the seats and learn, folks.

That's what you're there to do.

Next up, please take a moment to look at these faces on the slide.

13 children are missing from our community.

If you recognize any of them or have any information that could help, please contact LVMP missing person detail at 702-828-3111.

Even the smallest tip can make a real difference.

And if you were a runaway youth or know someone who may be at risk, help is available.

Call the nationwide runaway safety hotline for confidential support 24-7 at 1800-7862929.

Lastly, you can stay up to date with me and everything happening in Ward 4 by following me on Facebook, Instagram, X, all the things.

We are constantly sharing updates, community news, and upcoming events.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Thank you so much.

Maya Pro Temp, do you have a guest?

Yes, Madam Mayor, thank you very much.

I'm going to introduce Chloe to provide my comments for me because I don't like to.

But I've had three amazing interns this summer.

Uh Caleb sitting in the audience.

Ayana is studying for her SAT, and Chloe is here too.

No, she's not studying for SAT.

She's studying, she's like the student body president setting for assemblies of of some sorts.

Um but Chloe is going to go study for SATs this afternoon.

And she is going to be reading my comments for me today, so I will turn it over to her.

All right.

Chloe, break a leg.

Thank you, Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem.

My name is Chloe Gregorian.

I'm a student at Bishop Gorman.

Finish your degree holiday.

Today we celebrate Finish Your Degree Holiday.

A reminder that it's never too late to go back and complete your education.

Over 40 million Americans have college credits but no degree.

We want to change that because education opens doors, strengthens families, and build stronger communities.

If you've started college but haven't finished, or know someone who has, now is the time to take that next step.

Happening in Ward 1.

Story slam, no regrets.

Regret is a funny thing.

It can haunt you, teach you, or even become the punchline of your story.

Story slam, no regrets, dives into the moments we swore we wouldn't regret the bold choices that shaped us and the paths we wouldn't change for anything.

Whether it's impulsive tattoos, split second decisions, or leaps of faith gone already.

Join us on August 23rd at the Charleston Heights Arts Center for a night of stories celebrating the beauty of imperfection and living life with no regrets.

Fire engine push-in.

You're invited to join us for a fire engine push-in ceremony at Las Vegas Fire and Rescue Station 5, 1020 Henson Street on August 26th from 9 to 10 a.m.

This time honored tradition celebrates the arrival of Engine 5, a vital addition to our fleet serving the Ward 1 community.

Come be part of this meaningful moment in fire service history.

Reaching out to Ward 1.

As always, you can reach out to our office via phone call at 70229299 or email Councilman Knutson directly at BKNUSI at Los Vegas Nevada.gov.

Thank you, Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem.

And thank you, Chloe.

Chloe, very well done.

Ms.

Diaz.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

It's been quite um happening summer, and you've been joining me at several um ribbon cuttings throughout Ward 3.

So I just want to highlight some of the businesses that recently opened and are offering uh amazing service to our community.

Uh so as you see, we the mayor and I were able to uh welcome Velvet Vine Wine on Las Vegas Boulevard, and it's an amazing new business that offers coffee, wine, and a small food menu.

Um and you can also purchase beautiful flowers if you are needing to make someone's day extra special.

Um so make sure you check out Velvet Vine Wine on Las Vegas Boulevard.

Prowl is now open, and I know that MPT is gonna spend a lot of time there because he goes to everything in Ward 3.

So he probably already beat me.

But if you're sick, you're coming to Ward 1.

Okay.

I've been spending a lot of time with my father in your ward, actually, so unfortunately.

Um but I love seeing the new UMC uh remodel that has been, and I and now we don't have to deal with the construction side of it, so it's been so nice to have to be able to just go in quickly.

Um but just uh on a lighter note, Prowl is now open next to the popular stray pirate on Commerce Street, and they offer delectable selection of cocktails.

Uh and for our sports fans, um, because sports season is coming.

Um, you'll be thrilled to learn that there's a new family-friendly sports bar in the arts district called the stadium.

Um, and uh Marissa Pretkiss and her amazing team will have amazing uh brews and food for your favorite game day when you want to go and cheer on your team.

Uh so congratulations to all of these business owners on opening their doors and we wish them much success.

Uh we have some highlights with our Las Vegas Fire and Rescue.

I was honored to join Fire Station 4 for a push-in ceremony to celebrate the new fire engine that was added there.

Thank you to the Las Vegas Fire and Rescue team for their unwavering dedication and keeping our community safe.

I heard they had a really busy 4th of July.

Um, so this new engine represents our commitment as a city to upgrade our equipment and to make sure that at every moment in time that commitment to public safety is being upheld and ensuring that our first responders have the tools they need to protect and serve at the highest level.

The other picture shows uh when I went to visit Fire Station 108 in my ward, and I'd like to thank the incredible team there for the warm welcome and really insightful information they shared.

Um we engaged with the fire staff who gave me a deeper understanding of the vital work they do and how they serve our community every day, and also what we need to be thinking about as leaders in our as we plan for the future.

How are we gonna equip our fire team with handling a higher volume of medical emergencies or um fire calls?

So I'm so grateful that we have one of the most amazing fire teams, I think, in the nation.

Uh, Arts District Parking Garage.

I was so proud to celebrate the momentous occasion of the groundbreaking of the new arts district parking garage.

And while I understand it will pain some folks who use this lot to park, I'm so sorry, but we're gonna add more parking in just a year's time.

Super excited that by August 2026, we will see more than 500 parking stalls and some commercial space available for rent to add to the eclectic vibrancy of our arts district.

The project is approximately 10,000, will include 10,000 square feet of retail space for new business opportunities.

So I hope people will start to look into it.

And the whole design of the parking garage has public art installation in different points of it.

So I hope you guys celebrate with us as you see it going up, and then when it's ready to be used, all of us will be like, yes, we know where we can park.

Had a very awesome troop visit, Troop 323 in my office, and they have lots of challenging questions for me.

I must admit that we have some bright young leaders in the making, and it makes me proud to be their councilwoman.

We had meaningful conversations about the challenges and opportunities facing Ward 3, and I was so inspired by the care and curiosity they uh shared with me.

Thank you, Troop323, to the parents and to the troop leader for their interest in local government and being so engaged at such a young age.

I never had this opportunity when I was growing up, so I think we're in great hands moving forward.

Um we've been busy with back to school fairs.

More than uh 1,300 students received essential school supplies at our East Las Vegas Community Center.

Um, expertise barber school also provided free haircuts and uh about close to a hundred were offered that day and refreshing popsicles to help everyone beat the summer heat and the wait outside.

We had families lined up since 7:30 in the morning when our fair started at 10.

And um, so the need is great, and I'm just so thankful to the over 50 organization and companies that joined us to provide this invaluable service to our families and get our kids ready for the first day.

I always had butterflies, and I have butterflies for my upcoming freshman uh going into LVA.

So I hope he has an amazing uh start to his school year.

Uh this is not so uh amazing, but the pain is coming back.

We thought we were uh rid of the cones on Charleston, um, but they're coming back to a certain section.

We just want to advise everyone starting the first day of school, August 11th, along Charleston between Maryland and Franklin Avenue.

Work is gonna be underway, and I just want to thank everyone ahead of time for their patience.

We want you to know so that you can route your um commute elsewhere, just try to avoid the areas that are gonna be impacted by construction and um also you can email at um email us at info at Charleston Storm Drain.com because eventually the the scope of the work will continue down Charleston.

So it's starting at Maryland and Franklin, but it's gonna move all the way down from Maryland to commerce.

So just know that traffic will be impacted or impaired heading into the arts district for a year and a half or more.

Learn about the amazing and helpful city resources and services offered by our Department of Neighborhood Services at an upcoming community connections presentation at our East Las Vegas Library.

It's uh coming up here uh August 13th.

Free refreshments are available uh at the presentations while supplies last.

And uh it's noon to two on a Wednesday.

And last but not least, save the date if you have children between the ages of three to five.

Um August 23rd, East Las Vegas Library as well.

We'll be hosting 10th annual kickoff to kindergarten.

It's a fun and free event and is co-sponsored by the UNR extension and Las Vegas PBS and will feature hands-on activities, the UNLV Dental Clinic and Special Live Performances by Mariachi Perla Tapatia and comedian Adam London.

First, 250 families will also receive school supplies, lunch bags, and a social emotional game for free.

So make sure you spread the word.

And as always, my team and I stand here to help serve your needs.

Call us at 702-229-2359 or email us at Ward3 at Las Vegas Nevada.gov.

Stay safe out there, and I hope that on the first day of school we're watching our speed as school zones will become activated.

So thank you so much, uh, councilwoman.

Councilwoman Seaman.

Thank you.

We had another successful breakfast buzz and more two biz.

It is always a pleasure to connect with the constituents and address their concerns.

I enjoyed meeting with the board of directors of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals to discuss their issues and challenges in the Las Vegas real estate market.

I had a wonderful time joining my friend Lucio Arense CBF at a prestigious 53rd annual induction gallon dinner held at the Paris.

He was awarded for over 40 years of outstanding service and unwavering dedication to the hospitality industry.

Guests and furry companions enjoyed free cup pups, dog booties, and treats.

Beyond the fun, we highlighted an important message protecting your pets from extreme heat.

Doggy booties are crucial from shielding paws from scorching pavement.

We had animal animal protection services out there, and while it was 90 degrees, they tested the pavement.

It was about 120 degrees.

So we hope we got that message out.

We invite you to join us for our monthly Ward 2 Breakfast Buzz, an excellent opportunity to connect with fellow residents, discuss community matters, and hear the latest updates about what's happening in Ward II.

It will be Saturday, August 23rd from 9 to 10 at Veterans Memorial.

Meet Eros and Nikki, two wonderful pets, hoping to find their forever families.

Eros is a three-year-old four-month and four-week-old male domestic short hair weighing about 14 pounds.

And Nikki is a four-month-old female pointer German wirehead mixed breed weighing 19.3 pounds.

Each has a unique personality and so much love to get them.

Whether you're looking for a calm, affectionate feline or an energetic, playful puff, they are ready to bring joy and comfort and companionship into your life.

You can contact the Nevada SPCA for these specific animals, or you can adopt from a local rescue, the Animal Foundation, or the Nevada SPCA.

So you can follow us on our wait, Small Business Saturday, sorry about that.

Do you want to get the word out about your Ward 2 business?

Contact my office, 702-229-2420.

Every Saturday on my social media, we feature a business and we film ahead of time.

So we'd love for you to contact us so we can feature your business.

If you have any issues or inquiries in Ward 2, please reach out to my office at 702-229-2420, or you can always email us at Ward 2 at Los Vegas Nevada.gov.

And you can follow us on social media if you'd like to stay up to date on what's happening in Ward 2.

Be sure to join us on those and stay connected for events, updates, and important community news.

Thank you.

Thank you, Councilwoman.

Councilwoman Bruni.

Thank you, Mayor.

And thank you, Councilman Alan Pelinski for your ceremonials this morning.

One of the attendees commented that she wished she could start every morning like today because it was such a wonderful reminder of the power of community and how wonderful the place that we call home is.

So thank you for that.

We spent last month sharing the generosity of our local vendors who donated diapers and hundreds of pounds of pet food, blankets, and toys.

We distributed those items to an organization that supports kids in foster care and to several local dog and cat rescues who are helping our furry animals.

Special thank you to our own Chief Gray who saw the heap of donated goods in our office and donated a big bag the very next day.

Last month we celebrated the opening of the Grand Teton Overpass in Ward 6.

This new bridge will improve traffic flow and shorten first responders' response times.

Congrats to all involved for completing the project early and under budget.

I recently met with our city traffic engineer and public works deputy director, Joseph Norby to discuss the new improvements on Buffalo Drive near Arborview High School.

Following the tragic death in McKinsey Scott, who was hit by a drunk driver, our city team conducted a traffic safety study.

As a result, improvements have been made, including pedestrian activated lights, new signage, and a painted sidewalk.

We'll be hosting a press conference and a flip the switch event this Friday to highlight all of the new safety enhancements and measures that have been adopted in recent months.

Team Bruni attended the campus for hope groundbreaking.

The campus will include 900 residential beds, on-site services, and over 300 employees to provide sustainable effective support for our unhoused community members.

Last week I showed my appreciation for the incredible city teams in public works, parks and rec and code enforcement.

They work hard every day, especially during our hot summer months to keep our neighborhoods clean and our streets safe.

To say thank you, I treated them to free snow cones, a treat to help beep the heat.

Team Bruni attended the Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority groundbreaking ceremony for the Joseph and Meal Jr.

Apartments in North Las Vegas.

These apartments are an important part of addressing our attainable housing needs in southern Nevada.

Last Saturday, we hosted our splashback to school movie by the pool event in partnership with the Centennial Hills Y.

Over 500 little swimmers enjoyed free swimming, free ice cream, youth performances, community vendors, and food trucks.

Thanks to the student performers from Somerset Academy Sky Point and Musicology for getting us in the mood for our showing of Sing Two.

This week, Team Bruni attended SNARA's Marble Manor Pre-Demolition celebration and block party in Ward 5, celebrating upcoming renovations to one of our oldest affordable housing communities in southern Nevada.

Marble Manor has tremendous historical importance in our community, has been the home of many, including Ruby Duncan, who have been front and center in fighting for social justice issues.

If you have a small business andor are an inspiring entrepreneur, join us for our small business breakfast next Wednesday, August 13th at 8 30 a.m.

at the Centennial Hills Active Adult Center.

Please, RSVP, so we have enough breakfast for everyone.

Next Thursday, join us for our monthly Bogaditos with Bruni from 9 to 11 at our satellite office location at the Centennial Hills Y.

Finally, as always, we want to hear from you.

Please email us at Ward6 at Las Vegas Nevada.gov or call us at 229-5463.

Thank you.

Thank you so much, Miss Bruni.

The August 6th meeting of the City Council is now adjourned.