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We will now move on to agenda item number three.

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Seeing no one, I thank you and we move on to agenda item number four.

For possible action to approve the final minutes by reference of the regular redevelopment agency meeting of August 20th, 2025.

Mayor Pro Tem, is there a motion to approve?

Move to approve.

Please vote.

Post.

Motion carries.

Agenda item number five.

Discussion for possible action regarding funding the amended security grant incentive program designed to proactively support small businesses by providing financial assistance before negative impacts occur with the goal of promoting economic stability in the redevelopment areas.

$250,000 RDA special revenue fund.

Redevelopment areas 1 and 2, Wards 1, 3, and 5.

Mr.

Knutson, Ms.

Diaz, and Miss Summers Armstrong.

Please note this item is related to Council Item 18.

Ms.

Babski.

Yes, good morning, Mayor.

Good morning, City Council members.

Dina Babski, Director of EUD.

This item actually I wanted to give a little background.

About three or four months ago, you all approved a new security security grant program to allow businesses to apply for up to $5,000 given that they meet certain criteria, such as they had a security incident that was documented with the police department, or they were they were facing issues with the roadway construction that you know would kind of put a detriment on their traffic.

Uh what we've learned through the process as we've been processing these applications that there's a lot of need for us to actually be more proactive in our approach, and instead of waiting for an incident to happen, uh our now intent is to make this program available to all eligible businesses in the redevelopment areas uh in the more proactive way.

So essentially get them safe and secure before something bad happens.

So this would be the only real change uh to the program to make it uh where the expenses are eligible uh for any business in the RDA.

Um, and also to give you a little bit of a uh background again, uh what expenses are eligible.

Uh it's things like permanent fencing, uh, lighting, uh walks, doors, security films, uh, security cameras, and things of that nature.

And it's important to remind our constituents and you all is that this is a reimbursement-based program.

So uh they can't install anything and then come back to us later.

They have to go through the approval process, get approved, and then uh you know, move forward with the project.

And just to give you uh some examples of the grants that we've processed already, uh this is a best in the west safety uh that's a business uh in the RDA, and as you can see, their security film was pulled off, so they applied for the grant, uh which then they used to uh buy new security film and install it.

Another uh example is the security cameras at 7th and Carson.

Similarly, they uh didn't have one before, but through the grant they were able to install them, and now they can have monitoring.

And um, another example of the actual uh incident, you know, that did take place, they had a security incident, their windows were broken, so that is one of the eligible costs they applied for the grant, and then they were able uh to get their windows replaced.

With that said, happy to answer any questions and respectfully ask for your approval.

Thank you so much.

Are there any questions or comments from the agency members?

Mayor Pro Teb.

Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you, Ms.

Babski.

Um, I took a uh the crime support specialist from Bolden Area Command to look at one of the businesses in my ward because they had been broken into.

Um and I think it'd be a just a request is if we can connect with maybe the I think there's three different commands within the RDA to talk to their crime security specialists that when a business approaches us about a grant that maybe we tie them in with Metro so we can get some recommendations from Metro is how they spend that money.

That's just a suggestion.

Absolutely.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Yeah, yes, uh, Ms.

Diaz.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Um thank you, Miss Babski.

I think that an ounce of prevention is worth its pound and cure.

And obviously, us um make being more flexible with um providing the funds on the front end makes a difference, a world of difference for a lot of the small businesses in the RDA.

And especially in times when we're hearing that everyone has to tighten their belts, uh, that cost of goods have increased, that they want to keep their employees on payroll, and this just facilitates an upgrade that is for everyone's well-being, not only the establishment or the business, but also the consumers, because we're gonna be able to enjoy that establishment for years to come in our fabulous city.

So to my colleagues' comment, I actually have been very intentional in letting my downtown area captain know about this program.

And actually, when we deployed the other round or set of funds, I reached out and I said, can you rattle off all of the businesses impacted so we can personally reach out to these businesses and let them know these grant funds are available because we had a rash of different um incidents that happened in certain parts of downtown area command.

So I think that it is uh something that moving forward we should kind of all be rowing in the same direction, and they are the first uh responders to these incidents, and we should probably let them know hey um this is happening and the same thing with our POP teams that are also um helping take care of certain areas in our city.

I think they should be well apprised and aware so they can also be a conduit and a connector back to your department.

Thank you so much.

We'll take care of it.

Yes, uh of course, sir.

One other thing is it might be more efficient.

Um the first request that Metro makes on every single one of these visits is to for the businesses to put up the no trespassing signs with the associated Nevada revised statute.

Um I I'm I'm thinking it might be useful for our our sign shop to maybe print those, and that's part of our package deals, and we have when we do grant out that money if the if the no trespassing signs come with it, and I think that could be rolled into the program as well.

Okay, we'll look into it.

And Mayor Pro Tem, do we have a motion?

I'm gonna move to approve.

Please vote.

Host motion passes.

Agenda item number six, RA-24-2025.

Discussion for possible action regarding a resolution of the City of Las Vegas Redevelopment Agency redesignating additional areas for redevelopment valuation on approximately 1200 acres, generally bounded by East Owens Avenue to the north, North Nellis Boulevard to the east, and East Charleston Boulevard to the south.

This is Ward 3.

Councilwoman Diaz, please note this item is related to Council Item 38, R 65-2025, and Item 69, 25-0285 DAR 1.

Ms.

Babsky.

Thank you, Mayor.

City Council members, Dina Babski, Director of EUD.

We are very excited to present to present this for your consideration.

The 2050 City of Las Vegas Master Plan identifies 16 different sub areas across the city boundaries.

And each of those sub areas is going to have a special area plan to ensure that neighborhood level strategies align with our overall city's vision.

And East Las Vegas is one of those 16 areas.

Again, the plan itself, it states that redevelopment in that area will help support the existing businesses, increase economic opportunities, and improve access to public transit overall.

And in doing so, that will reinforce the neighborhood identity.

So to achieve this, to achieve this, the plan actually calls out and recommends that the redevelopment agency supports the creation of a new redevelopment area that would support the East Las Vegas Special Area Plan.

So why a new redevelopment area?

What does really that what does that really give us?

What tools will that allow us to use to help facilitate the redevelopment?

When we establish a redevelopment area, we then you know make tools available and have tools available at our disposal, disposal to help assemble the land.

As you know, in all of those kind of aging neighborhoods, the land parcels are oddly shaped, they're small, and so to uh really facilitate a larger, meaningful development, we need to assemble uh and have larger parcels available.

So um a redevelopment area um establishment would allow for that.

Of course, you just all approved a security grant program.

That's one of the uh incentives that we have in our portfolio that could then be available to uh to the businesses in this area, along with our VIP program, um our tenant improvements program and others.

Um another thing is of course the elimination of blight.

Uh NRS 279 specifically uh establishes the goal of a redevelopment agency to eliminate blight, and of course, how do they define it?

They define it as you know, um aging, dilapidated uh buildings, aging infrastructure, again, oddly shaped parcels, and so uh you know the the blight based on that development is what we will be looking for in the area as we do the study, um, and then with the ultimate goal to eliminate it.

Um and then I think it's very important to mention that the dollars generated within a redevelopment area stay in that area.

So there is no uh cross-pollination of funds between different redevelopment areas.

As you know, we have two already.

This would be the third one.

Um how does the process work to establish the uh the new RDA?

So uh today I am presenting to you all, and that essentially would allow us to uh start the blight study where staff would will be going out to individual properties and assess them against those criteria I just mentioned in NRS 279 and see if they are in fact uh blighted per the definition in the statute and then document the the current status of those.

Uh also very important is the neighborhood outreach.

Uh we will be meeting you know with the community uh with you know explaining the process itself, what we're doing there, but also explaining the benefits of a potential redevelop establishing the redevelopment area.

Um and you know, obviously it isn't a council and uh and the board's action to establish the area itself.

So the at the end uh of this process, we will come back to you with uh a plan.

The proposed designated study area, which I'll show you a map of the way it was determined.

Uh our staff uh went out and just drove the area and identified some potential sites.

Uh they haven't again been yet, you know, fully uh vetted against the criteria.

We then uh presented the proposed study area to our citizen advisory committee, which has nine members from the uh from the three wards that are in the RDA as well as the uh community members representing different types of businesses.

Um we also uh received their recommendations, actually had them go out and drive the area themselves and work with them to fine-tune our proposal for the study area.

And just to give you a little bit of uh of a uh background on our current redevelopment areas, um this is redevelopment area one and two.

Area one was established in back in 1986, uh, it will sunset in 2046, uh, and then redevelopment area two, which is all the red that you see on the map.

Uh that's a small area, about a thousand uh acres in that one.

Uh it was established back in 2015 in 2012, and will sunset in 2042.

The redevelopment area one is actually uh three over 3200 acres.

So this is our biggest and oldest uh redevelopment area.

Uh with that, the proposed study area for the redevelopment area three is uh about 1200 acres.

Uh as you can see, it is primarily in ward, it is all in ward three.

Um, and again, this is just a study area.

We haven't confirmed uh any parcels, and that's what we will be doing over the next six months.

I also would like to show a map that um I know during briefings yesterday there were questions of how uh you know the scale of the maps, the area three looks a little bit bigger.

So I'd like to show this map right here, uh, what it actually would look like in terms of comparison to the acreage and the size of the other redevelopment areas.

So this is all area one, 32 uh hundred acres.

This is redevelopment area two, about 1100, and this is the proposed study area for uh redevelopment area three.

As you can see, the there's a lot of uh item, there's a lot of spaces in gray.

This is primarily single family detached residential communities, and we would not be studying uh you know those for potential uh to be in the actual boundary.

So the areas that are included is primarily commercial corridors, retail, street facing areas that would be prime for redevelopment.

May I have my PowerPoint back, please.

Perfect.

Thank you.

Um so you know, where we are today, uh the planning commission uh was presented this plan back on August 12th.

Uh they unanimously approved it and supported.

So here we are presenting it to you today for your consideration.

Uh if all goes well today, then our staff will conduct the blight study over the next six months.

Uh the public outreach that I just mentioned, and we will draft a preliminary redevelopment plan for the area and bring it back for your consideration and the establishment.

I know outreach is very, very important anytime we do uh things that you know it will impact the community.

So we have a great plan and we will work closely with our communications team on a but on the bilingual public outreach uh that will fit the community needs, and uh we want to be sure we communicate well and clear.

Uh the outreach will focus on the property owners, the residents, as well as businesses.

Uh and that will be done through multiple meetings, community engagements, and you know, we'll have staff available to answer any questions during the Blight study as they're there, you know, assessing the properties.

As I mentioned, redevelopment plan has certain things required by NRS.

Uh they uh uh you know they're clearly stated that we need to identify the reasons why we're doing it, describe the conditions of each individual property, uh, you know, talk about how we would finance the projects, and as we all know, that's through the property tax increment, anything that we do in an RDA.

Um and of course, you know, we will bring that back to the planning commission and to you all for your consideration and you know, just make sure that we're all in alignment.

And uh before I answer any questions, I'd like to thank the board because uh, you know, you all have been very supportive in our efforts in the redevelopment areas one and two, and I do feel like we've done a lot there, uh, you know, starting with the medical district, the RS district, gateway district, and then now we have a lot of uh activity happening in the historic west side and a lot more to come around the Cashman redevelopment.

So we're truly excited for this opportunity to continue to do the work that we do now in in Ward 3.

Um so thank you for your support, and I also would like to thank uh our executive director of the RDA, Mike Jansen, for his leadership.

And not to forget uh the folks that actually have uh been working on this very diligently and have a lot more work to do over the next six months is uh my redevelopment manager Tracy Reich, her staff, Alex, and of course our uh city attorney's office, they uh they have been very, very helpful.

So with that, I'd like to um ask you for your support.

All right, thank you so much.

Are there any questions or comments from agency members?

Yes, Ms.

Rooney.

Thank you, Mayor.

Ms.

Babski, are we internally doing the Blight Study or do we contract out with a third party and are we doing the public outreach internally, or are we also contracting out with someone to do that?

Yes, uh, thank you.

Through you, Mayor.

Uh we will be doing it internally.

Uh, we have done that historically for all of our redevelopment areas one and two, and any expansions that we've done in the past.

Uh so the staff will have dedicated staff to work on each individual property, and the outreach uh will be work will be developed uh with date with Mr.

Wrigleman's team, and we will work uh side by side to make sure it's successful.

Yes, Ms.

Armstrong.

I just want to say thank you to Miss Babski for um taking the time to sit um and talk with me about uh this yesterday and helping me to understand I'm new uh and I'm trying to learn all the ins and outs, and it's can be complicated, but we know that these types of um innovations help us in increase uh the values in our communities and make cohesiveness and just bring life.

And so thank you so much, and I'm um excited about this.

Okay.

Is there a motion, Councilwoman Diaz?

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

And I just um before I make my motion, I want to say that you know we started um by starting the campaign to get information from our constituents.

The east side of the city is a side of the city that feels often forgotten by us, and that we haven't done a lot of investing and making sure that that community continues to be lifted and continues to not go to blight.

Uh so that's why I think we set forth the the uh engagement and the serving, and we came up and developed with the the nuestro futuro plan at East Las Vegas, it's our future.

Um now we're trying to get tools in our tool belt to then execute the vision of our residents of our small business owners of the entire community, and the way to do it is to go this step.

And I'm um optimistic optimistically hopeful that the study will come back with lots of information and hopefully support to move forward in a positive direction.

So, with that, I'm gonna go ahead and move to approve agenda item six.

Please vote.

Post motion passes.

Thank you.

Agenda item seven, RA-25-2025, discussion for possible action regarding a resolution, finding the project proposed by the commercial visual improvement program agreement between the city of Las Vegas redevelopment agency and new Wu Art, LLC, located at 218 East Charleston Boulevard, to be in compliance with and in furtherance of the goals and objectives of the redevelopment plan and authorizing the execution of a C VIP agreement by the RDA not to exceed $25,000, RDA Special Revenue Fund.

Redevelopment Area 1, Ward 3, Ms.

Diaz.

Please note this item is related to council item number 37, R-64-2025.

Ms.

Babski.

Thank you, Mayor.

Uh City Council members, Dina Babski, director of EUD.

Um I am excited to present for your consideration a VIP grant through the guidelines with the guidelines of our uh visual improvement program.

But before I present uh the project itself, I'd like to welcome um our applicant, tenant, and property owner, Mr.

Fawn Douglas.

Welcome.

Thank you very much.

Uh Mayor, Council, thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to speak before you today.

Uh I'm uh half owner of the uh 218 East Charleston building in the Las Vegas Arts District.

Uh myself, Vaughn Douglas and my partner A.

B.

Wilkinson.

Uh we've taken on this uh this project as we already have uh an arts compound on Maryland Parkway, 1331 uh South Maryland Parkway with the new art gallery and community center.

We're going on five years, but what we do not have is the fit traffic for our artists to sell their their wares and their goods.

And so what we've done over the past year is we purchased this building that was very dilapidated.

Um and wanting to, you know, really, you know, we care about Las Vegas, we care about the city, it's on our southern Payte lands, and we want to revitalize it.

And so with this project, we want to initiate bringing art uh more arts into the arts district, especially as it pertains to Native American and Indigenous arts and other local arts.

Uh we have a number of great basin artists, of course, you know, here locally and just through the state of Nevada.

Uh but what we're gonna be doing is bringing something very unique.

Uh we're gonna be bringing a portion of this gallery space because it is 3,800 square foot warehouse.

We're gonna be cutting that into three parts.

The first part is the retail store, uh, which will be run by our nonprofit indigenous AF, and the center will be a fine arts gallery, and the back uh back up house will be our uh distribution center and place for packaging and selling merchandise online.

And so with uh your graces, I mean I'm open to answering any questions, and please let me know what uh you would also uh need up me.

Thank you.

Okay, thank you, Miss Douglas.

Uh just a little bit uh more detail on the project itself.

So the site is located at 218 is Charleston Boulevard.

Uh so it's on the south side of uh Charleston, and I'm sure uh we all have driven by it.

In the area, as we know, there is uh you know a lot of growth happening between the new residential, the retail, arts galleries, uh, food and beverage places, so a lot happening in the Arts District.

Exterior before, so this is the building Ms.

Douglas was referring to.

As you can see, there is uh it's heavily uh, you know, it is dilapidated, it has graffiti, the windows had a lot of uh posters, and so you know, with this grant, uh Ms.

Douglas and her partners will be able to move forward with their uh exterior renovations.

So this is the exterior after the proposed renderings, uh completely remodeled.

So there is replacement of windows, uh signage, there is new uh facade, parking lot upgrades, uh, and of course installing new gates and security access.

Um the pro the the property owner and the applicant, they are investing a big uh amount of dollars into the project, of which 163 uh point nine thousand is going to go towards the exterior improvements, which makes them eligible for the full amount of 25,000 uh from the redevelopment agency.

Uh the exterior work for which this grant is being applied for will start in October, November, hopefully, once uh you all vote on it, and the completion will be just a few weeks down the road.

So uh with that, I um also happy to answer any questions and ask respectfully for your approval.

Thank you so much.

Are there any questions or comments from agency members?

Seeing none, is there a motion, Councilwoman Diaz?

Before I make my motion, Mayor, I do have a question.

I saw the walls and the renditions, but I'm sure you have some maybe uh aspirations to bring some murals and some artists to put their art on on your walls.

Is that gonna happen, Miss Douglas?

Uh yes, of course.

We're really looking forward to beautifying this space.

You know, over the past year it has been you know heavily uh graffitied and such, and so we're really anxious to get started on this project and for you know some beautiful murals and arts to to grace the arts uh uh district area.

All right.

I knew you were a shewing for that answer, but I just wanted to make sure because uh you do have uh a lot of connections to artists in our community that can bring and elevate that space and add some artistic contributions to the adjacency.

Yes, absolutely.

Even currently at the New Wu Art Gallery uh on Maryland Parkway, we have the Brian Martinez exhibition.

I would invite all each and every one of you and the audience as well to please come and see what we're doing.

We have gallery hours Thursday through Saturday.

You can find us at new woo art.com.

Awesome.

So with that, I enthusiastically move to approve agenda item seven.

Please vote.

Post motion passes.

Thank you so much.

Thank you, council.

Agenda item number eight, RA-26-2025.

Discussion for possible action regarding a resolution, finding the agency reimbursement agreement between the city of Las Vegas redevelopment agency and Gonzo.

Excuse me a minute.

What's the name of it?

What's held in the bands until October?

I think we have to obey it.

Do we?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Okay.

All right.

To continue.

Um Gottenzo Madness LLC tenant conserved concerning the retail lease of 525 South Main Street, suite 150 is in the best interest of the public and to be in compliance and in furtherance of the goals and objectives of the City of Las Vegas redevelopment agency.

$600,000, RDA special revenue fund, redevelopment area one, ward three, Miss Diaz.

Um thank you, Mayor.

Um Council members, I would like to request that this item be held in abeyance until October 15th meeting.

Um yes, thank you so much.

Um is there a motion, Miss Diaz?

Yes, Madam Mayor.

I move to hold agenda item eight and advance until the October 15th RDA meeting.

Please vote.

Post motion passes.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Agenda item number nine, citizens' participation.

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

No subject may be acted upon by the redevelopment agency 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 on any single subject as well as the amount of time any single speaker is allowed may be limited.

Is there anyone wishing to speak under this portion of the agenda?

Please come forward.

Please state your name for the record.

Okay.

Please limit your comments to two minutes.

Thank you.

My name is Gail Serena Tobert.

To the esteemed mayor and members of the City Council.

Again, my name is Gail G A Y L E Serena, C E R I N A Tobert, T O L B E R T.

And I'm here on behalf of the Doolittle Active Adult Community Center.

I'm very excited and honored to be here today.

First, I'd like to start by saying thank you all for your hard work and dedication.

Thank you for providing valuable resources, activities, programs, and services for the seniors here in Las Vegas, and especially for the seniors at Doolittle.

We acknowledge and enjoy the new renovations at Doolittle.

They are greatly appreciated.

Today we are here seeking your continued support.

I'd like to bring to your attention a petition.

And the petition is signed by the members of the Doolittle community, signed and prepared by the members of the Doolittle Community.

In addition to the petition, seniors have written letters of recommendations expressing their concerns and ideas for many more additional improvements.

Please read the letters and consider our recommendations.

In addition, we seek the council's approval to form an action committee consisting of dedicated members of the Doolittle Community Center.

The goal of the member committee is to work along with your office to address the issues as they arise.

It is our goal that the Do Little Members Committee work together with the mayor and the City Council to promote, create and maintain a welcoming, clean, and safe environmental friendly space for active seniors to thrive as they continue to live out and enjoy our golden years.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Is there anybody else wishing to address the redevelopment agency?

Seeing no one, uh the redevelopment agency meeting is adjourned.