15th, 2025 meeting of the city council is called to order.

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Before we proceed with the agenda, would everyone please rise for the invocation given by Pastor Benny Hackis, Victory Outreach Las Vegas, and please remain standing for the pledge, which I hope you will lead us in.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mayor.

If I could have everybody please bother here to close your eyes.

Amen.

Will you meet us in the pledge of me?

Liberty.

Justice for all.

God bless you.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

We will now proceed with our ceremonials.

Before we proceed, I think uh I would be remiss if I did not congratulate on behalf of all of us and the entire city of Las Vegas, our incredible Las Vegas Aces for having.

And I would say they're very excited, very happy, very tired.

But uh, we're all very, very proud of them.

It created quite a dynasty.

Also, I would like to acknowledge our city councilwoman Nancy Bruni's birthday is today.

Happy birthday.

And now this is the ceremonial portion of our council agenda.

And for our first item, Councilwoman Bruni will recognize our citizen of the month.

Councilwoman.

Thank you, Mayor.

Good morning, everyone.

The value of service runs very deep in Ward 6.

As such, it's not surprising that Krista Holloway is a longtime resident of Ward 6.

Krista's had so many journeys and positions in life, but no matter where she is, whether she's living abroad or right here in Ward 6 in the city of Las Vegas, she's always led and lived with a service-oriented heart and strive for excellence in all that she does.

And Krista, can I invite you to come up, please?

Krista Holloway is a U.S.

Air Force veteran, as was my father, a devoted wife, loving mother, accomplished photographer, and community advocate.

From 1999 to 2003, Krista served in the U.S.

Air Force, where her commitment to excellence earned her the esteemed recognition of Airman of the Corner Quarter, a testament to her outstanding performance, leadership, and unwavering service to our great nation.

In 2014, Krista further exemplified her commitment to personal and professional excellence by graduating at the top of her class as a dental assistant.

In 2016, while stationed overseas, Krista dedicated more than 500 hours in a single year in service in her role as key spouse, providing critical support and guidance to military families and earning the distinguished title of Key Spouse of the Year for her exceptional service and contributions.

In recent years, Krista's been busy starting and building her business as a photographer, serving the Las Vegas community by capturing life's most wonderful and meaningful moments with creativity, compassion, and purpose.

She's also been volunteering at her kids' schools.

And then when she least expected it, a local tragedy called Krista to step up and serve the community in a bigger way.

Many of us were affected and grieved with the tragic passing of McKenzie Scott back in May.

She was a high school senior at Arborview.

And many of us grieved and went on with our daily lives, but not Krista.

Krista stepped up and founded Walk Safely LV, a grassroots initiative initiative dedicated to improving crosswalk safety around Las Vegas schools.

She's rallied our community and attracted hundreds of volunteers, a couple of whom are in the audience, and they've dedicated hundreds of hours to keeping our students safe as they travel to and from school.

What started as a grassroots initiative really is a movement.

They've got a website, they're attracting more volunteers every week.

And so you can see Krista Althur's video shows in her bright yellow vest, walking the kids to and from school, welcoming parents and the kids with a big smile and an even bigger service-oriented heart.

Traffic and pedestrian safety is one of my top priorities, and I feel blessed to have Krista and her team of volunteers accompanying me in this mission to keep our students and safe and streets safe.

Krista, thank you very much.

We have a proclamation.

On this date, we proudly recognize Walk Safely LV as a community hero through your dedication.

You protect students across works and promote safe practices.

Your commitment fosters a safer environment for students and strengthens our community.

Thank you.

One for each of you.

Oh my goodness.

This one's for you, Krista.

Sorry.

No.

We've got these flowers for you.

We have a proclamation.

So I'm just gonna read some of it because it's pretty long.

Whereas Krista Don Holloway, a U.S.

Air Force veteran, devoted wife, loving mother, accomplished photographer, and passionate advocate for safety in families in Las Vegas, has consistently demonstrated exceptional dedication, integrity, and leadership.

In 2025, Krista founded Walk Safely LV, a grassroots initiative dedicated to improving crosswalk safety around Las Vegas schools, uniting parents, volunteers, and public officials in a shared mission to protect our students and raise awareness of vital safety issues.

And now, therefore, we the mayor and the members of the Las Vegas City Council hereby proudly proclaim October 15th, 2025 as Krista Don Holloway Day.

I'd like to invite you safe.

I'll take you want me to hold that.

I first just want to say thank you so much to everybody and especially my team and my husband and my daughter.

And Councilman Bruni and Mayor Berkeley for helping us through this journey.

I couldn't have done this without all of them.

And um, and I just want to say, McKenzie Scott, I know you're up there, and we'll forever think of you.

And along with Christopher and Haley, we this is for you.

And thank you.

And we won't stop.

We're gonna keep doing this, and we're gonna keep fighting for the safety of our kids.

We should probably move.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

No, I don't know.

We're gonna get in front of the podium, so we'll move over here.

You want to hand that way she doesn't have it.

I'll find a window right here.

For our next item, I want to invite our parks, recreation, and cultural affairs director, Maggie Plaster to join us.

Hello.

Our employees strive to meet our values of being kind, committed, and smart, and they work to build our community to make life better.

I am proud to announce that the employee of the month is Jordan Duncan.

Jordan, please join us.

Hello.

Congratulations.

Okay.

Jordan is an inclusion recreation leader and has been with the city since 2022.

She consistently demonstrates the city's core values through her daily interactions with the youth in her care in the city's adaptive recreation program.

Jordan's passion and dedication to our students is inspiring.

She has completely revitalized the adopt adaptive kids programs, creating inclusive, engaging spaces where every child is empowered to shine.

One standout example is an adaptive drama club, which recently wrapped up its season with an incredible performance of their original play back in time.

Each student played a vital role, participating in both group numbers and solos.

Jordan, thank you so much on behalf of all of us for your hard work and all that you do.

And at this time, I'd like to give Maggie Plaster a chance to say a few words, and then we'll have some photographs.

Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Thank you for this recognition.

I really want to thank Kira Sacaros for nominating Jordan and recognizing good work.

And also for the employee recognition committee who make this organization better by recognizing good work at the city.

Jordan has an incredible commitment to parks rec and cultural affairs.

She started as an intern in 2016, and she got to be an hourly employee after that.

But as most people in the recreation field know, they're not a lot of full-time jobs.

And so in 2019, she moved to Arizona, but showed her commitment to the fact that she kept coming back every month to volunteer and staying connected with the adaptive team.

And then right before COVID, she got a full-time job with the city.

So I always felt like that tenacity to be part of the city of Las Vegas really stood out to me.

This award goes to employees who not only do the duties of their job description, but go above and beyond.

Maybe you could say they're a little bit extra, like Jordan is.

She recognized that one of her participants was experienced financial hardship during Christmas last year, and she organized her own drive to get the family a Christmas tree and gifts and food and delivered it herself on Christmas Eve.

Um, she's recognized that one of her participants never met Santa, so she arranged for Santa to come and visit.

Uh on an 18th birthday, she arranged for a visit to the fire department, and that was a big hit.

And she does things that sometimes it's hard to get other people to do.

And one example is we had a float for our department last year in corporate challenge, and it was difficult to get that organized.

And of course, Jordan took it over and got people there, and that's just it shows the type of person Jordan is.

So thank you for your creativity and the drama program, for your attentiveness, attentiveness to your participants, but mostly thank you for the joy you bring to them and to their families.

I did prepare a speech, so bear with me.

I'll try to make it fast.

Good morning, everyone.

Um, I'm truly honored to be recognized as employee of the month.

I want to thank our city mayor and counsel for this honor.

So thank you.

Um, and our employer recognition committee, and especially Kira for the incredible recognition.

Kira, thank you for working with me for showing up to support our adaptive programs and for being such an amazing asset to the city.

Your support and belief and the work we do truly means so much.

So thank you.

Um, thank you to my director Maggie and our entire administrative team.

Thank you to my coworkers and my department who are always willing to lend a hand when needed and for showing up today to support me.

Thank you.

Um, a big thank you to my adaptive team, Civante, Andrea, Jen, Ashlyn, and Rusty for your support in our adaptive drama club.

There have been so many people who have supported this program since the very beginning and continue to show up at every performance.

Thank you for being a part of this journey.

I also want to give a special thank you to Jen for hiring me back in 2016 as an intern.

I wouldn't leave her alone.

And she continuously pushes me to grow.

Her support has played a big part um in the success of this program and my career.

My passion for the adaptive drama club began in 2015 when I was given the chance to lead it with the city of Spokane, an opportunity to always be thankful for because of Alice Bush.

A big thank you to my family, which my aunt is out here today, so thank you for coming.

And it's actually her birthday, so um.

So thank you for my my family being great leaders as they have showed me how to be a great public servant.

Um, but this recognition isn't just about me, it's about my incredible team that I get to work with every day.

My staff show up with heart, patience, and creativity, putting an effort that makes our program thrive, from building sets to developing ideas and encouraging our participants that make the program what it is.

It's such a joy to watch their growth and even more meaningful to see them advance from part-time to full-time positions.

Their dedication and love for this work inspire me daily.

Uh, I am also deeply thankful for the families.

I have some families out here today who trust me and my team for the community that believes in inclusion and celebrates all abilities.

Together, we've created a safe and welcoming space where everyone belongs.

This award would not be possible without the families and caregivers who bring their loved ones to practice, cheer them on, and continue to support them week after week.

And most importantly to my participants.

Thank you for being the heart of the Adoptive Drama Club.

You bring creativity, confidence, laughter, and friendship into everything you do.

Watching you grow and shine both on and off the stage is a greatest reward.

You make this program what it is, and I am so proud of each and every one of you.

You truly are my favorite humans.

We're gonna go hiding back.

Anyone that thinks they should be in the parents.

So welcome for our own.

Okay.

Hugs.

So our interaction.

Oh, thank you.

Oh, here.

Say it out loud.

December 16th, Tuesday, 6 p.m.

at Doula Community Center is our talent show.

And then on May 15th will be our theater production at the Historic Fistry School.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And for our final ceremonial item, Mayor Pro Tim Knutson will recognize a wonderful program and very colorful program that benefits the children of our community.

Mayor Pro Tim.

Thank you very much, Madam Mayor.

So I'm gonna invite Lilane to come up with me in just a second.

And then Tammy.

Stacey to Tammy.

Lilane, come on up.

Come on up.

Okay, so I'm gonna just tell you a brief brief introduction to what Safe Key is, and then she gave a much better speech than I ever could.

So we'll let her introduce the safety team.

So SafeKey for anyone who doesn't know does before and after school programming for a lot of the city of Las Vegas schools.

I had a chance to meet with some of them.

Some of the biggest challenges we're facing right now are federal funding, state funding, and the opportunity for children to come into the program.

But some of the greatest opportunities we have is that interaction with children to see children come in after school with all that bubbly energy, sometimes a lot too much energy.

But I wouldn't say that the chance that adults have to interact with children in an after-school or before school environment.

It's that one minute where you can teach them about hope, or you can let them know they're loved, and you change the trajectory of their lives forever.

So that work that you do is so so so important.

Um but you said it better than everybody else.

So you're gonna you're gonna welcome them and introduce them to come on up as you guys stand up in an orderly fashion so we can get a picture.

Tell us what you know about them.

All right.

Uh, just want to thank Mayor Po Tem, members of the Council, Madam Mayor.

Thank you so much for this recognition today.

We are thrilled and excited to have the safekee team come on up for 40-year uh anniversary for our program.

I would not want to work with any other team in the world.

This team is so dedicated.

We like to have a little bit of fun, but really at the heart of this program is our team members who there every day, day in, day out.

We have 300 uh hourly staff members that are out in the field working daily with those participants.

They're the first face that they're gonna see in the morning and the last face they're gonna see in the afternoon, and it's gotta be one that's welcoming, loving, and dedicated to their safety, um, their enrichment, and just having a little bit of fun.

Um, and so that's what we're here to celebrate today, our fortieth anniversary for the safety program.

It really has been an honor to serve the community for so long, and that's the legacy of this safe key program for the last forty years.

That was on the spot.

Okay, where's that was on the spot for anybody who who was wondering?

I just put her on the spot just like that.

That was an amazing speech.

Where's Tammy?

Am I missing her?

Tammy, now it's your turn.

Not only do they provide a safe environment for kiddos whose parents work before and after school, but they also provide academic enrichment, mentoring, um, community connections, and uh a whole host of other um key factors that have the potential to set a child up for success, not just for each individual day, but for the entire school year.

They've adapted to change over forty years.

They will continue to look to the future, and we are currently making children's wishes come true in our safe key program.

So if we have anybody who has a hidden talent, please connect with us because these kids want to learn how to do things like painting and slime parties and balloon animals and super fun things.

So we get the best job in the city, we get to hang out with the young people.

So thank you, Mayor Pro Tem for always supporting our programs.

Thank you, Mayor and City Council.

Um, and thank you to the RDA Education Set aside and the state for twenty-first century funding to help us fund these programs.

We appreciate it.

Okay, so it's officially the fortieth anniversary of the Safe Key program day in the city of Las Vegas.

And fair warning, slime does not come out of carpet.

So just be aware of that.

I'm gonna give that to you.

Go right in front, and we'll do a picture.

Nice job, everyone.

Okay, very good.

Five minutes.

Thank you, everyone.

Uh City Council meeting.

Mayor Pro Tem, did you wish to say something?

Thank you, Mayor.

There's a few folks out in the audience who submitted uh comment cards.

As a reminder, if you have a specific item on the agenda that you want to speak to, you can speak when that item comes up or in the opening public comment period.

But if it's not on the agenda, you're invited to speak after the council meeting.

So when we're all done, if it's an item not related to this agenda, you'll speak after the council meeting.

Thank you.

Agenda item number eight.

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

If anyone submitted a speaker card or 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.

Item sixty-one twenty-five dash zero zero four four six.

There's a request by the applicant to withdraw without prejudice.

And item 66A through 66B, 25-0324 MOD1 and SDR1.

Applicant is the Colita group.

Owner is Palm Fund LLC at al at 17.12 acres on the south side of Alta Drive.

There's an abeyance request by the applicant to the November 5th, 2025 City Council meeting.

That'll be my motion.

Please vote.

No circles.

We have a 39 miles.

Okay.

Um Mayor Pro Tem, would you like to continue?

I'm gonna add a couple more to my motion.

Item 39 is R71 2025 for possible action to approve a resolution to declare the city of Las Vegas intention to sell real property.

This is in Ward 6, uh, Councilwoman Baroney.

And I'm also gonna add on to item 45.

There's an abeyance request by staff until then which council meeting.

Until the November 19th council meeting.

This is uh the public hearing regarding the fair market value of city of Las Vegas owned real property located on the west side of also Blanco Road and north of TP Lane.

And this is related to item 39 and again in Councilwoman Bruni's board.

And now that'll be my motion.

All right.

Shall we vote?

Please post motion carries.

Agenda item number 10 for possible action to approve the final minutes by reference of the September 3rd and the September 17th, 2025 regular city council meetings.

Mayor Pro Tem, may I have a motion to approve the minutes?

So moved.

Please vote.

Post motion carries.

Agenda item number 11.

Item numbers 11 through 43 are on the consent agenda, are considered to be routine and are recommended for approval by the departments and may be enacted in one motion.

Are there any items on the consent agenda that the council wishes to bring forward?

Okay.

Seeing none, mayor pro tem, may I have a motion for the one second.

Good morning.

Susan Heltsley's Chief Financial Officer for the record.

I do have an addition to item 11.

I have an interlocal agreement as well as a lease agreement that needs to be added to the agenda item.

Okay.

Mayor Pro Tem, may I have a motion that includes that addition?

Just checking with the city attorney to make sure we're all good.

Yes, MBT, that's good.

Uh the CFO is adding the backup to the item, so the item stands as written in the agenda.

All good.

With that being said, I'm gonna move to approve the consent agenda.

Please vote.

Post motion carries.

Okay.

Okay.

Before we go to agenda 44, if our chief judge of the municipal court should come in, will somebody give me the high sign on that?

Okay, thank you.

Thank you very much.

Okay, agenda item 44.

This is a public hearing regarding the fair market value of city of Las Vegas owned real estate located on the west side of South Lamb Boulevard and north of East Wyoming Avenue in anticipation of the sale of the property on an internet auction website.

Clark County note this item is related to council item 38, R-70-2025.

This is a public hearing that I now declare open.

Ms.

Babski is not here.

All right.

Um, no, I am so sorry.

Ms.

Paske.

No, your own voice.

Ms.

Bo.

We'll take anybody.

Yeah, anyone that wants to come over, come on up.

Hello, they didn't tell me you were a very noteworthy substitution.

Do you want me to your name for the record?

Teresa Boyce, real estate manager for the record.

Okay.

I think then you open up the hearing for this item, right?

Yeah, go right ahead.

Okay.

We're opening the hearing for the um fair market value of the city of Las Vegas owned real property located on the west side of South Lamb Boulevard and Northeast Wyoming Avenue in anticipation of the sale of the property on the internet auction website.

This property is located in the county and is estimated value as $27,000.

All right.

Is there anybody else that wishes to be heard on this item?

Seeing nobody, are there any questions or comments by members of the city council?

Yes.

Sorry, I missed the value, Teresa.

What did you say the value estimated value was?

$27,000.

Thank you.

Okay.

Yes, please.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Um, just for our viewing audience at home, how will the auction work?

Will it start at 27,000 and go up from there?

Do we start below?

We have to start at the appraised value, which is a 27,000 dollars.

Okay.

And then I'll go up from there.

Okay.

And it's online based?

Yes.

You have a website?

Yes, it's energy net.com.

Okay.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Um, is there a motion, Mayor Pro Tem?

No motion needed.

No motion needed, just a public hearing.

So we can only have so we only needed one appraisal for the item.

All right.

In that case, we have no no need for a motion and no need for a vote.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Agenda item 45.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Uh okay.

Agenda item 45 has been held in abeyance, and we will hear this on November 19th.

Agenda item 46.

Discussion for possible action regarding approval of complaint and to set a hearing date for disciplinary action against A2 management LLC doing business as U.S.

Motel and RPIT Patel, managing member, whose place of business is located at 2500 Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, as holders of motel license number G72-06385 for violations of the Las Vegas municipal code.

This is in Ward 3, Ms.

Diaz.

Mr.

Dorcat.

Thank you, Mayor Berkeley.

You can turn it over at your pleasure to our business licensing manager, Darcy Atabide Heard and Deputy City Attorney Paul Mata.

They will present the complaint that they would like to have approved today and a hearing set for this business licensed disciplinary matter.

In that case, it is my pleasure to welcome you.

Please state your names for the record.

Paul Mata, Deputy City Attorney in the Civil Division.

Darcy L by Heard, Business Licensing Manager.

This agenda item is this procedural one to accomplish two things.

First, we are asking that you approve the complaint for disciplinary action involving A2 Management LLC, DBA U.S.

Motel, and its managing member, RPIT Patel.

Second, we are requesting that you set a disciplinary hearing on the matter at the next city council meeting on November 5th.

Darcy Attelbay Heard will provide an overview regarding why we are asking the City Council to initiate disciplinary here the disciplinary process for this licensee.

So good morning.

So this request follows an emergency closure given by Metro.

Um due to the repeated serious criminal activity occurring at the property.

Given these ongoing violations and the emergency closure currently in effect through November 5th, 2025, we request to set the hearing date for the formal disciplinary action against business license G72-06385.

Full summary report and supporting documentation will be presented to council at the next meeting.

Thank you so much.

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

Seeing none, is there a motion, Councilwoman Diaz?

Yes, Madam Mayor.

Um I move that we approve setting the date of November 5th, 2025 for that disciplinary action hearing.

Please vote.

And also accepting and filing the complaint?

Correct.

Okay.

Please vote.

Post.

Motion carries.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Vince is our uh chief judge here yet.

Um then do you mind if I uh go to another?

Okay, very good.

Thank you.

Okay.

We're going to skip agenda item 47 for a few moments to give the chief judge an opportunity to get here.

I know she's on the bench right now.

Agenda item 48.

Resolutions.

R76, 2025.

This is a public hearing and discussion for possible action regarding a resolution authorizing the issuance of medium-term obligations for the purposes of acquiring, constructing, improvement, improving and equipping parks and recreation facilities not to exceed 24 million dollars.

This is a public hearing that I now declare open.

Good morning, Mayor and Council.

Gail Lloyd Lee Coast, Director of Finance.

This resolution before you will allow the city to begin the process of issuing the medium-term obligation bonds, which is a form of financing permitted by Nevada law.

It's to support our continued investment in our communities park and recreation infrastructure.

The term of the bond will be 10 years.

The not to exceed amount of 24 million is the maximum potential borrowing amount, and repayment will come from the law Las Vegas Convention Visitors and Authority Special Revenue Fund.

This will have no impact on the city's general fund.

Further approvals will be coming back to council in the form of the reading of two uh twice in the reading of the bond ordinances.

Okay.

If you have any questions.

Okay.

Um this is a public hearing.

Does anybody else wish to uh address the council?

Seeing nobody, are there any questions or comments from members of the city council?

Oh good.

Okay, none.

All right.

Uh seeing none.

Is there a motion, Mayor Pro 10?

Thank you, Mayor.

I was just gonna say this is another creative strategy on behalf of the city that'll keep people employed and bring more opportunities for recreation to the city of Las Vegas.

So very grateful for that.

And I am going to move to approve item 48.

All right.

Please vote.

Post motion carries.

Thank you so much.

We will now go now go back to agenda item 47.

Discussion for possible action regarding the method which shall be used to fill the municipal court judge vacancy for department two in accordance with city charter one day of one uh point one six zero.

Um Dr.

Holmes, welcome.

Please everybody state your names for the record.

It is.

Thank you.

Uh good morning, Mayor and Council.

My name's uh Dr.

Luann Holmes, City Clerk for the record.

Kelly Giordani, Chief Judge of Las Vegas Municipal Court.

Vince Moore, Human Resources Director.

I'm gonna squeeze it here, sorry.

And we're here to talk a little bit about the um filling of the retirement of Judge Roger.

Um just to give you some how we got here facts.

Uh Judge Rogers retiring on November 4th, and so according to city charter, the council needs to fill the position within 30 days by majority vote.

The deadline for that 30 day will be December 4th.

Really, what's before you is um before my esteemed colleagues speak?

You have to think about um in this appointment, you have two options.

Either you're gonna appoint what we're calling an interim caretaker, and that person will agree not to run in the upcoming 2026 election, or you will be appointing an interim non-caretaker, and that person will be allowed to run.

Candid filing for the judges is coming up in January.

So the qualifications are similar to if they were running for the elected position.

They have to be a duly licensed member in good standing with the state bar.

They have to be a qualified elector, which means they're registered or have the ability to register.

Um, and they have to live within the boundaries of the city.

And the time frame is 30 days before the last day of accepting applications in this case.

Um, there is a Nevada revised statute that has a one-year requirement, but in that statute, it also states that if uh the city is governed by a charter, you can go by what it states in the charter, and ours is 30 days.

So the service window will be December 2025 to July, which is when the primary, if we have a winner in the primary, their term would end then, or if we have a winner from the general, their term will go until December.

So it's eight to 13 months.

So I will turn it over to uh your honor.

Good morning, Madam Mayor, Council.

Thank you for the opportunity to speak today about the judge or the great job we have as judge.

So I wanted to take you specifically into department two to start.

This is Department 2's calendar yesterday.

So you have before you 121 cases.

The first would be an arraignment.

An arraignment is the first contact a defendant has with the court system.

It can be in custody or out of custody.

If an individual is in custody, they are automatically deemed indigent and are appointed the public attorney.

If they are out of custody, the city attorney will then let the court know whether or not they're seeking jail, which is a trigger for us to know that they need to have an attorney appointed to them so that their rights are protected.

We then go into a discussion about whether or not they are deemed indigent by guidelines given to us by the Supreme Court, and that's just an amount that they bring in, how many people they're financially responsible for, and whether or not they receive any government subsidies.

Thereafter, we go into pretrial.

Pre-trial is typically the stage in the proceeding where discovery is exchanged, offers are relayed, and the defendant is made aware of that offer and determines whether or not they want to accept it.

Thereafter, we have motions encompassed in all of our calendars.

Motions can include but are not limited to, motions to quash a warrant, motions to suppress, motions to dismiss, pro-per motions, which means motions filed by individuals on their own, which could be for a variety of issues.

We then go into status checks.

Status checks are cases that are already adjudicated.

This particular section of our calendar is typically the largest.

And this is where we talk about whether or not people are in compliance with the requirements that they've agreed to.

That can be classes, that can be fines, that can be community service, it can be some type of counseling or therapeutic option, AA's, NA's, a no drugs alcohol marijuana clause, so they would be tested while they're at the courthouse to determine whether or not they are or have been under the influence of anything.

It could be for house arrest, monitoring bracelets, scram, BART, stay away order, and whether or not they've stayed out of trouble.

And again, it could include a lot more.

This is also the time where we have a real conversation about whether or not they have the ability to complete the requirements for which they have agreed to do.

The city works very hard to provide a variety of options to complete those requirements, and we understand, especially now when it comes to financial constraints that things are very difficult.

So we have a lot of options available to us and a lot of what I'll refer to as safeguards.

So it allows people to have contact with a variety of levels within municipal court to ensure that they can successfully complete their requirements, either within the time they have allotted or more time that they might need.

And that's again, assuming that they stayed out of trouble and they have no issues with their no drugs alcohol marijuana clause.

We then have video court, which is court of our in-custody individuals.

It comes over our screens in the courtroom, so that's a conversation we have directly with the jails and the CEOs.

Those cases are all the cases I'm talking about now.

They are arraignment, they are pretrials, they are potentially ones that are set for revocation.

They are going to either be transported or resolved on video.

So again, that encompasses everything that I'm talking about right now.

On a typical Monday, that can be and has been roughly anywhere from 30 to 45 individuals.

So video court too in department 20 or in some of our other ones also includes our mental health video.

So that's part of that.

Transports are individuals that come over from the jail, they're transported directly to the department and held in the holding tank.

Those individuals can be there again for a variety of purposes.

It can be a compliance issue, it can be a revocation hearing set, it can be a trial set, it can also be a transport related to the fact that some of our cases require an individual to fill out a document.

That could be for the DUI, the DV, or the order out.

It's documents like acknowledgments and waiver of rights, the gun waiver, the order out paperwork that has to be done in person, so that they can have a private conversation with their attorney, and then I can talk to them thereafter about what they're agreeing to and some of the collateral consequences related to their plea.

We then have Zoom sessions.

Since we are transient town with a lot of people that visit, this is a new thing that we have started offering and have been for a while.

Every department's a little bit different in regards to how often I offer it every day.

And it is quite a journey to be with people in their cars or in their homes or whatever it is.

I typically do offer it for everything except trials and revocation hearings for purposes of the record, they do need to be physically present in Las Vegas for those.

Then we have trials.

Trials can be done obviously with a defense attorney as representing the defendant, or can be done pro per.

When an individual elects to represent themselves pro per, it can be for two reasons.

The first that they the city's not seeking jail.

The second is that they want to represent themselves, which we then will go through a Ferreta Canvas, which I'll touch on later.

Trials are scheduled in the morning and in the afternoon in every single department.

The morning is for public attorney trials, the afternoon is for public, I'm sorry, for private attorney trials, although you know we accommodate people based on their schedules.

Sometimes, uh depending on the number of witnesses, we can finish in a day, and sometimes they're bifurcated, which means they go over multiple times.

We try our best to get it done on the same day because witnesses having to come back doesn't make a lot of sense.

A revocation hearing is where uh again we have a couple different types.

A Gilbert hearing is a hearing related to whether or not an individual can actually afford to pay the financial obligations for which they've agreed to.

An actual revocation hearing, typically, that term to us would trigger the fact that they're suspended jail related to an individual.

And again, a revocation hearing can be based on a violation of the stay out of trouble or non-compliance issues related to the sentence.

I wanted to talk now about kind of the issues presented during a typical calendar.

121 cases, we see a lot of people.

I think we are up.

I've been told by our court by Hans Jessup that we're up about 30% in filing, so we are a very busy court, the busiest municipal court in the state of Nevada.

So on a typical day, we see financial concerns or homelessness.

We you know that's something that's we all know as members of the government that is an issue presented to us, and so we have to be mindful and again creative as to how we come up with solutions to both allow individuals to finish their requirements and also connect them with services because the point is to try and stop the issue as opposed to can have it continue to go on.

We deal a lot with mental health and competency concerns, and as a judge, you are the final person who kind of makes that determination as to where the case goes.

So sometimes attorneys might not be as experienced as potentially the judge in the courtroom, might notice things or have to do a more in-depth canvas to determine whether or not an individual is able to proceed, and having experience in the criminal field helps because competency determinations take time.

They can take a week, they can take two weeks, sometimes they can take longer.

If we do a full comp e-val because of the doctors we have available to us and the people who have the proper qualifications, it can take up to two weeks, which is a long time.

And the threshold and consideration is whether or not an individual is able to proceed, I in as in they understand the proceedings and whether or not they are a danger to themselves or others.

So those are considerations we make as well.

We see a lot the inability to proceed due to intoxication.

Every single week I have individuals that come in who are positive for fentanyl, methamphetamine, amphetamine, alcohol, cocaine.

When individuals in my courtroom come in and they're positive for alcohol, I also give them or have our drug testers give them what we refer to as the PBT, which is the pre preliminary breath test to ensure that they are not under the influence at the time we are having a discussion, because that would be it would be pointless.

Um there's also to me a liability issue associated with allowing people to walk out who are part of that because I don't know how they got to court.

So those are important considerations.

As I said, stay out of trouble violations.

Sometimes they're just, you know, issues that we might not be concerned with, sometimes they're very serious.

We have DV cases where you have a no contact order as part of it, which then results in new charges, violation of temporary protective order, stalking, or although I might order a no contact, it is not similar to in that it's not a paper copy of what's like a TPO.

It's just my judicial order.

So I'm the only one who has jurisdiction, so hypothetically in that situation, if an individual were to call the police, there's no case to reference.

It's just Judge Giordani said this, so you can imagine it might not be as impactful as a TPO, but if we're if we're made knowledgeable of it, we can bring someone in immediately and we can deal with a potential dangerous situation.

That's also very relevant when it comes to DUIs.

A lot of the people we have, or not a lot, but some have multiple DUIs that they pick up very short in time.

And again, there we can get into OR arguments, which we tech which we typically do in situations where multiple cases are part of this that would encompass a scram bracelet.

Um the DMV does their interlock stuff, but a no drugs alcohol marijuana order that could be encompassed in this day of trouble violation.

We have a lot of sometimes threatening and disrespectful behavior.

So, as you know, that's certainly my marshal who's in the back, Marshall Thompson does a wonderful job, but I'm the one who has the best vantage point, similar to how you all do this morning.

I see everybody in the courtroom, and it's my job to pay attention to that.

But I can tell you the first day I took the bench, I got cussed out right away.

So it was a great welcome.

Um, but it just goes to show you that that's something that you have to deal with sometimes on a daily basis.

It could be related to mental health, it could be related to intoxication.

It's also important to remember, and I take no no ill will with this, but people don't come in excited to see me.

People aren't coming into municipal court excited to deal with their cases, and it's important to understand that that's the mindset that's coming in front of the judge.

So you have to have a good, you have to not take it personally, but you also have to be able to maintain decorum because as the judge you're the one setting the tone.

There are concerns for safety.

There have not been, I've been working in municipal court for 14 years.

There have been multiple instances where witnesses are threatened when they're present there for a case.

There has been threats made against our judiciary.

I've had threats against myself and my family.

So it's an important consideration to think about when you are taking this job over, and certainly when you interact with people on a daily basis.

Again, state orders and violations, which I've touched on.

We have a lot of victims, and pursuant to Marcy's law and the NRS, they have the right to speak prior to sentencing being imposed.

It is not my standard practice to get involved into the negotiations if cases are resolved.

I don't like to insert myself, but you can hear some pretty harrowing things.

And these are real people with real issues, and the victims that statistically show that after the entry of police, specifically on a battery domestic violence case is the most dangerous time for a victim who walks out of the courtroom.

And so it's not lost on us as judges that when it's a suspended sentence, especially or individuals who share a child in common, that their connection and their consistent interaction will not end.

So it's important that we have to consider that and be vigilant.

Crossover cases with other jurisdictions.

That happens a lot most frequently again with our battery domestic violence cases in family court.

A lot of the individuals who might come in, or some I should say, have a current case in family court that's involving a divorce or child custody.

And one of the parts of our acknowledgement and what I do every day when an individual pleads to that case is I have to tell them that one of the collateral consequences is that it could impact your family court case.

How could it?

I don't know.

But it can, and so it's important to note, and it's something that we see sometimes those can be our most contentious cases because it they attempt to negotiate or litigate the family court case in our jurisdiction.

So again, I do criminal misdemeanor work, but I need to know about family court.

I need to know about CPS, I need to know about what's going on in district court and justice court.

We have some issues right now where there are current arguments being made at the district court level that would potentially impact our sentencing.

So a lot of times when people are taken into custody in other jurisdiction, they send in what's called a kite.

I then have the opportunity to consider whether or not to run the time concurrent.

I always ask for the input of the parties.

There's arguments right now that suggest that if I'm not the last court in line, I don't get to have that discretion.

So again, part of my job as a judge is to take to stay up on top of the law because I need to know that I'm making I'm making good rulings, sound rulings, legal rulings, and again with justice court, similar case overlap.

As I said, the Ferretta canvas and issues related to self-representation.

By the Constitution, the United States Constitution, every defendant has the right to represent themselves.

I I don't try my hardest in the sense to talk them out of it, but I try my hardest sometimes to talk them out of it because you're going up against a lawyer on the city attorney's side who's gone to law school, has a lot of experience, and there are a lot of collateral consequences with some of our cases that even lawyers don't know.

Um, and so when a person wants to do this, they fill out what's called a Ferretti Canvas.

It's a two-page document that goes through a lot of different things.

But if they are of sound mind, they understand the process to the best of their ability, have no mental health concerns, are not intoxicated, that is their right, and then they get to do it.

We have a document we then provide to them about what their legal obligations are going forward in regards to reciprocal discovery, what their obligations are at trial.

But it's important as a judge that when you have a pro-se litigant who is representing themselves at trial, it's a different, it's a different animal.

Um I can't do the job for them, I'm not allowed to give them legal advice, but it's also my job job at the trial level to protect the record.

So I have to then at the same time as a trial is going on, advise the individual how the process works, what uh we can do going forward, what their opportunities are.

So again, it's it's it's a complicated, multifaceted issue.

And sovereign citizens or our First Amendment auditors.

We get these a lot in municipal court.

Um, you know, they're all a little bit different, but having familiarity with the way that these individuals interact in the courtroom is important because it goes back to decorum, it goes back to safety, and it also goes back to making sure that you're making good rulings.

In Department 2 specifically, they have DUI court as a specialty court.

I've attached a diagram because DUI court is our largest specialty court.

It doesn't have the largest budget, but as I was told by Ralph Moore yesterday, it has the largest self-sufficient budget.

But we can all agree that every day we look at the paper, we certainly see something related to DUI.

So it's a very important court, and it's something that we're very proud of.

Our responsibilities don't stop inside the courtroom, similar to yours.

We have a lot of things that we do, and one that I think that doesn't get touched on enough, is you go and you become a judge, you then become the leader of an entire department.

And that includes your judicial executive assistant, three courtroom clerks, a court counselor, your marshal, a specialty court coordinator, and staff.

This particular grouping of people are both union and non-union and at-will employees.

So they have their own supervisors, they have their own requirements that they do, but the point is you're their leader, and you set it from you set the tone from the top, which is important to mention.

We interact consistently with the following departments administration, city attorney's office, the defense bar, jail staff, house arrest unit, pretrial, and human resources.

As I know you all understand, it's a team effort, it's a collaborative effort.

We need individuals on the bench who are able to work well with others who are approachable and who are interested in getting the job done to the best of their ability.

We don't work to point to just say we're not solo islands.

We have community involvement that can be specific to our specialty courts and also just our own personal interests and the fact that we care about this city.

And we also have the Glorious DUI warrant, which uh phone, which we get every six weeks.

It's for seven straight days, 24-7.

Um, there's really no way to anticipate how many calls you might get, uh, but it can be upwards of five to eight on a Friday, Saturday night.

It requires you to do an initial appearance hearing on Thursday afternoons as well as coming in on Saturday to do those hearings, which gets us into the Valdez Jimenez pretrial issues related to uh typically these cases when we come in on the weekends, don't have a complaint yet.

So we're just talking about whether whether bail is being set.

Um I wanted to leave you with this quote and a few a few comments.

Um, I have had the privilege of working for the city for 14 years, and it has been my great honor.

Um, I believe one of the reasons our government works so well is because we are clu uh the three branches are inclusive and we are collaborative.

You are elected officials, we are elected officials.

The people of our great city have entrusted us and you specifically, um, because you're very intelligent and you're capable of doing your job.

Um, the Judith, we recognize that as judges.

We recognize your power in this process, and we respect it.

Um we do not, contrary to the things I've heard over the last few weeks, want to pick the candidate.

We just want to be part of the conversation.

Um, I've spoken for five minutes, maybe it feels like 20 to some people, but I couldn't properly explain to you the nuances of my job if I had five hours.

We are the ones who know our job the best, um, and we take great pride in it, and we take great pride in the people who join us in this wonderful job.

Um historically, we have been involved, and that has been the precedent, and it is our hope that that continues in this particular process and in any process similar in the future.

Thank you.

Thank you so much, Chief Judge.

Mr.

Zamora.

Good morning, Mary and Council.

Again, for the record, Vince Samora, Human Resources Director.

Um, I want to start off with some general information and not to repeat what um Dr.

Holmes has said, but for the record, we do know that uh Judge Rogers' retiring effective the 4th of November 2025.

And again, uh Dr.

Holmes laid out the information relative to the charter.

Um further information is upon receiving Judge Rogers' retirement notice, a job announcement was announced for the department for department two, the vacancy, and we posted it on October 6th, and it will remain open until October 19th at 12 midnight.

The important dates, um, I'd like to share some of these with you.

Um, the fourth again is her retirement date.

She has a 30 day, we have a 30-day deadline to fill the municipal judge vacancy.

1015 is the is today, and we are going to receive direction on the recruitment and selection process on November 18th.

An agenda agenda items are due for a December 3rd council meeting.

1120 late items are due for that December 3rd council meeting, and 12.3 is the council meeting, which is the final day to appoint.

Before I move to the next slide, I just want to let you know that I'll be providing you today with four options for your consideration.

I have a 21-page deck, so we'll be going through some details and it will be very thorough.

I'm hoping that you'll find it very thorough, and that we can get any questions you may have, you'll be able to bring forward.

Um, for each option, I will be outlining a process and an associated timeline.

All elements of these options and tie lines may be adjusted by you.

So again, the options for filling the judicial vacancy.

Option one is a direct appointment with an interim caretaker or an interim non-caretaker.

Um at this point, you know the process would be that you would identify a qualified individual to serve.

Um the identified individual will be agendized for an appointment at the next council meeting.

The recent examples of a direct appointment include what you see here in 2022.

Shannon Nord served as a caretaker for municipal court for municipal judge for Department 6 from March 22 through July of 22.

In 2008, Cynthia Leong was appointed to fill the seat of municipal court judge in Department 1, and in 2006, Bob Baer served as a caretaker as well.

And we've had numerous other types of direct appointments that we've we've expressed in the past.

The timeline for the appointment would be from today through October 21st.

Mayor and Council would identify a qualified individual to serve as municipal judge.

An agenda item would be due on the November 5th council meeting.

October 27th, the late item is due for the November 5th council meeting, and then on uh November 5th, Mayor Council can appoint the municipal judge.

Jeff.

There we go.

Option two.

We would follow the recent ward two process to appoint an interim caretaker or an interim non-caretaker.

The process for this, as we have outlined, would be human resources would repost the job announcement for an additional seven days to further source qualified candidates, noting whether the selected individual may run for election.

Upon closing, all qualified applications and resumes will be sent to the mayor and council members for individual review and ranking.

Mayor council may select an advisor, legal or otherwise, to assist with the application review.

Based on individual rankings by mayor and council members, HR will forward the top three finalists' names to the city clerk for inclusion and discussion on the December 3rd, 2025 council meeting.

In the event of a tie, there may be more than three names on the agenda.

Mayor and Council may include individual vetting processes, for example, interviews, reference checks prior to the December 3rd council meeting.

And finalists will appear before Mayor Council on December 3rd for the December 3rd council meeting.

The timeline for this process would include on starting tomorrow, we would extend the job posting so that it would be open for an additional seven days.

Between October 7th, 27th and November 12th, Mayor and Council members individually would individually review the applications with or without advisors, legal or otherwise.

And then on November 3rd, Mayor and Council members individually provide their top three candidates in ranking order to human resources.

On November 4th, HR would compile the rankings and submit the names of the top three finalists to mayor and council.

HR would prepare agenda items for the November 15th council meeting.

Between November 5th and November 18th, Mayor and Council may conduct individual interviews prior to the November 19th council meeting.

And on November 19th, finalists would appear before Mayor and Council to at which time a selection may be made.

Option three would be follow the most recent municipal judge process to appoint an interim caretaker or interim non-caretaker.

The process involved here would be that human resources will repost the job announcement to further source qualified candidates, noting the selected individuals may run for election.

Mayor Council also identifies a city staff member to serve as a process administrator for panel members and not be in a voting capacity.

Process or panelists rank their top three candidates and submit their selections to the process administrator, who will then forward the names to human resources.

Human resources will submit three finalists' names.

There may be more if there is a tie to mayor and council members.

Finalists will appear before mayor and council at the December 3rd council meeting.

Between October 15th and October 20th, Mayor and Council would each identify an individual as a representative to serve on an interview panel.

October 21st through 23rd, HR can conducts panel members to confirm availability and block calendars.

October 26th, an extended job posting closes at midnight.

October 27th through November 6th panel interviews.

Panelists will each submit their selections in ranking order to the pro to the process administrator.

From November 10th through November 17th, Mayor Council interview finalists with no more than three elected officials per session.

Mayor Council will individually provide their ranking order to human resources.

HR prepares agenda item for December 3rd council meeting on 1118.

Late items are due by November 20th if additional time is needed.

And then on 12 3, the finalists will appear before Mayor and Council at the December 3rd council meeting, which time of selection may be made.

Option 4 would be to have a modified Nevada Commission on Judicial Selection to appoint an interim caretaker or interim non-caretaker.

This process would include a solicitation and appointment thereafter by mayor council members of a chief judge of one of the local judiciaries to serve as chair of the committee.

Next would be solicitation and appointment thereafter by mayor and council members of two city council members, three active criminal defense attorneys and three active prosecuting attorneys to serve as temporary members of the committee.

Identification of city staff members to serve as an administrative advisor and or as a conduit to mayor and council members to arrange the committee sessions, the screening of applicants, the scheduling of interviews.

Then there would be committee interview.

The committee would interview the applicants, committee would select finalists, the delivery of finalist recommendations would be then sent to mayor and council members.

Mayor council members would interview the finalists either in open meeting or in groups of three or less, and then appointment by counsel at the December 3rd council meeting.

The timeline for this process wouldn't start today with Mayor and Council providing direction regarding the makeup of the selection committee, chairperson and members and administrative advisor.

Between October 16th and October 23rd, HR solicits interest via city posting or announcement and confirms calendar availability.

October 22nd, HR prepares an agenda item for the November 5th council meeting, listing potential candidates for committee chairperson and committee members.

October 26th, an extended job posting would close at midnight.

November 5th, council mayor council would appoint committee chairperson and committee members.

Between November 10th and November 13th, committee interviews would take place with the chairperson and members will each provide their top candidates in ranking order for the administration to the administrative advisor who will then forward the names to human resources.

Between November 17th and November 18th, Mayor Council interviews the finalists with no more than three elected officials per session.

Mayor Council will individually provide their ranking order to human resources.

On November 20th, HR prepares late agenda items for the December 3rd council meeting.

And then on 12 3, finalists will appear before mayor and council for the December 3rd meeting, in which time a selection may be made.

At this point, I'll address any questions that you may have.

Yes.

I'd like to open it up to the city council members for any questions that you have, but also a discussion on our what do you what would you prefer?

Um do we want a caretaker, an interim caretaker?

Do that cannot run for election, or somebody are we appointing somebody that can run uh in the next in the next election, keeping in mind that they will be filing in January.

That's a few months away.

And also of the four options, which one given the short amount of time do you believe is most viable under these circumstances?

Yes, Mayor Pro Tem.

Thank you, Mayor and thank you for the presentation.

Uh Chief Judge, I just I really appreciate you coming down.

Um I think I've mentioned to you before the more interaction, the more I can learn about what you all do.

Um I I appreciate that.

Um and clearly you do a lot of things that I don't know about.

Um but it's I think it's fun.

Like different branches of government can actually talk to each other and work together and get things done.

Um, because there are so many things that you do that I don't completely understand.

I would appreciate, and I don't know if it's uncomfortable for you or not, but if you're able to say what is the court's um preferred option, that would just be helpful for me.

Sure.

Thank you.

Uh councilman.

Um, I have spoken to all of our uh judiciary, and it is the majority to that preference that we have a caretaker, and that's simply because of the history.

It's also because of the short amount of time.

Um I think we can all agree as elected officials that running for election is extremely difficult.

Um, providing someone the ability to only have a month in the job and get to use the term retain versus elect.

Um it it's not a lot of time to necessarily earn that.

That's are you suggesting that this would be uh be tipping the scales?

I well I do believe so.

I and I when I look at the history too.

Um I know there's only been two similar situations.

One was actually in my race uh when uh Judge Nordstrom was appointed interim, um, and then the last was Judge Bear, and so it was a similar situation where each individual was appointed as caretaker with the promise not to run.

Um it is the position of the judiciary that that is because that's the history, because of the timeline, that that would be our preference.

You go further within the four options.

There's a couple of different paths there.

Are you comfortable kind of weighing in?

So that would be the as you that would be my first choice.

So are you asking for my second choice?

Uh no, with within the the four options.

Oh, how we would choose that individual.

Um, I think in the past it has been submission to you, and um, and then you pick the top three candidates and vote on it.

And I I might be misspeaking.

I believe that was the case with Judge Nordstrom.

I don't know if there were interviews conducted at the time.

There was.

Okay, I don't believe that there was.

I think there was just um there was just stuff that was submitted to you, and then you poke you picked the top three.

There was a conversation, obviously.

Um we were asked through the court administrator or through the chief about the applicants, and so obviously, again, going back to what I said during my presentation, that line of communication is very much appreciated.

We typically do know the people that apply, um, and we definitely, as previously stated, know the job.

So I'm just gonna put a pin on that.

So I I heard option two.

So the care it would be the caretaker who can't agrees not to run, and it would be a submission of app of of their stuff to you, and then the top three candidates would be put up for a vote.

Yes.

Thank you.

Okay.

Um councilwoman Summers Armstrong.

Thank you, Madam Mayor, and thank you, Judge Giardani, for being here.

Um, I was a legal secretary in my previous life.

Um, and a lot of the lingo that you use because I was in district court is familiar to me.

Um, but I also know that we are not legal.

The only person here that is uh an attorney is the mayor.

Uh and um you said something that gave me pause, and so I'd like you to further uh explain what you meant about your having more access, not access, but participation, I think is the word that you used.

Uh you want to be part of the conversation.

Can you please explain more?

Sure.

Um, in the past, as I stated, I think that our branches have worked very well with each other.

Um, I think that again, we we acknowledge that this is your power that's given to you by the municipal code, and we respect it.

Uh, but we know our job, and so in the past, a conversation has always been had, whether it be a call, an in-person meeting, an email uh with the judiciary, again, whether it be through the court administrator or the chief judge about what we would prefer and what we've done in the past and uh what we what technically I mean our position is on this particular process, and so that's what we would like.

That's what the precedent has been set in the past, and I would hope that it would maintain in the future.

Thank you, Mayor.

Um we had a process for the previous uh the most recent uh judge that was picked, um, a process that we discussed here on the dais.

Um I took personal uh concern about um one of the parts of the process, but overall I thought it was effective because I chose my person uh to be on that panel who had served in the judiciary before, understood the process, knew what your job is like, um, and and I thought was a valuable asset.

Um and I think that from my perspective, Mayor and my colleagues.

Um, I think that I would like us not to be inconsistent in what we are doing.

It's been less than a year that we just went through this process, and I I would prefer a replica of the judicial process because I know that one well.

I've seen it for my 30 years that I've been here, but under the circumstances with so little time, um, I would be interested in us revisiting that same process again where we each get to choose someone who is a trusted and experienced person, mostly from the legal field, and have them be our um person to help vet the first round.

Um that gives us consistency.

We're not doing something completely different within less than 12 months.

Um we are still using folks and asking people to represent us who are experienced in in the work that you all do, but it allows some distance to be put between us and you all, and and a middle ground where someone is helping us vet and and and do things because I have been in around the legal field for a long time.

My husband's an attorney, 35 years, we've been here.

I don't know people anymore, right?

Many other people, I worked for Judge Adalier D.

Guy the third.

He died in 1996.

Okay, so it's been or seven.

So it's been a long time since I was active in the field.

So I don't know people as well in the field as I used to back in the day.

And so I would like my recommendation would be that process so that I could choose my person to represent for me who would be well versed in in what happens, understands what is going on, and put some space between us and you and give us a middle ground.

So that would be my position there.

Okay.

Um could I guess this is kosher.

Uh, could I ask you a question?

I I've been leaning towards option two.

Would you be um I understand that you are favoring option three?

Um would uh would you be uh no that's a full-blown judicial screen?

Option three is what we did previously with Matt Walker.

As you'll see, option three is following the most recent uh municipal judge process to appoint an interim interim caretaker and on an interim care or an interim non-caretaker.

Option two is the process that we followed for the um the ward two appointment of councilman Kelly.

No, ma'am, your question again, please.

Um I guess my question is um I I understand you're favoring option three.

Would you totally reject option two, which is what we did when we selected ward two's um interim caretaker councilwoman?

I would.

I and I think I I would because this is not um this is not uh a situation where we're choosing a caretaker in a position that is working directly with us.

This is a caretaker who is working with the judiciary.

Um, and I think that that's a different sort of appointment where their legal experience, their uh their their how do you say this, how they work on the bench, uh their experience in court settings.

Um can they speak to and have experience with all the things that you um outlined in in your presentation?

Do they have the right poise to be on the bench?

Do they have the right experience?

We don't know that because this is not our area, and so I would I would go for three, I think is the option where we choose someone, and I think maybe we should be specific about choosing folks in the legal community to help us to vet this because they know one another and they know what's expected much better than we do.

And are you comfortable with an interim caretaker as opposed to appointing someone that can run?

Absolutely.

I I think your your uh observation is absolutely correct.

When a person is appointed and they have the full right to run, they can say retain.

And you've been on the bench for two months retaining what you haven't shown, you haven't proven, uh we don't know enough about you to and in my opinion for them to be able to have that moniker.

So I say caretaker.

All right, thank you so much.

Um Ms.

Polenski.

Madam Mayor, I have a couple questions.

I think for uh Chief Judge Gior Donnie.

What happens after November 4th?

Uh Judge Roger leaves, and then there's a month of no judge.

Does her docket be is it ignored?

Do the rest of you pick it up?

No, business never stops in the city.

Um, and so we still have calendars uh it is our I believe our efforts right now to um get pro temps, and then I have offered to cover the calendars that we cannot get pro tems for because we're certainly working on a shorter pro tem list.

Um so if there are days where it doesn't work out, then our judges are really good at working together.

We can cover the calendars and with the advanced notice that Judge Roger provided us, we can schedule and have been scheduling, I believe, to speak to the efficiency of Department 2, the calendars in such a way that coverage would be possible.

Okay, good to know.

Uh I have the city's website up, uni court.

I have all six of your bright shining faces staring at me.

Uh can you give me a basic rundown of who is running this cycle?

There are six of you in my mind, you each have six-year terms, correct?

Correct.

So at any given cycle, election cycle, two of you are running.

There's usually three.

We have three at a time.

And so this is unique because uh Judge Walker was appointed in February.

And well, he'll have to run in this next election.

We would have had no one running this next time because we had it two years ago for three of our departments.

So next year it will be a department one and department two, based on the circumstances previously outlined.

Okay, so three judges run at a time, then there's a buy, and there's a usually a two-year buy.

And so whoever gets uh department one, as you know from the selection process will run next year and then run again on my cycle in 28.

Department two will run next year and then run again on their cycle in 2030.

Okay, and just um from my perspective, I have no dog in the fight or no preconceived notions about what's best caretaker or permanent judge.

I don't think there's a right or wrong avenue to go, uh, but I will defer to your um request of a caretaker.

I have no problem.

Uh you took the time to come over and explain why, and the reasoning is sound.

I'm happy to uh concur with that.

Uh I do have general feelings.

My preferences option number two, but uh again, I don't I don't share uh uh a really strong sense of uh one over the other.

If we do go for option three, I would request that five names be elevated, as I did when we discussed this six months ago for Matt Walker.

More candidates the better that end up in our uh on our roster of choices.

Okay, thank you, Madam Mayor.

I thank you so much.

Um Miss Diaz.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Just for clarification on your last request, the five to be elevated is the finalist to us.

Okay, I just want to make sure that you weren't saying um that we wanted just five finalists to be vetted and then maybe three elevated to us.

But I just want to make sure you wanted five total for us to then vet.

Correct, correct.

Mr.

Zamora uh accurately uh reiterated what we did last time.

We elevated three names.

And if we do this again, I'd rather five be elevated to give us more options.

I concur with that.

Thank you.

And um, speaking to the February appointment of Mr.

Walker, I think it worked pretty well overall.

Um I do kind of like uh where councilwoman Summers Armstrong wants us to have someone from our wards uh vetting uh the pool of candidates that will be determined by qualifications and uh their willingness to just be a caretaker.

I think um since we opened the uh process, I think there have been some folks who wanted to run for a seat.

Uh so maybe we'll see some people rescind their applications, and so we don't know at this point how many total we'll have at the end.

Um I do concur that a caretaker is just to be consistent.

Uh we have been very consistent as a counsel to like ensure that if an election process is in close proximity to the appointment, that we not weigh or tip the balance and kind of keep things impartial and let the voters decide for us who they want to fill that role uh long term.

And so I'm happy with two or three uh option, and um and I I wholeheartedly agree with the caretaker role.

Thank you so much.

Uh Miss Rooney.

Thank you, Mayor.

I think I concur with both Chief Judge Giordani and my colleagues that a non uh interim non-caretaker is probably the best.

Um I think there's consensus around that.

I would prefer option three.

I think the process non-caretaker.

Oh, caretaker.

Someone who can't run again.

Sorry.

Uh I think the process worked really well, and I've said uh all along I am not a lawyer, and so I don't feel I'm not a judge, and so I don't feel comfortable vetting people's uh qualifications or understanding, you know, judges and people who work in the judicial system have reputations and people on the inside who know, you know, are they committed, do they are they fair, what's their reputation?

I don't have that insight, and so I really liked having a representative who works in those circles who could vet the applicants, and I think it worked well, and so I would support option three.

All right, thank you so much.

Um let me ask you something.

Um chief judge.

Um could you give us an idea of the percentage of criminal cases that you uh that you hear as opposed to civil cases?

Um so uh our civil cases predominantly were traffic.

Um, and so I would say 98% criminal and two percent traffic, and the only reason I say that is because a lot of the times we bring up the civil cases to go in companion when a defendant has a criminal case in our department that's simply for consistency purposes.

Um it's our discretion to do so, but it it is a cleaner process.

So uh, and then we deal with bonds, um, but that's a very small amount of the work that we do.

All right, thank you so much.

Mrs.

Zamora, um, I think I've been leaning towards option two because I thought that it uh it worked very well and was very efficient, but I'm picking up from my uh colleagues that they would prefer by and large option three because there's a feeling of unease, not being in the legal profession feeling a little uncomfortable making these decisions.

So I think the consensus is option three, but can you go over it one more time because it's slightly different than what we did uh with the last appointment because I think we had voting members that there were some complaints about.

So can you explain to me what city staff or city attorney staff or uh municipal court staff would be doing in that room if they're not voting?

Yes, Mayor.

Um the main difference would be is that you would not have city staff members voting on the candidates.

You would have a city, you would need to today you would need to identify a city staff member to be an administrator of the process to really talk to them about staying focused on the questions, um helping them with their ranking sheets, and collecting the ranking sheets thereafter.

They would have no further input other and also um provide them with additional information that we could provide relative to the the workings of the court.

So there has been um conversations between my staff and um Mr.

Jessup that he possibly would probably be best suited for the individual to be that process administrator.

So that would be Hans?

Yes.

And then there is one other element that um I would need approval on, and that would be reposting the position for an additional seven days so that it would close on um October 26th at midnight, so that we would have the opportunity for this information to be reshared through our posting channels, and those channels are our city website, governmentjobs.com.

Mr.

Wrigglman's team would update a press release to the media outlets.

We would forward to the Clark County Bar Association and the Nevada State Bar to share with their members.

We'd be advertising on LinkedIn and through LinkedIn, it would be scraped to all other types of um uh recruitment um vehicles.

And part of the reposting would be that this is a an interim caretaker, which was not um the original posting, is that correct?

Yes, ma'am.

Okay.

All right.

Well, if everybody has asked their questions, I will attempt to uh uh uh formulate a motion that uh concurs with everybody's uh input.

Um I move that we uh uh that we have an interim caretaker uh given the short time from now until filing for election that we um we have option three uh with the the with the changes from the last time that we used option three and that we give you the authority to repost the job description and the changes that we have made.

Um is that is that oh, and uh we are rather than three um candidates, we would elevate five candidates for consideration.

Is that is everybody comfortable with that?

One more uh yes.

So I know we're gonna elevate the top five, but do we just submit three names or are we going to submit five?

We're gonna rank we're gonna rank through top three still and then five names will be elevated.

Five names will be elevated by the panel.

You then would go ahead and review those candidates to develop to develop your top three.

Got it.

And mayor, we would also need to have approval on who you would like the process administrator to do.

And we would um I would concur with your opinion that Hans should be uh should be the administrator that is non-voting, but in the room um the offering uh the answering questions and talking about process so that we do this correctly.

Do we have it?

All right, please vote on that very laborious motion.

Post motion carries unanimously.

Thank the three of you very much for your input.

I appreciate it.

Vince, real quick on the logistics of that.

I'm guessing that each one of us will submit a name to you in the next little while so that we can get started on that process.

We'll start reaching out and I will go ahead and um read um send you the process so that you have those timelines specific to option number three.

All right.

Thank you so much.

Uh thank you.

City council members.

Okay.

That gem 49.

Boards and commissions.

Discussion for possible action regarding the appointment of nominee uh Craig Galati to ward two seat on the arts commission.

Um Trish Truesdale has resigned and her unexpired term must be filled.

Mr.

Galati is eligible and wishes to serve.

Is there a motion, Mayor Pro Tem?

At the risk of stepping under new councilwoman's toes.

Um I'm gonna move to approve Craig Gilotti.

All right.

Please vote.

Post.

Motion passes.

Agenda item 50.

Discussion for possible action regarding the appointment of councilwoman Cara Kelly as a representative on the following boards.

Debt management commission, oversight panel for school facilities, and Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition alternative and ratification of the appointment to the audit oversight committee.

I move the approval of uh I move to approve the appointments.

Please vote.

Post motion carries.

Agenda item 51.

This item is held in abeyance till November 5th, City Council meeting.

Agenda item number 52.

New bills.

Items 52 through 54, bills 2025-36, 37, and 38 will be heard at the recommending committee meeting on Monday, November 3, 2025.

City attorney, would you read the new bills?

Jeff Dorkick, City Attorney.

With your indulgence, Mayor, I'm going to turn it over to our law school extern, Antonina Kapoorra Pelled.

She is a dentist, turned third-year law student at Seattle University School of Law.

She's been doing a great job in the civil division on the sixth floor for the first six weeks of the fall semester.

She has six more coming up in the criminal division across the street at municipal court to uh see if they do everything.

Chief Judge explained there on the slide.

So she'll be going there next.

But uh Antonina, go ahead and read the three new bills, please.

Good morning.

Antonina Kapora Pellet for the record.

Bill number 2025-36.

An ordinance to amend various sections of L VMC chapter 6.75 relating to the short-term residential rentals to conform the definitions of the term to the definition of that term as found in L VMC Title 19.

Update and clarify requirements relating to owner occupancy and liability insurance and provide for other related matters.

Bill number 2025-37.

An ordinance to amend L VMC Title 7 by adding a new chapter therein, designated as Chapter 7.43 to require certain owners and operators of commercial establishments engaged in the business of handling pets to complete a training course on handling pets and to provide for other related matters.

Bill number 2025-38.

An ordinance to adopt that certain documented entitled development agreement for Desert Pines, including the incorporated Desert Pines development standards and architectural design guidelines and other incorporated elements and to provide for other related matters.

Okay.

I think uh Mr.

City Attorney, you better watch out for your job.

See you guys.

Okay.

Uh new bills 2025 uh uh-36, 37, and 38 are assigned to the November 3, 2025 recommending committee members, Councilman Knutson and Councilwoman Diaz and Polenski.

If any so designated or unable to attend, the clerk's office will coordinate it, coordinate finding substitutes as necessary at my direction, and I thank you.

We're now moving to where are we?

Okay.

Agenda items uh 55 through 58.

Agenda items 55 through third uh through 58 appear on the one motion, one vote agenda and may be considered in one motion, one vote as they are routine items with no condition changes.

Any person representing an application or a member of the public or member of the council not in agreement with the conditions and all standard conditions for the applications recommended by staff should request to have that item removed from this portion of the agenda.

Agenda item 55, 25-0215.

Applicant, Southern Nevada Water Authority, Owner, Las Vegas Valley Water District on the following land use entitlement project request on 20.15 acres at 6930 West Oakie Boulevard, Ward 1, Mr.

Knutson.

55A, 25-0215-ZON1 from RE residential estates to C V Civic.

Um agenda item 55B, 25-0215, SDR1 for a proposed one-story 2,373 square foot pump station building and equipment addition to an existing water reservoir facility.

Item 56, 25-0293-RQR1.

Applicant owner, Pine Mountain Holdings, LLC on a land use entitlement project request for a required review of an approved special use permit for a proposed 5,000 square foot marijuana dispensary use at 631 South Las Vegas Boulevard C2 General Commercial Zone Ward 3 Miss Diaz.

Item number 57, 25 25-0296, applicant owner, Canyon Walk LLC on the following land use entitlement project request on 5.5 acres.

No, no, 515 acres located at the terminus of Centennial Parkway, west of Clark County's 215, Ward 4, Miss Alan Palensky.

Item 57A, 25-0296-MOD1 to amend the Sky Summit Design Guidelines, Master Land Use Plan, Master Phase Map, Master Trail Plan, Master Street Section Exhibit and Park Agreement, and to modify the park triggers.

Item 57B, 25-0296-TMP1, Sky Summit phase two to four for a 17-lot subdivision.

Item 58, 25-0409-RQR1.

Applicant Lamar Central Outdoor LLC owner Ewing Investments on a land use entitlement project request for required review of an approved variance that allowed a 14-foot by 48 foot off-premise sign at a height of 80 feet, where 40 feet is allowed on 3.3 acres at 1405 A Street M industrial Zone Ward 5, Miss Summers Armstrong.

Staff recommends approval of all items.

These are public hearings that I now declare open.

Is there anyone wishing to be heard on items 55 through 58?

Hearing and seeing none, I'll close the public hearings.

Okay, please vote.

Motion carries.

Thank you so much.

Agenda item 59.

25-0289 VAR 1 appeal item variants.

Applicant Owner Landy Malinero Fonseca for possible action on an appeal of approval by the Planning Commission on a land use entitlement project request to allow existing residential accessory structures, chicken coop and carports one and two, and a front yard wall uh fence that does not do not conform to Title 19.06 development standards for height separation set box size and aesthetic compatibility on 0.25 acres at 7208 Graceland Circle R1 single family residential law uh zone ward four Miss Alan Polenski the planning commission uh recommends approval and staff recommends denial.

Alan Palensky.

The Planning Commission uh recommends approval and staff recommends denial.

This is a public hearing.

I now declare open.

Does the um applicant wish to come forward?

Hi.

Hello, would you state your name for the record?

My name is Landy Miguel Moreno Fonseca.

I'm sorry I messed up your name so badly.

Good morning.

My name is Aliander Galamantia.

I'm his wife.

Uh he's the current owner of the 7208 grasslands.

So we are here today to appeal the sheet the decision regarding the variance for the carport wall fence and the chicken coupe, which was reviewed by the planning committee meeting on September 9, where it was no approved.

So we would like to clarify that we pushed this home back on 2023.

And it was already uh with other existing structure, including the carport, the chicken coop, and which according to our neighbor, the carpet was built back in 2019.

She previously came here on September 9 and confirmed that information to the committee.

Um she's studying that she has no issue with this uh structure being there.

So in fact, none of our neighbor have ever complained about the carpet.

This situation began uh began after the city of Las Vegas received a call about one vehicle being parked incorrectly.

Uh until this day we are not sure whether that vehicle was uh from us or for someone else.

Uh when the staff arrived, the car was already gone, so it was no car there.

However, they decide to inspect the entire property and inform us that neither the carport or the chicken coop or the wall fence had permits.

We have no knowledge of this because um back on 2023 we did a gar uh garage conversion and we have seven inspectors came to a property, and no one said nothing about the carport or the chicken coop.

And regarding the wall fence, we want to explain that we built that structure itself this year.

And only one and the only the front portion of the wall fence is only one feet, one foot higher than it was allowed.

It wasn't ever our intention to break any rule.

We simply want to have a little more privacy.

So we are here today asking for your understanding and support.

We really we really love the carport.

We use we use it uh to store our RB, play with Odore and park our cars when needed.

About the chicken coop or chickens are always enclosed and well care, never roaming freely around the yard.

We want to make it very clear that our goals is to make everything legal, uh bring the carpool, the wall fence, and the chicken coop into full complex, obtaining all necessary permits and meeting every requirements.

We kindly ask that you allow us to keep the structure and we pusher or build them while we work to ensure everything meets country regulation.

Thank you very much for your time and for listening to your case to our case.

Thank you very much.

Yes, would you care to comment?

My name is Arlene Alvarez, assistant to councilwoman Diaz, and I'm just here for translation if needed.

Thank you.

Okay.

All right.

Um, can I uh uh can I have the staff report, please?

Good morning, Madam Mayor Peter Lowenstein for the record.

Uh, this is an appeal of the planning commission's approval of a portion of the original request by the applicants to deviate from our accessory structure and wall development standards.

As was described, uh the planning commission denied the applicant's request for both the car ports and approved the chicken coop and front yard wall.

Staff finds the request and variances are self-imposed hardships and that are preferential in nature, and therefore outside of the realm of the NRS chapter 278 for granting variances.

As such, staff recommends denial of the appeal.

If the appeal is granted or any combination of the components are granted, revised conditions or approval will be needed prior to the finalizing of such a motion.

Thank you.

Okay.

Is there anyone else wishing to be heard on this item?

If not, I'll close the public hearing.

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

No, we're good.

Okay.

Yes, you do wish to assemble my okay.

So um okay.

Okay, then in that case, um, Councilwoman Velensky, would you like to make a motion?

Uh yeah, and I actually may kick this to Loenstein only because the it is a little bit confusing.

Yes, because of the denial, the partial approval, partial denial.

So uh Lomestien and I've worked with the Fonsecas who've been great to work with, lovely family.

Uh and I would allow, I would like to allow them to keep their RV parking in addition to their chicken coop, which the planning commission already approved.

I want to make sure that I'm making the right motion to allow them approval of all of it as long as within 30 days they make the effort to get the RB covered uh parking garage structure approved by the city, at least start the process within 30 days.

Okay, thank you.

Through you, Madam Mayor, uh Peter Longstein, once again for the record.

So uh if we're if the motion is to prove it in its entirety, uh conditions of approval number one through number six shall be revised to reflect the following language within the respective conditions, it should state a variance is hereby approved versus that of a variance issues here by denied.

That would then uh with the motion allow for all of the items to be approved, and then uh addition to the the uh direction from the councilwoman uh condition number uh thirteen covers that all necessary building permits are to be obtained.

Um I would say in in light of this that it's more of a direction that uh the process begin in within 30 days, um, and we can have code enforcement follow up in that 30-day period if like if no permits have been submitted.

And Arlene, the honorary uh ambassador toward four thank you for all your help in this matter.

Will you make sure uh that uh the applicants understand that condition number 13 with the 30 days?

Okay, there you go.

Um at process of pedir suspermisos and the condition that's so they agree to all of the conditions que ya stuff on stipuladas uh previous.

Okay, all right.

So would you try care to make a motion?

Care to have Alan make a motion.

Umsteen, you want to reiterate all that?

Encompass that I'm gonna say what you said.

Sure, through you, Madam Mayor.

The motion is to uh uphold the appeal with the amending of conditions one through six to reflect uh a variance is hereby approved versus that of a variance is hereby denied.

And then and then on top of that, you're just giving additional direction that the building permits be submitted within 30 days.

Yes.

Shall we vote on the motion?

Please post.

Motion carries.

Thank you so much for coming over.

Thank you so much.

Our pleasure.

Okay.

Agenda item 60.

24-0513-VAR1, abeyance item, variance, applicant Santos Aguilar, owner Layani Gonzalez.

Uh I'm gonna have you say that name so I don't mess it up.

Thank you so much for possible action on a land use and title and project request to allow existing detached residential accessory structures, carports, and storage buildings that do not comply with Title 19.06, development standards for setback, separation size, location, and aesthetic uh compatibility, and to allow a front yard fence that does not conform with Title 19.06, front yard wall and fence development standards on 0.14 acres at 2104, uh Santa Rita Drive, R1 single family residential zone ward 3, Ms.

Diaz.

Um, the planning commission recommends approval, staff recommends denial.

This is a public hearing that I now declare open.

Is the applicant present?

And uh Madam Mayor, uh I've been in contact with Mr.

Aguilad regarding this item.

They're still trying to take uh direction from my office and come up with something that is amenable uh to the neighbors and myself.

And so um they're still not there, and I'm going to request uh two-month advance to the December 17th, 2025 meeting um next council meeting.

Um Mr.

City Attorney, does that uh require a mo uh a vote or correct?

It's it's a motion for an abeyance from Councilwoman Diaz, so we need to vote on it, and she put it uh for an abeyance.

You need a set date, which she did for mid-December.

All right.

In that case, uh, shall we vote?

Please post.

Motion carries.

Thank you so much, Ms.

Yes.

Agenda item 61 is being withdrawn without prejudice.

Agenda item 62.

25-0176 abeyance item on the following land use entitlement project request on 4.50 acres at the northeast corner of Harris Avenue and Bruce Street, C1 Limited Commercial Zone.

Item 62A, 25-0176-VAR1 abeyance item to allow a 75-foot residential adjacency setback where 11 feet is required, 62B, 25-010176, uh dash VAR2, abeyance, abeyance item to allow 242 parking spaces where 340 are required, 62 C, 25-0176-SUP1 abeyance item for a residential multifamily use, 62D, 25-0176-sDR1 abeyance item for a proposed three-story 204-unit multifamily residential development with waivers of the perimeter, landscape buffer, and a building orientation, building orientation requirements.

The planning commission recommends approval on the entire land use entitlement project.

Staff recommends denial on the entire land use entitlement project.

These are in Ward 3, Ms.

Diaz, and our public hearings, which I now declare open.

Is the applicant present?

We are Mayor.

Ricky Barlow for the record, LB Access, LLC 2222 West Bonanza Road here with our development team, Mr.

J.

Nady, uh, as well as uh Mr.

Rodney Wissenbeck, who is the architect of record for Aptus Architects.

Would you like to tell us about the project?

Absolutely, Mayor.

Absolutely.

It's been a long road, but um very educational for us all.

Um first and foremost, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you, Mayor, and the entire council for allowing my team and I to uh sit before you and explain to you the layout as to what's before you today because this is coming back uh based on an abeyance from two council meetings ago.

Right.

Um having heard from the councilwoman, councilwoman's the year's office as well as uh listening to uh the rebroadcast of the council meeting and listening to the neighbors.

Uh we went back to the drawing board and made uh some adjustments that we believe would uh would or should satisfy uh this council.

And so for that, I would like to point out number one that there is two variances that were in question.

One being the setback, uh the residential adjacency setback, as well as the parking waiver.

Those are the two major prongs that uh cause concern for um council as well as the neighbors.

And so I would like to address those two line items so that we can um clarify and um hopefully move forward uh with with a with a favorable approach to in order to get this development done.

I'll start first and foremost with the uh residential adjacency step setback.

And at this time, I would like to um ask that Mr.

Wissenbach explain how and why we meet the setback and therefore the waiver that we request for the setback will no longer be necessary as it relates to this application.

Mr.

Wissenbeck.

Uh good.

Uh council members?

Come and stand up.

There we go.

No, you can't.

Yeah.

So as you can see from our exhibit on the site sections.

On page three of the package, we feel we're compliant.

We went straight out of Tunnel 19 and used your 3.1 uh proximity slope to make sure that we don't go above that anywhere where we're closer to poverty line than was prescribed.

So as you can see, we have five different sections here showing where we're adjacent to the residents on the um north and the east side.

And with this dashed line, you can see that we we comply with that.

Okay.

So that's the that's the setback question, Mayor and Council, in regards to the residential adjacency setback.

Um in addition to that, the second variance is the parking variance.

When we initially brought this application before this council, um we requested um approximately um 204 units.

Since then we decreased it to 190, and from the last council meeting, we've now adjusted that unit count to 174 parking.

I'm I'm sorry, 174 apartment units.

With that ratio now reduces the 47 parking spaces that we requested previously, now down to eight.

And so for that um, what we've done is eliminated, if you can we're at the overhead right here in this section right here where we had units previously at the last council meeting.

We've basically have taken out what was the number of units we took out.

Was it 34?

Uh we took out an additional 16.

16, 16.

Additional 16 units in this section of the development in order to increase the number of parking spaces, and therefore we're now currently as of today, and as of this site plan, we're only short eight parking spaces.

So therefore, uh we're requesting a waiver of eight parking spaces to the deficit.

I appreciate that.

Thank you so much for the presentation.

May we hear from the staff?

Good morning, Mayor Seth Floyd for the record.

Uh, mayor, while additional residential units are needed and encouraged within East Las Vegas, the proposed development is too intense for the area as evidenced by the requested residential adjacency and parking variances, and as such, staff is recommending denial of the proposal.

Even with the uh less apartments and uh less uh parking needs.

Yes, Mayor Seth Floyd for the record.

So it did get less intense as the applicant uh asserted from planning commission until today, but there are still variances required.

Okay, all right.

Um, Miss Diaz.

Do you want to open it to fully fine and then I ask the question?

Do you want me to ask a question on that?

No, at least I don't think we have any public comment.

Well, no, that's not true.

Okay, thank you so much.

Um, we do have a few people that have um uh signed speaker cards.

Uh could we hear from Joseph Weber?

Are you Miss Benitas?

Yes, would you care to come up and uh give your name for the record?

This is a public hearing, so please feel free to share with us your thoughts.

Good morning, um major council members.

My name is Cristal Benitez, and I'm a longtime resident um of this neighborhood.

I'm here today on behalf of many of my um Latino um neighbors, Spanish speaking neighbors who have lived here for decades and want their voices to be heard as well.

Several of us, including myself remain opposed to the Bruce Apartments project, even with the proposed changes, we believe it's still too dense for our area and will increase traffic, impact safety and privacy, and place additional strain on our already overcrowded schools.

Um there's still no wall included in the plans to provide safety and separation between the existing homes and the new development.

Um that continues to be a serious concern for the families who live right next to this property.

Um we respectfully ask the city to consider reconsider this approval and um instead support a solution that truly protects the safety, privacy, and quality of life of our three residents.

Thank you for your time and for listening to our community concerns.

Thank you so much.

Mr.

Weber.

I want to put a letter for the public record.

Thank you.

Mr.

Weber.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Joseph Weber, and uh I wanted to thank you, Mayor, and the council people.

We've been very responsive to the neighborhood's concerns and um uh above and beyond our expectation.

So thank you for that.

And uh to Mr.

Barlow and the applicant for uh efforts to to bring the project down to close to code.

It's very close to code right now.

We did um contact we did get the plans early, and we contacted the over 120 petition signers and heard back from 23 that still didn't want it for pretty much the same reasons as before.

Um two more things I want to say.

Um, the project is still not decode, it's very close, still not to code, and I'm a little confused because I read the staff report, and it talks about the uh residential adjacency uh setback not being what it's presented to be in the drawings, and so I'm a little confused about uh that because according to the drawings, you're saying it's all good, but that report as I read it says it's not quite what what they say it is in this drawings.

So yeah, I'd like that clear it up.

And then again, if you're gonna approve it, we need that wall, and it's not in the plant uh that I can see, and and the staff report still indicates that they don't see a wall in the plant.

So um we would add that if you do approve it that we do get uh eight-foot barrier wall for that.

But again, thank you for all that you've done to listen to our concerns.

Thank you so much.

Would staff like to punctuate their comments?

Actually, Mayor, if I could kind of lead the question on this matter because I think it has been, and thank you, Mr.

Barlow.

I think we're making progress.

We're getting more comfortable with where the development is.

Um, thank you for the modifications, but I don't think we've been understanding our pain points in the initial meeting we had um prior to the last council meeting.

I specifically said what gives me heartburn is the residential um setbacks not being adhered to.

Two meetings we've had, and I think the meetings you've had with my colleague, it's been expressed to them that you are meeting those residential setbacks.

Um the ones that I'm particularly concerned about are the ones the most homes that are on the back side of you, that buffer between the start of the parking lot and your development.

It's only 76 feet or so, where code calls for about 11 feet of distance separation.

You keep articulating that you satisfy it, that a variance is no longer needed, but my staff on planning have different facts, and so I would like them to share with us and contrast the differences between what Mr.

Barlow is articulating and what I am interpreting based on the set of plans that I've seen a couple of times now.

So could you please educate us and clear this matter out because I think there's a lot of confusion in terms of the representation that it is being met, but I don't see it yet being met, even with the new renderings staff.

So uh mayor through you, Seth Floyd for the record.

Uh yeah, so I can I can kind of walk through um each angle on each building and go through specifically what's met and what what isn't if that helps.

Um for the north residential adjacency setback, uh this the section of the building is set back 75 feet where the previous variance was required, and that has been lowered under the adjacency slope.

So that one has been brought into compliance with code.

However, for the north residential adjacency setback on building four, there's still an 84-foot setback where 87 feet would be required.

For the east residential adjacency setback on building four, there's a hundred there is proposed a 110-foot setback where 114 would be required, so a four-foot difference for the north residential adjacency setback on building three, there is an 85-foot setback where 90 feet is required for the east residential adjacency setback on building three.

For the east residential adjacency setback on building three, there's a 92-foot setback where 96 feet is required.

And for the east residential adjacency setback on building one, there is a 91 foot setback where 96 feet is required.

So while they are closer than they were, as you said, councilwoman, they are still not meeting the code entirely Mayor Mayor.

Yes, um, Mr.

Barlow.

What I believe staff is not taken into into consideration are the slopes, but yet and still even if their numbers are um accurate and ours are off, we're talking approximately at best 10 feet on one side according to his numbers and through in four feet, three to four feet on another side.

So I think we're splitting hairs here in regards to the setback requirement and how and what we've done in order to pull this development in as tight as possible in order to um get this development approved.

Um I would like for Rodney to basically spell out according to our architects and the pins that we've dropped in order to get this development set accordingly on this parcel of land as to what his numbers are, and then we'll have an opportunity to further the conversation in regards to this alignment being out as low as three feet to ten feet as far as the residential adjacency setback.

I don't believe, in my opinion, that that would be enough for me to um not move forward with the development based on square footage, but of course that's the decision of you all as a council to make that decision.

So, Rodney.

So when we're looking at this in plan, it has tendency to a bit confusing because the building doesn't go straight up.

It goes up, we step it back, and then we've got a slope that comes up, and all of that graphically falls under a 31 proximity slope.

So when I was reading your charts on height versus this is back to residential adjacency, I don't see the number 37 foot four on there.

So we went ahead and did our math and used our uh computers to lay out the at 37 feet four inches.

We're technically only required to do 109 foot 10 inch setback.

That's just math that doesn't doesn't lie.

So what we try to do with this is to show the council members and staff and the concerned neighbors that we are in compliance graphically.

So you can see the proximity slope as it goes up.

All portions of the building are under that slope, and it's that's straight out of total 19.

So we feel we're in compliance, even though the numbers don't really match up because we're using fractions of feet.

Thank you, Reddy.

Ricky, do you have anything else to add?

No, those are just the two.

Okay, those are just the two points, Mayor, that we wanted to bring forward and address because those were uh what we believe were the two line items, both variances that were hanging up the development for moving forward.

Okay.

Um, I'm not sure that I closed the public hearing, so before I do, is there anyone else wishing to be heard?

I'm gonna say some of my yes, please come to the microphone and give your name.

Good morning, Mayor.

Congratulations.

Thanks, Gary Hart.

It's good to see you, and councilman person to see you all this morning as well.

Umgratulations on your win as mayor, and as my mother used to say, Dr.

Tony Arlene Hart, she used to say the best man for the job is the woman, and congratulations if you know you're doing it.

And the Hart family loves you and we appreciate you.

I would just like to uh throw in the Hart family support for this project.

We've known Ricky and his team for many many years.

Um I think it's a beautiful project.

This is something we feel that the city needs is housing, apartments in this location.

I think would be ideal.

Um to turn it down, I think would be a travesty because what could happen you're creating tax base, so on and so forth, and new apartments.

We need the housing.

We know this, and we certainly don't want to lose them.

I'm a big city guy, so I uh meaning I love this city.

Um we don't want to lose them to the county.

I mean, I'm sure the county would love to have their project over there.

So anyway, um the heart family's in support of this development.

Thank you so much.

Good to see you all.

Thank you for letting me speak.

Appreciate you.

Is there anybody else that would like to um uh address the council on this issue?

Madam Mayor, if I could close the I'm gonna close the public hearing and before you make a motion.

I'm not ready for that.

Oh, okay.

Mr.

Floyd has said that if we could trail the item so that he can accurately gauge where the development setbacks are now, so that we could have an accurate reporting.

So I I would make it wouldn't make me more comfortable knowing what the differences are if we're seeing eye to eye on the same things, and then get that report on accounting before moving forward.

I think the the the accuracy of information is important.

Before you make a motion, I'm gonna ask the other council members if they would like to weigh in.

Umstrong.

Thank you, madam mayor.

I would like an answer to the question that was brought up about a East Um privacy wall.

Is it in the drawings or is it not?

And and I think that's something that is important to me as well.

You can also um when we come back to the item after trailing it, if you can report to us whether that is already a condition or not, or if that's even in the plans that have been identified as something they are going to move forward with.

Thank you, Mr.

Floyd.

So, Madam Mayor, if I could indulge my colleagues and yourself to trail the item so that further review and inspection of the plans could be made.

Do we need to motion?

No, ma'am.

Just proceed to the next item and we'll come back.

All right, thank you so much.

Thank you both.

Thank you all three very much.

Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you, Council.

Okay.

Agenda item 63.

25-0016, a bay and science item on the following land use entitlement project requests on 2.09 acres at 4561 and 4565 East Bonanza Road, uh C2 General Commercial Zone.

Uh agenda item 63A, 25-0016-VAR1, a bayonet's item to allow 156 parking spaces where 199 parking spaces are required, and to allow one loading space where three loading spaces are required.

Item 63 uh B, 25-0016-SUP1, a bayance item for a major amendment to an approved special use permit for a proposed 6,368 square foot expansion of an approved 16,330 square foot auto repair garage major use.

Um item 63C, 25-0016-SDR1, abeyance item for a major amendment to an approved site development plan review for a proposed one-story 6,368 square foot expansion of an approved 16,300 uh 330 square foot motor vehicle repair development.

The applicant owner is Bonanza Auto Plaza LLC et al.

The Planning Commission recommends approval on the entire land use entitlement project.

Staff recommends denial on the entire land use entitlement project.

These are in Ward 3, Ms.

Diaz, and our public hearings, which I now declare open, is the applicant present.

Madam Mayor, uh Council members Nathan Taylor, 8414 West Farm Road representing the applicant.

Um I want to first uh thank uh councilwoman Diaz and her office for working with us.

Um I'll uh this should only take like 30 minutes, I think, normally my presentations.

Um this is actually a previously approved uh project.

We're just asking um if you can see on the overhead, we're just asking for six new bays um in addition to what was already approved, I believe, a couple years ago.

Um, and then I want to bring up a couple issues because it's better for me to highlight them than to for the councilwoman have to do it.

Um this this parcel here is the adjacent parcel, which we we have a parking agreement, it's owned by my clients, the same uh applicant.

Um there is an open code enforcement case that had to do with some banners uh that were that we took down that weren't supposed to be up.

They've all been removed.

And then in addition, there were some issues related to what the required landscaping is now today.

Uh my clients bought the parcel 10 years ago, as is, and so therefore, obviously within the last decade, the landscaping codes have changed.

Um, what we have done is um we have uh let the councilwoman know that we've agreed that we will install the required landscaping within the next 90 days on the adjacent parcel.

So that should close out our that that code enforcement case.

Um, and then just to be clear that the code enforcement case isn't on this project that's before you today, it's on the other parcel that that it's not before you today uh for action.

Um, and then I'm with that.

I would just ask that you follow planning's uh commission's recommendation for approval, and I'm here to answer any questions you may have.

Thank you.

Uh thank you so much.

May I have a staff report?

Yes, Mayor Seth Floyd for the record.

Uh Mayor, the proposed development modifications represent an attempt to overdevelop the subject site and will not be compatible or harmonious with existing development in the surrounding area, as evidenced by the requested variants from parking and loading space requirements, and the exception for reduction in perimeter landscape buffer trees.

Staff therefore recommends denial of all the requested entitlements.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Um, since this is a public hearing, is there anyone else wishing to be heard on this item?

Seeing no one, I will close the public hearing.

Oh, okay.

Hi, thank you so much.

Well, thank you for looking out for me.

Um are there any questions or comments from the council?

Ms.

Diaz.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

I want to thank Mr.

Taylor and um his clients for coming to me and addressing um, you know, the concerns that we had about the outstanding um compliance of the landscaping.

And um now it's happening sooner uh in my office.

They had promised that as soon as the new addition would happen, then at that point, both things were gonna happen, but now it's gonna happen within 90 days of this approval.

Um, I know it makes councilwoman Bruni super happy because she is a tree hugger as well, and uh, we just want as much as we can get in terms of mitigating the heat island effect, especially the one that's happening on the east side, which is pretty intense, and when there's cars and pavement, it's only gonna increase.

So I appreciate that.

And with uh with that, I think we're good to go.

We're gonna move to approve agenda item 63A through C.

All right, please.

With the stated condition.

And do you accept the conditions that have been set forth?

Yes, Mayor, I do.

Thank you very much.

Um, all right, let us vote.

Please post motion carries.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Agenda item 64.

25-0262-VAR one abeyance item variants, applicant owner Dwayne Glenn Martinson for possible action on a land use entitlement project request to allow existing residential accessory structures, uh shed and stables, a proposed residential accessory structure, detached garage, and an existing front yard wall that do not conform to Title 19.06 development standards for setbacks, separation, and solid wall height on 0.47 acres at 5471 Florene Street, R.

E.

Residential Estate Zone, Ward 5, Ms.

Summers Armstrong.

The planning commission recommends approval, staff recommends denial.

This is a public hearing that I now declare open.

Is the applicant present?

Yeah, it's good to Todd Hargrove, Tough Shed, um here with the owner of the property.

Uh, would you care to tell us about your project?

Uh the project that we started with to do this was to do a detached garage.

Uh, and along with that, we needed a 20-foot setback, which required a 50-foot setback, but there is an active leech field right in the middle of where the garage could go, so we cannot get that 50-foot setback, unfortunately.

So it will be a side entrance garage.

So the 20-foot setback would be the minimum to keep the minimum clearance of the leech field.

That's what we started with.

Okay.

However, what did we end up with?

Excuse me.

What have we ended up with?

We ended up with a few other property things.

The this one building here was a stable, it was built when the house was built, and a shed that is behind the house, which I'm fortunately can't show too well right there.

That was also built during the same time as the house was built back in the 60s.

Um we're also dealing with a front fence uh issue.

Uh the fence is the two-foot to set up right, there we go.

So it's got the two-foot with the cement, and he has slat woven wood on the fencing, so metal fence, metal slats.

So it is the weaving on that that doesn't give the visibility that is set forth in the titlement on that.

Okay.

So we're looking to try to get everything all accomplished at once today.

I may I have a staff report, please.

Yes, madam Mayor Peter Lenstein for the record.

This variance request is the result of an open code enforcement case.

No unique or extraordinary circumstances related to the physical characteristics of the property has been presented to warrant the requested variants as such.

The hardship is self-imposed, and therefore staff recommends denial the variance request.

Thank you.

All right.

Um, there any questions or comments from our council members.

In that case, Miss Summers Armstrong.

Thank you, Madam Mayor, and thank you.

Um, Mr.

Mortensen and your representative from Tef Shed.

Uh, we had a nice conversation about this.

Um I don't have an issue with the 20 feet because of the leech field.

I'm on the um the um Southern Nevada Health District, and we we often hear cases about folks who are building on top of leech fields, and I don't want um I don't want you all to do that, and so I think it's important that you get both your garage and protect the the integrity of the leech field.

The stables and the uh other house were there before you had bought the house and weren't brought to your attention.

We did talk about that.

My concern is the visibility through your fence.

Um, and so um have you given any thought to how you could um address that so that you could come into compliance with visibility for public safety.

If I may, um Dwayne Martinson, Dr.

Dwayne Martinson actually earned that degree seven years ago.

Uh teach at Legacy High.

Um I had my neighbors do a petition to say that fence is beautiful.

It added for the viability of the neighborhood.

Um the fence itself, I'm on the corner.

People overdrive their headlights all the time with their brights on, they go right into my living room, and so it was really important for me to have some privacy.

So at night, when my family and I are watching TV, we're not having lights coming through the blinds.

So that was one of the things that I I had, and then the other thing was um a financial heart hardship.

The fence was 43,000, and I used my 401k to purchase that fence because I wanted some privacy from that busy road, it's called Bradley, very very busy.

Probably have uh five, six hundred cars there a day.

Uh, they built a school near my home.

Kids are out there, parents are picking up their kids in front of my home.

If that fence was any lower, you could see through it, then they could just see into my area.

Uh, I understand the safety and security.

Uh I teach at high school, believe me, safety and security is number one.

Um, but I also built an umbrella as Councilman Brun loves trees.

I uh planted 14 trees there to help with the umbrella to help with the aesthetics of the neighborhood to actually have that place look a little bit better than when I first bought it three years ago.

And so I'm asking for your approval for the fence the way it is.

That was never part of the issue, it was the garage.

This fence just became a second addition to the uh variation or the variance.

So I recommend or don't recommend, I request respectfully that you approve the garage and allow me to keep the fence the way it is, Madam Mayor.

Step away from thank you, thank you, MBT, if I may.

Um, part of the discussion that we had um was that um Dr.

Martinson and I apologize for not addressing you as such earlier.

We talked about you pulling the permits on the fence yourself, and that as homeowners, we do have a responsibility to comply with the um with the with the sitting uh rules on this, and this is a um a security and safety issue.

When you put your garage up, that garage will block some of the high beam.

I drive on Tom often because I I try to roll through the neighborhood, I know where you live, we knocked on your door.

Um it would block some of that high beam coming there because your garage will be there, right?

And so I think that that is a an issue that will be addressed with support for your garage.

I think you should have to have a garage.

I would like to see you work uh with planning on some type of alteration, and I'm not saying to tear your fence down, but I am suggesting that you do something to uh uh come into compliance.

Um even if it's not 100% 50 percent visibility, you've got to add some more visibility in that fence so that public safety um can be adhered to in the community.

Um, and so if you are willing to um we can ask planning staff to help craft something, if you are willing in the next 30 days to present um a plan uh to help come into compliance um at to a reasonable amount.

I mean, I understand because nobody's got cash like that, right, um, to replace it.

I don't want you to, but I think that there are some things you can do to come into compliance with the fence.

Thank you.

I just I love the fact that uh it's a very unique fence.

There's only two in the city like that.

Um I'm a little unique myself.

Um I love love life, I love Vegas, but um it's kind of a hardship, councilwoman, if you want me to alter it because the person that built that for me, uh the metal arts person, they did that just for me, and so it's like if I was Picasso and you said I don't like that painting, I want you to change it, that would really hurt the designer.

So I don't know how to go back to um the metalworks place and say, hey Howard, could you make some changes to the fence because it's not compliance?

I appreciate what you said about I am the homeowner, but I'm not a contractor.

I know nothing about the setback laws, I know nothing about height restrictions for fences.

When I bought that home, I envisioned putting a fence because it was a cycle fence there before, and it was very um busy and very bright.

Um however, with my reservations, my planner over here from Tough Shed came up with some ideas that I'm not happy with, but I want to conform to the rules.

Um I do know that if I had built that garage, if no one would have complained, I'd still have the garage, and I'd still have my fence.

But I was doing it the right way by coming and getting the right permits permitted for that property.

And I think because I'm doing the right thing that I'm not asking for leniency, but there are a lot of people that don't follow the rules.

Um, but I want uh Mr.

Hardgrove to explain a little bit about the alterations, even though I'm not 100% sold on the idea.

But if you could give him a minute or two for that.

I'm gonna jump in real quick because I think there's a comment or question by councilwoman Brunny.

Thank you, Mayor Prochem.

I was just wondering, and it is a beautiful fence.

I was just wondering if you could meet the or one option might be just to like remove at the base some of the concrete and go down.

Well, the civil solution here, since this is a woven fence.

I my recommendation was if we remove some slats in between it.

So there you see there's eight slats that go up to it.

So if we go slat two, slat four, that would provide the visibility into the property for safety compliance.

That's my thinking.

Then there goes my privacy.

I mean, we're gonna open up the slats.

I mean, how many how many feet are we talking?

You want inches?

Do you I mean, because look at that fence, it's beautiful and it's metal, so I don't know how to go ahead and uh Mr.

Hardgrove said to remove some of those flats.

So again, there's another cost uh associated with that, and then you have to fix it the way that you don't want to make it, you don't want to alter it to make it look uh like junky or not like I'm just gonna jump in real quick.

Yeah, and I'll follow your direction, councilwoman.

But I've had several of these in my ward.

The issue with the Metropolitan Police Department is if they can't see into that property, and so the future if something were to happen to you or your family member, um, the liability there's some liability with us approving offense that they wouldn't support.

Um, if not legal liability, then there's just the moral liability of knowing that something happened because they couldn't see within that property.

So that's that's how we've dealt with it in my ward.

I have to agree.

Um BT, and um, I appreciate it.

Um I'll just say publicly what I what I said to you when we talked.

Um, as property owners, um, at the end of the day, the responsibility is ours.

And you're an instructor, you're uh you're a you're a public official as well.

You have young people who you are um leading in this community to be responsible individuals.

I've got three sons.

And this um we have we we are a country of laws and and regulations and rules in our city.

And as beautiful as your fence is, um, and as um we want to be individuals would we especially when we live in rural areas, as I do as well.

We still have to recognize that we don't live in this space alone.

We hire and pay a good amount of our public dollars for safety for the police as well as fire.

When when I walked on those, knocked on those 12,000 plus doors, 11,000 of which we probably did ourselves.

Um the thing that people talk to us about was safety.

And if we're not doing our job here to ensure not just your safety, but the safety of others, and that is not just the police and fire showing up, but that we're doing our part as citizens to not make their jobs any more difficult, which is why we have visibility rules, so that we don't place them in a situation where they are in danger if anything goes wrong, and we allow them to be able to help you and me and all the others faster and safely in case there's a situation.

Um, and again, we have a responsibility as landowners.

You pulled the permit.

You you read what the rules were when you pulled your permit.

I'm not an engineer either.

You're much smarter than me.

I have no papers behind no letters behind my name, but I did read when I pulled my permits that it had to be 50 percent.

So I'm um you know, heartbroken for you and for all of us that this may uh impact your design, but my motion would be what I stated earlier that we go ahead with the garage.

Would you be okay if that suggestion that I brought up earlier about removing some of the slats to provide that visibility be okay?

I think I would be okay with that.

Um I would like to let uh our planning department come up with the language on that.

I know it may not give the 100% 50 percent visibility, which is what the law says, but I would will I would be willing to you know make it slide a little bit just so that we don't impact Dr.

Mortenson's.

Yeah, we're not looking to deconstruct the fence.

We're looking just to make it work out on both sides.

I I would agree with that.

Okay.

Um Mr.

Lowinson.

Summers Armstrong, I think that our staff could craft uh the uh a motion that would incorporate your suggestion.

Could you do that?

Um could you do that for us staff?

Yes, madam mayor.

So this is kind of a combination of two things because the variance is for a solid five-foot wall.

We are not necessarily approving the solid wall, but you're asking for a revision to that wall to reflect visibility into it.

So it's I almost have two conflicting uh conditions of approval in in here.

So the condition I I was drafting regarding the revising of the wall, and Jeff, you may need to help me as far as alleviating the conflict was the applicant shall within 30 days provide the Department of Community Development revise wall elevations depicting visibility into the property for review and approval.

Subsequently, the applicant shall obtain any required billing permits to amend the fence.

That would get you into the them submitting the permit or sorry, submitting revisions to us, we were reviewing it and saying that's acceptable, then they would follow any permits if needed to do so.

Uh the conflict is with condition number four, where it just simply approves a five-foot tall solid front yard wall fence.

Um so I don't know if we need to vesselate.

Subject to the subject to the previous conditions, then that condition subject to what you just read, and then you'll have that one.

All right.

Um variance is hereby approved.

That's currently what it says for five-foot tall front solid front yard wall or five feet with a two-foot solid base is the maximum loud, uh, and then you're saying subject to the items you started with as you read.

And everyone knows what we're describing here, which is you're gonna bring them the the schematics or however Peter said it, but even though but and that is going to take precedence over the approval of the variance of the solid.

We're gonna still give you we're giving you approval of that to give you the five feet, but it's subject to the first things that Peter read, which will be the new conditions on the slats.

Does that make sense?

Correct.

All right.

So for clarity, I'll I'll reread the two conditions.

It's amendment of condition number four to add on to the uh the conditions, subject to conditions herein.

Right.

And then the new added condition will read the applicant shall within 30 days provide the Department of Community Development, revised wall elevations depicting visibility into the property for review and approval.

Subsequently, the applicant shall obtain any required building permits to amend the fence.

Do you agree to the conditions?

And if I'm not mistaken, um this summers armstrong, um you uh you understand you hear what they're saying about the privacy, but we're also concerned about Metro's need to be able to look into the property should uh uh a crisis occur.

So you're not saying that it has to be 50 percent.

You're willing to work with them, but there does have to be some visibility into the property.

Um are you um okay?

Do you accept that condition?

Well, with a heavy heart, Madam Mayor, I do.

I just you know I love it the way it is, but I want to conform to your rules.

Uh I welcome working with the Congresswoman, Congresswoman, Councilwoman.

Uh I elevated the overall.

You never know.

30 years in all, you never know where she's gonna go.

Uh but yeah, so I would but I just uh is there a time frame for this?

Well we'll submit the plan within the 30 days for the revised to the planning department for the request.

Okay, thank you very much.

Are you comfortable with that?

Would you uh tempt a motion?

So moved.

What I do to build a garage.

All right, shall we vote?

Thanks.

Please post motion carries.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Okay.

Agenda I agenda item 65.

2502 81-sDR1, site development plan review.

Applicant, uh Buddy Narcisco Canga Quintorio, uh junior owner, the Buddy Anita Quint uh Quintorio uh Nevada Trust for possible action on a land use entitlement project request to allow an existing one-story, three-unit multifamily residential development with waivers of appendix F interim downtown development standards, area two on zero point one six acres at 519 South 8th Street, R3 medium density residential zone ward 3, Ms.

Diaz.

Um the Planning Commission recommends approval, uh subject to conditions, staff recommends denial.

This is a public hearing, which I now declare open.

Is the applicant present?

Yes, ma'am.

My name is Buddy Guittorio.

Uh we own 519 South 8th Street along with my wife.

Um good morning, by the way, uh Mayor Berkeley and the rest of the council.

Um I'm here, I'm I'm thankful for the office of uh Madame Council Olivia Diaz, by the way, and her assistant.

Um I'm here again um to thank and request um approval, reapproval of the of my case.

Uh it was approved previously about seven years ago, and uh I think I dropped the ball, not knowing or not understanding fully that I need to do some important thing about the permit of the uh uh back alley uh um freestanding structure, which is occupied.

Um I was not really aware, it's I I know it's my fault because I I thought it was done, and uh since there was a meter on the property, I truly three meters.

I was wrong to mention four.

There was three meters for the three units.

Uh each one have have their own.

Um so I'm just uh requesting approval again of this.

And I would once approved, I will not drop the ball again, and I will actually apply for the necessary permits and the conditions.

I uh I read it.

I think I understand it fully that I am accepting it that I will do and and probably do more to make the property look better.

As I currently, we're currently actually painting, but we're kind of slow, but we're cleaning up as well.

I thank you very much.

Could I have a staff report, please?

Yes, Madam Mayor.

This request stems from ongoing code enforcement case regarding unpermitted structures.

The previous 2016 entitlements that accommodated the existing three residential units have expired.

Staff does not support the requested area to waivers and recommends denial the site development plan review, subject to conditions if approved.

Thank you.

I'd say that uh I'm sorry, would you repeat that again?

Sure.

Uh this request stems from an ongoing code enforcement case regarding unpermitted structures.

The previous 2016 entitlements that accommodated the existing three residential units have expired.

Uh staff does not support the requested area to waivers and recommends denial of the site development plan review.

If approved, it will be subject to conditions.

Thank you.

I thank you so much.

Um this is a public hearing.

Is there anybody wishing to um speak with the city council about this item?

Okay, thank you very much.

Um there any questions by the city council members?

No.

In that case, uh Miss Diaz.

Well, thank you so much.

I know that um my planning lead Italina has been in contact with you, and uh if she blesses it, I'm on board.

So um planning commission also approved it.

So with that, I'm gonna move to approve agenda item 65.

All right, please vote.

Post motion passes.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

Now do what you got to do.

Now I will.

All right.

I will.

Thank you.

I'm sorry to say that we went to the stuff already out of my permission for us.

Okay.

Um, let me just finish.

Um item 66 is held in abeyance uh until uh the November 5th meeting.

And uh, Mr.

Floyd, uh, will you enlighten us on the item that we trailed?

Yes, thank you, Mayor Seth Floor for the record.

So I believe now we're back to uh item number 60 62.

So I did uh work with my staff and we spoke with the applicant as well.

So uh let me clarify a couple of things, and I think Mr.

Barlow is gonna uh discuss sort of where we are.

So uh technically speaking, they still do not they do not meet the residential adjacency setback on the and Mr.

Barlow, if you want to pull up a map, you're gonna be able to do that.

On the east side, and I think where you have the five, they're right here.

Um they do not meet the residential adjacency slope by five feet on the uh north side and with building four, the building just above Mr.

Barlow's finger right there, uh they do not meet the residential adjacency setback standard by three feet.

The parking variance is still accurate.

286 spaces are being provided where 294 are required.

Uh and so I just wanted to clarify that for the record.

So technically speaking, from staff's perspective, they uh do not meet the residential adjacency standards for both of those locations indicated on the map.

Building three, where uh Mr.

Barlow's finger is now that building has been removed, so there's no uh even calculation for residential adjacency setback on that building.

Yes, great.

Mr.

Barlow.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mayor Council.

Okay.

So speaking with our architect in the CAD programs and the calculations, inches versus inches versus um millimeters.

Okay, thank you.

Versus feet versus feet.

Inches versus feet.

Our numbers show um that we meet it by way of inches.

The city of Las Vegas shows that we miss it by way of feet.

So we cave to try to figure out how to move forward.

So the really the true question at this point, Mayor and Council, is um addressing going back to the setback.

If the city is accurate, then we are talking about a three-foot, we're missing the mark by three feet on the north property line.

And we missed a mark by five feet on the on the east property line.

Now, overall, I believe, Mayor and Council, that as this development, specifically with the number of units that we have in play, the beautiful layout that we have coming before you with the uh landscape plan that's in place that this development fits as best as possible this site in order for this development to be something for the benefit of the greater good of the community.

And um, having said that, um, notwithstanding the fact that we're still requesting um eight feet waiver at eight parking space waiver, uh, where before we were it was much larger, and so we're now down to requesting eight, and so I basically lay this at the hands in the helm of uh the mayor and council and the councilwoman to make the determination as to those three elements as to where we are right now.

All right, Ms.

DS.

Yes, um, Madam Mayor, I ask I also had tasked Mr.

Floyd with giving us clarity based on Councilwoman Summers Armstrong and my also my staff's um question of regarding the eight-foot wall.

It seems like it's not documented anywhere, and so we just want to make sure that an eight-foot wall is or is not part of the plans currently, as um, I guess submitted to us.

Yes, so for the record, mayor through you.

So uh I think Mr.

Barlow's got the plan up.

There is what could be a wall uh shown on this plan.

It does not have any dimensions or uh height on there, so we have a revised condition, which I think the applicant uh agrees with that will uh require them to submit uh revised plans showing that detail on the up to eight foot block wall.

So I'm happy to read that in.

Okay, be stuff.

If you don't mind, before you read that into the record, which I agree with Mayor through you.

Um it is spelled out in the plans that that's submitted as far as where the eight foot is.

We'll take responsibility for not spelling it out, but it is built in to the site plan.

We on our side did not spell it out in writing, and so on the site plan, we have it here on the north as well as the east, the eight-foot CMU wall, decorative block wall, that is laid out on the plan.

We didn't spell it out to basically make it a point for for the record.

So I apologize for that.

But it is on the plan, and these are the plans that we have submitted, so it wasn't as though we left the wall out, we just didn't spell it out on our plan.

So I take responsibility.

So there's a wall.

So, yes, ma'am, there's an eight-foot wall.

Your staff will be reading that into the record, and we do agree with that.

And you accept this condition.

And yes, ma'am, we do accept the condition.

All right, Miss Diaz.

Um yes, so we'll hang out.

We'll we'll when we get we need to come to that.

Um, another thing that has recently impacted, I think uh the community as a collective, and it's not that far off from the site is school safety and the safety of our students as they're pedestrians.

A lot of my students in these neighborhoods are walking to school because the parents don't have the luxury to drop them off, pick them up, and so a lot of them are transporting themselves from their dwellings and their homes.

Harris is a main arterial to take students down to Halle Hewitson, and it's also a main one where a lot of my students that live in the homestucked there go to Rancho High School as well.

And so the frontage of your apartments will be heavily walked by students, and so will the side.

And so I want to know how how is your development going to plan to remind, address um all that we're a community and that we need to look out for our students as we're taking off, making a right onto Harris, or we're taking out off of Bruce, making a right onto Bruce, um, or even coming back in.

I I just don't want to have any more unfortunate news coming my way that a student has been struck or impacted because they're trying to walk themselves to school.

So I wanted to kind of get some clarity around how we will make sure that the ingress egress of the site plan will make sure that students' safety is at the top of mind for your future tenants and residents.

Okay, just for orientation.

This is a name for the record.

For the record, but to orient you on where I'm pointing.

This where the children are, and I go to work six days, seven days a week there.

There the children are crossing the street here.

That's where they nobody crosses over there.

And the school is that is down further down here on this side of the street.

This very few people, if any, because if they come this way, they would walk down here and go that way, it's shorter.

So very few people walk this way and then down.

Very few.

I I couldn't give you an estimate of the number, but I see them rarely.

Even this morning I went by it.

What I'm saying here is that the only problem we have is this this over here, you know, is subsidized housing, and there are some kids that come across here, but there is always uh before and after a guard lady there, and I know her name, Margaret.

And there are some kids that come across here, but there is always before and after a guard lady there, and I know her name, Margaret.

She'd been there for four or five years, or she was.

I don't know if she's still there today, but they they they go across there, and that's before and after school on this side, not on this side.

They do it on the far side over there, and there's two or three of them.

Uh down here, there's there's no there is no house here.

There's a house here, but there's no street is much further down here.

No one comes this way because it goes around, they have to go clear down here and back around.

So most of the parking, most of the people walk across, come over here and go down this side and then cross the street here, or they go down from here and go over here and go down.

But nobody comes because that's the that's a blank lot there, and that's the right.

I forgot who it was, but then over on Bruce Street and way over here, or over if you want clear over here is the high school.

So I I don't there isn't a huge number of people crossing the street alone here ever.

There it's always well on this side, actually.

Um there's always a guard there during on every school day.

I've never been there when it wasn't.

And I I seem to go there every morning.

Um that's all.

I mean, there our wall here is wall we're talking about.

That's been in the since day one.

That's just for privacy's sake.

Anyway, thank you.

I drive that corridor um every morning, seven in the morning, six forty-five.

There are students walking adjacent your property line, and right now it it's gonna be an improvement if this were to move forward, it is gonna be an improvement because right now there's just gravel and some really horrible cement barricades that sometimes impede, but there are students.

My my whole thing is I wanted to hear from you.

We're gonna ensure we're gonna put signs up there for people to be scanning for students, we're one community, we'll do our darnest, we'll have a traffic study um done and make sure that our students are kept up.

Ah that's what I if we're coming into a community that's pre-established because you have to think about the neighbors around you.

This has been a vacant, dilapidated church ground for many years now.

People are not used to having to weave the the traffic volumes that will an apartment complex will bring.

There's people who are leaving the site to take their kids because some of us don't know how to walk anymore, because this is within walking distance of Halle Hugson, but some of us will actually drive our kids from this apartment complex in the morning, and we will drive our kids to Rancho, but yet we don't regard the other kids that don't have the privilege of being, you know, driven to school.

My thing is how are we gonna as a collective be in front of issues that are very real right now?

We're we're almost to a hundred fatalities in our streets because of inattentive driver or some kind of I don't know, crises that we're we're grappling with as a community.

I'm just trying to be in front of it and like get your buy-in to say we're gonna do our best to ensure that we put courtesy as contagious, or our kids are walking in front, please be vigilant, or that's what I'm expecting to hear back because the reality is kids when we improve and and have contiguous sidewalks and improved landscaping, they're gonna go to where they feel it's gonna be the nicest to walk.

And that may be right in front of your egress point or ingress point.

So, my point is how are we going to jointly ensure the safety of our school children that are already there?

And will there's gonna be additional children if this were to move forward?

How are we going to make sure that we don't have a travesty or tragedy?

Councilwoman, I I I hear you loud and clear.

And with this development, uh working through your staff and your office, um, we'll be happy to condition any elements to make sure that the appropriate signage is in place for the safety and the security of not only just the students but for their families as well.

And so therefore coming in and off this property, um, we have no problem whatsoever having that additional signage and basically making sure that um the ingress egress that the councilwoman spoke about is in place from a signage standpoint because the last thing that we want is for any of our residents to be affected by uh a vehicle uh a vehicle or any other mode of transportation that can do bodily harm, and so therefore that's our commitment as a development uh to make sure that we have those elements in place, and we'll be happy to condition those as well, councilwoman.

And the final thing, um that's weighing on my mind.

Uh again, this is nothing happening here for many, many moons now.

Um now, if granted the green light, it will bring, you know, a lot of people.

How will you ensure that the tenants and everyone who resides here in the future will comply to upholding the quality of life for everyone?

Because my concern is if there's not a strong property management group, a lot of chaos can spill over into the adjacency.

So my question would be how how are we going to ensure that there's a strong property management group that neighbors can go to and point out things that are not kosher that are not right that are happening that they're seeing um potentially.

I'm I'm just saying I I have a lot of apartment complexes right now, and some of them are not being managed diligently, and then they have a ripple effect into the adjacency.

So how can I be reassured that that's not gonna happen here?

Right.

So right.

So councilwoman T and Mayor Council.

Thank you for bringing that up because I was going to bring that up as well.

And I know that councilwoman Armstrong addressed that as well as Councilwoman Brony.

Um if that's how you pronounce it, is Broni.

If I said that correctly, okay.

Yes.

I just wanted to make sure she she didn't acknowledge.

I wasn't sure if I said it correctly.

But they brought that up when we briefed with them, and they were very adamant about that on your behalf, Councilwoman.

Um, just um as the other representatives were in regards to their concerns as relates to this item as well.

Right.

And so that I really appreciate the opportunity to have met with all of your colleagues because they were with you 100%, right?

And like I shared with them, meeting with each one of them wasn't about a cherry pick, it was a bet it was a matter of laying out what our position was and making sure that each one of you independently understood so that we would have a more fruitful conversation today in regards to the questions that were to come in preparation for our responses, and hopefully, there's nothing that we said that we left out or omitted during those briefings with each one of you, mayor and council included, right?

And so for that, we are making a heavy investment in this 4.5 acres, and it's a lot for us to do this.

And when it comes to property management, we're going to have a solid property management uh agency in place because it has to protect our bottom line as well, and we're not going to allow that to happen.

And so, for that, we have a list of property management groups that we've identified that we will be communicating with based on what happens today.

And so, therefore, we will have a top-notch property management team that oversees developments of this size and larger to make sure that your concern is addressed.

The city's concern is addressed from a safety standpoint as well as the quality of life for the residents that will be living at this development and for the sake of the investments and the investors that will be a part of the overall aspect of getting this development done and across the finish line.

And I don't and I don't want to speak uh too far out of line, but um I want to make sure that Mr.

Nady a sidewalk over here that is made of dirt.

And as part of this, I I've already told people over there that if I make that into a concrete and I don't mind paying for it, a concrete walkway, the children instead of walking in the street like they do pretty much today.

If they had a sidewalk there to walk down to the school here where the aptist thing is, but that that would be a good thing for the for the students coming around the corner, they all seem to get into the street, almost all of them.

Very few come along, I shouldn't say very few, less than 50 that I've seen on average, I imagine, come along this way because most of them come down here around this shortcut this way.

But uh there this what I want to say is this has to be concrete, at least on the part of ours, which it should have been a hundred years ago, but it's not.

Are you referring to the side of your street where your development is or not?

I wanted to correct the record, Mr.

Nady.

We actually did a Harris Avenue street improvements, and there is now a sidewalk on that opposite side of your development.

There's none.

There is one.

No, there's a dirt.

So that's why I'm saying that I know this neighborhood very well.

And I've been there and I was the one that led the charge because we wanted safer routes to school, and we noticed there was no sidewalks, and we went in and we completed those and we actually celebrated the completion last year.

So there is sidewalks across from you.

Now I'm not remembering if your property line has it, but on the opposite side there are.

Can we say that if there that it is it does exist, and if it doesn't, you'll put it in.

I just wanted to give you the update that they've been put in.

Yeah.

Okay.

Um so I'll entertain a motion.

Yes, I know, Madam Mayor.

It's been long.

Um so can you read the conditions that we have identified both for the traffic safety of the school children and also for the eight-foot wall that hasn't been articulated in the plans yet?

And is there anything else?

Oh, one last question I did have, Madam Mayor.

Yes.

In the original agenda item printout, it does say for 62D that there's also a waiver for perimeter landscape buffer, but that is no longer the case.

They meet that, or is that still a variance?

So it is still Seth Floyd for the record.

After the planning commission added a condition that made sure there were the correct number of trees.

The width of that buffer still requires a waiver, but they do, they are now providing the correct number of trees uh along that buffer.

All right.

I just wanted to make sure that I I've edited every single variance.

Um, I know what I have, and every single council member knows what they have.

And that's why I take it very seriously because right now it when you build it and it's new, it's a bright shiny penny and it's awesome and it's exciting.

But then over time, sometimes I'm stuck with the chronic nuisance problems that emanate from lack of care and lack of pride and lack of ownership.

So I have to do my due diligence to ensure that if we're gonna move in the direction of allowing you to build this vision, that it is gonna be with utmost respect for everyone who lives around it because they've been there forever.

Um so now that I have had received now that I've received clarification about five the set the residential adjacency setback being mitigated to three feet and five feet.

That gives me more comfort knowing that it's not over 30 some feet, um, minus eight parking spaces.

I'm like, okay, I'm I am hopeful that you'll have some seniors who may not want to be driving and hopefully give up the driver's license for the safety and well-being of all of us, but that will maybe make sure that you don't need the other eight parking spaces.

And um, we're gonna go ahead and articulate those conditions um that then would make me comfortable in allowing this to move forward.

So Mr.

Councilwoman, don't forget, don't forget the CMU wall.

Yes, he's gonna articulate those conditions right now.

So maybe Madam Mayor.

Yes.

If I may, uh I share your concerns um councilwoman Diaz.

And I don't know if there's that Mr.

Lowenstein, you know what it is that that DM, whatever it is.

Is that in there too, so that we can make sure that the outside uh landscaping and stuff is taken care of.

I started adding something to my large developments.

Just a suggestion.

Seth Floyd for the record, uh, councilwoman uh you and Peter must be on the same wavelength because he has that ready to go as well.

So we can we can read that one in with the amended conditions also.

What is a DM?

Oh, maybe we should educate and see if they would agree first before we add it.

So go ahead and who would do the educating Mr.

Floyd?

Is that Mr.

Loinstein?

Sure.

Peter Lowenthine for the record, Madam Mayor.

So uh a DPMR is a declare declaration of private maintenance requirements, and it's quite a lengthy condition, but it basically says uh at a certain point you record that against the property, and it's a belt and suspenders kind of thing for property maintenance.

Uh I do need to ask for some clarity on the wall, uh, what property lines you want the wall uh adjacent to?

It's an eight-foot decorative block wall.

I've got that covered.

It just looks like the north and east property lines.

I don't know if uh there was any other direction for uh location of walls.

Um I believe it is just the north and the east that but the residential.

I'll I'll tell her the condition accordingly, and then I believe Lucian has a question of clarity as well.

Yeah, Lucian Pilot for the record through the mayor to councilman Diaz.

So we have our standard traffic study condition that is required with this application.

Is there something additional that you're looking for that we maybe um look into the surrounding school safety is in conjunction with the traffic study?

Because that is something we would normally do.

Correct.

But I feel that sometimes we're not prompt enough to put up signs that acknowledge that children, school children are coming and going, and so how do we ensure that tenants who don't have children know that to be on the lookout for them?

And um so I kind of just want an awareness component, and I don't know how uh we can articulate that.

We would do our best to ensure that people know that to be on watch for students that are coming in and are walking adjacent that property line.

Okay, yeah, I'm trying to just think how we would address that.

I do have an added sign condition for it, which can then be furthered by the traffic study if something needs to be.

Is there something from another community that uh you've seen or anyone has seen as relates to what we could use?

I've seen um different manifestations of our children are walking here, you know, watch your speed.

Um sometimes uh there's like even the the one that captures their speed.

Um there's just several, I think, visual reminders, yeah.

On-site visual reminders.

I'm with you.

I understand what you're saying.

I got you.

And especially kids now that are using electric scooters and they're using bikes and they're just whizzing.

And sometimes you know, things happen when we're not.

I I I understand 100%.

Yep.

All right.

Through you, Madam Mayor.

I will be reading for a little bit um on these conditions.

So uh the first added condition that would be attached to the site development review, which is 25-0176-SDR1, uh, would read a revised site plan and landscape plan shall be submitted to the Department of Community Development prior to or at the same time as submitting for a building permit depicting the installation of a decorative block wall adjacent to the north and east property lines.

Second condition, this is regarded to the awareness of pedestrians.

Uh this gives some latitude and uh discretion.

The applicant shall provide appropriate signage throughout the subject site addressing pedestrian safety.

And third, uh, which is the lengthy condition, is prior to the exercising of the site development plan review as expressed in Title 19.16.100 subsection J, the developer shall be required to record a declaration of private maintenance requirements, parentheses DPMR as a covenant on all associated properties and on behalf of all and current future property owners.

The DPMR shall include a listing of all private owned and and or maintained infrastructure improvements along with assignments of maintenance responsibilities for each of the subject sites landscape areas, including but not limited to perimeter landscape buffers, parking lot landscaping and foundation landscaping, and shall provide a brief description of the required level of maintenance for privately maintained components, including but not limited to building elevations, parking lot striping, trash enclosures, and driveway pans.

The DPMR must be reviewed and approved by the City of Las Vegas Department of Community Development prior to the exercising of the site development plan review expressed in Title 19.16.100 subsection J, and shall include a statement that all properties within the subject site are subject to the assessment of all the associated costs should private maintenance obligations not be met, and the city of Las Vegas be required to provide for said maintenance.

Following recordation, the developer shall submit a copy of the recorded DPMR document to the City of Las Vegas Department of Community Development.

Thank you.

And you accept all the conditions.

Other than that, yes, uh, to answer your question, yes, ma'am.

Obviously, you read it.

So if I could read the same thing, turn your microphone, Mr.

Nady.

I don't think we can hear you.

Where is it?

Is that in Title 19?

That is a condition of approval that's been previously used on other applications.

Um it's not a part of the Title 18.

It is referring back to Title 19 for what exercising of a site development plan review, but it is in regards to a uh declaration of private maintenance requirements, so a separate document that is not a Title 19, but base code of Title 19 requires level of maintenance on your site anyway.

Could we get a copy of that?

Sure, you'll get an action letter after this is voted on.

Yeah, thank you.

And uh, Madam Mayor, through through you, I'd like to also just to be clear on the traffic studies.

Since you requested that we look into it, I'd like to maybe add a sentence to our condition number 18 that'll kind of bring a little more attention to school safety.

And it would read the traffic impact analysis shall recommend shall make recommendations to ensure surrounding school safety is maintained and shall implement such recommendations.

I I love that.

It's in writing now.

Thank you.

I think that's what I was trying to get to, and you succinctly um put it in the condition.

Do we agree?

Could you reduce that to paper also?

I can hear it all of it.

Yes.

As we agree.

Yes, we'll agree to it.

All right.

With that, I'm gonna move to approve agenda item 62A through D with all of the previously stated amended conditions.

All right, shall we vote?

Please post.

Motion carries.

Congratulations, gentlemen.

Thank you.

And can we please provide?

I will not disappoint you.

Can we please we just want to be one big happy city?

Uh, can we provide our application?

It'll be a good thing for the neighborhood.

Yes, Mayor Council.

Thank you.

Mayor Seth Floyd for the record.

So uh Peter referenced an action letter.

So after this, there is a letter that goes to the applicant that indicates their item has been approved, and it will list all of those conditions as well.

And if they have any questions, they can reach out to me or my staff and we'll address those.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Thank you all.

Thank you.

Peter, thank you.

Seth, thank you.

Okay.

Agenda item uh 67.

25-0321-DRI 1.

Applicant owner, City of Las Vegas discussion for possible action on a report by Seth Floyd, Director of Community Development regarding the implementation of the City of Las Vegas 2050 Master Plan, all wards, the Planning Commission and staff recommend approval.

Yes, Mr.

Floyd.

Thank you, Mayor Seth Floyd for the record again from uh my new location here.

Um so every year we give you an annual report on the status of your master plan.

Now, not all of you were here when we adopted that.

We adopted it in July of 2021.

But I think this year is particularly poignant for two reasons.

One, some things have changed since 2021, uh, both for the city and for the economy.

And so that obviously will affect how uh we are making progress on our master plan.

And number two, you are in the middle of your strategic planning process, which really rolls up into the longer master plan.

So I think both of those things make this a particularly uh noteworthy update, and we'll be brief, but I'm gonna turn it over to Marco to go through this year's update.

Good afternoon, Mayor and City Councilman members, uh, Marco Vellata, City of Las Vegas Department of Community Development for the record.

I will be brief on this uh item, but as Seth mentioned, this is something that dovetails really well with the strategic planning process and the work that Mike our city manager and uh strategic services, Sarah and her team have done and uh the priorities that that uh have been discussed thus far, including public safety, economic development, health care, and housing.

And we'll talk a little bit about how some of that uh coalesces here really quick.

As Seth mentioned, this is the fourth iteration of this uh required report that we give to you.

And this again provides you implementation on all aspects of the master plan and different outcomes that that are within the plan itself and some of the progress that we've uh we've been making on them.

And for the most part, uh the progress that has been made across uh different goals has uh has been noted.

There are some uh areas where we need to continue attention, and there were some recommendations uh and things that planning commission did make note of as well that I'll touch on at the very end.

Um but again, I think there are there have been a lot of things that have been in motion for met for a couple of years now, and we've had a lot of successes.

I mean, whether that's Symphony Park or the Civic Plaza that is that was just completed, uh the historic west side uh improvements, uh the College of Southern Nevada, uh schools that have been rebuilt, and then residential development.

Um we've done a lot of that through special area plans.

Uh we have had um five of them that have been completed.

You'll have uh the Charleston special area plan coming up here at the next council meeting.

Uh a lot of public input and feedback that has gone into that, and we've heard through that process where we need to focus attention for the future, and I think again it aligns with the priorities that have been proposed as part of the strategic plan as well.

Um, most of that development that has been happening has been, of course, out in the Northwest and Summerlin.

But as we've mentioned in previous uh discussions, you know, we're at a at a point where we're needing to look at how do we grow up and not out.

Yes, Summerlin West, Kyle Canyon, Lamadre Foot Hills, they're going to continue to see development in the suburbs, the upper Las Vegas Wash, and some of the new development agreements that have been discussed.

You're you're gonna still see that type of development, but concentrating in the interior of the city, the urban core, downtown Las Vegas, maintaining that momentum and really focusing on those corridors with transit-oriented development are going to be things we want to do.

And as this illustration here shows, you know, the the center of Las Vegas, in terms of where our population has been, has been progressively steering further and further to the west as we've annexed more territory and as we've grown to the west and to the northwest.

And you can see that you know things have kind of shifted as a result, which is why it's important to make sure that we have that focus on those arterial corridors.

I can't forget that as we've gone through this uh this process, and if we've looked back over the past year, there have been a lot of different things that have happened from um you know from an economic standpoint.

I won't belabor them too much, but again, I just wanted to point out that in terms of visitation to southern Nevada, as you've heard uh it's been on the decline.

Uh, Interstate 15 at state line has seen a 4% decline in traffic, and airport umplainments and deplanements have been down 5.7%.

That was as of the last month.

Hotel occupancy on the strip has been down uh below 80%.

And again, um in terms of the dependence on tourism, um, you know, we've had a lot of uh diversification efforts.

I think that speaks really to that strategic priority that you have on economic development and focusing in on our major sectors and working with Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance and Goed on how we get some of those other sectors diversified while not ignoring some of the the big you know you know drivers of of tourism in southern Nevada.

Uh you know, the sports season has just started, you know, NFL and NHL have just started.

We're gonna have Formula One in just uh a month uh and change now.

So we will we don't know quite yet how some of that will turn around, but that certainly is something that will help move the needle.

I'm sure you've also seen some of the LVC VA updates in terms of the the ad buy's uh for Sunday night and Thursday night football.

Uh that too has I think there has been a recent report from L V C VA on that, so we will see that.

But the the main point here is that you'll we're starting to see some of the the economic uh uh indicators emerge in in this report.

We've seen unemployment rise, and it really is a combination of factors.

That also kind of leads into housing.

I mean, we've known that the story on housing costs, the they've continued to steadily increase, and the median price of a single-family home uh in June of 2025 reached a peak of 485,000.

Um we've had a very small amount, not nearly enough of what we need in terms of affordable housing production.

Um we've only had about 57 affordable housing units over the last year that have been built within the city of Las Vegas itself.

Uh but we do have a number uh 200 uh units that are under rehab or under construction, another 48 apartments that are going under construction, and uh a couple thousand that are uh in the process of getting that uh development going.

Um so again, in terms of uh our our rents and our mortgages, I mean, that's something that we have to pay attention to.

Uh, there's been a uh a push in terms of where do we build some of that uh and we have had a lot of discussion with our regional partners.

Uh there was certainly the discussion on uh you know federal lands and can affordable housing be built there, but we are constrained in terms of where that development goes.

Uh there is a there is certainly um some environmental considerations that need to be thought through as well.

If we go out of the valley, then we have to think about water infrastructure and return flow credit to Lake Mead.

And again, there has been tremendous stress on the Colorado River system that 40 million people and millions of acres of agriculture depend upon.

Uh we have to be uh cognizant about that and have as and we do have SNWA in our corner in terms of how the process works uh with our federal uh with our our federal delegation, the other basin states that are a part of the Colorado River Compact, and by next year, the the federal government, which will likely play a larger role as you've as you may have heard.

So, in terms of some of the planning commission recommendations, again, I think we're in lockstep, but I want to highlight a few things that uh that we've been working in on in terms of amendments and updates to Title 19 that will likely help with some of this um uh some of the strategic plan implementation as you move that forward.

Um we did uh talk about TOD zoning standards at a previous meeting.

Um we we do have some revisions to municipal code to help facilitate transit oriented development as well as uh parking standards, which we have a study that we have uh that we're under completion on, and we'll have a major change in terms of how we park individual um individual uses that will likely help free up more land on sites for development and help with that infill strategy.

Um we're working on uh uh updates from uh AB 540 of the 2025 legislative session, uh revamp, if you will, on the affordable housing incentives.

There was 25 million dollars that were allocated to local governments for incentives for building permit fees, impact fees, things of that nature.

Uh 5 million uh we heard from the division of housing is dedicated to the city that helps butcher some of the incentives that we have already offered, as well as expanding the the uh the range of area median income that would be eligible.

So instead of 60 percent AMI that we have now in terms of new developments, we go up to 150 percent AMI.

That's something that will be in front of you.

Um that five million dollars that that is a matching uh component, so we will have to work on how the logistics of that work.

And then we have another uh another number of of code amendments related to uh housing and previous legislation that we will work with you.

Um in terms of other things from the planning commission, I think uh we we do want to uh ensure that we're addressing the urban heat island effect.

We're finishing up an urban forestry management plan that will be in front of the planning commission uh this next month.

Uh we'll uh that that will definitely come along with a text amendment to address landscaping standards and increase the amount of trees that addressed with uh address the urban heat island effect.

It also goes hand in hand with assembly bill 96 of this last legislative session that uh dealt with uh uh heat mitigation strategies, um, and then again getting other things related to downtown development uh through form-based code updates and and uh updates for zoning within uh downtown uh to help get more more built in over the next couple of years uh that that is going to be in front of you.

And with that, I'll entertain any questions you might have.

Answering questions and Seth Floyd for the record, just one quick update also because it happened last night.

The upper Las Vegas wash development agreement was approved by planning commission.

So Marco uh referenced that earlier, that'll be about 6,000 homes, uh 15,000 new residents.

Once we get through a few other issues up in the Northwest.

Thank you.

Does uh are there any questions or comments from uh the city council members?

Um Ms.

Summers Armstrong.

Yes, thank you, Madam Mayor.

So under your um your section of economy and education and home housing and homelessness is there.

Um could you please get into some detail and talk about the uh illustration that you have there on the 33% of total housing available is affordable, and you've divided it up by AMI.

And um, I understand the desire to change the um the AMI numbers, but I'm looking at this table, and I have a concern.

And so if you could just or I think I have a concern, and I think if you explain it to me, I may not have it anymore, but could you help me there, please?

Certainly.

So uh councilwoman uh the mayor to you that uh we're we're referencing on page 19 uh one of the outcomes related to uh affordability rates in terms of different uh categories.

That's the total number of units that are uh from like a census perspective, what's falling into those particular ranges and the the total percentages of them of them that's gonna fluctuate from from year to year in terms of how we make those those types of measurements, but essentially, yeah, in terms of how how many households are at about that rate in terms of the median income, that's what you're looking at from a citywide perspective.

Madam Mayor, yes, thank you.

So I I see that there you mentioned in your presentation that you want to um change the AMI up from 80 percent to the top to 150, and I get that.

Um, but I think the thing that we see consistently from 2020 to 2024 is that there is both your 50 and 30 percent AMI together, together have less housing being built for them than folks at 80 percent AMI.

So if you raise the AMI to 150, you're still not addressing the issue of your 50 and 30 percent AMI residents, and how and I'm concerned that by doing that, we will see plenty of people who will want to build housing in the 80 to 150 percent AMI, but we're still going to have a dearth of affordability in the 50 to 30 percent AMI, and so are we now placing even more burden on them because people are always gonna want to be able to get higher rents, right?

And if you say that's affordable, oh my god, they're gonna come out of the woodwork to build in that range, but we still won't have affordable housing for those folks in 50 to 30.

And so I know there's a lot of discussion about the missing middle and and attainability and not affordability.

You all know I stand on these fake monikers, right?

I want to talk about what's affordable, not attainable.

I want to talk about what's affordable, and I want to talk about us making sure that whatever policies we that we adopt are being realistic about the people who live within the boundaries of the city of Las Vegas, and I don't want us making a way for people outside the boundaries to move into Las Vegas because they can get a place that's 80 to 150, and we're not addressing the needs of the people who already live here who are dying trying to afford a place to live.

In my community, I can speak, it's a problem, and so I think that we should be concerned, and I think that I would like to see you all as we're going through this process, because I'm gonna read this thing, right?

I want I want to see that you are helping us be realistic about what we're seeing here and not just um bending to the pressure of the development community, but that we are actually really addressing the needs of our residents that are here right now, and they two categories are still more than the one category that you are focusing on.

So, councilwoman, uh, your point is set fully for the record, your point is well taken.

So this is a bit of a macro look uh at housing supply overall.

One of the other things that you know we can't this we could honestly talk to you for two hours about all the stuff the city is doing, but I'll tell you one thing that we're doing on that I think will address exactly what you're talking about.

Neighborhood services is currently leading an update to our uh affordable housing plan, it's a HUD requirement.

Uh, we're at the end of that, our previous plan, and we are updating that uh right now.

That is going to get into the level of detail on what our incentives look like, what types of housing we are targeting, and at what AMI levels.

Uh so I think we will take that feedback back to that process, and and I think I think the goal is to be done with that early next year.

And councilwoman uh mayor to you, uh the assembly bill 540 from this session.

Um if you follow there, there are a number of other provisions and components in there, and I think the point there is that we have an additional tool that's been enabled to the city to make use of in terms of an expanded range of incentives, and we can certainly work with you in your office as to how we make changes to existing Las Vegas Municipal Code Title 1917 on how that process works.

Uh there's other components I know neighborhood services are is also working on some of the other funding sources that I didn't mention that are part of AB 540 and some of the other housing bills that got passed this session that we can certainly I think the end goal though is get more housing built, more rehabs, and make sure that it's affordable at all income ranges, especially the ones where you have the greatest need.

Yes.

Okay, okay.

Any other questions from council members?

Yes, Ms.

Bruni.

Thank you, Mayor.

I I do want to say I share my colleagues' concerns.

I met with an affordable housing developer earlier this week, and he said, you know, uh, we love the governor's emphasis on attainable housing, but he echoed the same thing saying, like going up to 150% AMI, like you're gonna have folks, I mean, you don't need an incentive, there really is a 30 to 80 percent.

So I'm wondering, are we gonna have a conversation at the city level with this potential 35 million or five million for the cities?

Can we prioritize developers who want to develop at that level?

And then I mean this is more maybe a philosophical statement.

You know, I feel like if you look at our metrics, right?

But there's a lot of red dots around housing.

Um, so one question I have is can I get the um underlying data just to look over time?

But there's a lot of red dots around housing, and I know we've identified housing as a strategic priority.

But I, you know, I know um I don't know what the answer is, but we had this applicant that we just approved, and the first iteration did include affordable housing, or you know, he wanted to provide housing at the 80 percent AMI or apartments.

Um yet all these waivers he had to require all get all the waivers for parking and the setbacks, and so you know the last product doesn't have any affordable housing, and so it feels like we have identified it as a priority, and yet maybe some of our code or you know what we're requiring require you know gets those projects booted out, and so how can we maybe holistically think about the planning so that if someone does want to do affordable housing, we relax some of the standards on you know parking requirements or the setbacks so that we can actually get some of the housing that we need.

So I don't know if there's an answer, it's more just I want to plan to see that it feels like maybe sort of thinking about things more holistically so that we these can be green next year.

Thank you so much.

Are there any other comments?

Um Ms.

Diaz.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

I just want to comment that um it does make me excited to see that as a city we are kind of looking at the entirety of our city and setting a vision for what the future could be for the different parts of our city, right?

They're not all created equal.

East Las Vegas isn't like Charleston and Charleston isn't like La Madre, and so I I think that we should kind of give ourselves kudos for setting that vision for each distinct part of our communities that we know have a lot of planning ahead of them and a lot of development, and us kind of trying to articulate and elevate what the collective vision is from our neighbors from the council members and our planning team.

So just want to say you guys have a lot going on and a lot of plans to learn, but thank you for uh you know, making sure that we do kind of keep the ethos and the spirit of the community embedded in the work we want to carry out.

Mayor Seth Floyd, if I could just address that comment.

I really appreciate that you brought up the plans because there that is where I think the council's greatest opportunity is to work with us because when you have that plan, East Las Vegas is a great example, and you become that plan's champion.

That's where we can really achieve some of the objectives that are in it.

So we try to help facilitate the work that goes into it, but then it becomes our plan, and so I appreciate that you brought that up because I think that is where the rubber meets the road on implementing a lot of the stuff that has come up today and that Marco reported on uh in his report.

Before I call for the vote, did you want to add anything to your presentation?

No, Mayor, thank you for the opportunity.

We appreciate it.

We're looking forward to next year.

Thank you so much, and thank you for your hard work.

Is there a motion, Mayor Pro Teb?

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

You guys did a great job, and you can tell by our last agenda item how dependent we are upon our current planning staff as well as our long-range planning staff.

So thank you for that.

And I will move to approve.

Looking forward to the action items.

Please vote.

Post post.

No post.

Are we good?

Okay, sorry.

Okay.

Uh motion passes.

Thank you so much.

Okay.

Agenda.

Oh, before we move on, because we've got a little bit left to go.

Would anybody like a five-minute break?

We're good.

All right.

All right, power through.

Agenda item 68, 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 and dangerous buildings and nuanced litter abatements.

We'll do thank you.

Thank you so much.

Agenda item 69, citizen 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 on any single subject as well as the amount of time any single speaker is allowed may be limited.

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?

Madam Mayor, there were four cards that were turned in earlier, so I just want to make sure those folks know they can come to the front.

Now would be their time.

It's Kelvin Gordon, Tasha Black, Josiah R.

Jones, and Philip Ott.

If you are here and you would like to address the city council, please come up and state your name for the record.

Hello, please state your name for the record.

My name is Kelvin Gordon.

Thank you, uh City.

Thank you, uh Mr.

City Attorney, Mayor, and everybody on the city council.

Um I'm addressing an issue.

Uh I'm a performing artist.

Uh I do street performance art, corporate events, been in Vegas since 1990.

Uh, teach Tai Chi in 1989.

Susan Melaski and Nala Butaris was one of my students.

I met Hank Greenspon on the elevator, and whatever it means.

Um, I used to drive down Fremont Street like in the late 80s.

I think it was like 1989.

Long story short.

With all due respect to the law and the rule of law, as a performing artist on the Fremont Street experience.

I've had several incidents with security.

I understand both sides, performer side and the orderly side, in which security is there, the marshals will do uh great job as far as keeping everyone safe.

Uh recently we were informed, or I was informed because I can speak for myself here before you that I could not sit down.

Normally we perform at two-hour increments inside of any circle at any given time.

One of the problems with not being able to sit for two hours, it leads to muscle fatigue, swelling and poor circulation, varicals, veins, etc.

and other health challenges.

Uh it's not disabling, but it's hugely inconvenient, where the uh ulterior motive is to get people to leave.

Another situation, again, we've only got two minutes, so I'm gonna be very brief, is that we were told uh we can't if we want to get inside one of the circles for two-hour performance time.

Uh there's someone comes up that wants a challenges, whoever puts a foot in first.

I'm not gonna pay for play footy with people who are derelict or drug addicted because it creates a hostile environment.

I've asked security if there's another remedy for situations like that, so we can artistically express art.

That's all I'm trying to uh get across, and other challenges that go on.

I'm sure you've probably heard a lot of different things, but uh again, I'm just trying to speak for something to turn out to be harmonious and just work out artistically creatively for those that want to express art.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Is there anybody else that would like to address the city council?

Welcome and please state your name.

Good afternoon, madam mayor, city council.

My name is Josiah R.

Jones.

Um I moved out here about three years ago.

Uh supporting my kids.

I got a uh proud father of a professional skateboarder at 18 and a professional musician at 16.

My son's been performing on Fremont Street for the last three years.

First year came with challenges.

His talent prevailed and people left him alone based on talent.

Imagine that.

Uh the last year, I feel like I've been in the Twilight Zone.

Uh they've been shutting Fremont down due to a loophole, obviously, that they found within having a special events permit.

I'd understand it if that's all we were used to, but like I said, we never seen anything like that for the last three years.

Uh this last year, boy, they're using it.

Uh, had friends in town the last two days that wanted to see my son perform, but it was closed down to performers due to a special events permit.

I had friends that were down on Fremont Street the last two days, and they said there was no traffic.

So interesting.

Um but yeah, this week, Fremont Street will be closed down for four of the seven days due to a special events permit.

It's a public street.

It's like telling your kid, sorry, you can't play at the park, but everybody else can except for you.

It's discriminative, and it just doesn't make any sense.

Uh it's a public street.

So uh, yeah, it's it's it's hard to deal with the inconveniences and the situations and explain to a 16-year-old son that just wants to go out there and perform because he loves what he does with the guitar.

Uh, I I just I only hope that the council does some investigative work to see what's really going on with this.

Um, like I said, it's very interesting that three years ago it never happened.

No matter how big the events were, no matter how big the crowds were, those spots were open.

Now the spots are limited when they are open, and sometimes they're closed off permanently due to a special events permit.

Thank you.

Thank you so much, Mr.

Jones.

Hello, please state your name for the record.

Hi, my name is Tasha Black, and I am actually uh I'm an activist uh for women and children.

I also am a street performer on Fremont Street, and my daughter is also.

She is an eight-year-old rapper.

She's a kickboxer.

But we have also had experiences, like Joe was saying, in the last three years, it's been permits, permits.

Then they they pick and choose which people they affect with their citations, who they come after.

And it actually actually started back about two years ago.

There was a guy named Freddie Wright.

Uh, he was all over nationwide news for killing his wife, and we had issues with him.

He would be out on Fremont Street.

They don't discriminate against any of the drug dealers.

They work with the security guards.

Security guards have been, we've been asked, the security guards, even the head security guard, Michael, of what we can do in planning of like getting protection of they have drug dealers out there.

He would have rituals, they would have prostitution.

He was saying that he wanted to do, he didn't want us down there to perform.

Once they found out my background was running against crooked sheriffs and corrupt police department for eight years, that that sheriff department was involved in child pornography, rape, abusing women.

My motto was to kick corruption out, and that he didn't want us down there performing, getting, and he's always getting high, selling drugs, drinking in front of his kids.

He got control of the top security guard out there and was giving him kickbacks for the drug sales.

He would bring the security guard prostitutes.

We've got video footage.

I've been harassed by all the security guards out there.

There's two female security guards out there, they're twins.

They constantly sit there and watch us performing, try to sound check us, which is uh according to if you look on AI or Chat GPT, that you cannot get a correct sound decibel from the sound meters.

So I ended up buying my own to make sure that we were at the correct levels.

They changed the levels all the time to incorporate to cite us.

Uh I got a citation for a sound check, but they never tell us what the decibels are, and then they change it every time.

And then they um they pick and choose who they sound check.

So I do hip hop music.

Joe's son does uh rock and roll.

So he wasn't getting harassed, but because I do hip hop, I get harassed.

They go after all the black entertainers like Michael Jackson, he will be coming up to talk also.

Us as black performers, Calvin, he does his box court um performance where he gets inside of his box.

He's been out there for so long, but this is going on, and it's it's gotta stop.

We've got to get uh an investigation on the security of not doing their job correctly.

If you're gonna amplify uh carts or dollies, thank you so much.

Thank you, appreciate it.

Is there anybody else wishing to speak to the city council?

Welcome and please state your name for the record.

Good afternoon, Mayor.

Uh, my name is Tony Foote.

Um, I do Michael Jackson.

Um, I've been out there for about six years, loyalty.

And uh I love, first of all, I love the city of uh Las Vegas.

I mean, and uh I love performing on Fremont Street.

But just like Joe said, um, a lot of change this year.

And um for me to be a performer out there that's been out there almost like you know, all the time throughout the years, and to see things that are going on right now, you know, it kind of breaks my heart too sometimes.

Because um, you know, to tell tourism that come through, and you know, people bring in their, you know, their their children, the parents, you know.

Um I've been a Michael Jackson performer for almost 20 years.

And when I got to tell people that I can't perform on Fremont Street because I have a close down, I don't know what to say.

You know, and uh it's it's very hard.

You know, I've been on the Channel 8 News, you know, three years ago, and um, you know, just bringing good things and positivity, you know, and bringing people because you know it's it's the experience.

And knowing and knowing that tourism's down, you would think you want to bring more, you know, bring more people up.

You know, we don't, you know, we're going for just like you know, donations and tips.

It's like that it's about bringing joy in life, you know, bringing people to Las Vegas to see the experience.

And um, you know, when these moments like this in this time, it's like just like today when I was when I was performing on Monday.

Hey, you get I had a spot from 11 to 1.

Hey, you have to leave by 12 o'clock, we're shutting everything down until you gotta come back Thursday or Friday, and then we're gonna be closed down Saturday or Sunday.

And it's like, I don't, I don't know at this point, like what's gonna happen.

Like, you guys are not telling us anything.

I got people coming in town, and you know, people are just shutting things down and just and don't even tell us anything.

And it's not it's it's just it, you know, it hurts.

It's it's just like you know, like us performers, it's just look, I just love to dance.

I love to make people happy, and I really do, you know, besides me doing my I I love seeing just people, just the kids, they're happy.

They I take pictures with people, the children, they always give me good feedback.

And in the days when they come out there, they're always like, you know, why you're not performing out there?

We came the all the way down here to come see you guys performers.

I thank you so much.

I appreciate it.

Is there anybody else that would like to address the city council?

Welcome and state your name for the record.

And you have I've I've been negligent in telling people you have two minutes.

Yes, ma'am, I understand.

Hey, good afternoon, uh, mayor and city council.

I'll be brief.

My name is Philip.

My name is Philip.

I'm here representing myself pro se of the way my case has been mishandled by agencies operating under this city's name.

I'm asking city council to examine how citizens who record misconduct are treated, even though NRS 171.1233 clearly protects the rights to record law enforcement activity.

On May 30th, 2025, I went to the Clark County District Attorney's Office to retrieve my legally armed firearm, legally owned firearm.

When I stepped out, when Axis step out, I did so immediately in the hallway.

I've been recording, beginning recording district attorney Marshalls, uh Timothy Spies, Deputy Taylor, Deputy Bly and Deputy D.

Strong, uh that surrounded me.

Uh, and stated that law recorded in the courthouse was illegal.

Sergeant Spies demanded an ID, uh, an unlawful order that I did not follow.

Uh as in direct result, I was handcuffed to a bench for over an hour.

Uh my belongings were searched behind a door uh that was closed.

Um my criminal trial began Monday.

G Strong and uh Mr.

Mr.

Huneker, they both lied under oath.

Uh Jimmy, I'm sorry, uh G Strong testified that he filed the he filed my ticket one week after issuance.

It wasn't actually filed until 45 days later, which was July 18th.

And uh during discovery, uh I know I found out that the ticket was altered, and they didn't give give me all the videos like the one where I was handcuffed to the bench for an hour.

I had to get that through discovery.

I appreciate it.

Thank you so much.

Is there anybody else wishing to speak to the city council?

Welcome and please state your name for the record.

Good afternoon, Mayor.

Um I go by James Madison, and I'm a First Amendment activist.

And there's two things I want to um bring to you guys' attention.

The first one will be the security guards on Fremont Street seem to believe that Fremont Street is private property, and they don't know the difference between public and private.

They're supposed to know where it's public and where it's private, whereas the private property for circa, private party for golden nugget.

They don't know.

They believe that the whole Fremont Street is private property, and they can't kick people out for no reason, just because they feel like it.

And also too, the Fremont Street Security, I guess, I don't know, he's he might be the head security guard.

He always wears a suit.

He's a black, tall gentleman.

He acts like he's a cop.

He is not a police officer.

He likes to direct the general public where to go when the general public knows that they have a right of way to be on Fremont Street, and that's not okay with the people.

But CD Las Vegas.

Um second is the Marshals, Deputy Marshall.

Um they need to understand that the First Amendment that they swore to defend and protect, they cannot just feel that they can remain on professional, uh, not being courteous, uh, be condescending to the general public because they're exercising their First Amendment right that they sort of defend it and protect.

Um that is that they need to understand that when the general public asks for their name and badge number, they need to provide that.

It's not a well, I don't have to, it's right here.

Um just those kind of things.

The way you interact with the public is what you're gonna get back.

And this is why cops in general earn the hate because of their behavior.

Thank you so much for the case.

Why just identify yourself, your badge and your name when requested upon the citizen.

Thank you.

Appreciate it.

Is there anybody else that would like to address the city council?

Welcome and please state your name.

How are you doing, Miss Mayor?

My name is Ethan Haskell.

I have it.

I have two children.

We perform on Fremont Street.

Um, we are being ridiculed um all the time for my two children being out there.

Um I feel like the uh security like they were talking about.

Um they they harass us all the time.

I point out other performers that they don't like drug dealers and prostitutions, and um they uh don't mess with certain people, even though their stuff is outside the circle and they come to me all the time and harass my children, harass me for being outside the circle or having something, you know, just an inch outside the circle.

And so the Fremont Street experience.

We're trying to bring family orientation to, and they obviously don't like it.

So we just I just wanted to address that part of it.

And uh, we're trying to bring a good experience to Las Vegas itself.

And uh we do perform on the strip itself, and we do perform on Fremont Street, and I feel like on Fremont Street we get ridiculed all the time.

And um, I wanna say um it's it's just my children are out there having fun, you know, making jewelry and doing things.

And um they they seem to pinpoint us um a lot because we're friends with some of these folks, and um it's pretty discriminatory, and uh I would like to see something done about it.

So thank you so much.

Is there anybody else that would like to address the city council?

Seeing no one seeing no one else, we will move to agenda item 70.

Council emerging issues, discussion regarding potential items for future city council agendas or wards, any discussion must be limited to whether or not such proposed items shall be placed on the few on a future agenda, and no discussion regarding the substance of any proposed topic shall occur.

No action shall be taken.

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

Seeing none, thank you.

We will now move to agenda item 71.

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

Um Miss Summers Armstrong.

Oh, I'm so sorry.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Um, considering the lateness of the hour, um, I will just cut to the chase real quick uh on um our community outreach.

We have been extremely busy in ward five.

If you all can just cue up the wonderful, so we did a dream sickle for sickle cell anemia walk on the 20th.

Next slide, please.

We were at the Silver State Education Foundation Gala where the mayor uh was um honored.

Uh wonderful time, got to meet the young people in the first slide who are uh up and coming local children who are young people, I should say, who are going to be teachers.

It was a lovely event, and I was very happy to be there.

Next slide.

Uh we went to a breakfast uh with uh leaders from the Las Vegas uh Museum Art and their leaders and the architect in the middle screen uh uh was there.

His name is Mr.

Kiray.

Uh he's from uh Germany, is going to be the architect.

It was a wonderful event, and we are excited that we will have a world-class uh museum of art in Symphony Park in Ward 5, and I'm truly honored to be um the councilwoman when that is going to happen.

Next slide, please.

Uh we also had a national cleanup day at JT McWilliams Elementary School.

We had the young people participate and teachers and moms and dads.

We put in yards, you are.

We put in a lot of work that day, and I'm just excited that there's a lot of energy in Ward 5 around beautification.

Next.

We went to a gala at the National Natural History Museum, Dino Ball.

The National Natural History Museum is actually in Ward 5, right near Washington in Las Vegas Boulevard North.

If you have children, I would encourage you to go.

This was a fundraiser to help support their activities, and I encourage our community members to go take your children, and if you have the ability to either volunteer or contribute so that we can maintain the collections there and have another museum sustained in our community.

Next.

Knutson.

Lord have mercy.

Knutson and I were at this ground opening.

The center, which provides services for our LGBTQ community, has now opened a medical facility.

And I was just honored to be there in the middle top are two people that I know and like a lot.

Danya is in the middle.

She is their CFO.

And the young lady to the right is my is on her board of directors.

And so I'm just excited about what is happening in our community, and we are providing services for all.

And that was a wonderful event.

Okay, next.

All right.

We also had the Navy Add Legal Services that very same morning had a luncheon, and they awarded folks in the community who do great work with providing legal representation and just upholding the rule of law and doing things to make sure that we have a system that is working for all of us.

I was glad to be there.

Next, uh, we were at Communities United, a great event hosted by SEIU 1107, which I am a retired member.

Um they had all kinds of cultural uh presentations, um, just all cultures were welcome.

Uh it was beautiful all day.

We had dancers, singers.

Uh, this this is their third or fourth year doing that, and I encourage our community in the coming years to please participate.

You get to learn a lot about who lives in our community.

Uh, we have hundreds of languages spoken here and many cultures represented, and it was a wonderful event, and I was really excited to be there.

Next, another cool event.

Uh, the mayor again, because she's popular like that, was honored at the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation courage ball.

Um, it's a uh a disease that affects hundreds of thousands of our um neighbors, and this uh event brought um uh shined a light on uh this disease, and um we see Mr.

Bernstein there in the red jacket, lost a child, and he and his family are just advocates for knowledge and information and for supporting families who are struggling with the sickness, and we just want you all to know that you are seen and heard and loved, and we were excited to be there.

Next national night out at uh the Doolittle uh complex.

The this was at the uh Keyanga Palacio uh Park.

Uh, a lot of folks were there.

You can see me and Commissioner McCurdy and uh Councilman Knudsen.

Uh, we were all there just having a great time and letting the kids run wild.

Thank you to Metro and our marshals and the community members who really supported a fun event in the community.

I tried to line dance, I messed up.

Glad you all missed it.

Uh, and we want you to please keep uh keep track of what is happening in the community.

We're doing some really fun things, and we want you to bring your children out to enjoy and your families.

Next, all right, and this was so much fun.

I have three sons, and they all went to Mabel Hogarth Elementary uh school.

Um, they are challengers, and they had a beautiful event on the 9th where they swore in their student leaders.

And so, Commissioner McCurdy, who was also a student at Mabel Hogarth with my middle son Dexter.

Uh, I tell people all the time they were both mischievous, but turned out to be great people.

He's a public official and my son's a school teacher.

Um, and they all started off at Mabel Hogarth.

Our schools do a great job, and so we were there to swear in these young leaders, had a wonderful time.

It was a beautiful day, and I thank the Mabel Hogarth Elementary School leadership for inviting me.

Next, uh, this was a tearjerker.

Um, last Saturday, the 11th, uh, we had another park cleanup.

We had almost 30 people out painting the fence and beautifying and cleaning the outdoor activity gyms, picking up garbage, weeds.

Thank you, Parks and Rec for the good work you do.

Thank you, Get Outdoors Nevada for your participation in organization, and thank you to the community who came out and made this a beautiful event.

Next.

All right, sitting with Chandra, my first one this Saturday at 11 30 a.m.

We'll be right here on the second floor at the Now Cafe.

Please come out.

I'm here to answer your questions to chat with you about the things you believe are important in our community.

I look forward to seeing you at this community engagement event.

Next Disability Awareness Day, the 34th annual, uh is the 25th, which is next week.

Uh this will be uh it's on our website at the Sammy Davis Junior Festival.

Um please come out if you are a family member or you have loved ones.

There's going to be great uh entertainment and fun stuff for families to do and information to help you help your family members or neighbors who are disabled connect with folks in the community who can help make their life the very best that it can be.

Next Halloween safe night.

Uh this is something that's put on by uh Commissioner McCurdy takes the lead and the city of Las Vegas.

We all work together on this.

It is going to be massive at Pearson Park.

Bring your babies and their costumes.

Uh there'll be lots of candy.

Sorry, parents, they will be high on Candy.

Um, I'm not apologizing.

I'm gonna have a whole bunch.

So um please bring your babies, enjoy the night out uh at Pearson.

Next uh community faith-based community fair will be on uh November the 22nd, Second Baptist Church.

Uh we'll you'll hear more about this in our newsletter.

We will look forward to seeing you there.

Next.

And as always, community green ball at Lorenzi Park.

Those of us who got a little bit in the middle, we need to be out there on the on the on the uh tennis courts, hit any ball, bring your kids out.

It's a great sport.

You can play it until you just can't do anything but walk.

Tennis is amazing.

So please bring your babies, learn something new, get some good exercise at Lorenzi Park on Tuesday, Fridays, and Saturdays.

The times are there.

We put this in our newsletter as well.

Next, here's my wonderful team, Nora Larez, Julius Lightfoot, and Ara Ortiz.

We are here to support and help you.

Our number is there.

Our uh there's a um QR code.

Um, we do our very best to support the community.

We're here for you, and thank you so much for the time, Mayor.

Oh, thank you very much, Councilwoman Palensky.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Before I continue, I want to take a moment to recognize Private First Class Onofrio Nono Zakari.

Earlier this year, he received France's highest honor for his bravery on D-Day.

At 102 years old, we've recently lost him, and right now he's being buried at the Boulder City Veterans Cemetery with full military honors.

He is a reminder of what true courage looks like.

Uh, though he's no longer with us, his legacy will live on.

Next up on Friday, September 19th, I attended the Faith and Family Night at the Las Vegas ballpark.

It was a great event dedicated to bringing all local faith leaders together.

It was a good way to celebrate our local faith leaders who guide our community every day.

Next up on Saturday, September 20th, I accepted the beautiful mothers award on behalf of my mother posthumously from the Korean Mothers Foundation.

It was truly an incredible event that was highlighted by a variety show and a trish traditional Han Bok fashion show.

The evening was a great reminder of the strength and dedication of mothers everywhere.

On Tuesday, September 23rd, I started off the afternoon by attending the Desert Shores National Night Out.

I always appreciate the opportunity to strengthen the bonds between our community and our first responders.

Thanks to everyone who attended.

And later that evening, I had double duty.

I attended the Sun City Summerland Patrol meeting.

This is a group of volunteer citizens that help patrol Sun City and make sure that it's safe.

I gave a presentation on Ward 4 updates and answered some of their questions.

I appreciated the chance to connect directly with the community members who are so dedicated to keeping their neighborhoods safe.

Next up on Wednesday, September 4th, I had the pleasure of presenting Somerset Sky Point Band with a check for their participation in our 4th of July civil celebration.

It was a meaningful way to show our appreciation for their talent, dedication, and energy they brought to our Fourth of July party.

On the morning of next up, on the morning of Monday, September 29th, I was able to tour Creech Air Force Base.

It was an honor to hear directly from over 20 Ward 4 airmen and gain more of an understanding of the critical work being done there.

This is a base I've driven my entire life by having grown up in Reno, and I appreciate the opportunity to meet the individuals who are dedicated to serving our country.

Thanks again, Creech, for the invitation.

Next up on Saturday, October 4th, we had our movie in the park in Providence.

For those who attended, they had a uh wonderful night of trunk retreating, followed by the showing of Hocus Pocus.

I wanted to thank everyone who took the time to come out and have fun, and especially our event staff led by Christie Garness that made the event so special.

Next up on Tuesday, October 7th.

We've done a lot since the last council meeting.

I attended downtown Summerlin's National Night Out.

It was another wonderful evening to connect community with our Las Vegas Metropolitan to Police Department from Northwest Area Command, Summerlin Area Command, and Spring Valley Area Command.

I'm so grateful to have the opportunity to connect with our first responders in downtown Summerlin.

On Friday, October 12th, I started off the afternoon by attending Eisenberg Elementary School Student Council induction.

I was able to celebrate the third, fourth, and fifth graders who wanted to make a difference in their school community.

I was honored to be a part of the moment and to encourage these young leaders to believe in themselves and the power of their voices.

Later that day, I attended the Earn While You Learn AMR graduation.

I had the privilege of being the keynote speaker and congratulated all the graduates on the beginning of their journey as emergency medical technicians.

They are truly the future of emergency medicine in Las Vegas, and I have no doubt that they will continue to make an incredible impact on our community.

And next, please join the city of Las Vegas on October 29th at 11 a.m.

for a groundbreaking ceremony of the Northwest Sky Canyon Substation.

We are excited to celebrate this important milestone, and we hope to see everyone there.

On Sunday, October 19th, Safe Ness will be hosting their seventh annual Run for Hope at Wayne Munker Park in Ward 4.

We are the proud hosts this evening.

Excuse me, it's in the morning.

This morning's celebration will bring safety, hope, and healing for survivors of domestic violence.

To find out more, please uh please visit the Safe Ness website.

And next up, take a moment to look at these faces on the slide.

Fourteen children are missing from our community.

If you recognize any of them or have any information that can help get them home, please contact LVMPD missing person detail at 702 828-3111.

If you're a runaway youth or know someone who may be at risk, help is available.

Please contact the nation the National Runaway Runaway Safety Hotline that offers free and confidential support at 1-800-786-2929.

And lastly, you can stay up to date with everything happening in Ward 4 by following me on Facebook, Instagram, X, all the traditional places.

We're constantly sharing updates, community news, and upcoming events.

If you ever need any assistance or want to contact us the old-fashioned way, 702-229-2524.

We are always here to provide any assistance that we can.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Thank you, Councilwoman.

Councilwoman Diaz.

What happened to MPT?

He has an excused absence.

He's like, I'm not sitting through my colleagues' long-winded announcements.

Um, I do want to congratulate, I want to um reiterate the mayor's um congratulations of uh the WMBA three-time champions Las Vegas Aces.

Yes.

Um women don't only survive in Vegas, we thrive, and I think very few people really think about how we have taken uh female representation to another level.

We have a female majority legislature in our state.

We have a female-led city council here, and so just every time we see another um glass ceiling continue to be shattered, it's super um, you know, it's a proud moment, I think, for us collectively as a community, and hopefully it inspires our future ladies to also aspire to greatness.

Uh, we're gonna go to my first slide, Vera Johnson Apartments and Cordero Pines block party.

I want to thank my Northeast Area Command for hosting this block party in the Vera Johnson Apartments between two communities, Vera Johnson Apartments and Cordero Pines.

Um, obviously, you want to know who won the tug of war.

I lost, I was set up.

How could I how could I beat the captain of Northeast Area Command?

I mean, he works out, not this chick over here.

I work my brain, but not so much the body.

But I just want to thank um all the folks who came together to make this happen.

YDSI team, neighborhood services, our firefighters from Station 108.

We're so grateful for our community partners also.

Los primos Meat Market provided um food at an accessible uh price point, and La Flor de Michoacan provided um delicious popsicles.

So I just want to thank everyone for coming out, having some good time.

The kiddos didn't even want to leave.

Um, so that was always a great sign of a successful event.

On September 29th, we had the fiesta at the plaza, our newly unveiled and opened plaza um across City Hall.

It was a vibrant celebration of Hispanic heritage where music, dance, and cuisine from Latin America came together for a joyful display of unity.

And I just want to thank the mayor for coming by also and providing some remarks to the crowd.

The event was lively.

Um, we had lots of things, but unfortunately, the weather put a damper on this event.

And so uh hopefully uh next time we can kind of hold off a bit and figure out where we're going with weather before we have to pivot and shutter it.

But it was great while we had it.

On um, let's see, I don't have the date, but I want to basically give a shout out to the UNLV architecture students because they've been put to task with some projects in Ward 3.

Uh the UNLV landscape architecture students have been contributing their talents to important um just thoughts into how we can improve some parts and spaces in ward three.

One of them being the Fremont Lofts.

Um, they kind of provided renderings as to how they could increase their greenery and their landscaping for a very tiny um HOA where the space sometimes doesn't allow us to put as much green as we want to.

So they presented those here in our training rooms, and it was really cool to see the talent of these budding students coming from our university.

And then we also recently toured Hunter Circle Park with the nonprofit group, Friends of Hunter Circle Park, so that they could also give us a French, fresh lens and perspective as to what we can do with outdoor space.

I want to thank Professor Kim and her students for uh wanting to be engaged and involved in real-world applications.

Uh, I'm just gonna slightly touch this one.

Gavin J.

Gorgeon Health Center ribbon cutting was amazing.

Um, I guess we were in violation of a quorum, but it's okay.

We were there to celebrate the accomplishment that we have another um FQHC in our community providing access to pharmacy, access to medical medical care, mammograms, you name it.

I was surprised at the offerings of different medical services that they will have there.

So I hope that you'll look that up because they want to make sure that everyone is taking care of themselves so they can continue to take care of their families.

On October 4th, we had Gateway District Neighborhood Cleanup.

I want to thank the almost 50 volunteers who showed up that day for um rolling up their sleeves and cleaning up and giving some love to the gateway district and these neighborhoods, these volunteers help beautify this area adjacent StuPac Community Center and our obviously awesome officers at Downtown Area Command Safe Village Initiative.

They are always a strong partner in the work.

So again, thank you to Strat, Casa de Luz, StuPac Rec team, and our area neighbors for stepping up and helping us keep the area tidy and nice.

On October 4th, we had our 25th annual Binational Health Fair at our East Las Vegas Community Center, and um we were there offering residents to get their vaccines for free, various checkups uh and screenings that were also free of charge thanks to a plethora of community partners.

Again, thank you to Reach, who always leads the charge on putting together um all of these awesome services for our community, the consulate of Mexico and our other um health partners for bringing much needed medical services to an underserved community.

October 4th, it was man, it was hopping October 4th.

Um actually, this wasn't the fourth.

This is uh this was another day.

But barter beer at mall um ribbon cutting.

Mayor Shelley Berkeley, MPT and I were thrilled to celebrate Barter Beer and Mall Ribbon Cutting, and it's an amazing new addition to the arts district.

It supports local artists like our own Steve Horlock and local collectors by featuring their products and art with a twist.

Beer and wine are available for purchase while you peruse all of the awesome offerings right there.

What a great concept.

Um congratulations to Suzanne Rosendahl, Derek Stomebarger, and Steve Censinetti, who are all part of this amazing addition to the Arts District.

Stop by and keep them in mind if you have to give someone gifts for upcoming birthdays or celebrations.

Wanted to share that um a new dog park is coming to East Las Vegas.

I was thrilled to celebrate the groundbreaking with our public um our parks and rec director, Maggie Plaster, public works engineer Gina Van Glass and her team, Wards 3 Parks Commissioner Rudy Zamora and her partners on this more than one and a half million investment in this dog park adjacent our East Las Vegas family park.

And um, this has truly been uh labor of love since 2020, and now we finally will have it ready to wrap up by July of 2026.

Senior law program, I wanted to put this on people's radar that they are offering free attorney consultations at East Las Vegas Community Center or to all of our seniors 60 plus.

Oh my gosh, I'm almost there.

This message is for you.

Starting today, the senior senior law program will be offering free attorney consultations at our East Las Vegas Community Center, and they will be available every third Wednesday of the month.

Call 702-229-1515 to make your appointment today and areas that they're helping is state planning, wills, power of attorneys, and of life documents.

These are so critical and important.

Consumer issues, if you got scammed or um you were uh, you know, if you had one of those situations where money was taken from you, they can potentially help you.

Benefits issues, social security, Medicare, elder abuse, exploitation, and housing evictions, HOA issues, et cetera.

They're there to help you.

October 18th, putting a plug for a Las Vegas Book Festival coming up this weekend at our historic Fifth Street School.

Um Las Vegas Book Festival returns again uh at our Historic Fifth Street.

Please enjoy a full day of book signings, talks, workshops, panel discussions, and fun activities for residents of all ages.

Headliners include former U.S.

Senator Richard Bryan and former Governor Bob Miller, Taylor Jenkins Reed, and so much more.

Don't miss out.

I know some people have here like, ooh, I'm gonna go get my autograph.